Hi!
How do you feel about Amazon?

I enjoy being able to shop online.
I use them every once in awhile.
How about you?

Im a prime member, and often they are a life saver.

I love how I can even get things on sundays

Yes, I agree on that!

I didn't know Best Buy and Target will price match?

That is awesome for Best Buy and Target.

People are all about cheapness and convenience.

Yes, Have you tried bookerly yet?

No, what is that?

Helps read on Kindles and other digital screens.

Wow, I didn't know the sunset on Mars is blue!

Ahh.

I know that the sun is white, but we receive as yellow due to scattering in the atmosphere.

I wonder why it is blue on Mars

Yes, I heard that too!

I want to find that radio station where you can listen to the sun's live solar activity music!

I know!

That sounds so cool.

I wonder how they do that?

I know you can hear Jupiter's storms too.

Yes, its so cool!

Did you know the equator rotates faster than the poles?

I guess that makes sense if you think about it, but is sounds somewhat shocking.

lol, I know...

I live in the sunshine state, the weather has been beautiful!

We do have to worry about the hurricanes each year!

Me too!

The weather is great,  these temperature swings are killer.

Really, yes...Have to enjoy these next few months until it gets really hot!!

I do enjoy a good rain though after a hot day!

It is nice when it rains and then we have a cool evening.

It will be in the 100s soon enough

Yes, do everything in the morning and evenings.

Time changes on the 10th!

Do you like to read?

I don't understand this recent phenomenon silent reading though?

We always silent read in school.

I have grown up with it, it is the speed reading that baffles me.

Yeah that's what I thought reading was?

Yes, the winner of the speed reading contest, how do you understand what they're reading and how do they measure?

lol Good chat!

You too!
Have a good night!


HI, did you know the sun is the center of the universe?

I knew it was the center of our solar system, I didn't know it was the center of the universe.

You're right!
I read that wrong!

I am always surprised how large it is, 109 times the diameter of the earth.

That is huge!

it really is!

amazon is  the largest Internet retailer in the world

Wow.

That doesn't surprise me.

I can't  believe is was only founded about 25 years ago, back in 1994.

It has grown so quiclkly in such a short time.

It has, Lathough Alibaba beats Amazon in sales.

Wow, something I have never even heard of.

I am amazed that Amazon was able to make a deal with USPS to deliver on Sundays, the only company I know of that has that service.

Me too.
Ticks off the mail carriers though!
Especially in my little town.

I would imagine it would.

Amazon has grown so large.

They own a publishing company, film and TV sudio and produce their own elctronic devices.

It is pretty amazing.

It is!

Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their daily shift.

Wow, who needs a gym when you have a job like that.

I just  recently found out Amazon owns IMDB, I had no idea.

me either!

do you like to read?

Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.

I love to read.

It is good for your brain because it reuires continuous practive and refinement.

thats right!

Reading is a means for language acquisition, communication, and sharing information and ideas.

I always thought speed reading was fascinating.

Did you know the speed reading record is 4,700 words per minute!

I don't know how you can comprehend what you read at that speed!

I don't know.

But reading is so complex and everyone has their own interpretation of what they read which I think is why reading is so great.

Thats true!

Did you know that Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches?

That is so crazy and kind of neat.

I suppose there is some military information in the book that they can connect with.

Ender's Game is also on the military's suggested reading for many branches.

I know, have you ever read it?
I haven't.

I have not, but maybe I should if it is that highly suggested.

Maybe I will go look for it now.

Thanks for talking with me.


Did you know the sun is actually white?

I didn't know that!
How interesting!

Its only because of the atmospheric scattering that it looks yellow.

It also has the the energy in one second to provide energy needs for 500,000 years.

Awesome!

It is the star at the center of the solar system.

True, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy...just think of the universe.

Incredible.

It's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma!

That just sounds neat.

lol

It certainly the most important source of energy for life on Earth.

A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun...about 5 times hotter!

That is amazing.

If they could harness a lightening bolt that would be amazing too.

No doubt!
Do you use Amazon?

I do.

I love Amazon prime and I use it on my tv everyday and shop on Amazon too.

Same here.

I can't believe it's been almost 25 years since the company was started in 1994.

I never knew about them until about 5 years ago.

I recently found out they own Imdb.

Interesting.

They probably own that site and direct people who look up the movies back to Amazon to buy the movies from there.

I'm sure.

Amazon is very networked.

You stay in shape if you work in their warehouse.

You'll walk between 7 and 15 miles a day.

Nice!

I like the contract they have with the U.S. postal service to deliver packages on Sundays.

YES!

I love that.

For years you knew if you didn't get your mail on Saturday, you weren't going to see it until Monday.

Yes.

I think Amazon is probably playing a big part in helping to keep the postal system afloat.

True, it has been great chatting with you.

I hope you have a fun day.

Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!

I had fun too!

I read that.

My watch battery doesn't last more than a couple years.

lol Thanks for the chat!
Have a great day!


The sun is a star.
Im not sure if everyone knows that

Hello, I had heard about that in high school.

It is also white.

which is so odd considering we always perceive it as yellow

I had no idea it was actually white.
I guess that's due to the atmosphere.

and a lightning bolt is hotter than the sun.

I had no idea

That's crazy.
I would have never guessed that!

me either.

I guess anyone who has been struck by lightning and lived really is lucky.

the sun produces enough energy to meet the needs of the planet for 500000 years.

why arent we using that power?

Wow....good point.

Helium is the only element to have been discovered on the sun before it was discovered on Earth.

I wonder how they discovered that since you cant get close to the sun?

Not too sure on that.

Did you know the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system?

I had heard that.its also only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.

that star must be huge

It's a very big star.

The sun does not rotate as a solid body - the equator rotates faster than the poles.

the diameter of the sun is 109 times that of earth.

crazy!

we are so small

Wow - that's amazing.

I saw the sunset on Mars is actually blue.

wow.

I bet thats pretty.

on another note.

did you know the ceo of amazon built a clock into a mountain that can run for 10000 years?

I wonder if when it stops people will think its the end of the world like we did with the mayan calendar?

Wow - I did not know that.
I love Amazon.
What about you?

I buy everything from amazon!

their workers walk between 7 and 15 miles a day as part of their shift.

lol good exercise

I love Amazon too.
That's a lot of working!

the first amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after them.

I bet he had no idea what that one little order would lead to

That's interesting.

Amazon holds a patent on 1-click buying and Apple pays them a licensing fee.

Ha.
That's surprising.
Good talk!


Hello.
How do you feel about Amazon?

I actually like it but it saddens me at the same time how much they've hurt brick and mortar stores.

They have to some extent but I think they have also provided a large amount of jobs too so it is both a good and bad situation.

Yes.

I agree.

They probably get good exercise by working at the warehouses.

Do you know many miles per day an Amazon warehouse worker walks?

I think the average is around 10.

I can't imagine walking that many miles a day.

You would need some great shoes to be able to withstand that many steps.

You're pretty spot on I would say.

They walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their daily shift!

Wow that is a lot of miles.

I wonder if any of them wear pedometers to track the number of steps.

At least they are using people I guess and not some sort of sorting robot.

That is true!

I like how Amazon has provided the chance for people to work for themselves like with Amazon delivery, Mturk, and selling things on Amazon itself.

So true.

To think it all started with a little amazon bookstore like 25 years ago.

It would be so neat to have the honor of being amazon's first customer.

I agree.

Didn't they do something for that first customer?

Yeah they named a building after him.

If that was me I would totally be bringing my friends by and showing off.

Hopefully that guy is a fan of reading because that is what he will be known for.

Whoa!

Nice!

...and yes!

LOL  I noticed before Christmas we were getting Amazon packages on Sunday.

I see that Amazon has a contract with the US post office to deliver packages on Sundays so that explains it.

I do love getting some things on a sunday especially computer parts when I'm in a bind for them.

It makes the subscription price a little more worth it to have that kind of access to things.

I agree.

I do like getting them on Sundays.

I didnn't know that Amazon also owns IMDB.

They've owned it since 1998.

i didn't know that either but it makes sense since you can IMDB during movies.

If you press the down arrow it pops up with all the actors in that scene and their info.

That makes sense then.

Did you know that the sun is actually white?

Really?

I guess that makes sense given its temperature.

It is probably our atmosphere that gives it that yellowish hue.

Yes....the yellow is because of atmospheric scattering.

I guess that is why lightening bolts are still white when they are just as hot or hotter.

They don't have to go through the atmosphere.

I wouldn't want to be pulverized by one of those!

The sun produces enough engergy in 1 second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years!

I'm going to have to jump off here.

It has been very nice chatting with you.

Have a good day.


Do you like using Amazon?

Oh yeah are used Amazon all the time!

I love how they can deliver on Sunday because I have a contract with USPS.

That is awesome, I always see that happening, but didn't know how!

I love Amazon too.

The Amazon warehouse workers work very hard and walk between 7 and 15 miles per day.

That is crazy to think that.

You would think they would have a better system for them.

I should work there to lose some weight!

Yes it definitely would.

And 2015 Amazon became the most viable retailer in the United States in terms of market capitalization.

I am suprised it took that long, who did they beat, walmart?

Exactly right!

Amazon is the third most valuable public company in the United States behind Apple and Microsoft.

wow, I bet they beat them eventually.

Jeff Bezos is so rich!

He even put a clock in a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!

I wonder where the clock is I would love to see it!

Amazon even owns IMDB and they have since 1998.

Me too, I will have to check it on google.

See!

He is so rich they own IMDB lol

Yeah it really is amazing.

I bet Jeff Bezos did a lot of reading as a child.

The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement.

Reading is great for development for sure.

I think Amazon even started off as a book company before making it big, do you like to read?

Oh I don't think I knew that!

Yes I love to read.

It helps me identify the meaning of unknown words in some aspects.

I was big into starship troopers a little bit ago.

I saw the movie and didn't know it was a book, great book!

Yeah I didn't know was a book either.

Apparently three of the five US military branches recommend it be read.

That is hilarious to think that is the one book they choose.

I think Ender Game may be another

Yes it is LOL!

I have not read enders game either.

I could read more books if I could just read as fast as Anne Jones who reads 4700 words per minute!

I don't believe that is possible.

i need to see this in person with a book they have never read before!

It was so nice chatting with you, I will go practice my speed reading!

Yeah she could even call the moral panic like what happened back in 18th century LOL!

Great talking with you too I hope you have a great day.

Thanks!
Have a great weekend!


Hi, how are you tonight?

pretty well and you?do you use facebook much?

Not really.

Wish I had their stock.

I can’t believe that MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million.

They must be kicking themselves now!

Oh I bet they are, they could have easily made billions now

Burger King’s promotion must have caught on with some hungry folks.

Unfriend 10 people and you get a free whopper?

I’ll make friends just to unfriend them.

Hahha that is one strategy.
do you know why facebook is blue?

Because it's sad?

haha not it is because Mark is green-red colorblind

That sounds like Zuck.

FB is used in unusual ways.

Iceland is rewriting its constitution via Facebook.

Gosh, I wonder if anything could wrong with that.

Privacy problems?

Hacking?

Yeah I can see many issues there but maybe it works for them

Contrasts with Germany's approach.

Facebook's "like" button is illegal in Schleswig-Holstein.

Preferences are verboten!

You cannot like things!

Perhaps they should have a hate button.

hahha I wonder why it is not allowed though.

do you use facebook on comouter or phone?

Don't really use it.
Don't trust it.

Do you have a cimputer?

I have a computer, but unfortunately, I'm not literate.

I do not know how to read.

Did you know russians built a computer that ran on water?

That sounds like something Google or Tesla might try to attempt.

Yeah , you never know.

and transhumanists are trying to upload their minds to the computer

I would never do that.

No pleasure.

I’ve had a wonderful time chatting with you this evening!

Enjoy Facebook!

In the future, maybe you can upload your mind to it.

I am not going to even attempt that.
nice chat

Thanks

bye


Hi there, do you know much about the sun?

Good afternoon, I live in Florida, so yeah I know a little.

Lol how about you?

Yes me too.

Did you know that in reality it is white and not yellow?

No, it's always looked yellowish orange, to me.

But, I guess that's where the atomspheric scattering comes into play and makes it appear white.

Yes.

Do you know hot the sun is and how much of its energy we need?

A lightning bolt, I hear is hotter, but the sun is till super hot.

I read that it produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.

We really need to work on harnessing that energy.

Yeah that is awesome, if we could only figure a way to harvest that energy it would be awesome, you are right on the spot there.

Do you know how big the sun is?

No, I'm not sure of its size.
Do you know?

It is actually one billionth of the largest star, that is small in that context

Yes, it is.
Do you shop on Amazon any?

Yes quite a bit.

It is a good service and now they deliver on SUndays

I've been shopping with them since the beginning, when they just sold books until now and I have never gotten a package delivered on a Sunday.

People keep telling they get their packages on Sunday, though.

Maybe, it's just not available in my area?

Oh I see, I get them where I live though.

Did you know that Jeff built a clock in a mountain that is supposed to run for 10 000 years?

I heard about the Long Now initiative.

I read up on it and it's an interesting project.

Glad that Jeff is spending his riches on such a worthy endeavor.

Yes that is awesome.

They named a building after their first customer too

Imagine, spending $ 27.95 and getting a building named after you?

Wonder what they bought?

It had to have been a book, because that's what they were when they first started out, was an online bookstore.

Yes exactly, good thing they honored the person that started shopping there.

Did you know they also own IMDB?

Yeah, I heard they owned it since 1998, I use it mainly for trivia and to read reviews.

How about you?

Yes me too.
DO you enjoy reading in general?

Yes, I do.

I'm an avid reader and bookstore junkie.

Mostly non fiction, though.

Do you like to read?

I love to read.
Have you ever read Starship Troopers?

No, I've never read that book.
Have you?

Yes it is a good book and recommended by some military branches as well.

Nice chat!


Hey there!

Are you an Amazon user?

Can you believe it's been existence since 1994.

Hi, I am an Amazon user.

I didn't know it had been around for so long.

Personally, I think Jeff Bezos is brilliant for starting that company.

Did you know it started off as an online bookstore?

What kind of stuff do you get from it?

I think I had heard that before.

It even has it's own publishing company called Amazon publishing.

I get all kinds of stuff from it.

What do you get?

Kinds know it for its tech stuff.

I get Prime so I'm usually doing video streaming or downloading.

I use Prime too and do a lot of streaming.

I store stuff in the cloud and had no idea until recently that Amazon's cloud is the world's largest.

Yeah, I had heard that.

That's pretty surprising.

I would've thought that would be Google.

I haven't delved into it yet but have you tried their Echo devices?

Not yet but I do have a fire tablet and fire tv.

I've also tried their grocery side and gotten food from them too.

I heard there are Whole Foods benefits for being a prime member.

I have to check that out.

So Amazon delivers the food to your door?

Heard they have a contract with USPS to deliver even on Sundays?

They do and it's so convenient.

Those warehouse workers really do a great job considering they walk between 7 and 15 miles a day during shift.

I'd love to get some exercise while working.

That's sounds like a great time saver.

Sadly, Amazon is just my source for spending money.

Considering how much I spend, I'm surprised they're not the largest internet retailer in terms of sales.

I hear you there.

I spend quite a bit on their site too.

I spend a lot more than the first customer who only spent $27.95.

I heard about that.

Didn't he get a building named after him?

Guess Amazon's rich enough to do random things like that.

He did and they are.

Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.

That's insane.

But for the most part, Amazon's pretty practical for me.

I managed to buy a lot of Christmas gifts from Amazon for the kids like  toys and video games.

Did you get anything on your Christmas list from Amazon?

I did.

I got some home decor stuff I had been wanting.

You know, Jeff Bezos founded the company on July 5th.

Clearly he was not tired from the 4th of July celebrations.

Ha!

Amazon did save me from Super Bowl celebrations.

I'm not a big football so watch some Amazon shows like that Jack Ryan series instead.

Dang it.

Forgot the actor's name.

I think I know what you're talking about.

The guy used to be in that show the office I think.

What I need now is an Echo so I can ask Alexa!

Yeah that would be helpful.
I usually go to Wikipedia or IMDB.
I read somewhere Amazon even owns IMDB.
Man they're everywhere.
Wonder where their headquarters are?
Think I need to get a job there.

They are based in Seattle, Wa but have offices in some other towns.

I think they are about to build an office this year maybe somewhere.

Seattle huh?
Don't think I'd get a lot of sun there.
Would miss the bright yellow sunshine.

I would too.

Even though the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy it is still big and bright to me.

Wow, that make me feel so small.

A billionth of the biggest star huh?

Still pretty darn strong considering it can produce enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years!

Did you know that it is actually white?


Hi there do you use Amazon?

All the time!

I love how convenient it is with one click shopping!

Me too!

I can't believe it was founded almost 25 years ago on July 5th, 1994.

Wow!

I guess it has really boomed in recent years, even getting the USPS to deliver on Sunday!

I love that.

It's probably helping to keep the postal service in business too.

It probably is, maybe one of the few things, that and all the junk mail I get.

Yes!

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.

That's when you know you've made it when you can do something like that.

lol

Yeah!

That is quite the legacy!

Kinda like having a building named after you, for spending $30.

That was named after Amazon's first customer right?

Yeah.
That must be pretty cool recognition!

IMDB has been owned by Amazon since 1998.

I had no idea.

Has that always existed?
That is pretty cool.
Amazon owns so many things.

No doubt.

I wonder what it's like to work in one of their warehouses?

You'd be pretty fit!
Workers walk 7-15 miles per day!

Nice!
Do you know many facts about the sun?

I know it is the center of our universe, and is currently in its main sequence as a star.

I always look up and think "boy...that sure looks like a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma"  lol

I always think, wow I cant believe Neptune has only been around that big ball of gas once.

lol  The sun is actually white and is only perceived as yellow because of atomosperic scattering.

Interesting.

It's been fun chatting!

It has been nice!
Enjoy the rest of your night!

You have a good night as well!


How is the weather in your area ?

Cold!!!
Really cold.
Like 5 degrees.
What about you?

It is not that cold, but it was cold a few days ago.

Then it snowed a lot, and this afternoon, we might get rain.

UGH...
I am in chicago.
What about you?

Eastern Canada, do you enjoy reading when it is cold outside ?

Holy heck!

I do like to stay inside when it is cold and sometimes I read.

What about you?

Sorry, I meant reading inside, while is cold outside.

I don't think books were meant to be read in the snow, rain, freezing rain, or whatever is falling from the sky.

No, although the kindle white paper is now water proof.

Do you read a lot?

I had an old Kindle, I read a lot of classics on it, there are practically free or literally free sometimes on amazon's website.

I search there every once in a while to find a deal or free books.

I have a ton of books in my kindle library but have only read like 10.

I kind of feel like a loser not reading a ton.

Read at your  your own beat, there is no professor to scold you if you don't finish your book.

It takes practice to read fast.

I know!
I am such a slow reader.
Do you read fast?

I wish I could read fast and I wish I had more time to read.

I read 15-25 minutes per day.

It takes me 3-4 weeks to finish a book.

That's more than I have read.

My wife finishes 3 books a week.

Maybe that's why I am so self-consious about it.

You can make her feel slow by saying that the world record is 4700 words per minute.

Maybe she is the world record holder and never told me!

It would just serve as a motivator for her to get even faster...

Is her name Anne Jones ?

If yes you could put a generator on your books and sell the electricity.

Do you enjoy reading ?

I do enjoy reading.

I like business books and personal growth.

What about you?

As I said, I read classics, but also I read a comic from time to times.

And more recent novels.

I read also scientific books about data analysis but it is not a hobby.

Do you read Calvin and Hobbes?
I love that comic...

I have read a few on them but on the internet.

The comics that I read are more adult, but I do enjoy the comic strip from time to time.

Peanut was really good.

Agreed.
Nice chatting with you!


What's the weather like in the summer where you are?

Not nearly as hot as it's supposed to be in DC!

Upper 90s I hear.

Yeah, it is also hazy and humid.
The humidity makes it so uncomfortable.

Totally.

Wasn't it the late John Candy who said "It's not the heat, it's the humidity?"

Yes, it was.
Hopefully everyone in DC has an A/C!

I feel bad for them if they don't.

You gotta remember to get lots of water.

It's heatstroke weather for sure.

Having a pool doesn't hurt, either!

True.

I tend to make my plans for early in the day because it only gets hotter as the day progresses.

Something close to 90 by midmorning!

That is a smart thing to do.

I would think it would be better to go out at night but the moisture levels creep back up at that time so it's hard to breathe.

Absolutely.

The air is stifling.

That definitely leads to fog in the morning.

I think that's pretty but those lower clouds can cause issues.

Those working outdoors have to be extra careful as these are really dangerous conditions.

Oh my god, I know!
105 to 110 degrees.
That's crazy.

It's also good to use portable fans or cooling chamois.

What exactly is a chamois by the way?

Good question.
Isn't it some kind of goat.
An adorable goat?

Well, that is an interesting mental image I am getting, haha.

Ha!

I guess it can also be a kind of light leather?

I googled it real quick and yes, it is a goat, but also a kind of leather.

Although I wouldn't mind a cooling goat...  a goat walking around with a portable ac on it's back tending to my every whim.

Oh, yes, chamois!

But I thought those were mostly used for cleaning the car!

The goat would be an awesome idea.

Points for style, too.

It's crazy how powerful the sun is.

But it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy.

I can't even wrap my mind around that!

I know..

It is much bigger than a goat.

It makes up 99.86 percent of the mass of our solar system.

Goats probably don't even makeup .01 percent!

Haha.

And in one second it makes enough energy that is needed to meet the needs of the planet for 500,000 years.

It's good that some have started harnessing solar power for their energy needs.

That is amazing.

But I bet DC cant help but be frustrated with the sun for putting a heat wave on their Fourth of July festivities.

That is certainly true!
I hope everyone has fun and stays safe!


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

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

Its amazin right!

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

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

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

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

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

It is also interesting that the sun is actually white and is perceived as yellow because of the atmosphere.

In fact, it is blue during sunset at mars

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

I mean we always perceive it as yellow so it would be confusing either way.

Besides yellow is a nice color.

Can you imagine a kid's drawing with a bland white sun?

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

I enjoy reading about such facts.

I would recommend you check out a book called a short history of nearly everything.

Wonderful book

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

Amazon is a good choice.

While they are the largest internet retailer, they started as a online bookstore so they have an impressive collection

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

Like you say, they came from humble beginnings.

Did you know their first customer has a building named after him?

he only spent 27.95

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

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

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

They probably have more money than they can spend.

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

In any case, thank you for the enjoyable chat.


Man how about this weather, sounds like DC will see spring and it isn't even january

Yeah that's kind of weird.

highs near 50 was insane today, in iowa it was 38

Tomorrow's weather will be pleasant.
At least it will be partially sunny.

yes, partial sunny in the winter makes so much of a difference, no snow hopefully.

Even if it snows the impacts should be relatively minimal.

I agree ,it has been way to warm for any snow to stick, so much for a white christmas

Did you know that the sun accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system?

that is crazy, what is more crazy is a lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the sun

It produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.

wow, crazy that neptune just completed its first orbit of the sun since 1846

I didn't know Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.

I didn't know he started "amazon" in 1994 and alibaba outsells them

That's sad.

At least Amazon has a contract with postal service to deliver packages on Sunday!

that has helped business greatly, but USPS is losing money on the deal.

I didn't know IMDB is owned by amazon the last 20 years

The world record for speed reading is 4,700 words per minute!

that is nuts.
i dont believe it!

Yeah definitely.
Reading terrible poetry sounds boring.

i agree ha, good talking with you, happy holidays

Same to you!

thanks


Do you like to you Facebook much?

Not much anymore but I used it all through middle and high school.

I heard Burger King once held a promo where you'd get a free whopper if you unfriended ten people!

That is so mean!
haha

Maybe some people put ten people they didn't know on and then unfriend those.

The founder, Mark Zuckerburg is colorblind.

That would've been really smart.
I actually knew that one!
That is the reason Facebook is blue.

Myspace turned town an offer to buy Facebook.

Wasn't Myspace red, too?

I think it was black, I don't remember much red.

How much was the offer?

I heard it was $75 million.

I think just a few years ago Facebook was work over $100 billion, too!

That is crazy!

I read somewhere that the like button is illegal in schleswig-holstein, which is in Germany.

Yes, I guess it caused quite a bit of drama!

Then again in Iceland, they like it so much they are rewriting their constitution on it.

Honestly, they are insane for that.
Whatever floats their boat, I guess.
haha

Despite possible drama, I do love to be on a computer.

Did you know that it only takes one mb of ram to run the space shuttle's general computer?

Wow, I think my computer has at least 8 GB of ram.

Russia made a computer in 1936 that just ran on water!

They must have had great anti-freezing technologies!

Speaking of great technology, did you know a teen recently designed an app for walking home alone?

Oh yeah!

It's called Self Travel I think, I thought it was such a good idea.

Yes!

It was part of an App Challenge to help encourage kids to be familiar with or enter the technology field.

I really love that idea!

I do too, it's such an inspirational thing for children than to be on social media all day.

I heard in the App Challenge you can work as an individual or group, so if friends can work together it's eliminating an excuse to not learn just to hang out with friends.

I believe it only took her 40 hours to design the app and her mom thought she was on Facebook for all that time!

Well if you have to be using "screen time" I can't think of many better ways than making an app for people to be safer.


Seems like a really narrow topic but let's talk about DC weather!

lol... ): I'm from NY ;)

At least you're closer than me, from chicago!

haha ;) Did You know that Imdb has been owned by amazon.com since 1998 ?

I did not!

That's great!

The sun is actually white, only perceived as yellow because of atmospheric scattering

No how are we going to check/confirm that fact..... :) lol

We sent Icarus but he failed... A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about 5x hotter.

...so where all those stories come from about people struck by lightning ?

Not sure.

The sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500 000 years.

yeah, but it's getting closer to us eventually killing all life on Earth :)

yeah.

Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches

First of all, I didn't know there is a book like that...

I loved the movie tho....

Me neither!

The movie was good.

Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry

You mean they were reading each others books ?

No, just other's poetry.

How "cultured" do you have to be to play that game?

I would think it was all good.

At least better than mine.

Oh, You write ?
what about ?

No, I don't!

That's the point.

How good are they that they can pick out good and bad poetry.

Hope the writer wasn't in the room.

Well, was there public watching ?
;)

Was it the first poetry jam????!!!
!

Buahaha, could be !
Somebody should record that :)

Nice chatting with you.


Good Morning.

Just finished placing an order with Amazon.

Their founder, Jeff Bezos, has been in the news a lot lately.

Yeah.

Even with giving up half his stuff, he'll still be in the top 10 richest list...

And his ex wife will be up there too.
He Founded Amazon in 1994.
It doesn't feel like that long ago.

The first amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.

I wish I had a building named after me...

I just wish I had 1% of his fortune.

And it's crazy to think that Alibaba Group is even larger.

I know.

I wanted to buy into Amazon at like $500 per share and now it's at like $1800.

I kick myself everytime I am looking at the ticker and it comes up.

I did get Alibaba early in that process....

That was a smart move.

I try to buy on the dips as well, but Amazon is so expensive.

Did you know their warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day?

I worked at Office Max warehouse and I believe it.

The worst part is the summers when there's no air and you're just sweating!

Amazon ceo jeff bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.

If he has that kind of money, you'd think he's finalize his own delivery fleet.

As of now he has the USPS delivering for him on Sundays.

Yeah...
He has enough to buy IMDB.
I had no clue...

They sell everything:  toys, electronics, furniture, food, jewelry.

I even bought a big screen tv from them.

Did you really buy a TV from them?
White glove service too?

Yup, 65 inch Samsung.

Pretty sweet set.

They brought it in, unwrapped it, put it on the stand, and took away the packaging...

They also sell low-end products under the name Amazon Basics.

I was going to order a TV from them but got cold feet and didn't pull the trigger.

I do like their Basic stuff...

In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization.

Amazon is the third most valuable public company in the United States (behind Apple and Microsoft), the largest Internet company by revenue in the world, and after Walmart, the second largest employer in the United States.

Pretty amazing statistics.

I wasn't aware they were the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure.

They are just going to grow bigger and bigger...

I know.

They are now looking at empty Sears stores for their Whole Foods stores...

I heard that as well.

Well, it's been a pleasure speaking with you.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry

I was unaware of that.

I did know though that speed readers can process over 1000 words per minute though.

How many can they comprehend though...
I would only get about 4 words...

Yeah, me as well.

Gotta run and get some stuff done before the NFL games come on.

Have a good day.

You too!


What do you think about John Candy's quote about not being the heat but the humidity?

I agree with that.

The humidity is what makes it hard,  it feel just thick,  where as heat is just crazy hot.

Do you know much about the sun?

The sunset on Mars is actually blue!!!

Amazing!

That would be an spectacular view!

and I know the sun is only one of billions of stars in the universe, crazy how little we are.

Yes,  so tiny in the universe.

Did you hear about the radio station that you can listen to the sun?

That is so cool.

I actually did hear about that station, too sad no one is going to be able to listen to it as they would certainly die, the sun is actually white!

I know right!

why wouldn't our school teachers correct us when we were drawing yellow suns.

Yeah!

that is totally wrong they should definitely correct that.

They set us up for failure.

They sure do, there's a lot of things they don't teach at school for instance that a lighting bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.

Yeah,  I cant believe its that hot.

the sun takes up like 99 percent of the universe,  its huge!

I think its only of the solar system, but it is crazy!

it has 330000 times the mass of earth.

Oh oops I must have read it wrong.
sorry.

I'm getting interested in this topic, I feel there is much I don't know, I might buy a book via Amazon.

Amazon is amazing!
Love shopping there,  and I love prime.

I love prime as well, did you know the CEO of Amazon built a clock into a mountain that is supposed to run for about 10000 years!

Yes,  I wonder if really will.

and what is the significance for putting it at the top of a mountain?

I'm not sure but if it runs for 10000 years then there must be something to it.

Yeah probably.

I didn't know the arrow in the logo meant something lol

I  didn't know it meant something either, I bet Jeff Bezos didn't think it would become so big the first time he sold something via amazon.com.

I'm sure it has grown beyond his dreams.

I wish I could think of something like that lol  I didn't know best buy and target will price match.

I know, me too, I would have so much money now, it is a great business.


Hello!
How are you tonight?

I am doing great, just searching some stuff on Amazon that I may buy, how about you?

What is looking good on that tonight?
I just watched a movie on Netflix.

Nothing really, looking at some books maybe.

I like reading.

Amazon started off selling books

They sure did!

I wish I was their first order though, I would have had a building named after me!

Right, that would be awesome, it only cost 27.95 to get that honor!

I need to start jumping on new companies and be their first buyer haha.

I didn't know they owned IMDB as well!

I wonder why they ever bought it, what was the benefit to buying it.

Maybe just to show off their wealth

Maybe or steal data to what movies we are researching lol.

I do like the contract with the post office for sunday delivery though!

For sure, nothing better than getting mail 7 days a week for a short cost!

Did you know warehouse workers walk like 7-15 miles per day

That is crazy!

I wish I did that, but not at the Amazon Warehouse haha I'm sure that's a really tough job!

I bet it is, I would be in such good shape, I wouldn't be the chubbier compared to my twin anymore lol

Oh cool!
Do you have a twin in Colorado?

No he lives in the Bahamas currently, why Colorado?

Is that where Amazon is

Just a guess haha.
Do you like to read?

Yea my twin lives in Colorado, he is kind of a tool, he would be perfect for Amazon to buff his ego up.

I love to read how about you

I love reading about how the older twin is much cooler and smarter than the younger twin.

Yes, what book is that, the number one selling fiction book?

I have no comeback.

Can you believe the record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute?

I still don't believe that.

I bet if I picked a book out randomly it wouldn't be near that.

I agree!
Have a great night!


The Patriots are a real power house team in the NFL.

They no longer play in Boston anymore.
They are based in Foxborough.

Yes, I knew they no longer played in the Boston area.

It seems like almost a given that the Patriots will be in the Super Bowl or the playoffs ever year.

They have been there so many time that they have lost four times, as many as the Bills.

I'm normally not a big Tom Brady fan.

But, I might have to change my opinion about him, since he came out of the Big Ten.

He didn't seem that good when he was playing with Michigan.

Who knew?

I don't remember him playing with Michigan actually.

As good as Brady is, his wife makes twice as much money as he does.

That's funny, isn't it?

She owns hotels and some apparel lines, too.

When Brady was on his JV high school team, he didn't even get a start even though the team was winless.

At Michigan, he was the backup quarterback, and he even had to fight for his starting spot, too.

I wonder what pushed him over the top.

Maybe it's because he has never eaten a strawberry.

LOL!
Maybe strawberries are his cryptonite!

He and coach Belichick together have won five Super Bowls, that's a lot.

It is a lot.

He has been to the Super Bowl eight times.

I wonder if the Patriots will make it again this year.

If Brady wins one more, he will break the tie with Charles Haley for most Super Bowl wins.

That's awesome.

Maybe that is the reason Tom Brady is waiting to retire.

When he does, he has his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen to go home to.

Not a bad way to retire.

Nope.

And, I'm sure he will be doing a bunch of commercials and spots like Peyton Manning.

Or maybe he can master video games and become as good as Baker Mayfield

That could be!
It's been fun chatting with you!


Good Morning!

One of my kids is doing a science project on the Sun this week.

The magnitude of the sun is mind boggling!!

The magnitude of the whole universe is mind boggling.

It's hard to comprehend that the sun is much smaller than many of the other stars even in our own galaxy.

I know right?

Our life force could be dwarfed to the tune of a billionth in scale - it's almost incomprehensible

Yes, the thing it is responsible for all life on Earth is just a small piece of the Universe.

Apparently it makes up 99.86% of the total mass of our Solar System

Some of the facts my kid dropped on me about the sun was eye opening, including the creation of time - days, years, etc.

Why we think the sun is yellow.

I hope she gets an A!

Sure sounds like he will.

Good luck to him!

Do you think we will ever get to Mars and colonize it?

The sun doesn't keep them quite as warm.

I wonder why we can't colonize the Moon first - before going all the way to Mars, essentially a one way trip.

Wouldn't the Moon be a great test run and better than the ISS orbiting the Earth?

I think the moon just has less resources than Mars.

It's just a rock.

I could be way off on that though.

Gravity must also be stronger on Mars.

Fair points - but the Moon doesn't rotate, meaning there is constant sunlight and darkness on half/half of the satellite.

In addition to being a lot closer, it could be a great tourist destination for the rich and powerful!

Haha all fair points.

I think the rich are going to start going up into orbit for fun soon anyway.

I think Richard Branson and possibly Amazon are working on that.

I think Branson, Bezos, and Musk will get it done way before the government/NASA do!

Amazon will probably have same day delivery to the Moon for Prime members!!

I wonder if the government is ever going to break up Amazon.

They literally have their hands in everything.

NYC/Brooklyn did void the contract for HQ2 because of the kickbacks and tax exemptions there - that was pretty surprising and a little controversial because of the timing of the action.

Amazon doesn't pay many taxes to begin with (and neither does the billion $ NFL).

It's funny I'm from around the area where Amazon wanted to move in LIC, New York.

The opposition was just a small group.

Kind of unfortunate

Small yet influential?

I'm more a fan of their movies/shows than their shopping carts!

What shows do you watch through Amazon?

The wife loves Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I like The Patriot - have you seen them?

The girlfriend also loves Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

I'm not a huge fan.

Haven't seen the Patriot, but I love Bosch and Man in the High Castle.

Have you seen either of those?

I have, but I need to pick and choose with limited time in the evenings.

Bosch is on my watch list and I will look into Man in the High Castle - thanks for recommendations!

It's been great, and productive chatting with you today!!

Bosch is also based some books that are really good.

I think there's like almost 20 of them.

Nice chatting with you as well!

I'd really like to read more, like I used to before the kids came along.

Thanks again!


Hi, how are you doing this evening?

Are you interesting in our bright yellow friend, the sun, who comes every day to say hi to us?

Hey there, pretty well here and how are you?

Yes I am very much but I will have to say the white friend that appears to be yellow.

It's trickery played on us by the sky, which scatters light and changes the sun's appearance.

In this day and age, people would say that's insensitive.

Yup that is very true.

But as far as its energy goes, that still remains tremendous since we only need one second if it to function for 500 000 years

It would be great to capture that energy, but where would we put it all.

It seems impossible to keep it here on earth.

I know, that would have been epic to do.

On the other hand as hot as the sun is lightning is even hotter

Lightning could be the way to go to collect energy.

Can we set up towers to grab it from the sky?

That would be good.

I think so and maybe better for the environment too.

Yes the sun is pretty small compared to the biggest star in galaxy, only 1 bilionth of it

The sun is big enough for me.
Size doesn't matter in my book.
I like even the smallest suns.

It is still a powerful star.

How about online shopping, do you ever use Amazon?

I have used Amazon.

The company is growing and soon will be bigger than the Sun.

It is so big.

And the CEO built a clock in a mountain.

I wonder why though

He wants to be remembered 10,000 years from now.

Plus he will upload his consciousness to that clock.

Maybe.
Did you know they also own IMDB?

I'm not surprised.

They can acquire just about anything now.

Maybe the USPS in a couple of years.

You never know, they already have a contract with them to deliver on SUndays

The postal workers must get double overtime or something to work on Sundays.

I'm amazed.

Amazon must really need the deliveries.

Yes they really seem to.

And the warehouse workers walk a lot, up to 15 miles a day

They must be in pretty shape after a couple of months.

I guess they must get pretty quick at grabbing things.

Yup I bet too.

The first Amazon customer spent less than $30 and got a building named after him

A dubious honor.

I would rather have a bunch of free stuff, or Amazon Prime for lifetime!

Thanks for the chat.

Same here, have a good one.


Good evening!
Are you a football fan?

I am, although Im a bigger fan of college than the NFL.

How about you?

I am the same, but since college is over, I will definitely watch the NFL playoffs if I am able.

I will probably too.

It seems like the Patriots are in it every year.

Isn't that the truth!

Belichick has 21 postseason wins which puts him as the winning coach all-time in the postseason!

and even though he always lists Brady as an injury possibility, he is never really injured.

Must be because he as never eaten a Strawberry... what if that is the secret to his apparent immortality.

LOL.

He seems to be living the life though since he has a super model wife, who makes double what he does!

That part is just astounding, I mean it is not like he is hurting for the dough.

I imagine you accumulate some money when you've been an NFL starting quarterback for 16 years.

Still amazing that he was as sixth round draft pick.

They never realized his value early on, even as a high school student they refused to play him as the back up.

I wonder what the starter for that school is doing now.

Chances are it isn't football and he doesn't have a super model wife!

Certainly not playing in 6, likely soon to be 7 super bowls.

Most people dont even attend that many as a fan.

I wonder if any quarterbacks coming up will come close to what Brady has accomplished?

Baker Mayfield is all the rage, but he was apparently close to becoming a full-time game instead.

Im not sure, Brady seems to have the staying power.

He made it to the super bowl in his first season, the only other person to do that is Kurt Warner, and he never made the name for himself Brady has.

It is also interesting that Brady's super bowl coming out party was against Warner and the Rams.

We could potentially have a rematch this year.

I think that would be really cool.

Although, some of my favorite part of the whole superbowl is the commercials.

Some years are better than other, but definitely way better than the halftime show.

I'm not sure the last time there was a good one of those.

I think it is getting harder to get a decent halftime show these days, its like there is so much hype, but it can't ever live up to it.

Or they get a lower level artist to do it and no one wants to watch it because of that.

I'd be totally fine with no show.

Or maybe they could do something fun with actual players not playing.

Put some quarterbacks out there in a skills competition or something?

That would be a neat idea, Id be a fan of having a college marching band out there just to get the crowd going or something.

Would be far cheaper too.

That could be fun.
Are you rooting for the Patriots?

Not in particular, I grew up a Dolphins fan because my family was always a fan.

So my team never makes it.

Lol.

LOL.

It doesn't help that your division pretty much runs through the Patriots.

I guess you will always have the 1972 team and Marino preventing the '85 Bears from going undefeated.

That's about it.

My grandmother always referred to Marino as her other son.

Didnt they have a crazy upset of the Pats this year?

They sure did!

That was an amazing last play.

I know it has to feel good for you that it came against Brady, Belichick, and the Patriots!

It was almost too good to believe, something straight out of the movies.

I need to pick up one of my kids, but great chat!


Hi, how are you?

I am good.

The forecast for DC tonight is not too great - possibly snow

Yuck!

We got a dusting today and I am pretty much done with winter.

It can go away now.

Do you like winter?

I am not a big fan of snow.

I like it that our forecast is going to end up in the 50's-60s

Im in chicago and I would like high 30s at this point.

A week or two ago we had temps at -30!

Yeah I am not a polar vortex fan!

Chicago should move closer to the sun - a perfect sphere of hot plasma!

It's actually white too!
I would have never guessed it!

It is about 109 times larger than earth - and about 330k heavier  - that is huge!

Yeah.

But a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.

That seems odd.

Wow that is pretty crazy.

Did you know that on mars the sunset is blue?

I wonder why that is

I had no idea.

I bet it looks pretty.

Neptune sure takes its time going around the sun!

How long does Neptune take?

I did not realize the sun rotates as well.

It completed its first full orbit in 2011 since it was in 1846!

Wow.

That is pretty nuts.

Just as nuts as a radio station that plays the sounds the sun makes!

It is the most important source of energy for life on earth!

It deserves its own radio station!

No doubt it is important, but for many of us amazon seems almost as important.

I buy everything from food to books to toys there.

Were you their first customer?

No but that would have been cool because I would have had a building named after me

I would drive by it just to check in!
I would also brag to all my friends.
They would think I am obnoxious!

laugh.

I love amazon's logo - they really do have everything from a to z

They do!
Nice chatting with you!


Do you like reading?

Hello there, I do like to read but wish I had more time to do more.

How about you?

I like to read but I'm sooo slow at it.
I wish I could speed read sometimes.
Can you speed read?

No I can't, but do you know how many words per minute the fastest reader can read?

I think it's 4,700 wpm and it's a record held by a lady to boot!

Holy cow!

I don't understand how anyone could make sense of that many words that quickly.

Me neither!

I wonder what kind of books she practices with.

What types of books do you like to read?

I like history and mostly factual books, but I also like fantasy, Tolkien was really good.

How about you?

I think I like non-fiction the best too.

I order a lot of cooking books off amazon, because they deliver so fast.

Did you know they have a special deal with the postal service for sunday delivery?

Yeah cooking books are really helpful.

And yeah I think I read about that, very interesting.

Do you ever read poetry?

I do but not too much, how about you, do you have a favorite author?

I like a lot of food writers but you mentioned you liked Tolkein.

Did you know that he and Cs Lewis used to read bad poetry to each other and play "you laugh you lose"?

I think that is hilarious that they did!

Oh to be a fly on the wall watching those two go at it would be gold!

I'd love to learn how to read braille, I wonder if the translation is any different because things like sign language tend to be similar to short hand

That would be very cool to learn how to do that, I give all the respect in the world to those that have to read like that.

If you think about it braille is around all kinds of places though so once you got started I might be easy to practice

Yeah I bet you could practice most places that you go.

I've never seen a book in braille though, I wonder how they maintain all the bumps

I don't think I have either, I just wonder how they get started learning that, like where do you start?

For those who can hear I guess there's just a lot of conversation about it maybe?

Or could it be like learning to play an instrument?

Yeah that is probably true.

Well it was nice chatting with you, I hope you have a good day!


The sun is just amazing, it keeps us warm and alive.

Yes!

Made of about 73% hydrogen and about 25% helium and heavier elements in smaller quantities.

I didnt know that, the sun accounts for 99.86% of the mass of the solar system so hydrogen and helium are the most common elements in our system.

They are.

Did you know that the sun is actually not yellow!

Yeah it is actually white, it is perceived yellow by us

You are right.

The perception comes from atmospheric scattering.

Yeah, I wonder how other stars in the galaxy look.

There are much bigger stars in out universe.

I know!

Our sun is only 1 billionth of the size of the biggest star in the galaxy.

That is crazy, so do you use Amazon?
I like shopping in their online store

I do use Amazon.

It is super easy.I can not believe it has been around since 7-5-94.

Yeah almost 30 years do you like their Amazon Basics line?

I am not familiar with it.
What is it?

It's a low-end product brand that Amazon launched.

I like them.

Some of them are pretty good and have a great quality.

I'll have to look into it.

I like that the US mail has a contract with Amazon that has them delivering on Sundays.

What are your thoughts on the CEO of the company, Jeff Bezos?

I think he is very prosperous.

I hope he is good to the warehouse workers seeing they walk between 7 and 15 miles a day per shift.

That is a big distance I think thats a good way to remain fit, walking is a great exercise.

I do too, but I am not sure I'd want to always do it.

I dont like to walk I prefer jogging or running or playing soccer as well, so I would like to work at an Amazon warehouse

Oh, that makes sense.

I wish I would have been the first person to make a purchase on Amazon.

That person got a building named after them after spending just $27.95.

Sounds like a great deal, the guy got his stuff and also a building named after him anyway it was fun chatting

Yes, thanks for chatting!


Good morning!
Are you an amazon user?
I am!

Yup.

Pretty dangerous with the 1-click buying option.

I've used that way too many times!

Me too!

I can't believe it's almost been 25 years since Amazon was founded on July 5th, 1994.

Wow really.
It's been that long?
What do you usually get?
Been wanting to try their Echo product.

I use it a lot for gifts and their streaming service.

In addition to Fire TV, I also have a Fire tablet I got on there as well.

How is the Fire tablet?

Been also interested in the Kindle e-readers.

I love the fire tablet, if you have the streaming service you can watch fire tv through it anywhere you go that has a wi-fi connection.

Have you ever bought any AmazonBasics products?

That is Amazon's ow in-house brand of certain low-end products.

Haven't tried AmazonBasics.

I do have Prime.

Love their films and tv shows.

Good to know about the tablet.

Love gadgets.

Heard that the Amazon Alexa device can receive daily weather forecasts.

Yes.

I forgot to mention that Alexa is on the Fire Tablet.

I didn't know that Amazon has owned IMDB since 1998.

Wow.

Didn't know that either.

I use IMDB all the time.

Love reading about all the movies and its casts.

Don't do much fiction reading though I'm tempted to start George R.R.

Martin's Game of Thrones because I'm so addicted to the show.

You reach much?

Not as much as I like to.

I haven't read books like Starship Troopers or Ender's game.

Great movies though.

Been forced to read some science books to help my daughter with her project about the solar system.

She didn't believe me when I told her that the sun is considered a star.

Yes.

It's the star at the center of the solar system.

Yeah, key detail she really needed to get into her head.

She needs to add an interesting facts sheet to the project and found in our search that the sunset on mars is blue.

think that would look pretty neat.

That would look neat.

You can tell her too that the sun is a perfect sphere of hot plasma!

That might get her interested more in the sun.

Something about hot plasma makes it more interesting.

lol

Ooh, that's a good one.

I think she'll like that one.

Tried to give her stats about how the sun accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system but that went over her head.

Know of any other cool facts a kid might like?

I do!

The sun is actually white and is only perceived yellow because of atmospheric scattering!

Wow, you know your stuff!

I think she'll find that one interesting as well.

Guess I should try and order more kid friendly books from Amazon.

I remember most of my shopping on Amazon used to be books.

Same here!

One more interesting fact about the sun is that a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun!

About 5 times hotter!

It's been fun chatting!

Thanks for the help!
Take care.


Do you like Tom Brady?
I think his a great quarterback

I do too!

Did you hear about the bad cut to his hand?

I did, he got injured bad, I bet the Patriots were worried about that injury

Yeah, the patriots really wanted to go to the Super Bowl again.

Well they made it last Superbowl, but Brady was a big reason, I bet he recovered fast, it was in the teams best interest

Do you ever watch Game of thrones?

I do, great show and exited about the upcoming season, why do you ask?

The author of GOT called the New england patriots the Lannisters of the NFL!

I guess that makes sense, they do dominate the leage, do you like Bill Belichick?

I do.
He's pretty interesting.

Great coach, his the winnigest one in postseason football with an impressive record of 21 wins

Wow!
How many were with the Patriots?
All of them?

20 with the Patriiots and only one with The Browns, 21 in total

Wow, he has been with the Patriots a long time then!

Did you know Tom Brady has been in the super bowl 8 times?

He has been?
how many has he won, he is a great QB

I think 3 for sure.

Belchick lists Tom Brady on the injured list every week~

He does?

I wonder why, maybe its part of a stategy, Brady must make a lot of money

Must be.

Brady has never eaten a strawberry in his life.

i wonder if he is allergic?

Thats strange, being alergic would make sense if not his missing out on one of the best fruits

Did you know there is only 1 left handed football player in the league?

No what is his name?

Kellan Moore.
Nice chat!

Oh so its Kellan Moore, I didnt know he was left handed, and yeah its been a nice chat have a good one.


Hi, how are you doing?
Do you use Amazon much?

Are you kidding me?

I love Amazon!

its my favorite online shop, what about you?

I have used it from time to time.

I don't shop much, but sometimes I can't get to a store, so I use Amazon.

Its convenient thats for sure, it has evolved a lot as wel over the years, its a big company now to thinkn it started as a book store

I guess books were an easy starting point.

Now they seem to do everything.

Their stocks has gone through the roof!

Yeah even companies like Best Buy and Target have to lower their prices to match the prices of Amazon

Amazon has changed the game.

Everybody is competing on Amazon's terms.

Even the post office has changed.

I agree, even the post office, they sure have a lot more business because of Amazon

Probably not what the postal workers want, but then again, they pretty well have guaranteed employment for life.

Did you know that amazon also has a website that sells like-new returned items, you can find great bargains there

I never knew that!

I'll have to check that out.

Might find some bargains.

I bet a good way to get in shape is to work in the warehouse there.

I bet workers have to walk long distances, Amazon also created their own font, how cool is that!

Gives their site a look and feel unique to them.

Do you read much these days?

Not as much as I would like, but yeah I do read, what about you?

I sometimes get a chance to read.

It's tough to find time and mental space.

Can't imagine how Anne Jones got so fast.

Who is Anne Jones?

She holds the world record for speed reading.

4,700 words per minute

Oh I see, I didnt know there was a world record for that lol, do you know who George R.R.

Martin is?

The Game of Thrones guy?

Yeah, he never seems to get any written these days.

I think his set for life with the GOT books lol, well he began selling monster stories for pennies, I bet those stories are worth a lot more now a days

The guy is a victim of his own success.

He doesn't need to write, so he doesn't.

I enjoyed chatting!

Have a good night!

Yeah he is, he has a lot of talent though and maybe he will suprise us in years to come.


Hi, how are you?

I'm good, did you know that Braile was invented by it's creator when he was only 15?

The guy must have been a genius!

I've never learned Braille, but I guess it must work well or they would have modified it.

ya I think so, it's a pretty genius invention, I'd imagine that Louis Braille went to school, unlike President Andrew Johnson who apparently never went to school in his life

And yet somehow he ended up president.

School might not be all it's cracked up to be.

Do you use Amazon?

The USPS has a contract to deliver for Amazon on Sundays.

I didn't think postal workers would work on Sundays.

I do order stuff from Amazon, but lately I have been buying more stuff from Best Buy and Target because they price match them now, and Amazon charges sales tax

Amazon has its competition.

Other firms have figured out how to play the game.

Amazon named a building after their first customer.

What a strange honor!

ya I guess it's better than nothing!

I never knew that the arrow that is in amazon's logo is meant to repressent that they have everything from A to Z, I guess that makes sense for their name to have both an A and Z in it

I always saw the arrow as a smile.

I didn't think about A to Z. Hm.

Interesting.

The arrow should reflect how far workers have to walk daily.

7 to 15 miles?

You'll always be in shape.

ya that is kind of a side perk actually, I think it's dumb that Amazon has a patent on a 1 click buying button, that seems so obvious

The lawyers always find a way!

I guess another firm could fight them in court over it, but I wonder how much they would get for their effort.

ya I don't know, but I do know that Apple pays them a license fee for using that technology, you'd think if anyone would sue to fix that it would be Apple because they have teh money

I guess it's cheaper just to pay the license.

Jezz Bezos built a clock that should run for 10,000 years.

I wonder why he did that.

Is he planning to be immortal?

ya that is wild I wonder what that's for,  I also like how Amazon invented their own font for reading text on digital screens, thats smart

The company really is dedicated to helping customers.

They create all kinds of tech.

It's amazing.

But they don't treat employees well.

Do you know anyone who works there?

no I don't, I know that my friend looked into doing delivery for them, you drive your own car and deliver packages, but it seemed like a lot of work and not enough pay

The people at the bottom really have to suck it up.

The pay is low, the conditions are tough.

Changing the topic, do you know much about our friend the Sun?

haha I like how you put it, our friend the son lol, well I do know that if you see a sunset from mars that the ssun appears blue

Romantic in a different way.

The Sun is actually white, but I guess the atmospheric scattering on Mars is different.

ah that would make sense, it's a ball of hot plasma, I know that we are running out of helium on earth and the sun is full of helium, maybe we can harvest it from the Sun someday

that sounds like a pretty good job: helium harvester.

Head out to the Sun, pick up a load, bring it back to earth.

haha yes like a truck driver only in space!

then you could stop off on mars and see a blue sunset haha


How's it going?

did you know the Sun is an almost perfect sphere of hot plasma?

Hi there.

It must be so hot.

It is only perceived as yelling because of atmospheric scattering.

Hot and large with a diameter 109 times the earth's

That is amazing.

Yes to be exact it has a diameter of about 1.39 million km.

It's insane that the sun accounts of over 99% of the Solar System's mass

That is a big number.

But did you know that the lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun?

Yea I've read that before but I've also read the Sun's surface isn't even the hottest part of the sun

What is the hottest part of the sun then?

Surprisingly the sun is only one billionth the size of the biggest star  discovered in our galaxy.

That is pretty crazy, so is the Sun being able to produce enough energy to power earth for 500,000 years in one second

Well let's try to harvest that energy!

Neptune completed it's first orbit around the sun in 2011 for the first time since its discovery.

I wonder when the next one will be?

That is insane, so is building a clock into a mountain like Jeff Bezos did

Yeah I wonder why he did that?

Does he really need a clock that runs for 10,000 years.

Probably just get it because he can.

Who knows, Bezos has probably gone a little crazy since starting Amazon in 1994

Yeah sounds like he drove his wife crazy but I was sad to hear about the divorce.

Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day.

THat's a ton of walking, I don't think I walk that much in a week let alone one shift

Yes sounds like hardwork.

Did you know that Amazon owns IMDB since 1998?

No, that's pretty cool, i guess that's why the movies on IMDB link to amazon

Oh yes good point.

In addition to watching movies I also enjoyed reading.

I'm not a fast reader.

Especially not as fast as the world record holder for reading who reads 4700 words per minute.

That's a lot of words, I wonder how long it would take Anne Jones to read the Bible

Yes probably not that long but I wonder how much he understands?

She would probably caused a lot of moral panic in 18th-century at the rate she reads LOL.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


hi how are you?
how do you feel about football?

i am a huge fan of the Eagles, how about you?

I like to watch the superbowl.
did the eagles win last year?

they did, it was an amazing time, they beat the new england patriots in a shootout

I think that it was a good game.

there was a big comeback at the end, which is unusual in the SB.

that is for sure, every patriots superbowl is close, they are usually with 3 or 4 points, but we won by 8

The pats keep winning the sb.

i would like other teams to have a chance.

how many more seasons does brady have in him?

he was drafted in 2000 and is still chugging, he is so consistent and with good coaching, they are the winners nearly every year

Yeah, they will be competitive, but the injuries have to be a concern.

even still, since 2002, every championship game has had brady, manning or roethlisberger

Yeah, i guess the QB plays such a huge role.

without a top notch QB, it is hard to win the SB.

that is true, you need a good quarterback who is enough to not hamstring your team

I think that the salary cap helps, but there are only so many QBs to go around.

What about coaching?

that matters too.

that makes a huge difference, that is why the pats are so good, bill belichick has so much success, he is coaching genius

Yes, but didnt he get busted for cheating?

does he often work in a gray area?

he certainly does, but even with that, it is hard to discount long term success

Yeah, you could not just cheat and win.

you have to have something more.

I guess Bill will be in the game many more years.

he probably will be, and even though brady has been here for 20 years, he still likely will stick around for awhile longer

He could retire and live on his endorsements and his wife's salary.

anyway, great chat!

yeah it was nice chatting with you so far, what do you think about Brady having a rule named after him though?

What is the rule?
I havent heard it.

it is most likely the tuck rule which was enacted after the playoff game against the raiders in the snow


Hi Did you watch last football match

I'm a football fan, the last game I watched was the super bowl.

very good , hope you enjoyed the game.
tom brady is very good

Yeah, he is a good quarterback.
But he's not left handed.

so you play basket ball

Not really, I've never been very good.

Did you Tom Brady's wife makes twice as much as him?

Its good income for a family

Yeah, real good I suppose.

He's never eaten a strawberry in his life.

Might me , Hope he will taste the fruit soon... Do you know about The New England Patriots..

Yeah, tom Brady is their quarterback.

Do you know about the author of a games of thrones

No, who is he?
I don't follow the show.

I play more games

Interesting.

Well apparently the author called the patriots the lannisters of the NFL.

Hilarious.

Yes.. Bill belichick is a super coach, he got 21 wins in football

That's true.

He is a great coach.

The bills are equal to the patriots in super bowl losses though.

the cleveland browns head coach was bill and their last win was in 1995

Yeah, I didn't know that.
Are you a fan of the Browns?

I am not fan of particular team..
I love watch the game.
I love cricket and basketball too

Nice, well Tom Brady never threw 30 touchdown passes prior to 2007.

Yeah sometimes coaches play a role.
Bill gave a false injury report

Yeah, so the other team doesn't know if he is playing.


Hi!

Do you watch the Bachelor?

I could watch it all day... it's so great how they always have a villian and drama

I never have, no.

I can see how that's entertaining, but it kinda kills the idea that it's supposed to be "reality."

You just have to go in knowing that.

I mean the fact that a 22 year old is trying to get a 36 year old is kind of crazy!

Yeah, I admit I was being a little assumptive.

Is that even called reality TV anymore?

I don't think anybody actually thinks of it that way.

It's just manipulated drama.

I agree completely but I watch it for the drama honestly!

For example, there is one girl who assumes everyone is jealous but really Arie doesnt like her.

Yeah, and it seems like they are very careful who they let on the show.

Like, they want personalities that will clash, so that things like Krystal trashing the other girls will naturally happen.

They also plan dates that will bring out the drama.

LIke they make the "wilderness" date which will bring out all the girls' discomfort.

I can see why.

I wouldn't want to have to eat worms or drink urine, either.

ALso, the fact that Arie still gave Krystal a rose even though she's obviously attention seeking is clearly planned.

I think they tell him who to pick, don't you?

That would not surprise me at all.

I wouldn't be surprised to know that things like Krystal calling the others out for being insecure are coached, as well.

They know how to get people to watch.

Very true.

I think that they also try to get people engaged on social media.

They always have people tweeting like @jordynhtaylor's tweet

Oh yeah, definitely.

The fact that @kellykeegs is listed after her name in articles is even more evidence of that.

I will say Tia and Kendall being into the wild stuff in the wilderness was also very survivor-esque.

It makes for good tv!

Yeah, they may as well make the most of it.

If you're gonna have to eat worms, why not at least try and enjoy it?

Yuck.

I Will I admit that I do enjoy drama.

I was pretty sad that Jim carrey won't do drama anymore.

I love him!

I hadn't heard that!
It is a shame.
He's really good at it.

very different than the reality tv drama haha

Oh yeah, for sure.

I just now learned that soap operas were called that because the shows were sponsored by soap manufacturers.

That's funny.

That's soo interesting!

I actually was interested to learn that drama came from so long ago-- ancient Greece!

It does have a pretty interesting past.

Entertainment goes back a long way, really.

I also really enjoy drama in the theater.

Doyou?

I do, yeah.
I haven't been in a while, though.

Also did you know that there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of radio drama for FREE!

I did not!

I have listened to quite a few podcasts, which can be similar, I guess.

Absolutely , what genre of podcasts?

Usually comedy.

Interviews, or just general talking shows with comedians.

I like them all as welL!
!


Are you a facebook user?
I check it daily.

No I do not, I cannot its been around since 2004

It's ok if you don't.

I wish I didn't use it but it's a good way for me to stay in touch with long lost friends.

it can be useful do you agree that 13 year olds should be allowed to be members?

I think that one I don't agree with.

I think someone should have to be at least 19 years old because there is just too much negative stuff and bad things that I happen on there and kids need to be protected from themselves.

I agree, but I did not know that it got its name from face book directories

I didn't know not that either.

Did you know Facebook was valued at $104 billion when they had their initial IPO?

I bet myspace are kicking themselves for not payinf=g just 75 million for it

I agree!

You wouldn't know this if you don't use Facebook...but Facebook is primarily blue because because Mark Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness.

Its a good color choice

Did you ever hear about the Burger King facebook promotion they had?

would you of done it?

Oh yes.

If you were to unfriend 10 people on Facebook, Burger King would give you a free whopper!

do you agree with the germans that the like button should be illegal?

I don't know.

I wonder if that has something to do with their culture or possibly linked to the old days of the Nazi's.

If it's for a reason like that I totally understand.

well the lady Medha is trying to write a program that detects hate speech, a very noble cause

I agree.

Did you know that the IMDB website is owne by Amazon?

I didn't know that.

neither did I but there employees walk 7 to 15 miles aday

That could be either good or bad.

Good if you are in good shape.

Could be miserable if you have bad knees or feet.

The US postal service has a contract with Amazon to deliver packages on Sundays.

I noticed before Christmas we started getting packages from Amazon on Sundays.

Interesting.

yes they deliver on sundays now

I just got a call and have to go.
It's been a good chat!


Are you a fan of football?

I was watching and Tom Brady kinda flubbed his teams comeback at the end of the game .

Yes I am.

I guess he did that since they lost last minute to the Eagles.

Yeah he is a great athlete and my favorite QB!

I have heard he has more rings than the Mannings and a Roger Staubach combined

Yes, he's also been honored with four Super Bowl MVP awards which is the most ever by one person!

Exactly!

He might be one of the greatest ever!

But it is true he has to be in the game to play.

He is also the first and only quarterback to ever reach 200 regular season game wins.

Amazing.

Chris Long from the legals told a reporter that "It was bad for all of our health collectively" But when Brady Doesnt have the ball he cant hurt you

I knew the Cleveland Browns were not very good, but their last playoff win was in 1995 against the Patriots.

I have always heard from other fans that they are the team that gets the "participation" award lol.

Basically.

The Patriots are just dominating.

It's been said that the Buffalo Bills are equal to the Patriots in super bowl losses.

lol

George R.R.

Martin said the Pats are like the Lannisters of the NFL

I didn't realize that Bill Belichick is the winningest coast in NFL post season football.

He has 21 wins - 20 with the Patriots and 1 with the Browns.

You know I can he has been around forever and the Pats are a force in the NFL.

I wonder how much he is worth today.

So much money I am sure!

Brady too, although I see his wife makes more than double of Brady's salary!

I have heard that but I have also heard Tom brady has never eaten a strawberry in his entire life and im not sure that is even possible.

Totally agree with that.

How could one not eat a strawberry?

He had never thrown 30 touchdown passes in a season prior to 2007, but then that year, he threw a then-record of 50!

Yeah all of Bradys stats are impressive.

I have heard that Kellan moore is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL .

That's interesting.

Impressive that Alex Smith received a bachelor's degree in 2 years since he had taken so many AP tests in high school.

Yeah but then there are guys like Baker mayfield who claim to be able to beat anyone at their school in Halo 3.

Baker Mayfield has always driven me crazy.

He once even considered quitting football to pursue full-time competitive gaming since he thought he was so good at Halo 3.

I know that is what I was talking about!

Interesting that the author of the game of thrones called the New England Patriots the Lannistors of the NFL.

Yeah But I told you that earlier.

Have you not been paying attention to anything I have been saying?


Hello, How are you today?
Do you use Facebook?

I do.
Quite a bit.
You?

Yes, somewhat.

I wonder how many people unfriended 10 people to get a free whopper?

I would have done it had I had the chance during the promotion.

I am sure there is 10 people I no long ever connect with or don't know why I friended in the first place

Too bad in Germany its illegal to use the like button!

I know, so if I travel there, will mine go away?

If you go there they need to let people know.

It probably doesn't work or something.

Do you know why facebook is mainly blue?

I thought it was because Mark Zuckerberg has color blindness.

That's right.
Red-Green to be specific.

I think it a great idea that Iceland is allowing the public to make alterations and suggestions to their facebook constitution.

It is a great way to get people involved!

Kudos to them for thinking out of the box

yes, Did you know smoking near apple computers voids the warranty?

I heard that.
They consider it a biohazard.

How about that computer the Russians made that runs on water in 1936?

I know!

Why aren't we still working on that technology on a large scale?

Water Energy would be great!

I agree!

How do you feel about the Transhumanists?

I try not to judge people too much, but I just cant get on board with them.

I don't want my inner most thoughts on a memory stick

lol, I don't either.
We need some privacy, my goodness!
!

I know.

Everything these days seems to be so accessible, something needs to not be.

I think so too!

We need to protect it as much as possible!

Good chat!

You Too!
Have a great day!


Hi, how are you?
do you like chatting about football?

I watch football in the fall, do you?

I try to watch the playoffs and the superbowl.

i didnt get a chance to see the SB this year though.

You?

I saw it, it was a slow game to be honest.

Yeah, i heard.

the game last year was better, if I recall correctly.

What do you think of Tom Brady?

He's a good quarterback, but I'm not a fan.

I am not a fan either.

he has six rings now?

i woudl like to see some other teams win for once.

That is pretty good.

I don't disagree, I get tired fo seeing them every year.

I guess this year there wasnt a cheating scandal though.

that is pretty good.

what did George RR Martin call the Pats?

The Lannisters of the NFL?

LOL

Hilarious.

Tom Brady doesn't get injured a lot, that is a big deal for a starter.

Yeah, but Bill puts him on the injured list or something?

Yeah, they seem to stretch the rules a lot.

Yeah, that is what ive heard.

but they win, and that is what people remember: who won.

Exactly, nobody cares how they win.

Did you know Kellan Moore is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL?

is he still in the league?
i wonder why only one.
do coaches dislike lefties?

I'm not sure to be honest with you.
Maybe he isn't.

There are so many lefties that pitch in the MLB.

i figured that there would be more lefties inthe NFL.

I think they have to set up the whole offense around them.

I know that the blind side changes, and maybe certain receivers get favored.

anyway, great chat!

Yeah, I think that is likely what it is.

Nice chatting with you.

Nice chatting.
Have a good night!

You too!
Take it easy.


Hello there, do you use Amazon much for deliveries?

Hi, i do actually, i use amazon prime and you?

I sure do, it is very useful, especially around the holidays.

Exactly!

Amazon is a great place to get exercise too because their employees walk up to 15 miles a day each shift.

I think I heard that before, sounds like quite a bit for someone who works a warehouse job, but I never have so I don't know too well I guess.

yeah doesnt sound too bad of a deal

Do you know what the first ever Amazon purchase was for?

Yeah, it was something like a building named after him, right?

Yeah good call, it was a building naming rights (for some reason) and it was for $27.95 to be exact, strange to me.

Not too bad of a deal but a good investment i guess.

Yeah I wonder if the building is still standing.

Did you hear about Bezos building a clock in a mountain?

Yeah, i wonder where that clock is that would be interesting to see.

Well you have plenty of time to go and check it out, I guess it will last for like 10,000 years.

Yeah, time is definately on my side if it was actually built

On a different subject, did you know that our sun is not actually yellow?

That's true just like other suns in different galaxes

And ours is not that big compared to others, like one billionth the size of one in our galaxy even.

WOW and did you know that a lightning bold is 5x hotter than the sun?

I think I have read that, its crazy to think about that because people get hit by them and still survive somehow.

Yeah, i dont know how they got the logic for it either based on those scenarios

Agreed, well it's been fun talking with you, I hope that you enjoy the rest of the day.

Totally, it was a great chat!
Have a nice day!
Bye

Bye!


hi, do you enjoy dramas?

If on TV or in the movies, but not at work!

They don't pay be enough to endure drama in the workplace.

Not like I am Hugh Laurie, pulling down $700k per episode of House!

That is amazing and it was a great show I really enjoyed it

Yeah, he is great, and a great dramatic actor!

Not like Jim Carrey, who has sworn off doing dramas...

Do you know why he would make such a change ?

He decided he only wanted to work on projects that project positivity.

That appears to be his motivation.

Oh wow, good for him if he enjoys that.
Have you heard of Michael Caine?

Yeah.

He's another good actor with a great range.

Funny how he joined acting in pursuit of pretty girls!

That was his motivation!

Hahaha go figure.

Have you heard of Jon Hamm or Ellie Kemper?

No.
Are they actors?

Yeah Jon Hamm is an actor and was Ellie's drama teacher too

And now she is a star?

You know, the biggest star in our galaxy is 1 billion times larger than the sun?

Amazing!

that sure is And the sun is white not yellow

And iit produces enough energy in one second to meet the energy demand at earth for 500k years.

That is white hot!

That is a lot of energy.

yet a lightning bolt is way hotter than that

How do we know this?

Who has a thermometer that can go up that high in temperature?

Hot, really hot, hot as the sun, hotter than the sun, lightenting bolt hot...

I have no idea there must be some devices that make these measurement

Wouldn't they melt?

I don't know.

I can't figure out how they know that it takes over 150 years for Neptune to circle the sun.

By the time it circles the sun again, I hope to have mastered typing...

Yeah that is a long time.
do you like horses?

No.

I, like Dirty Harry (AKA Clint Eastwood) am allergic to horsehair.

I like horseradishes though!

Well, you like something related to the name at least.

Nice chatting with you


I could use some sun today!

It is so cold.

Did yo know that the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire Earth for a half a million years!

I did not know that,  I found it intersting is the sun's dynamo process for generating energy.

The sun is really white though but looks yellow.

I guess that helps though because all those kids drawings wouldn't have a sun as white crayon doesn't work too well!

Sorry about the error, I meant gravity not energy.

What about lighnting?

Considering its 5 times hotter, would it not be an interesting energy source to harnest?

If you don't get struck by it!

Do you like the planets?

Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun back in 2011 since its discovery in 1846

That I do, except for the demotion of Pluto.

But even with the remaining 8 planets, the sun still outweights them by 99.86%

Although, the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star ever discovered in our galaxy.

I wonder if we could ever utilize energy from that other star?

Probably not likely in that it is light-years away.

Did you know that Amazon.com planning to deploy solar systems at 50 of its facilities globally by 2020?

What does that mean practically speaking?

I did know that Amazon workers often walk between 7-15 miles a day on their shift.

Sounds like a good job to stay in shape!

I am not sure of that, its probably hard on the joints walking the concrete floors all day.

But, they are getting more robotics.

You can even get a package delivered from Amazon on Sundays.

Have you ever?

Yes, and love it.

I sometime wonder why others do not contract USPS to do the same.

Perhaps Alibaba.

My favorite book series is about time travel.

What do you like to read about?

Do you like Tolkien?

Apparently, he and CS Lewis used to have "you laugh you lose" contests when reading terrible poetry.

I am not big on Tolkien, but have devoured CS.

Lewis.

Recently  I streamed Narnia on Amazon Prime

You can do so much on Amazon nowadays.

The company already has been around almost 25 years and now sells video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads and streaming, audiobooks, software, video games, apparel, you name it

Its amazing, considering it started as an online bookseller.

I like the free ebooks and streaming media I get from Amazon Prime.

To think that if we were in the 18th century there would be moral panic about us reading or listening to books!

Undoubtable in the victorian age.

What I recently learned that a cult favorite movie "Starship Troopers" as first a book.

I suppose most movies are books.

Disney movies were often based upon books.

Are you a fast reader?

Anne Jones has the world record with 4,700 words per minute.

Not very fast, more thorough.

I tend to read twice before grasping.

I gues it is because of the complex subtlies of language.

If you are into sci-fi, Starship Troopers is recommended by 3 of the 5 us military branches.


Hello,  do you watch baseball?

Since we do not have a pro team in my state, I tend to follow my local collegiate teams.

But, I do play (not well) on an over 50s recreational league team.

Oh wow,  thats cool!

Did you know baseball managers wear uniforms because he can play if needed?

I did not know that.

I would be curious as to when that actually last happened since the managers are typically much older than the line players?

What I also find interesting about baseball is the collectables market.

Did you know that someone found $3 mill in baseball cards in his grandfathers attic?

Yeah,  that is pretty amazing!
what a find!

What I find interesting is that baseball is really big in Japan.

That might explain the import of Japanese players into the Major Leagues!

I had a junior high school teacher was not quite MLB material, but he did go play in Japan before returning to the US.

That is awesome!

Kickball is called soccer-baseball in Canada.

lol

What I sometimes find most entertaining about baseball is the drama between the coaches / managers and the umpires.

It adds another dimension to the baseball you do not get in other sports.

Are you into drama shows, either live, TV or movie?

Yeah I love drama shows,  how about yourself?

I tend to favor British TV / Movies.

We are really big into special effects and computer graphics.

The British shows rely more on strong acting.

Did you know that British actor Michael Caine became an actor because all of the prettiest girls were in drama class?

Lol sounds like a smart guy.

Apparently,  Jon Hamm taught drama class at his old high school.

I did not know that.

What I find interesting is that another British actor, Hugh Laurie is the highest paid TV drama actor at $ 700 thousand per episode for House.

That's unreal!

I have never seen that show,  any good?

I did not watch it that often, but he played an eccentric diagnostician that took only the most difficult cases.

As a side note, I also like old radio dramas, like Orson Wells War of the Worlds.

Did you know you can listen to old radio dramas online?

Yeah I read about that somewhere,  that is pretty cool,  not sure who would listen to that though lol

I am not much into going to movie theaters, considering I live about 40 miles from the nearest one.

Did you have an opportunity to see the Ted Kennedy drama, Chappaquiddick?

hmmm never heard of it.
Do you use IMDB?

I have from time to time, but I prefer the rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Did you know that Amazon acquired IMDb?

Yeah I did.

I use it a lot I think it is fantastic,  it has so much more than reviews it has actors history and trivia and know facts and history and all the tv or movies the actor has been on before.

It is really helpful.

I do find the trivia on IMDb interesting.

Did you know Shawshank Redemption is the highest rated film on IMBb, but was a financial wash, making only 3 million more than budget?

No I didnt that is interesting.

Its been great talking to you,  have a good one.


do you like baseball?

I love it.

Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?

Yes they can play if the team needs them to

Yes.

Do you know what kickball is called in Canada?

Yes it is called soccer-baseball too

Yes.

Do you now who did the scheduling for MLB for 24 years?

Yes it was a couple and they scheduled all  games each year

That is crazy, what a career that must have been for them

Yeah.

Did you hear a guy made 3 million from old baseball cards?

Yeah they were his grandfather and he found them in the attic

Yeah what a fortune.
In Japan it is a super popular sport

Yes and they cannot believe we have it as a pastime here

Yeah I know.
Do you like drama?

Yes I do.
DId you ever watch House MD?

Yes I love it, Laurie made $700 000 per episode in that show

That is insane.
DO you like Jim Carrey?

Yes I love him.

Do you know why he does not do dramas anymore?

Yes it is because they do not project positivity, which is true

Yes.

Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?

Yes he was chasing all the pretty girls and they were all in drama class

Hahha the guy really knew what he wanted


I have always been interested in historically based movies.

Do you like to watch movies based on historical events, like Chappaquiddick - based on Ted Kennedy's famous scandal?

Yes I have watched a few historically based movies.

I think it would be interesting to learn about Ted Kennedy.

Political scandals can make great movies.

I agree.

The frustrating part is when you're not sure what pieces are "Hollywood" and what are real.

I can understand that.

I feel that IMDb can be very useful for getting more raw reviews of movies and could help find good ones.

Have you ever used IMBd?

Yes, we use it all the time to determine when movies have too much inappropriate content, or to understand why certain movies are rated R.  We have teenagers and often R movies are OK for them, but sometimes not.

I see.

I imagine it can be frustrating not knowing.

Did you know it is now owned by Amazon?

It was originally fan operated.

I didn't realize that Amazon owns IMDb.

It is so helpful, it is disappointing to know that it is now privately owned.

It makes me a bit concerned that what can be a really useful tool will be used to try to sell something instead.

Yeah it's harder to trust the reviews now.

At least there is still a lot of information on the site.

Are there any other movie review sites you use?

Not really, except to rely on other friends who see movies a lot.

That can be helpful, but less reliable if you want to see a movie early in its run.

How about you?

I like to find helpful reviews on social media and places like youtube.

I think getting more personal reviews from individuals rather than from a central location is more authentic.

I do often go to see movies based on actors or directors whom I really admire, though.

I enjoy seeing Coen Brothers' and M. Night Shamilan movies almost without exception.

Are you drawn to the story more when you choose movies?

Yeah, I tend to watch movies based on recommendations or if I find one that may seem interesting.

Do you watch many drama movies?

I tend to see more action/adventure or romantic comedy movies.

There can be so much "drama" in real life, it often doesn't feel like an escape to see it in the movies.

Understandable.

I know that drama is popular on TV.

Did you know that Hugh Laurie used to earn 700,000 for each episode of House?

I cannot imagine that sort of money.

I understand that actors don't have a job like most average people - and that they are technically "unemployed" when they are not actively in a movie or TV show - but that still seems extreme.

Yeah, it seems excessive.

I suppose when you have an actor that has to play that role that is central to the show it's likely they will be paid quite a lot.

Maybe Hugh wasn't interesting in playing the character anymore and needed more incentive?

Hard to say, but sometimes the best things in life is free.

There's apparently a website that lists thousands of episodes of radio dramas for free.

I sometimes look for public domain movies, have you ever check out the public domain sites?

No, that is not something I have done.

But I have listened to some great classic radio shows.

They were really fun - with audio effects to convey suspense, comedy, drama.

That sounds fun.

Sometimes it's worth it to experience older forms of entertainment for something different.

I agree.

There is a lot of entertainment out there that we miss out on because of our cell phones.

Ah yeah, do you ever look at art or go to museums?

I love museums, particularly science and technology museums where there is so much to do and learn.

Cool, well it was good talking to you.