Hello, do you watch the world series?

I do watch them, they have been around for a long time right?

Yeah, for over a century.
They started back in 1903.

Its been a long time then, do you know who Babe Ruth is?

I do not although he was caught stealing and lost the 1926 world series.

I bet his team mates were really angry at him or maybe not Babe Ruth is one of the biggest legends of the sport.

Yeah, and the Ottoman Empire was also still in existence back when the chicago cubs last won the world cup.

That was a really long time ago, curious thing but the womans World Cup had higher ratings than the World Series in the US.

I wonder why they have higher television ratings.

Most people prefer to watch men's sports.

Yeah I would rather watch men's leagues as well, the Chicago Cubs were the first team to win the world series back to back, they sure had a long lasting curse after that.

Yeah, it has been many decades since they have last won.

Yeah a long time indeed, so what other forms of entertainment do you like?

do you like dancing, drama movies, video games?

I prefer video games.
What about you?

I like drama movies and novels, House its one of my favorite TV shows in fact, its one of my favorite forms of entertainment.

Ah.

Hugh Laurie was paid 700 000 per an episode!

That is a lot of money!

Yeah he is the highest TV drama paid actor, Jim Carrey also did great dramas, he doesnt like to do them anymore

Ah, wasn't his belief that prevented him from doing them?

Yeah he only accepts roles that project positivity, I guess I can respect that, having a positive mindset is great.

Did you  know that the Nintendo entertainment system could only display 54 colors?

Only 54 colors?

I guess that system was primitive, it got discontinued back in 2003

Yeah.
Anyways, nice chat!
It was nice chatting with you!

Im going to watch TV right now, thanks for the chat also, have a nice night.


hi, do you like cars?

I love cars.

Got a new Merc c3004matic.

rocks.

I believe Benz made the first car, not Ford.

Nice, good one.

Did you know how the drive thru was invented?

Something about micky dees and wwii, iirc.

Yeah the soldiers were not allowed to step out of the cars with their uniforms back then

Ahhh.

I wonder if wwii soldiers who were part of d-day had a fondness for Cadillac...given that it has a french origin.

I am not sure actually.

do you know who cadillac was named after?

some french guy.

they love cars too.

i hear even that girl who gouged her eyes out on drugs was trying to make money in order to buy a car.

that sounds so painful.
yeah it was antoine de la mothe.

yeah...she was on drugs then she hallucinated.

oh my goodness.
Do you know who jann mardenborough was?

was she someone who used a flame-thrower to fight off car jackers?

No not that one, I know they do that in south africa though

yeah.

its legal there.

hopefully their trunks aren't still made of wood.

so who is this jann?

He is the guy who became a professional car driver by beating 90 000 people in gran turismo

wow.
from gaming to the real thing.

I guess.
do you like dogs?

yeah...and i dont even work for google...which officially has declared itself a dog company.

I really like that actually.

did you know they have 12 types of blood?

cool.
do u like elephants too.
because they have something in common.

yeah apparently are both species that understand pointing.

right!
great speaking to you!

same here.


Good Morning!
How are you today?

Super.
What about you ?

Same here!
Are you a fan of dogs?

Yes.
But I love cars.

Oh cool.

I can't believe cars were invented in 1886.

I thought it was in the early 1900's.

In 20th century only cars come to human uses.

Firstly for the Military uses next only for civilian uses.

They were rapidly adopted in the US, and it took longer in Western Europe to be accepted.

Yes.

In US only large number of people have cars compare to other part of the world.

Did you know that the car brand cadillac was named after french explorer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac who found Detroit?

Yes.

In the middle century cars reached biggest change due to technology like navigation system, air conditioning and parking alarm.

That has been so nice!

I remember having to get around without a navigation system, it was so hard!

What kind of car do you own?

Hyundai.
What about you ?

I own a Jeep.

I think it's crazy how it is legal in South Africa to put flamethrowers on your car!

I think it's the way to protect the car.

The cars are propelled through internal combustion engine which have fossil fuel to run, but it create so much pollution.

It really does!

Did you know that some birds navigate from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping?

It is very interesting.

There no trees or any building to have shelter.

I'm sure they find a way to make it work.

Have you ever been to Australia?

There are some neat birds there.

Crows is the most intelligent birds, and sometimes it imitating human speech.

Do you know ?

That would be awesome to see!

I know some birds like to mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws.

I bet that messes with people!

Surely.

Parrot is also good and Pigeon race competition is held.

That would be fun to see!

Anyways, it was great chatting, have a good day!


Hello are you a Facebook user?

I am but not as much as I used to be.

It has surely made its way in the divorce filing paperwork

Oh wow.
Do you know why it is blue?

Hm I am not sure of that.
It is a catchy color?

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

Ohh that is brilliant on his behalf.. 1/3 of adults in the US use it as a primary source of news

Wow I myself do not rely on it as much, not sure if it is trustworthy

Yeah I agree there with you.

The like button was supposed to be called the awesome button

Wow cool, maybe they would not have banned it in that part of Germany

Yeah maybe.

There are 56 custom gender options in there now plus female and male

Wow that is very accommodating for everyone.

Did you ever use MySpace?

I used to , wow that was such a long time ago.

Why do you ask?

Well they had a great chance to buy Facebook for $75 million and passed on it

Yeah that was not smart, they could have been making billions now but a little too late

True.
Do you enjoy reading in general?

I love it.
Do you know who invented Braille?

I actually do not, do you know?
Have you read Starship troopers?

I have actually and it is pretty good So Braille was invented by Louis Braille who perfected it at the age of 15

Wow what a talent it has made a revolution for many people now.

Do you know who is the person that reads the fastest in the world?

Hmmm I do not think that I do.

Did you hear about that teacher that took out desks and out in reading bicycles?

WOw, did not hear about that but this woman that holds the record can read 4700 word per minute


Hi there!
Are you a soccer fan at all?
And by soccer I mean football.

I don't watch it too much, but I had a lot of fun playing it as a kid.

Have you heard of Lionel Messi?

Of course.

He's one of the best footballers of all time.

He has 660 career goals for Argentina!

I heard he had a type of growth hormone deficiency as a kid and that is why they went to Spain for football.

Hmm that's interesting.

In his hometown, you can't name a child Messi anymore lol

Well most parents don't want messy children, anyway.

lol I heard that his first football contract was written on a napkin.

What was it written with, though?

I hope not lipstick.

He's come a long way.

I can only imagine the amount of money he has now.

Him and Ronaldo make insane amounts.

Did you know that despite being considered the best football player on the world by many, Messi still gets so nervous before games that he throws up?

Do you think he's better Ronaldo?

I know Messi has had a lot of drama the past few years.

I'm not sure, They both have exceptional skills at playing football.

I haven't really seen much about the drama he gets into.

It wasn't anything bad was it?

I think it had something to do with him quitting on Argentina during the World Cup.

Something like that.

Oh yea that doesn't sound very good.

That's too bad!

Sounds like a scene I could see recreated on the Simpsons.

Are you a fan of the Simpsons?
I'm more of a South Park guy.

I like them both a lot.

Also Family Guy is super funny!

I think one of my favorite TV shows for comedy is The Big Bang Theory.

Have you seen that ever?

Haha I actually can't stand that show.

When it comes to comes to recent basic cable sitcoms I like The Office, Parks and Recreation, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Fresh Off the Boat and the Goldbergs.

Think I nailed all of them there.

I like all of those shows!

It's hard to imagine that we used to watch TV is black and white only.

I like a lot of cartoon shows, too.

Some of them have been animated kinda ugly, though.

What do you think?

From way back or now?
I still watch some new ones now.
I watch Archer and Rick and Morty.
Have you seen either of those?

I've been wanting to watch Archer on TV but haven't had a chance.

Do you think it's worth watching?

I sometime watch some free clips on YouTube.

It's really good.

It's definitely a certain type of humor.

Half the show the characters are yelling at each other.

I love it though.

I like all types of comedy.

I even liked that Team America parody with puppets.

I think I'm actually gonna go watch some TV right now.

TTYL!

Team America was awesome.
Great chatting with you.
Have a great rest of your night!

I don't know if Team America was approved for regular TV.

lol I think I might have to catch it again on the net.

cya later!


Are you a tv fan?

Did you know that there is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears nor is mentioned?

i have heard that.

and also that the simpsons crew sent flowers to southpark after its family guy episode

The 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk and cancelled after 10 episodes

I wonder why it didnt do well in the Uk and did so well here?

Good question.

Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated Thomas the tank Engine for at least 52 episodes

yes and there are 750 episodes of pokemon.

how did they come up with so many stories to tell?

Hard to tell.

Did you ever hear of the variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time?

No I have not.
What kind of field do they play on?
Is it a rectangular field?

I wonder that too.

Did you hear that volleyball and basketball were invented at the YMCA?

Nope I did not.

Did you hear fed ex returned a vollyball that washed up after a tsunami?

Do you think it was Wilson?

lol

Maybe Tom Hanks ball haha;  The best female volleyball player in the world is called "game over"  I wouldn't want to play her!

And the womans net is shorter than the mens net

Did you know that kicking in volleyball is legal.

You can use any body part.

So you can actually kick the ball??
Thats wild

I never knew that before.

On a kind note, German soccer player Ozil generously donated his eur300,000 world cup bonus pay to pay for surgeries for 23 children in Brazil.

John Stewart was a soccer player and represented the US

Apparently, soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined.

That must be a ton of dough.

I would have never thought that.

Football isnt considered a sport its considered entertainment, and I totally wouldve thought that made more money

I wondered why Americans called soccer that but everyone else called it football.

It says that was so because soccer is slang for association football

I was wondering how that was even slang for it.

It doesn't seem to have any association

Have you seen any of the 750 episodes + of Pokemon?


I think the rescuers that helped that boy are really brave.

yes.
they did a great job

I think that Jesse Hernandez learned a lesson as well and he won't be playing around so recklessly with his cousins anytime soon, can you imagine how worried his family was!

Yes.

I think that lesson will stay with him for the rest of his life.

For sure, you know more than 100 rescuers worked really hard to find him, it was a dangerous scenario and they were against the clock

Yep.

That took a combination of diligence and luck.

I heard the rescuers were really happy when they found Jessy, he was in a pipe that was four feet wide.

Yes the rescue was tough it took a lot to find him and they said they were overwhelmed with joy

Did you saw the footage with dozens of firefighters in the struggle?

I saw a lot of those images in social media and also on tv

No.

But I read about the ordeal on the internet.

Oh I see, well do you like to watch TV?

Sure.
I am a big sports fan.
Baseball, basketball and football

what about soccer?
do you like soccer

Not a big fan.
I will watch it very rarely

I see, I am a big fan, did you know soccer makes more money than football, baseball, golf, hockey and basketball combined!

I have heard that.

But soccer is played all over the world.

Baseball and football as well as basketball started in America and have caught on in recent years.

But they are in catch up mode as far as the rest of the world

I guess that's a good point, it is played  in over 200 countries so that must be the reason, it's curious how soccer got its name

I guess you could dig around on the internet and find the answer

Yeah I guess that would be a good idea, theres a lot that can be found on the internet, for intance there is a variation of soccer with 3 teams facing each other at the same time

Thats interesting.
I have never heard of that.

It is, and I just looked why its called soccer and its because soccer is slang for association football, so it makes sense now.


Man have you heard of the story of a  LA kid who was washed away in a maze of drainage pipes

Yes, I can't believe this kid was so irresponsible.

Yes he was.

He is lucky that they located him on the camera at a maintenance hatch.

Yeah,  because I was assuming he died.
He's very lucky.

A camera was able to actually reach 300 ft. down in one spot.

yeah I heard it was like a maze and they didn't know actually where the drain pipe goes to find the young boy.

Apparently the water is 2 ft. deep?

So I guess he would be okay?

I thought the physical impacts were the most dangerous parts, like the fall.

yeah that's what I was thinking.

Did he every speak to any of his family?

Yes, he called to speak to them.
Looks like they reunited.

That's good.

I know he won't be playing around near Los Angeles' Griffith Park anymore.

Haha.
I think this kid learned his lesson.

yeah, and I'm guessing no firefighter was hurt trying to get him out of there right?

I don't think so.

At least they sent the experts in to help him.

I think the maintenance people should be thanked as well.

oh okay that's good.
Hey how old was the kid anyway?

He was 13 years old.
Do you know what ethnicity he was?

Oh he was 13.
Yeah he was hispanic.

Good to know.

I was thinking if the water was moving at 15 MPH it would be enough to push him around, right?

I was thinking the same thing, but he's lucky he was stuck.

Who knows where the water would have taken him.

Yes, that is true, especially for someone of a smaller size.

Yeah because he  traveled over to the 134 freeway right?


Have you watched The Simpsons before?

Hi, how are you?
Yes, I've seen the Simpsons.

Do you like The Simpsons, you know there is an episode without Bart in the series

He was in every episode except one.

I wonder why he wasn't in that one episode.

Maybe the writters wanted to change things up, I wonder if theres an episode without Homer or without Marge in it.

I bet there are.

I don't think they could make a British version of the show.

That 70's show was remade verbatim in the UK but cancelled after 10 episodes.

Im not surprised, remakes are usually pretty bad although I did like the origial show a lot, I thought it was so funny.

I bet they could do a remake of Pokemon.

There are over 750 episodes of "Pokemon."

Never seen the show, but there are lots of episodes to choose from.

About 50 a year for 16 years straight.

I used to love Pokemon, I think the 150 Pokemons are the best ones, 750 is too much and 16 years is sure a long time.

The demand is there.
The kids love it.
Do you follow sports at all?

I do, I like soccer, what about you?
do you follow any sports?

I try to watch the World Cup.

The sport is so popular!

Soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined.

The World Cup sure is a popular event, it was played in Brazil in 2014 and a player from the Winning team (Germany) donated his whole bonus so that 23 children could have surgeries.

That was a tremendous gesture on his part.

More professionals should follow his example.

I agree with you, they do earn a lot of money so they can do it, do you like to play or watch any other sports?

I sometimes watch football and baseball.

Do you watch volleyball at all?

I do like Volleyball I just to play it in highschool, what about yourself?

I've played it, but I'm not very good.

Both volleyball and basketball were invented at the YMCA.

Gym sports are popular at the Y.

I see, another interesting fact is that the volleyball woman play with is 7 inches shorter than the on men play with.

I guess the net makes a huge difference in the dynamic of the game.

It's legal to use any part of your body in volleyball.

Even kicking in volleyball is legal.

Really?

I thought that was against the rules, the best volleyball player in the women's category is called Game Over, isn't that like a crazy name of nickname

She must be a monster!
Anyway, thanks for the chat!

I agree she must have some crazy skills.


hi.

i didnt know that drama was basically considered the same genre as poetry

I think it's "a" genre of poetry.

There certainly are dramatic poems, just like there can be comedic poems as well.

I guess that makes sense, the two greek masks represent comedy and trajedy.

Sure.

Have you listened to old radio dramas before?

Yeah!

i just heard there was a site where i could listen to old ones!

i will be checking it out!

I'm interested as well.

I used to have a cassette tape of a comedy show, "Who's on First" but I lost it.

I'd love to hear it again.

I also like C.S Lewis' radio broadcasts.

I think you might find those on youtube tonight if you look.

did you know that hugh laurie made 700k an episode for house?

yes, I've heard that.

But I also heard that each of the Big Bang Theory actors makes over 1M per episode.

Comedy seems to pay more than drama.

Do you think it should?

i dont think it should but that is why big movies pay more.

i brought up hugh because i too, thought the "friends" actors made a lot more too?

Well, I know I like to watch comedies more than dramas.

Money will follow the viewers.

I don't think awards always follow the viewers though.

I mean, 3rd Rock beat out seinfeld for best comedy in 1997.

Both of those were great shows but seinfeld is a classic!

i cant believe we wont see Jim Carrey clowning anymore.

Really?

I'm surprised because he normally does only comedies, and positive ones at that.

I wasnt sure if comedy was included in positive.

It might be subversive in his crazy world.

lol.

Yeah, not all comedy is positive.

Dark comedies ... weird stuff is out there.

But I would say most comedy is positive.

It's supposed to make you laugh, after all.

Yeah we sure need all of it.

i just read a book about when guys i like letterman and leno were coming up.

i wish i could remember the name.

You mean their history and working up to their top spots in late night?

Yeah.

Very early things about the clubs on the strip and the stand up days.

they were nuts.

a lot of drugs

My friend just lost his job because of drugs.

I don't think it's fair to have a culture that on the one hand praises comedians who have done drugs and then has other standards for everyone else.

That is true, as long as the drugs did not affect his work i do not have a problem.

Well, I think they are a problem.

They can keep you from holding down a driving job, like bus driving.

But when everyone around you in a state like mine, smoking a little weed on the weekends, you feel left out when you've got a job like that.

I agree, but the system can not be made personally for everyone.

i am gonna go look for that radio site.

i hope you find abbott and costello tonight.

Peace

I'll be looking for something new too, something I can share with my kids.

they can watch whos on first.
lol


Hi, how are you?

Pretty good, thanks.

Have you ever considered drama as a genre of poetry?

I recently read that claim.

I have not, not as poetry.

I can see it as art or a performance but not poetry per se.

Well, perhaps more learned people than I have thought about it.

They say that Aristotle's Poetics in 335 BC was the earliest work in dramatic theory.

I didn't know the two masks were a generic division between comedy and tragedy...

Speaking to twos.

The word drama came from the Greek meaning action.

Now the movie channels list drama and action as two different genres.

Speaking of dramas, Jim Carrey doesn't do drama any more because of his belief system... Huh...

It doesn't take much memory to keep thousands of dramatic radio shows on a website.

It can be accessed for free.

Did you see Jim and ANdy on Netflix?

I have it up next in my que but it details his journey into becoming Andy Kauffman for Man on the Moon.

No.

That sounds interesting.

It is hard to search Netflix.

Bill Murray thinks that Kung Fu Hustle is the best comedy ever.

HA!
Have you ever seen that movie?

No.

But I have seen Groundhog Day about a dozen times.

Are you familiar with bromantic comedies?

I am not.
What are they?

Usually two guys on an adventure.

The Hangover is one and I liked Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure.

Pure escapism.

Nice!
I love those movies.
Is that an actual category?

Yes.

I don't know if very many are made each year.

Before sound in movies, most comedies were slapstick.

I do not enjoy that at all.

Thank goodness for sound.

Yeah.

And color!

Or pretty girls or we wouldn't have Michael Caine

The hot girls were in the choir when I was in high school, and the cheerleaders.

Michael Caine was in England at the time.

I wonder what the girls were like there.

HAHAHA!

I am sure they had inner beauty...

I do not know where the hot girls were in my school but I could tell you where they weren't, near me...

That is a sad lament about your high school.

Jon Hamm taught drama in his old high school and Ellie Kemper from the TV show The Office was in his class.

Small world... Nice chatting with you!


Did you hear about the boy that fell in a drainage pipe and was later rescued?

That was crazy.

It must have been terrifying to have been lost for a half a day, and not know if anyone would find you.

And searching the pipes is like a maze, so over 100 workers had to look for him

I am sure that there are so many pipes and waterways underground that he could have been miles away, because some of the places have water moving at 15 mph.

And the family lives in Los Angeles, which is a very large metro area.

No wonder it's such a maze!

It is not just a maze of one level, some of the equipment they used to find the kid went down 300 feet, so there must be mazes on top of mazes.

So much that the police don't even know where the drain pipe goes.

I'm sure someone has to have a map of that somewhere, right?

Well.

a Los Angeles police Sgt.

told the L.A. Times that they didn't know where the drain pipe went.

They used cameras.

At least they have cameras set up.

I bet no one suspected that abandoned maintenance shed was right over a pipe like that

That would not have been a healthy pleasant job.

The kid had to go to the hospital to be decontaminated, not sure if any workers had to go too.

I'm glad they found him though.

I'm sure his family had their eyes glued to the news station

It was broadcast.

The way his family found out he was safe was from a borrowed phone.

That's crazy!

On another note, do you ever watch sports on TV?

Not really, I prefer TV for news and entertainment, not so much for sports and especially not for advertising.

I get that.

I prefer playing them than watching, especially volleyball

Do you play on a team?
Guys or girls, or co-ed?

I don't play on a set team, but when I play with friends, it's co-ed.

Most of the nets are for men, but I did women's in high school, so I'm used to a net 7 inches shorter

I wondered if co-ed went with the shorter ladies net or taller guys net.

Thanks for the info.

Does the 7 inches seem to make a difference?

It does for me.

I think they usually go with the men's height.

Did you know that it's legal to kick the ball?

I have never seen anyone kick it, but I have seen it where a person did a header like in soccer, so I knew the head must have been legal.

Any body part is legal, but it is much easier to play with your hands.

Nice talking to you!


Hello!

Hi!

Any interest in airplanes?

My dad was going to be a pilot in an air force but he was partially color blind and therefore no eligible :/

I do like airplanes!

I was reading about an autistic boy who loves them too!

Oh, me too.

It's so cute that he slept with a Southwest Airlines credit card as a kid!

Wouldn't a model plane make more sense as a snuggle toy?

I know it's so cute!

Now he's on the hunt for a limited edition plane by matchbox, so sweet!

I had never even heard of a Macthbox Sky Busters Continental Boeing 787-8 - had you?

no, I haven't!

But this boys mom kept looking and did find one, she got it on Ebay on the computer!

Love it!

Yeah, she got it for $4 and was shocked that she was the only bidder lmao

Haha, even though she was outbid by 1 dollar at first she still got it!

The man who sent him that plane is an amazing person.

Oh yeah, missed that part.

I wonder how that guy Abe knew to contact Noah's mom?

The mom reached out to the matchbox company...that's who searched the warehouse and found one!

Oh, right.

Silly me.

I get bored of human interest stories after a while lol.

lol, I understand!
So do you ever watch horror films?
I watch on my computer on netflix.....

Actually, I'm really not a big fan.

But I did like Scary Movie, the parody of horror films

Oh, yes that was really funny!

I am obsessed with horror films, the scary  kind not gory....older movies.

Did you know that Scream (which I actually did see as a kid) was originally titled Scary Movie?

Really?

That's interesting!

Scream was pretty entertaining.

I liked it.

I find it funny that Stephen king was afraid of Bambi as a child!

hahaaa

He must have definitely overcome that fear to write all the horror novels that made his career

Exactly, or put the genre in his mind to push him to write.

I looked up on my phone and computer facts about Stephen King and he's a pretty interesting person, I have seen all of his horror films!

I don't think I've seen any.

Except one where the priest turns out to be a killer, I think.

What makes you like horror movies so much?

I am not sure which movie that is.

I love the excitement of the horror films, it keeps my attention lol, I have always liked the rush I guess.

I find that after watching movies like that, no matter how much I wasn't scared while I watched it, I become unable to sleep in a dark room because I'm scared that whatever was in the movie is in my room

Oh, that's no fun!

I know horror isn't for everybody.

I have never been bothered by any scary movie....kind of like I am on the hunt for a true heart pounding horror movie.

I laugh at them sometimes.

I've heard that the golden rule of horror films is to "never show the monster" otherwise some/most people will end up laughing at it

Very true!

I think your imagination is more scary than what anyone can put in a film.

I like horror books the best because of that reason.

It has been great chatting!!

Have a great day!

Have a nice weekend!


Hi, how are you today?

hey I'm good, do you have a computer by chance?

Yes, I think I could find a computer around here somewhere.

What about you?

yes i use mine every day, its cool you can use them to control robots or do computer aided designs today

Would you want to upload your mind to a computer?

yes!

if I could live forever that would be cool, what about you?

Well, it would be a non-human existence, so thing that you enjoyed would be gone.

And what if people smoked near me when I was in the computer?

ah yes haha you couldn't escape!

I want to see the google computer built in lego that sounds interestings

I guess if you have the basic pieces, digital computers can be built from many things.

Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but Minecraft building blocks

that is interesting, also interesting is the first algorithm for a computer was built by a woman named Ada Lovelace

There is a programming language called Ada.

Probably named after her.

In 1936, the Soviets made a computer that ran on water.

That sounds like something Elon Musk would do.

ah that makes sense then, did you ever play doom?

That was the number 1 most installed thing on computers in 1995

Doom was addictive.

I don't play games much now, but I did play Doom.

I guess as a transhumanist, I could play Doom.

lol yes that is what I will do for eternity!

Nice that Bell gave out manual cardboard computers back in 1968 so the public could learn about computers

I bet plenty of people smoked around them, too.

Smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty.

What about vaping?

Apple hipsters like to vape.

lol good question!

i've seen that, have you ever had to solve a captcha?

I guess they are used to tell humans from computer bots

Once the bots figure out solutions to captcha, there's no telling what they'll do.

It would be like a horror film.

haha nice segway!

the genre was created by edgar allen poe and Mary Shelley which is interesting

Horror is a great genre.
I just don't like lots of blood.
Anyway, I had fun chatting!
Have a good day!

you too, check out ET the movie it was originally going to be a horror movie haha

ET as a horror film?
I prefer it the way it is.


Hello, how are you?
Do you television?
Do you TV?

I love television!

In fact, I love The Simpson's.

There's actually an episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned that I still want to see.

I bet it's weird never seeing Bart!

TV is the only thing left of the civilized world.

We would be beasts without TV to civilize us.

I have not seen the non-Bart episode.

He must have been sick.

Or gone on strike.

Ha!

Maybe so!

Speaking of The Simpson's, their crew actually sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode.

I thought that was pretty nice of them!

I think that the SP guys made fun of the FG guys and the Simpsons guys appreciate the joke.

Yeah, you are right about that!

Did you also watch the 70s Show?

There was a UK remake but sadly it was cancelled after 10 episodes.

I did not see the show.

Some shows do not translate well to other cultures.

Also the casting is key.

Agreed it is.

It just amazes me Pokemon has 750 episodes which is roughly 50 per year for 16 years straight but the 70s Show remake only lasted 10 episodes.

Pokemon shows the kids colors and battles and noises.

I think that the kids get addicted to the spectacle.

That is a great point!

Since we're on the subject of tv, did you know George Carlin, Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr each narrated 52 episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine?

I kind of wanna go back and rewatch it just to see if I recognize their voices.

Ha!

I think that it is great that such illustrious stars lend their talents to a kids' show like that.

They are helping humanity.

Indeed they are.

It's too bad more stars can't be like that!

But as much as I love TV, I also love the library and am glad there are more libraries than there are McDonald's here in the US and over half the adult population still has library cards!

I think that the library and McD's can be combined to serve both needs.

Calories for readers!

Exactly.

Kind of like that library in Sacramento that started a library of things where they let you check out stuff you may need temporarily but don't want to own long term like sewing machines!

I think that it is a great way to help those who need but cannot afford.

Things can get reused and recycled.

Saves the planet.

So true!

Speaking of libraries, did you know that if you publish a book in Norway, the government buys 1000 copies and distributes them to libraries across their country!

That's a great thing to do!

I will go to Norway and live on the proceeds from my many kids books that I will write.

I will have an easy life.

Same here.

I should write about tennis since I'm a huge tennis fan.

But speaking of which, I think it's sad no black man has won the US Open Tennis title since the first black man won it in 1968.

I am not a big fan of  tennis.
I do not understand the sport.
Anyway, great chat!

Well they've come a long way since they had to use a helicopter to dry the grass courts at the 1969 US Open that's for sure.

Ha!

I would have done the same thing if I had not sold my helicopter.

Have a good night!

Ha!

I still can't believe the longest tennis match in history lasted 11 hours over the course of three days.

That's insane!

Well it was great chatting with you!

Have a great evening as well!


hi how are you?
do you watch tv these days?

I watch a lot of BBC programs.

I don't watch much mainstream TV like Greys Anatomy, etc.

Right now I am watching all the Silent Witness seasons on Prime.

That is a good idea.
i dont use prime.
just mturk.
LOL I try to watch south park.

My son loves South Park.

lol.

I got rid of my cable 2 years ago and bought a Roku.

Best thing I ever did.

I like to read a lot too.

We have a great library in my town!

that is something i never considered.

i cut the cord long ago.

but maybe roku is.

i love reading.

i usually get reading material on line, though libraries are great.

I just love to lay down and have a good book.

My cats cuddle up and we are so happy.

They like to listen to Brahms on the computer for entertainment.

Do you have a Kindle?

I dont have a kindle but they look cool.

I guess it is useful for low light conditions too.

It would be great to read at night with a KIndle.

I still like books better.

I like the smell of a new book too.

It's like a new car, or money.

haha

Yes, the smell of books is endearing and nostalgic.

i havent been to the library in a while, but they are great for concentrating.

I would have like to see the library at Alexandria.

So much knowledge!

Too bad it burned down so long ago.

Yes, it burned down long ago, though there is a rumor that it has a backup of the internet.

LOL

I wish that were true!

All of the ships visiting Alexandria had to give over their books for copying.

I read somewhere that there were thousands of books there.

What a waste!

Too bad they couldn't have backups like we do.

yes, knowledge is precious and we need systems to preserve and disseminate it.

But we also need physical copies of everything.

If we have a solar storm that is strong enough, it could wipe out all our internet data.

Yes, that is true.

and it could certainly happen.

it has happened in the past and navigation was impossible.

I am afraid that we rely too much on our technology.

It's scary to think about what would happen if it really was gone in an instant.

Yes, we really cannot function without technology.

many kids cannot go to the library and look up information in a book.

haha most kids can't tell time on a real clock and hey have no idea what a Roman numeral is.

Shame!

Yeah, the library is a great resource for learning, but if you dont use it, you cant learn.

Anyway, great chat!

Thank you-have a good day!

You too.
Bye!

bye


do you follow celebrities?

Sometimes.

Pixar has a room where only they are allowed

Yes I would like to get in there too but too bad I cannot

Yeah I know ,Did you know Robin Williams was the voice of ALaddin?

Yes and that is how that trend of them doing voices got started

Yeah.

Did you know LeBron is the highest paid celebrity

Yes he makes more than Jude Judy and the woman makes millions

Yes she makes $123 000 per episode, imagine that

Yeah.

Did you know a chef in Ethiopia says he was found a way to combat hunger?

Yes he thinks that we need to eat more diverse foods

Yeaj.

Do you know the first celebrity to appear in Sesame Street

Yes that was Carol Burnett, the first one to do so

Yeah and then they kept inviting other there to play

Yeah.
Do you know much about governments?

Some stuff Do you know what wikileaks is?

yes the website that published government secrets

Yeah and they also published documents that show how the government is trying to destroy them

Yeah pretty cool.

Did you know the government owns 86% of the land in Nevada?

I wonder what they do with all that deserted land there though

Yea.

A guy in France sold the eiffel tower twice

Wow he must have been good at that.
Nice chatting with you.


What hobbies do you enjoy?

Hello there, I really enjoy listening to music, how about you?

I usually enjoy classical and jazz, but I have been trying to explore rapping a bit

Yeah those are good ones, I like rap as well, mostly stuff from the early to mid 90's.

I like how rap focuses on content, flow, and delivery

Yes, same here.
Did you know there is a deaf rapper?

Really? Who?

I guess his name is Signmark and he rhymes all of his raps in sign language, I think that's pretty cool.

So you can only understand his rapping if you can read sign language?

So does he not have a album?

That is a really good question, but yeah I think he would only make videos.

I think as a rapper, Tupac shakur sure has made his mark.

He even is in the library of cultural significane

Yeah I think you are right, that is very cool that his music is in that library.

I mean even the Michigan judge delivered here ruling in the form of rap for rapper eminem

I have read that as well, very interesting, that would have been pretty cool to be at that courthouse to hear it.

Did you know that the us supreme court building also as a basketball court on the top floor dubbed the highest court in the land?

Yeah I think I have heard that before, I wonder if there are money bets placed on some of those games!

Who knows?

But speaking of money, did you know the best paid state employees in most states are college football or basketball coaches?

That is very interesting and it's pretty hard to believe.

Not that those jobs aren't important, but I think other jobs deserve better pay.

Well I guess it is because those sports are very popular and generate a lot of revenue and publicity for the state?

Yeah I'm sure that is true, just like how pro sports bring in money for all kinds of things.

In any case, I hope you enjoyed this chat as much as I.

Have a nice day.


hello, Have you been in D.C.?

Hi, no I haven't.
Too cold!

Americans, given the growing debate over immigration, the Heurich House Museum's new exhibit, did you heard about that?

I have heard that.

I am really interested in checking out the porchfest festival.

bands and musician play on people's porches and garages.

Sounds fun!

yes for sure.

by the way More than 50 local bands will set up makeshift stages on stoops and porches throughout the neighborhood, giving you a chance to discover new music in your own backyard, cool i guess

Looks like dc has a lot goin on.

did you hear about the tacoma park street festival?it has three stages with live music.

Really?
Sounds good.. and what about Coachella?
I adore it!

Yes, looks fun.

Do you like rap?

I love how they come up with all those rhymes that go with the rhythm of the music.

I especially like the funny ones.

I adore rap, my favorite.. me too lol Whose albums do you have?

I definitely have some eminem.

He is pretty funny sometimes.

He actually wanted to be a comic book artist in another life.

I don't have any more, maybe beyonce still have and will smith lol Did you know that Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century?

Oh, I believe it.

They were really good.

and despite being 40 years old the album Dark Side Of The Moon was still one of the best selling of 2014.

That's crazy!

yes that is for sure and also did you know that Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992?

Wow, that's pretty cool.

They sound like some pretty cool dudes.

lol.

So I found out that Tupac's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance"

oh he was the one and only, no one is like him...  Do you like basketball by the way?

Only the playoffs.
How about you?

I like to watch and I adore Lebron James lol

Me too!

Kareem abdul-jabbar's dunk shots got banned from college basketball for over a decade.

Way to go to ruin the fun for everyone.

ha

yes, agree lol.

In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach, which is interesting to learn

Yeah, I wonder how much money that is?

I'd like to work at the supreme court.

the building had a court on the top floor called the highest court in the land.

they got a sense of humor.

yes, it was very nice to chat with you


Hello, are you a fan of basketball?

I watch a little here and there.
How about you?

I do when the team I like plays..NC Tarheels.

Did you know that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor and they call it the highest court in the land?

That's pretty cool!

That is pretty cool.

Neither of the schools I attended had dominant basketball teams, so I didnt have much to root for.

But, I am glad that they can dunk now, it was banned from college ball after Abdul-Jabbar was so dominant with it.

Yes, I agree.

It adds so much to the game.

Kudos to James Naismith for inventing it.

Yeah, even though he was the only losing coach in U of Kansas' history.

How can you not coach the game you literally made up the rules to.

lol.

It was probably all in his head and he couldn't apply it to real life.

In 39 of the US states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.

Maybe that's why he tried.

True, maybe I should get into coaching, sure could use the money.

Ditto!
How about music?
You a fan of rap?

I like the old school rap.

Not so much a fan of this new mumble rap stuff.

Same here!

Give me the old stuff any day.

Anthony "DJ Hollywood" is apparently responsible for it.

That is pretty neat.

I didnt know that Tupac has music in the Library of Congress for Cultural Significance.

Me either.

I didn't know that people use rap and hip-hop interchangeably.

To me they are so different.

I always considered them different also.

Were you a fan of the Rugrats?

No, I don't think I ever watch an episode.

So Busta Rhymes did the voice for the reptar wagon (whatever that is).

It was a cartoon that was really popular for kids in the early to mid 90/s

Ah ok. Before Eminem was a rapper, he wanted to be a comic book artist.

That's wild!

It is, and a judge rapped her ruling in a case where someone filed suit against him.

Oh, I would pay to see that.
I'm sure court can get quite boring!

I can only imagine, Ive done jury duty once, and that was a pretty bad.

If they rapped everything that would have certainly livened thing up a bit.

Id love to see a Korean rap battle, or a compliment battle.

Yeah that's a pretty cool name for their type of freestyle!

Been nice chatting!


hi how are you?
what kind of entertainment do you like?

I like all kinds of entertainment.

Since entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight.

yes, that is quite true.
did you ever play nintendo?

Yes, even though nintendo only had 54 colors, I loved it.

the games were so well defined.

the gameplay is what matters.

the new systems are morepowerful, but the games must be good enough to win over fans.

Yes, that's true.

But, even the Olsen twins purchased sole ownership of an entertainment company in 2004 so everybody wants to get in on it.

i did not know that.

i expect they have a ton of cash.

it is important to invest for the future.

i guess they are involved in many things now.

Apparently, the Olsen twin bought the company in 2004 and turned it into a billion-dollar enterprise.

i guess i should invest in what they do.

they must have the golden touch.

some celebrities are quite clever at business.

Yes, even the "e" in Chuck E cheese stands for entertainment.

He was a cunning little rodent.
he knew what the kids wanted.
video games.
caffeine.
pizza.
loud noises.
flashing lights.

Yes, plus Chuck E Cheeses had music, storytelling, drama, and different kinds of performances (the bears).

I never went.
my family didnt have the money.
but it looked absolutely enchanting.
What do you think of Bill Nye?

Bill Nye, the science guy?

Love him.

I heard his got famous because he was in a lookalike contest for Steve Martin.

Very funny guy.

I wonder who did the makeup for that.
that was a tremendous job.
LOL

I'm not sure but I heard that a Canadian entertainment company will be excavating in the infamous atari video game landfill for a documentary.

yeah, the ET cartridge dump.

that was an interesting story.

made too many cartridges so they had to bury them.

Yes, I bet it would be cool to work at one of these companies.

Even Blizzard entertainment gives awesome swords and shields to its five and ten-year employees.

that is a great gesture to long serving employees.

Anyway, great chat!

Entertainment has been and will be around for a long time to come.

Yes, great chatting with you as well.

It will change.
but i look forward to that.
Have a good night!

You as well.


Did you ever play with the Original Nintendo Entertainment System?

Hi!

Of course I did play on those old clunky gray devices compared to the devices kids haul around these days.

Did you?

I still have mine, it works... sometimes.

Its crazy to think that they old had 54 colors for the display.

So does that mean you still play it?

yeah, that's a lot of colors!

The culture surrounding video games is pretty intense too but I had no idea that the Nintendo system has been discontinued since 2003!

I do, but rarely.

Dont have the time for it these days.

The might not make the original, but they did come out with the mini version, which has some of the classics on it.

Oh ok!

I was thinking I could've sworn that I saw ads for Nintendo systems.

I know, I would take the amount they had to pay in back taxes as my pay.

60 Million - I can think of a few things to do with that.

I think I can think of a couple of things as well and not only that, tax authorities won't formally pursue criminal responsibility if she paid her dues, maybe time to sell some expensive handbags?

She received a 0 out of 100 on a social responsibility scale the government released.

What is included in determining a person's social responsibility?

Im not sure what metrics they used, but I am sure tax evasion doesnt garner you any favor.

Yeah that probably sets you back a couple of numbers.

I wonder whether celebrities have any idea they're doing these though, I'd imagine its the agents and managers handling these documents, so even if she had no clue, do you think she should still be held responsible?

I mean those documents probably require her signature, she should have at least looked them over.

But it is hard to hold someone responsible when they dont truly have a hand in it.

Yeah, I see on the news that celebrities assets are always being mishandled by their team and sometimes its their own family members!

Guess it's a small price to pay when celebrities get to visit Pixar's secret studio that is only accessible to celebrities!

True, I wonder how handles Judge Judy's finances, she is the highest paid celebrity, making $123,000 per episode.

I dont even make that in a year.

I wish I made that in a year!

I really wonder whether that is true though, I remember reading a while back that the main character of the series "House" was the highest paid celebrity who received like a million per episode!

I think it was$70,000 per episode for him, but even at 10 episodes a year, they are still doing pretty well

Oh ok, I think that may be more than what actual doctors make!

The entertainment industry sure is lucrative!

No wonder Ronald Regan wanted to also enter the entertainment industry, but was rejected for a movie role because he didn't have what the executives called "presidential look", how ironic.

Little did they know when they did that to him.

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" got his break in the entertainment industry by winning a competition for being Steve Martin's lookalike.

I don't really think they look alike though.

Neither do I, I was kind of surprised when I heard that.

Yeah, maybe I shouldn't take these competitions so lightly, who knows, I may just get my big break, some day, far away.


Hello!
You can call me A.

Hello A!

Are you a fan of Best Buy?

I feel like I hardly buy thing sat Best Buy anymore, but apparently they have a service that offers unlimited technical support for an annual fee of $199, would you pay for something like that?

Howdy!

I don't mind Best Buy its always kind of fun just to browse even though I don't plan on buying anything, I think that $200 seems high, I wouldn't buy it.

For some people who are not very good with technology probably well worth it.

I agree, I'm guilty of the same thing.

One time, I did stumble upon some GoPro accessories at a massive discount so I purchase those from there.

$200 is very expensive, it's almost enough to buy something new in the electronics department!

It doesn't seem like too much if you think of it like a monthly service, only like $16 over 12 months.

Seems like something if you used it alot could really get your moneys worth.

That's a great way to look at it!

It's pretty astonishing to see how Amazon's presence has led to many of Best Buy's competitors to stay afloat, like 嗨嗨 Gregg and Radio Shack, etc.

I wonder what the next disruptor is

Yeah I think that Best Buy and Amazon are going to stay competitive and stay profitable, I bet a lot of people prefer the convenience of buying online, but I like to be able to see it before you buy, sometimes the hassle of making a return and be frustrating.

Kind of neat that Amazon started out as simply an online bookstore, I wish I could have been an investor in those early days.

I think Best Buy's strategy of price matching is a great strategy for people willing to go in stores to view the item before purchasing.

I agree, I think I'd be very wealthy had I invented money in Amazon in those early days.

I wonder how much Apple pays Amazon for their 1-click buying license fees.

What a great patent!

I really do like the idea of price matching too!

I was able to use that once at Walmart, I used it on a computer and I think I saved close to $100 too!

I'm not too familiar with their 1-click buying, is that like buying things from your phone without a checkout?

I can get that with my phone provider, the content I purchase online can be billed straight to my phone bill, which is nice... but very easy to spend money that I should probably be saving!

Oh wow!

I haven't tried it but I see customers at Target use it.

Do they give you a hard time for the price match process?

I actually hate the one-click option because it uses your default card and at the push of a button, you purchase it and it sends it to your default address.

Makes for purchasing products in a jiffy super streamlined.

The price match at Walmart was very easy, I just searched for the product and found a lower price, and the cashier used that at the register!

easy!

I think they recently changed that policy though because somehow people were abusing it through fake stores.

Oh wow!

They don't even need a manger's approval to do it?

I totally need to try that some time since if I search and it comes out cheaper, I just buy it online at home and put it back on to the shelf!

I hate people who abuse the niceness of these things, makes it for innocent people like me unable to take advantage.

I think they did need a manager for the approval, it was kind of a process... but was really worth it, I would easily do it again no problem.

I think I saved close to $100 I could have easily waited in line for just as long, even if there was a difficult process I would do it.

I think though that as long as Walmart, or Best Buy is getting people in the doors and making purchases they are happy to match prices!

That's great to hear!

Thanks for sharing your insights!

I can't believe new google employees are called 'nooglers' and given a propeller beanie cap to wear, it seems like some sort of office hazing.

Ahh that just sounds like good fun!

From what I hear working at google would be an awesome job!

Great benefits and good pay!

Would be awesome to work there.

I think they are based out in California?

I am based closer to the Pacific Northwest my self, might be similar to work at Amazon one day... working towards a degree in IT... Who knows?

I can dream right?

Oh wow!

That's awesome, I was recently in Seattle and was amazed by the shiny offices of the Amazon headquarters and the Amazon Go store, both seem like great and prestigious places to work out, well I wish you good luck in your endeavors!

Yeah I was in downtown Seattle recently too!

The traffic by the new Amazon Go store was awful, we were stuck at the same light for like 10 minutes!

We didn't get a chance to see the Amazon Go store, its a cool idea, that's the one with no cash registers right?

Just walk out right?

I think I really like that idea!

sometimes waiting in line is just the worst

Traffic is terrible and the cold and rain makes it especially worse.

Yes, that's the cashless or no-employee store.

I did try it out and it is pretty cool, but the store was a lot smaller than what I imagined.

It's similar to a gas station convenience store, I think most people go for the pre-packed foods during lunch/dinner hours.

Some of the new technology headed down the pipeline seems really cool, I wonder what will be next?

I really like the idea of a smart home, stuff like Alexa.

Sometimes that kind of tech is getting creepy, like you dont know if its listening?

I think most companies are ethical and dont listen because they dont have to, looking to make a profit.

Kind of creepy and neat that Google uses android phone locations to track traffic

I wish eventually my home can be "smart home".

I do find it super convenient to control my home lights with my voice especially when I'm tucked into bed and too lazy to get up to close the lights.

Yes, I also have those curiosities and also the webcam feature on my electronic devices.

Amazon's logo points an arrow from everything A to Z so it's difficult to figure out just where they are headed, I'm guessing cars?

The only smart devices I have is a smart outlet, control it with an app.

Its really kind of neat, is nice to be able to turn the lights on before I get into the house, especially if I am carrying something and can't hit the light switch.

its got a security feature too that will have the lights on and turn off automatically when you are on vacation, makes it look like people are home.

Somebody will do self driving cars soon, I wouldn't doubt it.


hey there, how are you doing?

I'm doing well.

Was just shopping for shoes on Amazon.

Did you know they have been around since 1994?

I didn't realize it had been that long

They have built an empire by now.

That is so cool.

The CEO build a clock in a mountain that is going to run for 10000

That's amazing!

They named a building after their first customer

And all the guy had to do was spend less than $30

Too funny.

I had also forgotten that they mainly sold books at first.

Yeah and now they even deliver on sundays.

go figure.

They are big enough to get a deal with the post office for that!

For sure.

Speaking of things that have come a long way, did you ever use a rotary phone?

My grandma used to have one.

I don't remember if I actually used it or just played with it.

I remember using phone books, though!

Yeah those are both very old school things.

Do you know why New York's area code is 212

I think I heard it was because it was easiest to dial on those old phones

Yeah exactly.
Do you use your phone much?

Probably too much!

Hard to imagine there are cables laying on the ocean floor that make the phone and internet work.

Yeah and they are less than three inches in diameter.

I wonder how long they are though

Probably many miles!

It's amazing how popular smartphones are these days

Yeah an iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent

That's incredible!

Apparently searching on google takes more power than it did to send astronauts to the moon!

Go figure.

Google are so practical.

They hire goats to mow their lawn instead  of people.

Haha.
Not a bad idea!
I learned a lot, thanks for chatting!

Same here.
Have a good one.


Hello, how are you today?
What are your interests?

Hey there, I was so impressed with Aretha Franklin version of Amazing Grace.

The sound was glorious and an epic moment.

You like music?

Did you know  in 1972 that Pink Floyd recorded a live concert in an ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii without an audience?

Oh man, that is super cool.
I love Pink Floyd.
Wow, and even in Pompeii!

Me too!

It is pretty cool.

There is still a Roman amphitheater still in use today in Croatia.

That is amazing.

I was a big fan of Creed but heard that they were actually sued for a band concert.

I never saw them in person and I am sorta glad about it.

Have you seen them?

Wow that is terrible.

Some artist these days are pretty terrible live.

They need the auto tune and whatever else they use to make them sound better recorded.

Yeah, that is a very good point.

It must have been horrible to be sued for the performance.

I saw the Ramones over 20 years ago and they played  2,263 concerts non stop for 20 years.

That's a crazy amount of concerts.

i saw linkin park back in 2001 they performed 324 concerts that year alone.

Wow, they are super human.

I relaly like the Oscars too.

I think Daniel Day Lewis has won before.

I really like him, hes my favorite actor.

Did you know that Walt Disney still holds the record for the most oscars won by a man, he won 22.

Noway!

Thats crazy, I never knew that!

My parents like Blazing Saddles, do you know if they ever won any awards.

Eminem has more oscars than Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas and Bill Murry combined!

Man, that's a weird fact, huh.

I watched the time that Jimmy Kimmel hosted because he is so funny and able to handle a big show like the Academy Awards.

I like when a comedian is the host.

Another fact the oscars were nominated for 9 Emmy's in 2013 alone.

The awards they hand out are 24 different awards too , by the way.

I wasn't aware of that.

Off topic but another interesting fact.

Did you know that MdDonalds' added drive-thru's in 1975 for soldiers whom were not allowed to get ou tof vehicles in their fatigues.

Oh that s cool.
I like that!!
My kids are in the Navy!

Did you know that in South Africa is is legal to equip your car with flame-throwers to stop carjcking?

NOway, thats nuts!

I did know that Jann Mardenborough became a pro driver based on learning how to drive from a video game.

Wild, huh?

Interesting.

Did you know that Cadillac is named after the founder of Detroit?

French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

That is a super fun fact, cool!

It was nice chatting with you today!


Hi, how are you doing today?

Pretty good.

Will you watch the Academy Awards this year, also know as the Oscars?

I was thinking about it.
I know that people bet on the outcome.
You?

I will watch, and I have bet before and did pretty well.

It is the oldest worldwide awards show.

I've watched in the past and found it to be slow.

Many of the selections seem to be politically motivated.

How does Eminem have so many oscars?

Must have to do with music categories.

Since the Oscars are a TV show, they have actually been nominated for Emmys.

That makes sense.

Why, though?

The Oscars is really more of a spectacle to draw attention to Hollywood.

Have you seen Blazing Saddles?

I did see it.

I don't care much for bathroom humor and that is what I remember the most.

Incredibly, it was nominated for 3 Oscars.

I guess it was a breakthrough at the time.

Disney is not so big on bathroom humor and has won 22 of the statues.

I think that is Walt himself, not the company.

Yes, I should have said that.

He was an innovator, and knew what audiences wanted.

Daniel Day-Lewis has won 3 best actor awards.

I wonder if anyone else is close.

I think he is the only one.

The Oscars were on the radio for years before becoming a TV show.

I didn't know about the radio broadcasts.

I guess that makes sense.

No TV in the early years.

I think Tom Hanks has a couple.

I think so also.

There have been over 3000 given away.

Having the contract to make the statues must be somewhat lucrative.

How much could one be sold for?

I guess some stars might sell a statue for a good cause.

I think that the recipient does not own it.

They don't want an aftermarket developing.

Is that so?

I didn't know.

They hold on to the statue, but they cannot sell it.

I wonder who will win for best picture this time around.

It is tougher for me since they increased the Picture category to 10 films.

Say, did you know that cars have now been around for over 150 years?

I guess they have been powered many different ways.

Steam, electricity, and gas.

The electric car is quite old.

True, Yet it seems new today.
Benz patented the first car in 1886.

Every carmaker owes a lot to Benz.
Anyway, I had fun chatting!

Likewise. Thanks!


Do you like Aretha Franklin?

Apparently there is an old concert of hers that has been recently uncovered

I love Aretha Franklin.

I would love to see the concert; I believe it was "Amazing Grace".

Yes you're right.

It's crazy that it came out so much later.

Good thing Alan Elliott came across it.

Alan Elliot was the producer, right?

I'm glad he and her estate were able to end their dispute so fans will have a chance to see the film.

Yes I agree with you.
Do you watch the Academy Awards?
I did not watch them this year

I recorded the Oscars, but haven't found the time to watch the them yet.

I've watched every year for decades, though.

I can't believe the 90th was just a year ago in 2018.

Yeah that seems like a long time!

I can't believe Blazing Saddles was nominated for three Oscars, they would never make that movie today

I'm not sure it would be understand quite the same today, despite its satire.

But who knows?

Eminem has more Academy Awards than Bill Murray, George Lucas, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, and Leonardio DiCaprio combined.

That seems really stupid to me.

What do you think?

I can't believe the Oscars were nominated for nine Emmys, how does that even work LOL

I mean, the guys I listed collectively haven't won that many Oscars, so that's how he has more, but they deserve more as a group!

Haha, well, the Emmys is an award show for the best in television production, so technically, someone produces the Academy Awards for an episode of television, too!

Haha well they get to double dip.

I think it's interesting that Walt Disney has the record for most Oscars won by a man, 22!

Is it double dipping really?

I could see it if the Emmys won an Emmy.

Haha.

That's pretty crazy...

I wonder if that's how many movies he personally made, or if it's all of the movies made by the studio while he was in charge?

Yeah that's a good question.

On a different topic, what do you think about cars?

You ever drive them?

I do drive cars.

Developed economies have depended starting in the 20th century.

Yes I use the trunk of my car all the time for work, did you know how the name for that got started?

Yeah!

They straight up used to have those wooden travel trunks in them.

Thank goodness they aren't still like that!

I agree with you it sounds like a fire hazard!

especiallyt If you live in South Africa and someone else has a flamethrower on their car LOL

Yeah, carjacking must be a very big problem there.

Yes it sounds very scary to live there.

I'm just glad that we have drive-throughs though and that McDonald's invented them in 1975, thats saved me so much time

Did you know they were invented to accommodate soldiers?

I think yes, soldiers couldn't leave their cars in uniform and so McDonald's created the drive-thru, that's such a good idea!


Hi there!

How are you today and what are you up to?

I'm just hanging out watching TV.

me too, I am watching south park, i love that show.

What are you watching?

So far the news.

But I like a lot of shows.

I like the Simpsons.

Did you know that there is only one episode where Bart is not seen or mentioned?

I have heard that, but I don't know which one.

I heard the simpsons sent south park flowers one time after making fun of family guy

Oh, that was a nice gesture.
Do you ever watch That 70's show?

I used to love watching it, I know it is on netflix, do you?

That I am not sure of.

I know the show was remade in the UK but was cancelled after just 10 episodes.

wow, must have been really bad.

I think USA and british have different senses of humor.

I was big into pokemon as a kid, how about you

Yeah, I think the humor is a lot different.

Funny enough, my kids were both Heavy into it and they are over a decade apart!

yea there was 750 pokemon episodes made, it made a comeback, I liked it like 20 years ago and watched it so much!

Wow!

That's a lot of episodes.

I can remember watching quite a few of them!

Got to catch them all, lol!

They should have caught them all with 750 episodes!

I would think so.

Speaking of TV series' my youngest was really into Thomas the Tank engine.

In all the episodes I saw I never knew that Ringo Starr narrated at least 52 episodes.

I heard about that, I watched all the time and didn't know that either.

George Carlin and Alec Baldwin did some also!

I am not sure how I did not realize that there were such famous people narrating.

It would be interesting to listen to them on youtube and see if i remember the ones where they narrated

Yeah, it would be interesting.

I'm glad we have the ability to use computers to look for that stuff.

for sure, I could imagine not having my computer!

Nor could I Hard to believe they've been around so long that in 1936 the Russians made a computer that ran on water.

That is insane, I wonder why they stopped it, could save a lot of energy these days!

It was great chatting with you even though our computers don't run on water!

I know!
That's what I was thinking!
Well, good chatting.

Have a great night!


Hey, I just bought a new iPhone.
You ever owned one?

Yes, but it broke when my son threw it.
I guess Apple wouldn't have liked that.

Was he using the app "send me to heaven" by any chance?

You would have thought that, but he wasn't.

Perhaps he should have done what Steve Jobs did and have a spare to switch out.

There are so many apps in the Apple App Store that it's hard to figure out what to download.

You ever read how many apps are on the App Store?

No, I have not but there must be thousands if not millions.

Maybe they even have one that does someone's heartbeat like Matt Bellamy's recording of his unborn son's heartbeat.

He used that in a song he made.

Yeah I think I read that somewhere.

I remember seeing Microsoft making a big deal about challenging Apple & the iPhone.

What ever became of that?

I'm not sure but the Russians perhaps could compete with their ingenuity.

They had made a computer that ran on water in the 1930's.

Really?

That's crazy.

You wanna hear something else that's crazy?

The space shuttles general purpose computer only has 1mb of RAM.

I don't know if it was kids or adults, but someone built a computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks.

How'd they do that?

That sounds impossible.
You watch much TV?

I watch some, but mostly the kids choose.

Sometimes they've chosen to listen to Ringo Starr on Thomas the Tank Engine, other times George Carlin or Alec Baldwin.

Chances are pretty good that we have one of them on the tv since they have narrated at least 52 episodes each.

That's interesting.
I've only seen a few episodes myself.
You ever watched the Simpsons?

A while ago I watched them, but never saw the one episode that didn't have Bart, did you?

I think I missed that one.

That seems like a bad idea.

Speaking of the Simpsons, when South Park aired its Family Guy episode finale  the crew of the Simpsons sent them flowers.

That was kind of them.

Have you followed Pokemon?

They have enough episodes to last for a couple years if you watch an episode every day.

They have 750 in fact!

I had no idea there was that many.

That's enough for 50 a year for 16 years straight!

Be careful if you smoke and own an apple computer because it will void your warranty.

Yet another reason to not own one!

You know anything about the transhumanist movement?

I'm not too familiar with it, but I hear that people want to load their minds to computers or memory sticks.

How would that even be possible?

Maybe it's possible to save memories & knowledge but it seems very far fetched.


Are you an Amazon Prime member?
They now have 100 million customers!

No, I have not though I have been in the past.

I can't believe that more than five billion items were shipped with Prime in 2017.

Amazon sure seems to have a huge play in the market today.

I see many brick and mortar stores closing around us.

I wonder if they ever could put Walmart out of business?

I wonder also though Walmart has started to offer different shipping schemes so I am sure they are aware they need to change.

Netflix is up there too in business with 125 million subscribes.

I love Netflix, as do many.

From 9 pm to 12 am they make up for 33 percent of all North American bandwidth.

Just imagine how much money Amazon takes in with a $99 a year membership multiplied by 100 million!

Wow, I don't even want to know.

Blockbuster must feel regretful as they declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million and now Netflix is worth $2 billion.

I guess Jeff Bezos the CEO was bored with all that money because he built a clock into a mountain than should run for 10,000 years.

Speaking of CEOs, it's surprising that Reed Hastings of Neflix started Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a video cassette copy of Apollo 13.

Wish I had his idea first!

If I would have been the first Amazon customer, I might have had a building named after me and been able to make some money.

The first amazon customer spent $27.95 and had a building name after him.

Have you ever gotten an Amazon package delivered on Sunday?

Apparently you can as the USPS has a contract with Amazon to deliver packages on Sunday.

I don't remember getting one on Sunday.

If you join Amazon Prime though, expect to spend twice the money on there that you normally would.

The average Prime customer spends $1300 per years as compared to $700 for non-Prime customers.

Yikes.

I guess people buy things that they don't want.

Or maybe they just buy necessities they would normally get in a brick and mortar store.

People must be getting something from it that that many join.

The company is based out of Seattle, Washington and has been around now for almost 25 years.

Hopefully most don't have an addiction to online shopping.

Amazon certainly does keep giving consumers more and more reasons to become Prime members, according to an analyst at Forrester.

If you click continually on links from the internet it can cause real addiction.

It's surprising that that addiction is measurable.

They measure the brain to figure that out.

I guess it must show up in MRI or CT scan..something like that probably.

Even if we climb Mt Everest we can give time to our clicking addiction as there is 3g service up there.

Well, I probably don't have to worry then, as I'm not going there any time soon!

But, if I am and the internet burns down they have it saved in Alexandria.


Hello,  do you like Amazon?

Hi there I do like Amazon.
I buy a lot of stuff from there.
What about you?

Yes I buy a lot of stuff from amazon as well as use their other service!

Do you have Amazon Prime?

My brother has it I'm thinking about getting it

Yes prime is great!

you should get it it has a lot of benefits.

Ok I'll check it out!
Did you know that Amazon owns IMDb.
It has since 1998

I love imdb,  so useful and it has a lot of info on movies, shows, actresses and actors.

Oh totally.

I use that site almost everyday.

Do you know why Jeff Bezos built the clock into a mountain?

No idea,  why not a shlef in his house,  or a museum so everyone can see.

Maybe its just a rumor,  who is gonna climb a mountain to find out lol

I know maybe there's some secret room in there haha.

But it has a clock that will run for like the 10,000 years.

I just don't get why that was necessary though haha

me either,  so unnecessary.

I wonder why its suppose to run for 10k years,  does it have some sort of special battery?

That's a great question!

I do like that the first Amazon Customer got a building named after him.

It only cost him about $28

Thats pretty awesome,  I wonder which building it is.

Their work place must be huge,  amazon employees walk 7 to 15 miles a day.

That is crazy.

That would burn a lot of calories!

I love that Amazon delivers on Sundays too.

They have a special contracts to do that

Yes,  that is fantastic!
have u ever tried amazon fresh?

No I haven't.
Can you tell me more about it?

Its like ordering groceries and stuff.

Its pretty cool,  it comes in a dry ice cooler and the truck that delivers it is like a freezer truck,  but its super convenient.

amazon is making america lazy lol

That does seem convenient.
Is it really expensive though?
Also do you ever use Netflix

the groceries or service?

Is the Amazon service expensive?

Separate question do you ever watch Netflix?

I know that they started streaming back in 2007.

That seems like so long ago

no the serice is like 12 a month or something like that.

Yup I watch netflix!

Oh I see.

Yep Netflix is awesome have you ever seen stranger things?

Yes love that show,  really good.

also,  really good child actors and actresses

Oh yeah for sure!

Crazy that they're going to spend it 2 billion dollars to make new content this year.

I wonder what new shows are going to make?


Hello!
Do you like netflix?

I watch netflix every night.

I don't even have cable anymore.

2007 was life changing when they started streaming.

I agree.

It is great.

You must contribute to the 33% of all bandwidth in north america on netflix accounts at night.

I sure do!

Netflix combined with youtube is half the internet use in North america.

It is big business!

That is crazy that two services like that take up half!

I'm thankful for them.

I hated getting stuck with all of those late fees back in the day of rentals.

Reed hastings started netflix after getting a $40 late fee for Apollo 13.

I know.

Late fees were the worst.

That is funny that $40 has turned into this worldwide service now.

Blockbuster was stupid to pass on the deal to buy out netflix for $50 million.

I agree.
Now it is worth $2 billion!

Without the internet, none of it would even be possible.

the network of networks are linked by electronic, wireless, and optical tech.

Thank God for the internet!

And amazon!

It was started in 1994 as a book company and look how it has grown into furniture, jewelry, food, and toys!

Have you heard about the clock that the CEO of amazon created?

I haven't!
Tell me about it!

He built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!

Jeff Bezos is an amazing guy.

It was a good move by him to have amazon buy IMDB in 1998.

I agree!

Did you hear the story about the first amazon customer?

I did!

He got a building named after him!

I wish I had beat him to the first customer spot for that honor!

I know!
And he only spent $27.95.

That was a good investment!

I wonder if it was delivered on a Sunday since Amazon has a deal with USPS to do Sunday deliveries.

I am not sure.
I will go look into that.
It was nice talking to you.


Netflix is a company that was started by a guy that was sick of late fees.

I love Netflix.

It seems so essential now.

I was a member when they just sent DVD's.

From 9am to 12 am they account for 33% of bandwidth in North America.

Blockbuster really screwed up when they didn't buy Netflix for $50 million.

Now Blockbuster is no more.

Yes that was a terrible business decision.

I know they tried to get into the streaming business at one point but I have not heard about it in years so I am assuming that went under as well.

Netflix needs to be on the lookout for a company that can replace them.

Yes, there is always someone looking to copy around the corner.

Netflix and YouTube combined make up half of peak time internet traffic in North America.

Streaming was the way to go.

Netflix expanded into streaming in 2007.

I wonder what will come next.

Still, Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth!

That is shocking because I do not know anyone that still pays for the DVD plan.

The Internet is the way to go.

I did not know that the library of Alexandria has a copy of the Internet saved in case the Internet burns down.

That does not even seem possible.

I can't imagine how you would store all of that information.

It would take an Internet to store all that information!

I also wonder about cell service and Internet on the peak of Mt.

Everest.

It seems far fetched, but who knows.

That does seem far fetched, I would have no idea where the closest tower to Everest is.

I'm not surprised by the fact that only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service online.

I actually expected that to be lower.

I think some people are paranoid.

I expected the figure to be lower too.

I think people get addicted to clicking and just click without thinking.

They are so incredibly long.

I'm sure that's intentional.

I know we should read them but that seems impossible with how often we come across them.

It might be possible to get cell service on Everest with satellite coverage.

Watching Netflix on Everest.

Strange world.

Ha ha.

That would be strange.

Surprisingly, the USPS has a contract with Amazon to deliver their packages on Sunday.

I didn't think they ran at all on Sunday.

There must be serious volume for Amazon to pay for that service.

Amazon likes the customer.

Yes they do.

I've always enjoyed working with them.

They are very accommodating.

I just wish they treated their workers better.

I've heard the horror stories too.

The workers get lots of exercise in the day.

Probably good for physical health, bad for mental health.

Bezos is an unusual guy.

Yes he is.

As far as the employees, they don't pay them fairly and they don't give them bathroom breaks.

There are many reports of employees having to relieve themselves in bottles.

I wonder where they relieve themselves in the warehouse, especially while they are running around.

I would imagine not very privately.


Hello!

Hi, how are you?

I am great, thanks!
So do you like shopping on Amazon?

I do like shopping on Amazon but I always don't like what I get, if that makes sense.

It's underwhelming... Do you use Amazon?

I know what you mean!

I do use Amazon and kinda stick to the sellers that I know have high quality products.

If not I return them.

I know someone who works in Amazon's warehouse and they walk 7 to 15 miles a day, they are so busy!

I know!

I used to work in a warehouse doing that wort of sork and summer was a sweaty mess!

I am so glad Kohls has a return site for amazon now.

It makes poor purchases a little more tolerable...

Oh wow, I have heard it's a tough job to have.

Amazon is growing so much that I think you can buy or return anything on there now.

Even the delivery service is huge, the u.s postal service has a contract with Amazon to deliver packages on Sunday!

It makes sense since their stuff is not in use on sundays and they can take advantage of it with additional revenue.

I had no idea they owned IMDB

Right?

Makes sense.

Really?

I didn't know that either, wow!

I didn't know Amazon was founded in 1994...that's crazy!

Yeah.

Seems like I have been wasting my life compared to him...

He's going through a divorce now.

They married one year before he started amazon.

She's gonna be rich!

Oh wow, I hadn't heard that, Yep she is going to be set for life!

He is considered the wealthiest man in the world.

I also didn't realize Amazon has a film studio.....He will probably end up buying Netflix lol

He will finish what Blockbuster couldn't... What a bad business decision by them...

I know right!
They must be sick about that it!
I love Netflix, do you watch it?

I do watch it but I always feel like there is nothing that catches my attentiion.

What do you like on it?

Oh I watch a lot of shows on there, like Narcos and I like the Netflix originals.

I am watching The Bundy Tapes Documentary now, so good!

I loved Narcos but haven't watched the current season.

I saw the Bundy Tapes on there and was intrigued but didn't click on it.

Is it really good?

Oh , you must watch the next season of Narcos it only gets better!

Yes, The Bundy Tapes has me hooked.

I am intrigued with true life crime shows.

I am so glad Reed Hastings started Netflix lol I don't even have Cable anymore.

Who is reed hastings?
Did you watch to catch a killer?

Reed Hastings is the man who after getting 40 bucks in late fee's from a video store he came up with the idea of Netflix and then started it up.

I did watch that, and Making a Murderer.

Some shows I watch on the internet through an app too.

Sorry about the Reed Hastings question, so dumb on my part... Was the second one any good?

I only watched like 4 episodes of the first season.

What was the second season about?

Was he guilty?

Which show are speaking of, On Making a Murderer I haven't finished yet.

Yeah that one...

I want to circle back and watch it but do not have the time.

I should take a week off of work just to catch up on this stuff.

I just have too little time... Is the Bundy Tapes really about Ted Bundy and his life?

Hahaha, yes you should catch up definitely!

Yes, it's all about Ted Bundy's life and what led him to him being a murderer.....only watched 2 episodes so far but very good!

I will check it out,.
Nice chatting with you!


Hi, do you have an iphone?

Did you know that they have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent?

I do.
That's pretty amazing!

Speaking of phones and "ancient" phonebooks, it is impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together

I wonder who figured that out.

I didn't know phone cables lay on the ocean floor!

That's so crazy to imagine!

If you don't use your cell phone, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute

That's pretty cool!

New York's area code is 212 cause it was easy to dial on old phones.

Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in 2005.

Bet they regret that choice.

That stinks!

I didn't realize facebook has only been around since 2004.

Facebook's "like" button is illegal in schleswig-holstein

That's funny.

I didn't know you only have to be 13 to have an account!

Yes, and interestingly Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook.

Risky I think

Yeah that would never fly here!

But if you had unfriended 10 people on Facebook during their promotion, you could have gotten a free whopper

That's funny too!

I didn't know facebook was just for Harvard students at first.

Wish I would have had $75 million back in 2005 because Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook

It was worth $104 billion in 2012!

Do you follow Kim Kardashian?

She was Paris Hilton's personal assistant and traveled with her as a stylist

And now she's so much more popular than Paris!

Kim Kardashian's father Robert Kardashian became famous after being on the defense team for O.J.

Simpson

I remember that trial!
Thanks for chatting, I learned a lot!

You too.

If you get a chance check out Kardashian's book about herself being a trailblazer of the selfie movement titled selfish.


do you use your phone much?

Yes a lot actually.
Do you know who invented it?

Hmmm I do not know that.
Who was it?

It was an undertaker who though he was losing business because they were rerouting his calls to others

Nice.

Do you know why the NY area code is 212?

Hmm no idea.

DId you know dolphins can talk through the phone too?

Nice, how come?

The area code was because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone

Wow cool.

Well dolphins can tell who is on the other side of the phone line

Nice.
DId you ever use a rotary phone?

No but I remember playing with it.
It was a pain to dial each number

Yeah I bet.
Did you ever use a phonebook then?

Not really, you?

Do you know who helped with the invention of the cell phone?

Hmm not sure, who was that?

Also, if two phonebooks get stuck together there is no separating them

It was Hedy Lamarr.
DO you use Facebook

I do actually.
DO you know when it was invented?

Yes that was back in 2004 and was invented by Mark

Yeah.
Do you know why it is blue?

I do not know that but I do know that they are mentioned in one third of divorce filings

Pretty scary.

It is blue though because Mark is colorblind green and red

Oh I see.

THey have 56 different genders listed in there

Wow that is amazing.
It was nice chatting with you.


Hello.

There is so much for entertainment these days, what do you like?

I used to love the original Nintendo and it only could display 54 colors!

Ah the good old nintendo.
I played it a lot back in the day.
Still do.

Awesome!

Well it was finally discontinued in 2003 after all those years!

I wish I had the old atari system.
They are mostly in landfills now though

That is too bad they deserve better than that!

We are so lucky to have so much at our disposal.

In 50BC, they used chickens for entertainment!

Well, they had to make due with what they had at the time.

Now using chickens for entertainment is probably illegal

Exactly and I hope it is.

Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because he didn't look presidential.

That is very ironic.

It could of been worse.

Heck, Andrew Jackson could not even read or write.

He never went to school as a kid.

And he became president

Well I can't believe it.

He came a long way.

Reading is so important.

It requires continuous practice, development, and refinement.

Plus, it is fun.

Everyone reads in a different way and different things.

No doubt about that.

What's even better is there are no concrete laws in reading but it just provides the reader an escape!

Talk about the ultimate form of entertainment.

Of course sometimes it is fun to do other stuff like go to Chuck E cheese

Seriously but yes I loved Chuck E Cheese.

The world record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute!

That is impressive.

I wonder how fast people can read braille

That's a very good question I don't.

Maybe the fastest reader, Anne Jones knows the answer to that.

George RR Martin started selling his stories at a young age to neighborhood kids.

Now is a millionare many times over with the Game of Thrones!

He is such a genius for creating that story!

Did you know in the 18th Century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading novels?

Maybe they thought it was corrupting to population.

Yes perhaps they did.

Another book that caused a lot of talk was the Bible.

It has sold over 5 billion copies.

It was nice talking with you this morning.

Yes, the Bible is probably always going to rank first on the bestseller list.

I cannot imagine a book that would even come close

Yes agreed.

Prior to 1963 students in the US were required to read from the bible.

Thanks again for chatting with me today!

Have a good one!

You too.
It was a pleasure.


Hello there.

hello!
So what is your favorite album?

I would my favorite album is Rush's 2112.

It is the first album I bought on CD.

What about you?

Love that one!

I would have to say Pink Floyd.

I am old enough I was buying vinyl in my teen years lol

So was I.  I had quite a view vinyl some I inherited that ran at 78 RPM and not the standard 33 which came later in 1948.

Cool, me too.

It is crazy to think that The Dark Side of the Moon came out 40 years ago!

I had a huge album collection.

Loved them!

Did you ever get any Pink Floyd on cassette tape?

I did.

When cassettes came out I bought all of my music on them.

I wish I would have kept my albums though.

They are still being sold but not very often anymore.

Yeah I think Dark Side of the Moon is still the best selling album of all time.

I bet a first edition album is worth some money now.

Yep, I bet it would be worth a lot!

Still love that album.

So do you have a smart phone and a landline telephone or just a cell phone?

I have a cellphone.

I do not have a landline anymore but I have a rotary phone.

They still work the same way in principle.

You do?

Wow, that's awesome.

Did you know that UNICEF  donates a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell?

I did not, that's cool.

We have come a long way from using birds to communicate over long distances, like a carrier pigeon!

Yes!

We have come so far.

Makes you wonder what it will be like 100 years from now.

Did you know birds ...their bones are hollow?

Their skeleton weighs less than the feathers!

That is pretty neat.

They are also inventive, for instance a hummingbird will steal webs from spiders to put their nests together.

Wow, birds are amazing.

Some wild birds in Australia can mimic sounds of cameras, car alarms and even chainsaws!

So interesting.

I do think it is interesting that there are birds that can't fly like penguins.

I wonder why they evolved that way?

It is interesting!

I don't know but would love to find out.

It's amazing too that the Dodo bird is actually a sub family of pigeons, so interesting!

I couldn't imagine flying to Mexico from Alaska without taking a nap, but birds can do that.

I can't do it on an airplane, haha.

Hahaha!

Me either.

Birds are awesome creatures for sure.

I think it's crazy there are ten thousand living species!

I wonder what wings were before they evolved into wings.

I guess it makes sense they were limbs, maybe they were arms?

Who knows.

That is a scary thought, a bird with arms lol...maybe they are a type of fish which some are while others are not.

It's also interesting how they lay hard shelled eggs.

It is a good thing birds don't have to carry our internet messages, telephone cables on the ocean floor take care of that.


Do you enjoy listening to music albums?

I love music!

all genre's.

I was reading about Sugarland Reuniting, I like them.

Are you a fan of Kristian bush and jennifer nettles?

Yes, they are very good and there songs tend to hit on whatever is happening in the world at that time.

They like their music to be about truths of today.

Didn't their new songs address gun violence?

Yes, it did.

I haven't heard their newest album since they came back after their hiatus but I hear it's good.

Their newest album is called bigger right?

Yes it is, can't wait to hear it.

Their Albums are considered country but I think they fall into other genre's as well.

It is nice how they are trying to make a difference through their music and bring into mind topics that most try to avoid

Exactly, their song Tuesday's Broken is on their new album and it is about school shootings.

They have great songs.

I wonder how they feel about the fact that their music may be perceived as being polarizing

I guess they have only heard positive responses on social media, I guess there will always be controversy with anything.

Nettles stated it's supposed to be provocative and polarizing and really at the same time it's a bridge.

What that is inspirational and true.

Is there any other albums you enjoy?

Albums record everything from music to knowledge!

I love all music, and genre's.

I have to listen to it everyday.

I love the older classic rock albums from back in my day and current music.

I would say Aerosmith is a favorite and I love Foo Fighters and Linkin Park, how about you?

I agree.

In fact Linkin park's hybrid theory is the best selling album of this century, attesting its quality

Yes, that is an excellent Album, and Aerosmith has made more money from guitar hero than any Album lol

I think the best albums withstand the test of time.

Even now, the dark side of the moon is among the best sellers.

Dark side of the Moon was one of my favorite Albums growing up, love Pink Floyd.

Really great band.

Another great one was Nwa's straight outta compton.

It was the first to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or tour.

That is in itself an impressive feat

Wow, that is amazing.

Very impressive!

I watched Straight Outta Compton the film and it is now one of my favorite movies.

I agree.

In any case it was wonderful chatting with you about music.


Amazing that with the level of technology we have, the cables carrying our data overseas are less than three inches in diameter

I agree!

It's so crazy how they lay against the ocean floor.

I'm curious as to how they did that.

I could only imagine very carefully and slowly!

I wonder what the repercussions of one being severed would be?

I would imagine it would disrupt communications completely.

I wonder if there is a redundancy built into the system to stop that.

It could be devastating to the world economy to be reliant on a smaller cable.

I feel like a couple years ago I heard a story about a cable actually being severed and it did disrupt communications between countries for a couple days.

A former roommate of mine works in construction and their company almost cut an optic cable.

He told me the company would have been charged tens of thousands of dollars per minute for the outage.

That is insane!

I know someone who was fired from an electric company because their work crew accidentally messed up a power line and it was a really big deal.

I cannot imagine how people would react without their phones for an extended time.

That's why the UNICEF donation campaign is very interesting.

I really don't understand the concept of what Unicef is doing.

Like what is their goal by encouraging people not to be on their phones?

So people can interact more in real life or what?

I personally think that it's to highlight that not everyone has access to this technology and that it shows what life would be like if we were in their shoes.

That is an interesting interpretation.

I use my cellphone a lot, but I definitely could donate a lot of minutes for a whole day of clean water.

I'm not sure whether they will follow through with their goal.

I also think that I could donate about a years worth of water easily per day.

Even if the goal is over-exaggerated I think it is a worthwhile cause.

It makes me doubt the cause and I wonder if Unicef is actually doing it/will actually do it.

Another surprising thing to learn that I might be doubtful of is the success of Linkin Park's album

I am also kind of doubtful.

It was an incredibly good album, I actually own it.

But I'm not sure if I believe it was the very top one.

I also own that album, I highly enjoyed it but I believe there have been more popular artists who have outsold the band.

Agreed!

I don't really know the other artists or albums the article is talking about.

Reel Big Fish is a ska band known somewhat for popular song covers.

NWA is a rap group that was recently featured in the movie Straight Out of Compton, their most famous member is Ice Cube

I have definitely heard of Ice Cube.

I did not watch the Straight Out of Compton movie, did you?

I did not see it either, I do really like that he was played by his real life son though

I do too!
They look so much alike!!
!

Yes you can definitely see the resemblance.

I wonder if he will become a well known actor like his father transitioned to now.

I think it's definitely possible.

I do kind of dislike how easy it is for the kids of famous people to become famous too, though.

They don't have to work hard or really have any kind of talent half of the time.