I spend a lot of time on YouTube.
How about you?

I spend a little time on it looking at how to videos.

What do you watch?

I usually use it for guides like home improvement help but I also like to watch new movie trailers and I like lists.

Did you know that it was created in 2005?

It seems like it's been around forever at this point.

Yeah, 2005 is not that long ago but I cannot imagine home repairs without it.

No, I am so thankful for it just for that reason.

I am shocked that it is the second largest search engine online.

Google will be a tough engine to overcome.

I wish I could use YouTube more effectively.

It seems like others use it better than I do.

And I don't mean watch cat videos...

Ha ha, I must admit that I have been sucked into cat videos myself.

I knew Google would be first but YouTube still surprises me since we have things like Yahoo and Bing also.

I try to be as effective as possible so I try not to fall down the YouTube rabbithole where you start watching home improvement and end up watching young people get hit in the crotch with balls...

It's hard not to.

I don't know how I end up watching some of the things I end up on there.

I do find it funny that Justin Bieber's Baby is the most disliked video on YouTube.

I did not know that... As a 40 year old male,  I do not hate his music.

Although I was never into that song.

Do you like him?

I do not.

I really hate that song but I am a little surprised because especially on YouTube there are certainly worse songs.

Every once in a while one of his more popular songs will pop up on my gym playlist on spotify, and I wont change it.

It makes me sad.... At least they probably play it in canada since 40% of all music is required to be canadian!

I had heard that.

What a strange law.

Radios are pretty fascinating.

Jupiter has radio storms strong enough that they can be heard on an AM radio.

That's pretty strong.

Soliders called simple radios made out of razorblades and pencil as foxhole radios.

How do they come up with this stuff?

Good question.

I would not have thought you could do that.

I know at one point radio dramas were the height of entertainment.

There is now a website where you can listen to thousands of them for free.

I always think about families gathering around the radio to listen to the sundays show.

Now I can't get my 7 year old of the iPad...

Yes things have changed greatly.

There is also a news station that has a program entirely in Latin.

I have no idea why they have a program in a dead language.

Someone, somewhere is always interested in something.

I cannot imagine being interested in some fringe thing though.

I am not interested in anything that much.

No I can't imagine being interested in something that unnecessary.

A little off topic but did you know that YouTube and Netflix combined make up half of the peak traffic in North Amerca?

That's a lot of traffic.

My son is adding to that traffic as we speak!

Not surprising.

I'm sure with Netflix alone I add to that traffic a lot.


I got so angry when I heard about that black man getting arrested

I feel the same way.

I don't know how they could smell marijuana in his pocket.

Yeah I mean if the  guy  was a caucasian male then the officer would have helped him out, given him out a badge for good citizen, it's just terrible we still face these racial dilemmas

I agree and I liked that DL Hughley called them out on it.

There needs to be awareness.

Yeah, I think that Hughley did a good thing by calling it out, after all he has thousands of users and that will get the message heard.

And it sucks that he was just trying to do a good thing by helping a drunk guy home.

He didn't even commit a crime.

I know and the officer just to released the blame made accusations about marijuana, thats not cause for arrest, there needs to be more evidence and better training for the police force

I agree and you know they profile whether consciously or subconsciously

I think its great that Ahmed's neighbors came together and helped him, they all filed the complaint to the Montgomery Police.

Yes and that they filmed an 18 minute video of the whole situation so we could see it

That's a good course of action, his neighbors have only good things to say about Ahmed and police should apologize to him, even give him a compensation.

I'm also glad that the video has viewed thousands of times so that people can become aware.

Me too, its amazing what Youtube can do now a days, share videos like that one and make justice in a way, to think it all started back in 2005.

Yes and funny that the first video was a guy talking about an elephant!

It was lol?

I didnt catch that one I might look it over in YouTube later, I wonder if the video of Ahmed is on the Blutube police data base

I've never heard of that site!

It sounds like a site that polices the police?

Is that what it is?

Yeah, its the police version of YouTube, its full with law enforcement videos, probably for training reasons.

Ah ok.

Sounds interesting.

I hope it's filled with positive videos too though.

There are actually some good cops out there too, they aren't all bad.

I agree, there are indeed good law enforcers, it's great that they have resources like that one though so that they can learn from mistakes and also from right actions

I agree with that too.

And hopefully it can weed out the bad officers too because sometimes they turn off their body cams when they know they're wrong.

Yeah, hopefully we will do better and I do have faith in our police force.


Do you like to listen to the radio?

I do, usually while driving.

Nothing like that Finnish station which broadcasts in classical Latin though.

Ha, I wonder how many people can understand that!

Probably the people who make the broadcast and maybe a few catholic clergy.

lol

Haha!

So there's a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free.

Not sure if that would interest me either.

Im with you there, nor would the 40% Canadian music if you live in Canada.

Haha I can only think of Justin Bieber and Drake, there's more?

Celeine Dion.

Haha, true!

I like her.

Don't know if I would listen to her all day though.

I would love to know how to make a foxhole radio like soldiers did in wwii.

Me too.

I have a whole world of things at my disposal and I dont think I could do that.

I am glad that we have other ways to get music though.

I like YouTube.

Very true, it is such a fantastic resource.

You can find anything on there.

Netflix and Youtueb together make up half of peak internet raffic.

Admittedly I contribute to that.

I can neither confirm nor deny that I might have netflix on right now...

Haha, funny!

I was just watching Youtube before this.

It's the second largest search engine on the net.

Psys Gangnam Style nearly broke Youtubes counter!

They had to update the amount of digits views were allowed.

I sometimes watch Gangnam style, admittedly.

I think it's one of the only dances I can do.

That and chicken dance.

I am glad I am not the only one.
LOL

Justin Bieber is a good dancer, though I do not like his songs.

His song baby is the most disliked video on YouTube

It is a rather annoying song, so I can see why people might not like it.

Oh, no.

Now the song is stuck in my head.

I am totally not going to listen to it right now.

Have a good night!


Hello, have you watched the series 13 Reasons Why?

I have not, have you?

I have, season 2 is about to air in Netflix, you should watch it, its a good show

What's it about?

It's about Hannah Baker.

She is a student that commits suicide and then the plot goes from that point.

Sorry, I just read that.
What would you consider it?
Drama?
Seems like a really sad plot.

I would considered it a drama and thriller.

It's really interesting.

A friend of hers finds a box with 13 cassette tapes with Hanna's recordings.

I'm going to have to check it out.

I have it in my queue but have not watched it yet.

There's just so much good shows out now that I cannot keep up.

What else do you watch?

I also watch the Punisher and Daredevil on Netflix, I think Netflix is a great service I like it a lot, do you have an account?

I do have an account.

I liked both of those too.

I heard they canceled those though so I am not excited to finish the seasons...

They did?

thats sad news for me and to think Netflix got started with a late fee and an angry man.

yeah.
Too bad Blockbuster didn't buy it.
They may still be around.

Who knows or maybe Netflix wouldnt be what it is now a days.

They spend more on postage than bandwidth.

That seems weird since they do not send out a lot of DVDs anymore.

It does seem weird, I would have though it was the other way around, did you ever play nintendo?

I used to.

I played more xbox but my priorities changed when I got married.

I can see why, things do change specially with children, its been a long time since the first nintendo model, that could display only 54 colors

I do love Nintendo too.
It takes me back to my youth!

I agree, do you also like TV?
Maybe The Simpsons?

I do like the Simpsons.
Do you?

I like them as well.

It's one of my favorite shows.

You know there's an episode without Bart?


Do you use television for entertainment?

no, I am more into streaming.
I really like Netflix.

Oh how long have you used netflix?
Since they delivered CDs to your home?

Actually, yeah.

I had them back in like 2008-2009.

Apparently, they started streaming in 2007.

I guess I am an early adopter

Do you feel that Netflix has a very high quality service over the years?

They are much better than Blockbuster.

Glad they never bought them, even though they could have twice.

I bet blockbuster regrets it now.

It's karma.

The guy who started Netflix created the company because he got a $40 late fee.

I think that 40 bucks was worth it

Yeah.

Now Netflix is 33% of late night Internet traffic.

I mean isn't it now worth 2 billion?

yeah, but it is also 21.9 billion in debt.

Well we will see where it goes.

I mean not so many people in the younger generation still use tv

yeah, I think that more people watch Netflix and Youtube than TV.

It's 33% of internet bandwidth in America

I mean I do sometimes use the tv for gaming but that is about it

yeah, true.

TV was a lot more boring.

We got Bill Nye out of it though.

Did you know he got famous because he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest?

And he is now much more famous that steve martin.

The irony

yeah, it's weird people can get famous.

Ronald Reagan was rejected from a movie role for not looking presidential, then look what happened

I guess he was presidential enough for everyone else

yeah, now people turn Obama speeches into Pokemon songs.

Lol the original content and creativity of youtubers.

In any case, thanks for chatting.


Wow I wonder why Orange is the new black is so noteworthy.

I have never seen one episode, have you?

I have, I like it, too bad the series got cancelled.

So orange is the new black is a reference to being in prison is like being black?

What is your take on the title?

I think its because of a fashion reference and because its a womans prison, I think the show has an interesting plot.

I think netflix follows a good buisness model where it continually evolves and content creation with shows like House of Cards and OITNB.

Too bad China and Crimea are missing out!

I agree, Netflix has sure change thigns I love the series they releases with Kevin Spacey and overall it has great productions.

Funny thing is, I don't have a netflix account and got rid of my overpriced cable years ago.

Do you have a netflix account?

I do have one, Ive had it for about 2 years now, before that I liked to rent movies at Blockbuster.

I used to rent at Hollywood Video and they did get me for some late fee's.

I always felt like getting those movies back on time was always weighing on my mind.

I see, that sounds like a bummer, so Blackbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for 50 million, I bet they are regreting it now

I wonder if it would be the same Netflix with Blockbuster or would they just kill it like Microsoft and Facebook do when they buy a company.

I think it would be different maybe not as successful as it is now, Reed Hashings is a geniurs though.

Sort of like Steve Jobs, they are willing to try the things that others don't or wont.

Yeah like that, have you seen House of Cards in Netflix?

I have not nor Hemlock Grove.

Is it possible to see outside of Netflix?

Yeah I bet there are a couple of sites to watch them, one thing is sure they have altered tv forever

Yes now you have to pay for it, instead of getting it for free over the airwaves.

But there was never free phone service.

Or free newspapers.

Yeah, there are a lot of expenses behind transmitting those waves so I can see why its never goin to be free, did you know Netflix spends more in postage than bandwith

I did not know that they are still paying for postage, that is bizarre.

I would stop that, wonder why they allow it to continue.

Maybe they are thought as future online customers.

They must have their reasons, did you ever watch Bill Nye The Science Guy?

Yes I have watched him before, very interesting man.

Well he has a show on Netflix now, he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest as well.


Do you have a favorite Netflix show?
They've come so far since Lilyhammer.

Honestly, the subscription is worth it just for the OFfice sometimes.

Did you know they account for 33% of all bandwidth at night?

I'm not at all surprised!

We're always streaming something.

It surprises me that they still have a DVD rental arm- but it doesn't surprise me that they spend more on postage than on bandwidth.

Postage is expensive!

I wonder if some of that is promotions to the few people who havent signed up.

It could be.

I can't think of any of my friends who DON'T have Netflix at the moment.

With 58.46 million subscribers in the US alone, it seems like everyone has it.

That's alot of subscribers!
Cant believe Blockbuster didnt buy them

Right!

And where is Blockbuster now?

They made a terrible choice.

But who knew that streaming would blow up like it did?

Plus, never having to leave the house to rent a movie was a genius business idea.

No late fees, no having to put on pants.

Exactly!

I see that NES (nintendo0 was discounted as late as 2003 in Japan.

It was so cutting edge, despite only being able to display 54 colors.

I know!

I was like 5 at the time and obviously didnt care about the graphics.

Yeah!

It was the coolest thing ever.

Now we're just so fancy.

In Britain, they used to keep chickens for entertainment.

And, to be fair, they're super entertaining.

But Nintendo is slightly more entertaining.

I don't know which are more entertaining.

little kids or small animals sometimes.

The combo of little kids AND small animals is my favorite.

Now, little kids and small animals, watching Pokemon may be the best.

They made over 750 episodes!

They have enough characters to make tons of story lines and appeal to multiple generations.

That's true.

Kind of like the Simpsons, but maybe a little more family friendly.

Did you see the one where Bart didn't appear?

I've seen most of the episodes except really recent ones.

Do you still watch them?

I do!
It's mostly out of habit at this point.
I prefer Bob's Burgers, honestly.

Me too!

I recognize his voice everywhere now too!

I love him.

He's got such a distinctive voice.

He was on Dr. Katz for ages.

I wonder if they could get H Jon Benjamin to narrate Thomas The Tank?

If it's good enough for Ringo and George Carlin, it's good enough for him!

Someday, I hope!

Can you imagine?
He'd be a natural.

Completely.


Hi, do you like television?

I like it, some shows more than others.
How about you?

Yes, I do.

I usually enjoy watching talent shows/game shows/competition shows such as Amazing Race or World of Dance.

I actually used to have Netflix (at least until the prices got too high).

Do you have Netflix?

No, same here with Netflix.

Too much for the little I watch.

I do have that fireplace video on a flashdrive though haha

Yeah, that's cool.

Do you enjoy watching the Simpsons?

I heard that there's only one episode of the show where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned, which considering that it's past 20 seasons is quite an accomplishment.

I am actually shocked he missed one.
I am sure homer is in them all.

Yeah, that's quite a feat!

I also heard that when south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew.

That was really nice of them.

maybe homer delivered them, he had 188 jobs

That could very well be haha.

Anyways, did you know that there's over 750 episodes of Pokemon?

That's about 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight.

That is crazy.
It would break my tele.

Yeah, for sure!

It's kind of funny that there were so many episodes (I used to play the game myself), but anyways on a different note did you know that Ronald reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look".

Ironic, huh?

That is crazy.

Did you know the E in chuck E stands for entertainment?

No, I didn't.

That's quite interesting.

It's kind of funny because entertainment has evolved a lot.

Did you know that Bill Nye "the science guy" got his break in entertainment by winning a steve martin lookalike contest?

Speaking of twins, the olsens are billionaires due to their entertainment co.

Wow, that's quite interesting!

I used to enjoy watching "Full House", so it's good to see how far they've come since then.

Speaking of money though, did you know that Blockbuster declined several offers to buy netflix for $50 million.

Netflix is now worth $2 billion.

I would have chosen differently.

Me too.

I wonder if Hollywood Video could have bought them?

Maybe, but ironically enough it was after racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of apollo 13 that reed hastings was inspired to start netflix.

Despite their prices, I have to agree it's the smartest method, because customers don't have to drive anywhere.

Yeah it sucked to have to drive to pick up and bring back DVDs.

Good thing its all streaming now.

Yeah, for sure!

It's kind of funny, because netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america.

Thats amazing.
Good thing they have 150 100% movies

Yeah, for sure!
Well, it was nice talking to you!
Hope you have a good night!


Netflix is an American media service found in 1997 by Reed hastings and Marc randolph.

That's quite interesting.
Do you have a Netflix subscription?

Yes, How many hours you daily spend in social media for entertainment.

Far too many!

I probably spend about 7 or 8 hours daily watching entertainment since I work from home.

Its ok. Netflix and youtube together make up half internet traffic in North america.

I find that really interesting!

And to think blockbuster declined to buy it for only 50 million.

Yes, Many of people want entertainment and so many social apps are introduced make the cost low.

Yes.

Although I have noticed they are raising the prices on subscription services like Netflix as the demand increases.

It's probably because they're now producing content instead of just licensing it.

Did you know it's available worldwide except in China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea?

Yes, It is available is some countries only now.

Now days Entertainment like Storytelling, music, drama, dance are reduced now days.

The entertainment industry record this and sells as entertainment products.

Yes, we've come a long way since gladiators and Shakespeare.

Main Stories are copied and sells as a product from the leading company.

Making the people to engaged in social media.

Yes, going back to the licensing point.

Did you happen to watch That 70's Show?

I think it's still streaming on Netflix.

Its very interesting.

People are need entertainment to get out from their stress and to become happier.

Everyone needs to be entertained, that's right.

Anyway, as I was saying....

They remade That's 70's Show for a UK audience and apparently it was cancelled after 10 episodes.

Television is a mass medium for advertising, news and entertainment.

It become our basic needs.

Now days, Reading habit is also reduced.

The medium is the message!

Reading definitely has fallen out of fashion these days.

Most would just prefer to stream television.

Entertainment is also a part of life.

But now days, all are in social media they didn't share with their family members.

That's probably true.

Thankfully I deleted all my social media accounts ages ago.

I do spend way too much time on youtube and Netflix, though.

I wonder what the next big streaming idea will be.

Amazing !
Pokemon series run for 750 episodes.
For more than years.

Yes, for almost two decades.

Two decades Shocking.
What your favourite program ?

I'm a big fan of American Horror Story.

Most seasons I think are on Netflix now.

How about yourself?

Comedy movie is my favourite and also Animated movie also.

Both great genres.


Have you heard about the Orange is the New Black Cancellation?

They are cancelling after seven seasons.

i guess they ran out of stories.
i dont really know the show.
seven seasons?
that is a good run.

Ya i agree.

It was a groundbreaking show for Netflix in 2013.

Same year House of Cards came out.

house of cards.
sigh.
i miss that show.
i really liked kevin spacey.
too bad about him.

Ya, but he what he did was wrong.

I still like Netflix.

They have released over 700 original shows at this point.

A true powerhouse!

they are ambitious, to be sure.
i wonder how the quality is though.
have they made good stuff?

In my experience some has been great, but some have been boring.

I guess that is why they have a subscriber base of more than 137 million people around the world.

that is only going to grow.
people want entertainment on demand.
they want it on their schedule.

Which is why Netflix poured more than 8 billion dollars into creating original content in 2018.

whew.

that is a lot of money.

the company must have a lot of debt at this point.

the stock is very high, but that is a lot of risk.

they had better keep going strong.

It is so popular, that it accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america from 9pm to 12am!

the internet really needs to grow to accommodate all this demand.

soon every minute of every day will be netflix.

That is true.

Netflix and you tube alone make up half of internet traffic!

people are glued to screens so much these days.

while they drive too.

we are going to entertain ourselves to death.

HaHa.

This is true.

Ever watch the show Thomas the tank engine?

Ringo Starr narrated some of the episodes.

As did George Carlin and Alec Baldwin!

no, never saw the show.

its for kids right?

i guess it has high production values too.

Ya it was a kids show.

I remember the Nintendo entertainment system.

It could only display 54 colors.

it had great games though.

the gameplay was solid.

kids know quality.

the systems now are powerful but if the game is bad, it dont matter.

I agree.

Too bad it was discontinued in September 2003 in Japan.

I guess the fans loved that system.
nostalgic value.
no companies to develop games though.
Anyway, great chat!

I also have nostalgia thinking about it!


Have you watched "13 Reasons Why" on Netflix?

I have not, but lets talk about Netflix.

They spend a lot of money on postage, even more then bandwidth

Yeah they do, from 9PM to 12am Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America!

interesting, in north America paired with youtube they account for half of the peak internet traffic

That's pretty interesting.

Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.

Good movie, but not worth that.

I wonder how much Blockbuster regrets not buying Netflix when they had the chance for 50 million.

I bet they're really regretting it considering Blockbuster is pretty much dead now.

yeah, lets talk about entertainment, Nintendo could only display 54 colors.

That's crazy to think, but it was so fun.

I was bummed when they discontinued it in 2003 in Japan.

I was stationed there then and actually bought one of the last models.

awesome, Bill nye won a Steve martin lookalike contest , that's how he got his big break

I can see that.

Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look," he sure showed them.

They used to bread chickens for entertainment not food in Britain around 50bc

That's pretty interesting, chickens are pretty funny animals.

It's weird to think of what people did for entertainment before television.

Lets talk about television next, many famous people have voiced Thomas the tank engine including Ringo Starr

George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have both narrated it too, they've all done it for at least 52 episodes each.

Bart is in almost all episodes of the Simpsons, there is only one he is not mentioned or appears.

Yep, it's an episode call "4 Great Women and a Manicure," and it was actually the first episode broadcast on Fox Network in 2009.

Pokemon is a great show and it has over 750 episodes in total.

Wow, that's like 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight!

the 70's show did not do well in the UK, it was cancelled after 10 episodes

I guess they didn't like Red Foreman!
Well I have to get going.
It was nice chatting with you!


So Mo'Nique is boycotting Netflix?

Yea, I guess she wanted more money.

Just because Amy Schumer and Dave Chappelle were paid more...well.

good luck to her!

I think the amount of a comedian gets paid should be based on how funny they are.

I don't think Mo'Nique is as funny as Dave Chappelle.

True, Chappelle gets paid like $20 million probably because he would get more audience for Netflix.

Yea, I agree.

What they get paid is negotiated before they sign the contract.

It's her choice if she doesn't want to take the job.

Right, she should just not be surprised when when the negotiation doesn't go her way.

She doesn't have the same amount of audience as Chappelle.

Honestly!
Netflix can be picky.
They are huge!
They have 137 million subscribers.

Yea, they also have 33% of all bandwidth in north america.

That's a lot and I'm one of them.

I bet Blockbuster's kicking themselves for not buying Netflix way back...

Yea, they would still be in business if did.

Entertainment evolves I guess Blockbuster didn't understand that.

Huge loss for them.

They were going for $50 million and now worth $2 billion.

I guess being ahead of the curve pays off.

If I could have road the wave from black and white TV broadcasting to Netflix I'd be rich.

You, me both.

And to think the Netflix was inspired by $40 late fee on Blockbuster.

Apollo 13 was the VHS.

Yea, I remember those late fees.
I'm glad someone got inspired by it.

Do you remember Ringo Starr as a narrator for Thomas the engine?

That must have been a long long time ago...

No, I've never even heard of Thomas the engine.

Really?

My son used to love them when he was little...they when he was older he was watching South park...lol

Now, south park I remember.

I heard that the 70's show didn't do well in UK.

They probably didn't get it.


Hey!
Wach any good Netflix movies lately?

I did not watch 13 reasons why, but i do like Jessica Jones

Nice.

You know, Netflix dominates the internet in the evenings, accounting for 33% of all bandwidth from 9pm-midnight?

i believe it, did you know blockbuster declined offer to buy for 50 mil & now netflix worth 2 bil

Shrewd business folks those Blockbuster dinosaurs.

Now Netflix rules the bandwidth.

Yet, they still spend 20x more on postage than bandwidth!

wow,  netflix and youtube make up half peak internet traffic in North America

And to think, it all started when Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix, racked up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.

yeah, funny and netflix has racked up billions of debt with their original shows

Entertainment sure has changed over the years!

Caesar once commented that in Britain, breeding chickens was considered entertainment.

funny, and bill nye got his break by winning a steve martin lookalike contest

And Bill Nye kind of looks like a chicken too!

He is one of the few people that looks better on an old Nintendo system, because they only use 54 colors.

true, how about ronald reagan being rejected for a role because he did not have the presidential look

And he looked nothing like a chicken either!

But he looked pretty presidential on THe Simpsons...You know there is only one episode of the Simpsons wher eBart neither appears or is referred o?

i believe that, there are 750 episodes of pokemon, 50 a year for 16 years

Makes those 50-episode narrations from Ringo Starr, Alec Baldwin, and George Carlin on Thomas the Tank ENgine seems like next to nothing!

true, 70's show did not make it in the uk, cancelled after 10 episodes

Now that was next to nothing!

And this from the country that brought the world Monty Python?

yeah, did you watch 13 reasons why?

No, I did not have any reason to watch... LOL I will check it out soon.

If I watch, will you send me some flowers like the kind that the Simpsons crew sent tot he South Park crew when they aired their Family Guy episode?

ha no, i wont watch it either sounds a bit dark

Enjoy your evening  I'm going to chew up some Netflix bandwidth...


Hi.
Do you watch Netflix?

Hi.
I used to.
Do you watch Netflix?

I have a subscription, but don't watch it that often.

I can't believe it's been around for over 20 years, since 1997!

I can't either.

Just think it started with dvd sales and rentals and now look at it!

All because the founder was upset about a late fee on a VHS rental!

Pretty amazing company he built because of that!

True enough!

He seems like a man with vision too.

He got rid of the dvd sales and focused on rentals and now streaming.

He even tried to join with blockbuster but they refused.

I heard he was willing to sell for only $50 million, they really missed out by refusing that deal!

Yes they did.

In 2000 netflix proposed to blockbuster that they use netflix as their online streaming service but they refused that too.

I guess it's no surprise Blockbuster went out of business, then.

I didn't realize how popular Netflix actually is, but they are in almost every country.

I heard somewhere that they've got like 137 million subscribers in the world.

Yeah!
Over 58 million just in the US.
That's a lot of subscribers!

Hey did you know that you can get a job just to watch netflix shows?

The position is called being a 'tagger".

You watch stuff on Netflix and tag the content.

I didn't know that!

They have so many interesting shows and movies, especially the original content you can't watch anywhere else!

Supposedly they got 150 movies that have a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes.

That's amazing!

They've been making their own stuff since 2012, which I also didn't know until recently.

They've got odd standards though.

There are places in Europe where they monitor illegal downloads in order to decide which shows to buy.

Oh, really?

That is odd.

Between them and Youtube, they take up a lot of internet traffic!

Over half in of it in North America

That's a lot of people online and watching movies and tv shows.

I'm not sure if this is good or bad but there's an hour long video of a fireplace on netflix people watch too.

That sounds goofy.

Maybe it'd be good for background noise at a holiday get together or something?

That's a great idea actually!

So do you do other things for entertainment like play video games or watch regular tv?

I watch some old reruns on regular TV.

Did you know Bart Simpson is only missing from one episode of the Simpsons?

I didn't but it makes sense.
He's the main character I think.
Well, I've got to go.
It's been great chatting with you!


Hey there do you ever watch Netflix?

I love Netflix that I watched it today actually haha

Hi, how are you?
I used to watch Netflix.
It's gotten so popular.

Netflix is huge now.

I believe there are 60 million in the United States!

Strange that it only expanded into Canada back in 2010

Probably something about playing Canadian content.

The gov't wants to nurture homegrown talent.

Haha that could be.

I can't believe Netflix uses 1/3 of all bandwidth in North America that is so much!

They are the Internet.
But they still spend a ton on postage.

Yep, about 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth.

Can you believe that Blockbuster declined to buy them back in the day?

I guess BB thought they would do it on their own.

Make an online service that would beat Netflix.

Oops.

Haha yeah they made a huge error.

Crazy that Netflix went from 50 million valuation to 2 billion.

That's insane!

They really found the demand.

People wanted new shows and on their schedule.

Dave Chapelle got $$$ from Netflix for his shows.

Oh that's great.

I really like to show back in the day!

Did you know that the first Netflix exclusive series that they produced was called Lilyhammer?

I've never heard of it

I haven't heard of it.

I'll have to check it out.

The origin of Netflix is intruiguing.

A late fee spurred a guy to start a company.

Great!

It's funny that Netflix was started by Apollo 13 haha.

At least the late fee to go with it.

That is a great movie though!

Reed Hastings was steamed enough to get a new company going.

Do you play video games?

I do play video games.
Have you ever play the NES?

Yeah, I played many years ago, but just a little.

You?

I played them both many years ago and also now haha.

The original Nintendo could only display 54 colors.

We never seem to mind though haha

The games were well-designed and challenging.

That's what players wanted.

Not colors.

Yep I agree.

Hard to believe that system was around until 2003.

I guess people were still buying in some parts of the world.

The system was probably inexpensive.

Yeah I can see that.

What do you think about Bill Nye the Science Guy?

I guess he he entered into a Steve Martin look-alike contest and won haha

I never saw the resemblance, but I guess with makeup, it works.

Do you study history at all?

When Caesar visited Britain they were using chickens as entertainment.

That sounds really lame haha


Hello do you watch TV?

I do watch tv.
What about you, do you watch tv?

Yes I love watching good movies and shows.

Did you know there is an episode of the simpsons that Bart doesnt appear in or mentioned?

That is real interesting!

That's crazy.

I would love to watch that episode.

I consider myself a big fan of the show an have never noticed a show he is not in.

I wonder what show he is missing from.

Do you know?

I have no  clue!
Definitely something to look up later.
Have you ever watched that 70s show?

I have.

I really liked that show.

I thought it wasinventive and brought a lot of thought into the show.

everyone seemed to do really well after that, except for Eric Foreman.

Yeah i wonder why,  he was the main character lol

I read at the time that he was a diva on set.

He did not get along with the others and had an attitude.

Not sure that is true but that was the rumor.

I havent liked him sense though...

I guess I was influenced.

Did you read that crazy story about the rom-com?

I guess the show released in the Uk and it was the same script and got cancelled after 10 episodes,  weird.

No,  I didnt hear about the rom com?

what happened?

In my article, it was Section 1.

It's about a blind date that went really well.

The schocking part is that the girl on the date was married before and her ex-husband left her after 6 DAYS!

What a jerk bag!

Oh right!
I did read that.

I cannot picture a date like that anymore.

Call me jaded  but I just think people use apps like tinder to "date".

Im so glad I am happily married.

Life is so better...

Same.

I cant imagine being single,  it must be so hard and frustrating and scary.

The people who use apps could be saying they are someone else.

That seems like a nice story though.

Have you seen the show "You"?

That was a creepy show!

I have not.
Have you seen it?
What was it about?

Its about this guy he seems totally normal,  meets a girl in a book store,  automatically likes her just from one meeting and instead of just asking her out,  he stalks her,  he watches her with other guys,  steals her phoneand breaks into her apartment and stuff.

They bump into each other again,  eventually start dating and fall in love.

But he still does those creepy things when hes not with her,  but when he is with her he is completely normal and charming!!

That's so creepy!!!

I could not imagine that level of psychopathy!

That's basically schizophrenia... And to think I thought I was weird for looking at photos of the girls who dumped me as I threw them away.

yeah this is like other level crap.

Pretty freaky.

I am sure there are probably girls like this too,  but nowadays with technology pretty much anyone could be a stalker or creep.

This is why I cant imagine being single ever lol

Yeah.

I always tell my wife that if she ever leaves, I am going with so don't get any ideas.

I say that because I am never dating again.

I supervise 30 millenials and their dating habits confuse me.

Haha same,  I am never dating again.

I wonder how long the couple were engaged for or how long they were together.

That seems pretty crazy to leave your wife after 6 days of marriage,  like could you know figure this our a week beforehand?

Right?

I would be so mad if I dished out a bunch of my for my kid's wedding and their her husband of 6 days up and leaves her.

It sounds like her 1 date was infinitely better than her 6 days of marriage.

Yeah,  I would be pissed too.

So confusing.

Glad she had a good first date,  I bet she wont be rushing into marriage anytime soon.

No.

It says she is 33 and not in a rush to get too involved.

I remember my first date with my wife was to miniture golf.

What did you do?

We had met each other a few times before our actual first date,  but my husband took me to go snowboarding and an all you can eat sushi place,  I love sushi!

Nice!

Are you good at snowboarding?

I would have wiped out and looked like a goof.

She would have left me on the hill, snowy and broken.

hahaha,  yes actually I am pretty good,  it was his first time snowboarding and he fell a lot lol but he knew I loved it.

He was pretending he was ok,  but the next day he told me he had bruises lol

HA!

A male ego is a prescious thing, and usually bruised for some dumb reason.

Nice chatting with you.


do you watch tv?

I do quite a bit.
Do you watch the SNL?

Sometimes, do you have a favorite skit.
Did you ever watch the SImpsons?

I love the Weekend Update and it is also the longest running skit there.

Yes I watch them sometimes

There is an episode where Bart does not appear at all

Wow is he not a huge part of the show though?

Yes that is why is is weird that he was not even mentioned in it

Wow.

Did you know Daniel Radcliff was the voice of Edward CUllen in the simpsons parody?

Cool.
How about that 70s show?

I have seen some episodes, they are pretty good

Yeah but in the UK it flopped after just 10 episode as they made it verbatim

Wow that is too bad.

Did you know only one of shakespeare's plays has not been adapted to TV?

Hmm which one is that?
Do you use your phone much?

It is the Two Noble KInsmes.
Yes all the time

Do you know why the NY area code is 212?

I have no idea, why is that?

It is because it was easy ti dial on a rotary phone

Oh wow cool.

DO you know who invented the dial phone and why?

I am not sure of that, bet is a cool story?

Yes it was an undertaker why though the phone companies were rerouting his calls to the competitors.

It was nice chatting with you.

same here, have a great day


hey there, are you a fan of TV at all?

Of course!

I especially enjoy comedies like SNL's "weekend update" segment, are you a fan?

Yes, I am.

I watch various shows, one of them being the simpsons

It's been a while since I've seen the Simpsons, are they still running on air?

I like Shark Tank a lot too, but most of those deals are never followed through!

I think they still are.

And of all these years, there was only one episode Bart didn't appear in.

crazy.

Oh wow, I think in the first hundred episodes, Homer held various jobs, more than a hundred!

If that were the real world, either he would be considered a hustler or an entrepreneur.

Yeah exactly.

And the simpson crew apparently gave flower to south park when they aired their family episode finale

In the episode or like the workers for the show?

That's a nice gesture nonetheless.

The workers, the crew.
Yes, that is true.

Humans are interesting creatures especially in space because humans can't burp in zero gravity environments.

Hahaha that is so cool.

And when you think about it we have not been around for that long either.

Yeah!

If we view it in terms of time relative to Earth's history, humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds!

Earth has been around forever!

Hard to imagine what this planet would be like hundreds of years from now.

Oh my, that is so true.

I wonder what is the closest we can get to cheetahs in terms of running since we used to hunt and have that ability too

I imagine not even olympian runners can catch up to cheetahs, unless of course you present humans with an incentive as the end prize, like maybe say a giant check for a large some of cash perhaps?

I guess.

Did you know that there is a sound frequency that instills fear in humans?

I did not know that, I wonder if the nails scratching on chalkboard sound falls within that fear frequency range.

Do you know?

Oh my goodness, I really do not like that one.

I wonder what that frequency is.

Yeah, that frequency range definitely instills some fears and goosebumps in me too.

Apparently we as humans have lost  body hair very recently, like 240 000 years ago.

That's a scary thing, I don't want to go bald, I don't think my head shape can pull off the bald look as well as Jason Statham but our fingers contain no muscles and are controlled by muscles in the arm!

hahaha so true.
it was really nice chatting with you


Good morning - I love baseball and can't wait for spring training to start!

Hello there!

I am the same, my team had one of the best seasons they have ever had so I'm excited as well!

Who's your team?

My team, The Diamondbacks had an epic collapse last season and are in a mini-rebuild this season...

Yeah the Diamondbacks had a chance and then they did have a bad 2nd half of the season.

I am a brewers fan and our GM made some amazing moves in the offseason and it paid off big.

Nice!

(Except for Ryan Braun) I like the Brewers and was pulling for them against the Dodgers (who I hate more than Braun)!

Yeah I was so disappointed with the whole Braun thing, I was like just admit you messed up, and get on with it.

The lying and blaming others is just the worst!

Thanks though, game 7 just sucked!

I do like the Dbacks though, Craig Counsel your old hero!

Yep - Craig is the man, glad he's having success with the Brewers.

Even your bench coach (Murphy) has Arizona ties (ASU).

I really like your corner infielders Shaw/Aguilar

Nice!

I didn't know that about Murphy, Arizona is such an awesome place I want to go back soon!

And yeah Aguilar is such a good guy too, I love sports pros who you know are decent people in real life.

Did you know managers can technically play if needed?

That's why they wear uniforms!

I think Pete Rose was the last player/manager who actually played, and could still play.

Before the whole banned for life deal....

Did he really get into a game?

That is so cool I'm going to have to look that up and right!

Pretty sure I remember him pinch hitting, could be misremembering.

He's an ongoing black eye on the sport for sure, should be in theHOF, but the steroid era was pretty bad too and continues to have HOF fall out

Yeah I can't stand all the steroid use and the big home run bats breaking old records of players who never used any performance enhancers!

I get nostalgic when I dust off my old baseball card collection - not worth much, not like some people who have cards worth millions!

Yeah I used to collect cards as a kid as well.

I had a ton of Ken Griffey Jr. cards!

He was my favorite player growing up as a kid.

Loved Jr.!

A lot of my cards are managers now, Don Mattingly, etc.

Makes me feel old, but time flies!

Yeah that is true, I know I have some Mattingly cards in the stack.

But you are right, you feel old when your GM is younger than you and you aren't even 40 yet!

For sure!

Pretty sure Sean McVey (Rams Coach) is younger than the majority of sports fans that will be watching the Super Bowl.

The youth in the front offices are changing the game, hot stove league is a joke now.

But I think without the youth taking over, the sport (most sports) would devolve and fade away

Very good point, I think you hit the nail on the head with that comment.

And yeah he even looks so young as well lol!

Hey - if this chat ends abruptly, I wanted to say it was really great chatting with you about baseball and wishing you and the Brewers a really great season coming up!

Yeah same here, I appreciate the well wishes, hopefully it's a Brewers/Dbacks NL championship this season, because who needs the dodgers!

Nice chatting with you today as well.

Oh man, if we finish 3rd in NLW it will be a good season I think.

Too bad the Brewers don't want Grienke back... we need to unload that contract $$$....  Ha!

That is true that contract is too much $$$$!!

Awesome chatting with a knowledgeable fan for a change!


Hi!
Are you into baseball?

I'm not really a fan but I know a decent amount about it.

Oh, well please do share!

I know baseball is a bat and ball game, and I know there are a bunch of players and rules, but it all seems so chaotic.

It's an old game.

The batting team hits the ball and the runners run the bases after the ball has been hit in an attempt to hit home base and score.

Then they switch to defense to try and prevent the other team for scoring and it goes back and forth until the game is over and highest score wins.

Batting, running, fielding, scoring...

Sounds like such an action-filled game.

Then why is that that every time I watch, there is an old guy wearing a costume like all the kids?

Is he the manager or the coach?

It's the manager.

He wears the uniform because technically he is eligible to play for the team should the need arise.

It reminds me of my child's kickball games, except with a smaller ball.

I guess in Canada they call kickball soccer-baseball.

That's a mouthful.

I like kickball better.

Did you hear about that man that found baseball cards in his grandfather's attic?

No.

Did he lose them?

Don't they have a bunch of statistics on them?

Baseball has so many statistics.

And why do they use the same players on offense and defense?

They don't do that in football.

Yes they do, they just switch back and forth.

The baseball cards had been hidden since the 1940's and were from the 1900's.

They were worth three million dollars!

For cards?

THat's crazy?

Maybe if they were treasure maps, but cardboard pictures of people that play games?

I wonder if Pokemon cards are worth that much?

I know.

I would love to have been that guy.

Who knows maybe the Pokemon cards will be one day.

Did you know that baseball is enormously popular in Japan?

Yeah.

I think Pokemon is popular there too.

You know, there have been over 750 episodes of Pokemon?

That's more than any baseball team plays in a year!

Wow!

I had no idea there were so many episodes.

Do you know how long it's been on?

Like, 16 years!

That is longer than most professional baseball players play...

Wow!
I had no idea it had been that long.
Time flies.
Are you a fan of The Simpsons?

No.

Bart is such a troublemaker, I worry he will negatively influence children.

It is probably because his father is not a good role model for him.

No I would not say that Homer is a good role model.

That show has been on forever and there is only one episode where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned.

I prefer Thomas the Tank Engine.

Nice, wholesome narrators like George Carlin, Ringo Starr, and Alec Baldwin.

Good role models for toddlers...

I can't believe they have had such famous narrators.

I wonder what draws them to that show?

Ringo was illiterate as a child back in Britian because he was sick so much.

I guess he wanted to help the next generation of readers.

I don't know about the others.

Hey, have you seen the UK version of That 70s Show?

I heard it was awful...

I did not but I'm sure it was.

Remakes overseas in either direction rarely work.

It was nice chatting with you.


Do you enjoy baseball?

Hi, how are you?

Yes, I enjoy baseball.

I usually try to watch the World Series.

I am well thank you.

Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms because they are allowed to play for their team if they need to?

That would be very interesting to see.

I think that's a holdover from the days when the teams picked one of the players to act as manager.

I think the managers are often older now, so I don't know if they'd want to go up to bat.

Me either.

Also, kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada.

How confusing is that?

I think those Canadians are just trying to be different!

Perhaps Americans should call hockey "ice field hockey"

Ha ha, that would be funny.

Baseball is huge in Japan.

They are surprised when they find out that it's America's national pastime.

A lot of popular things have been invented in Japan, but not baseball.

I don't know whether they collect baseball cards in Japan the same way that people in the US do.

That's a good question.

There was a man who found three million dollars worth of baseball cards in his attic.

I would have liked to have been that person.

I wonder if he kept them or sold them off and partied it up.

I would have sold them.
Are you a heavy internet user?

I am, I hate to admit.

It sucks up too much of my time.

But the Internet is integral to so much nowadays.

I agree.

Did you know that the three horizontal menu lines on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?

I guess they had to give it a name.

That one is about as good as any other.

The vegans probably did not like that though.

Ha ha, maybe not.

Did you know that there is a backup of the entire internet?

that sounds funny.

It would take an entire Internet to make a backup of the Internet.

Apparently the library of Alexandria has the copy.

I don't understand how they house it.

That sounds like a rumor.

The library at Alexandria did burn down centuries ago, and much knowledge was lost.

The Internet is avilable at the top of Mt.

Everest.

It would be worth looking into.

Wow, I wonder how they get reception there?

Do you ever read the terms of service when purchasing a product or service online?

There must be some poor IT guy having to trek to the top to reset the WIFI box.

Or there's satellite service.

One or the other.

You would think so.

Only 7% of people read the terms of service and I will admit I am not one of them.


Good morning!
How are you today?

Im great, do you like baseball?

I do like baseball, but not as much as people in Japan do lol.

How about you?

I am a fan but I think they take the sport a lot more serious over there lol

Just a little bit!

I didn't know there was a reason behind managers wearing uniforms as well!

Apparently they can also play, great way to have your teams back

I guess so!

I didn't realize that a married couple did all of the scheduling for games until 2005.

Wow, a lot of work for only one couple dont you think

That sounds like a full time job and then some!

I don't want a full time job anymore, I wish I could find priceless baseball cards in an attic!

I know right I wish that too, some of them can cost millions like the ones that man find in his grandfathers attic

I guess I'll get rich somehow, maybe on television?

I dont know being a celebrity must be hard

But there are many advatanges like getting to narrate Thomas the Tank Engine shows!

Do you like that show?

I know I did when I was a kid, great narrators

I don't recall ever watching it.

I watched the Simpsons and Pokemon back then haha.

Its a small kids show lol, and I watched those two as well, The Simpsons were my favorite but I lost track of them already

It's been a couple years since I've watched.

There was only one episode where Bart wasn't seen or mentioned so I would like to see that one.

I would like to see that one as well, what were the reasons for his exclussion?

I'm not sure!

I will have to look on the internet for that one.

I think I will too, I bet there are a lot of cool facts about the Simpsons, anyways its been great chatting with you I think im going to do that now

You as well!
Have a great day!


What physical means does the telephone use to transmit sound?

Im not sure what it means what Im surprised by is the power of the Iphone

Computers are fast these days.

Do you know why New York is area code 212?

I dont know why, do you?
could you tell me please!

I think it goes back to the days of rotary telephones.

On another topic, what do you think about entertainment drama?

I love the drama genre, have you seen House?

Yes.

Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid drama actor ever for that show!

Yeah he earns about 700,000 per episode!

that is an insane amount of money!

True, but it is not the highest amount for acting on TV.

Did you know the term drama can be found in ancient Greece!

I didnt know that, do you know who Micheal Caine is?

He is a famous actor, but joined the profession to meet pretty girls.

I see, thats an interesting fact I bet he didnt know he was going to do so well, do you like radio dramas?

yes, I listen to them on a website for free!

Maybe its the same site huh, I listen to one as well with thousand of episodes all for free as well.

Cool.

Do you know what the official name of the web is?

I only know the letters WWW.

I cant recall the name right now but if you google it you will find it for sure, another interesting fact is that Jim Carrey doesnt do dramas anymore

Really.

I wonder what in his belief system caused that to happen.

I guess he just wants to remain positive, I can respect that.

You know what I cannot respect?
Internet addiction.
I heard it is a real thing.

Yeah apparently you can get addicted by clicking ads!

did you read your service plan?

only 7% of people actually read it

Perhaps I will go find mine!

Have a good day, and remember that there is 3G service at the peak of Mount Everest, so there is no escape!


Hi, how are you?

hey I'm good, did you know that dolphins can communicate though phones and understand each otehr?

Through phones?
They have phones underwater?

haha I guess they do, and I didn't know actress Hedy Lamarr did work to invent the current cellphone thats weird

Wow.
I had no idea.
This is good info...

well another interesting fact is that there is no correlation between the bars on your phone and the phone connectino quality, apparently thats all made up

Really?
Are you pulling my leg?
I always look at my bars...

nope not pulling your leg haha, how often do you think you use the internet

Every day.

I will qualify it by saying that it is usually used for being productive and not on social media.

I want to be productive.

Yes I agree with you, I use it all the time, what I didn't know is that humans are a minority on the internet it is mostly made up of bots

I can see that.

I feel saddened about it because I trust no one on the internet.

I always assume my data will be breached too.

yup you have to apparently, do you ever look yourself up online?

I guess that is called egosurfing

I have.

Mine isn't about ego but what people are saying about me as a public figure.

ah interesting, have you ever been to finland?

I guess everyone there has a constitutional right to internet service

Talk about socialism!

Who'd have thunk that 30 years ago, the internet would be a god given right...

right you never could have predicted that!

do you know what a neopet is?

I guess they were popular in 2001

I have no idea what they are.
Do you?
Should I google this?

haha I don't know, but in 2001 they were the 4th biggest website in the world and appeared higher in search engines than google itself

Now I have to google it to figure out what they are.

I will use the three horizontal lines, known as a hamburger...

haha I like that term but it makes me hungry!

Do you like Patrick Stewart?

Love him to death!
Nice chatting with you!


do you like drama?

Yes I do.

Did you know JOn Hamm was a high school teacher for drama

Nice.
Have you ever seen House MD?

Yes it is a nice show.

Hamm taught Ellie Kemper when he was a teacher

Wow nice she is funny.

Laurie made $700 000 per episode in that show

Nice, and with 8 seasons he must have made a lot of money

Yeah.
Do you like JIm Carrey/

Yes he is really good.

Did you know he does not do drama anymore?

Yes because they do not portray positivity at all

Yeah.

Patrick Steward also teaches drama at the masters level in the UK

WOw cool.
Do you listen to radio dramas?

Not really, do you listen to them and are they any good?

Yes they are and there is a free website with thousands of them

Nice.
Do you use your phone much?

Yes all the time.
Do you know why the NY area is 212?

I have no idea why?

Do you know who invented the dial phone?

I am not sure of that but the 212 code is because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone

Nice.

It was an undertakes that thought they were redirecting his calls to competitors

I see.

Did you know that phone books once stuck together are hard to separate

WOw cool.

Dolphins can communicate with each other through the phone and know who s on the other side of the line

Wow they are so smart.
Nice chat


Hi, how are you?

Good!
How often do you use the internet?

I use it every day all day.

I do not have a life outside of the Internet.

You?

I feel the same way.
I need it for way too many things.

I need to cut the cord and find life away from the bloody computer.

But I cannot.

I am addicted.

There is such a thing as addiction to clicking links.

Be careful.

I might have it too.

I think that I have any and every addiction that is possible on the Internet.

There is no cure perhaps.

Well, maybe I can find one on the Internet.

LOL

Good luck with that.

Just dont waste time reading TOS, only 7 of people do anyway.

I am surprised that it's even that many.

I figured it would be 1% or something.

Same here.
I definitely dont read them.

I figure that they can't take my soul or my first child, whichever is worth more.

I might have promised  a few companies my soul.

I figure they can fight over it if it is that important to them.

LOL

I do not have one.

I lost it to Internet addiction long ago.

Do you know what they call that 3 lined menu button?

I have no idea.
The "three lined menu button?"
LOL

They call it the Hamburger button.

I always just called the menu button, but I didnt know it has some sort of cutesy name.

The vegans must hate that name!
And the button!
What would PETA say?

Call it the VeggieBurger button?

Yes, that might do.
I don't want to be scolded by PETA.

True that.
Feed two birds with one scone..  lol

Yes, one scone.
Anyway, great chat!

Have a good day!


Did you know that 80% of the earth's natural forests are destroyed already?

That is so sad considering we humans would only represent a minute and seventeen seconds if we viewed its history as a 24 hour period.

And we've already destroyed so much it.

We are a very destructive race.

Hopefully, governments will make policy to change that.

Hopefully so!

They also say the earth will pretty much be helium free as well by the end of the century.

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

I've read that before, will that change Mickey and Minnie's voices.

HAHA

It certainly will!

Ha!

What's even crazier is a day was only 5.5 hours long when earth was initially formed.

We would get nothing accomplished if that was the case today.

I wouldn't like that at all.

I wonder how it was the same all over earth because it isn't now.

I know, right?

Maybe extraterrestrials could tell us if they ever visited.

Ha!

Speaking of which, did you know the UN appointed an official ambassador in case the extraterrestrials ever made contact with our planet?

That's pretty cool!

I think the US has something set up to.
Trump even wants a space force.
HAHA

Thats hilarious!

Well, I'm sure they'd love our planet.

After all, 71% of it is covered in water, which is mostly beautiful oceans and most of our polar regions are covered in ice!

I don't know.

If you were a desert creature a lot of water would suck.

HAHA

Ha!

That would make a good fantasy story.

And speaking of fantasy, can you believe that only a single fold in our brains makes the difference between how we perceive reality and fantasy?

That's wild, isn't it?

It really is.

It explains why so many people go over the edge so easily.

Agreed.

Something else I find wild is people actually draft the National Spelling Bee.

I wonder how and why they do it?

Seriously, why?

Is there money in spelling bees?

Does Vegas have odds for beating who will win.

HAHA.

That's a good question.

I'd rather just stick to fantasy sport drafts and such - like football.

I'd love to fantasy draft a player like Benjarvus Green-Ellis who's never fumbled the football in his entire pro career.

That takes serious talent and skill!

True, can you imagine if he played against Brady.

How do the Patriots keep getting such amazing players.

That's a very good question.

I suppose it's the money!

After all, football has come a long ways since the 1960s when the top bowlers made double what the top football players made.

That is just sad considering how rough football is compared to how easy bowling is!

Unless someone throws a bowling ball at you, it is rather safe.

Exactly.

But talking about how far football has come, I couldn't even watch a game now without the yellow first down line that ESPN created and won an Emmy for.

That is so innovative!

It really is.

I'm always amazed at the creativity of people.

Indeed!

Hey, I'm even amazed by the University of Iowa's visiting football team's locker room that's painted pink.

I bet that's a nightmare for opposing teams.

Ha!

LOL.
So true.
It was nice chatting with you.
Have a great day.

Yeah, but nothing tops beating a team 222-0, which was the highest score ever in a football game, like Georgia Tech did Cumberland back in 1916.

Ha!

Well it was nice chatting with you as well!

Hope you have a great day also!

You too!


hi, do you know much about the earth?

I know that we as humans are not doing a good job of taking care of it, we have already destroyed 80% of the natural forests.

Yeah that is so sad really.

and we have not been around for that long

It is crazy to think that if you scaled the entire history of the earth down to a day long period humans represent less than 2 minutes of it.

We have done hat much damage in so little time.

exactly, that is the scary part.

apparently earth will be helium free in the end of this century

I have hear that, I dont know exactly what ramifications of that are, but I know it can't be good when we deplete something that should occur naturally.

yeah that is for sure.
do you watch much tv?

I cut cable a while ago, but I am a big fan of things on Netflix.

Nice.
How about football, do you watch it?

I watch a lot more college ball than professional.

My team didnt do so hot this year.

Oh I see, who are you cheering for?

Florida State.

They had their good run, but there were a lot of games this year that could have turned out like that GA Tech  - Cumberland game...

Oh my that score, 222-0 that is insane

It is a skill to be that bad...  football has changed over the years.

in the 60's top bowlers made as much as top football stars.

Man, people must have not liked football that much back then

I think with the possibility of fantasy, internet streaming, and things like that that really helps popularity.

Oh that is for sure.
did you know espn won an emmy once?

I heard it was for the yellow line.

Kind of crazy that won an Emmy, it is awesome, but I dont know if it is Emmy worthy.

I really do not know about it being award worthy too

I have never gotten into the fantasy side of the game, but my brother has.

Hes pretty serious about it

Me neither, I wonder if I would enjoy it.

Nice chat :)


Hello, are you particularly interested in politics?

I try to stay out of politics but unfortunately I do get sucked into it sometimes haha.

I did see that Wikileaks was going to be destroyed by the US government apparently, and then Wikileaks leak that plan haha that's so crazy

Yeah I think the government can definitely power trip too much.

They also own 86% of the land in Nevada, that almost seems unfair.

It seems like a lot.

Also a lot, is Dema Norway donated to help save the rainforest.

A billion dollars!

That is so much money

It's nice to see governments do good things though!

The US passed legislation to protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating the Geneva Conventions.

That seems really weird.

You wouldn't think they would have to do that.

Also, you wouldn't think someone would pretend to be a government official and then sell the Eiffel Tower twice LOL that takes some serious courage

Oh yeah, definitely nice to see them stick it to government though.

On a separate note, are you interested in fashion?

Yes I do pay attention to my fashion.

I also wear clothes everyday LOL what about you?

Apparently the pilgrims did not only wear black clothes, that was just for special occasions, most of their clothes were very colorful

That's very surprising to learn!

I wonder if I can get some old school colorful pilgrim clothing still.

There's a store that only sells unclaimed baggage, maybe I'd find it there!

Haha that's a good point.

Maybe yes, a pilgrim was flying and lost his luggage LOL.

I think it's cool that you can tell if someone had their clothes tailor, you just have to look for the collar gaps, it's good to know

Oh wow that's a good tip!

Although I find it hard to trust information like that from clothing.

Rip Curl makes clothes in North Korea, yet labels it made in China.

That is really weird.

I'll have to avoid those clothes if I ever see them, unlike Apple clothes though, they used to have a clothing line actually, back in the 80s, that sounds awesome!

Wow I can't believe that!

It's weird to think them being in that industry.

I hope they never lied about their business practices also.

I know right.

If they lie about that, they could be lying about the actual materials, which would be very scary if they were dangerous materials.

What do you think about the president by the way?

I try not to pay too much attention, but I think it's interesting Trump is somehow not one of the three wealthiest presidents in U.S. history!

I agree with you.

I can't believe that it's JFK, Jefferson, and Washington to.

Why do you think Trump is not in there?

They must have definitely put inflation when they made this list

Oh yes I definitely think that's how they measured it!

I wonder what would make Trump more angry, knowing that or that his White House is actually smaller than the Presidential guest house.

Haha yes I could see him definitely not liking that.

What do you think about the role that changed in 1805.

You know, the one where the runner-up would become the vice president.

That seems so silly

Yeah it's absolutely a good thing a lot of things have changed in our elections.

Also, for all we may rightfully clown Trump, at least he hasn't released pop albums WHILE in office like the Vice President of Indonesia!

Nope, that would definitely put him over the top LOL!

What else do you think about the government though?

What do you think of WikiLeaks by the way

I don't have too much of an opinion!

But ironically I think going to regular Wikipedia to learn more.

Anyways it was very nice talking to you, have a great night!


hey my friend do you watch TV?

I do like watching TV, do you have any favorite shows?

I do I like south park, the simpsons, and I used to watch Pokemon as a kid

I just to love Pokemon as well, its amazing how tv technology has advanced I used to watch Pokemon in an old TV now I have a LED TV and the show looks much more better.

I know right it was awesome!

Hard to believe there are almost 800 episodes now!

I'd never be able to "catch em all" haha

Yeah I agree, too many Pokemons by now, do you know theres an episode in The Simpsons without Bart?

I did!

It's the only episode like that apparently, you dont' see bart and he is not mentioned, weird!

I know right I wonder what are the resons behind that episode, did you also watch that 70s Show?

I have seen it, the dad is amazing in that show, what about you?

I agree its really funny I like Fes, he just cracks me up, you know there is a remake for the show

I think I heard, they tried to remake it in the UK but it got cancelled right?\

Yeah after 10 episodes, I guess it was a failure, remakes tend to be really bad

yup, also the name wasn't as good, days like these just sounds a lot dumber than That 70's show haha

Yeah, I agree, why not keep the name, do you also listen to the radio?

I do sometimes, I still think it's amazing that radio waves can carry that information, what about you?

I agree, its amazing how the radio works and intriguing how we discovered the waves and learn to use them to transmit info

yup, also crazy how we can pick up Jupiter storms on our radio, just tune into an AM channel!

That must be an interesting frequency to listen to, it must get boring after a while

not as boring as the all latin channel in Finland, now that would put me to sleep

I agree I wouldnt understand a word of it but it seems to have an audience its been on air since 1989

also boring would be canadian radio, it has to be 40% canandian in origin!

sounds bad!

haha


Hi!

Can you believe the three wealthiest presidents of all time were Jefferson, Washington and JFK?

Hi!

Washington and jFK makes sense, this is probably a bit out of date (i.e., Trump).

The president of indonesia released 3 pop albums in office.

Multi talented!

Indeed!

Ha!

Can you imagine a US president ever doing that?

Just as I couldn't imagine the US ever electing a President Banana as Zimbabwe did!

How does one earn that nickname?
;p;

That's a great question.

Ha!

But honestly, what surprised me more than that is knowing the president's guest house is actually bigger than the white house itself.

It's like, I didn't even know the president had a guest house.

Ha!

Probably to keep them out of the main house, where busienss is happening!

True.

Wonder how long it's been around?

Like was it around back when the presidential election runner ups automatically became vice president?

Also an interesting thought from a political perspective, they would have to stop (fake) fighting!

Exactly!

It's like why can't they just do somethting positive together that's sincere like donating  $1 billion to save the Amazon rain forest like the Norwegian government did back in '08, ya know?

Crazy.

I also see that a man in france acted like an official and sold the eiffel tower twice.

Ha!

He had to be a genius or the people who bought it were very gullible.

Maybe he can try to sell the government 86% of the land they arealdy own in Nevada.

Ha!

Gotta put secret faciltiies somewhere, right?

So true.

All the while getting exposed by Wikileaks for putting a plan in place to destroy Wikileaks.

How sad and ironic!

Stop writing things down like that!
lol

Ha!

Even crazier, the government passed a legislation that protects government employees from prosecution over violating the Geneva conventions.

Kind of a scary thought, since they would only be charged here likely.

Very true!

So are you also a clothing fan by chance?

Did you know Apple had a clothing line back in 1986?

Wonder what that was like?

Probably trendy and terrible lol

Probably so!

Couldn't be any worse than the Pilgrim clothing.

Speaking of which, you know really, they only wore black on special occasions and their clothing was actually very colorful!

Funny that a store in Alabama sells unclaimed baggage stuff!

I know!

I'd like to check it out someday.

Wonder if you can find Rip Curl products where the label says made in China, yet it's actually made in North Korea!

Well it was great chatting with you today!

Take care!


Good morning!
Do you like to play any video games?

I do, its one of my favorite activities, do you?

I do too.

Did you know that they were originally used by the military?

No, I didnt know that, do you like to play Mortal Kombat, that was one of my favorite games

I've never played that one.

Wasn't there a movie made of it too?

Speaking of movies, I've seen Toy Story but never played the game.

I heard that Tom hanks brother does Woody's voice in the games.

Havent played that video game, cool narrator though, you know that Autralia has a lot of banned video games

No I didn't.

Are they all the same type or different types?

Different types, lots of them, more than China actually,

That's surprising.

I would think China would ban so much more than anybody!

Then again, even South Korea has issues with games.

They have a law where kids under 16 can't play video games past midnight.

They censor just a lot there, did you ever use the N64  system?

Yes I did.
I thought it was great!

It had great games, did you ever play the Goldeneye 007 game?

You know I actually did!

I just got a flashback to parts of it when you asked me lol!

Did you play it?

I did, I thought it was great, many of the developers never worked on video games before so thats something

That is something.

Hey, there's a game designer that has calculated that as a planet we play three billion hours of video games per week.

Woah thats a lot of time playing video games, all of that time wasted

Sometimes i don't think it's wasted.

There are some really interesting, imagination firing games out there.

On the older system front, have you ever played on an intellivision?

No, what is that I have no idea?

It's an old system but they are bringing it back I think.

Seems like I heard something about that before.

Anyway, it was out at the same time as the Atari.

Where an atari had a joystick the intellivision had a disc that you moved around with your thumb.

The controller was extremely similar to a remote control actually.

It had some really good games on it and good graphics for it's day.

I see, you know that the creator of the atari is also the creator of Chuck E Cheese

No, I had no idea!

I guess that's why there are games to play there!

Well, with all this talk about games I think I'd like to go play for a bit.

It's been nice chatting with you!

Have a great day!


Hey!

How are you today?

I am fantastic!

And you?

Also I find it interesting how many people are seeking asylum in the USA, pretty interesting....and sad.

Doing well, thank you for asking!!

I agree and cannot fathom the conditions they must endure even if temporary.

I do agree it is very sad.

I was reading about how the government is trying to process so many, I feel that it is nice to know Mexico is helping these migrants with a shower and food when they get to the border and even fresh clothes.

They can stay in tents.

I can't imagine.

I too have read something of similar depiction but read migrants had been taking baths, brushing their teeth and washing their clothes in a muddy courtyard in El Barretal.

Oh dear.

I read about that, I suppose just attempting to bathe is a luxury for them.

Some of those people are there for months sometimes.

I wish I was wealthy I would make shelters for people in and out of America.

I agree totally for those well off to take a hand in helping those that are not.

Just the basics of clothing, I mean even; dating back to the pilgrims were full of color and only wore black for very special occasions if simple shirts could be passed on clean and ready to wear if would help.

I agree, I think if people in general, American or not American could just care, we have no idea how good we have it here in the US.

I suppose the Government will do what it needs to do.

I agree about the clothing for sure.

Exactly !!

We as people need to care more; I totally agree with you.

Even if just a simple gesture from retail stores; for example , in Alabama there is a store that sells just clothes and such found in unclaimed baggage areas, why not donate a few days worth; surely it would help more than hurt.

I so agree!

Those gestures could change peoples lives.

And if the store wants to continue its business they could sell as they do but donate money or donate clothes.And think about it, like you said, Retail clothing stores could donate a few bucks a day and they would never miss it.

Like when Apple had their clothing line in the 80s, they could have donated so much, they are such a huge company.

I again agree!

The common thing here though is getting those bigger companies such as Apple and Rip Curl to help.

More often than not it is those that themselves are having a hard time making it from payday to payday send what they have left while the rich get richer; sadly.

Exactly!

These people bed down on soggy wet blankets in muddy areas for months and people who make billions a year could change so much.

Hopefully the President and Government will do what they can, but won't hold my breath lol.

I read about a man who impersonated a government official in France and sold the Eiffel tower...twice....How does that happen!

lol, I too love a good deal and found many while over there but the best was experiencing the food!!

Oh my goodness; the danishes pastries and cheese's were so good, nothing like we have here.

Oh wow, I would love to see the Eiffel tower.

I bet they have some great clothing in France as well, I bet you can get anything tailored there.

Yes, yes they do have wonderful clothing there.

Lots of people have tailored clothing over there.

The culture is very different from here to there.

A much bigger appreciation of and for any works of art.

I bet it is amazing.

It is on my bucket list lol.

Is the Government there a lot like in the US?

I hope they have a great president.

Many things are similar but not quite the same, I would suggest you research many aspects before you go!

For example, I read about ring ladies; they are one's that will roll a gold looking ring toward you and they try to "sell" what they found to you.

I laughed until I seen it with my own eyes over there as well as seen many many signs to be aware of pick pockets.

Oh no, lol....I will definitely do my research!

I am a sucker for buying stuff when people are selling anything from clothing to jewelry lol...I was in Mexico a few years back and bought so much from street vendors it was ridiculous, I had to stop....

It sounds amazing!

I love food, so I cannot wait to actually be there.

I wonder if politics is huge over there compared to the US.

Hopefully it is calm.

We found it to be very calm with regards to politics!

Unlike there, here did you know that the presidents guest house is actually larger that the white house itself?

Good!

I am happy to hear that.

Really??

I wonder why the guest house needs to be that big!

Maybe it was built back when one of the 3 wealthiest presidents were in office!

It has been great chatting!

Have a great day!

I would say that is very possible indeed!

The three richest presidents of all time were JFK, Washington as well as Jefferson.

I will have to research more in it's exact date of being built.

And you have a great day as well!

Bye!


Theres a store in alabama that sells items left at airports

Wouldn't that be fun to go to?

Wonder what the most valuable thing the found there is

Do you think it might be jewelry?

I always thought pilgrims wore only black and white.

But I guess they wore all kinds of color!

Black was only for special occasions!
Maybe thats why thats all we saw

Oh!

That makes sense!

Did you know Apple made clothing in 1986?

Thats nutty.
I wonder how overpriced a shirt was

I wonder if we found it at that store from the airport, would it be worth any money?

Maybe we can use the guy who was able to sell the eiffel tower twice!

There you go!

I didn't know that Nevada is 86% government owned!

Maybe they are trying to save parts of the environment like Norway was trying to do

True!

I mean Norway donated 1bn to help the rain forest.

Maybe thats why trump is against the environment.

He cant afford to help donate

Maybe so.

Did you know that back in the day, the runner up in a presidential election became the vice president.

I wonder if that worked back in the day.

It would not in todays age

It would not!

I cannot see Trump and Clinton working together!

Congress can barely keep it together as it is!

The first president of Zimbabwe is called President banana.

I looked it up and that is his actual name not a nickname!

What?
Really!
I had no idea!!
How fun to know that!

It was nice talking to you.
Have a great day!


Do you watch a lot of tele or tv?

hey there, dI do watch some, have you ever watched Pokemon?

I did, I just to love Pokemon and still love Pikachu, what about you?

ya I love PIkachu!

apparently there are over 750 episodes now, I watched som eas a kid but I'll never catch em all at this point

I agree too many Pokemons nos and its been 16 years I guess that says a lot about the show and its success!

ya I agree, and it's still popular, do people still watch thomas the tank?

I know my little nephew does, he loves the show actually,

did you know that George Carlin did a voice on there?

I wonder if he did any direty jokes haha

Who knows maybe thats why my nephew likes the show so much lol, one thing is sure, the show has great narrators.

oh definitely, alec baldwin and ringo starr, thats some good voicing right there

I agree, did you ever watched That 70's Show?

I did, I heard they tried to make a versino of that in the UK right?

Yes they did, but they failed, it turns out its a terrible show, it was cancelled after only 10 episodes,

their tastes must be different, do you watch the simpsons, I guess theres only one episode where Bart is neither mentioned nor shown, maybe they forgot him?

I do like The Simpsons, I actually love The Simpsons, my favorite family and no idea,maybe Bart misbehaved that day and they decided to ground him lol

lol could be!
do you ever listen to the radio?

I do, there is an interesting frequency that picks some of the radio storms of the planet Jupiter

I'll have to try that out on my way to work tomorrow!

I guess you can pick it up on AM radio!

Yeah its only available in AM radio I think, you  know soldiers back in WWII knew how to make radios out of razorblades and pecils!

I want to know how to do taht!

Have you ever listened to classic radio dramas?

Are they any good?

I do, I listen to a site that has thousands of episodes and the best part is that they are free.

yup, I'll have to check it out, I wont be checking out the latin radio station though, that sounds horrible haha


Hello Friend.

Do you want to talk about clothing?

Did you know that Pilgrim clothing was full of color and that they only wore black for special occasions?

Doesn't that seem strange?

I guess people dont like the normal.

the abnormal makes for interesting narrative.

the pilgrims were just folks like you and me.

True.

Did you hear that there's a store in Alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, and other stuff found in unclaimed baggage at airports?

I wonder how much good stuff they have there?

is it just bad clothing and broken cameras?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Did you know that Apple has had a clothing line since 1986?

That is hysterical.
why would they do clothing?
who would wear apple clothing then?
nerds?
geeks?

People that love Apple items, Macbooks, iPods, iPhones, like that.

I guess now it might make sense, but back then, it was the Apple II and maybe the Mac.

it was not yet the company of the iPhone.

Yes, but they were trying to brand their products with the apple with the bite taken out it.

Yeah, i just can't imagine choosing the clothing back then.

would you wear IBM clothing?

Compaq?

Dell?

it just doesn't seem fashionable.

Did you know that Rip Curl makes clothes in North korea?

i thought that was illegal.

They put a label on it saying it was made in China, they doesn't sound good either.

I used to work for IBM, they had logo everything!

You did?

was there a line of clothing for IBM?

i would be surprised.

Usually people want designer clothes and stuff.

The tech's usually wear the logo clothes, have logo coffee cups, you know how it is.

People love logos.

Do you know anything about the government?

Did you know that Wikileaks published that that government plans to destroy Wikileaks?

Yeah, that is ironic.

Wikileaks busted the govts attempt to bust wikileaks.

Funny thing about the government, did you know that they own 86% of Nevada?

Strange fact.

What do they do with all that land?
Secret experiments?
Spooky.

That's what I thought too.

Guess we will find out one of these days.

Did you know that in 2008, the Norwegian government donated $1Bn to help save the Amazon Rainforest?

That's huge.

I wish that we would do things like that.

the amazon is one of the last forests on the planet.

I totally agree.

Did you know that a man in France impersonated a government official and sold the Eiffel Tower not just once but twice?

Maybe we can get that guy to sell the govts land in Nevada and use the proceeds as a donation to save the rainforest.

LOL Anyway, great chat!

You as well.
Have a great evening.


What type of entertainment do you enjoy?

Hi, I enjoy quite a few different things.

Tops on my list is probably video games.

I read that in total the planet plays about 3 billion hours of video games a week.

It is interesting how games can produces 2D and 3D images to create worlds within a flat screen

Yes.

Technology has greatly improved video games making them more and more addictive.

Did you know in South Korea it's illegal for kids 16 and under to play after midnight?

Not sure how they enforce that.

I never would have made it as a kid there.

I understand where they are coming from, but a strict cuttoff based on midnight probably is inconvenient for people with various schedules

Well there is no reason for kids to be up past midnight really.

Plus they have big problems with internet addiction so the same is likely true for gaming.

I recently hooked up my old atari.

It wouldn't work on today's tvs so I busted out an old black and white from my garage.

I mean if my knowledge a lot of kids in south korea literally study until midnight so they only get a break maybe from 11 or 12 for an hour or two at best.

I guess those that don't study are another case though

I didn't know that.

Just read about the games and recalled reading about internet addition as well.

When I was 16 I was staying up way past midnight watching Pokemon episodes.

Did you know there are over 750 episodes?

I still haven't seen them all.

I think pokemon is still continuing and have at least double 750 now

I don't think it will ever end.

It's one of the few shows that has more episodes then the simpsons.

Where those are two examples of great shows that last the test of time.

It is a shame that other shows like the uk version of the 70's show only last a few episodes at most

I never saw the UK version but I heard it was terrible.

I guess you liked it thought.

What other forms of entertainment do you like, Radio?

I just assumed it would be good since the 70's show was as well.

There are a lot of shows I have seen that have seemingly ended abruptly though despite fan's support.

It is quite fascinating how tv can transmit moving images and sounds to develop stories and worlds

Yes it is.

Technology is great, before TV we just had radio.

Radio waves are almost as interesting, since they can be done with much more primitive technology.

I wonder how foxhole radios with razorblades and pencils work

When they were used in WWII all they used were razorblades and pencil.

I think back then there was less interference, but it's actually not that hard to pick up radio waves.

I simply just know enough to comprehend how that would work.

How to send signals and how to receive them

There are lots of websites you can go to for more information.

Start your search on google and then enter a blackhole that never ends.

If you get into Ham radios you can actually use them to pick up radio waves from Jupiter!

I know that radios have dropped off from mainstream entertainment, it is still seeing wide use in space exploration and many people are trying to keep it alive by for instance making websites to offer thousands of classic radio dramas

Yes, and they are free too!

Radio will probably be around for a long time, if anything because most people still listen to them in their cars.

Really?

I usually listen to music on my phone.

In any case, thank you for the informative chat.


Hello, How are you today?

Good morning; I am doing great today thank you for asking!

Thats

Do you know the Apple brand had a clothing line 1986?

No, I didn't, interesting.

I thought pilgrims wore black and white.

I am surprised their clothing was full of color!

I agree!

it is known that pilgrims wore color many days and used black clothing for special occasions.

In turn, leads me to believe that many people wore different colors of clothing but portrayed differently due to only black and with photography.

That could be.

yes.

I will be looking for collar gaps from now on with my tailored clothes!

lol

That is funny but afraid I am not one that gets clothes tailored or would even know what exactly to look for.

I have heard of a store in Alabama that sells things from unclaimed baggage for which I feel would be cool to go see what people leave behind.

Yes, I no, It would be interesting to see what is left!

I am not surprised they have such a store filled with unclaimed baggage.

I would think there would be more of them.

I think so as well.

With so many airports across the US I was surprised to learn of only one store being available.

I would think there would be more anyways.

I am sure the store would have many brands of clothing from all over the world there.

Yes, I would think there would be more than one.

If not, that place would be huge.

If the brand Rip Curl has clothes made in North Korea, why would they label it made in China?

That is a good question!

Perhaps some of the components of the articles are from China?

I find it very interesting that many of today's fashion has come from generations ago.

For example; bell bottoms are making a come back and labeled as wide leg.

That is true.

They are always changing with different names and styles.

I hope the style does change and go back a few generations to a more classic style.

I find many different styles are good as long as they are comfortable.

Being from the south I also find having the option of layers good as the mornings and evening s can be cool outside but once the sun comes up it warms pretty quickly.

Insulating from heat or cold with layers that are comfortable and easily removed is a good thing.

That is true, I too am from the south and do not have to bundle up much.

Our winter is very short.

Layering is the way to go.

I think its great that the Norwegian government has donated 1 billion to save the amazon rainforest!

I agree as well that is a wonderful thing for the Rain Forest!

I hope other people as well as corporation see the need to save things that really matter to sustain future generations yet to come.

Yes, I agree that would be wonderful!

You know, I didn't realize the US government owned 86% of Nevada's land.

I was unaware of that as well.

An interesting factoid I have learned and wonder how it could happen not once but twice is the fact that a single man impersonated the government and was able to sell the Eiffel Tower two time on separate occasions.

Yes, sounds like a con artist in France.

Good chat!

I again agree,  and thank  you for such a nice chat today.

You too, have a great day!


Episcopal is a private boarding school in Alexandria with a lot of diversity.

Yes I have heard that it is a very beautiful school.

Are you familiar with David Zeng by chance?

No,  not personally.

More than 14 countries are represented at the school.

I wonder why so many are drawn to the school?

Im not sure but I have heard it only has a population of 445 at the school.

They have students from China, France, and Canada where football isn't as popular.

Yes but it brings them all together and bonds them.

Mike Yang said ‚ "One thing I really love about football is the sense of responsibility that players have."

The coach seems to have a positive attitude saying his priority is to make everyone feel welcomed and give it a try.

Yes but i have heard that international players have had hiccups learning the sport.

A lot of them haven't started the game when they were 7 or 8 like the Americans have.

Yeah but that is the beauty of it, anyone can learn.

And it also helps them assimilate with American culture.

They can learn great lessons like pushing further when you want to quit too.

Well I think the coach should be recognized for his program.

He has went beyond the call of action to make all the students feel like a huge part of the team.

He sounds like he's doing a great job.

Some of his athletes will play at Notre Dame and Stanford next year

Hopefully some will get to go to the university of Iowa and see their pink locker room

haha.

If they make it to an ESPN game they will see a superimposed yellow line representing the first down line for american football games

Yes we tend to make things easy for viewers in the states.

It would be nice to see some of these men end up on a national team like the Pats.

I wonder if they get scholarships to the private school or you have to be really wealthy?

I think it would depend on the child and the family.

but the good news is in 39 out of the 50 pro athletes make the most money.

You mean in 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is a college or basketball coach?

Guess that means our tax dollars are going to these too because it says state employee.

That might be true as well but athletes still sign eight and nine figure contracts.

im sure if they go one even as a starter they would be set for life.

If they are responsible with the money they probably could be set for life.

Did you know that Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade?


Hi there, do you like the NFL games

Hi there I sure do.

Did you know snoop dogg wrote a song for his son's school team?

That is pretty cool.

The U of Iowan visitor locker room is pink

Hmm wonder what that is about.
Football coaches are the highest paid .

That is a lot of money there.
Bowlers used to make more in the 60s

It was a more popular sport back then so I can see how that worked

Yeah exactly.

Do you know what the highest score in college football is?

Yeah it was 222-0 when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland

Yeah that is it.
Did you know ESPN won an Emmy?

Yeah they won it for the superimposed yellow line and I am glad they invented that

Yeah me too, it makes watching the game from home much better and easier

That is true.

Have you ever been to that huge stadium in Texas?

Hmm I do not think so.
How big is it?

It is huge.

It can sit more than 18000 people and it cost $60 million

That is a lot of money and a lot of seats.

Do you watch basketball too?

I do actually sometimes.

Did you know it was invented in the YMCA along with volleyball

Oh did not know that, pretty cool .Do you know who invented it?

I do not know the name of the guy do you know who it was?

Yeah it was James Naismith, he was a coach at U of Kansas and the only losing coach in their history.

Wow that is very intriguing.

Back to football, US has more than half of the largest stadiums in the world

Wow I guess it makes sense since it is such a big sport here.


Do you know what the highest scoring football game was?

No, 150-ish  ?

It was 222-0.

I wonder if people stayed for the ending just to see how bad it would get.

Do you have any details about the circumstances of the game ?

Maybe the other team was sick.

I only know it was the 1916 Georgia Tech game.

Something certainly had to be unusual for that to happen.

Maybe the other team never played football against a real team, the sport was somewhat new at the time.

I would feel bad about the game even if i was on the winning team.

For sure, it would have been really strange to watch that game.

You would have blisters on your hands from too much clapping.

Do you watch football on TV ?

Not usually.

I use to have a boyfriend that loved the Patriots.

He was from New Hampshire.

I never understood how one team could represent 6 states and other teams could represent 1/3 of a state.

That's football, imagine how football on TV was before the invention of the yellow line for the first down.

It must have been confusing.

I was impressed when I first saw that on tv.

I can even remember a game without it, it made the game much more interesting.

It did?
Why?

Yeah, it makes the first down as a concrete objective.

You can see it.

Without it you have to imagine it.

But now with the yellow line, your are forced to acknowledge it, it adds much more tension to the game.

True.
It use to be such a guessing game.
LOL

But it is also popular live, 14 of the 25 biggest stadium in the world are for college football, and they don't have a yellow line.

Wow.

I wonder why that is?

Would think that the NFL would have more money than colleges.

Maybe the NFL makes more money with TV rights and college football makes more more with attendance since they are regional.

Maybe.

Or maybe it is because they don't have to pay so much to the players.

Yeah, maybe your are right.

But it was not always the case, in the 60s pro bowlers made more money than pro footballer.

I heard that.
Thanks for chatting with me.