How amazing is it that we have an automobile that is on its way to Mars, at this very moment?

That is amazing!

SpaceX and Tesla are really pushing the boundaries.

What about this televangelist who's telling his followers that Jesus has them covered from catching the flu and to not get inoculated.

How dangerous and cult-like is that?

It's definitely an extreme case, but sadly even kids who are inoculated could catch a different strain of the flu.

Well, they're much more protected, than if they weren't inoculated at all.

I'm so tired of Twitter being used as a "news source".

How do you feel about that?

Not just that it is such a "news source,' but that it has become so political on both sides!

Everyone's political these days, while ironically, knowing very little about politics.

At least there are some funny conversations and interested discussions, but not nearly enough.

McDonald's added the drive-thru in 1975, to accommodate US soldiers unable to get out of their car.

I wonder why that wasn't in The Founder?

Did you see that movie?

I haven't seen it yet and I didn't know that tidbit.

It's a great movie.

You should see it.

Did you know that it's legal in South Africa to have a flame thrower equipped onto your car?

I bet it's due to all the carjacking that takes place, but why a flame thrower and not some other device?

I don't know.

Maybe because a flame thrower has a wider range than a gun.

Elon Musk's wife was in Inception.

Did you see Inception?

I thought he was divorced?

Inception was directed by Christopher Nolan, right?

Yes.

He's one of the best directors working today.

Memento was one of his best, and is told in an original way.

We see the story unfold backwards?

Have you seen Memento?

I have seen Memento and really love that film.

It was so unique and you had to really be engages to make sense of it.

I had to watch it three times to understand it.

It's great that the new Gerber baby has Down Syndrome, but do you think they only did that to appease the PC world we live in?

I wonder and it goes back to our earlier discussion about how Twitter and social media has become.

As a result, it's hard to say if it was based more on PC than picking the right child.

It's a double-edged sword, sort of like marijuana legalization.

On one hand, it's great that it's happening.

On the other, it's the government that is pushing for it.

A government that is focused more on that than space exploration and getting passed by people like Elon Musk in the private sector.

Money is the true god of this world, and that is sad.

Speaking of Elon, he produced and acted in Thank You For Smoking.

It's a lesser-known, but very funny satire against the tobacco industry.

Have you seen it?

I haven't and maybe we can discuss it next time?


hi how are you?
do you like to travel?

I love moving between locations.
My preferred method is airplane.
How about you?

For long distance, airplane.
shorter distances, train.

Train is a cost efficient way to go.

The japanese highways have tolls which makes cross country trips $300.

The trains in Japan are great.

much better than the roads.

the roads are generally fast and well maintained.

I wonder if a round trip is double the cost.

You can travel one way or round trip.

You pay the toll per segment of freeway, so you pay both ways.

the trains are more convenient.

I love listening to jazz while traveling.

It originated in New Orleans and has roots in blues and ragtime.

Yes, it has evolved and changed so much.

i am listening to bill evans right now.

Clint Eastwood loves jazz too.
He's been a lifelong fan.

i know that he composes music as well, soundtracks and stuff.

He is very talented.

Just like the jazz orchestra in Pakistan.

They are at the top of the charts.

That is amazing.

i guess there are lots of jazz fans in pakistan.

i would not have expected that.

I assume their trumpeters all have goatees.

It provides comfort.

i thought it was some edgy, cool jazzbo look.

i guess it makes sense though.

Odd to grow facial hair given that people started losing major body hair 240,000 years ago.

I guess that it has sexual attractiveness?

then it would stay in the gene pool.

Humans are amazing creatives.

We can regrow ribs and it only takes 2-3 months!

Yeah, we are very adaptable.

not very strong, but very clever with tools.

The fear we have comes from a sound frequency.

If only we knew how to turn that off!

I think it is around 13 hertz.
very low.
Anyway, great chat!

nice meeting you!


How's it going, do you travel much by car, train, boat, or airplane?

Mostly car.
Rarely by anything else.
How about you?

Sometimes I travel by plane but I mostly like to drive around the back roads state to state

Cool.

Have you been to Mackinac island?

They only allow bikes or carriages,  or anything non gas powered.

No but Mackinac Island sounds like a relaxing place, I'd love to go on the horse drawn carriages

Me too.

I live just outside a historic city that has horse drawn carriages.

Loud and smelly, but pretty nice to watch

I live no where near Mackinac Island, the closes horse draw carriages are 2 hours away in NYC

Then we have Iceland, with no public rail and people taking domestic flights on a regular basis.

I wouldn't enjoy living in Iceland, I imagine it's quite pricey to travel there if all you use are domestic flights

I'm not sure about the idea of living on an island in general.

I guess that's why King Kalakau of Hawaii decided to travel the world

I wonder when the king did that?
Seems difficult at some points

Yea probably was, nowadays all you need is $300 dollars for tolls and you can travel across Japan

Seems crazy to me, though we pay for wheelage tax and gas taxes here right

Yea, it be nice if taxes went to something cool like the commuter bus the dutch are designing to go 160mph

That would be fun to ride, though I think some trains go faster.

Yea, it's pretty crazy how humans are able to design things when we evolved for long distance running ourselves

Though we have a particular sound frequency that makes us afraid

It's odd that a human can regrow a rib but can't synthesize our own vitamin c

I take vitamins for that very reason lol.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is topping the charts?

I wonder what song it is

Pakistan is a hopping place for jazz!

I wonder whether the trumpeters there have goatees too.

haha have you ever been there?

It doesn't sound like the best place to travel I think

Probably better to just check out Pakistani jazz on YouTube.

I wonder who the woman is that has free jazz concerts in her apartment.

How big is her apartment?

Do I have to bring my own beer?

I have many questions.

ya I would definitely go to that, but ya like what is the capacity, is there a fee?

What do her neighbors think of the noise haha

Neighbors might all be jazz fans.
Clint Eastwood is a jazz fan.
Plays piano, too.

I love Clint Eastwood have you seen The Mule yet?

I heard its really good

Haven't seen The Mule, but I want to.

I know Clint has scored films, and he performed at the end of Gran Turino.

Oh ya thats right, I did like that movie a lot, do you listen to jazz music?

I have wanted to start but don't know what to start listening to first

I listen to jazz.

You could start with Kind of Blue (Miles Davis).

Also Bill Evans, pianist.

ok cool I'll put that on now, I do some light programming and I didn't know that there was a programming language based on jazz

I wonder whether the program can play the frequency that causes fear in humans.

ha that's a good question, that would definitely make me feel nervous while programming, I wonder if you could genetically edit a human to synthesize their own vitamin c, we are one of the few animals that can't apparently

The inability hasn't slowed us down thus far.

We're the best animals when it comes to distance running.

We've spread around the planet.

ya that is shocking, I guess our endurance is really good, makes sense since we started as hunters and gatherers I think

We can track animals over long distances.

I guess we haven't needed body hair to be hunters and gatherers.

We lost it about a quarter-million years ago.

Do you ever wonder what like, saber tooth tiger or wooly mammoth tasted like?

Maybe they were amazing and we will never get to try them

Probably pretty gamey.

They had a varied diet, unlike livestock today.

that's true, the corn they eat now gives a more mild taste, I'm traveling right now I think it's crazy that in Japan all highways are tolls, that would get real old

Not all highways, but the fastest ones do.

Not many cars as a result, so you can get around pretty fast if you want.

Well, I enjoyed chatting!

Oh wow I didn't know that, I'll have to take a trip to Japan sometime

Interesting place.

I recommend going.

They have high speed trains but not high speed buses like the Dutch.

Oh wow I'll have to check that out, i want to go 160mph


Do you like to travel?

I would love to be like the king of Hawaii and travel the world.

Yes, I do love to travel also!!

You can learn so much that way!!

lol, I know who knew he would be the first?

I also would like to go to Iceland even thought hey don't have a public railway system.

Yes, very cold.

They have to fly everywhere Kind of like the US Virgin Islands , they take fights from island to island.

Oh good comparison.

Also the Japanese toll system would take a toll on my wallet!

Very high for a tolls!!

Air travel is 10% slower than it was in the 60's.

Helps save fuel costs.

Interesting.

I would think it would be faster.

But yes the toll system costs $300 to travel the country!

All the highways are tolls, Good grief, glad its not that way in the US!

Yes me too!

Do you enjoy jazz music?

It was such a historic musical tool in the 1900's.

I love Jazz.

Did you know its roots are from the south?

They called it blues and ragtime.

Yes it has its roots in West African culture as well as European military band music in addition to what you mentioned.

Have you been to New Orleans?

Its full of music, energy and talent!

Now when I look at a trumpeters wearing a goatee, I will think how it brings comfort.

lol

Yes I have.

Bourbon street is crazy!

That goatee fact is cool.

Jazz is all over the world now, even in Pakistan!

For sure it has grown.

Who knew, Pakistan has a jazz orchestra topping the charts!

Yes humans are amazing how they can play such great music.

There is even a certain sound frequency that causes fear in music but luckily I have never heard it.

Yes your lucky!

I think I have when we go to Halloween Horror Nights each year in those haunted houses at Universal Studios.

Its probably that instrument the waterphone they use in horror films!

lol

I love that I have been there.

It was epic.

Stranger Things was the best one ever.

I ran so fast lol.

Humans are actually designed for long distance running!

Yeah, persistence hunting in earlier days was suppose to help that.

lol I thought the Pitch black was the scariest.

I could see nothing for at least 20 minutes and  just lifted the side curtain and ran out!

lol

haha that is hilarious.

I was afraid to get stabbed and lose a rib.

But luckily it would regrow back just as strong.

Well it was great talking to you this evening!

lol, I know those crazy gouls!!

Remember at the airports instead of fetching baggage faster airports just make you walk farther .

Not surprised.

lol

Yes I dislike walking so much in the airports.

Maybe I should try to go to Mackinac Island where there are only bikes and horse drawn carriages!

Well thanks again for chatting, I hope you have a good night!

Good chat!!
I would love that their!
!

Yes it sounds so peaceful.
Bye!


Hello, do you like YouTube?

I use it a lot.

I listen to music using my speaker system for my TV

That's cool.

I use it a lot also.

Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.

Have you ever uploaded a video there?
I have not.

Yes, my family has uploaded about 8 videos.

What was the purpose of those videos?

Just some fun videos with my kids, etc.

They like to watch YouTube.

Police actually have their own youtube called blutube, where they share law enforcement videos.

My daughter's family does a light show each Christmas.

They have 2 seventy foot tall lighted trees and a bunch of other lights that follow music.

They have some videos there.

That's cool.

We have watched some of those type videos.

Very neat!

Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube

I guess that was a song.

I have never listened to a Bieber song.

I do understand why Netflix and YouTube use so much internet bandwidth.

Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america

Makes sense to me.

I use more Netflix bandwidth than I do YouTube

I use them both quite a bit.

Psy's gangnam style got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.

It is amazing how some videos like that just click with everyone.

How about concerts.

Who have you seen in the last few years.

I haven't been to any concerts in the last few years.

Did you know that Queen's guitarist, brian may, has a phd in astrophysics.

I sure did not.

However, I love Bohemian Rhapsody.

That was a game changer in music.

I have a Gibson guitar purchased in 1956.

That's awesome.
My grandpa had a Gibson.
My dad has a Fender.

Is the Fender acoustic or electric?

It's an electric.
Black/white and gold plated

Very nice.

I can understand how Brian May could use British coins for guitar picks.

The coins are not all as stiff as US coins.

Oh wow, I didn't realize.
Thanks for the chat.

You too.
bye.


Hello!
Do you like listening to music?

Hey yes I do!

I love going to concerts and also informal ones like gigs!

Nice!

I don't go to concerts but I would be interested in going to one in Croatia because they have an ancient Roman ampitheatre still used as a concert venue.

That would be quite the experience.

Yeah that would be epic.

Dave Mathews once rode a bike to his own concert!

I wonder where he rode it from!

In 2002 concert attendees brought a lawsuit against Creed because they were dissatisfied with their concert!

Haha.

That poor band.

Deep purple broke the record for loudest concert in 1972.

Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at an ancient Roman ampitheater in Pompeii but there was no audience!

Wow they should have had an audience.

Did you know Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour?

Wow!

The Ramones on the other hand certainly liked doing concerts.

They did a total of 2263 concerts and were on tour for more than 20 years

Jeez.

Must take its toll.

The Foo fighters must also like playing cause they played so loud they caused seismic activity!

Interesting!

I do like small live performances such as at cafes and stuff.

Betty Josephine Green was five feet tall and most guitars would have dwarfed her.

She led a band from her DC basement but would go to play at prisons and retirement centers, for people who couldn't get out and enjoy music themselves.

Wow thats awesome of her.

Do you like guitar?

The les paul gibson guitar debuted back in 1949.

I wish I could play it!

Some guitars are dangerous!

Eddie Van Halen set studio speakers on fire when he recorded the guitar solo for Beat It!

Whoa that is crazy lol.

Cornell University once built the worlds smallest guitar played by a laser!

I wonder if Queen's guitarist would know how to make one.

Brian May has a PhD in Astrophysics.

Wow impressive.

Funny you ask that because he built his own guitar out of parts from an old fireplace and his mothers knitting needle.

He also had an unconventional way at picking at the Guitar.

He used coins.

Whoa.

He was so smart.

Most guitars have six strings and actually I don't know of any guitar that has more than that.

If I had a guitar that would be cool.

I definitely would not smash it.

Matthew Bellamy from Muse has the world record for most smashed guitars on tour.

Must all be for show.

Do you prefer electric guitar which is projected through an amplifier and speaker or just traditional acoustic?

Acoutic guitars are more pleasant to listen to for me.


Hi, Do you watch youtube?

I do, who are your favorites?

It's hard to chose just one, I like so many different youtube channels.

Did you know that youtube is the second largest search engine on the whole internet?

I take it google is the largest?
Same company, that is very interesting!

Yep, also did you know that the police have "Blutube", where they share law enforcement videos with fellow officers?

Wow that would be something to watch!

I have heard that too!

Apparently Netflix and Youtube make up half of North America's internet traffic!

That's a lot of video watching!

Did you know that the band Pink Floyd recorded a whole live concert for video in an ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii italy, with no audience at all?

Did they really?

I know linkin park played an insane amount of concerts, but i did not know that!

Linkin Park is my favorite band, what's yours?

It may be breaking benjamin, rise against, then linkin park!

but i admire that they played 324 concerts in one year!

I'd be exhausted doing just about a concert a day, I like RATM and Breaking Benjamin too!

I know, especially Chester (RIP), he strained his voice so much , every single day.

best live performers I know

Yes they were the best live performers, I agree.

Speaking of a lot of concerts, The Ramones toured almost non stop for 20 years, my goodness!!

I have heard that, they played over 2000 concerts, that is insane!

Creed was a good band for their first 2 albums, but in 2002 apparently 4 fans at a concert said it was so bad, they sued the band!

because of the music or did something happen at the concert?

I don't know, but it sounds as though the band was bad, I will have to look it up, I'm curious about that.

Me too, let me know what you find!

The ramones really did have a great stretch though, wow!

When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for Michael Jacksons Beat It, he literally set the studio speakers on fire!

I guess that was a bit of ironic foresight huh?

That was a great song!

True and It's funny because I'm a metal head girl but I love just about every MJ song, lol.


did you know that Queen's guitarist has a phd in astrophysics?

No, I had no idea!

I wonder if he could play the world's smallest guitar.

It was built by Cornell and is the size of a cell.

wow didn't know that, I guess The queen guitarist also can play the guitar with coins as guitar picks, he sounds very talented

He does sound very talented.

Now, I think of it!

If that's Brian May you are talking about, he built his guitar out of parts from a fireplace and a knitting needle!

wow that is cool, I guess matthew bellamy has a record for most guitars smashed on a tour, that seems like a dumb record its incredibly wasteful

It is wasteful I agree.

Deep Purple holds a bizarre record for the loudest concert ever and it was held in 1972.

ha interesting, almost as weird as pink floyd recording a live concert in pompeii, to no audience haha

That is weird!

Speaking of live and loud, the foo fighters played a concert that was loud enough to show up on new zealand's seismic monitors!

wow that is crazy, that's why I bring earplugs to concerts I go to, also in 2002 creed was sued because their concert was so bad, not surprising I guess haha

I can't imagine how you can prove a concert is bad enough to win a law suit!

Dogs have even went to concerts.

i mean, a man and his wife held a high frequency concert just for dogs!

Ya that is really crazy, in rome there is an ancient roman theater that is still being used as a venue for concerts, that has probably had the most music performances in history

I bet it has.

Concerts are important.

I just can't for the life of me imagine why ABBA turned down 1 billion dollars to play 100 concerts!

wow that is crazy, I'd actually go to an ABBA concert unlike lincoln park, who played 324 concerts in the year 2001, thats literally almost 1 per day

I would go to one too!

It's be cool if I could be like the woman who was on her way to a Dave Matthews concert and stopped to help a cyclist who turned out to be Dave Matthews!

that would be a cool thing to have happen, I wish I could have been there when eddie van halen set studio speakers on fire when playing a guitar solo, that is so metal

I wish I could have been there too!

He's a phenomenal guitar player!

Do you have a guitar?

A lot of people do apparently because the les paul gibson es-175 has never went out of production!

I do have a guitar, it is a les paul, it's really nice but I can't really play it, I only know how to play piano, do you play any instruments?

No but i definitely wish that I did.

I would like to play the piano or the saxophone.

I do watch music videos on youtube.

I guess I helped it use as much bandwith as the entire internet back in 2000.

interesting, I think it's dumb that Justin Bieber's baby song is the song that is disliked the most on youtube, like its not amazing but its not that bad, just seems silly

It's probably due to people not liking him personally.

It feels like you tube has been around forever but really it just began back in 2005.

ya that's not that long ago, pretty crazy that youtube and netflix make up half of internet traffic, but I know I don't have cable and all I watch is youtube

I watch a lot on there too.

I think I may have even watched a joy of painting video from the bob ross channel!


Do you like going to concerts?

I like them, but I don't go to them very often.

It would be fun to visit the amphitheater in Croatia that still hosts concerts

That would be a fun place to visit.

Just as long as it's not Creed.

I went to one of their concerts before they broke up and I wish I would have filed a lawsuit like four concert goers did in 2002.

Do you think they got anything in return for that?

Maybe that was the official end to Creed's career

Probably not.

They didn't seem to last too long after that.

They didn't have a career like The Ramones.

They played a total of 2,263 concerts, they toured almost non stop for over 20 years!

That's a long time to keep selling tickets.

Linkin Park did a lot of touring when their first album blew up.

324 concerts in the first year is pretty successful

That was a really good album too.

I also like Collision Course they did with Jay Z.

It's crazy to think that before recording music was possible, the only way to hear an artist was to go to a concert

Yeah it was.

Did you know that in 1972 Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the Ancient Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii....with no audience!

I wonder if it was due to sound acoustics.

I know that can affect the sound, but hopefully others have used it with an audience because I'm sure the amphitheater is beautiful

I'm sure it is too.
I bet it was an amazing experience.

Jay Z could do a concert there.

Maybe he could even do his American Gangster album live, since he pulled it from iTunes so people wouldn't only get the individual songs

I can't believe he did that.

I heard that he actually was the ghostwriter for a song on the "Space Jam" soundtrack.

That's how many artists have started out.

They prove themselves as good songwriters and then break out and do their own thing.

I should see if he was part of writing "Empire State of Mind" that he recorded with Alicia Keys

I like that song, I also like Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's West Coast answer to that song with "California Gurls."

I had heard both songs, but had no idea that the two were meant to be connected.

It would be neat to hear them do a mashup version of the two

Yeah it would be a really good mashup.

I wish I would have went to the high school Jay Z went to.

Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, and DMX were all alums there.

I would have liked to be in the lunchroom at the time Jay Z had a rap battle with Busta Rhymes

That would have been epic, I wonder who won?

Considering they're all well-known, they both did.

Have you heard any songs from Jay Z's album Kingdom Come?

I have heard that album.

It was actually named after the DC Comics miseries of the same name.


Hello, how are you?
Do you have any pets?

No I don't.

But I used to have a pet fish when I was a kid, what about you?

I have had many pets over the year, but currently only have a salt water aquarium.

Was yours freshwater?

Yes I think it was a goldfish LOL.

It's not as cool as a black swallower fish though, those fish can actually eat animals that are twice their length

That's cool, I wouldn't want one in my tank.

I have been thinking of doing another tank of just seahorses.

They are really neat creatures and the only fish with a neck.

Yeah I think seahorses are really cute!

Also I think that we should do more research on jellyfish, there is apparently some kind of jellyfish that is Immortal and I want to be immortal LOL

Yes I have heard of it, it is like phoenix and restarts its life.

We need to study it more!

Yep I agree!

Did you know that freshwater fish drink water through their skin?

I wonder how they can do that, I wish I could!

Oh wow that's weird I didn't know that.

I thought that they sip water like my saltwater fish do.

So interesting.

Yeah I think so.

Also have you ever heard of the zebrafish apparently 84% of human disease genes also have counterparts in a zebrafish, we should study them to

Interesting.
I did not know that.
What else do you do in your spare time?

Well I read and watch a lot of movies.

Have you ever seen the movie Starship Troopers?

It was based on a book and the book was apparently on the US military reading list

No I don't think that I have.

I like to read as well, I like to read poetry also.

Did you know that CS Lewis and Tolkien used to have a competition where they read really bad poetry and tried not to laugh.

I would feel bad if I knew that they were laughing at my work LOL.

Did you hear about speed-reading though?

Apparently the world record is almost five thousand words a minute

Wow that's incredible that a person can process that much that quickly.

I really liked Edgar Allan Poe growing up.

Do you know that he was only paid $9 when his most famous poem the raven was published.

No that's really sad.

I also think it's sad that there was a moral Panic back in the 18th century, people were scared that so many people in the general public were reading novels LOL

Oh wow I never knew that.

Did you know that most of the Hobbit characters names are from an Icelandic poem called dvergatal.

No I didn't know that.

I also didn't know that Ender's Game the movie was based on a book, I thought that the movie was really bad LOL hopefully the book is better

I saw that one, it was okay.
I bet the book is better.
It has been nice chatting with you.

Thank you you too.

And it is shocking that it's also on the reading list for the United States Marine Corps!

That one does seem weird, but I didn't know they even had a reading list.

Yeah you wouldn't think so, and I don't know if you've seen the movie but it's not exactly pro-military either, great talking to you though


Hello - how are you today?

Hi!

Hope you're doing well!

I understand it's wrong, but I just don't see the big deal over an FBI agent giving Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum a ticket to Hamilton.

What about you?

I don't think it's a big deal either.
Do you like baseball?

I do, actually!

Although I've always wanted to see a player catch a ball with his hat because the opposing team receives three bases if they do.

Ha!

Still waiting to see that!

Haha that would be awesome!

Did you know managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play if needed?

I wasn't aware of that.

That's interesting!

Can you imagine seeing one of the older managers out there playing?

Ha!

It would be as crazy as seeing that 17 year old girl stole out Babe Ruth.

Can't believe she was banned and not given a contract.

Haha that would be hilarious!

Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada which is odd.

Is that so?

That's as crazy as that minor league team in Albuquerque  that was named after the Simpson's!

Ha!

That's hilarious!

LOL - that is funny!

A man once found 3 million dollars in baseball cards in his grandfathers attic.

Really?

I need to check out some attics, then!

Ha!

Wonder if he found any cards from the Cubs' back to back  World Series win years ago?

Haha.
Not sure what cards he actually found.
Baseball is really big in Japan too.
Did you know that?

I didn't know that, actually!

Doesn't surprise me though.

Nothing beats baseball or a good concert.

Do you like concerts as well?

I'd like to have been at that Foo Fighters concert that was so loud, it showed up on the seismic monitormonitors in New Zealand!

Ha!

I love concerts.
That's nuts it was that loud!

It was loud but the loudest concert ever was actually Deep Purple's 1972 concert.

It broke records and rendered three audience members unconscious.

That is insane!

That is completely insane.

Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001!

Did they really?

That just sounds exhausting.

Ha!

But I think it's cool that Lou Reed and his wife put on a high frequency concert for dogs back in 2010.

I bet that was hilarious!

I bet that was funny for sure!
Do you like Jay Z?

I do, actually.

He is very talented and smart - so smart he actually memorizes his lyrics as he thinks of them instead of writing his songs down before recording them!

Amazing, isn't it!

That is amazing!
Is he still married to Beyonce?

He is.

In fact, collaborated with her to release an album last year entitled Everything is Love!

They're two truly talented musicians!

It was great talking to you!


Do you follow Jay-Z?

Not really, I know he's married to Beyonce, that's about all.

lol

Oh I see, do you like his music?

Im a big fan, he was born on the year 1969

Some of it, I like.
What about you?

I like many of his song, specially the ones from his album ''American Gangster'', too bad he pulled the album from itunes

Why did he pull the album from iTunes?

He pulled it off because he said that his collection will not be sold as singles.

I guess he placed a lot of value on his songs

That's cool.

I did read somewhere that he has a patent on his own color, "Jay Z Blue".

He is a weird character but I like his music, I also liked his album Kingdom Come, it was actually named after a Dc Comics series

He sounds interesting and very talented.On a different note, do you like going to concerts?

I do like going to concerts, live music, in front of an audience, just my kind of event what about you?

Me too, I'm going to see the Rolling Stones this Summer when they tour in my city.

Thats amazing, you are so lucky I went to a Creed concert once and it was terrible, four concert goers sued the band

Ooh, that must have been terrible for people to sue.

lol

It was terrible, the band was lost, I like Creed they have great songs but the concert was terrible

I read that a Foo Fighters concert was so loud that it showed up on New Zealand's seismic monitors.

Have you heard about that?

No not really, thats crazy loud!!

Pink Floyd recorded a concert with no people in a Roman amphitheater

I bet that would have been kind of creepy to have a concert and no audience there?

Yeah but great, I like Pink Floyd- one of my favorite artist ever.

Linkin Park was also one of my favorite bands they had a mega tour back in 2001

Yes, I am a big fan of Pink Floyd and Linkin Park, too.

You have great musical taste then!

in the 2001 tour Linkin Park performed in 324 concerts, in that year alone can you imagine that!!

That's alot!

Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.

You have great taste in music, by the way.

Hope you have a wonderful day, friend.


Hi, how are you?
Are you a baseball fan?

I used to be years ago when I was young.

It's a nice team sport with much skill involved.

I think it's funny how a married couple scheduled all 2430 MLB games until 2005.

I wonder how they got that job.

Nice.

Even the games played in Japan?

Baseball is so popular there, Japanese fans are surprised to learn that baseball is America's game!

It's a deep part of their culture.

The managers there wear uniforms as well, though I doubt they were ever called into play.

That was probably a hold-over from the early days of baseball in the US.

At least they are respectable.

In Canada, they call kickball "soccer-baseball"

That's a pretty goofy term.

I guess ice hockey would be "ice field hockey" then.

Nice.

An outdoor concert would be Field Lung Hockey.

I wonder if The Ramones" ever played Field Lung Hockey in canada.

They played over 2200 concerts over their 20-yr career.

They were absolute machines!

I wonder when they managed to sleep, if at all.

I wonder what helped them stay awake for 20 years straight.

I wonder if they ever played a concert in Pompei's amphitheater when it was empty like Pink FLoyd did.

I wonder what Floyd hoped to achieve.

I guess the acoustics might have been interesting.

Still, how much did it cost to rent an amphitheater?

Seems excessive.

Drugs explain a lot.

Like the 2002 Creed concert that was so bad, concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.

Hm.

I wonder what drugs Creed took before that show.

The fans are supposed to get high, not the musicians.

I bet the fans would never sue Linkin Park.

Right.

Linkin Park was always too busy to take drugs.

They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.

Amazing.

I bet they could have retired after that concert.

How much did they charge for a ticket?

They must have been insanely popular to book that many shows.

Creed could take a lesson from Linkin Park.

Yeah.

I wonder if they ever played in that ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is still a concert venue.

I bet Creed would still get sued, even if no fans attended.

The neighbors would probably sue them.

Are you a fan of Shawn Corey Carter, AKA Jay-Z?

Sure.

Jay Z.

He went tot he same high school as Busta Rhymes.

They had a rap battle in the lunchroom.

I don't really know his music, but he certainly married up.

He put a ring on it.
DMX went to that high school too.
I wonder if they had a rap battle too?

Rap battles galore, no doubt 'bout it yo.

Well, it's been good chatting with you!

You too.

Thanks goes out to my homie, Busta Text.

Word.


Hi there, have you ever been to Washington D.C.?

No I have not, you?

Yes, but I want to go back, it sounds like it's really got a lot of things going on.

I see, I am too busy reading to worry about that.

Did you know that silent reading is a new thing since the middle ages?

You mean they always read out load?

Were books so rare that you couldn't have your own?

I believe people just read out loud because they were taught to read out loud, so they just assumed that was the way it was done.

It is certainly a different way of processing the text.

Maybe since you can't skim like silent reading.

Yes, and then Louis Braille developed the Braille system before he was 15 years old.

I wonder what prompted him to use bumps, its really brilliant.

Braille is interesting, that's for sure.

But in the end it's still letters forming words which are messages, sort of anyway.

Anything you like to read in particular?

Poetry is an interesting form, it's the Greek work for "making".

I actually knew that.

I find poetry fascinating, in small doses.

Mostly I like to read history and there are some great historical poems.

Yes I remember reading the Iliad and the Odyssey in school.

It is believed poetry came from hunting in Africa, that is kind of neat.

That's really amazing, and it goes way back too.

25th century BCE.

Never knew about that until recently.

The Vikings were poets too, even as they pillaged and raided.

That was considered a blessing haha.

A blessing to who?

I fear our knowledge about vikings is now mostly from TV shows.

No blessing that.

A blessing from Odin, the god of wisdom, poetry and death among other things.

I do think its cool these poems were not written down and were passed verbally generation to generation.

I was wondering about that for the African poetry.

Lots of Africa, like the Volta RIver valley is too wet for paper or even wood to survive long.

Eventually poetry was written down, they have found poetry in the Pyramid Texts like you said in the 25th century BCE.

Fascinating stuff.

And some of it ended up in modern culture, supposedly the names for the Hobbits came from an old Icelandic poem.

I did not know that.

The Vikings were warriors but I guess even they had a soft spot for the word Hobbit.

Lots of wars in JRR Tolkein's works that's for sure.

His works are amazing.

There are various forms of poetry such as repetition, rhyme and various verse forms throughout his catalog!

Bye bye, thanks for all the fish.

Haha, take care!

All done


hi, do you listen to music?

Hi I do like music, do you Like the rapper Jaz-Z

yeah he is pretty good.
did you know he was a ghost writer

no I didnt, but I did know he was honored at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017

nice.

yeah , he was the ghost writer for a song on the space jam soundtrack

thats cool, ya I think the song he wrote was performed by Bugs Bunny right?

yeah it was, that one.

do you know why he pulled his album american gangster from itunes?

well I guess because he thinks that since movies are not sold scene by scene, he does not want to sell individual tracks

I see.

kingdom come album that he released was named after the dc comic kingdom come

ah thats cool, ya I guess that comic is set in the future about a retired superman, that sounds interesting

yeah, I am sure he was tring to send a message to new rappers with that

true, hav eyou ever heard the song California Gurls by snoop dogg and katie perry

yeah and didn't they do it a a west coast reply to jay z and alicia keys empire state of mind

yup they did, have you ever been to a Creed Concert?

no and I am glad I have not because once it was so bad , the people sued them

ya I wanted to see if they really were that bad, I don't watch baseball but its shocking that it is so popular in Japan

I kow and they cannot even believe it is pastime here

nope, and have you ever seen a baseball manager jump in to play for their team?

apparently that is possible

yeah, i have not see that but good that they have all that flexibility

youd have to be flexible to play kickball, and I think its weird that Canadians call it soccer-baseball instead of kickball over there

yeah I wonder how the name came about.
nice chat


Hey!
Do you watch baseball?

Hello - I do.
What about you?

I used to watch much more in my college years.

What's your favorite team?

The Cincinnati Reds.
What about you?

Boston Red Sox.

Do you know that baseball is very popular in Japan?

I've just read about it and surprised why.

I have heard that it is very popular in Japan.

Did you know baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their team if needed.

I knew it quite recently.

I didn't know it for long time.

I'm wondering about any cases when it happened.

Do you know?

Not sure of any cases where it has happened.

In Canada kickball is also called soccer-baseball.

It's quite weird name from my point lol

What a very odd name lol!

A man once found $3 million dollars worth of baseball cards.

Lucky man!
I don't have such luck.
Just want to change topic.
Do you like Jay-Z?

Very lucky man!
I'm not a huge fan of his music.
What about you?

I'm not.

Just read some facts about him.

I didn't know he was born in 1969.

It means he will be 50 this year if I'm right

Oh wow yea he's getting up there.

I thought he was younger than that.

Jay-Z was the ghostwriter for a song on the Space Jam soundtrack.

I also didn't know that this song "California gurls" was actually a west cost vs east coast answer song to "empire state of mind" by Jay and Alicia Keys

Oh wow I didn't know that either.
I really like that song.

Yes, me too.

I know that in 1972 Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in Pompeii with no people.

It's interesting.

I'll google it after this hit.

I've actually seen that concert on video.

It was very cool.

Really?
Did you find it online?

I saw it on a DVD a long time ago.

That's cool.
It was nice to talk.
Have a good day!

You too!


Are you a baseball fan?

I am, what about you?

I love baseball, played it in college.

I like to go to games.

Apparently a married couple has seen 2430 games together

Sounds like a lot of hard work, did you hear about that man that found 3 million dollars worth of baseball cards at his house?

a lot of money too!

i believe that about the baseball cards, there are a lot of hidden gems out there.

Do you collect?

I do not collect, but maybe I should start, make it an investment for years to come

For sure, I used to collect but I sold it all off, it probably would be worth more in many years

You know the sport is also popular in Japan,

I did know that, they have had some good players come to the MLB to play.

I wonder if they took the idea from america or came up with it

I think they did, do you like to go to concerts?

I do, I once saw a linkin park concert back in 2001, it was my first one ever.

Do you?

Mine was a Creed concert back in 2002, terrible concert, bad start

I heard people sued Creed because of how bad it was, lol.

Was it really bad?

It was terrible I am a fan of the band but the concert was really low quality, 4 people even sue the band

That is crazy, lol!

I wanted to see the Ramones but never got the chance.

They toured almost 20 years straight so i had plenty of opportunities

They played a total of 2263 concets, I didnt get to see them either

I liked playing their songs in guitar hero for sure!

almost the same thing, not really

Guitar Hero was a good game I agree with you there, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert without publilc once, it was t a great venue

That would have been awesome!
Good chatting with you1

It was in a roman amphitheater so yeah, not only great music but a place rich in history.

I want to visit that one time in my life and see the magic


Jay-Z.

We can agree that since he released his debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt, in 1996, that  he's been amazing ever since, right?

We cannot agree.

I think he's so overrated and his biggest claim to fame is coming up around the same time as BIG.

Did you know that Jay-z, Notorious B.I.G , busta rhymes AND DMX all went to the same high school?

I did know that Jay-Z and BIG went to the same high school.

Didn't know about the other two.

What do you think is Jay-Z's best album?

Ooh, good question.

I mean, everyone says The Blueprint and The Black Album are modern musical classics.

The Black Album might be my favorite.

Do you know anything else about him?

I'm with you on that at least.

I liked the Black Album the best.

Probably followed by Watch the Throne with Kanye.

I hate anything he does with Beyonce and I think he ruined what would be an iconic song in Empire State of Mind.

But what about that song on the Space Jam Soundtrack that was performed by Bugs Bunny?!

You know he had to be a ghost writer for that.

You can't put your name on that!

Haha I vaguely remember Bugs Bunny doing something like that.

I'm actually more of a rock music fan myself.

Ok.

So, do you like going to concerts or gigs?

I like them anywhere, private houses, small nighclubs, arenas, parks.

You can have concerts anywhere.

I do.

I actually saw the first Global Citizen's festival in Central Park.

It had the Foo Fighters, Black Keys and Neil Young.

Amazing venue for a concert.

Wow!

Cool.

The Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts!

They toured almost non stop for over 20 years.

And I never got to see them!

Me either, but I'm definitely too young.

Have you ever heard of Creed?

Uh, Creed?

The Creed that had a concert so bad in 2002 that concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band!

Yeah.

I'd rather talk about Pink Floyd!

Haha yeah the Christian rock band that went mainstream for a couple of years.

We can talk about Pink Floyd.

I have most of their albums.

In 1972 they recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in Pompeii.

They had no audience, thought!

Wouldn't that have been a good one?

Kind of bizarre, right?

Have you ever seen one of their albums with a laser light show?

No, but that sounds great.

I'd like to see that at this ancient roman amphitheater that is still in use as a concert venue in Croatia.

It would kinda be like Pompeii, right?

Probably very similar.
Are you a baseball fan at all?

I like baseball.

i went to a baseball game in Japan once.

Baseball is so popular in Japan that people were surprised to discover that it is America's national pastime!

Wow, that's awesome.

Have you heard of Ohtani?

He's supposed to be like the Japanese Babe Ruth.

He can hit and pitch.

Can he?

That's pretty cool.

Kinda like how baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their team if the need arises.

Have you ever heard of that happening in a game though?

No, I'm not sure if that's true.

Like when a game is in extra innings and they are using position players to pitch, you never hear the analysts suggest the manager could pitch, right?

I never knew about it until recently.
It seems crazy to me!


hi how are you?

Doing good, do you watch youtube?
It was created back in 2005

i do watch youtube.
it is a great way to hear old songs.

Yea and youtube also has a bunch of tv show clips and even some documentaries

the documentaries and news shows are great.

youtube originally allowed only 10 minute videos.

now i think its ten hours.

I never knew that, I did know youtube is the second largest search engine

youtube was bought by google so i bet they share search engine technology.

makes sense that people use it a lot.

I guess so, it's kinda crazy how Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America

people love video entertainment.

i guess the number of subscribers on netflix is in the 10s of millions.

I know, Psy's Gangnam style was so popular youtube had to upgrade their view count to 64 bits integers

i never saw that video.

i think the song was used in a super bowl commercial.

he got his 15 minutes of fame.

Yea, I wish Justin Bieber's fame would end, he has the most disliked video on youtube

i wonder if people dislike the video or him.

i dont know his songs, but i dislike him anyway.

Probably both.

Do you happen to like the Harry Potter films Warner Bros. released?

i saw the first one.

i liked it, but i havent read the books.

i know that it is popular and rightly so.

well told stories.

Yea, they even made two spin off movies called Fantastic Beasts

oh yeah, i heard of those films.
are they good?
are they based on books?

I heard Fantastic Beasts were good and I they are related to the books but not based on any of the books

yeah, thats good.

i think the author is probably tired of those characters, Anyway, great chat!

You too, I think I'll read the unauthorized Harry Potter sequels china released

that sounds great!

the chinese really know how to do it right.

have a good night!

you too


Do you enjoy using the internet often?

I do use it a lot.

Are you familiar with The Fault in our Stars?

What is The Fault in our Stars?

It's the movie about the people with the illness.The brother has been promoting the book his brother wrote.

Wait, wasn't it written by John Green's brother?

Yes.
So are you familiar with Youtube?

Yes I browse youtube time to time

Most content on Youtube is uploaded by individuals.

Did you know the first video on youtube was about an elephant?

I did not.

Did you know Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net?

Yes.

It and netflix alone account for half the internet traffic in north america

Justin Bieber's baby is the most hated on Youtube.

I didn't like it either but I didn't know it was the most hated video

Did you know the internet was formed in the early 1990's?

I thought it was initially formed by universities

Constant clicking on the internet can cause the brain to become addicted that is measurable by the brain.

I guess I can see that considering how much novelty there is online.

What do you usually do online?

I like to read the news and watch videos.

Do you like Harry Potter, the series that began in 2001?

Harry potter is a classic.

Did you know the actor for malfoy tried to steal his wand from set?

True to his character till the end

No I did not.

did you know Hogwarts is in Scotland and not Englad?

In any case the film looked wonderful.
Thanks for chatting.


Are you familiar with theater?

I actually am.
do you like shakespeare and his plays?

Neat.

I like Shakespeare as far as his words.

I had no idea one could be so accomplished and win so many awards within theater?

This guy in article Section 3 has won eight awards acting in theater.

Amazing.

neat, good for him for managind to do that.

did you know shakespeare and pocahontas lived at the same time

That's an awesome fact.

They apparently only died a year apart as well.

Shakespeare also invented names: Miranda, Jessica and Olivia.

that is so cool.

did you know he intentionally made grammar errors?

He was such a genius.

His plays have been translated into every major living language, and apparently are performed more than any other.

Amazing.

he was just amazing overall.

he did that to get the attention of his audience

Agreed.

I had no idea he was married.

He married, Anne Hathaway and also had three children.

The man certainly lived a life.

for sure.

there are 33 shakespeare gardens in the world

Fascinating.

I am from an area that has a Shakespeare Festival every year.

It's amazing.

A real human skull was used in a few performances of Hamlet, how crazy,

yeah do you know who the skull belonged to?

Andre Tchaikowsky, a Polish composer.

He donated it so it could be used that way.

yeah, good thing is that his wish was granted

Yeah, I find it fascinating.

Apparently Shakespeare has coined a variety of terms and phrases we use today; "laughing stock, good riddance, brave new world."

The man changed culture with words…

he did for sure.
do you ever watch the academy awards?

Never.

I hear about them.

I feel like the 24 awards are a generic way to praise someone.

yeah and they were even nominated for 9 emmys

Who was nominated for 9 Emmy's?

the oscars.
i don't even know in what category.

Weird......

I honestly had no idea there where so many different institutions with award ceremonies.

yeah me either.
nice chat


Hi,  Do you follow radio?

If you like dramas, they have thousands of free episodes.

Yeah, I listen to it everyday before work.

I also use a website where you can listen to episodes for free.

I like my drama on tv.

Apparently, though, Jim Carrey an actor I like no longer does dramas only shows that project positivity due to his believes now.

I love Jim Carey, he has some decent movies, and his not really the type of actor for a drama.

Yes, that's probably true.

Michael Caine is into drama and acting because he was following pretty girls in his high school drama class.

Guess it paid off lol, he is now a great actor I bet he didnt have that in mind.

Do you like Shakepeare works?

I think he is a great poat and writter.

He was a good poet, but I'm not into poetry really.

He was called England's national poet.

I wonder if we have one of those today?

I think talet like that comes only once in a life time.

To write 39 plays, 154 sonets, pure talent.

I guess he didn't have tv to distract him either.

Did he have any children?

He invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.

Yes he did, three children in fact and WOW those are really popular names now, to think how much influences his had.

Interesting to think that Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.

I wonder if he heard of her work?

Who knows, wouldnt it be crazy if they were besties?I wonder if there was any kind of awards back then for talented people.

Definitely we can give tribute to Shakespeare today for the the sayings "good riddance, laughing stock, devil incarnate and others.

He would definetely win an academy award lol, I bet Daniel day-lewis, the only actor to win the award 3 times, would be a great fit for one of Shakepears works.

Oddly, Tchaikowsy donated his skull to the royal shakespeare company hoping it would be used as a prop for the skull of yorick

Do you think they actually used it as the skull of yorick?

I don't know, but the skull did get used in hamlet at the courtyard theatre, stratford-upon-avon.

Wonder where it is today?

Nice fact, I will definetely search that later, it could be a nice topic for a dinner convesation, several friends would be surpirsed by this.

Do you like the Oscars?

They are also called the Academy Awards?

I do like them I follow them closely, I think they first got broadcasted by radio in the 1930s

Yes, then they made it to tv in 1953.

It's now seen live in more than 200 countries!

Walt Disney, my favorite holds the record for most oscars won by a man with 22.


Hi there, have any experience with Shakespeare?

Not much, I love his plays and novels, I also know he was born a long time ago

You're right it was a long time ago, he was born in 1564!

Did you know that Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive during the same time and died only one year apart?

They did, I wonder if they ever crossed paths, Shakespeare has inspired a lot of cultures and people around the world he even invented some popular names we use now

That's true and strange to think about, I wonder if his wife's name has anything to do with the actress who is also named Anne Hathaway.

Do you think it is a coincidence?

I dont think it is, everything is connected.

Do you like the Academy Awards?

Sure I watch them almost every year, you?

I do too, what are your thoughts on this years awards?

I think the actor of Bohemian Rhapsody deserved it.

You're right he did a really good job.

I wish more movies had won that were popular with the people though.

Yeah I wish that too, do you like the actor Daniel Day-Lewis?

Yes!

Well sometimes, he's a great actor but his movies can be LONG!

He's won three oscars hasn't he?

Before he retired?

Yeah he won 3 oscars for best actor, he is the only actor to win 3 awards in that category.

That's surprising.

I wonder if the same is true of the best actress category, I feel like Meryl Streep has won 40 times haha

Maybe for male actor lol, did you watch the movie Blazing Saddles?

Haha yes I've seen Blazing Saddles that's an old one.

It was nominated for three oscars I think.

Must not have won though because they don't usually count your nominations when you're a winner

It was, I dont think it won, interesting how Eminem has more Oscars than many great actors combined

Oh man that's a shocker, how did that happen?

I thought he was only nominated for one movie?

I think thats because many of the actors mentioned in the list havent won any awards.

You're right, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas and Billy Murray don't have oscars.

Leonardo Dicaprio only won his first oscar a few years ago

Yeah so maybe his tied with Eminem, did you know the oscars were nominated for  9 emmys back in 2013

Haha that's so meta!

What a strange thing to hear, I guess it makes sense though it is a major event that happens on TV.

But I guess they didn't win!

Lol I wonder who did!

I have no idea, I didnt know an award could be nominated for another award in the first place lol, its a nice Google search topic, its been good chatting with you

I'll look it up later for sure!
Nice talking with you!

It was nice chatting, thanks a lot for all the cool facts bye.


I have never read the Fault in Our Stars nor have I seen the movie, have you?

haha well yes I have seen that movie, to be honest I didn't like it, don't see it!

It's nice to see the author support a family member's projects.

I hope my sister would go all out to promote a book of mine

ah that is nice, do you ever watcht youtube?

I watch videos sent or recommended to me.

I don't follow any channels regularly.

ah I don't have cable so I just watch movies and youtube, but ya I guess the first youtube video ever uploaded was an elephant and a guy talking to it

It is a really great resource for a lot of topics.

I have found a lot of cooking techniques and house repair tips on YouTube.

ya I agree, it's such a useful thing, I can't believe Google used youtube to train an AI that would then be able to recognize cats

It's amazing the steps we have made with technology, I really think AI will come in handy in the future.

oh definitely, and google is taking over the world as well as the internet, Youtube alone used as much bandwidth as teh whole internet did back in 2000

I know I read once that cell phones have more computing power than the equipment we used to get to the moon.

wow that is crazy, I can believe it though, do you ever paint?

I guess Youtube has a lot of Bob Ross painting videoes on there

I have never painted besides painting my house, I unfortunately do not have the time or artistic ability.

Do you paint?

I used to paint a little but but it wasn't very good, good to know we can learn with teh use of the internet though!

A definite benefit to everyone is the ease and availability with which one can learn a lot about various topics online.

oh ya definitely, what is sad with teh internet is that astronauts on the space station have faster internet than more americans on earth

I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that they are closer to the satellites or that they need the best possible speeds in case anything goes wrong.

ah thats a good point, do you know what neopets are?

I guess they outranked google back in 2001 but I don't know what they are

I'm somewhat familiar with that site but I never frequented it myself.

I sort of miss the days where there were more websites as opposed to a lot of sites that seem to aggregate content.

ya I agree, those were cool times, can you believe now the internet has advanced so far that humans are vastly outnumbered by bots online

The one downside to the internet is some of the anonymity and crime that can be harmful


There are a lot of wonders in the universe did you know that Jupiters moon, Ganymede, could be considered a planet if it orbited the sun.

No I didn't know that.

I think that is fascinating!

Have you heard that Venus doesn't tilt so it doesn't have any seasons?

Im guessing its pretty much the same just extreme heat and high pressures.

You could be right.

Do you have a telescope?

I've always wanted to make one like Galileo did.

I dont have a telescope and that sounds like hard work, you know astronomers have already detected life 455 light years away.

I didn't know that!

It definitely fires the imagination and makes you wonder what is out there!

I know it definetely fires it like the planet where shards of glass precipitate at high speed.

I do wonder how scientists know that.

i know the Kepler telescope is searching the cosmos but is it really that precise?

It would be interesting to find out, so do you like sports maybe basketball?

I like sports.

I've been watching a little college basketball lately.

Speaking of, did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used the dunk shot so much that it got banned from college basketball for years?

I didnt know someone could get baned because of that, what I also find strange is that the coach is the highest paid employee in a team.

That is interesting.

I would have thought it would be the other way around.

You know, in my school we put the tallest people on the post position but I think normally they are supposed to be the centers.

Did you play basketball when you were at school?

there is a team in New Zealand called Tall Blacks

I played a little.

Do you or did you play?

I guess New Zealand isn't worried about being politically correct.

I guess they arent as it seems really racist to call a team like that, I didnt play Ive always liked football or soccer better.

I have to admit that i am more of a football fan myself.

Football makes me think of the different kinds of shoes football and basketball players wear.

I've heard that one football player leaves his cleats on the football field after every game just to raise awareness for people that are homeless and don't have shoes.

I think his name was Steve Smith, I think thats a good way to send a message.

I totally agree.

Did you know that 5000 year old shoes are better than today's shoes?

For real?

5000 years is a long time I wonder why is that.

I don't know.

i guess they just made things better back then.

If you think about ballet dancers can go through 4 pair of shoes in a week so that could be why.

They must spent a fortune in shoes, I guess thats wy older shoes are better.


Hi, how are you?

Great and you?

Do you enjoy learning things about space such as Jupiter's moon could be a planet if it orbited the sun?

I do enjoy it but do not seek it out.
Do you?

I like the big space happenings like eclipses, but that's about it!

I do enjoy basketball though and learning about James Naismith.

Me too!

He's lost the most games as a coach in Kansas history.

I would just change the rules to get a better win percentage.

Haha good point!

I never knew that the highest paid state employee was the basketball coach in many states either!

Yeah.

Many states see it as a ROI issue.

If their revenue sports can cover their lower tier sports, they do not need to subsidize them as much.

I would've expected it to be their football coaches.

I can't believe the name of New Zealand's team!

There is a basketball court on the top floor of the supreme court!

I wonder if all those basketball players leave tea bags in their shoes to absorb the odor!

It would be hard running the floor with those in there... Just kidding!

Kareen got the dunk banned for a few years!

I wonder why 5000 year old shoes perform better and if that would still hold true while playing sports?

Not sure.

Maybe better cobblers back then.

Steve smith leaves his cleats on the field to raise awareness of homelessness.

That's awesome of him to do that and for Stephen Marbury to promote inexpensive $15 shoes for free!

I remember when that first happened.

It was so controversial, helping kids who cannot afford shoes...

Speaking of people who can't afford shoes...ballet dancers can't make a ton and go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week!

That's a lot of shoes!
How???
What's the cost?

Not sure, but can't be cheap if it's one of the main things for their job!

I hate spending money on shoes and I don't even buy them often!

Me too.

I go through running shoes every 4-6 months and I hate buying new shoes!

I do like buying some shoes for fashion though, but I still look for a good deal!

Crazy how much fashion has changed and is determined by design elements!

Yeah!
Nice chatting with you!


Good morning, are you a dog lover?

I am, and think K-9's are adorable when their handlers dress them up.

Good Morning!

I am!

I have a border collie!

She is really good at understanding pointing.

How sweet.

My Husky understands, but he doesn't listen.He's a blood donor at our vet's office.

That is so cool!

I think it's natural to love dogs, even Google prefers dogs over cats lol.

I think anyone sane would prefer a dog over a cat.

I know many think dogs are color blind, they aren't though.

I agree, they just don't see as many colors as us humans do.

Speaking of humans, did you know there is a sound frequency that causes fear in us?

I did not.
That's interesting.
What is the frequency?

I'm sure it is super low and depressing, but I could be totally wrong!

I think it's cool how unique everybody is, we can even grow a new rib in 2-3 months after having it shortened!

That is weird, and I cannot imagine why anyone would want to do that, unless it's for a graft for another part of the body.

It's weird that we cannot produce our own vitamin C, unlike most animal and plant species.

That is very surprising to me!

It's all about evolution I think, given we've lost our body hair as early as 240,000 years ago.

Maybe it was for hunting?

Species do evlove all the time, maybe that's why we are the best distance runners.

Maybe it was!

Could you imagine chasing a lion for 10 miles and finally catching up because it ran out of breath?

No more than I could imagine wearing anything from the Apple clothing line.

That had to have been interesting.

Yes, wasn't that in 1986?

I wonder if those clothes are worth anything these days?

I should check at that Alabama store that resells unclaimed clothes and cameras from luggage.

I've been there, it is a fun store to go through.

I haven't found anything by Rip Curl, though.

oh cool!

I think you should look for them with made in china tags and not north korea!

You don't look at clothes based on their country of origin labels, though.

Unlike how you can look at a collar gap to tell if the shirt has been tailored or not.

You're so right!

I wonder how you can tell Pilgrim clothing since it wasn't always black like we were taught.

Through their text they left behind.

I wonder if they have any in the store in Alabama?

I wouldn't doubt that!
I might have to go down there sometime!

You really should.

It's a great drive.

Speaking of drives, I've got to get to work.

Have a wonderful day.


Some people around the world are getting their dogs tailored clothing.

What a crazy world we live in.

Haha, that's wild right?

It is.

But I expect wild behavior in Italy, at least in the fashion world.

Yes, true.
More money than sense.

Some of them also think that it's perfectly fine as long as the dogs are wearing clothes outside.

Haha.

Humans may have lost their body hair as recently as 240,000 years ago

True.

I wonder if that's part of the reason we can make our own vitamin C.

Great question.

Humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2 - 3 months of having it surgically shortened.

Makes you wonder why we can't regrow other body parts.

Yeah, really.

Wouldn't that be nice.

I believe it goes back to Biblical times when Adam gave a rib to Eve.

What are your thoughts?

I'd rather rely on science, like how we know that humans became anatomically modern about 315,000 years ago.

Pilgrim clothing was full of color.

they only wore black for special occasions.

Wow, because when you think of Pilgrims you only think of black clothes and hats with buckles.

Interesting.

Haha, yeah really.
I think of Thanksgiving.

I'll be sure to dress my dog nicely for next Thanksgiving.

As long as we eat outside.

Google prefers dogs to cats.

their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.

I prefer cats.
Maybe that's why I use an iPhone.

I prefer dogs.
I use an iPhone also.

Love dogs as well.

Love them enough not to dress them up in tailored clothing.

That's right.
I enjoyed the chat.

Right.

Me as well.

I learned something about dog fashion, and Google.

Not bad.

Haha, dog fashion!!
Wow.

I know.
Like that Apple fashion in 1986.


Hey there what do you think about planets?

I know that I love planet Earth LOL

I wish Pluto were still considered a planet.

I miss that ball of ice!

Haha I agree with you!

I also have a soft spot for the planet Venus, apparently it doesn't tilt and has no Seasons, what a bummer LOL

I live in the upper midwest and wouldnt mind a stable climate!

Which planet is your favorite?

Haha well I like planet Earth.

But I also like the planet where it rains glass LOL that seems pretty cool although I wouldn't like to visit it myself, what about you?

I would say Uranus, the view with a sideways orbit might be interesting.

Haha yes I could see that, the name always makes me laugh LOL.

I wish we could visit the planet that they think life exists on, the only problem is it's 455 light years away

Just a bit of travel!
What's your favorite shoe brand?

Well I wear a pair of Nikes that is super comfortable and I've had for a while, what about you?

I like new Balance.

Says here that professional ballet dancers wear out 4 pairs of shoes a week

Yes I believe it.

I used to date a ballerina and she always had messed up feet haha.

Like her toes Abby all beaten up, so I can believe that they would go through shoes quickly

Ouch, really.

I see basketball player stephon marbury promoted a line of $15 shoes but wasnt paid to endorse them

That's weird.

Do you know who that even is by the way?

I'm not sure who's Stephon Marbury is.

but anyway, next time I have stinky feet, I'll put some dry tea bags in my shoes LOL I guess that will fix it

Basketball player.

Shoes can smell terrible.. my wife doesnt wear socks often and hers are terrible.

Haha I can believe it!

Well tell her to put some dry tea in there LOL.

I want to try out the 5000 year olds that perform better than current shoes, I wonder how they were made

Probaby leather or animal hide, and thick considering how much they would need to walk or ride on horseback

That's a good point.

They definitely didn't have plastic or anything like that.

do you follow basketball at all?

Honestly, not really.

Apparently Kareem abdul jabbar had the dunk banned in college basketball because hwe as so dominant

That's awesome!

And yeah I don't watch it much myself.

But I do know that the US Supreme Court even has a basketball court on it.

It's on the very top floor

I wonder who plays there, considering their age?

Haha I know right.

I just don't see any of them playing basketball, even to settle a court case.

They could fall and break a hip!


hey did you know that Venus is on a tilt and has no seasons?

I didnt, I knew about the constant greenhouse effect it has but thats new to me, planets are just amazing, too many cool facts.

ya I agree, like how one of Jupiter's moons would be considered a planet if it were to orbit our sun

Wow it would be nice to visit that moon, you know, Uraunus rotates sideways and rolls around the sun, it has an interesting trajectory

it would make sense that uranus would be interesting like that haha, it's cool that astronomers found builing blocks for life, unfortuantely they are 455 light years away

Uraunus it just cracks me up lol funny name for a planet, and that is a long way from home!!!

I wonder what else is out there.

haha ya I agree, one planet I don't want to visit is the one where it rains shards of glass and is 2000 degrees haha

Yeah doesnt seem like a welcoming place lol, its been a long way since 1950 science has sure advanced a lot since then

oh for sure, do you like basetball at all?

I like Lebron myself

I do, I love basketball think its a great sport and LeBron is the best, his a genius player

oh definitely, can you believe they had banned the dunk in basketball for over a decade?

seems silly to me

It does seem silly since its one of the most amazing moves in the game, I do enjoy it a lot

ya I guess Kareem Abdul Jabbar was just too dominant with it so they had to have it banned haha

That's funny!

Did you know there's a team called the "Tall Blacks?"

I wonder how they got that name.

haha ya that wouldn't fly here, did you hear about the basketball court at teh supreme court building?

Yeah apparently its called ''The Highest Court on Land'' it must be a really nice court

haha do you think they settle ties with a bball game?

I guess in 39/50 states the highest paid public employee is the football or basketball coach, thats kind of sad

I guess its a game that has a lot of money invovled, maybe thats why coaches get paid so much.

ya it must be, do you have a shoe collection by the way, I myself only have about 4 pairs

I dont I have about 6 paris myself, I bet ballet dancers do

oh ya, I used to date one, her toes would get really messed up, and ya I guess a professional can go through 4 pairs of shoes a week

Thats a lot of shoes, it will sure bankrupt me lol


Hi, how are you?

I'm great!
How are you doing today?

Well, thanks!
Do you own a dog?

No, but I do like dogs.
Do you own a dog?

This is terrible timing but I had to put her down last night.

So the answer is no...

I would not however, buy her high fashion.

That's too bad.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I never owned a pet, but I understand that the relationship is close, like family.

Yeah.

This is the 3rd dog I have had to put down and surprisingly, this was the easiest, but it was not easy if that makes sense... My first dog was so tough I had to take 3 days off of work.

Dogs can be quite clever.

They can reason better than chimps, which are quite smart.

There are also 12 different blood types that a dog may have.

I was surprised that it was that many, but there are so many breeds, I guess it makes sense.

They can even donate blood at doggie blood drives!

Aren't the dogs uncomfortable with a needle in them?

I imagine they would struggle.

I think they would be ok. Istanbul has a vendingmachine for stray dogs that dispenses food and water.

How nice.

The dogs help the city, and the city returns the favor.

The dogs in Moscow have learned to use the subway.

I guess it helps them get what they need to survive.

They also understanding pointing.
I wonder if they understand head nods.

I think they could figure it out, given time.

They are attuned to human behavior.

Plus they can breathe and swallow at the same time, unlike us.

They are not color blind either.
I thought they were.

I don't think their vision is terribly acute, but their sense of smell is 1000 times better than ours.

Their senses complement ours nicely.

They are man's best friend for a reason.

And Google's pet of choice!

I agree with Google.

An office full of dogs is a happy place.

An office full of cats is chaos.

Nice chatting with you!


Hey!

So how knowledgeable are you with cars?

Did you know one of the first cars accessible to the population was a  1908 model T?

I have heard that, it is very impressive what they were able to create back then!

So true!

They've evolved so much over the years.

Used to be the trunks were actual wooden trunks years ago which is why they're called trunks!

Really?

that is news to me!

i know in south Africa you can have a flamethrower on your car!

That is wild!

Is it to cut down on car jacking?

Can you imagine hauling a flame thrower around?

Lol  Wonder if Karl Benz ever envisioned that when he first invented the modern car?

I doubt he did!
I believe it is for carjacking, yes!

That is crazy, isn't it?

Cars are so beneficial these days.

I don't have kids but when I do, it can help us bond, especially while visiting colleges like the story of Simon and his parent!

I have never heard that one, what is it about?

It's about a 16 year old named Simon.

He and his parent were driving to visit a college in Virginia when Simon asked to drive.

They swapped places and basically, it was proving that switching seats is easier than the child's next step in life.

that is an interesting concept!
i will have to check that out sometime!

It brings back memories from when my mom and I were looking at colleges.

I initially  wanted to major in physics but it was far too complex.

You'd have to be a genius like the guys at Pixar who spent three years stuffing curly hair physics just to master Merida's hair in Brave.

I have heard about that, such a crazy thing to dedicate time to!

Kim jong-un has a physics degree, that is pretty interesting!

Wow I didn't know that.

He must be a genius!

I do know the Wolfram Alpha creator was 20 when he received a PhD in theoretical physics.

that makes sense, you need to be a special type of person to found a successful company

So true!

I often wonder if those geniuses have a favorite comic book character.

I would think it would be Superman since he made his film debut in 1941 and has been around a long time!

in sweden, it is illegal to name your kid superman!

Really?

Even Superman?

I knew it was illegal to name a kid Metallica and Elvis!

That is crazy!

even ikea is illegal!

Wow!

Makes you wonder what isn't illegal.

I wonder if Braniac is illegal?

You know, that word was actually coined by Superman writers?

It was named after the super villain Braniac.

i did not know that, and dracula was part of the series at one point too apparenlty

True.

I heard he once bit Superman and exploded because Superman is fueled by the son!

Ha!


I recently read about a woman who was taking her child to college.

She was shocked at how quickly he grew up.

Me too!

As a father of a 5 & 7 year old, it kind of made me sad...

It does go quickly.

She even found angst at the tour of the campus.

I already know I will be a blubbering idiot when I drop my two off.

And I am not an emotional person.

We dropped 3 off.

My wife cried for an hour as we drove home after the youngest.

Since we were in a vehicle that held fewer than 8 passengers, what we were in could be called a car.

Cars were invented in 1886.

I didn't know that.

Did you go through a McDonald's drive thru?

Not on that trip, but we have other times.

Of course the drive through was invented when it was against the rules for soldiers to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.

I have my thoughts on why they did that but what do you think?

Why do you think they didn't want the soldiers to come in?

I think the army did not want people in fatigues roaming around in society.

It wasn't McDonald's rules, but the government's.

I thought that post-vietnam war was not a friendly place for the US solider so McDonalds made a drive thru for them.

They still wanted their money, just not the headaches...

I see.

It was good fortune for McDonalds since cars are so widespread in the 20th century and beyond so there is a big market for drive thru locations.

Ford started mass production to help cars become available.

Yeah.

I heard Ford is stopping production of cars and focusing on the F150...

I think that is just at one plant.

I have been to South Africa and it is legal there to install a flame thrower in your car to prevent carjacking.

That's crazy!

Did you know a professional racer beat 90,000 in a video game and that's how he became a pro?

The quick reflexes in a video game are undoubtedly useful in driving a race car.

I know the Superman could do well driving one.

Did you know he was originally introduced to be a villain?

Really?
I had no idea.
Based on Nietzsche too?
That's interesting.

I learned too that he used to be able to contort his face to disguise himself as other people.

What do you know about the character?

Superman, yes.
I love superman.
Do you like comics?

I do.

I prefer DC to Marvel, but I have enjoyed some of both.

It is humorous that Dracula once bit Superman and exploded because Superman is powered by the yellow sun.

HAHAHA.
That's just great!
I like DC a little more too.

Nice talking with you.
Good bye.


Were you very good at Physics in school?

I remember I was until I had this problem about turning and jumping while in a moving train.

I was so confused for awhile!

I was terrible at physics in high school.

turning and jumping?

what do you mean?

We had this horrible word problem where we had to say where we'd end up if we jumped in the air on a moving train at different speeds and then also had problems about the physics of doing the same while the train was in a turn.

Complicated!

The train is moving.

you are moving.

you are moving at the same speed.

if you jump up, your speed does not change.

if it turns and you dont, then you will slam into the wall.

lol I hope not too many students actually tried it!

I remember once in high school I had a teacher that send me and another student to get supplies at the store across the street.

We ended up driving the car through McDonald's Drive Thru, too.

What?

the drive thru?

what exactly was going on at that high school of yours?

Respect the drive thru!

it was made for the troops!

We were troopers getting supplies for class and also the yearbook club!

Did you know in South Africa you can legally have a flamethrower on your car?

I can see Die Antwoord using that.

you were saviours!

you provided sustenance to the troops!

i did not know that.

You should get a flamethrower and take it through the drive thru!

I saw this YouTuber FPS Russia drive a tank thru a McDonald's drive thru.

I wonder if any of the original troops the drive thru was invented for went that instead of a normal car?

Would have been talk of the town!

I bet they could drive just about anything through there.

no restrictions were specified.

if they want to drive an Abrams through,it should be legal.

What do you think Superman would drive thru in?

I remember as a kid seeing one of the original Superman movies.

Have you seen any?

I saw the one with chris reeve.
that was great.
he was the perfect superman.
Drive thru?
Does he eat fast food?

Most likely not, but if he's busy saving the world he might be forced into it from time to time.

Maybe batman would lend him his batmobile car to take?

I loved Reeves as Superman, too.

so the rules are that you must drive a vehicle through the drive thru?

no flying?

no horses or other quadrupeds?

In my town, some of the girls in 4-H used to ride their horses through in stead of going in cars.

They'd go to Taco Bell, McDonald's, there's a Mexican restaurant they'd go to also, along with a few Mexican ranchers in the area.

Was fun to see.

That is great.

the girls had the right idea.

if you are not on foot, you can go through the drive thru.

by those rules, superman can use the drive thru.

I really liked the horse from the movie "Brave."

Have you seen it?

I heard it took three years of studying curls in hair by Pixar for them to make Merida's hair!

I have not seen it.

That is great!

they take their animation quite seriously there.

It was a very beautiful film.

I can't imagine taking three years on physics of hair, though!

Did you know that Kim Jong Un has a Physics degree?

Um, i have my doubts about KJU.

I figure that most of his backstory is about as real as a superhero's.

Anyway, great chat!

Very true!

He most likely doesn't know basic level physics!

Thanks, and you too!

I think I'll go watch a Superman film, now.


hey did you know kim jong-un has a degree in physics?

I did not know that.
I wonder where he got it from.

ya I wondered if they just gave it to him because like, he is the supreme ruler and can kill people if he doesn't get his way

I mean...

I would give him the degree cause I wouldn't want to get killed over it.

oh I agree, he could also be named genius of the world just so myself and my family would be harmed hah

Yeah.

He's a weird little man...

I wonder what he thinks of his meeting with Trump?

ya I wonder how that all is going to go down, I guess it's good they are finally talking but it will depend on what happens with the talks

Pixar spent three years studying the physics of curly hair in order to correctly render merida's hair in "brave".

They should study Trump's hair!

That would be great!

haha ya I'm definitely wondering about the science of his hair lol, like how does it work exactly??

haha

I would think they would just team up with a hair or shampoo company to figure it out.

I did like the move and her hair was great!

haha, have you seen the movie hair with john travolta?

People said it was good but I haven't seen it yet

I have not.

Isn't that old or am I thinking of hairspray?

ah you're right, ya the movie hairspray, they made a movie with john travolta of that play and he plays a woman, I just don't know how that works haha

I haven't seen that one... Not too interested in it.

Did you see Mrs Doubtfire with Robin Williams dressed up as a grandma?

haha I did see that, I thought he did a great job I loved that movie as a kid what about you

I have not seen it.

I watched the documentary on him and it was brilliant.

He was such a great talent with so much trouble in his life.

ah what was the documentary called?

I want to check that out I bet it is good like you said

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind.

It was really good.

Made me appreciate him in ways I hadn't before.

I really didnt like him and thought he was annoying...

haha I mean I can definitely see him being annoying, I do like him in aladdin though, I don't know how will smith will compare to him in the new movie

That will be interesting to see.
When does the new one come out?

I think that it comes out this year?

oh I looked it up its in may of this year, I won't be seeing that in a theater I can promise you that haha

HA!
Nice chatting with you.

thank you!
you too!


Hello, do you like hockey?

Yes i like hockey, I like the hitting, but I don't understand all the rules.

I dont know all the rules either,  but for the most part I like the sport.

Yes I agree, In 1924 the first olympic winter game score 132 goals.

Wow that is a high scoring game!

That is incredible.

I hear a hockey player was traded in 1993 for $1,  he went on to win the stanley cup hahaha

that's amazing, I heard Tom Brady was a third round draft pick, and now look 6 rings.

I think he plays football though.

Yes, he play for the New England Patriots, did you know Canada is the only country in the world with two sports lacrosse and ice hockey.

Thats cool.

I just learned that on average a hockey player will lose 8 lbs per game!

Wow, I can't Imagine if a player weight around 150 pounds and play several games, can you, Hahaha?

Me either thats crazy!
Maybe they carb up before each game!

I sure hope so, Imagine how a player would look at the end of the season.

Do you like basketball?

Yes I like basketball, NBA allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok for $800,000 a year until the age of 55.

That is amazing!

Would you say the Golden State warriors is one of the top team in the nba?

Absolutely.

Do you remember when Steph Curry was one of the best 3 point shooter in every game, he was the team?

Kinda.

i remember he was the most known,  now the warriors have a lot of popular players.

Yes, but do you think that Steph Curry play as well as he used to, especially the 3 pointer shoots?

I think he still does.

I think when he makes a 3 pointer 3 mosquito nets get donated to a charity in africa!

Yes I agree with you, It was nice chatting with you.


Hi, how are you doing?
Do you watch Netflix?

Doing great!
Yes,  I love Netflix.
Watching anything good?

I don't watch Netflix anymore but I do know that they have a lot of quality programs.

Their movies have won Oscars I believe.

Yeah they have a lot of good stuff on there.

Did you know blockbuster declined serval offers to buy Netflix?

I guess BB thought there was little potential in the Internet, or that they could do it themselves.

They thought wrong.

Boy, were they wrong.

Now there is no BB.

Yeah they did try and do it themselves,  bot with sending out dvds and streaming lol they obviously failed though.

They probably didn't want to abandon the bricks and mortar business.

Netflix never had to worry about that.

They still spend money on postage.

Right,  that was smart with never having to own a store front.

Still, people need the DVDs in the mail because they have slow internet or no computer.

That market might stay around for a while.

I wonder if another computer will ever displace Netflix.

Well,  even if you order the DVD from Netflix you need to have internet to put it on your list to be sent.

I guess that's true.

I wonder if people use the library in some areas or something.

I know some people might not have computers.

Maybe a smart phone?

Some older folks don't like the new technology.

Yeah.

Netflix and Youtube make up half of the peak bandwidth in North America!

People love staring at video.
Youtube is owned by Google.
Google, Netflix, Facebook, Youtube.
Is there life outside of the Internet?

Yeah they are all pretty great though.
lol I really like Netflix and Youtube.

I try to catch dramas and comedies.

I like both equally.

Did you know that Green Lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy?

Seems odd.

Yeah that is pretty crazy,  it couldve been an entirely different movie with Jack Black,  so different personalities.

Jack Black is inherently comedic.

His presence as a super hero would be awkward.

Do you watch Comedy Central?

Not really,  I dont watch much tv usually only things that can be streamed.

Comedy Central is a graveyard for shows.

They've cancelled over 100 since 1989.

I guess it's tough to survive in comedy.

eeeeek thats horrible.
Do you like any disney movies?

yes, I saw Fantasia when I was younger.
I was amazed at the artistry.
What about you?

I have a bunch of favorites!

Little mermaid,  aladdin, lion king, frozen, lilo and stitch, moana.

You know your Disney films!

I enjoy animation, but usually the ones for adults, not kids.

Yeah I like the disney pixar stuff too,  I really like inside out that definitely had some jokes only adults would know.

Been good chatting.


Do you enjoy watching tv shows?

I have found myself watching shows on streaming services more than on television these days.

How about you?

Then do you use netflix?

I do use Netflix, I like a lot of their original programming.

Did you use neflix before they went into online streaming?

I used their DVD services a little bit but mostly their streaming services

I bet blockbuster regrets not acquiring neflix

I wonder if they would have taken the company in the direction it headed on it's own.

It's easy to say it was a bad idea in hindsight.

I mean the offer was for 50mil.
Now netflix is 2 billion

Yes but if Blockbuster never planned on making original content like Netflix did, the company would probably not be worth 2 billion today.

Considering netflix was made after a late fee of $40, I think that 40 was a good investment

Does Netflix even still offer the mail service?

I never heard anymore about it after I switched to streaming.

I think they still do, though I don't see why people still would

I'm sure not everyone has access to the internet or at least speeds capable of streaming with enough quality.

It's easier for a younger generation to move past certain forms of technology.

That makes sense.

What genre do you tend to watch on netflix?

I have lately been watching a lot of documentaries.

They have had some fascinating true crime ones lately.

Really?
I tend to watch more comedies

Do you have any good comedy recommendations on Netflix?

I've watched a few standup specials they have aired.

I don't really use netflix, but kung fu hustle is a classic

I really enjoyed that movie and heard recently the director is planning on a sequel.

I hope to see it too.
In any case, thanks for chatting.


hey my friend do you have a Netflix account?

Yes, I do, do you?

ya it's crazy that they have 140 million subscribers!

over 60 million in the USA alone

I know everyone has one it seems.
They are one of the biggest.

ya for sure, and they pay 20 times more money on USPS postage than on the bandwidht they use

Yes, that would come with being so large a company.

right I agree, it's crazy that Netflix started at 50 million dollars in value and is now worth about 2 billion

Yes, they also have taggers who are paid to watch and tag content.

ya that makes sense they'd have that, what is crazy is netflix and youtube take up half of peak internet traffic though

For sure, Netflix alone has 137 million subscribers worldwide.

yup with 60 million in the USA alone, that is about 20% of households, can't believe they even exist in countries like China and Japan

Yes, and the Caribbean also,

that is true, did you hear the story about how Netflix got started?

Yes, very interesting subscription-based streaming.

well the creator was charged a $40 late fee for renting Apollo 13, kind of silly that's what inspired him

Crazy fee, Matt Groening's Disenchantment is interesting.

did you like it?

I didn't really myself, but it makes sense to me that about a third of internet traffic is netflix from 9am to noon

Somewhat can be addictive to watch.

Yes that time frame is not what is expected.

do you like comedy movies at all?
have you seen kung fu hustle by chance?

No I have not yet.

I did not realize Drew Carey had served eight years in the marine corps.

How interesting.

wow that is interesting, also crazy that the green lantern movie originally was going to star Jack Black, totally different!


do you like hockey?

Yes I do.

Did you know slovakia beat bulgaria 82-0 once?

Wow really, when was that game?

It was the women's team but do not know the year, it was 1 goal every 44 seconds

Wow.

Canada also scored 132 goals in the first winter OG

Nice.

USA olympic team lost to a high school team once

Really, what was the score there, was it too bad?

They lost 6-3, so yeah pretty bad

Wow.

Did you know Canada has two national sports?

Did not know that, which ones would that be?

It is hockey but also lacrosse, pretty different ones

Yeah I guess so.
Do you like the NBA?

I do.
Do you know who Reggie Miller is?

I know that he is a great player but that is all I know

You are right but his sister was always better, broke 8 national records once

Wow amazing.

Tim DUncan decided to get a degree and then get into the NBA

Good for him.

Iverson signed a crazy contract with Rebook in 2001

How good was it?

Most players have trouble financially after they retire

That is too bad.

He is getting $800 000 per year till he is 55 and then $32 million

Wow I guess it is safe to say that he is set for life

Yeah pretty much.
Nice chat here


Did you know Canada is the only country in the world with 2 national sports?

lacrosse and Hockey

Well no wonder Canada scored 132 and let 3 in  during the 1924 olympics

Wow.

An average professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game!

Speaking of hockey players, a hockey player was traded for 1$ in 1993 and that play went to win four Stanley cups

That's crazy!
Are you a hockey fan?

Well not really, I know more about basketball than I do about hockey

I'm a big Cleveland Cavs fan and love college basketball.

Ah, I am more of a Golden State Warriors fan because of Steph Curry

He's awesome!

The Warriors earned about $12 million by losing game 4 of the NBA finals

Really?

Thats insane.

Did you know that Steph Curry's brothers played the back court together on the santa cruz warriors in 2013?

Furthermore, Steph and Klay did the same on the golden state warriors

I didn't know that!
I do now!
lol

What about the NBA?

My knowledge of the NBA isnt very large but I know a few facts.

What about you?

I know a little ... but not that much...I know the popular players, etc.

It's just not as popular as football and baseball where I live

Where I live hockey is very popular but I still prefer basketball

I see that "granny style" is the best technique to consistantly score points from the line

Did you know that Even though Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA, Jordan still wore them and paid a fine every game

I didn't know that!

He's made a killing on those shoes over the years

Without a doubt, His popularity has only skyrocketed over the past years

I wish I had his money that's for sure!
..and his talent!

Agreed, with that money I could start my own NBA team

lol yes!
That would be the life!
Wouldn't it?

Living in a mansion not having to work - Splendid

I'm all in!

Speaking of shoes I see where Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55...to where the then would receive a lump sum payment of 32 million!

Allen Iverson is also a great basketball player with a great carrer


Sup brah?

You've seen Frozen lately?

It's Disney's 53rd animated feature film

My kids LOVE Frozen!

Cool, it was directed by Jennifer Lee, she did a good job

She did great!

She broke a lot of records as a director too

Yes, she was the first female director to gross over 1 billion at the box office.

That's an amazing feat!

Right?!

She's also the first female director of a Disney feature film, which was honestly kind of surprising to me

Yea, what also is surprising is Eliza was going to be the main villain of the film too!

I kind of get that vibe from her at the beginning, but she's a totally different person by the end of the movie

Yea, they decided to make her a good character because of how good "let it go" was as a song

It's hard not to sing along to Let it Go!

Yea, I bought the soundtrack off Amazon.

It's crazy how big they became since being founded in 1994

Amazon has been around since 1994?
!

Yea, it originally started as an online bookstore, the first purchase was for 27.95

Okay, the bookstore thing makes a lot more sense.

I can't imagine there was much of an internet back in the early 90s

Yea, they eventually started to sell video downloads and mp3s, and then everything lol

Yeah, there's not much you CAN'T buy on Amazon these days

I know, it is the largest internet retailer in the world measured by revenue

I don't doubt that at all.

There's a fulfillment center not too far from where I used to live, it's massive

I wouldn't want to work in there, the warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles a day during their shift!

That's a lot of steps!

I wear a FitBit that tracks my steps, I'd hit my goal everyday at a job like that

Yea that is a lot of exercise!


Good morning!
How are you today?

A little Frozen.
Have you seen that movie?

I did unfortunately haha have you?

I have as well.

I wonder how much of the Snow Queens fairy tale made it into the movie

I'm sure a majority of it!

Can you believe Elsa was supposed to be the villain?

That would have changed the story completely!

How crazy

I agree!

Thank you for the song "let it go" that was uplifting haha.

The movie caused an increase of 153% for flight searches for norway.

Hope they were ready for that!

That was probably the most money tourist industries made that year lol.

The animation team was sent to jackson hole, why to experience going through deep snow

I bet they developed it very quickly after that haha.

Do you have amazon prime?

I do.

Amazon has come a long way from being an online bookstore

I agree!

I wish I was the first customer to buy books from them!

They do so much now.

Online retailer, electronics even cloud infrastructure services

They are going to be running the world soon!

They even have a contract with the post office!

Have you used the font bookerly

I've never heard of that, what is it?

Its a font amazon created specifically to be easy to read on digital screens

Interesting I'll have to look into it!
Anyways, nice chatting with you!

silent reading only became a thing recently

That is crazy to think, even the moral panic caused by reading novels was recent too.

Have a great day!