That is interesting, I am a fan of the arts and have random facts and knowledge i've learned along the way. I really enjoy watching celebrity news. I found out that Pixar has a special room that is visited often by celebrities. If those walls could only talk.


Nice! I totally agree, not sure if I would want to hear what they have to say tho O.o?! Poetry has come far -- it's cool we can appreciate the past, present, and excitement for the future.


It is essentially iron and heat, so hot most of it is liquid, and that is what causes volcano eruptions


Interesting.     Did you know the earth is quite a bit more dense than the sun!


I did not know that actually, but I guess it kinda makes sense since the sun is mostly gas


I know there are some other names people call our planet.    Do you know any of them?


No, I am not too familiar, what other names do people call it?


I've heard of GAIA and Tellus, but there probably others.


That is interesting, is GAIA an acronym?


No, I think it is from mythology.     Do you know why no mission to Jupiter is possible?


No, why is that? I know it has a huge moon though


Something about radiation, but that may just be something I heard.


Not bad.    Do you know anything about Henry David Thoreau?


Huh, we luckily we will probably never need to inhabit it at least


I know a bit about him, he is a environmentalist I believe, right?


Yes, but he was also an author.    Lots of others were inspired by his example.


I get his point though, I mean 80% of the earth's forests have been destroyed already


Speaking of the earth, how old is the planet?


As far as I know, I think about 4.5 billion years ago


That is a long time ago.    How much of the surface of the planet is water?


I believe it is about 71%, I was always told 3/4ths when I was younger


That makes sense.     Do you know what the core is made from?


Sure,  I find sharks interesting, considering they evolved before the dinosaurs.


They did, so more people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks, thats a funny stat


I could see that trending on Facebook and Twitter.  I never invested in Facebook. I find it challenging to invest in something I don't like.  But it has sure turned into a financial powerhouse, with a 104 billion IPO!


I know $104 billion! thats a lot of money, you know that 30% of americans actually use Facebook as their main source of news!!! so many fake news in Facebook as well


That is one of my most serious concerns!  On social media, anyone can be a reporter with little or no facts.  Someone can hear about something and follow-up with an propaganda piece the fits their agenda.  But its not all bad.  Iceland is revising their constitution via Facebook.  I could see it being a good way to get people involved.  I could also see a lot of wacky suggestions!


I guess its a good thing the country involves people, there must be a lot of valuable feedback there and plus you make people feel like their opinions matter.


Social media has also created new job opportunities.  Do you think Lebron personally manages his social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, etc?  Or, do you think he employs a social media manager?  I would think he would find it hard to find time to play basketball if he was solely responsible for maintaining his social media presence.


He definitely employs someone, I dont think he has the time for social media, he has the money so he can afford it


True, considering he is the highest paid celebrity.  Did you know that he and Warner Bros have signed a deal for a "Space Jam" sequel?  Do you think Michael Jordon will make a cameo appearance?


I hope he does, that would be a nice touch to the movie, I liked the original Space Jam movie with Jordan in it, it would be interesting to watch them both.


I do, I like twitter because of all the news, for instance the twitters about Lebron and Lance Stephenson


Yes, the old and the new legends of basketball.  I read that Lebron was also a popular basketball player in high school, with 1750 in attendance at a ticket price of $100 - $120.  Its amazing that someone could have such draw at an early age and keep it going.


I guess people could see how talented he was even from a young age, I think he's the best ever. Still, $100 is a lot for a high school game lol


I use twitter to keep up with specials at local diners.  But, I do not have the time to keep up with the trivia and minutia.  I find it humorous about Lebron and Stephenson blowing in each others ears... But is it significant or newsworthy?


Not sure if newsworthy but its fun to read for sure lol, I think they will make a great team, the Lakers sure are lucky to count with both this season


True.  I am not much of a basketball fan.  I did follow the Bulls with Michael Jordon when I lived in ChiTown.  And Lebron is clearly a legendary player.  I find it hard to sort thru the various feeds.  Like a golden retriever getting bit by a rattlesnake protecting its owner.  How do you know that is real news or fake news?


I guess you just have to trust or not trust a tweet, its hard to tell if something is actually true,


That is sort of the point.  Take Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  She releases the "New Green Deal".  Someone reads it and sees it guarantees incomes for those "unable or UNWILLING to work".  She is called out on it, but denies it.  So someone has a screen capture to provide it is true.  Then she back peddles saying it was "an early draft".  Will we ever know what the real intent is?  She might have jumped the shark with that one!


I guess I see her point, social media can be invasive, thats why I deleted my Facebook account


I thus far have stayed away from Facebook.  But, there was a humorous story of a woman feeding sharks by hand and loosing fingers on both Twitter and Facebook.  What was she thinking- sharks do not have the most friendly disposition!!!!


There is a crazy fact about sharks, do you want to know what it is?


Good evening there. Do you like dogs? I love them because they're truly man's best friend.


That is so cool. I also like Google because they prefer dogs to cats just like me.


Maybe it's because they have such a large vocabulary and learning haha. Dogs can even have "Eureka moments" and enjoy problem solving.


That is so cool! Also kind of interesting that there are 12 different blood type that a dog may have.


That must make transfusions complicated. My least favorite part of dogs is taking them to the vet in the car. Do you like cars?


True! Yes cars are so awesome and often taken for granted I think. Just in the 20th century they came into global use!


So much has changed in about 100 years, but the basic idea remains the same. It's an interesting series of steps from replacing the horse and buggy to eventually becoming electric self-driving vehicles.


Very well said. I really appreciate Karl Benz because he is regarded as beginning the inventor of the car and essentially giving birth to it in 1886!


Yes, he would be very proud of the vehicles on the road today, although I'm sure he wasn't thrilled that it took Western Europe longer to adopt the car than the US.


Yeah I always wonder why it took them so long. The US welcomed the good old 1908 Model T with open arms!


Yet somehow all of the innovations in the auto industry like small vehicles and electric cars seem to be adopted in Europe earlier than they are in the US these days, although Ohio has made it illegal to warm up your car, I suppose to reduce emissions?


That's nice. I'm more interested in the practical contributions they can make, like hunting and protection.


Yes that is a great hypothesis. Or to decrease car theft? But I really enjoyed our conversation today. Enjoy your weekend :)


Yes, you, too. Hopefully you find a barn full of classic cars like a man in NY did!


Thats cool too and still very important. Likely more derived from their wolf days!


Yes, it is amazing how they have been bred over time to adapt to human life. Some dogs in Moscow can even use the subway!


Smart! Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs!


That's humane. Did you know that dogs actually drink with the underside of their tongues?


Yeah I saw a youtube video of that once. Pretty interesting. Also contrary to popular belief dogs can indeed see colors!


Yes, they just can't see as many as humans and some other animals. They can eat starchier diets than other canid species, though.


I wonder how they can tolerate that starch better than others? I think it's cool that dogs vary widely in shape size and colors.


Yes, dogs have way more variation than people. They can also learn over a thousand words and can reason better than chimps.


Hi , did you know there is a president who does have time for music? pretty cool!


It was really different! and talking about their houses, if you think the White house is big, did you know the guest house is bigger?


It is probably to provide guests and diplomats with a better impression


Did you know that on google maps you can see Obama when zooming in the white house


That is pretty cool. Did you know they removed all coconuts in trees in the surrounding just in case when he visited india?


That was really preventive!!! I would have wanted to drink all the coconut water from those coconuts


Do you think he did a good job going to all those summits? Rick and Morty even made a joke about that


Summits are good for media exposure and economic reasons.. do not think they are too productive


If they are awarding Eve online for econtent, they you are probably right. With all those powerful people you would think they tackled more serious issues


It looks like the term summit was not used very much before! Only after 1955 Geneva summit


I wonder what the consequences were when russian delegates and head of states were found with thumb drives with trojan virus illegally


Yes, that is right! he has released 3 albums while in office!


Well it is a good thing that he indulges in his hobbies as long as it doesn't get in the way of his responsibilities


True. I wonder what you have to do to be called president banana. Only eat bananas for every meal every year?


Yes, the president of Zimbabwe , he must love bananas


I am all for presidents, who represent a state, to have their fun interesting sides show as long as they not being a fool


True, did you know that at the beginning of the 20th century the runner up became the president!?


I'm happy that is no longer the case. I personally wouldn't want both trump and hillary to be in the highest positions of power


wow did you know that Country music legend george strait and the wealthiest man in the world jeff bezos are cousins.?


at least the dogs enjoyed the show ! In 2002 a creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band


Yes creed has been made fun of a lot over the years. Speaking of pets, President Trump is the first president in several years to not have a cat or dog in the white house.


Thats not surprising to me at all, its a great thing he has no pets !


Also 5 presidents total (including Trump) have been elected despite losing the popular vote


i did not know that ! do you know who the other presidents were ?


One of them was George W. Bush, elected in the year 2000. I don't know the names of the rest.


what a great fact ! speaking of presidents The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana


I have no idea maybe thats what his parents just named him ?! I like unique names myself.


speaking of parents, in guatemala relatives of former presidents are not allowed to run for president!


Very interesting, I didn't know that. But country was the most listened to genre in rush hour radio in 2009.


That is actually a great idea! That way the president doesnt become biased


true, biased politicians are bad for government!


i live in nyc and cumo is actually the son of a politician


im not a huge country fan but i love linkin park Due to the success of their debut album, linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Concerts by rock bands can be quite loud. The foo fighters played a concert in new zealand that registered on seismic monitors.


I love the foo fighters ! In 1972, pink floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii...with no audience. I wonder why no one was present


Also in 1972, deep purple had a loud concert that knocked three audience members unconscious.


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


Abba had an offer to do a 100 concert reunion tour for 1 billion dollars, but they turned it down.


I know ! thats crazy they chose there dislike over each other instead of 1 billion dollars ! i could never dislike anyone that much


I also would have taken the money! By the way, lou reed and his wife performed a high frequency concert in 2010 for dogs!


Late 90s. like 1997. The company is just over 20 years old.


Wow. That is amazing. Did Netflix compete with Blockbuster at some point?


Blockbuster had a chance to work with netflix. netflix offered to handled the streaming part of the business. BB said no. Oops.


Blockbuster made a major mistake not buying them for $50 million when they had the chance to do so.


Yeah, now BB is no more. One store in Oregon. A relic of a mighty empire.


I guess Netflix put them out of business.


yeah, so did the internet. nobody wanted to go to the store, and why wait for a movie in the mail if you can get it online? BB let the world pass it by.


Now Netflix is worth $2 billion. That is something


I wish i had bought stock back in the day. it was cheap! oh well. Anyway, great chat!


Yes it was great chatting with you as well!!!


I do in fact use Netflix. Do you happen to know who the founders of Netflix were?


it was a guy who paid a huge late fee for a movie then decided he hated late fees


And this the reason why he started Netflix in the first place?


I believe so. he was frustrated. he wanted to make it so that people could rent movies without worrying about late fees. so he started Netflix. and the rest is history.


Reed something. i forget. he is probably a very rich man now.


I do agree he is very rich and his name from what I heard is Reed Hastings. Do you know where is Netflix headquartered?


It is in California, in Silicon Valley. Los Gatos? I think?


You're correct. Do you know when Netflix was founded?


Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


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


Yes he beat 90 000 people in gran turismo, wow


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


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


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


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


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


True. Do you believe in extraterrestrials?


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


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


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


Yes and do you know why the invented that?


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


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


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


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


Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks


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


Yeah, that is pretty funny. I personally don't see the need for it?


Yeah, i dont either they probably want to be on the map- for something probably


Exactly. In Japan all of the highways are tolls apparently.


Japan always has financial difficulties as a nation, probably still owing money stemming from WW2 so they have to collect it somehow.


They also had a pretty severe property crash in the 80s and they never really addressed that or the zombie corporations.


Yeah, they only have so much space to build homes until they run out of space haha


I have actually lived there for 3 years from 96-99


That is pretty cool. So is the toll thing true? Well, nice chatting with you!


Yep, every highway! It was nice chatting with you too! Have a great night!


Hey there, What are your views on government?


I don't really have any. Do you use the internet?


I like to use the internet to book my travel plans its so easy and convenient


Yeah, me too. Do you ever read the terms of service though?


I try to if i had time and a magnifing glass haha


No, but i will ride in one that goes 159mph haha


Hilarious. Well apparently the dutch are making one.


Well, i hope it has good brakes because lord forbid if it has to stop suddenly haha


Hi! Do you like animals? I especially like dogs because they can donate blood at dog blood drives! I haven't tried yet though.


Good point! Now I wonder if he was stressed, trying to set a record, or look cool, I think if I were to smash guitars, it would probably be for the latter and then after knowing someone beat my record, I would smash more guitars to vent out my frustrations.


I'd rather smash office printers and things that frustrate me by malfunctioning. If I were a touring musician, I'd be more like...Brian May. I'd use coins as guitar pics, have amazing hair, and just be chill lol


If I could get away with it, I'd definitely smash some of those too haha. Coins as guitar picks, now that's different! Those must be the successful musicians, well at least Pink Floyd turned a grand houseboat on the river into a floating recording studio called the astoria that's when you know you've made it!


Yep, Queen is very successful (and my favorite band). The weird thing is their first huge hit was Bohemian Rhapsody which is when they "made it." But even when just recording it, they got to use the same piano as was used for Hey Jude. It was like foreshadowing.


Did you see Bohemian Rhapsody then? Oh wow, yeah that's pretty cool! Wonder how much pianos weigh on average, because an aluminum grand piano weighed only 356 pounds for the lounge of the airship HIndenburg.


Must've been the same one that someone hauled to the top of a mountain in the UK somehow. Yep, I saw the movie. It was as good as any biopic.


Rami Malek really did a great job of impersonating Freddie Mercury! Wonder if they played the song composed solely for stress testing auto-pianos while on set since I don't think the actor plays the piano.


He did a great job, but they over-did his faux overbite. And yeah, he had never played piano before when he auditioned!


Oh yeah, that was a bit annoying. Do you play any instruments? I would love to learn how to play the guitar or piano, probably the guitar because it's portable and I can show off my skills


I used to know how to play the flute when I was 10, but didn't stick with it :/ I actually have always wanted to learn the piano


I just learned that! They have 12 different blood types, which I think is more than humans, but I'm not sure.


I learned the flute as part of band in high school but was never good at it, I think I still have it in my attic somewhere, probably needs a deep clean. Me too! The piano sounds so melodic, the BBC even broadcasted piano when there was no news worth reporting


That's a broadcast I would listen to. As the Talking Heads once said, "When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed. Say something once, why say it again?"


That's a great quote! I think broadcasting music is better than 'gap fillers' like some news stations do with nonsense news.


Did you know there's a song that's composed entirely of silence? It's called 4:33 (it's four minutes and 33 seconds of silence) and is meant to highlight how important silence is to music, like negative space is to art


That is definitely more than humans! They can also perform many roles for humans such as hunting, herding, protection, but I mainly have dogs for cuddling.


I had always thought that dogs were completely color blind, but apparently they can see color, just not as many colors as humans can. Wish I had a dog to cuddle :(


Do you have other pets? I didn't know they can see color! My dog certainly acts like he can't distinguish colors but like elephants, he can understand pointing.


I have a cat! She is such a good climber :) I know Google doesn't prefer her, but I definitely do.


Cats are really cute too! Google definitely is a dog company, they even have it in their code of conduct! That's kind of lame, does that mean people can't bring cats to work?


I read it and I think it means they don't have a position on the subject. Like, they started by professing their love for dogs over cats but then said people should be mindful when choosing to bring dogs to work. So no rules about cats... :)


Oh ok! I would totally love to work for Google some day, the environment and culture seems so fun and hip! They even offer music rooms filled with guitars and drums! Probably to vent out some frustrations and stresses


If you want to vent frustration, just become a musician and get away with destroying guitars on tour ;) Matthew Bellamy from Muse has the world record for most guitars smashed on tour, so you've got a lot to live up to.


That would have been funny to see.  Canada is the only country in the world with 2 national sports hockey and lacrosse. lol


Nice. Not nice enough to make me want to be Canadian, but it is good that they have at least one thing to boast about!  Like the New England high school hockey team that beat the woman's USA Olympic team...


lol  Are you a basketball fan?  I am...my favorite shot is the granny shot.


In Texas, the Granny bow-hunting season starts in March. But Texans are proud of their Spurs, and that Tim Duncan!  He sacrificed money to stay in college for 4 years before dominating in the NBA!


Nice!  Physicists probed that shoot granny style is the absolute best technique to consistently score points from the free throw line.  That's why it's my shot.  I'm too short to get anywhere close to the hoop when the game is on.


Sounds like you still got game!  Sadly, most NBA players are broke just 5 years after they retire from the game.


Isn't that incredible they can blow through that money?  Allen Iverson will never have to worry about it after he signed that big endorsement deal with Reebok that pays him $800,000 a year until he reaches 55 and then at that time he will receive a final lump sum payment of $32 million bucks!


He's right there with Jordan...a dude so good, the Miami Heat, a team he only played against, retired Michael's Jersey number when Jordan retired. That's respect!


I never knew that.  Air Jordans were banned by the NBA.  Jordan wore them anyways because Nike was willing to pay the fine each game.  It's been fun chatting!


And now Jordan is principle owner of the Hornets!  Thanks. I have enjoyed chatting with you too!


Ya, you betcha. Give me a puck and a stick and you'll have a southerner trying to figure which end is up... You?


Hahahah Nice! I'm the same way.  An average pro hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds per game.


That explains why so many international hockey players are so fit! I saw in Sports Illustrated


Ha!  An ice hockey ring remains under a basketball court when switching stadium sports.  That has to be a pain in the butt changing the floor.


And I thought changing a diaper was tough... You know, hockey rinks used to only have one penalty box... But since fights would just continue in the box, teams lobbied for two boxes  to preserve teeth.


LOL ...to preserve teeth! Awesome! lol  A hockey player was traded for $1 in 1993 and he went on to win four Stanley Cups.  I have no idea what his name was.


Hockey players could use every cup they can get... In 1932, the USA Olympic hockey team lost to that hockey powerhouse, India


LOL In 1924 the first Ollympic games, Canada scored 132 goals and let in only 3 during the entire competition.  They weren't playing around.


Canadians are serious about their hockey!  Sometimes, the games get so hot, goalies spontaneously combust.  It happened once when puck hit a pack of matches in a goalie's pocket. Another reason I never smoked...


I use Amazon Prime and Netflix to watch tv now.  Did you ever watch "That 70s Show?


Yes, I use Netflix and Amazon prime too! I have seen a few shows, but I didn't know was remade in the UK?


They remade it and called it "Days like These" but it only lasted for 10 episodes.


Its interesting that there's only one episode of The Simpsons where Bart isn't seen.


I don't think I saw that episode.  Probably because I was too busy watching one of the 750 episodes of Pokemon. lol just kidding


Pokemon has been around a long time!! 16 years


Crazy.  My kids were and still are big time into it.  Did you ever get into reading comic books?


Mine too! Some, Michigan State University must really like them, largest collection in the world!


Wow.  Never would have thought that.  I just learned that DC from DC Comics stands for Detective Comics.


Really, that's good to know. I was surprised Marvel published a generic comic book! Good chat!!


Hello,  I watch some of them. Some are are too scary!! Do you?


I do from time to time.  Stephen King calls Bambi the first horror movie he was because it terrified him as a child.


Yes, I saw that. I think that movie would upset any child when losing their mother.I didn't know watching horror  movies burns 180 calories! lol


I agree and I didn't know that. lol  The majority of creepy metallic noises in scifi or horror movies are made by an instrument called a waterphone.  Never heard of that before.


I didn't either, interesting. I wouldn't thought of looking at abstract art before watching a horror movie to enjoy it more either.


haha me neither.  The boy from the Shining movie Danny didn't know he was acting in a horror film until several years later.  lol


Yes, how scary is that! That is somewhat upsetting! I wonder what he thought he was doing?


Who knows?  I bet his parents were cashing the check though. lol  Do you watch a lot of television?


I don't watch TV as much as I use to. I have cable but rarely use it. I use the internet most of the time and look up any shows I missed.


Well it lasted for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days


What? Three days? Did the fans watch the whole thing? That's crazy. They got their money's worth.


I am not sure but everyone must have been really tired. No balc guy has won the US Open since 1968


Tennis is the sport of the wealthy and there is an imbalance in wealth. The sport will change. The Williams sisters have done well.


They have done amazing. Serena is such a star. Did you know she speaks 3 languages?


I guess she travels and has lived different places. A bright capable person. She is determined to succeed.


For sure. And she is a business woman too as she co-owns the Miami Dolphins


Smart investment. That'll pay off in years to come. She probably will have a great life after tennis too.


I am sure she will. She won her 23rd grand slam when she was 2 months pregnant


Astonishing. She is unstoppable. Even pregnant. I wonder what her kid will grow up to do. Anyway, nice chat!


Can't really say that I do. DOn't know the sport well. You?


I used to follow it but not so much now. DO you know the association between tennis and polo shirts?


I have no idea. Is that originally a tennis shirt? Seems pretty stylish for sportswear.


Yeah it was invented by a tennis player by the name of Rene Lacoste


Oh, that Lacoste. I got ya. That's interesting.


Yeah pretty interesting correlation. Once they had to use a helicopter to dry the field during the US Open


That seems excessive, but I guess they needed a quick solution to the problem. Bring in the helicopters!


Yup difficult times call for difficult measures I guess. Do you know how long was the longest tennis game?


So, you think Uber is safe enough to use autonomous cars yet?


Ford. Now you can equip cars with flamethrowers legally. In South-Africa any way.


They actually spoke about this on joe rogans show on youtube. They watch a clip with the flames coming out of the sides. Do you know which video game turned a regular guy into a professional race car driver?


Gran Turismo, it was a dude named Jann Mardenborough.


Did you ever have the chance to play that game back in the day?


I was more of a fan of grand theft auto vice city and san andreas back then.


Those were fun. I wonder what those games would be like with dangerous autonomous vehicles roaming the streets. Imagine having to dodge dangerous Ubers roaming the streets hunting for pedestrians.


LOL thats the plot to the next terminator movie, the day the cars took over.


Hah! I just read about a man who disguised himself as a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice.


I guess people in france definitely are the true masterminds movies try to portray.


I honestly don't think so, I have seen videos on youtube of Tesla's committing errors so that definitely worries me


Possibly. Go for the baguettes and coffee, buy the Eiffel Tower. I feel like the US Govt could sell of some land in Nevada. They own like 86% of it.


It is largely unregulated and I think some better defined guidelines should be put into place. There was a bill in the senate about putting a framework around it.


How long has the technology of driverless cars been around less than 10 years there is still a very long way to go


It's inevitable that there will be accidents. I can only imagine there were problems, and accidents way back in 1886 when Karl Benz built the first automobile.


Do you know what the brand Cadillac is named after?


I think it was a Frenchman, explorer Antoine De La Mothe.  Think he founded Detroit also.


Do you know which year mcdonalds added the first drive thru to make it easier for soldiers trying to get theirs meals quickly?


1975, they couldn't get out of their vehicles while wearing fatigues. Pretty smart.


Which car manufacture was it that produced the 1908 Model T?


That's very true. Better than just sitting around watching football on TV.


I do enjoy football on occasion though. I wouldn't be able to keep up with the game as well if it weren't for the superimposed line for the first down invented by ESPN


That line seems so obvious now. I still don't know about winning an award for it.


We're so used to it now, and no one thought to do it, so now they have an Emmy for it


I'm a bit surprised that bowlers made so much money in the 60s. I guess more people knew the sports and there were sponsors or something.


That's possible. Plus, television wasn't very popular then, and it's hard to watch a football game without all the camera angles. Still, I wonder if it would have been entertaining or boring to watch the 1916 Georgia Tech game against Cumberland. 220 is a lot of touchdowns!


I hope that the GT team used their third string. That score seems punitive. Plus I wonder who bet on the game.


I wonder who their QB was. Or maybe their RB was as talented as Green-Ellis who went through his NFL career without a fumble


Cumberland probably fumbled on every play. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


Good, just been doing some reading for fun. I typically read novels, which when they spread in the 18th century, caused a "moral panic"


People get so concerned about anything that's popular. Like video games. Have they destroyed America's youth? Hm.


Sometimes I wonder the same thing, but I know there are games that require a lot of reading. I know some people who have even learned some foreign language from video games. I suspect that Anne Jones doesn't hold the record for speed reading from playing games though


No, she wouldn't. I wonder how long it took her to achieve that reading rate. And how much she retains.


I'm not sure, but 4,700 words a minute is impressive. I'm glad reading hasn't become outdated though. US military branches have reading lists, and Starship Troopers is on three of the five lists, the first of sci-fi to make it


Heinlein was in the military, and I guess his books help get the troops interested in strategy and stuff.


There's a lot that can be learned form books. Many, including the Marines, have Ender's Game as suggested reading


Anything to get the troops reading for fun. I think they have downtime and they want people to keep their minds active. No moral panic in the military because of SF novels.


And it's beneficial. Not only does it teach strategy, but it also promotes critical analysis and creativity


Good morning!  Did you know that the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


Makes sense.  In 2008 the Norwegian government donated 1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.  That's a lot of cash.  Hopefully it helped.


It would be nice if our government did something like that. Our government just likes to shut down. It's happened 17 times over the past 37 years. It even happened 3 times in 1977!


I agree.  I wonder if anything would have been different if Hillary got elected?  I don't think the president has much control over the economy.


I wonder that myself. It's funny that she used to be a Republican. I wonder what made her change?


I wonder that myself.  She won a grammy for best spoken word album for here book "It takes a Village".


Oh wow, I find it funny that she rejected Bill's marriage proposals for two years before finally agreeing to marry him. I guess his persistence paid off.


lol  That's the funny!  She would adopt a southern drawl while she was campaigning the southern states.


I hate that! I'm from the south and hate fake southern accents more than I hate our regular accents.


lol  I'm a fan of southern accents  Northern accents are just plain and boring I think.


I agree, I live close to the Gulf so my town gets a lot of "snow birds" so I have a mixture of both.


I did not. I know there's a replica of the White House in Atlanta that was built as a private home though.


I bet the snow birds are a pain in the butt.  lol  Although probably good for the local economy like restaurants, etc.


Yeah they definitely help keep restaurants in business during the winter. I won't go to most of the beach restaurants during the summer because they're so crowded, but it's nice during the off season.


I bet it does get crowded.  Well it was nice chatting with you.  Have a good morning!  :)


Wow!  I didn't know that.  For some reasonTeddy Roosevelt once banned christmas trees from the white house.


What a scrooge! Jimmy Carter seemed like someone who wanted to save money. During the winter of 1977 he turned down the white house thermostats to 65 degrees.


He also had solar panels on the white house...then Ronald Reagan had them removed.


That's interesting!  Sorry I hit the return button before.  The white house still uses floppy disks for storing files.  That seems kind of old technology now.


Yeah it is, I wonder if they have a surplus of them, because I can't remember the last time I've even seen a floppy disc.


Me too.  I haven't even seen any being sold at garage sales.  Did you know taht 86 percent of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?  That's incredible.


That is pretty wild, I guess that equates to all the military bases and test sites out there.


I agree, they had to do it right, maybe they had a strong determination, new members of the cast include Michar Giacchino and Bob Odenkirk among others


Odenkirk? The guy from Breaking Bad? That'll sell tix. Good casting choice there.


Yeah I think thats the one, and I agree good casting choices, its a great movie so the cast should be upgraded from the first movie


True. What other forms of entertainment do you enjoy?


I enjoy playing video games, like the old Nintendo system, still have one of those


I played video games as kid. Now, I don't have the time. The Nintendo Entertainment System could display only 54 colors. Didn't matter. The NES was all about great game play.


It was a great syste, a lot of cool games, Mario was my favorite and then Mario Kart


I wish I had had one. The Nintendo Entertainment System was finally discontinued in September of 2003 in Japan. The other systems must have attracted away all the NES followers.


Yeah I was sad to hear it got discontinued I bet that dissapointed a lot of fans, there are better video games now.


The technology advances, but the games don't always get better, just louder and shinier. I enjoyed chatting with you! Have a good day!


No, I haven't seen it. Looks interesting though. The present day events of the Incredibles are set in the 1960s. That's a great period for clothing and architecture.


I can see your point, nothing like the classics I guess, nice chatting,


Back in 1960? I saw the original movie, I like the cast of the second one, Samule L Jackson is in it


SLJ is great for those roles. The director got a chance to do voice work as well. Edna Mode, the superhero costume designer in The Incredibles, is voiced by Brad Bird, the film's director.


Really, its cool that the director also has a part in the movie, there is a sequel of the movie already, it dates back 13 years ago but it was in the form of a video game


I guess the market demand was there. Better to strike while the iron is hot.


I agree, it was a big deal 13 years ago and I think the second part had also great reviews, I have to watch it, I heard its great from a couple of friends


Seems like the movies get an unusual treatment. Director Brad Bird intentionally used artists who were likely to either quit or be fired from Pixar; because he believed only they could create everything that he needed. I wonder what he saw in them.


I bet he saw a hidden talent, well he has a great eye  for that, I bet they didnt charge as much as other actors


I guess they were very motivated to get something that would impress their bosses.


How's it going, are you a Johnny Depp fan, he has been nominated 3 times for an Academy Award


Yea Country music features a lot of banjos, fiddles and harmonicas, a crazy combination


George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins


That's pretty neat. It's unfortunate Henry Ford helped popularized country music due to his fear of jazz


it is. there are only 2 African Americans in the country music hall of fame


That's odd considering country music was influenced by blues


yeah, country music genre was the most listened to rush hour radio during the evening commute in 2009


That's pretty crazy, I wonder if country is popular in South Africa, they could listen to it while driving their flame-thrower equipped cars


It's also pretty cool you can become a professional race car driver from playing Gran Turismo


really it might help people get their driver's license


Yeah he is a good actor, he also directed the film brave in 1997.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I've never seen "The Brave", I wonder if it was any good


I haven't seen it either Johnny Depp is a talented musician too


That's pretty cool, Depp also adopted a horse from the film Sleepy Hollow so it wouldn't be put down


Oh that is so sweet, he is such a good person


Yea, Depp is also producing a biopic on Dr. Seuss too


Yeah he is a great actor, musician ad a producer. Do you listen to country music?


Sometimes I listen to it, I like the Country music more influenced by folk music


It originated in the southern part of the united states and it does have roots from folk music.


Hello did you know that netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america between the hours of 9pm-12am


yeah, you're not missing a block buster there. Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Productions and by 1950 had become known as Atlas Comics.


I thought it was named after the Black Panther party, but apparently it's not. Marvel's use actually predates the founding of the party. They even changed their name to Black Leopard briefly to avoid confusion.


LOL! yeah it might as well have been. Evil whitey trying to take down Wakanda! The Marvel branding began in 1961 when they created The Fantastic Four.


Interesting! I didn't realize that it was a Disney film, either.


Marvel created a superhero for a 4 year old boy who wore a hearing aid because the boy said "Superheroes dont wear hearing aids.


Blue Ear! I think that's amazing and something for the little boy to be proud of.


Yeah pretty cool. I wonder if China will ever let Netflix in? Only 4 courtiers do not allow access to Netflix, China, North Korea, Syria and Crimea.


Who knows! I'm sure Netflix doesn't really care since they have 137 million subscribers.


I'm sure they are trying to get in and bowing to whatever demand China is trying to impose on them


Maybe. It'll probably never happen, especially in North Korea. It's in South Korea though.


I'm not surprised! It's popular and streaming full movies and episodes will take up lots of bw. Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth, believe it or not.


I'm surprised people still order blu-ray and dvds via the postal service from Netflix, maybe people who live in the sticks with no internet.


It's still a good option for people, like me who has a DVD player in my van! haha have a great weekend!


Right on! hope you have a great view of the river from your van. Have a good weekend yourself.


Netflix was started by Reed Hastings, reed was once charged a $40 late fee on a VHS rental


He must have had that rental for a while. Blockbuster declined offers to buy netflix for $50m and now it's worth $2b!


I think in Alaska. The same thing happened with Facebook and Myspace. Youtube uses a lot of Bandwidth too, Netflix and YT make up half of internet traffic in North America.


I should have purchased netflix stock! They have 137 million subs as of 10-2018


Impressive! Have you seen the movie Black Panther, the 2018 American Superhero film based off the Marvel comic?


Yeah, I did see it. It was...ok. I usually like marvel comic movies...this one seemed to be just ok


I haven't yet and probably won't haha. I didn't realize that the Black Panther is the richest superhero, estimated at $500 billion. Bruce Wayne is only $80 billion.


HA! That's hilarious. Lose your grip and your clothes will go flying. Apple had a clothing line in 1986.


Thats funny. Do you use the phone a lot?


I do. Although I rarely use it as a phone.


Same here and I read there is almost no correlation to phone connection quality and bars of service.


That's nuts. Have we been told a lie all our lives?


Probably. In 1930 actress helped invent the cellphone


An iPhone has more computing power than a nuclear missile. Not sure I trust that missile anymore...


That's scary. Dolphins will talk to each other over the phone and know what dolphin they are talking to.


If you stay off your phone for a while, unicef will donate a day of clean water to children in need.


I need to do that more often. The inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker.


Good how are you? Do you know a lot about clothes?


I know very little. When you are 6'6, you don't have many clothing options so you put your energy other places. What about you?


I'm short so I have to find stuff in the kids section at times so I understand. I did read those that the Greeks made asbestos clothing.


Ouch... How knowledge changes perspectives... Pilgrims wore colorful clothes, who knew!


The asbestos clothing was as valuable as gold. I didnt know they wore colorful clothing


They only wore black for special occasions.


Wow history would make us think differently. Want to hear something funny. A man wore 70 pieces of clothing to avoid baggage claim


Was it Joey from Friends? There's a store in alabama that only sells items found in baggage claim.


Not sure. I bet that store makes good money doing that. People used to do their laundry in old faithful


Hello!  Did you know that the top 3 presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  I think Trump though is now on that list so it would be a top 4 list.  lol


I didn't know that.  I wonder why?  Citizens of Austin, TX voted to rename their garbage dump after Fred Durst.  That's funny!


That's crazy!!! I can't believe that something like that was a big enough issue to actually call for a vote!


I know!  I wonder how many people voted for the president of Indonesia.  He released 3 pop albums while in office so he must have been already popular before he got elected.


He must be very interesting haha. I can't imagine trump releasing an album lol. Speaking of music, did you know that in Canada, 40  percent of the music played on the radio must be canadian music?


Haha  ...and I didn't.  That's kind of a neat idea.  Gives Canadian musicians a good shot at being heard.


Yes it does! I'm curious as to the canadian songs that are played, I might have to look some up later to listen.


I actually used to listen to Canadian radio.  I liked a lot of the rock bands I heard.  I live in extreme North East Ohio just 5 minutes South of Lake Erie so for years in the 90s and 2000's I was able to pick up Canadian radio clear.


Oh that's really interesting! I'll definitely have to listen! Did you know that there is a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free?


I didn't but I will look that up.  I also wanted to listen to those shows just to see what they were like.  Jupiter has radio storms that are so strong they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio. How cool is that?


It's pretty amazing! And soldiers once made radios out of razor blades and pencils. that's insane!


That was pretty skilled of them to be able to do that!  How interesting!  I have to get going.  It's been fun chatting with you!  Have a good day!


Do you know what they called the first president of Zimbabwe?


I do happen to know that. The first president of Zimbabwe was called 'President banana.' It makes me wonder why they call this person that. Can you believe that at one point in time, the vice president was actually the runner up in an election?


hahahah  Could you imagine that runner up situation happening now.  Yikes!


There would be nothing but chaos! There would be little sense in voting!


Yes!  I wouldn't want to have been in India where the Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter!  I didn't think there were lions in India?  I think there are tigers there.


Yeah I agree! I would love to know more about that...it seems like a movie plot haha. And yeah, I've always heard of tigers in India, not lions. What might be even crazier, is that astronauts can actually vote in outer space!!


That's cool they let them do that!  Not all men in the UK had the vote until 1918.  Maybe because the King and Queen still had the power to do what they wanted?


Yeah possibly! That was barely 100 years ago, it's hard to believe there was a time when certain people couldn't vote. Did you know that in the state of alabama, 34 percent of black males have lost their right to vote?


No. I never got into it. Is it any good?


It was as a kid when I watched it years ago. Now there are 750 episodes. That is about 50 a year for 16 years straight!


That is a lot per year. They dont do that anymore.


No. I have never played. Except min golf.


Same here. I can't believe golf courses take up more land space than rhode island and delaware combined.


Its very popular. I have friends that play.


babe ruth was a famous golfer besides baseball player. Anyways, great chatting with you have an awesome day!


Same here. Do you like to watch television?


Yes. I watch television a few hours a day.


Spots. Comedy, Mystery, science fiction.


Oh cool! Do you like watching the Simpsons?


I can't believe there is just one episode where bart neither appears nor is mentioned. I wonder which one!


Yes, considering that  there  have been so many episodes.


I have never heard of the Silurian hypothesis before.  Have you?


I think it's interesting. It means there is probably a great deal of things out there from the past to be discovered hidden beneath the surface.  Do you care?


I mean sure, but just in cases when they'll find a swiss watch in a 4000 old tomb mummy to prove time travel is possible ;) or when they'll find frozen alien in Antarctica ;)


I'd be interested in those!  Have you ever heard of the Antikythera mechanism?


It's an artifact that was discovered and it's known as the world's first computer.  Get this- it was used by the Ancient Greeks.


ok, this I must google after this HIT ;) I love to hear about stuff like that ! ;)


Me too.  It's artifacts like that that make you wonder just how did those people back then do the things they did.


I'm telling You - Time Travelers ! ;) there was this Mummy in China and when they opened the tomb, it was wearing Adidas shoes ! ;)


That's funny!  It could all stem from an ancient race of beings before us.


There are also many videos of bones in the ground of Giants ;) they look like humans but are HUGE ;) probably a scam, but it looked interesting ;)


Sorry m8... I have no idea what's that... any chance You could explain ?


That is interesting. I think I've heard somewhere about a large race of humans from back in Biblical times that fossils have been found of.


Scientists are speculating about potential life forms before humans on earth.  They took the name from a Dr who, a television show, episode.


Before humans, meaning before the first homo sapiens ? Any info on what those speculations are based on ?


Yes.  I think scientists look at the age of the planet, the earliest known human, and then start to wonder.


From what I've heard, nothing yet.  Supposedly anything older than 4 million years  old is unlikely to be discovered.


They will probably find nothing more than bunch of dinosaurs remains... nothing more ;) I think they should focus on future and not the past...


I don't know. Learning where you come from can have a profound effect on the present and the future.  Did you know that urban areas only make up about 1% of the Earth's surface?


I guess there will be less and less of those areas... how is that making You feel  ? Do You care ?


Can you believe they are scouting high schoolers from the class of 2020?


That's interesting! I wonder if their baskets are the mounted at the stander 10 feet?


I dont really know about that, do you know there is a team called the Tall Blacks in New Zealand!!


Get out of here! I bet that wouldn't go over well in the US.


It wouldnt, that would generate a lot of controversy.


Maybe we should call someone and let them know. Do you happen to have a phone book I could borrow? Or an Iphone?


No not really, I used to have an IPhone, its crazy how it has more power than the entire icbm nuclear deterrent of our country


That's interesting. Hey do you remember back in the day when we had Rotary phones?


Yeah I do remember those times, my grandmother used to yell at me because I played with the dial


Well, the reason that New York areas code is 212 is because Is the fastest number to dial on a Rotary phone. Whenever I travel there I usually just use a bus to get around.


Oh so thats why 212 is the area code, thats interesting, do you like to travel?


Most the time but I hate packing luggage and don't get me started on Japan. I went there and it cost me 300 bucks to go across the country because all their highways have tolls on them.


Sounds expensive, Japan seems like a nice country but thats excesive.


Yeah, the player Jeremy Roach is like the most sought after player ever.


Oh I heard about him, seems like he is a really talented kid, he is 6 foot 2 really tall


I wonder why they started recruiting them so young. I thought there was ruled rules against that.


I thought that as well, they should start in college and in the later years many players end up in bankrupcy because of the lack of education


So, he has scholarship offers from Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Miami, and Texas What do you think happens to those if he gets hurt?


If he gets hurt badly his carreer might end and then regrets come, lets hope that doesnt happen


Did you know that in 39 out of the 50 states the highest state paid employee is either a college football or basketball coach?


The US supreme court has a court called The Highest Court in the land


Edward Lodewijk Van Haien is a Dutch american musician. He was 1964 presents.


He is pretty good with a guitar for sure. When he recorded beat it. He literally set the stage on fire.


I love my phone. Dont know what I would do without it. Did You ever use a rotary phone?


In my childhood i use rotary phone. It was wonderful phone in that time. jump to push lbutton pulse phones in the UK.


Did you know that New Yorks area code is 212. They made it that because it was the fastet number to dial on a rotary phone.


Yes, i know. Rotary dial phones are analog, overse voice is digital so the rotary dial won't work. If you really want to use the old rotary dial phone to make calls, you can purchase an analog to digital converter,


I dont know, I kind of like the way phones work these day.


I love to listen to the guitar. I have never learned to play. How about you?


push-button phones were introduced in the us market in 1963.


I personally like my touch screen. Thanks for the nice chat. Have a goody day.


Same here. Nice chat with you. have a good day to you.


I also love to listen to the guiter. I never learned to play. But the guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.


. Did you know that Matthew Bellamy hold a record for most guitars smahed onstage.


Yes, I know Bellamy made it into the Guinness Book of world records 2010. He currently holds the world record for the most guitars smashed on a tour 140 guitars.


Thats a lot of guitars to smash. Lol. The queens guitarist actually has a phd in astrophysics.


Brian Harold May, CBE is a enlgish musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist. He is the best known as the lead guitarist of the rock bank queen. He used a hame-built electric guitar called the Red Special.


Yeah, did you know he uses coins as guitar picks. He ususally uses the english sixpence.


The coin may uses only had silver in it until the 1940's and they were removed from circulation in the 1980's. May chose to use the sixpence as a pick because he found platic picks too flexible.


Really. That is interesting. now much about eddie van halen.


Hello - do you know if the length of the day on earth has changed between when the earth was first formed and present?


Not sure if you're able to finish your thought without me responding first... you were saying?


So I'm not sure what the purpose of that bus actually is?


Yeah, good question. Maybe just to supplement air travel but accommodate shorter commutes?


Hmmm, did you know all of the highways in Japan are tolls? Seems weird, right?


That does seem weird. Good way to generate road maintenance revenue - wonder if they also pay fuel taxes?


I'm not sure. I've never actually been to Japan. Have you?


Nope, never been anywhere in Asia. Lots of U.S. travel, European travel but never Asia.


I've never been to Europe either. Only South America, kind of a shame. How was Europe?


Very cool. I only speak English so some of the places I visited were pretty intimidating to navigate without being able to read or speak the language. South America is still an interesting place - I've never been - how was it?


It is very cool. Plus everything is dirt cheap down there. Makes the vacations really a lot funner.


Great talking to you - thanks for chatting!


When the earth was formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long apparently.


Interesting, that is very short. They are 24 hours now.


Another fun fact - the Dutch are creating a commuter bus to travel at 160 miles per hour.


I don't think I would ever ride on that, would you?


Doesn't seem safe to me. Has a Sandra Bullock/action movie feel to it.


LOL, yeah. Plus what highways would it be allowed on?


Great point - seems more like a missile than public transportation.


Hey, how are you doing this evening? Do you like watching Netflix?


I actually pay for YouTube Red so I don't have to deal with ads. I'm currently listening to Lady Gaga's favorite band Iron Maiden.


Yes, that is an unexpected preference. i would have thought that she would have had a different favorite band.


I would have too. I guess she's a diverse individual. She is actually the godmother to Elton John's son.


She has a flair that he does. she is not especially pretty, but i think that she is really talented to have made it so far.


She is really talented. She began performing as a teenager singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays.


I think that she was so driven that she couldnt do anything but succeed. i am glad that she has done well. did you see her in a star is born?


I haven't seen that yet. I've heard good things about it.


She does a solid job. it is a good telling of the story. the third making of the movie. Her name came from the Queen song. i did not know that.


Yeah it was from a predictive text glitch that changed Radio to Lady.


Yeah, that is funny. I always wondered how she landed on that name. I guess it makes sense for her though. LOL


Im fine! how are you? i used to watch netflix, but i dont now. You?


Yeah it does. Well it was nice chatting with you. I hope you have a great night!


I watch it sometimes, but I'm considering cancelling my service since the price went up again. Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph are trying to take all my money!


I think the company has billions in debt. plus they are making a lot of content. But i hear you!


I totally agree, it's worth it if you watch it all the time. They say from 9 PM til 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.


Yes, i used to account for a lot of that bandwidth. LOL. I think that there are better uses of my time now.


I'm usually in bed by that time so I don't account for much of it. Together with YouTube they make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.


I use YOutube a lot these day. I listen to old songs from long ago, and some jazz albums. it is a great site.


I use it a lot too. I actually have it on in the background right now.


I was listening to some jazz earlier today. i am glad that Youtube is there. saves me a lot of money, and i dont mind some ads for that.


I am a huge NFL fan, how about you?I was mad the Patriots won the superbowl this year. I love the NFL because it is the highest professional level of football in the world!


Oh nice. Yeah the Lannisters are the ones who hold power and always want control and power. The Patriots coach, Bill Belichick is the most winningest coach in the nfl post season with 21 wins. Quite respectable.


Wasn't there all that spying stuff with them, and deflate gate?


Yea there was! That was a huge scandal. They did get put on some probation for that but that's about it. Did you know there is only one left handed quarterback in the NFL?


I wonder if it makes a difference.  I know in some sports being left handed can be a advantage.  It's funny that Tom Brady couldn't make his high school at times.


Yeah thats a good point. Yes that is hard to believe-now he is considered the greatest of all time. That shows that natural abilities aren't everything! Apparently the football huddle was created by a deaf quarterback. pretty interesting.


I wasn't aware that Belichick had coached the Browns.  That was a long time ago, Cleveland winning a playoff game.


Oh yeah I didn't know that either. They have had a tough go thats for sure. Their last playoff win was back in 1995-wow!


Was that before they moved to Baltimore.  I know there's a lot of bad blood around here because of that.  Is there much difference with Canadian football?


Yeah good question I'm not sure. Yes there are definitely differences with the CFL not sure what exactly though. I know the Rock (Dwayne Johnson) was actually cut from the CFL before he started wrestling!


He looks like a football player.  So who is your favorite NFL team?


Can't say I'm a huge fan.  I know my local teams but not much more, used to live in DC and now in the Cleveland area.  I'm fully aware of how much the Browns suck.


My favorite team is the Seattle Seahawks since that is where I'm from. Also thats why I don't like the Patriots-they beat us in the Superbowl a few years back.


I've heard you have a noisy stadium, is that true?


Yeah I have been to a game before and it is deafening! Can't even hear yourself talk. It was a great time but I prefer to watch games on tv-just more comfortable.


Oh nice. LOL yes they have definitely had their troubles! Have you ever played football? I never have but I would want to be quarterback because they are the leader of the offensive team.


Never, I played the other football, soccer.  Are you aware of this Derrius Guice player and his injury?


Oh nice, that is a good game as well. Yeah he tore his ACL what a disaster for him. Terrible injury. He hyperextended his knee while being tackled-ouch!


I always hear of players doing their ACL, I never really know what that means.


Yeah it i the ligament that prevents your thigh bone from moving anterior to your leg bone. Very common and very bad-need surgery to correct it. And he had some denial claiming that he could walk after the injury-sad that he didn't want his rookie season to end!


I'm sure he'll get the best treatment.  Did you watch the Super Bowl this year?  Even if you did want the Patriots to lose.


Yes I did. It wasn't a great game-very low scoring. Commercials were good though. Did you watch? The Patriots are like the Lannisters of the NFL (if you watch the game of thrones).


My niece always has birthday party on that weekend and we feel obliged to go since it's family.  My wife loves Game of Thrones so I end up watching with her.  I assume the Lannisters aren't good.


Nice must be good prices there. They are delivering on Sundays now through USPS


So convenient. Do you know what the arrow in their logo means?


Hmm I am not sure, what? THey also owns IMDB.


Nice. The logo means they have everything from A to Z


Oh that makes sense. They named a building after their first customer who spent less than $30


Nice. Best Buy and Target have this thing where they match their prices to Amazon


I like it. Do you know Jon Hamm was a drama teacher in a high school?


Hmm did now know that. DO you know how Michael Caine became an actor?


Yesh he was chasing the pretty girls who were in drama class


alot of the time, I like to shop on amazon and you?


me too. Have you ever shopped the Amazon Basics line?


I love it  too, I know they say it is not the best quality but I find it good enough


me too did you know jeff built a clock on a mountain somewhere?


Oh cool. Amazon holds the patent on the 1-click buying


Yes and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years. I bet they make money from the license


Yeah they do and among those who have to pay them is Apple also


Nice. Did you know their workers walk up to 15 miles a day


that is a lot. They have a website where they sell returned stuff


Did you know there is a company that has robot dogs for sale?


Yeah and robots can be controlled by rat brains?  It will change personalities with the change of brains.  Wowl


Wow! I know robot movement is so precise that they can debone a chicken with surgical precision.


That precise yet the military uses Xbox controllers to disarm and ID IEDs.


Really? Wow! I wonder if they learned that skill on Youtube? Especially since users can upload, share, view and rate videos.


Probably... Why not?  Police have "BluTube" to share videos.


I have never heard of that! Do they share law enforcement videos?


Yep.  Did ya know YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the internet?


I am not surprised. I know Netflix and Youtube combined make up half of peak internet traffic in north America.


Yeah, computers have changed things a lot.  A far cry from 1936 when the Russians built a computer that ran on water.


I never knew! Gangam style got so many views they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Hey thanks. You were an excellent chat partner!


It's Boston Dynamics and the dogs can do things like open doors and empty the dishwasher.


Oh, I have heard of a German company that is making a dog like robot  called Spot Mini.


Hm. The one I mentioned can haul 30 pounds and may be used to work in dangerous environments like nuclear clean up.


That would be great! It sounds like Spot Mini that is 66 pounds and 2 feet 9 inches tall.


Wow.  I heard it can also move on surfaces that wheeled robots cant.


It sounds useful. I've also heard it can haul a 30 pound payload.


Yes.  Did you know Michael Jackson planned to build a 50 foot robot to roam around the desert near Las Vegas?


Hi, did you know that the top 3 wealthiest presidents are JFK, Jefferson and Washington?


That's funny!  The U.S. congress has played Democrats vs. Republican baseball annually since 1909, that's interesting as well.


That was interesting - I did not know that.  The president and congress can declare someone an honorary citizen.


Yes, that is correct, they both can.  Did you know that the planet Jupiter has radio storms that are so strong, AM radio can pick them up and we can hear them? I wouldn't know would they would actually sound like though.


I wonder what they sound like.  Radio waves can carry various information.


Canada requires all radio station to play at least 40% of the music by Canadian artists.


Canadian government appeared to be protective of their culture.  Do you know that  the most popular radio acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist?


I didn't know that, I have never seen a Ventriloquist act, have you?


I did on TV.  Do you know that there is a radio station that can translate solar activity into sound?  Weird.


That is weird, I didn't know that either, I'm learning a lot of new info today! Soldiers in World War II made radios out of razorblades and pencils, dubbing them "The foxhole radio", wow!


Wow, indeed.   Perhaps they were bored.  They could listen to Bill Murray voicing the human torch.


I read about it.  Is Trump richer than they were though?


Ya right!  I don't see how that would have been possible to make only using those 2 items!


That's what I thought also, I'm not sure of Donald Trumps approx value as far as his wealth?


May be the article was published before Trump became the president of the United States.  People did not like Trump's diplomacy style.


True, I see that the president of Indonesia recorded 3 pop albums while he was president, that's crazy!


It was amusing.  Presidents are human being.  Lincon wore John Wilkes booth during his inauguration.


I didn't know that.  It's surprising that the Blair house which is the guest house is bigger than the actual white house!


Thank you for your information.  Talking about president, FDR was the last US president who spoke a foreign language.


Really? I didn't know that. I see that the Character "Elmo" actually testified before U.S. Congress, the only non-human to do so!


I did not know that.  Perhaps congress can declare Elmo as an honorary citizen.


How's it going? Do you watch Netflix? They have 137 million total subscribers worldwide.


Yea I guess that's why Netflix is worth 2 billion dollars


Yep. Speaking of money, did you know the three richest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


Oh wow, thats cool. I was watching Shark Week and learned that a fishing community in Indonesia keep sharks as pets! Yikes, Ill stick with cats and dogs.


I heard some sharks are pretty cool and rescue sailors sometimes


Oh wow, amazing! That is good to hear, my daughter is a sailor. More people are bitten by New Yorkers than by sharks. That is a funny fact.


Lol I'm not surprised. There's an area in the pacific ocean called white shark cafe where Great White Sharks congregate


Oh yikes, scary! That would be terrifying. I learned that tuna farmers would go to crazy lengths to protect their tuna. All the way to the point of wrestling them in the tuna nets.


That sounds fun. Maybe they can train sharks to protect their tuna, sharks can be trained to bark


HA! Sharks have personality just like people do. Some are happy, shy, moody. Weird because I thought they were all just really mean.


Yes, I am one of those subscribers.I love no commercials the most. I would not mind working for Netflix someday either.


That would be a good place to work. It's crazy from 9pm to 12am in North America 33% of all bandwidth is used by netflix


No way, that is crazy! I heard that a job at Netflix is called being a tagger. That job is for a person to watch movies and creates tags. Getting paid  to watch Netflix would be pretty chill.


Sounds like a fun job. It's funny Blockbuster could have bought Netflix for 50 million but never did


Oh man, they missed out big time! I like the fireplace channel on Netflix. I always play it during the holidays when I have people over since I don't have a real one.


It's crazy that a $40 late fee is what motivated Reed Hastings to create netflix


Wow, that's amazing!! I wish all my dang late fees inspired me! They usually just pissed me off,lol.


Yea, streaming is so much better although Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth


Interesting and cool. I noticed that they have almost 150 movies available that have a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That is a remarkable business plan to keep viewers happy!


Hey how are you, do you watch the NBA at all?


I really dislike Jordan, seems like a pretty terrible person. I heard LeBron is about to be a billionaire.


Wow.  With that kind of money, I hope he keeps up his charity work.  Out of curiosity, would you know how many times he's been voted into the All Star Games?


I'm not sure, I think it's been every year he has been in the league minus his rookie year, so maybe 14?


That sounds about right.  Ever vote for the all stars?  Never feel like the most deserving get chosen.


I haven't yet, have you ? I think it is through text now right?


Wow really?  That's a different way of collecting votes. It's been a while since I voted.  Last time I did it was on the NBA website.  It's a popularity vote i guess.  I like other stats like defensive player of the year.  Based on more stats but is that also voted on by sports writers?


I am not really sure to be honest, I'm sure it is a mix of the two. Astronauts vote from space, would never have guessed.


That's pretty cool.  Can't think of any Russian NBA players of the top of my head.  Do you know if there's an international basketball federation?  I know there are a lot of international teams but wasn't sure if there was an organization


I did not know that, is it like Fifa? Not many Russian players, but lots of former block players, Kristaps, Luka, Peja Stojokavich, etc.


Ah, you're right.  Forgot about them.  Just did a quick search and I think there's an org called FIBA, also know as the International Basketball Federation.  Wonder if that includes China.  Think a lot of players are heading there.


I'm a big fan!  One of my all time favorite players is Reggie Miller.


Ah I gotcha, Ill keep an eye on that. I am going to get off though, good chatting with you, have a great rest of the weekend!


Him and his sister are so good, Cheryl had 105 points in a game before.


Heard that story.  Make me laugh.  He thought he was a big shot for scoring 40 points!  Go sis!  I'm also a big Tim Duncan fan.  How about you?  Any fave players?


Tim Duncan is so good, I'm a huge Spurs fan and former Spurs, like Kawhi. Timmy would have had so many records if he didn't stay in college all 4 years.


Right?!? But I gotta give Timmy props for finishing school.  Think he promised his mom he'd finish.  I'm still a little salty about Kawhi though.  I'm also not a big fan of LeBron.  How about you?


Got to do what's best for you and that is how Kawhi felt, it's unfortunate but I can't hate at all. I love LeBron, basketball aside, he's done so much for the good of people in this country.


Yeah.  You're right.  Just didn't think it was handled well.  Think my distaste for LeBron stems from when he was starting out.  Came off real cocky.  Did you know he rejected a $10 mil offer from Reebok because he said he was waiting for a bigger deal?


Yah I can definitely see that, but, he was 18 years old being called the king, it'd be hard not to be cocky. He did raise 6 million during the decision for charity.


Yeah, I have to reluctantly admit the man is good.  And I do have to admit he's done a lot of charity work.  I think that makes me dislike him less than Jordan.  (Sorry if you're a Jordan fan!)  Still not seeing LeBron in the new Space Jam though.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an am radio.


I really want to listen to that. Facebook is primarily blue because mark zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness


I didn't know that. Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


that's interesting. Since 1989 a finnish radio station has broadcast 'nuntii latini' - a weekly news program conducted entirely in classical latin


Interesting. There is only one episode of the simpsons where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned


I love the Simpsons. Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each


That's a lot. When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew.


I haven't watched that episode. celand are rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.


Good idea. Tv can mean the device or show.


Wow I didn't know that. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


yeah it's a part of her book tour right? Looks like her book is selling extremely well, Im very happy for her


Yes. Burger king had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on facebook you get a free whopper.


All of them I think. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


that's actually very interesting. Apparently myspace was offered to buy Facebook for only $75 mil to which they refused


Wow. He's rich. According to canadian law, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be canadian.


wow I wonder if they play a lot of Justin Bieber haha. Apparently, Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein


He's annoying. Soldiers in wwii made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them foxhole radios.


It's amazing they were able to make that with just some simple tools. So there are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


That's a lot of shows. The Ramones played a total of 2263 concerts. WOW!


The Ramones are indestructible. They must be robots. I think that they have found some secret to energy and long life.


Yeah. That's crazy. And I am positive they were not drinking kale smoothies the whole time. I am sure they were destructive...


Yeah, kale. Defnitly not kale. What about Pink Floyd and their "concert" in 1972? What was that about?


Sometimes it's just about the music and the experience. But no audience is pretty crazy!


I guess they had their artistic reasons. I wonder how much that costs. I wonder if the Ramones ever played there.


I know creed didn't. They were too busy in court getting sued by their fans.


They should have practiced infront of empty stadiums for a while first.


They are now doing that! They get mocked all the time and it is deserved.


I don't know what went wrong, but a lawsuit? That is insane. Do you think our president will release pop albums? Will he get sued for it?


Sure. I usually listen on Youtube. What about you?


I love music. I listen on spotify. What type of music do you listen to?


I listen to rock, pop and jazz. I don't go to concerts often. No money or time. You?


About the same. I have been into dirty rock lately, like Jaime N Commons. I do like concerts but I do not like being with a ton of people so I end up at small local venues.


Don't really know Commons. Have you seen Jaime in concert?


No.... I have also gotten into Gary Clark Jr too. Are you aware of him?


Don't know him either. Do these guys tour much? Some groups have a grueling schedule. Due to the success of their debut album, Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Earth is amazing don't you think? So much history in its 4.5 billion years of creation.


He's in a production called "Thank you for smoking"; I haven't seen it either though.


That seems a little ironic for his recent ordeal with smoking marijuana during an interview with the host and was fined, I think. His wife or ex-wife also appeared in Christopher Nolan's film, Inception.


Thats Elon Musk's wife? I didnt know that!  she is a good actress.


I'm not sure which character she played, but according to the article, she appeared in it. I wonder if that movie inspired him to create any of his companies.


Could be, so anyway, do you like horses?


Yes, but I would never ride a horse to school like what two high school students did on the "no vehicles to school day", very creative though


I agree, really creative for sure, I bet they got in a lot of trouble too.


Yes, they were suspended, which seems a little harsh to me.


It does seem harsh but then again the horses could lose control and create a lof of chaos.


Yes, especially if they had brought Icelandic horses, which have a fifth speed, called the tolt, which is a speedwalking unit for a horse


I think it is amazing! Not only the composition and history of earth, but also its position relative to other planets in the solar system.


Can you imagine all the chaos? Another cool fact is that Clint Easthood is allergic to horses.


I agree, so many wonders to think we only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds on a 24 hour calendar of Earth's history.


I mean that if 4.5 billion years of histoy equals 24 hours then humans have only exist for 1 minute and 17 seconds of that 24 hour period,


Oh wow! That is really neat, time really does fly! I really appreciate these tech billionaire's efforts into space exploration, like Elon Musk and his bold initiative to start colonization in Mars.


I heard he wants to build a supersonic vertical take off jet.


Whatever that is, it just sounds super cool! I wonder how he finds time the to do all these things, he's the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, chairman of SolarCity. It makes me seem very unproductive


I know it seems like he wouldnt have much time, he is also an actor and producer, seems like he has more than 24 hours in his day.


He is an actor and producer? I didn't know that, do you know which movies/TV shows he is involved with?


that makes sense why there is so much research going on involving them


Yeah. Did you know that a Seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


that is so cool , I did not think of them as fish


Yeah, I think technically they are fish though. Apparently, there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.


I guess that is what we all want so i bet there is some research going on to try and figure out how they do that


Yeah, True. Are you a fan of Linkin Park?


I actually am their album hybrid theory is the best one of the 21 century


Nice, they were a good band. Too bad about the singer.


Yeah that was really unfortunate. did you hear about those 100 year old twins in japan that released an album?


I used to own some tropical fish to be honest, what about you?


I am not sure but good for them. nice chat


Yeah, I used to have a Cichlid, have you ever heard of this type of fish?


I have actually. have you heard of black swallower?


I have, I heard it can eat prey twice its own length.


yeah that is amazing. do you know the difference between freshwater and saltwater fish?


Yeah, one lives in saltwater and the other lives in freshwater! But seriously, they have different breathing mechanisms.


yeah, one with skin and the other with their mouths


Awesome. Did you know 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts with zebrafish.


Hey there how you doing? I think learning about space is fascinating. There are so many planets in our solar system.


No but that makes me hungry! The Internet is truly addicting and it is actually measurable in the brain.


I recently read something about that. Did you know the word "internet" is a contraction of interconnected network?


Oh that is really cool! Luckily there is a library of Alexandria that has a saved copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns down LOL!


Do you ever shop on the Internet for clothes? Apple even have a clothing line in 1986.


I do sometimes. I did not know that!  Did you know there is a store in Alabama that only sells stuff found in unclaimed baggage at the airport?


I would like to visit that store. Ripcurl makes clothes in North Korea but the label says made in China. Must be Kim Jong-un's orders!


Must be!  Did you know that Pilgrim's clothing was full of color? They only wore black for special occasions.


I thought it was the other way around! One thing style gurus look for is collar gaps to tell if clothes were tailored! It was lovely talking with you today!


I am doing well, how about you?  Yes it is!  Did you know that Jupiter's moon Ganymede would be a planet if it orbited the Sun?


I did not know that but I love that name! Venus would be a crazy planet to live on because there are no seasons. Hopefully it's summer all the time.


That is true.  Hopefully it would be summer.  Did you know that Uranus rotates sideways and rolls around the sun instead of spinning?


I wonder what makes you do that? I like looking in the night sky because five planets are visible to the naked eye!


That is cool.  Did you hear about a planet that was found that glass percipitates sideways at 4500 mph in  2000 degree  Fahrenheit winter?


I would not want to visit that place! Astronomers once detected building blocks of life in a planetary system 455 light years away!


Indeed it is! It is fun to learn about planets on the Internet. There's even Internet service on the peak of Mount Everest.


That is insane!  Did you know that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a Hamburger Button?


lol I think i read something like he just hates them ha.


But how can he hate them if he hasnt tried them lol, did you know Brady has an NFL rule named after him.


Not sure lol yeah seems weird.  what is the rule that is named after him?


Im not sure, I just know that he, Calvin Johnson, Carson Palmer and Jimmy Graham all have rules named after them.


Interesting.  do you listen to the radio much?


I do listen to radio on my way to work, what about you?


Sometimes,  I usually listen to pandora or audio books.  did you know that there is a website that you can listen to free classic dramas?


I didnt know  that, how can I access the site do you know?


I dont have the link,  although I bet Google knows!  lol


Google knows everything for sure lol, there is also a radio station where you can hear solar activity, must be really boring though.


Yes I do watch football I love the Patriots what about you?


No, not really.  are the patriots in the superbowl? Did you know tom Bradys wife makes more money than him?


Yeah they are playing this year so Im really exited, and I didnt know that, thats crazy since I think his the top earner in the leage.


I know right,  why is he even playing,  he could just live his life and not get injured and travel and stuff lol


I know, I would be travelling in his position, he has already won what he needed to win.


I wonder why the coach puts him on the injured list every week when he is not injured.


Maybe the coach is saving him for an important game, its crazy how the Patriots with Brady have either won or lost by 3 or 4 points in all six games.


That is interesting.  Also,  he has never eaten a strawberry...ever lol


Thats crazy! is he like afraid of them? seems unreal fo someone who has been on almost every Superbowl since 2002


I have one, one of the best decisions I have taken, there is a lot of quality content and to think its all possible thanks to a late fee.


Yes, I am glad Reed Hastings racked up a $40 late fee. I like watching Netflix to unwind and I am definitely not the only one. From 9 pm to 12 am, Netflix makes up 33 percent of all North American bandwidth.


Imagine the amount of people, 33% of  the bandwidth! seems unreal, so Netflix has grown so much it has about 137 million subscribers.


Yeah, but yet, they still spend 20 times more on postage. I forgot that that option even exists.


I wonder why they spend so much in postage I might have to google that later, Google is also another titan that keeps on growing.


Yeah, you're right. One time they went down for about five minutes and took 40 percent of web traffic with them.


Wow, that sure had serious consequences, you know that the founders both have a PHD degree.


It is, I would have thought they dropped out of college like most entrepreneurs, I want to visit Google Headquarters in California, I imagine they are amazing.


Is that where they once used goats to mow the lawns around their headquarters?


I try to avoid it as I feel it wastes time, but yes, I do have an account. Maybe I should see if Burger King still has the promotion for unfriending ten people and getting a free whopper.


That promotion was great indeed, I wonder what they had against Facebook though, seems kind of messed up lol


Haha, you're right. Well, no matter how much I dislike it, Facebook continues to be a success. In early 2005, Myspace turned down an offer to buy it for 75 million. I bet they are regretting that.


I know I would, sounds like a terrible decision, and I agree Facebook is growing at an incredible rate to the point a country is rewriting its constitution via Facebook


Iceland? And they are letting the public make suggestions and corrections.


I see, so its only suggestions and correction, I guess its good to have feedback from the people, I wonder why Facebook has so much blue.


Yeah, I always thought it was a boring color. But it makes sense that it is that color due to Mark Zuckerberg's color blindness.


Oh it all makes sense now, so what about Netflix do you also have an account there?


Apparently they are the highest paid state employees in 39 states.


I found the percent of airtime for opinion on msnbc and fox news surprising. I thought it would have been reversed.


I do. Only missed 1 election in my life.


It is cool that astronauts vote from space!


That is cool. I have thought baout the logistics of that and cant figure it out.


It is also amazing that not all men in the UK had the vote until 1918.


Really! JFK voted against the civil rights act so who knows! Maybe some men just should not vote.


Take for instance Alabama's ban on interracial marriage. 40% voted to KEEP IT!


I am well, thanks! I am not sure they mean this type but do you like happy hour?


They really shouldn't! It was nice chatting with you!


I do not really have one! Do you watch the news?


I do watch the news. I find it sad at times though. Do you watch it?


Sometimes but I try to avoid it because it is mostly depressing. Did you know Fox news discussed possibly making a channel that would only air the Simpsons?


They also tried to sue the simpsons for liable. Fox news was not happy with the way the simpsons portrayed them.


That is hilarious. Fox is watched more than cnn and MSNBC combined!


I would not have guessed that. Wow. With a median age of 68, that might not last long though.


Hi.  Do you subscribe to Netflix?  From 9PM to 12:00 AM it accounts for approximately 33% of all bandwidth in north america


Probably.  I read about south park producers who received flowers from the simpson crew?  What was the reason?


Good question... I don't know. DId it have anything to do with the episode whre Daniel Radcliffe voiced a paraody of Twighlight's Edward Cullen?  I think the episode was Treehouse of Horro.


What other topics would you be interested in chatting?  I do not watch television, that is sometimes shortened to telly, any longer.


How about Shakespeare? The only one of his plays not adapted to TV or film was The Two Noble Kinsmen. Know anything about that?  Shame yo don't watch TV. You miss the cultural advantages of being exposed to the likes of Monty Python..


I only watch news via internet.  I heard of Monty Python.  Please tell me all about it.


British comedy band. One of it's players, Graham Chapman, was a medical doctor before he gave it up to focus on comedy.


Oh okay.  Back to Neflix, I did not know that it has more then 137 million subscribers worldwide.


Nice. You can watch some good old Monty Python films on Netflix, like Search for the Holy Grail. Did you know, the creator of the Python programming language named it in part to honor Monty Python?


I will watch Monty Python films on Netflix.  Thank you for your recommendation.  There are a few countries that do not allow Netflix, do you know which one they are?


No. Do you? I do know that in some European markets, Netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which movies to purchase.


Yup. I am part of the Netflix traffic each night. You? Heck, I've even watched their infamous  fireplace film.


Two of them are China and North Korea. There are more, I think.  Anyway, I've got to run.  Nice chatting with you.  I wish I could be as funny as you are.  Good night.


Yes we do.  I'm glad to be part of the Netflix traffic.


I'd love to work for them. Maybe I could get a job as one of their paid "taggers?


Why don't you apply?  Blockbuster did not want to buy Netflix for $50M when it was offered.


Epic fail!  Netflix suggested to Blockbuster in 2000 that is use Netflix as their online service and Blockbuster just laughed at them.  Look whose laughing now!


I know, right?  I did not know that Netflix still sends dvds by mail.  They spent 20 timer more on postage than bandwidth.


I never liked mail service delivered DVDs. When the postal service fails the user would get blamed for it. Today's streaming Netflix allows us to bypass the hassle.  So we can enjoy TV without concern over the mail service!


I totally agree with you.  I have never ordered DVD by mail.


It seems like that would be something Homer Simpson would do. You know, in the first 400 episodes of SImpsons, Homer held 188 jobs? I wonder if one of them was working for Blockbuster?


Have you ever heard of the author/musician Jeff Tweedy? He had a band in the 1990s called Uncle Tupelo?


Wow, I didn't know that.  Here's an interesting tidbit, when Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo in Beat It he literally set the speakers on fire!


Haha. That's crazy. Queen's guitarist Brian May had a PhD in Astrophysics. Bet that helped when recording Bohemian Rhapsody.


The guitarist for Pink Floyd turned a houseboat into a recording studio.  That would be a cool recording studio.  Take a break and go fishing! LOL It was called the Astoria.


That would be cool. Muse's guitarist Matthew Bellamy has the Guinness World Record for most guitars smashed on tours. Seems like that would be an easy record to beat -- if you had enough guitars.


No idea. I'll have to find out. And back to Brian May from Queen -- he uses coins for guitar picks. Bet that's hard on the strings.


He really enjoys using the english sixpence as a guitar pick, I wonder how thick that is compared to a guitar pick


Good question. Those crazy rockers. Henry Ford was so scared of the negative effects of jazz music that he helped finance the popularization of country music. SMH.


That is crazy.  Did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?!


Interesting. I always wondered why 911 wasn't easier to dial on an old rotary phone. UNICEF will donate a day of clean water for every minute you do not use your cell phone. At that rate, they should have donated a year's worth in my case.


Yeah, I'm a fan. I've seen his band Wilco, which he founded in 1994 after Uncle Tupelo broke up, in concert several times.


That's cool.  I have never heard of them.  Wilco is one of the most beloved groups in modern music, yet I have never heard of them.  what are some of their popular songs?


"California Stars" is one that comes to mind. Jeff Tweedy grew up in Illinois and besides music has also delved into writing.


You either get up and play or you don't. It's not as complex as people make it out to be. I love this! It was said in an interview by Jeff, It can be said of most things in life.


Totally agree. Speaking of just getting up and playing, U2 opened up for themselves several times in 1987, disguised as a country group called "The Dalton Brothers".


U2 is one of my favorite bands and I had heard about this, that is really cool that they did that and people had no clue.


Too funny. Interesting to hear they covered country songs. Did you know there are only 2 black artists in the Country Music Hall of Fame? Crazy. I'm guessing one is Charley Pride. Maybe Ray Charles is the other?


That is crazy.  Definitely Charley Pride, I don't know who the other one would be. Did you know that the Fender Stratocaster was made for country music?


I knew it was used mostly in country, but didn't realize it was made specifically for it. George Strait is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos cousin! That would be an interesting holiday get together.


I heard one of Jupiters moon would be considered a planet but its not in the suns orbit, I think its called Ganymede.


It must be cool to bisit the Googleplex, Ive seen it in movies and it looks really cool, did you hear about the live goats google used to mow their lawns?


That would be very cool to visit, and yes I did hear that! I bet that was a sight to see all of those goats lol.


I bet it was really fun to watch them mow the lawn lol, how much we have advance since print was basically the only way to read.


Haha, exactly my thoughts too. I know, reading is fascinating and reading is such a complex process it has so many interpretations depending on each individual reading the material.


What kind of books do you like to read? Starship troopers is one of my favorite novels.


I also like mystery novels, I love to read.


Sorry, up above goofed text....I love reading! I love many genre's of books but mostly drama or non fiction, and yes mystery is great! I have heard Ender's game is read by the military...I need to read that one.


I havent read that one either, Im think about enlisting so I might read it, seems interesting.


Oh wow, that's brave of you and respected! Did you know there is a speed reader who can read 4,700 words a minute...imagine that lol


Very interesting! Jupiter is one of my favorite planets! only 5 planets are visible to the naked eye!


thanks I am afraid but I think it will be a positive thing to enlist and wow that a lot of words per minute wonder how they meassure that.


I love Jupiter as well I think its full with beauty, I would like to visit it some day although I know its impossible to do so without dying.


Right! it would be amazing to see the planets up close. I was reading that Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise, and it doesn't tilt...very cool.


Yeah that must be pretty cool, wonder how that changes the behaviour of the planer, Uranus rotates sideways and also rolls around the sun.


Exactly my thought too. I read that about Uranus one day, I love researching the planets. Google has a lot of info.


I love searching in google as well, its crazy the computing power of one google search.


I know it's crazy, I was reading how Google maps tracks traffic and they do it by how fast android devices are moving along the roads.


Wow! Technology advances real fast, on 2013 Google had some troubles and took 40% of the web traffic with it.


Wow, really..that's insane. I didn't know Google headquarters is nicknamed the Googleplex that's cool.


Do you read the terms of agreement when buy a product online?


Yeah you would be envied. Not sure how this is possible but i hear there is a copy of the internet in case this one burns down.


Yeah, I guess thats a great thing, world without internet would be boring and also there can be wars because of that.


Do you know what the three menu lines on a app and website are called?


No, what is the name of the three menu lines on an app?


It's called the Hamburger button, what a strange name. The copy of the internet is in the Alexandria Library.