Hello,I was just thinking about the NBA and its players.Have you heard of Kevin Durant?

Yeah, he's a great player I've heard he's a bit of a hothead though

I have heard that too.He sometimes has issues with team mates.

Yeah, but he seems to get upset pretty easily for such a great athlete

He should be a role model instead of seeking personal celebrity with his tantrums.

I agree!

So many young people look up to him and other basketball stars

Did you know there are thirty NBA teams.

Oh wow, that's a lot.

Is that just the number of teams in the US?

There are thirty teams in the US and one in Canada.It is considered the best Basketball league in the world.

I don't doubt it, you don't hear much about basketball teams outside of North America

No you dont.The players are also the best paid in the world.

I think professional athletes get paid way too much, but that's just my opinion

I agree on the athletes salary.Lebron James rejected a 10 million contract offer from Reebok when he was just eighteen.

That's insane!

I know he's good, but wow.

I would be more than happy with 10 million dollars just once

I agree.Only Judge Judy who makes 123,000 an episode is a higher paid celebrity than Lebron James.

I didn't realize she was still making episodes, I thought she had retired.

Good for her

I guess later on the same year Lebron turned down the 10 million offer he accepted a deal from Nike for 90 million.

That is just a bonkers amount of money.

Do you know if he's done anything with it all?

Like set up a scholarship or something?

I have not heard about any charity work from Lebron.I agree he should do something worth while with his millions.

I think athletes who make over 10 million a year should do something useful with some of their money.

Make it a mandate in the NFL, NBA, etc.

I agree with you.Its society that puts these people in their positions anyways.

Totally!


Hey!

So are you into Basketball, I am a LEBRON fan!

Oh, cool.
I am too.
Yeah, basketball is great.
I like the NBA mostly.

I like the NBA, especially the granny style shooting technique lol

Oh, that is the best!

Did you know that its a legal shot to take but players are embarrassed and wont do it.

What?

That is crazy, whatever it takes to make the points!

They need to follow in Lebron James footsteps and do the granny style and attract almost 2,000 people like James did in high school!

I know pretty funny.

Man, James was crazy good in high school too.

He has the name King for a reason.

He dominates at the game and over many match ups.

Reggie Miller was really good too.

Exactly!

That is why Lebron is the highest payed celebrity since he mad it big, he once rejected a 10 million dollar deal with Reebok at age 18...but got a better deal with Nike for 90 million!

90 million would go a long way, I cant even imagine.

Some good players never get signed like Reggie Millers sister, I guess she could out play him.

Haha, that's really funny!

I bet he felt weird about that!

So I was reading about Kevin Durant and something about the NBA, not sure what it is all about yet, have you heard anything?

I am a Thunder fan so I have mixed feelings about Durant.lol

Yeah, I get that.

He seems to be pretty upset.Durant has gotten pretty upset several times before and heads for the Twitter lol....that gets him into not water.

Yeah, he has a hot hand everywhere,lol.

Speaking of rich people did you hear Judge Judy makes $123,000 for each episode she makes?

Very true!

Really?

Judge Judy?

That's surprising.

I was thinking it was Oprah.

I like how Lebron James for a new Space Jam...that will be some money lol.

HA, Yeah!

I know that James raised 6 million for charity by televising "the decision".

That is awesome, he is an amazing player and person.

Really like the guy.

He is often talked about as being the best NBA basketball player ever.

Yes, I love him.

Some players also chose to go to college before the pros and give up the money.

That's a hard choice to make.

A player from the Spurs did that.

Oh wow, that is a huge life changing choice for sure.

So are you a football fan

Yep, I am a Packer fan, all the way!!

I like the FIFA World Cup too.

Did you know that 715 million people watched the final game.

I am a Packers fan too.

FIFA is great!

I didn't know that!

Doesn't surprise me that many watched though!

I guess I just wish they were all Packer fans.lol The United States got 3rd in 1930, though.

Right!

Haha, we did get 3rd place, I forgot about that!

We have never ranked lower than 3rd in the World Cup since 1991!

Man, thats cool.
Good chatting with ya.

You too!

I must go read up on my Football news lol....Have a great day!


Do you use amazon ?

I do because I live in the middle of nowhere, but I feel guilty about it because of the crappy way they treat their workers.

Do you?

Yeah, they are the cheapest and the most efficient, and since Jeff Bezos is also the richest, somebody has to pay and it is the worker.

Yeah, it makes me mad that they're not only on their feet and walking that many miles a day, but also peeing in bottles because they don't get adequate breaks.

And Amazon, is so big now, they even possess IMDB.

Why do they need to own that ?

The more you own, the easier it is to buy up other stuff.

I couldn't afford to go in Whole Foods often in any case, but I stopped going at all after Bezos bought it because of how much worse working conditions got.

Do you have an amazon device like a Kindle or you boycott that also ?

All I have is a Chromebook laptop, but I can use it as an e-reader.

You have a Kindle?

Yes I have a Kindle, I bought a long time ago, I use it to read free books, 18th century classics.

Do you ever use Library Genesis?

The main site was shut down in most countries, but there are a lot of mirrors.

I can find a free pdf of just about any academic book out there.

Thanks for the reference, knowledge should be always free.

Do you think Jeff Bezos is some kind of celebrity ?

Well he's famous, so I guess so.

I mean you don't have to be an actor or musician to count as a celebrity, right?

Yeah, you just have to be really good or really bad to get media attention.

LOL I guess we know where Bezos fits into that scheme.

He fits in both categories, but some celebrities try to do good, like the Ethiopian chef that tries to solve hunger problems.

Yeah, did you ever watch that TV chef who died recently, who promoted world cuisine?

I think I have of the news of his death, but I never saw his show, was it good ?

I never did either.
I don't have cable.
I should try to find it online.

Or order it from Amazon...

LOL.

It never ends... and I will get worse, they now have low cost products that will invade the world, the AmazonBasics line.

At least until some other systemic stuff makes their profit unsupportable and leads to positive change, I hope.

Nice chatting!


Are you into celebrities?
I'm not a big fan of celebrity culture.

I think it's harder than it looks to be famous.

There are some who don't deserve it.

I know Judge Judy makes a ton of money on her show!

I would like that "hard' job for the underserved millions.

I did like Carol Burnett and her appearance on Sesame Street.

The people from Sesame Street deserve to be celebrities!

Those are the nicest people I've ever met.

I wonder if Robin Williams was on Sesame Street?

It seems like something he would definitely do.

I miss him.

He was the first to do voices for cartoons with Aladdin...

And set off a trend that makes me go, "I know that voice, who is it?"

during animated movies.

Still, it might be nice to be famous so I could go in the secret Pixar room!

Yeah, I have done that.

The Pixar room would be cool.

I did know that Woody was Tom Hanks immediately...

I love that Busta Rhymes did a voice in the Rugrats movie.

I think that more rappers need to be in animated films.

Maybe.

I got a kick out of Rugrats.

Rapping to me is really horrible poetry set to a really over used back beat.

I guess it's international now with Koreans inventing "new forms" of the same thing.

I love the idea of a compliment battle.

I think it's quite sweet.

There's a lot of great rap out there; it's just underground.

I love the creativity and quick wittedness of freestyling.

It's crazy hard to do.

It's funny that Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist before becoming a rapper.

It kind of makes sense.

Some of his videos hit upon the motif of superheroes pretty hard.

In fact, I think he was dressed as his favorite, Spider Man, in one of them.

Interesting.

I heard Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that will run for 10,000 years.

Why?

Seems like that money would have better uses, like the starving people in the world.

I would love to have enough money to do something that curious.

I wonder which mountain it is?

It's amazing that Amazon has come from being just an online bookstore to being a publishing house, a film studio, the place you can buy weird spices online...

It has expanded tremendously...
They seem to own everything...
They own IMDB!
Since 1998...

I know they get all of my money regularly!

I always feel a little bad when I'm getting something delivered by the postal service on Sunday, even though amazon has a special contract with them to do so.

I hope the postal people are getting overtime.

Did you know the first Amazon customer got a building named after him?

I wonder what he ordered?

I think that's kind of amazing.

Is it a warehouse?

Do you know how much the workers walk per shift in the warehouse?

7-15 miles.

Insane.

Probably a book of some kind.

The word is that Bezos is a a very strict boss who keeps a close eye on his employees.

One has to stay the king somehow.

Some of the shows being produced strictly for Amazon Studios are brilliant, though.

I'd like to thank them for Patriot and The Grand Tour.

I liked the Patriot.
Thanks for the chat.


Hello.
Do you shop at Amazon?

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

Same here.

i never realized until recently that it began as an online book store.

Yeah it was a lot smaller in the year 1994, when it got founded.

I'm not even sure I was aware of it back then.

I wish I had been The first customer got a building named after him and he only spent $27.95.

Sounds like a really sweet deal, you know Amazon is the largest online store

I can believe it.
They sell everything it seems like.

There is even a low end product, amazon basics, do you like it?

Amazon is also the second largest employer in the US

I have bought some amazonBasics products and they were just as good as any other and a great price.

That makes me like Amazon even more!

Yeah, just as good, those are my thoughts as well, warehouse workers do have to walk a lot

Don't they work like between 7 and 15 miles a day during a shift?

Yeah thats about right, 7 to 15 miles, it must  be tiring,

Must, but it's also great exercise.

US postal workers get exercise too I imagine.

Amazon has a contract with the post office to get packages delivered on Sundays.

Must be one of the few companies with a contract like that one, that must be costly

Probably but they can afford it.

Look at Jeff Bezos.

He can afford to build a clock into a mountain.

I heard about that clock, is that the one that is supposed to run for over 10,000 years?

I think so.
It's interesting.

No idea, I guess he has the money to do it and thats why, amazon also owns Imdb, the company has become a giant of the industry

Amazon does have a way of making other companies great.

I like that they now own their own publishing company and a film and tv studio.

Yeah and music streaming service, I also like to shop for groceries on the site

I do too.

It's impressive as the world's largest provider of cloud services.


Hey you a fan of celebrities?
I think it's funny thinking about them.
So wealthy!

Yes, it's pretty outrageous to think about how much they get paid for just existing in some instances; some aren't even talented!

Paris Hilton was actually in the Guinness Book of World Records for "most overrated celebrity"

Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.

But definitely not the last!

That shows some versatility; it's good she can communicate with children.

John Cena holds the record for wishes granted by the Make-a-Wish Foundation at over 400--he's definitely made a lot of kids happy!

Agreed.

He has a huge heart good for him.

Pixar studios has a secret celebrity room...wonder what's inside?

It doesn't seem fair that they might have influence on films or special privileges, does it?

Maybe that's why the creators of Madagascar made a joke of hiding celebrities' names in the dialogue of penguins

You bring up a valid point.

Celebrities often do good.

The Ethiopian celebrity chef is trying to combat the countries hunger problem!

That's a neat idea.

Certainly better than inventing a sports drink!

Agreed.

I think amazon should invent a sports drink lol.

Maybe not.

They are so rich right now.

Bezos is buys building clocks in mountains!

That seems unnecessary.

They even have a patent on one-click buying that Apple has to pay them to license!

Very true.

They honored the first ever customer by naming a building after him!

That seems like a good deal for the customer, especially in an age when Amazon's prices are so low that competitors like Best Buy and Target have to price match them to keep up.

Agreed.
And it only cost that customer 27.95!
What a deal.

Not bad for a name!

Did you know that the arrow in AmaZon's logo is meant to indicate they carry everything from A to Z?

Oh no that is a cool fact thanks for that insight!

The workers at Amazon warehouse walk between 7 and 15 miles per day!

That seems a lot, but I imagine it goes by pretty quickly, especially since they also sell returned and like-new items, which probably is a complicated process.

True.

I love how they deliver on Sundays I wonder how that is even allowed?

I can't imagine how one would create legislation outlawing it, since it's just another day of the week as far as the law is concerned.

Companies make up their own rules, like facebook banned a guy in his 30s whose legal name is Justin Bieber just for having the same name as the celebrity.

Yes very interesting point you bring up.

Celebrities and their wealth often get things that normal people wouldn't.

Just the way things go.

Yes, like McDonalds used to pay rappers $5 for every time they referenced Big Macs in their songs.

Not exactly super special treatment, but more than an everyday person gets for using the phrase!

Haha oh man if I were a rapper I would make a song called big mac and just repeat those lyrics!

I wonder if Tupac's cultural significance raps ever included big mac lyrics?

Well it was great talking with you.

Have a lovely night!


Hello!
How are you today?

Im great!
how are you?

Doing well too!
Do you like to use Amazon?

I like to use amazon sometimes.
it can be quite convenient.
You?

It really is.

I do too, been getting just about everything from there now haha.

Even on Sundays!

I am amazed that the USPS delivers on sundays.

i thought those guys would never work on sundays.

they must get triple overtime.

My day was a postman but he never had to go out on Sundays.

It is usually the part time people that got paid 16 bucks an hour to go do it.

Kind of sad if you ask me.

Ok, so it is not expensive for the post office to deliver.

i guess part timers need the work.

It is probably better than the amazon warehouse.

Yes I agree, unless you want to walk 7 to 15 miles each day working haha.

i guess it keeps you in shape, or it kills you.

one or the other.

i dont think the pay is good either.

I heard it's terrible to work there!

I wish I was the first person to make a purchase from Amazon back in the day!

You could have a building named after you!

I would rather have amazon prime for life.

But you can at least brag about the building since everybody has Prime haha.

Yes, that is true.

I wonder if people know his name.

maybe he got stuck with a warehouse job too LOL

They probably told him it would be the best job in the world, jokes on him though haha.

I like using Google a lot as well.

I use google a lot.
google is a dog company.
i approve.

I approve with two thumbs up!

They also like goats too and let them be their landscapers haha.

do the goats get stock options?
if so, sign me up!

They are probably more well of than we are lol.

Well it was nice chatting with you!

yes, i enjoyed chatting with you.
Have a good day!

Thanks you as well!


do you use facebook much?

I do actually, did you ever use myspace?

yes I did, they made a bad decision not buying facebook when they had the chance

yup, could have spent $75 million to make billions now

True.
Do you know why it is blue?

Yes because Mark is colorblind for green and red

Yeah.

the like button seems to be illegal in parts of Germany

Yeah I wonder why though.

Did you hear about Iceland what they are using facebook for?

Yes to rewrite the constitution, talk about transparency

I know.

Burger KIng once had a funny promotion for free whoppers, did you hear about that?

Yes if you unfriend 10 friend on facebook.

SO strange

I know.
Do you like dance?

I love dance.
Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer?

Yes he even won a cha cha championship

Yeah and tupac was a dancer too of ballet

Yes he was in the production of nutcracker and he played the mouse

Yeah.

Ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes in a single week

that is a lot of shoes and also a lot of money I imagine

Yes it is for sure.

Babies are really good at dancing when they hear music

yes and they smile more when they hit the beat

They are way smarter than we make them out to be.


Hi, how are you?
Do you use Facebook?

Hi!

I do use Facebook.

In fact, I'm one of the 2.2 billion active users each month as of January of 2018.

Ha!

What about you?

I don't use Facebook.

I have concerns about privacy and having my data sold.

It seems that FB is not always honest.

That could be one of the reasons why Iceland rewrote their constitution by Facebook.

They did so that way so the public could make alterations and suggestions.

I would worry about hackers tampering with that process.

FB has been fun for many people though.

I don't use social media really.

I understand!

I just wish I had known about the Burger King promotion where they gave you a free Whopper for unfriending 10 people.

I would have done that in a heartbeat!

Ha!

I would have made friends just to unfriend them.

We could have made a Whopper pool for the purpose.

That's the truth!

You know, I still can't believe MySpace rejected an offer to buy Facebook in '05 for $75 million.

Boy, what might have been!

That was a colossal blunder on their part.

They should have thought long term.

I guess they figured they could do the same thing on their own.

I know!

It's kind of sad really considering how popular Facebook is and also how MySpace fell off the map.

Speaking of Facebook, what I also find sad is the like button is banned over in one of the German states.

Why did they ban that button?

Was it causing social problems?

Maybe they would prefer a dislike or hate button there.

Tell me about it!

It's worth looking into for sure!

It's just so hard to believe its initial IPO was valued at  $104 billion which was also the largest valuation for a newly listed company!

I think that FB will be the last big social media website.

People are already closing accounts.

I think people are worried about how it affects their lives.

That is so true.

I honestly like going on there to watch dance videos.

Speaking of dancing, did you know Bruce Lee actually won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship back in 1958?

The man was a legend.

Probably had a great sense of rhythm too.

I would love to see footage of him dancing.

It's fascinating!

You know, Tupac also preformed balet and even portrayed the Mouse King in a high school production of The Nutcracker.

The man was a genius at art.
He really know how to move and groove.
But ballet?
I would love to see footage of that.

Agreed!

I would have liked to see him use that device Michael Jackson has a patent on that he used for no his extreme lean in a lot of his dance videos.

Ha!

I think he would have done great.
Anyway, great chat!

I always loved Michael Jackson's wardrobe.

He was not stylish than MC Hammer.

Speaking of which, did you know Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer?

I thought it would have been the other way around.

Thanks again!

Have a great day!

At least we're not living in the age of the Romans as they virwwed pants as a sign of barbarism.i could not imagine that.

Well it was great chatting with you.

Take care, friend!


Hello how are you.

Well, thanks, but tired of being targeted by scammers, who prey on people my age!

I can see how that would make a person tired.

Maybe you could google how to get them to stop.

Fortunately I know enough to hang up, but lots of people don't.

Cost consumers over $50M last year.

Lots of tricks add up to lots of rip-offs.

Heard of these schemes?

I have heard a little about them.

It's messed up how people treat each other these days.

Agree.

Why would scammers want you to purchase gift cards?

(Latest scam technique).

I'm not sure.

So do you usually use google when you search the internet.

Yes.

Biggest search engine.

Sure wish I'd invested in Google when they went public in 2004!

You?

I wish I had to.

a google search requires more computer power than it took to send neil armstrong and company to the moon.

Isn't that incredible?

More power than sending 11 astronauts into space!

Started, like most folks, I guess, by using Google maps.

You?

I use it for everything.

Looking stuff up usually.

My kids use it or their school work.

Stuff like that.

It really is amazing you have all the knowledge in the world at your fingertips..

Amazing, yes.

But controversial, too.

If you were looking up maps, say, in Kashmir, the region both India & Pakistan claim, Google would tailor its maps to show only the country (I. or P.) where the browser is located.

Selective information.

Can be scary.

Do you agree?

It certainly doesn't sound good.

I guess goole used goats to mow the grass instead of hiring people.

I think they could aford to give someone a job.

Certainly could.
Do use another business giant, Amazon?

All the time.
Especially around christmas.
I get all kinds of deals for the kids .

Me, too.

Do you remember, by chance, when Amazon was only an online bookstore?

I don't remember that.

I remember when Jeff Bezos built that clock that is supposed to run for 10000 years though

Yes.

Frivolous thing.

Amazon's 1st customer spent $27.95 on book.

Owner Bezos later named a building after the guy.

What types of products do you tend to buy?

I usually buy electronics on there or electronic accessories.

My son does, too.

Last question: do you think our government is doing enough to limit the power and influence of huge electronic companies like Google and Amazon?

I think that it is up to somebody to come along and challenge those companies or they are going to be the biggest.

I dont think the government needs to be in it.

That's an original viewpoint!
Good to chat with you.

Thank you, and thank you again.
Have a good one.


Do you use Facebook much?

I used to but I am trying to limit it.

I would delete it altogther but I need it for work.

Do you use it much?

Ive been a user since it got launched on 2004 and I love it, it would be hard for me to quit Facebook

I just found it to be depressing with a lot of negativity so I just stopped.

Are you on there daily?

Not daily but a couple of hours a day, you know Burger King had a great promotion in Facebook.

No, what was the promotion/

Ok so you had to unfriend 10 people and you got a free Whopper just by doing that.

I would unfriend everyone and get like 4 whoppers.

I am selective as to who gets into my personal life.

I would not eat for long... How many friends do you have on there?

I have like 1100 friends, I have to delete some as well, many people in my FB account that dont belong there.

That's a lot of people!
I do not kow 1100 people.
Maybe it's my little bubble.
Do you ever have drama on there?

Yea theres always drama on FB I try not to pay attention to it, you know Iceland is using Facebook to rewrite their constitution.

Really!

That's weird.

The drama is why I try to avoid it.

It always turns into a fight between two opposing factions (Republics and Democrats) and I do not have the bandwidth for it.

I just stopped...

Sorry to keep on talking about it but it does interest me... Myspace turned down $75M to buy FM...

Thats ok I see your point of view and I bet MySpace is regretting that decision in full..

Yeah!
Is it even around anymore?

I think it is, I dont use it anymore but I think it still has active users although not really popular now a days.

I never had an account.

Did you?

Facebook had a valuation at $104M for their IPO?It seems like it was later than 2012...

I did, I thought it was pretyy cool and I did not know that.

Becuase Zuckerberg is colorblind, FB is blue...

I always thought it was a strategy not because Zuckerberg is colorblind, its nice to know though, changing the subject a bit you know a judge sued a dry cleaning because of the loss of a pair of pants.

Seems like an abuse of power.

I saw that story on the news a few months back.

I know, its a 67 million law suit over a pair of pants, seems excesive to me.


Hello, How are you?
Do you shop at Amazon?

3 times a week.

I would love to see if that clock last for 10000 years

I know that is unreal!
How does it run?
Solar?

Good question.

I have been shopping with amazon since 98.

Yes, I do to, thats a long time.

Interesting the Eiffel tower sold twice!

wow I never knew that.
How did the man get away with that.

Good impersonator.

You can get a good workout working at the amazon warehouse!

7 and 15 miles each day is a good workout.

yes, good for the heart.
Do you use any Echo devices?

I have one in each room.

I love Google services like docs and hangouts.

Do you use google ?

Yes, I do.

A lot!

So glad the amazon rainforest got $1 billion from the norwegian government!

the norwegian government cares a lot about the earth.

Yes, Funny you can spend $27.95 and get a building names after you.

I wonder how many people panicked when google went down for about five minutes

lol, can't even imagine!, That is a large amount of land the government owns in Nevada!

And how are people falling for the IRS gift card scam ?

I know, how stupid do you have to be?lol, These live goats google used instead of moving lawns!

I know people with land do that.

lol.

Well they are helping the norwegian government save the earth by using goats

Goats are so cute!

The power it takes to make a single google search!

Wow

and how did Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy wikileaks.

thats too funny

Is there anything wikileaks doesn't know?

lol

Thats google for you.

They control everything with Jeff Bezos.

Ha, ha ha, I know!
Interesting Amazon owns Imdb.

lol I have learned a lot with you good night


hello, how are you?

Hello.

I'm good.

Did you know that Facebook is blue because Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind?

Pretty interesting.

I didn't  know that actually, i've been on facebook a long time.

i thought it was just an appealing color to use.

myspace could have owned facebook, but turned down the offer for 75 million dollars back in 2005

I know they regret that decision.

Facebook is now pubicly valued at $104 billion!

yeah no kidding, i used to use my facebook to promote my friends' dance company.

she teaches dance to kids all the way to adult.

did you know famous rapper tupac dance ballet in high school?

he even played the mouse king in a production of nutcracker

That's interseting.

Bruce Lee was also a great dancer and he won a cha-cha championship back in 1958.

Pretty cool.

I didn't know that.

i'm a huge fan of bruce lee and had no idea!

you know that lean that michael jackson does in his smooth criminal video?

he has a patent on the device that helps you achieve that very lean

Everybody loves dance and music.

Babies even start dancing automatically when they hear music.

I've seen it myself with my nieces and nephews, speaking of dancers, i recently learned that aladdin's puffy pants were inspired by the pants made famous by MC Hammer

Puffy pants are cool.

But if you wear saggy pants in a place called Collinsville, you're in trouble for breaking the law.

That's pretty ridiculous that that exists, the Romans believed wearing pants was a sign of barbarism, as in they were barbaric or lacking of culture

Pants are really special to some people.

A judge in D.C. once sued a dry cleaning business for over $67 million because they lost a pair of his pants... must've been pretty special pants.

everyone has their favorite pair i know!, pants were created mainly because mounted armies had trouble trying to ride horses around in robes.

they needed something to cover the legs

They cover both legs separately... unlike robes and skirts.

I imagine that would make riding horses a little bit better.

in the UK pants are usually referring to underwear, probably makes things pretty confusing for someone visiting the united states for the first time

Yes indeed it would.

Someone out in public in their underpants might find themselves on Facebook with lots of likes.

It might even go viral.

it would be much more hilarious in the early days of Facebook when it was limited to Harvard students only, meaning whoever did so with their pants/underwear would have had to been on the Harvard Campus.

It's a good thing that no one under 13 can be legally allowed on Facebook.

kids would have liked unfriending people for a free whopper though, that was a promotion burger king really did with facebook.

super silly

I'd like to think that my friends are worth more than a whopper.

I wouldn't trade them for a sandwich.

you could have easily just said, im gonna unfriend you for a burger, go eat it.

and then friend them again.

pretty big loophole i'd say

Absolutely!!!
Now that might be a good idea.
Well.
It's been fun chatting.
Have a good night.

Goodnight


Do you use Facebook?

I used to, I stopped about 5 years ago.

Hard to believe its been 14 years since it was launched.

Right.

I always wondered why it was this plain blue.

Apparently it's because Mark Zucerburg is red-green colorblind

Interesting, pretty crazy Myspace turned down an offer for 75 to buy it.

I wonder if they are kicking themselves.

I would imagine as they all but vanished in facebooks rise.

Yeah, Facebook has grown so much.

In its initial public offering in 2012, it was valued at 104 billion, the largest ever valuation for a newly listed public company

I am a big dancer how about you?

No, I am too self conscious.

I used to dance when I was a kid though-tap and ballet.

Did you know ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week?

No, I did not.
That sounds pretty painful.

I know!

isn't it kind of interesting how babies are able to dance to a beat with out being taught it?

That is funny.

I wonder if that applies to all babies since some people, like my dad, are always off beat.

It could certainly be a specific gene or something.

Do you prefer pants shorts?

I prefer pants, except for Mc Hammer pants!

Ya I also do no like saggy pants.

It is actually against the law to sag your pants in a town in IL!

Interesting.
I wonder if they actually enforce that.

Probably not often.

I heard Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammers!

Pants were actually viewed as a sign of barbarism in Roman times.

Really?

I also heard people switched to them because riding a horse in a robe was uncomfortable!

Well, that makes sense!


Hey do you use google much?

Yes!
I use it to look up a lot of stuff.
How about you?

Yes I do too.

No wonder it's so effective, a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send Armstrong to the moon!

That is alot of power,  I am going to think of that every time I search something lol

Yes it makes me appreciate it much more!

Google maps also calculates traffic patterns by tracking how fast Android devices are going!

That is very impressive,  I wouldve never thought that.

Instead of hiring people to mow the lawn,  they once used hundreds of goats

Haha that is so funny.

They have so many users.

They took down 40% of internet traffic when they went offline for 5 minutes.

Wow that is crazy!
I bet people were freaking out lol

It really is and I'm sure they were!

That happened back in 2013 not sure if it's happened since.

Do you like amazon?

Yes I use amazon all the time.

Hard to believe it was started by Jeff Bezos in 1994.

Look at it now!

I know right,  its a pretty amazing company,  they have created so many jobs and I love their shopping site,  so convienent.

It really is.

Speaking of their jobs, the warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles per day!

That is a lot of walking lol,  Good exercise at least

Yes no doubt.

They also contract with USPS so they can deliver packages on Sunday!

Wonderful idea on their part!
I love getting packages on sundays!

It is such a good feeling I love it too!

Do you like learning about the government?

88% of land in Nevada is actually owned by the US government.

That is cool.
I wonder if its all desert they own.

Yes good question.

Not much you can do with desert!

One cool thing the Norwegian government did was donate $1 billion for rainforest preservation!

Well it really was lovely chatting with you this evening.

Great chat,  have a good one.

You too!


Are you familiar with what a prime minister is?

Yes, kind of like a president in parliamentary systems

Yeah, it is pretty interesting isn't it?

Yes.

Another interesting thing is the prime minister in Japan sends a silver cup to you when you turn 100 in Japan!

But the so many 100 year olds in Japan that they had to find a way to make cheaper cups.

Yeah, I heard that.
They must be running low on silver too!
HA!

Haha.

In 95 a radio station made a successful prank call to Queen Elizabeth by pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

Wonder if they got in trouble!

They probably did.
Do you know what radio station it was?

No, I am not sure about that.
Have you head of Chief Mouser?

No, who is that?

That is the cat who resides at the residence of the prime minister of the UK.

Interesting.

Did you know you can hear Jupiter Radio storms on AM radio here?

Interesting!

I wonder if that's easy to pick up on the radio.

I know what doesn't sound easy to me, making a fox hole radio.

Yeah, it probably sounds pretty weird.
It would be interstellar radio!

Soldiers in WWI made foxhole radios with a razorblade and a pencil.

Have you made a foxhole radio before?

Yeah, I think it was in that movie Hart's War with Bruce Willis.

Do you listen to news on the radio?

A Finnish radio station has a weekly news program in classical Latin.

I wonder how many people can understand it.

No, I don't.

But that is because I don't drive to work.

I don't speak latin either!

I thought it was a dead language!

It is.
In economics they use it a lot as well.
It's annoying.

Ha, interesting.

In Canada, all radios are required to play at least 40% Canadian music.

Yeah, it must be horrific.
Anyways, nice chatting with you.


Hi, how are you doing today?

Ok, how about you?

Just listening to President Trump speak about the wall and the budget funding deal.

The Democratic Party (one of the two major parties) will surely not back this.

I don't think anyone can back a wall.

I think they will back border security which is something achievable through many routes.

I guess that depends who you speak to.

I know the Democratic Party backs a socially liberal platform preferring to spend money on social programs.

At one point, Ronald Reagan actively campaigned for Democrats and railed against high corporate profits and low wages.

He probably liked social programs then.

Democrats or Republicans, did you know there hasn't been a President from another party since 1853?

I'm not surprised.

The funding and backing are too important to success.

I know that one guy is trying this time as an independent.

I don't think he'll do it though.

Too hard.

I agree, just not the support needed to elect an Independent.

I have a feeling it will be the "red and blue" of the Republican and Democratic Parties for quite some time.

People like simple systems.

and it's easy to decide with just two.

You are on my team, or the other team.

My team won or lost.

Good vs.

Evil.

Right vs. Wrong.

Simple narratives are easy to sell.

Still, 15% of the tea party movement identify themselves as Democrats.

There is some nuance.

I'm surprised that the Democratic percentage of the Tea Party is that high.

I had no idea.

They seem to have slightly more traction than some of the other paties like the Farmer-Labor Party n Minnesota and the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota.

I think people are frustrated with the system.

They want change, and they need to be part of a movement for that.

Seems like there is a movement nowadays for just about everything.

I wonder if there is a movement in Canada to back off on the law requiring at least 40% of the music played on their stations to be Canadian.

The gov't wants to preserve a market for home-grown talent.

There is something similar in France.

The US talent is just so dominant.

That makes sense.

In 1995 a radio station actually prank called Queen Elizabeth by pretending to be the Canadian Prime Minister.

Jean Chretien?

Yes, he had a strong accent.

The Queen probably couldn't recognize the real one.

I'm surprised she would even answer her own phone.

I would think that she would have someone do that for her.

Well, the pranksters probably faked their way through the Palace switchboard and got to the Queen.

Boy, those Canadians!

They're scamps!

Ha!

Something I heard recently that I was not aware of was that the prime minister in Japan sends every citizen that turns 100 a silver cup.

I think they will have to rethink that system.

Far too many old people in Japan.

The gov't will go bankrupt.

For sure.

They needed to find a way to make cheaper cups.

Well, it's been nice chatting with you.

It's been great chatting!

Take care.

You too.

this report is crazy.
the reporters are so confrontational.

Quite true.


Hi, do you listen to the radio much?

Hello, I do actually.

I haven't had any luck finding an am station that's pickup up the storms from Jupiter, though.

Yeah me either that sounds interesting.
Do you like radio dramas?

I do.

I love old things like that.

I don't know where to find them online, do you?

I also hear there is a station that broadcasts entirely in Latin.

Apparently there is a station that broadcasts them for free but I am not sure what channel it is on

That's so cool.

Were you aware of the weird Canadian law, that requires all stations to have at least 40% of the music to be from Canadian artists?

Are there even that many?

There must be then.

I guess they just really like supporting national talent or something

Maybe.

I didn't know you could make a radio out of a pencil and a razor blade.

They did that back in WWII.

I may try that with my daughter one day when we are both bored.

I wonder how that works really, those foxhole radios but sounds pretty cool.

On another topic, do you have much interest in politics?

I am very political on Twitter, lol.

I love reminding people that "red" and "blue" for party identity only started in 2000.

I cannot believe that , I thought it was always the case.

There is a cat in the UK prime minister's house that has the title of the chief mouser

Larry!

His twitter is@number10cat Of course, the humans behind it don't like Theresa May.

I don't understand how the prime minister position works in Britain.

It sounds so complicated.

Yeah considering they have a royal too, it makes it a bit more complicated.

In Australia the position of the prime minister does not exist in the constitution.

I don't get that either,  especially since the Queen is also their monarch.

Yet, the monarchy is supposedly a figurehead.

I think Japan has the easiest system to figure out, though that may be my fascination with the gifting of the silver cup to those who turned 100.

And now they are running into issues because too many people are turning 100.

They have the highest life expectancy in the world.

I guess they will need more cups.

That's still cool.

Did you know that Fox news once threatened litigation on The Simpsons?

Oh did not know that, interesting.
Did they have a reason for it?

Of course, the best one.

In typical Fox fashion, it was to stop them from parodying it's anti-dem agenda, lol

Oh come one, Simpsons is supposed to be as such.

As well.

Did you know that since 1853 the president has been either a democrat or a republican?

Yep.

We only have two parties, and weird enough.

There are some in the Tea Party movement who are dems.

Yeah it seem 15% of them, pretty good chunk.


Do you watch a lot of basketball?

I dont.
i do like basketball though.
it is a fun sport.

Did you know basketball is a team sport?

How many players are on each team usually?\

yes i did.
i think there are 12 players on a team?

No, only 10.

Do you like baseball or basketball more?

i like basketball more.
more action, more flow.
baseball is slow.
only 18 minutes of action a game.

Baseball has the 2400 plus games a year, that's a lot to watch so could get bored pretty easily.

Not as much as swimming though

I would want to watch just the highlights of the baseball game.

About two minutes worth.

I hate swimming.

Boring and I'm bad at it.

Same here Did you ever watch Kareem Abdul Jabbar play?

His dunks were ridiculous.

He brought a lot of excitement to the game even though the dunk was banned in college after.

i guess he was so dominant with that shot that the league thought it was unfair.

i think they should have changed the size of the key or something.

no one in baseball or swimming had that type of game.

who is your favorite team?

i dont have a favorite, but i guess i like golden state.

they are fun to watch.

im not really a fan though.

yah very fun watch to for sure.

how many more championships do you think they can win before they are split apart?

i dont know.

does basketball have a salary cap?

that usually does in championship teams.

they dont i dont think so, that's how the yankees always had so many high priced players

baseball doesnt have a cap.
football does.
i dont know about basketball.

football does and baseball does, basketball has some sort of weird cap that allows for superstars

i figure that it was golden state's turn to have a great team.

if the lakers had done the same thing, there would not have been a problem.

the nba really like LA.

LeBron will win a few more championships with the Lakers, I can guarantee it.

HOw are they doing this year?
good?

They are a couple games below 500 right now, it's a rebuilding year for sure.

Ok, they'll get it together.
Anyway, great chat!
Have a great day!

You as well, take care!

Thanks

No problem.


hi how are you?
what do you think about tom hanks?

I love tom hanks.
Do you like him?

he is a great guy!

i think he is a great guy and a tremendous actor.

what film of his is your favorite?

I like cast away.
I thought his transformation was great.
What is your favorite?

i liked him in forrest gump.

he was also great in that spy film that he did with spielberg.

What was the spy movie?

I cant remember but it was about the cold war and a guy that hanks had to defend in court.

I remember that now.

That was out like last year or the year before, right?

yeah, it was pretty recent.

hanks was a principled lawyer that wanted to give a vigorous defense to a man who was a threat to national security.

Kind of sounds like Philedelphia!
But the other side of the law.

yeah, that was also a good film.

he is very good at portraying sympathetic characters.

i know that he does not play bad guys.

He was originally cast as mario in super mario brothers.

Can you imagine him in that role?

yeah, kinda?

I think that he can do a good job in many roles, but is that movie good enough for him?

Oh, he was also in the post with streep.

that was fun.

I am not sure I saw that one.
Did you see it?
I did see toy story.
I love that movie.

Yeah, the voice casting in that film was excellent.

the story was great and the animation was top notch.

i know that tom's brother does some work there.

I always thought that was tom.
The old bait and switch....
I never saw Apollo 13.
I feel like I am the only one.

It was a great film about the US space program.

i recommend it because it shows what america is capable of.

That is a good example of american ingiuity.

Did you read about google's aggressive mode in their self driving cars?

i did not, but that sounds like just the sort of thing that shouldnt be in a self-driving car.

LOL.

I know.

There should be a "be careful so you don't hit a pedestrian" mode!

Yeah, or "please dont get google into a lawsuit" LOL Anyway, great chat!

Ditto!
Nice chatting with you.


Do you enjoy piano music?

I love to listen.

Did you know that in 1930 one day there was no news that was worthy of reporting so they broadcast piano music

I do love listening to jazz.

Boy, what a nice day that would be-no bad news, just piano music!

Bohemian Rhapsody was a classic song.

Did you know that Freddie mercury used the same piano to record bohemian rhapsody as paul mccartney used to record hey jude?

That's a pretty special piano!

Speaking of special pianos, there was a light aluminum on on the airship hindenburg.

Hope it didn't get blown up!

I don't think so but I'm not sure.

Also, someone put a piano on the top of Britain's highest mountain.

Some climbers found it in 2006!

I wonder if it was still in tune :)  Did you know that the Ramones played 2,263 concerts over 20 years touring almost non-stop.

Wow, that sounds pretty exhausting.

If you visit Croatia, you can see an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still used as a concert venue

Speaking of ampitheaters that are still in use, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient Roman theater in Pompeii in 1972.

However, there was no audience.

I wish I could have at least been outside the perimeter looking in!

Yeah, that would have been awesome.
What an eerie experience.

Creed once gave a concert in 2002 that was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.

Must have been really bad.

Linkin Park must have been better at performing live.

They played 324 concerts in 2001.

Sounds like it!

Also The Dark Side of the Moon must have been a great album because 40 years later they still are top selling as of 2014

Nice!

I'm more interested in listening to a rap album released by 100 year old Japanese twins.

Me too!

Do you have any vinyls still?

I still have some audio tapes which are sentimental to me.

But sales mostly today are focused on CD and MP3 formats

I do not have any vinyls.

Yeah, I grew up in the audio tape generation.

I used to buy singles on cassettes.

Nwa's straight outta compton was the first platinum status album even though they didn't have airplay support or a major tour

That's interesting.

I'm not sure if I've ever listened to them.

What a great feat before the internet!

It's a changed world with all the media exposure.

Nice talking to you!


Would you vote if you had to walk through tiger-infested forests on the way as occurs in india?

No, Do you like Tom Hanks?

Sure!
I loved him in the movie "Big"

I liked big as well.

Turner & Hooch was my least favorite of his movies.

Too much drool?

I also enjoyed Hanks and Meg Ryan in "You've Got Mail"  Can you believe it was release over twenty years ago?

It doesn't seem like it's been that long.

I think it's neat he won't play bad guys.

Yeah, although he has a way of being lovable and menacing at the same time with his loud expressive voice in the Toys series of movies.

I didn't know that he was the voice for Sheriff Woody in Toy Story, my kids love it.

Absolutely.

I even enjoyed him in the movie, Larry Crowne.

Funny that Hanks once refunded the ticket price for a dissatisfied viewer of that movie.

I haven't seen Larry Crowne.
I enjoyed A league of Their Own,

Lots of gems in the Hanks arsennal.

One of his best was the movie, Castaway, where he was the sole actor for most of the movie.

Yes, that was good.

It was funny and kind of cool how he talked to those balls.

Wilson!

Yup, no surprise that Hanks is the highest all-time box-office star!

Have you ever seen The Green Mile?

Yes!

I try to watch it every year.

Still hoping to get to that mouse circus in Florida some day and watch a mouse drive a car.

You know in Australia it is illegal to equip a vehicle with flame flowers?

But not at the mouse circus!.

Really, I thought it was wild that McDonlads added the drive thru for soldiers who couldn't get out because they were in their fatigues,

Cool!

Tome Hanls worn fatigues in the movie, Saving Private Ryan, I meant to write "flame throwers" earlier, not "flame flowers" ...Auto spell-check strickes again!

That was a good movie, but it was so long.

The Hanks movie, Allo 13, was long too, but I loved every minute.

ANd as an aastronaut, he could have voted while in outer space!

Wasn't Apollo 13 based on a true story?

It sure was!

But it is safe to say the 1984 movie, Splash, was not a true story.

There are no real mermaids in hollywood.

Yea, it would be wild to see a real mermaid, Wonder how he can always end a email with a pun.

Sounds neat, but who has access to every one of his emails every written?

It's been nice chatting!


hi how are you?
do you like sports?

I do like sports yeah, swimming is one of my favorite ones.

i really dont like swimming.
i am not good at it.
how often do you swim?

I have a pool at home but I dont swim often, did you hear about that swimsuit that was so good it got banned from competition ?

i did not.

i wonder if that swimsuit would help me LOL.

the US has won a ton of medals in the olympics i know

Yeah in fact more than the rest of the world combined and Phelps more than 80% of the countries.

the guy is a machine.
how does he do it?
i cant barely get across the pool.

I know right, so many gold medals and awards earned by one single player.

Do you know who Tim Duncan is?

Um, he was a pro basketball player?

Yeah and he was also a swimmer in fact he had an Olympic level but then quitted because of an natural occurrence at his town.

He quit because of a natural occurrence?

what was it?

There was a hurricane that destroyed his practicing pool and then he started to practice in the ocean but qui later because he was afraid of sharks.

that is too bad.

he must have been a tremendous swimmer.

i know that he chose to go to college instead of the NBA

I know right he is a natural athlete that is a sure thing, great swimmer and also great basketball player.

I would have gone right into the nba.

money like that is hard to get.

i figure that i could go to college any time.

Yeah but many players do end broke at then end of their careers so I think he made the right call there.

Ok. if it worked out for him, great.

i have seen players get injured and they cant play.

it is pretty hard to get to play pro ball.

It must be hard I agree, do you like the Harlem Globetrotters?

I do like them.

they are phenomenal players and entertainers.

I have never seen them live though.

have you?

I haven't either I wish I can one of these days well the faced the Washington Generals and won about 13,000 times

that is embarrassing, but i probably couldnt do any better.

the globetrotters are great with kids.

ANyway, great chat!

Yeah they are on completely different level, its been great chatting I agree, have a nice day, its time for lunch bye.


Are you a piano fan?

Hey there!

I have never known how to play piano, but I have always been fascinated.

Must be something to it if it is till around after 300+ years!

I agree!

I can't believe that they were created around 1700 by Bartolomeo  Cristofoir!

In Italy too, I think I would have guessed Austria or France prior to knowing that!

I know right?

On April 18, 1930 the BBC decided there was no news worth reporting so they just broadcast piano music instead.

No news is good news!

Haha, yea that must have been refreshing!

Speaking of broadcasts, Richard Nixon of all people, preformed a piano concerto on The Tonight Show!

Who would have known that?

I can't picture his grumpy looking face doing his best Schroeder (from Charlie Brown) impression.

lol

Haha!!

Do you go to concerts much?

I am a music fan, but never really go because I always think most artists sound worse live.

I do love going to them.

Not as much as I used to though.

I agree.

I do though like when they actually play the music and not have recordings playing to fill out the sound.

... or even help with singing.

Yea, they are a bit too loud for my liking too.

Three audience members once fell unconscious during a Deep Purple concert as they broke the record for world's loudest concert!

That is awful!

Oh man...I'm surprised they didn't sue the band.

lol  The Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts over a 20 year span.

That's a lot of shows over a long time.

Holy cow!

And they can't get Abba out of retirement.

They were offered 1 billion to do a 100 show tour and they said no!!

They must already be filthy rich.

That's crazy to turn down that much money.

That would set their families up for the next few generations at least.

Totally!

I do not think Abba would break any noise records like Deep Purple.

Foo Fighters however once played so loud in New Zealand, the concert showed up on seismic monitors!

That's pretty loud!
Holy moly!
Do you have any favorite albums?

I think Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits is probably my favorite album.

How about you?

Hmmm....that's a tough call.

I'm fond of my early albums still.

It would have to be a Partridge family record I got.

It was the first one I ever had!

lol

That is great.

The classics never go out of style!

Bob Marley has been on the album charts for over 914 weeks!

That's incredible.

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was still one of the best selling albums of 2014 after being released over 40 years earlier.

Right up there with Bob Marley!

Yup both legendary!

Just don't buy any of those at Walmart because they only sell clean versions :(

Pretty soon we won't be able to buy music at Walmart.

I've watched my local walmart shrink their cd aisle down to one itty bitty 6 foot section now.

I had a good time chatting with you!

Haha, yup.

It was great chatting with you too, have a good one!


hey did you know that baseball managers can actually play for their teams if necessary?

That's why they wear uniforms?

ya I think so, I don't really like baseball do you?

I think it's really boring

I think it is boring too but I love it.
Do you like it?

well I can't say I do haha it just doesn't keep my attention, it is interesting that it is super popular in Japan though, not sure why that is

Have you seen one of the japanese games?

They are super fun and the fans never sit down.

It's crazy!

The players are stars too.

They enjoy playing the game.

Nope I should check it out I guess, I haven't been to japan what about you?

I have not.

I would love to go but I am a little afraid of foreign cultures.

Have you been?

no I haven't but I am going next year, I want to travel through Asia and visit a bunch of countries, do you like basketball at all?

I do like it.
Do you?
What countries are you going to?

Well I want to go to the Phillippines for sure, Japan, and maybe go to China since I'm over there, but Japan and the Phillippines are my top two, do you travel at all?

I do travel.

I have two little ones so when I travel, they go with.

Most of my upcoming travel will center around them.

Do you have a travel companion you are going with?

yes I'm going with some of my friends actually, and I know some peopel who live over there so that should be fun, can't believe the inventor of basketball is the only losing coach in his teams history though thats funny haha

Sounds like a fun time.

Are you planning your trip now on what to see, like the Great Wall of China?

haven't done too much exact planning yet but yes I'd see that, I really want to just see how life is over there, it's going to potentially be a bit of a culture shock haha

Yeah.

I am 6'6" and I think I would be stared at.

I get stared at here so I can only imagine.

My Mexican friend's family are so intrigued and a little scared of me.

His mom is like 5'1".

I am a giant compared to his family!

haha I bet if you travelled to asia they would take pictures of you!

I know thats what they did with my one really tall friend who went there

Probably.

Too bad I am nothing but tall!

If I could only monetize my height, besides little people asking me to get the cereal on the top shelves at the grocery store...

haha you should have been a baseketball player!

maybe you'd get invited to play at the court on top of teh supreme court, they call it the "highest court in the land" haha

I do not want to get crossed over by RBG so I will pass.

Losing to to the justices would be so embarassing.

haha it would, also I think it's embarrassing that the dunk was banned for over a year, that is like a basketball signature move


Have you noticed that Tom Hanks is never a bad guy in his films?

Apparently he refuses to play the villain role.

I actually never noticed that but come to think of it, I can't recall him ever playing a bad guy.

I suppose when you're the highest ranked box office star of all time, you can play whatever role you want!

Yea, I didn't realize he had the highest worldwide earnings in film - $8.5 billion!

That's insane, isn't it?

Must be nice!

Ha!

You know, he once refunded a couple's ticket price after they complained about the movie Larry Crowe.

I suppose it's easy to do it when your films earn that amount of money!

Yea, and I assume he must have a lot of pride in his work.

He's had enough great performances though - especially when he played Walt Disney.

I'm surprised it was the first time any actor portrayed him in a film.

Same here.

Really hard to believe that!

So what's your favorite Tom Hanks movie?

Mine would have to be 1995's Apollo 13 as I've always been fascinated with space and astronauts.

I always wondered if astronauts voted early or late and come to find out, they actually vote from space!

Weird, huh?

I would probably say Castaway is my favorite.

Yea, I'm not sure how they get their vote from space - through NASA?

There are some even weirder voting environments than space - apparently Indian government has set up booths in a forest full of lions.

Thats a good question regarding how they actually vote.

And speaking of which, 34% of African American Alabamians have lost the right to vote.

I wonder how and why that is?

Hm yea that's a surprising large percentage - they lost the right to vote permanently too.

It seems to be due to incarceration - you can't vote if you'

That is true!

I didn't consider that.

The voting issue always seems complex.

In fact, up until 1918, not every male in the UK had the vote either!

Yea, life is just not fair sometimes.

In 1975, soldiers weren't even allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues, so that's why places like McDonald's added a drive-thru.

Wow!

Really?

That makes sense, I suppose!

Speaking of cars, did you know it's perfectly legal for south Africans to carry flamethrowers in their cars to prevent carjackings?

I can't believe it!

That is crazy!

I suppose that would have been really bad for everyone if that happened back in the old days when the trunks were actually wooden.

Ha!

No kidding!

Wonder if Karl Benz ever envisioned that when he first patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen?

Probably not!

It would be quite a stretch to go from the Ford 1908 Model T, which was replacing animal-drawn carriages and carts, to cars with flame-throwers on them.

That's so true.

And by the way, are you familiar with the Cadillac brand?

Did you know it was named after the guy who founded Detroit - Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac?

Yea, Cadillac makes nice cars.

I think a lot of car companies have roots in Detroit - that must be why it's called the Motor City.

Agreed!

I suppose the Motor City is the main reason why the US adopted and accepted automobiles much faster than it did in Western Europe.

Yea, the US has always had a passion for cars, but Britain does too.

A British guy named Jann Mardenborough became a race car driver after beating 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo.

That is wild!

All because of a video tame?

That's rare to have two types of talent like that.

If they ever make a movie about his life, perhaps Tom Hanks could play the role of Jann!

Ha!

Haha, yea.
Great talking with you!

Same to you!

You know, Tom Hanks can almost always end his emails with a pun.

Too bad we can't do the same!

Ha!

Yea, I had to think about that one.

I guess it means he can always say T. Hanks!


I was surprised to learn the piano was invented in 1700.

For some reason I thought it was way earlier than that!

I was surprised too.

They say the piano wasinvented in 1700 but the year is uncertain.

Can you imagine the amazing life of that piano shared by Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney?

I would have love to be that piano!

Did you know that there's a song used to test pianos called "circus galop" that can't even be played by humans?

I would love to see someone try that!

That's hilarious, I bet the "circus galop" could do some real damage to a poor, unsuspecting piano not ready for the stress!

I think the piano could handle the stress but if a human tries to play "circus gallop" they'll definitely be in for some stress of their own.

Apparently a group of climbers found a piano at the top of Britain's highest mountain.

How do you imagine they got the piano up there in the first place?

Sheer strength or helicopter?

Helicopter would be a reasonable way to leave a piano at the top of Britain's highest mountain.

My theory is that someone climbed the mountain and built the piano when they reached the top.

You're probably right.

That does make me wonder if the piano was in good playing condition or not..

Maybe the piano was aluminum and was able to stand the cold temperatures up there.

Speaking of aluminum pianos, there was an aluminum grand piano built for the lounge of the airship hindenburg.

Isn't that cool?

Super cool!

I wonder if the aluminum affected the sound in any way - I imagine it would sound somewhat tinnier.

"Only" 356 pounds?!

Didn't know that was on the lower range of piano scales!

Yes, I feel like the aluminum piano would have an echo.

Pianos are very heavy!

356 lbs.

doesn't sound so bad.

5 men had to carry my sister's piano.

It must have been heavier!

Wow, I just read that Pink Floyd recorded a live concert with no audience.

The ticket prices for that today would be insane!

That's so heartbreaking knowing that they went through that.

Looks like the Romans were not fans of Pink Floyd!

I just read that a concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

So, was it really a concert with no audience?

Hm.

I believe they did it on purpose - perhaps for effect?

or just to be ironic I think..

But wow touche!

Now that you mention it, I personally wouldn't really classify that as a performance either.

Although perhaps they did intend it for a future audience!

It would have been nice if their fans were able to participate!

Speaking of concerts, did you know that in 2002, there was a Creed concert that was so bad that 4 concert-goers filed a lawsuit against the band?

Can you imagine that?

I wonder if they won the lawsuit.

Wow that is so embarassing.

If I was apart of Creed, I'd definitely reconsider any future tours.

I wonder if they ever perform?

I haven't heard of them doing anything really!

The experience was probably so bad that they decided to go under wraps because I haven't heard of them in a long time either!

You know who never stopped touring?

The Ramones.

Everyone loved them.

They actually played a total of 2,263 concerts.

That's a lot of concerts!

That's an insane amount of concerts!

Linkin Park's 324 concerts pale in comparison.

Too bad they can't go on tour anymore RIP Chester Bennington!

Wow!

Well, Linkin Park did 324 in just one year.

I wonder how much they did in total?

They were a great band and Chester was so taltented.

It was lovely speaking with you!
Merry Christmas!


hi how are you?
do you like sports?

I do, any favorite sports?

I like basketball.
sometimes football and baseball.
You?

I like those and also like swimming and soccer

that is good.
those are good sports.
i never liked swimming much.

You dont?

I guess its a boring sport I am a fan but because of Michael Phelps he makes the game exciting

he is a great swimmer.
i prefer team sports more.
how many medals has phelps won?

I dont know how many but more that 80% of the countries in the history of the Olympic games, so a lot

the man is a force to be reckoned with.

What is up with cornell?

All cornell university students must pass a basic swimming test before they're allowed to graduate.

I think thats good, swimming is basic survival skill,  do you know who Tim Duncan is?

was he a basketball player?
the name is familiar.

Yeah he is a basketball player, he was a great swimmer as well almost at an olympic level, he had to quit though

i did not know that.

he was a good swimmer.

hm.

i know that he decided to go to college first.

A hurricaine destroyed his practicing pool and he had to practice in the ocean, he then quit because of the fear he had of sharks

i bet he was.
i would be afraid of sharks too.
i dont like to swim in the ocean.

I dont like swimming in the ocean either its really hard to do so, good thing he became a basketball player though

what do you think of the banning of the dunk shot because of Kareem?

I think thats unfair, if the other players cant do it then thats no reason to ban that wonderful move from the sport

True.
he was a dominant player.
they wanted to stop him.
Anyway, great chat!

Yeah I think thats unfair and its been a great chat, I agree, have a nice day.

Have a great day!

Thanks goodbye.


hello,  do you vote?

I've been known to, what about you?
I wish we could do it remotely.

Like astronauts?
They vote from space lol

Yes, I think people would be much more inclined to participate if they could just vote online, especially for local issues.

Citizens of Austin, TX voted to rename a garbage dump after Fred Durst, so just imagine the possibilities!

if people had easy access to choices like that!

I guess, yeah maybe more people would vote.

thats pretty insulting to Fred Durst,  that is so negative.

Yes, although it could also lead to people naming items after like more positively viewed celebrities like Tom Hanks.

Thats true,  but that garbage situation shouldnt even have been an option.

I guess that's why most items require signatures to get on a ballot, and people have to drive to the polls to show they genuinely care.

Do you drive?

Yes i do drive.

Did you know Tom Hanks refuses to play bad guy roles?

That is interesting,  must be nice to be able to pick and choose what role to play lol

Yes, but he is also the biggest box office star of all time by ticket sales, so he's kind of a boss.

I hear he always ends his emails with a pun lol funny.

Yes, that is funny, and he also refunded the price of a couple's tickets when he found out they didn't like his movie Larry Crowne.

aw thats nice,  probably didnt hurt his pockets much.

Yes, I wonder how many cars he has with all that wealth.

Are you a big fan of automobiles?

I am.

My grandfather worked for GM, so it's in my blood, as is disliking Ford haha.

haha fair enought.

Yes, the Ford Model T was one of the first widely available cars in America in 1908 and caught on pretty quickly, but they weren't adopted so rapidly in other parts of the world.

Did you know it's legal to put a flame thrower on your car in south africa?

do any of the fords have flame throwers?

lol

I hope not, although South Africa is not exactly as safe as America.

It's pretty crazy that McDonald's developed the drive-thru to accommodate American soldiers who couldn't exit the cars in their fatigues.

That is quite considerate!

and now everyone is accommodated by this service!

love the drive thru

Yes, cars and fast food, quite the American pair!

Although Cadillac is actually named for a French explorer who founded Detroit.

Its been great talking to you!


Hello.
Do you play piano?

No I wish, I tried though.

What topics are you interested in discussing?

Piano is fine.

Did you know there was an aluminum grand piano?

Yes, I heard one that was built for the lounge of the airship Hindenburg that weighed only 356 pounds.

That was very light for a grand piano.

Seems like it would slide around on the airship then lol.

Yes, I would think so.
I also enjoy piano concerts.
Do you like live music performances?

Love them.
I like band Concerts mostly.
You?

I went to see a piano concert by John Legend in the past.

Yes, I enjoy good piano concerts.

Lucky!

I bet he would sound good in an acient roman amphitheater

I think so.

In Croatia, there is an ancient roman amphitheater that is still being used as a concert venue.

Do you think they would let creed play there?

I am sure as long as they are willing to pay.

Creed had a concert that was so bad that people filed a lawsuit against them.

I guess you are right, pink floyd played there with no audience!

I heard that they did that in 1972.

I wonder why they did not want to have no audience.

I dont know.
Linkin park did 324 concerts in 2001

That was a lot in one year!

I think it had to do with the success of their first album.

Yes.
The ramones played 2263 though!

That was a lot!
Was it within a year though?

lol ,no it was over 20 years!

Linkin Park did 324 in one year - Ramones probably did less on a yearly basis.

That is almost one daily, crazy.
Take care and nice chat

It was nice chatting with you too.
Have a nice weekend!


Do you like to dance

I do, though I dont do it well.
Lol.
You?

I do it so well when I have had a few drinks lol.

I turn into bruce lee or michael jackson

I tend to be more of a Bruce Lee in the dojang then on the dance floor.

LOL

lol, or tupac when he did ballet in high school

Were just adding to the list of people who dance better than I do.

apparently we can add babies to the list too.

LOL

lol me too.

My 10 month old can bust a move, it is just natural for babies i think

One thing we have in common is I smile when I hit the beat too.

lol for sure!
Do you have facebook?

I do.
I am a bit addicted I think.
How about you?

me too lol I just creep on others, I unadded some friends a little bit ago for a free whopper, it was nice!

I could eat for a while doing that.
LOL

for sure lol, I am sure i could get at least 100 whoppers

I bet myspace is regretting that decision to not buy Facebook now.

for sure, I wonder if anyone still uses it even, last time i heard justin timerblake owned some of it

I dont know.

I remember having a profile on there, but doubt I even remember my login.

for sure lol, That was high school in a nut shell.

They could have bought facebook for like 75 million only

Compared to the 104 BILLION it is work now.

Crazy, it really took off.

right!
I used to be all about facebook.
Good chatting with you!

You too.
Good night!

bye!


The Fringe festival sure looks like a nice event to attend

I would check it out.
I guess there is sex talk in there.
That sounds really screwy

It does, I think that ''A Two Woman Hamlet'' is going to be an interesting event to watch,

I actually do like Shakespeare though.
What about you ?
Did you know he was born in 1564

Wow almost 500 years ago and he still influences our culture, movies, books

I agree it's crazy.

He wrote almost 40 plays 150 sonnets two Long poems and a lot of other verses

Thats a lot of them, he died in Statford, three years after he retired

That's sad.

He also married a girl named Anne Hathaway.

It's funny that that is a current celebrity actress haha

I guess she was named after Shakespeare's wife, do you know if he had children?

he might have descendants to this day

Yes they had three kids together.

That's a good question maybe they are related haha.

Did you know that back in Shakespeare's time people had a different era accent?

That's what makes some of his Rhymes work and that they don't work now because you don't use the same accent

I  didnt but thats an interesting fact just like he was alive at the same time as Pocahontas

That is an interesting fact.

What is sad is that we don't have a lot of evidence from his private life.

We don't know a lot about how he looked or his religious beliefs or other things like that

It is sad, his an icon of our culture and yet theres so much we dont know about him, he invented several names, Miranda, Jessica, Olivia, all popular names

Well those are really popular.

He also used the technique that is called functional shift which is where you make a grammatical error to draw attention to what is being said

That seems like a great technique, anyways do you have a Facebook account?

I do have a Facebook account.

But I don't really use it it's really just for work haha.

What about you

I have one and use it to keep in touch with friends mostly, its amazing how much Facebook has grown over the years, Zuckerberg made his dream big

Yes I agree with you.

What's funny to me is that a third of all divorces from 2011 mention the word Facebook.

I wonder what that was about haha

I guess someone forgot to log out of his or her account or protect it with a stronger password lol, did you hear about the Burger King promotion?

No I didn't what did that entail?

What's crazy is that there are more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago

If you unfriended 10 people you would earn a free whopper, and that is a crazy stat, I guess almost everyone has a facebook now, even animals

Wow I didn't know that the animals can have a Facebook account.

did you know that Facebook has custom gender options?

They have like fifty-eight now


Helo do you like SHakespeare's work?

I love his work actually.

He even popularized many words and phrases we use today

Yes  like, good riddance, in my heart of hearts, wild goose chase.

He was amazing

Yeah.

He lived at the same time as Pocahontas too

Yeah they only dies a year apart, small world

Yeah it is, I wonder what play he would have written had he known about her

Oh good point there.

Tchaikowsky donated his skull in hope it would be used in one of his plays

Yeah and I am glad he got his wish as it was used for the skull of Yorick and then in Hamlet

Yeah I am glad about that.

Did you know he also invented some women's names?

Yeah pretty names like Miranda, Jessica and Olivia.

Yeah they are pretty.

His works have a different meaning when the old accent is used versus the modern ones

Yeah and you cannot get the puns if you use modern age accents

Yeah better to keep them as they are I guess.

He did a lot of work to be wasted

Exactly.
DO you use facebook much?

From time to time.
Did you ever use MySPace too?

I did and man did they make a big mistake by not buying facebook when they could

Yeah they could have spent $75 million and make billions by now

Yup pretty much.
Do you know why it is blue?

Yes it is because Mark is colorblind and cannot see green and red

Yeah, he played it smart to accommodate himself.

The like button is also illegal in some parts of Germany

I wonder why though, it seems strange to have such a ban


Do you have any interest in Shakespeare?

I took a college course on his works a few years ago

He's that fellow that wrote all them plays.

No, I don't know much about him.

He's known as the greatest writer in the English language, and he wrote poems as well as plays

That's good to know.
I will remember his name.
When did he live?

He was born in 1564 and died in 1616 and found most of his success in London.

He died only three years after retiring

I guess he wrote a lot of plays and poems then.

There are many movies based on his works, I know.

He also invented names that are widely used today such as Olivia, Jessica, and Miranda

Does Shakespeare have a Facebook page though?

Can he really be that famous these days?

I think he's famous for writing things people use all the time.

Like the phrase "break the ice"

He made the language rich.

Unlike Facebook, which seems bent on destroying English.

I don't think that's Facebook's fault, but rather those who are on Facebook.

I cringe sometimes when I read what people post.

They need to read more Shakespeare for sure.

He was alive at the same time as Pocahontas, and everyone knows that name as well

Oh, what Shakespeare could have done on Facebook if he were alive.

Pocahontas is the name given to Senator Warren, proud native American that she is.

There are some people using Facebook for good, like the Icelandic government.

It's one of the tools they're utilizing to rewrite their constitution

I could see some problems happening because of that.

I would be careful.

The Internet is filled with miscreants and hackers.

They use it more for suggestions and alterations.

I'm not exactly sure how that works though.

Another thing that would be hard to verify is if you really unfriended 10 people when Burger King was doing their promotion.

Maybe people got the free Whopper based on the honor's system

I made friend and unfriend just to get them Whoppers.

I missed out on that one.

Facebook might not be popular in Schleswig-Holstein.

That particular state has ruled that the "like" button is illegal

Germans are not allowed to like things.

That would lead to fun.

I wonder if Facebook causes divorce in Germany.

Or they gave up on social media after MySpace turned down the offer to buy Facebook in 2005.

Back in the day

Nobody knew the power of the Internet.
Myspace least of all.
Well, I enjoyed chatting!

Looks like we've all learned our lesson now


Are you into social media, like Facebook?

All the time my friend, you?

Not really.

I have never gotten into sharing a lot online with people I do not know.

But, I can see how it could be good for businesses and government to connect with customers and constituents.

Iceland is rewriting its constitution via Facebook.

Well i see both pro's and con's.

Can you imagine some of the absurd requests that they will get.

Undoubtedly so.

I primarily use it to see what are the lunch specials are at my favorite rural diners.

Other than that, I general stick to email.

But, Facebook is definitely a powerhouse with an IPO of 104 billion!

That was back in 2012 im pretty sure its worth a lot more now.

Myspace has to be kicking themselves.

They really lost out when they had the opportunity to buy Facebook for $75 million.

You can find about anything on Facebook.

I just checked and saw William Shakespeare has a live Facebook page!

Are you / have you read his works?

Of course.
do you know why facebook is blue?

I read that its because Mark zuckerberg is red-green colorblind.

I also heard that in parts of Germany, the Facebook "like": button is illegal.

I wonder what is the rationale behind that?"

Sounds crazy, can't think of one sane reason why.

Did you know that Bruce lee won an award and it wasn't for martial arts?

I heard he was an outstanding dancer and won an award in Hong Kong in a Cha-Cha championship.

Having such good coordination from being a martial arts champion must carry over to dance.

I am not much of a dancer myself, but do like the arts.

Did you know ballet dancers can go thru 4 pairs of shoes a week?

I did not know that but i guess it makes since always walking on the toes.

Hey Michael Jackson has a patent.

He obviously had his own dance style, like the "Moonwalk",  What was the patent for?

The lean he did, the only person i ever seen do it that far out was Jamie Foxx.

I guess i have to look into in later to see how the device works.

But dance, or at least rhythm is innate human trait.

It is said that babies can spontaneously dance when they hear music.

Yeah that sounds about right.

they also can instinctively swim.

Believe it or not my Tupac danced ballet in high school.

So, what is your favorite Shakespearian work?

There just to many to choose from.

however did you know that Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive at the same time.

That was news to me!..What I find interesting is that it was Shakespeare who coined we use today such as "good riddance", "wild goose chase", ...

I would have thought those idioms were of more recent origins!

Me too!

Apparently he invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.

What I find interesting is that the composer Tchaikowsky must have been a great fan of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", considering he donated his skull to be a prop as the Skull of Yorick.

And, as recently as 2008 it was used for that purpose!

Now that is very interesting!
he was certainly an icon.
well nice talking with you.


Hi are you a fan of Netflix?

Don't subscribe regularly, but admire company's 2007 business decision to introduce streaming media.

Smart move?

I think so.

They have 137 million world wide subscribers now!

That's a lot.

Sad that mainland China, Syria, N. Korea & Russian-snatched Crimea can't get it.

What shows does Netflix produce now?

Their fist one was Lilyhammer, but now they have a lot of good ones like The Ranch and Stranger Things (which is good...kind of like a Goonies type show).

I see.

Have friends who subscribe just to watch old episodes of police drama tv shows.

With almost 60 million US subscribers,  guess folks have lots of diff.

reasons for using Netflix (?)

It's awesome for watching old shows.

We binge watch a lot during the winter.

It's nice to catch old shows you might have missed when they were out.

You're not alone.

During peak hours, netflix is using 33% of all North America's bandwidth, and with YouTube, makes up half of peak internet traffic.

Do you also use Amazon?

I do use Amazon.

I have Prime.

Use it for the packages and you also get Amazon Prime video with it which is just like Netflix.

Right.

More choices!

Didn't realize that Amazon is now the world's largest Internet retailer.

That's huge!

It's good and bad.

Nice that you can now get packages delivered any day of the week.

Even on Sundays because they have a contract with the US postal service to deliver their packages on Sundays.

Bad because I think we're going to see brick and mortar stores closing at a faster pace within the next few years.

Agree.

Blockbuster is going downhill.

Too bad they didn't purchase Netflix for $50M when they had a chance...now worth over $2B, I've heard.

I just read where there's only 1 Blockbuster left in Washington.

The 2nd to last one closed this past week.

See?

You're right about brick & mortar slip-sliding away.

Meanwhile Amazon & Netflix, both privately owned, thrive.

Did you know Amazon named a building after their 1st customer, who spent $27.95!

That's interesting.

I wonder if the 1st customer knew that was going to happen when he made the purchase?

Prob.

not.

Bet he bought a book, which is how Amazon got started.

Certainly diversified, didn't they?

Oh yeah...they got their fingers everywhere now.

Did you know they have owned IMDB since 1998?

Probably got that site so they could direct people to Amazon to buy the movies.

lol

I guess.

Like the name, Amazon, as in warrior.

Also love the Chinese company, Alibaba, as in magical.

So much of the internet does seem like magic.

Do you agree?

It does!

I can't believe how far it's come since it was created around 30 years ago.

I remember going to the video rental stores to rent VHS tapes.

Now I just have to click the remote and watch either Netflix or Amazon.

I kind of miss going to the video stores though.

It was somewhat exciting to take the family out on a Friday night and load up on movies to watch for the weekend.

Yes .Remember.

Rented a flick or just $1.

Amazon produces films and tv shows now.

Watch The Grand Tour.

Do you have a favorite replacement for the week-end movie rental?

We go out to dinner now in place of the movie rental.

lol  It's been fun chatting with you!

Absolutely.
And it's Friday!
Great night to eat out.
My pleasure talking w/you.
Cheers!

You know it!
Have a good one!


Hi there!
Do you like guitars?

I like listening to them!

Dunno too much about them though.. how about yourself?

I love listening to them too!

Did you know that Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's Beat It?

No, I did not know that!

That's pretty cool.

I'm told that Brian May, guitarist for Queen preferred to use coins to play his guitar instead of picks.

Dunno if that would make it easier or not...

That probably gives him a unique sound?
He also has a phd in astrophysics.
Incredible.

Wonder how he went from having that degree to deciding, "Hey, you know what?

I think I'll play guitar in a band!"

Wonder if that's covered in that movie about Queen they just made...

I'm not sure.

I haven't seen the movie yet.

I'm kind of thinking not because from what I know about the movie they don't cover everything.

The movie ends with their performance at Live Aid but the band still was active after that.

Maybe they did that to leave room for a sequel?

Maybe, I dont know.

It's on my list of "Films to See" though.

Personally, one of my favorite Queen albums is A Kind of Magic, it wasn't their most popular one though, but still... had a lot of good tunes!

Yes!

I agree!

I got into them kind of late.

A guitarist from Pink Floyd once turned a houseboat on the River Thames into a floating recording studio.

I bet that was fun to record on.

I wonder if recording on the water gave the music a unique sound.

Here's a nutty stat: Matthew Bellamy from Muse holds the record for most guitars smashed on a tour... dunno off-hand how many he smashed though, I'd have to google it..

He must have had a good endorsement deal!

lol  Switching gears....did you know the first American car available to the masses was the Model T built by Ford in 1908?

Yeah, I heard about that...

I remember Ford famously said, "They can have any car color they want so long as it's black!"

LOL.

lol  The old cars a long time ago used to carry wooden trunks on the back of them and that's how the back of a car became to be known as a trunk.

Interesting.

I can top that... check it, it's LEGAL in South Africa to put FLAME THROWERS on your car to prevent carjacking.

Man, how bad must the problem be if the government's like, "You want a flame thrower?

Sure, go ahead!"

It's like something out of GTA!

Hahaha  That would be nuts.

Cadillac was named after the french explorer who was the founder of Detroit - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

I never knew that.

I didn't know that either... did you know pro race car driver Jann Mardenborough choose to become one after beating 90,000 people in the game Gran Turismo?

That's wild... beat all those people and think, "Hey, I should try this for real!"

That's a pretty neat story!

I wonder when McDonalds added drive-thrus for cars?

I think it was 1975 or so.

They did it to accommodate soldiers because they couldn't get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.

Weird to think that's what started the whole drive thru thing.

That's pretty neat.
Thanks!
The first patent for a car was in 1886.
I didn't realize it was that early.

Jumping track a bit, are you a fan of wrestling?

I used to watch it a lot when I was younger, but haven't for awhile now.

But I am familiar with some of the stars and stuff...

I used to watch it back in the 80s before it exploded in popularity.

The Turkish national sport is oil wrestling where they douse themselves in olive oil and then wrestle!

lol  I have to get running.

It was nice chatting with you!


do you like the guitar?

Yes I do.

DId you know Van Halen once played it so much that is set the speakers on fire?

Yes he was playing the song Beat It

Yeah.

DO you know who has smashed the most guitars in a tour?

Yes that would be the guitarist of Muse, Bellamy

Yeah.

Do you know what Brian May is by profession?

He is a astrophysicist, he has a PhD in it

Yea and he does not use a pick to play the guitar

Yes he uses an english sixpence coin instead

Yeah pretty cool DO you like cars?

I do.

Do you know why invented the drive thru?

Yes that was by McDonald's in 1975

Yes and do you know why they did that?

Yes , soldiers were not allowed out of their cars in fatigues at that time

Yeah.

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

Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks

Yeah.
Do you know how Cadillac got its name?

Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac

Yeah it is quite fitting considering the brand

True.

Did you know in south africa is legal to put flame throwers n your car?

Wow that is something.
Nice chatting with you

Same here, have a good one


You ever seen the Hotel Transylvania series?

It's not too bad, it's about a vampire that runs a hotel for monsters and his daughter falls in love with a human, and all kinds of wackiness ensues.

Adam Sandler does the voice of Dracula.

Good Afternoon!

I've seen all of them - my kids love the series and I thought they were pretty good too!

Great voice cast

Oh, you got kids?

They'd probably also like the Tales of Captain Underpants Netflix series.

I heard it's pretty funny, but haven't seen it personally myself.

Yep - Netflix did a great job with Captain Underpants.

I was hesitant because of the title, and I was not aware of the books - it was awesome!

I don't currently have a Netflix subscription myself.

Been meaning to get one when I get some extra money coming in (things are tight financially right now.)

Did you know that with youtube, they make up HALF of the internet traffic in North America?

That doesn't surprise me - we watch a lot of Netflix and my kids watch a ton of YouTube.

You can't borrow a friend's login for Netflix?

Loong story, but suffice to say most of my friends are in another state.

Pity too, cause I've heard a lot about some of their original series... like heard Stranger Things was a really good show.

Stranger things is cool, and so was the Making a Murder series.

Blockbuster really missed on on their bid to buy Netflix and then went totally out of business!

Yeah, I heard they ha a chance to buy it for $50 mill and now it's worth $2 billion.

I bet SOMEONE is kicking themselves hard over that decision!

It goes both ways, and I'm sure someone at Netflix is patting themselves on the back for declining that offer!

You know what's weird though, is supposedly they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.

I didn't think that many people would still be getting DVDs/Bluerays from them.

Right!

we don't even have a DVD player in the house anymore - all smart TVs or AppleTVs to access the streaming services.

So much easier.

I guess there's still places out there where the Internet is slow.

That or they don't want to give up watching from the big screen TV in their "comfy" chairs.

Hehe!

DVDs are going the way of the cassette tape, the VHS, and the buggy whip!

Probably.

Did you know the guy who started Netflix did so after racking u a $40 late fee on a rental?

Found that to be rather interesting...

Amazing - Necessity is the mother of invention could never be truer.

No late fees!

Just send it back when you're done with it and look at the platform now!

Still can't wrap my head around how much bandwidth they take up.

33 percent in north America!

That's a lot!

More than some small countries!

I wonder how Amazon streaming factors into that figure - Prime has some pretty good movies/shows too

Yeah, that's the only down side to all this new media, there's so many services it's hard to know which one to pick.

You got Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Disney even has one for crying out loud.

Too many choices for sure and I hope the products don't get watered down, but that's probably going to happen unfortunately

Speaking of Amazon, supposedly the very first customer spent $27.95 to have a building name after him.

I didn't even know they sold the naming of buildings!

(Course, that may have been a one shot deal...)  Would you spend money to get a building name after you?

Hehe.

With the clown we have in the white house, who puts his name on everything, I would be embarrassed to put my name on anything these days...

Me, I would pass...

I don't really seek the spotlight in that sort of way anymore.

Although a statue of myself somewhere would be nice... LOL

Nice!

A statue!

Awesome - hey it was great chatting with you today, very excellent!


Ever been to Washington D.C.?

hey I have been there, it was a long time ago, what about you?

Yeah, several times.
A lot to see.
The White House is pretty cool.
Ever been?

ya you asked me already, I have it was in middle school, I'm shocked there are twin buildings of the white house though, I'm going to ireland next summer i'll have to check out the one that is there

I wonder if it's a big as the real one.

THink there's a duplicate in France too.

yup you're right, have you ever been to nevada?

apparently 86% of it is owned by the goverment

It's mostly desert and scrub anyway.

Not prime real estate.

I don't think the Norwegian government is going to donate anything to save Nevada wilderness like they did to save the Amazon.

ya I'm shocked they gave them 1 billion dollars thats a lot, I wonder how much the guy who tried to sell the eifeel tower sold it for lol

Yeah, must have been a lot.

He did it twice.

Wonder if the price went up the second time?

Wonder what you wear to your "sell the Eiffel Tower" meeting?

haha ya good question, cna't believe he tried it twice!

have you ever been to the white house btw?

Yeah, I think I even saw the solar panels out back that one of the Bushs had installed.

Don't remember which one.

Do you?

yes it was George w I believe, that was good of him to update to that technology, I sure wish they would update the storage technology though, they shouldn't be using floppies anymore!

Its 2019!

I'm surprised the equipment to read those even exists any more.

I did see the Christmas decorations the last time I was there.

Ever been there during Christmas?

no I haven't, I heard that Teddy Roosevelt didn't allow xmas trees in the white house, very interesting considering he was an avid hunter

A different view of conservation back then I guess.

You know I heard there was a store in Alabama that only sells things from unclaimed baggage.

I wonder what you could find there?

ya I would feel bad buying from there, that is people's lost stuff!

would you ever wear clothes made by Rip Curl?

Not since I found out they were made in North Korea.

You?

no I wouldn't wear that, don't want to support north korea, would you wear clothes that were made by Apple though?

Nah, I think there's too much of a weird fan following with Apple.

You?

no I wouldn't wear them, I'm an android guy, they actually had a clothing line in the 80's though, I bet those are worth money!

Probably.
Nice chatting!


Hello.

Did you know that over 80% of the land in Nevada is owned by the federal government?

I have read that somewhere once before.

Dont know how true it is.

Governments around the world do crazy things.

The CHINESE GOVERNMENT actually censored the word censorship!

how nuts is that?

That is funny!

Not for those being censored, but to us, you bet!

The Norwegian Gov donated a billion bucks to help save the amazon rain forest.

Who do they pay?

Right!

The US could learn a lot from Monaco.

They eliminated all income tax in 1869 because the money generated from their casinos was enough to sustain the government.

Las Vegas I am sure could do this.

That could work.

Unless that dude from France, who posed as a member of government and sold the Eiffel Tower, if he comes to the states, he might sell Las Vegas...

Nah!

The government would shut down like they have 17 times before.

dating back 37 years.

Congress would still get paid though!

Always... Congress has never said NO to anything.

Not like good old Teddy Roosevelt, the conservationist!

He said NO to Christmas trees in the White house!

Finally, someone in Washington that said NO!

speaking of the white house did you know that the very first phone number there was "1".

That's wild.

And they are still using floppy disks too!

Go figure!

Floppy disk?!

I dont think they have used those since Jimmy Carter was in the White House in 1977.

Yeah, but maybe the fad is returning...like solar panels, which George W Bush put back on the White House?

Yeah...

I remember that cause Reagan had them taken off the White House

You know, they have twin versions of the White Hose in Ireland and France?

I wonder if they are sporting solar panels too?

There is also a replica in Atlanta which was built as a private residence.

Cool.

I'd live there.

Is that when the house in Gone with the Wind burned down?

no idea.

but the term "white house" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisors.

Hey, It would be great if all the people in the White House were required to dress in Pilgrim outfits--the black and white ones used for special occasions!

thats hilarious.

it would also be cool if all the replica white houses all had the same street address... 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.  of course the cities and states would be different, but how cool!

Yeah.

And I have another idea on how we could close the national debt...We make the White House gift shop do the same thing a store in Alabama does--only sell items found in unclaimed baggage at the airport.

Free inventory!

that sounds like a good money making idea.

i dont know how much it would take down the debt but it sounds like a plan.

Let's do it!
Nice chatting with you!