Hi, how are you?

Hello there, I am well thank you.
I hope you are too.
Do you spend much time on YouTube?

I do a little but it's more to learn how to cook or fix something.

What about you?

I use it quite often.

I listen to music most of all, but then I also use it for any kind of informational video on anything basically.

Nice.
What type of music do you listen to?

I love lots of 50's and 60's music.

YouTube is great for looking up old videos of live performances from artists who did perform live too much like Harry Nilsson.

How about you?

I like mellow music.

When I listen to anything faster or more intense, I get intense too.

I do listen to rock and rap at the gym though...

Yeah rap is great for working out I've come to learn.

I really like early to mid 90's rap.

Did you know that YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the internet?

I think I read that the other day.

Behind Google, I assume.

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

Yeah I can see them making up that much.

It's crazy how much children watch YouTube these days.

My son watches too much tv.

I wish I was better engaged so I could play with him or have him color but turning on the TV is so easy.... We do limit him to 1 hour a day though...

That is good, limiting is a good policy.

Did you ever watch the Simpsons on tv?

I do.
I love them.
Do you watch the Simpsons?

Oh yeah I grew up watching them, I know every episode in the first 12 seasons or so.

Did you know there is only one episode ever that Bart doesn't make an appearance?

I heard that.
I am trying to find out which one.
Do you know?

No I don't but I'm in the same boat I really would like to know.

I'm assuming it's in the one of the later seasons though.

Yeah.
What other TV do you watch?

I am a huge Seinfeld fan, I also like the first few seasons of That 70's Show and King of the Hill.

How about you?

About the same.

I found out that bart was not in "Four  Great Women and a manicure."

Yeah that sounds like an after season 10 episode, good detective work.

Did you know there are over 750 episodes of the show Pokemon?

That is crazy!

That's a lot!
Nice chatting with you!


I bet Trump thinks he one of the top three wealthiest presidents.

do you know who they are really?

yeah, I was surprised that Trump did not make the top 3, probably old data before Trump was elected

I'm sure JFK was one the other Jefferson and Washington, i don't know.

Yeah Kennedy's easy.
But who knew Washington and Jefferson?

right!

do you know that the republican party's is also called the GOP?

Oh yeah, do you know what GOP stands for?

I never even asked myself, lol.

Do you know?

I know the party is named after republicanism, a major ideology of american revolution.

founded by anti-slavery activists..GOP which equals the Grand Old Party

Wow, could they be more obvious!!

I hear the GOP's political platform supports lowered taxes.

What do you think?

yeah, I think my taxes have lowered since Trump

....Did you know that the white house is smaller than the guest house?

yeah, that' making guests feel at home huh?

Not sure why that it is, makes no sense to me but i'm not a politician.

Hey the President of Zimbabwe has 3 pop albums.

He must be good to have put out 3.

yeah wonder what happens if you criticize the presidents music there?

Get caned maybe?

Who knows, And correction it was Indonesian President.

Zimbabwe's President is named President Banana.

yeah, that was his real name, I looked it up.

Crazy, was his VP, Mr. Apple?

To funny, his Cabinet was a fruit bowl.

Can you imagine if the rule that stated the runner up was automatically elected as the VP.

Hillary and Trump in the white house.

Yeah, that woulda been comedy gold right there, HRC and Trump!

Right that would be a good name for it.

I'm told that every President with a beard has been a republican.

I assume this excludes Trump.

I think they mean that no democrat presidents have ever had a beard

Oh ok that makes since, lol.

The colors blue and red for the two parties only started in 2000.

It seemed like it had always been that way.

yeah does seems like the media has had us divided into red/blue for longer than that

Yeah well there has not been a Us president that wasn't a Dem or Rep since 1853.

Nice chatting with you my friend!


What is your attitude toward Canada?

I think they've been good to us, but Trump does not seem to like them.

No, he doesn't does he.

Calling them 'dishonorable people' is pretty strong.

I think he was actually talking about the reporters there.

I think you're right.

He's upset about the trade.

He's always upset about the press because they call him out.

Yes, Bloomberg did the right thing and reported it.

Bloomberg is pretty even handed.

I still experience shock over the results of our last presidential election.

Who are all these women who support Trump anyway.

I don't know any and I don't myself.

It is a little shocking, but I guess people always vote along party lines.

I don't know about that.

The mid-terms showed a willingness to cross the party lines for purposes of gender.

I think you might be right.

How about Trump still going on these campaign tours?

He's determined to run again.

I can't believe he's spending our tax dollars to do it.

I'm glad that there are still a lot of protesters going to these rallies also.

I don't know how much actual effect they have.

I think they bring energy to the resistance to go out and do something.

Maybe, but really, what can be done?

Just voting to make our representatives follow our wishes.

They need to get rid of the gerrymandering, it is unfair.

Trump is defending it in North Carolina.

I completely agree with you.

Trump is defending it because it favors him.

Exactly, it's unfortunate that the lines couldn't be redrawn before this past election.

I agree.

But at least, they may be redrawn after this next Congress will take office in January.

We can but hope.
Nice chatting.


Hello, interesting fact.

every president that had a beard was Republican lol

That's funny!

All Presidents since 1853 have been either Republican or Democrat

Interesting.

also,  the first President of Zimbabwe was President Banana.

Haha.

I wonder if he ever visited the White House?

If he did,  he could stay in the guest house which is bigger than the white house lol

Sure could.

The president of indonesia makes pop albums!

awesome,  that must be a busy man,  concerts and running the country lol

Yes!

It used to be that the runner up of the election became vice president.

That would never fly these days!

Yeah I agree.

Hilary and Trump wold not make a good team.

Definitely not!
Good thing that practice ended in 1805

apparently president truman refused to take a picture on the dumbo ride at disneyland lol

He didn't want to be associated with republicans by standing near an elephant!

Weird lol

They only started using red and blue to separate the parties in 2000.

I wonder why they decided to assign colors at all

Not sure, I guess its a good way to visualize who is winning as elections are tallied.

looks like Nevada is the only state to have an option to select none of these candidates.

I wonder if they can write a name in?

haha probably not.

The taller candidate usually wins!
75% of the time since 1900

great find.
nice chatting with u.


Huge scare for Post Malone on his recent flight

I guess so!

Loved his response to all the haters though!

Yeah, that was great!

Hope he gets his plane checked out before he decides to travel again.

FLight problems twice in a row would be pretty tough to take.

I would have a hard time flying again.

Since he went to reading england, I guess he was okay with it!

Are you a Post Malone fan?

Never heard of him, You?
Recommend a song?

I only recently heard of him through Jimmy Fallon; Post is very popular I guess

I thought this was interesting..Louis braille, the inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind, braille, perfected it when he was just 15.

He must have been brilliant.

He was certainly a pioneer and helped to make things easier for the blind

My grandmother was blind.
I remember her braille watch.
It's amazing what people can do.

Did she ever teach you to read Braille?

only her watch.

She never read for herself.

We always read to her, or got books on tape.

I didn't realize there was a watch for the blind

Yep, Just little braille numbers.

Like 1 dot for 1 o'clock etc.

The face of her watch lifted off on a hinge.

Speaking of reading..President andrew johnson never attended school in his life.

his wife helped him learn math and reading.

Wow!

Very amazing indeed for someone back then without a traditional education to make it to President; I personally don't think every President recently has had a proper education!

I just burst out laughing!
!

lol; glad I could bring a smile to your face this morning ;)

I appreciate it!
Do you ever listen to the radio?

Only when I am in the car, you?

same.

Apparently Hanson is very popular though.

Happy Holidays


Hi, how are you today?

i'm good.

Probably more comfortable than Post Malone was after his emergency airplane landing!

I guess that must have been a frightening experience!

Did everything turn out all right?

It did.

Even though 2 tires blew out on takeoff, they were able to land safely at another airport

That's good.

I've never been in that situation, and I hope I never will be.

Do you like to read?

I do occasionally.

I studied English in college, so I have a pretty good understanding of the process, although it's definitely different when yo're reading critically rather than for information of entertainment.

I hear you!

Reading critically is a skill that takes time to develop.

I wonder how long it took Anne Jones to get up to 4,700 wpm for speed reading.

I doubt she's doing critical reading then.

Yes, I believe the strategies for speed reading aren't geared towards comprehension or pleasure.

Apparently reading novels for pleasure in the 18th Century caused a moral panic back then.

Back then, people were supposed to read poetry, not stories of ne'er-do-wells and scalawags.

I suppose it's similar to the moral panic that people have about video games.

Yes, and I think that's more severe than panic over an actual art form like rap music, which people freaked out over at the end of the 20th century.

Goodness gracious, those lyrics, and all those black people too!

Heavens!

**clutches pearls** Music from the underclasses for the underclasses usually causes a stir amongst the elite.

Yes, until it gets recognized as culturally significant by the Library of Congress like Tupac's music, and then people kind of have to find a new scapegoat for society's ills.

Well, if video games and rap ever get together to form a genre, the world will go up in flames.

Unless of course, it's Korean rappers in a compliment battle.

Yes, we could use a more civil and less violent form of entertainment, like in the days of radio.

If radio had come out in the 18th century, people would have listened to poetry only.

There would have been laws about it.

Broadcasts in Latin?

Of course!

Yes, like Canadian laws that require 40% of their music on the radio to be Canadian.

Seems a little restrictive on freedom of speech, but hey, it's not America!

The gov't wants to make sure that Canadians artists are heard, otherwise the US groups would dominate the air.

I think France does something similar.

I suppose you give up some freedoms to level the playing field in certain systems of government.

It's good that radio remains democratic on the internet, where you can find archives of classic programs.

It's entertainment from a different generation.

Perhaps it will get discovered by later generations and enjoyed.

Well, I had a groovy time chattin' with ya.

Yes, maybe they can create rap operas on digital radio haha, Have a good one!

You too!

Later.


How's it going, do you watch much tv?

I love south Park, the simpsons sent them flowers after they aired the family guy spoof episode

That is really clever, I will need to see that!

Yea I guess the simpsons don't like family guy too much.

They have so many episodes, there is only one that doesn't feature Bart

If you think the simpsons has a lot of episodes, how about pokemon which has 750 episodes already!

Wow, thats like 50 episodes of Pokemon a year

right 16 years straight!

That's a lot more than the 10 episodes of "Days Like These" ended up airing in the UK

They copied 70s show!

Yea, a verbatim remake of that 70s show doesn't sound that funny

Speaking of funny, did you know comedies is one of the oldest genres in film?

Yea, there is even silent film comedies, I might have to check those out

Must have been hard to do comedy in silent films, had to rely on slapstick.

I wonder if they had bromantic comedies similar to Harold and Kumar back then

Harold and Kumar is so funny.

I think the bromance the hangover is on par with H and K as well!

I hear Kung Fu Hustle is funny, Bill Murray thinks of it as a great achievement

I saw that...it is so wacky.

It is definately a great form of Entertainment.

3rd rock from the sun was really wacky, they actually beat out Seinfield, Friends, and Frasier for best comedy in the 1997 emmys

I am going to have to binge watch it then lol.

I have seen all episodes of the other three.

I am sure it will capture my attention and give me delight.

Yea, I wish all the shows nominated for best comedy series were on Netflix, only Friends is

Sometimes I wonder who makes those crazy calls...probably and entertainment exec who turned Reagan down for a role because he did not look presidential enough lol.

Lol well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Do you listen to the radio?

Apparently, Canadian Law requires radios to have at least 40% of music played be Canadian.

That is pretty funny.

I personally don't listen to the radio.

I mostly listen to YouTube.

And I would rather listen to classical Latin then listen to the Canadian radio LOL

I listen to the radio in the car and I do not listen to Canadian radios.

I would prefer to  listen to episodes of classic radio dramas.

It is free!

Haha I'm with you on that.

Maybe I will make a foxhole radio.

You just need a pencil and a razor blade and they are you're good to go LOL I can even put it in my car haha

I heard that soldiers in WWii used to do that.

I wonder how they figured it out.

Yep they must have been really smart haha.

Or at least smarter than me because I couldn't figure it out.

Also I could use the Foxhole radio to listen to a Jupiter radio storm.

I would love to listen to storms coming from Jupiter.

I know right.

Do you ever read books by the way?

For instance the book Starship Troopers?

I heard about Starship Troopers.

It was the first sci fi novel on the reading list of three US military branches.

Yep it's actually a good movie.

I never read the book, but I heard it's very different from the movie.

The movie is definitely very anti-military though

I have no time to read anymore.
I'm busy with work and grand kids.
Do you like rap music?
I heard that it was related to hip hop.
To me the two are totally different.

Haha some of the rap music is ok but a lot of it is garbage in my opinion.

Do you like Busta Rhymes or Tupac by the way?

I dislike rap music.

Therefore, I was surprised to know that Tupac's music is in the library of congress.

Yep I was too, I don't know how they determine cultural significance, Busta Rhymes did a voice in The Rugrats Movie, I watch that back in 1998 I'll have to check it out again

Do you like Busta Rhymes' work?

I did not know that he was the voice of the reptar wagon.

Nope how would you know, have you ever heard of a compliment battle?

Apparently that's a type of rap in Japan

No I have not.
Is it similar to American's rap music?

It's kind of similar, it's a rap, and they just compliment each other.

I don't know if you've ever seen a diss track before, where they make fun of each other, but it's kind of the opposite of that

I see.

So, did you say that the Japanese rappers compliment each other instead of insulting each other?

Haha yes that's what it seems like.

Can you guess who Eminem's favorite superhero was?

Spider-man!
Is that right?
Unfortunately, I've got to run now.
It was nice chatting with you.


hi, do you enjoy reading?

I used to read a lot in high school, I heard Starship Troopers was a good sci-fi novel, it is on the reading lists of the US military

that is pretty cool.

there is a woman who hold the record for speed reading

yeah Anne Jones, she can read 4,700 a minute, I wonder how long it would take her to read the bible

Pretty fast I bet.

do you know who tolkien and cs lewis are?

I think he wrote Game of thrones or The Lord of The rings, not sure all I know is they like laughing at bad poetry

ahaha yeah they had those contests which one will laugh first

Doesn't sound too much fun to me, neither does reading Ender's Game which is suggested reading in the US Marine Corps

yeah not sure why they recommend that.
do you listen to the radio much?

Yea sometimes, I'd really like to see if I can pick up Jupiter's radio waves, I wonder what am frequencies they can be heard on

yeah that is so cool.

have you listened to a canadian radio ever?

No I don't think I've heard any Canadian radio stations

Well, they play 40% canadian music, it is the law

I've never hear much of canadian music, I don't know if I enjoy listening to it being played a lot on the radio

Yeah that is a lot of Justin Bieber for sure

I don't know what's worse, Justing Biber or listening to nuntii latina in Finland

Yeah I do not speak latin so for me it would be boring but it is interesting that they give the news in latin there

I wonder if there is any latin rappers, I heard Korea has compliment battle rappers

yeah I would like to listen to those really.

do you like eminem?

Yea he has some good songs, I heard he's a huge spiderman fan

yeah I heard that too.
nice chatting with you


Hi, how are you?

Hello, I'm fine

Do you listen to Suff you Missed in History Class?

I listen to a lot of podcasts but not that one...

I read the notes.

I read that former president William Howard Taft started the baseball term "7th inning stretch."

Wow, I did not know that.

Did you know that John Quincy Adams skinny dipped in the Potomac river?

Yes, it's a funny story.

A woman named, Anne Royall, wanted an interview with so she went to the river and sat on his clothes to force him out.

Ha!

That would be so embarrasing... She's now seen negatively though.

Seems like good old fashion journalism...

That would certainly be embarrassing.

I think she was very brave to do something like that to a president.

I guess she got a story!

Have you ever seen the Great White Hope?

No, I've heard about it, but I've not seen it.

It sounds like a great play as it received many awards.

I will make a point to see it if I have the opportunity.

Have you ever added to the history of DC seafood by eating at the Wharf neighborhood?

No, I've never been there.

It sounds very nice; I love the atmosphere of the wharf and the smell of the sea.

I love to eat fish.

Me too.

My dream is to retire to a slow moving coastal town where the biggest decision I have to make is determining which local dinner I will eat at.

I'm a ways away from that!

I hope to get to DC one day to visit the wharf and taste some of the delicious fish.

I might go this spring; the weather will be nice for walking around the wharf and taking in the sights and smells of all the history.

I agree.

I wouldn't mind catching a Nationals game either!

Check out that 7th inning stretch!

Yes, I would imagine that everyone love to do the stretch at the game.

The legend is that President William Howard Taft started the tradition there.

I can see why he stood up to stretch, baseball games can get lengthy sometimes.

Yeah.

That's why I drink so much at games...

I have to get up and go to the concession stand!

HA!

In class they also studied interesting facts about presidents.

Did you know that the presidential guest house is bigger than the white house?

That's crazy!

That's gotta make Trump angry!

He could get into pop albums like the president of Indonesia!

That's hilarious!

I'm surprised that Trump hasn't made any pop albums since he's been a reality TV star already.

That could be an avenue when he leaves the white house.

yeah.

In class they also discussed the history of clothing.

Did you know that humans are the only creature that wears clothes?

I didn't know that, ha ha.

I think they should put pants on horses... my son asks too many questions at the petting zoo.

The class learned that we wear more or less clothes depending on the circumstances.

For instance if it's cold we wear more and if it's hot we wear less.

Also different cultures wear different types of clothes.

Pilrims clothing was colorful and only wore black for special occasions...

That's interesting because I always have thought that Pilgrims dress was very boring.

I didn't know that they wore colorful clothing!

That gives me a whole new view of the Pilgrims.

They're not as drab as I had pictured them.

I know!

I thought the same thing.

I think Hollywood has warped our perceptions of a lot!

In class they apparently also learned that there is a store in Alabama that just sells stuff from unclaimed baggage at the airport.

It's hard to believe that people would leave there things at the airport.

I wouldn't do that.

Neither would I. I wonder what's the craziest thing they have?

There's probably a lot of interesting things to be found there.

I love to go to second hand stores and look for treasures.

Well, I think we have completed enough "turns" now and so we can say goodbye.

Thank you for chatting with me today.

Take care.

We're at 8 so we have 2 more.

Did you know there is a jellyfish that is immortal?

Kind of like this chat?

Okay, jelly fish are kind of gross.

What is amazing is the black swallower fish.

It's hard to believe that a being can eat something that's twice it's length and ten times its weight and survive.

It must get heartburn.

It would be so heavy, how could it still swim?

HA!

Heartburn... That's funny.

I heard that some snakes can eat humans whole!

The zebrafish facts are also very interesting.

I worked at a university and the researchers there work with zebrafish a lot.

Now I know why; 84 per cent of their genes can be related  somehow to human diseases.

Nice chatting with you!


Hello!

Did you know there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal?

That's a bit scary!

I hope that they are extremely slow breeders or predators keep the population in check.

Otherwise, would they not eventually overrun other species?

You would think.

Let's hope they are, or jelly fish will rule the world someday!

Aquatic species can be amazing.

Did you know that 84% of genes for human disease have equivalents in the zebrafish?

That's pretty scary, Zebra fish are super invasive too I believe.

Freshwater fish drink through their skin!

I am not much on aquatic species other than to eat them.

But a friend has a large saltwater aquarium.

Did you know the seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?

That's pretty crazy!

The black swallower fish can eat prey twice it's size!

I hope they're not too big!

Moving onto land, have you every watched the podcast "Stuff You Missed in History Class"?

I haven't, but I have heard of it.

I love listening to podcasts while i'm driving.

One of my favorites was a story about President John Quincy Adams and a tenacious reporter.

Supposedly reporter Anne Royall was frustrated about not getting an interview.

So, while Adams was skinny dipping in the Potomac, she sat on his clothes until she got the interview!

Now that's a good strategy!

Did you know pilgrims only wore black for special occasions?

I wonder why the history books, when I was growing up, only showed them in black.

I guess it was because the Pilgrims are associated with Thanksgiving and that would be a special occasion.

I was surprised to hear that in 1986, Apple made an unsuccessful attempt at entering the clothing market.

I just can't see computers and clothing having a common market audience and strategy.

Yeah, I imagine apple clothes would be very minimalist and expensive!

I know President Trump's daughter, Ivanka had a successful clothing line.

Recently I read a statistic that said the 3 wealthiest presidents were Kennedy, Washington, and Jefferson.

I wonder if that is still true, considering we have a billionaire in the White House?

I think he would be up in the top three at least.

A way to tell to if you get your clothes tailored or not are collar gaps!

Other than getting my suits fitted, I have little expereince with custom clothes; off the rack is good enough for me!

But, if you are travelling and looking for cheap clothes, go to Alabama where they sell clothes and other items from unclaimed airport luggage!

That's crazy, I wonder how much luggage really goes unclaimed!

I not sure.

It seems my luggage gets lost at least once a year, but eventually shows up.

Getting back to fish, I was surprised by the "Stuff You Missed in History Class" that the oldest continually operating fish market is in Washington DC, circa 1805.

I would have thought that east coast cities would have had that record!

Yeah,that is strange.

You would have thought it to be up in New England!

And from another podcast episode, they attribute the 7th inning stretch to President William Taft.

It seems he was tired of sitting, got up to stretch, and everyone else stood up out of respect to the President!

Lol, that has got to be surreal!
So many interesting facts on podcasts!
Well, it was nice chatting with you!

Same to you.

I think I might go and check out the Indonesian Presidents 3 pop albums, just out of curiosity!

I think I have to know what they sound like too!

Have a nice evening!


Hi, do you like TV?

I sure do, I like to watxh the SImpsons and you?

I like the simpsons too.
I also liked that 70's show.

Nice me too.

There is an episode of Simpsons where Bart does not appear

I heard about that one.

It's called 4 great women and a manicure.

Yeah, and he was not even mentioned at all, kind of strange

Maybe they had to send a message to the voice actor!

Homer is the star anyways..

True.

Back to That 70s Show, did you know it flopped in the UK?

I did not.
I wonder why?
It was sooo good here!

I know but there they remade it verbatim so it only lasted 10 episodes

That's why it failed!

I feel like it oculd have done better if it was written for that audience.

Did you ever see the British version of the office?

I have not actually just the American one, is it good?

It was different.

The Dwight character is much more militant.

The Michael scott character is so uncomfortable.

I could only watch one episode at a time because I woul d get so ncomfortable.

Oh I see.

Did you ever see any of the Pokemon episodes?

My son watches so I have seen a lot of them by proxy.

Yeah I did not realize that there are 750 episodes out now, that is a lot

Yeah.

You could watch 50 a year for 16 years!

Do you know if it is still in production?

I think it is but I am not sure.
How about Thomas the Tank?

I have not seen that one.
Any good?

I have seen them with my niece and it is fun for them.

Alec Baldwin did the voice for about 52 episodes

Nice!
It was nice chatting with you?

Same here have a good one


Hello.

Are you aware that only elephants and dogs understand pointing by humans?

Wait, hold on.

you mean they like get the clues when we point?

They do.

It's awesome that they instinctively know that, and there are blood drives for the doggos too.

wow thats great to know, no wonder they are man's best friends, I mean the Dogs, lol.

I knew that Dogs can learn over 1000 wordsd and can reason better than Chimps.

There are vending machines in Istanbul, that release food and water for stray doggos, in exchange for plastic bottes.

We need those here.

ohh wow that is extraordinary, dogs enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward, we dont have that many stray dogs here though, do we?

I think it all depends on your area.

That is accurate, all over the world dogs do extraordinary things though, in Moscow, they have learned to use the subway.

I saw that video.

That is amazing, I can't even use an Uber properly.

Its all crazy stuff, but the law governing pets and their ownership also may affect such thing, I dont think in the US They would allow us to let our dogs go around by themselves, in Queensland, its illegal to own a rabbit without having a magicians license

Seriously?

That's insane.

I always thought dogs were colorblind, evidently they can see colors just like we can.

omg I had no idea, But I know scientists try to find more about animals each day, Havard scientists one day managed to store a gif of a galloping horse in the dna of bacteria, can you imagine that?

That's insane.
Who thinks of these things?

crazy scientists, lol, I heard that US Hopes to do joint field operations with Noth Korea to return remains of american soldiers who died in the korean war, and DNA will play a great part in order to figure out their families here.

Yeah, I saw that.

The administration is declaring it a success, even though it can take decades to properly identify remains.

Plus, DPK has a habit of sending dog bones

OMG Thats crazy, but I think the USA Has a great team working on the identification process, because i read somewhere that Military lab in Hawaii that handles the cases is planning to double the number of its workers handling the cases.

They do.

Even with advancements in technology, you still need good samples to begin with, and not all samples are viable for DNA extraction.

I know all these complicated processes and way too many samples too, the US Military sent 200 boxes to the Demilitarized zone in anticipation of the latest transfer

Yep.
One person has been identified so far.
That was the last I heard anyway.

wow that's something though a long process for sure.

I'm glad they were being pessimistic, and stating that the number of boxes, don't necessarily equal the number of individuals.

of course the US Treats this as a sacred obligation and moral imperative.

I still think trump got played by Un though.

I know, I trust mike pompeo though and North Korea reaffirmed its commitment to pompeo last week.

I'm not fond of him.

It was great chatting with you, take care.

Merry Christmas.

you too buddy, merry christmas

Thank you


It's so sad to read about soldiers who were left over in the Korean war

I know, and it doesn't help that relations with North Korea have been all over the place

I can't believe the Korean War is still going on.

We need a moment of reconciliation.

It's sad, and it's sad that some of the remains haven't been identified yet.

That would be so hard for the families

It's been decades since the war so it makes sense that they aren't identifiable.

I guess the lesson is not to start wars in other people's land.

Well, we can thank a previous President for that move.

I would have rather he create a pop album like the President of Indonesia than to start a war

I hope the soldiers' families don't hold any ill will towards Koreans.

It was just a different time.

Definitely!

It was also a different time back when Washing and Jefferson were Presidents, but they're still in the top three wealthiest

I want to trust Trump on this, but I'm not sure he understands the history of the war.

His lack of understanding (which applies to many people) is likely from a lack of understanding of the culture in Korea.

I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

I don't think many Democratic presidents would be willing to do what he's doing

The process of getting the remains (in exchange for money) has been going on with both Republicans and Democrats.

I don't think it's about parties

That's true.

But making a deal to ease sanctions wouldn't be done by everybody.

True.

He seems to be willing to do things many other Presidents didn't, even things that were already voted and signed on

It's crazy that Koreans have to be separated even though they are the same people.

That's not the only time something like that has happened before.

This is only different in that the US is still involved in some of this.

There's still 7,700 Americans missing

I'm not sure if I feel bad for the missing Americans.

They knew what they were getting themselves into.

Not all of them did.
Do you know much about dogs?

Did you know dogs are considered a subspecies of the wolf?

They were also the first species to be domesticated.

No wonder they're a favorite

There are 12 different blood types from dogs.

That is incredible to me.


Hi, how are you doing tonight?
Do you like dogs?

Hey there I love dogs!

We used to have a husky, what about you?

I like dogs, but I don't have any.
I would like to own one one day.
Huskies are supposed to be unusual.
Are they?

They are very unusual.

They're very stubborn and this husky had one brown eye one blue eye.

But I also didn't know that dogs have 12 different blood types?

Did you know that?

12 types of blood.

I guess because there are so many breeds.

Is that ever a problem, I wonder.

That's a good question.

I hope that they do dog blood drives, and I also hope that the dogs get a treat afterwards LOL

The dogs probably could use the blood for operations.

I wonder if they have a blood bank.

And how they get the needles into the dogs.

Yep these are all great questions haha.

I would imagine that they have to use needles, I don't know how they would get the blood out though.

Also weird, did you know that the only animals that understand pointing are dogs and elephants?

I think elephants are great.

I've seen baby elephants play with people.

Humans look cute to elephants.

Couldn't have a pet elephant though.

And elephant blood drives?

Hm.

Yeah+ they grow up to be so big haha.

I would love to have a pet elephant but I don't think my house would be able to fit it haha.

The elephant would be great if it could be shrunk to the size of a dog.

Then it would be manageable but stinky.

Haha yes that will be the new trend!

Miniature elephants, AKA purse-size elephants, we have a million-dollar idea here haha, I wonder if elephants are like dogs where they can't see all of the colors that humans can?

I bet they have pretty good vision.
Maybe their ears are good too.
Big ones.
And a big snout.
Pretty good senses.

Yeah I bet they have a good sense of smell haha.

Do you think we should do the same thing that Istanbul does?

They train their wild dogs to bring the trash to them so it can be disposed, and then they give them treats for doing that

The dogs are helping keep the city clean!

It's a great system.

The dogs probably learn to do that from each other.

They are quite smart and social.

Yes I even heard that dogs can learn how to use the subway system in Russia, so they can easily be trained to grab trash LOL.

Are you a scientist by the way?

Apparently the term was only invented back in 1833

I'm not a scientist.

I thought the term would be older, but I guess people that did science just used another name.

Yep that must be it.

I think it's interesting that the emperor of Japan is a scientist though.

He does actually published papers too, even to this day

If you've got an interest in research, then you can be a scientist.

You could be a dog scientist even.

That sounds awesome!

I missed my calling haha.

You would think that astronauts would all be scientists though, but apparently only one scientist has walked on the moon so far

I think astronauts are usually pilots that get trained to go into space.

Probably not many scientists end up as pilots.

Yeah you're right.

Anyway, what do you think about the president?

Do you know who the top three richest presidents are too?

I know that it's a weird question


Hello,  do you like dogs?

Yes, I love dogs.

Did you know dogs have 12 different blood types?

No, that is crazy!

I wonder if they have their own version of O-.

lol maybe.

I havent really looked into it.

Did you know dogs can understand up to a thousand words?

I did know that.

We should teach them more than just simple comands like sit and paw.

My friends dogs know like 50 commands!
Even the command dance!
lol

Dogs drink with underside of their tongue!

Yeah thats weird lol it looks weird too.

I am confused how dogs in moscow use the subway.

Same here,  That is really impressive though,  but im not sure how they know which subway to take lol

I also do not know why they would need to use the subway.

Probably because its faster to get around on.

Oh and where do they keep their subway ticket?

Or do dogs ride free?

Great question.

I love that they experience eureka moments.

Yeah I never knew that,  thats pretty awesome.

Do you have a dog?

I do not have a dog.
Do you?

I do,  shes 2,  a rescue.

I think my dog is the exception when they say dogs an elephants can understand pointing lol shes obivious.

Thats funny.

Do you consider dogs to be man's best friend.

Absolutely!

My dog is always there for me.

I just wish she would laugh at some of my jokes,  that would be amazing if dogs could laugh,  thats the only thing missing lol

That is amazing.

Been great talking to you.


The White House seems like an amazing place

Yea and full of history, every president since 1800 has lived there

Its been around a long time them, they still use floppy disks, that is a bit odd

That is pretty crazy.

Did you know the first phone number of the White House was "1"?

I didnt know that, that is a cool fact, another cool fact about the white house is that it has 2 twin buildings

That is pretty cool, there is a replica of the White House in Atlanta that is a private home

Wow, that replica must be awesome, I wonder if it also has solar panels like the original one

Maybe when Carter was president, it's a shame Ronald Reagan removed them from the original White House

He did, but George W Bush put them back

I wonder if Bush also turned the White House thermostats down to 65 degrees during the winter like Carter

Maybe it remained as a tradition, did you hear about the incident in the white house on November 11, 2011?

the secret services made a big mistake

No, did something happen at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

Yeah, 4 bullets stuck the White House and it took the secret 4 days to find them

That's pretty crazy.

On a lighter note, the White House will congratulate the birth of a newborn if you mail them a birth announcement

Thats great Im expecting a baby in a few months so I will mail them and test the theory

Good luck.

Did you know Lincoln was the first president to be photographed for his inauguration?

I didnt know that no, Teddy Roosevelt banned christmas trees form the white house

That is quite odd.

His cousin FDR was the last president to speak a foreign language fluently

He was?

wow, our leaders lack preparation sometimes,

Yea and the only US president with a PhD was Woodrow Wilson

Wilson was a really smart man, I guess that makes sense.


Hi there, do you know much about the presidents?

Hi yes I know some things here and there> Do you know who the three wealthiest ones are in the US?

I think it is Jefferson, Washington and JKF.

Strange trump is not in there

Yes, well you have to take inflation into account , that is why

Oh that makes much more sense.

THe president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana

I wonder if that means anything else though in their language, beside the fruit

Hmm good point.

The president of Indonesia is a pop star there as well

Yeah he has already released three albums, I guess he is pretty good

He must be I guess.
Have you ever visited the white house?

I have been around it and apparently it is smaller than the guest house, wow

Yeah that is curious for sure.

Do you know how the VP used to be elected?

Yes the VP was the runner up.
I like that system actually quite well

Yeah it seemed to work back then.

The white house has twin buildings in France and Ireland

Nice, I wonder who lives in those there though, pretty interesting

I wonder too.

And they still use floppy discs but I am not sure why though

Did you know Roosevelt did not allow Christmas trees into the house?

Wow  he really did not like the celebrations I guess.

George Bush put back the solar panels that I think Reagan took out

Nice.

Do you know how officials were elected in ancient athens?

I think it was by lottery, was it not?

Yes that was it because they thought it would otherwise lead to oligarchy

It makes sense but not sure how it would work nowadays


What do you think about the MAGA hats?

Do you think states should prevent people wearing them at a polling place?

No I don't think so.

It sets a bad precedent, what do you think about Hope Hicks and the omerta code by the way?

I dont know about that one but did you know that the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?

I did hear about that.

I'm shocked that Trump was not on that list though.

I'm also shocked that the president of Indonesia released pop albums while he was in office haha I think that he would have better things to do

Yeah and up until 1805 the runner up in the United States became the vice president.

Isn't that different from today?

Yes that's very different.

I don't think that would have been a good outcome with vice president Hillary and President Trump haha talk about drama

LOL that is funny.

I couldnt imagine after Trump shouted lock her up then she became his vice president

LOL nope that would have been really wild.

What do you think about President banana of Zimbabwe?

Do you think he is rich in terms of money and potassium haha

Lol he's going bananas because he is appealing.

Haha I agree with you!

Speaking of presents, what do you think about our election process?

I think it's definitely better than ancient Athens where they would just do a lottery for their public officials

Really they did a lottery?

I could not imagine running for president could be won by a lottery.

Democracy is much better

Yes I agree.

What do you think about Nevada's option to vote for none of the candidates in a ballot question mark I think it's a good idea and would prevent people from making an uninformed choice

thats a good idea as sometimes you have to vote for the lessor of the two evils.

None of the above allows people to vote when the both of them are equally evil lol

Haha well that's one point.

What is scary to me though is that the taller candidate has won in US presidential elections about 75% of the time when it should be 50%, why do you think that is

The same reason that president banana won.

They just more appealing.

Haha yes maybe president banana is super tall haha.

speaking of presidents in the White House, did you know that George W bush is the one that put solar panels on the White House

No I did not know that.
It must have been electrifying.
The white house still uses floppy disk

Yeah that seems very outdated.

It also seems bad that the Secret Service didn't realize that bullets were shot at the White House for four days

That is very interesting.

Teddy Roosevelt also banned Christmas trees from the white house

Interesting.

it's also interesting that the White House has twin buildings in other countries, one is in France and one is in Ireland, I wonder if they have solar panels on them as well haha

They must be shocking if they have solar panels

Why just think it's interesting that the white house was first constructed back in 1801, that was a long time ago!


I like to read about history.

Did you know that the runner up in the presidential election automatically became vice president until 1805?

i had no idea about that

That custom sure did not last long, Might not have been a bad idea though.

Do you know who the wealthiest presidents in history are?

John F Kennedy, Washing, and Jefferson.
Did you know that?

Yes, but I was totally surprised when I read that.

Never would have guessed.

same here.

Did you know that the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums?

That is funny!

Maybe someday we'll have a rock star in the White House in the US!

There are some strange white house traditions.

Like pardoning the turkey every year...

lol, that is hilarious!

What other cool things do you think they do?

This year, the pardoned turkey was named Peas.

The tradition started with Abe Lincoln, I think.

cool.

did you know the white house has twin buildings in ireland and france.

I did not know that.

I am surprised there is not one in England, given our original settlers.

I love how they decorate the white house at Christmas.

So beautiful!

i've seen it before.
it really is.

I wonder how long and how many people it takes to get it perfect every year?

And it changes from president to president...Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees while he was there.

thats ridiculous, why?

He was a staunch conservationist and believed that cutting down trees was a waste and harmful for the environment.

i guess so, but that sounds kind of ridiculous.

Remember, back then, knowledge of forest regeneration, and planting was not what it is now.

I am sure he felt like he was doing the right thing and setting an example for people.

what percentage of the population do you feel followed through with it?

Probably very few!

In the old days, cutting down trees was a real family tradition.

And tree farms now are big business and employ thousands of people across the country.

Oregon is a big state for that.

cool.

did you know that the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana?

That is so silly!

But at least not as unkind as it could be!

yes, I thought it was very funny.


Hey what do you think about Hope Hicks?
She recently met with President Trump

I honestly don't remember a lot about her because she left the administration a while ago.

I know that when she was there she met with investigators about Russian election meddling.

That's what I remember too.

And I guess Mike Rogers says that Trump has not told his Department to mess with the Russia investigation which is interesting

That is very interesting and concerning.

Do you know a lot about presidential trivia?

Yes I know some things about it, for instance the top three richest presidents are Jefferson, Washington, and also JFK

That is very interesting.

Did you also know that the guest house is larger than the white house?

I wonder why they did that?

Yes that doesn't make any sense!

It also doesn't make sense why the president of Indonesia released three pop albums, you would think he'd have more important things to do

I heard that he did that while he was in office.

That makes it even stranger than if it wore before or after.

Yep it is very strange.

It's also strange that our old system would have the runner-up of the presidential election become the vice president, talk about weird

Wow!
Can you imagine that happening now?

No that would be crazy with Vice President Clinton and president Trump, that would be so much drama lol

I agree.

We are far too partisan for that now.

Did you ever heard what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?

I think they call him president banana right?

I wonder if he want his election fair and square or if he used bananas to get him elected LOL

Ha ha.
What a strange name.
Do you know a lot about elections?

I know a little bit about elections yes, did you know that in 2012 international election observers were blocked from visiting the polls in 9 of the states

What?!
That's unacceptable.
I wonder how that was justified?

Yeah I don't know, and I don't know why they would not have been admitted, what do you think about the fact that in 75% of presidential elections, the taller candidate has won

I did not but I would be interested to see a study for the reasoning behind that.

Do we gravitate towards taller people subconsciously?

I think so, it must be built into our genes, what do you think about the fact that Nevada lets you choose a"none of these candidates"voting option when you vote

That seems strange.

Can't people just leave it blank if they want like they do everywhere else?

Yep we're just not vote at all, it's very silly I think but it's interesting on the last, isn't it sad though that the maximum voter turnout in the United States has been about 63%

Very sad.

I can't imagine why people don't take it more seriously.

Many of them usually have opinions to but don't want to go out and do anything about it.


Do you follow politics and the president?

Yes, as much as I can!
I try to avoid Twitter mostly.

I don't go on Twitter.

I've found 99 percent of the things on there to be a waste of my time.

Same for Facebook.

Didy you know that the top 3 wealthiest presidents in the US before Trump were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?

Really?

I wonder why the only President to have a phd is woodrow wilson!

Isn't that surprising?

We have had more actors and reality stars than doctors!

Wow!

we really need more and much better doctors!

I know.

You would think that more would have made it to be a president.

Looks like Indonesia prefers entertainment over doctors as well because the president there recorded 3 pop albums while in office.

Yeah seems our presidents don't strive to hard to succeed or excel.

The last president to speak a foreign language was FDR!

Interesting!

The US presidents guest house is larger than the White House.

That's odd.

I wonder why!

Personally I'd just switch them since that's the case.

Might as well live in the bigger house!

lol yes!

Do you know the name of the first president of Zimbabwe?

It's a funny name.

no, what is it?

President Banana!
lol

Haha!

Our president can be "orange!"

The first phone number ever of the white house was "1".

I bet they got a lot of weird calls then, by mistake!

Haha

That's funny!

I bet they got a ton of calls for sure!

lol  The White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France.

I wonder if they have anything to do with the White House or if it's just a coincidence.

Oh really?

There is also a white house replica in atlanta!

It's a private home.

What are the odds of that?

lol  The white house still uses floppy disks to store files.

I'm surprised they haven't caught up with the times and use flash drives.

Storing anything on floppy disks sound risky!

Did you know that Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the white house and then Ronald Reagan took them down?

I wonder why!

I don't know.

What's funny is that George W. Bush had the solar panels put back on the White House!

haha

Thank goodness!

It's best to set a good example for the people, if your the president, in my opinion.

I agree!
I enjoyed the chat!

Yeah, me too!
Have a great night!

You have a good night too!


Hello, did you know that officials in ancient Athens were appointed by a lottery.

I did not know that!

That is interesting!

I did know that elections were being used since the 17th century but I never knew how they did it before then.

Yeah, it seems like believed electios would lead to oligarchy and so they prefer to do this lottery.

They could have been right.

Elections are odd.

I mean, did you know that  a cat placed third in a virginia election?

I did not know that, interesting fact, I might search that later, makes you think of the other candidates they must have been really bad options.

True!

Here's another one!

A dog won as mayor in some town and served as mayor for 13 years!

What!!

we sure live in a crazy world, do you happen to know another weird fact?

I will definetely search for that one too.

Not off the top of my head.
Do you know any?

I do, maybe not as good as the ones you told me but did you know that Nevada is the only state to have a "none of theese candidates" voting option.

I did not know that!

I wish all states did.

I do know that Oregon does all of their elections by mail.

I would like that too!

That would save you time indeed, did you hear about the Politico reporter and his appology?

No.
What is that about?

So it seems like a reporter from Polico disrespected a group of people at a politcal rally, he had to appologize for this.

Well he should.

Reporters should be neutrual and people shown respect.

I mean, Lincoln was photographed with John Wilkes Booth at his inauguration.

Obviously Booth showed him respect.

I agree, reporters should be neutral, and I guess Lincoln never imagined Booth was going to be the author of his death.

True.

Speaking of respect.

DId you know that Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have a phd?

Did not know that, I would have guess the number of presidents with a phd was much higher.

Did you know the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.

No I didn't but that is cool in a way.

Foreign countries are different.

I mean, in Guatemala close relatvies of presidents can't run for president.

That means, no George W.  leading their country.

Yeah, it makes you think about what else is different, in our defense we have Trump and that is oddly enough.

Well, there are 4 other presidents that were elected while losing the popular vote.

I didnt know that, but I bet Trump is the strangest of them all, theres always something new with him.


hi how are you?
do you like the president?

Mixed feelings on that one!
Do you?

i think that he is entertaining and the white house is going to be a source of interest for the next few years.

Very much so!

Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana?

That is an excellent nickname.

President Trump should have a nickname as well.

Agreed!

So should the president of Indonesia who released 3 pop albums while in office.

that man was a vocal legend!

i think that every president on the planet should follow his example.

pop albums are a great legacy.

I also think that considering they don't spend their time doing anything else important it seems!

true.

the next election in 2020 should be an interesting one.

its hard to know who will be president.

Indeed!

Funny how Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these" option for presidential elections.

that is the way to do it.

when people can register their frustration, they might go to the polls.

I would probably choose that option.

Since 1990 the taller candidate has won 75% of the time.

NBA players should run for office.
they got the height and the cash.
plus they can drive the lane.

Couldnt be worse than a celebrity as president!

true.

Im tired of famous people getting all the attention for being famous.

they have nothing to offer except a shallow fantasy.

Agreed!

Did you know the white house still uses floppy disks in part for storing files?

yes, i think that most govt offices are way behind in hardware and software.

i know that SF uses stuff from the 80s.

terrible.

I dont understand why they do not keep up!

there is nothing in the budget.

usually the money has to get approved, and then the hardware has to be installed and people trained.

Anyway, great chat!

Nice chatting with you as well!

Have a good night!

You too!


hey there, do you have any interest in politics?

Hey, No not really.

I wish I could, there is just too much corruption in it.

Nothing gets done but blaming the other side for everything.

True, but it has become so essential nowadays to stay informed when it comes to voting.

Maybe it was better back in the day in ancient greece when they were chosen by a lottery.

I dont know if that would be better.

Lol.

I just think there is too much greed and everybody wants to be right all the time, and they only work toward their agendas instead of the greater good.

I think it is too much for one person to be in control of.

Maybe it should go back to like it was before 1805 when the runnerup for president was made Vice President.

Then both sides would at least have a say.

yes, that is true.

And maybe something like Nevada, where they have a 'none of these candidates' option

Yeah if we made it that way maybe we can get more people to vote.

The US hasnt breached 62.8 percent for voters for the president in the last 100 years.

Thats sad.

it is indeed.

And on the fun fact side, 75% of the time the taller candidate has won the election in us.

Another fun fact.

Since we are talking about presidents.

The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.

That's a good one.

And in the US apparently the guest house is larger than the white house.

Well did you know the White house has twin buildings in Ireland and in France.

Wonder if the President gets to stay there when he visits.

Oh how cool, I did not know that.

Did you know that despite the fact that Trump is so wealthy he still is not the wealthiest president?

Yeah I think it is either JFK, or George Washington, or maybe it was Jefferson.

they were all loaded.

Seems that way.

Or maybe we should shoot for presidents like the one in Indonesia who has released 3 pop albums.

Yeah I wonder if they buy his albums because they are good, or if its because he is President.

lol

hahhaa true.

apparently in 2012 the international electorate was blocked from polls in nine states

Im not even sure what that mean.

it is international people who observe to make sure that there is no switching of votes.

Speaking of politics, the white house still uses floppy disks to store files

Well they need to get with the times huh.

At least they upgraded to a steel load bearing frame in 1946.

There you go.

Apparently the white house was struck in november 11, 2011 but the white houses did not notice it for four days

Yeah.

Man thats crazy.

Figure they would have caught that sooner.

Like when it happened.

Exactly, with so many staff.
It was nice chatting with you

You too.
I feel like I learned a lot.

Same here.


Hello, do you pay particular attention to politics?

I try to, but it seems to be such a hostile subject nowadays.

People seem to not be able to converse without either name calling, or just being nasty.

That's fair, I try to find the humor in politics though.

Like the president of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums while in office.

That is crazy.

I enjoy political satire quite a bit.

Along with bizarre facts like since 1900 the taller candidate won the election for us president 75% of the time

Lincoln must have had an easy time then ahah.

Although a lot of things have changed since older days.

We used to automatically elect the runner up to be vice president, good thing that hasn't stayed.

Voter turnout hasnt gotten over 63% in the last 100 years.

Maybe new policies would change that.

That's true, hopefully it increases somehow.

Maybe it's a problem with the polls themselves, Nevada actually has a ["none of these candidates" option, maybe people would prefer that.

There are times I would have enjoyed that.

Knowing that I didnt have to choose, and maybe if enough people selected that option, we could go back to the drawing board and find new ones.

Exactly, or you could take it even further.

In ancient Athens, officials were picked by a lottery system because they felt elections would lead to an oligarchy.

That could prove to be interesting, kinda like the fact the white house still uses floppy disks to store files.

I didnt know they even still made those.

Yeah maybe they should improve technology elsewhere.

I remember they took four days to even realize the White House had been struck by bullets on 9/11.

With twin buildings in both Ireland and France, you think they would be extra aware of security.

I don't know how accessible those buildings are to the public through,

I'd hope they're more aware of those buildings at least.

I wonder if they're bigger than the presidential guest house, which is somehow bigger than the actual White House.

I don't know, but that is kinda crazy.

Is anything else housed there other than the guest house?

I'm not sure!

I know they put in work on it, George W. Bush installed solar panels there once.

He must have been on the same mindset as Teddy Roosevelt, who banned Christmas trees because he was a conservationalist.

It's interesting how people bring their personal beliefs into the office, sometimes I think it can make them lose credibility.

Then again, can't be seen less seriously than President Banana of Zimbabwe.

Does that word have a different meaning there?

I mean I have a hard time taking that seriously.

I have no idea, I'm sure it must be a traditional name or something.

I wonder if he was rich, did you know  Trump isn't even one of the three wealthiest presidents of US history?

Really?

I wonder if they account for inflation when calculating things like that.

I'm sure they do, otherwise I bet Trump would have to be number one by far.

Anyways, it was nice chatting with you, have a good day!


What do you think about the presidential pardon of the turkey at Thanks Giving ?

Apparently, it's a tradition.
I'm happy for the turkeys.Lol

I like it too, it is lighthearted moment in the year.

And it is on Thanks Giving, so it is not like there is other pressing issues.

I thought the names Peas and Carrots were cute, too.

It's just a fun little way to unite us as Americans in a lighthearted way.

I did not like the names at first, but the more I think about it, the more I like it.

What name would you give a turkey ?

Probably Gobbles the turkey.

That is a good name, unlike the first president of Zimbabwe who was called President Banana.

Speaking of presidents, do you know the last US president to speak a foreign language was FDR?

It is kind of sad, it tells a lot about the intellectual capacities that we expect about our leaders.

I think nowadays, you need to be a good actor to be president.

Trump is that.

I think the only US president to have a PHD was Woodrow Wilson.

Probably also Obama, he was a university professor, therefore he has to have a Ph.

D.

Former president Obama was no University professor.

He was just a campus organizer for protests and such.

Sorry, no PHD for him, unless it was an honorary one.

OK sorry about that.

But I was surprised that some of the early presidents of the nation were so rich, Washington and Jefferson.

They are in the top 3 of the richest presidents.

No worries, we're cool, man.

It kind of still is the same way today.

Trumps have money, Bush's have money, and the Clintons have lots too.

Trump must be angry that he is not in the top 3 wealthiest  presidents.

Nah, Trump is his own man and he's genuinely pleased that he is helping the working class people of the United States.

You know I heard of a dog that beat two people in a mayoral election and served as a mayor for 13 years.

Have you heard about that?

No did not hear about that, where it took place ?

Some little small town you probably never heard of.

Lol  A cat named Hank placed third in a Virginia senate election.

Did you know that.

Maybe the Democrats will try to run that cat against Trump.

The cat would probably be a better opponent for him, than some of the ones the democrats are pushing to run...Lol The cat would have a way better chance of winning, too.

I is though to bring a candidate, people are less and less interested in democracy, the voter turnout in the US never went over 63% in the last 100 years.

I bet if that cat, Hank, ran voter turnout would skyrocket.

To win, it would need to be a tiger, the taller candidate win 75% of the time.

Have a nice day.


Do you know who the top 3 wealthiest presidents are.

I do!

They happen to be JFK, Washington, and Jefferson!

Well don't tell Trump, lol!

You know theres a president in Zimbabwe named President Banana.

I think i would have to change my name.

lol That's funny!

The US presidents guest house is larger that the white house.

Must be to make visitors feel more at home.

Ok i buy that.

wish that 1805 rule was still in place about the VP's

Wouldn't that be interesting to see Hillary and Trump doing that today?

It would be to funny and snl would have a ball!

Can you see them doing a pop album together?

lol!

Like the president of Indonesia?

lol  I wonder how many people bought the 3 pop albums he released while in office?

I would assume a lot because he kept making them.

did you know there are identical White houses in France and Ireland?

I didn't know that.

Interesting.

Teddy Roosevelt was a staunch conservationest and he banned christmas trees from the white house.

Ok way to take a stand Teddy, lol!

You know the white House still uses floppy disk.

Isn't that crazy?

You would think they would be more updated by now.

Right and apparently it took our secrete service 4 days to realize that someone took shots at the white house.

Must have been a government shutdown, lol!

Hahah  Isn't that kind of scary to think they didn't notice that right away?

Yeah the most secure building on the planet, i don't know.

Did you know that Nevada is the only state where a "none of theses candidates" vote is actually a vote and is on the ballet, that's funny.

I didn't know that.

Since 1900, the taller candidate has won the US presidential election 75 percent of the time.

Who gathers this data?

lol

Right, lol!

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.

Not for a long time has this process been done in my opinion.

Nope!

Officials in ancient Athens were appointed by lottery because they believed elections would lead to an oligarchy.

Well i guess iv'e been turned into a cynic cause i don't think they would be honest with that either, lol!

lol  During the 2012 US elections international electoral observers were blocked from the polls in 9 states.

I don't even know why they allow international observers to watch at all?

Can't they watch via a video stream or something?

I'm sure they could.

I think i'm going to move to Nevada for the None of These Vote, lol!

It was a pleasure talking with you!

It was fun!
Have a good one!


hello.
How are you today?

I am fine.

Do you have strong opinions one way or the other regarding Trump or politics in general?

i do not think the president has very much power.

my life has been almost exactly the same when clinton, bush, obama, and trump were president.

What about you?

do you feel the president makes any appreciable difference?

While I don't think the President ever has the ability to exert as much power as they want to believe, I do think they can have an effect on some aspects like immigration and how effective ICE works.

they do seem to try to gain notoriety with inflamed speech, but those differences are muted by congress.

did you know the ancient athenians did not vote.

they chose lots.

I think that would prevent a lot of corruption.

How do you feel about the current level of corruption?

Personally, I think that no matter how someone comes to power, corruption will occur.

I can see some good points behind a lottery type of system, but you still need to determine who is in the lottery.

It just shifts the decision making a bit, and doesnt remove it.

So, an oligarchy is about the only option.

you are correct.

"absolute power corrupts absolutely.

i read that voter turnout has reached as high as 62%.

do you think that matters since we use an electoral college and do not actually vote fro the president?

I think that at this point in time, we should be able to get rid of the electoral college.

Technology has increased to the point that everyone should be able to vote directly.

I honestly believe that would help to increase the total voter turnout.

i completely agree.

It is a vehicle for the establishment to maintain power.

the electoral college does nothing to advance democracy.

how do you feel about Nevada having an option to choose "none of these candidates?

i think it is a waste.

It is the same as not voting.

I see it as an option to get more people to come in and vote.

If you have only a few options, and you don't want any of them, the odds are greater that you won't come in to vote.

But, that means that you won't vote on other issues on the same ballot.

By including a none of the above option, it gives people an option and still leaves the rest of the ballot available to them.

that is a good point.

If you feel forced to vote for a bad choice, you may not want to vote.

Do you think we should vote on Supreme court justices?

they seem to have more of an effect on life in the US than any other entity.

and they are lifelong appointments that can drastically change the legal landscape.

I don't think we should vote on them, but I don't agree with the lifelong appointments.

I would love to see a setup where they are given a 10 year appointment.

It would limit their effect, or at least give a changing effect over time.

The only real issue with it would be the nomination and confirmation process through the Senate.

Can you imagine having to re-seat a full court every year?

It's horrible enough to watch the debates on even a single judge like Kavanaugh.

that would be a mess.

how do you feel about Russian involvement in our elections?

do you believe trump when he says things like he is tougher on Russia than other presidents?

I think Trump is a lot of talk,  a walking sound bite.

I don't think he's harder on Russia than any other President.

I think he finds a topic, and he's either the best at it, or the other person is the worst at it.

So, while he may put some pressure on Russia, I just don't find it as intense as he would like to claim.

Agreed.

Twitter is trumps specialty.

Do you think that will help or hurt  trump in his re-election campaign in 2020?

I think the people are already getting tired of it and it will not have the same impact as it did the first time around.

I think because Trump is all or nothing, good or evil, best or worst, he ends up with voters who either love or hate him.

There's not much in the middle, and that's where a lot of support comes from.

I know Trump's support has never been high, and polls are never accurate, but his support base is probably smaller than last election, which will make it very hard to get re-elected unless the Democrats implode again.

i have read that trumps approval rating has gone from 68% to 38%.

I think ICE and Russia have a lot to do with that.

The government shutdown over the wall is a big part too.

I think the shutdown is a huge part of it.

Being the President is like being the QB in football.

You get all the praise when things go well, but all the blame when they don't.

So, even though many in Congress voted for a wall back when Obama was in, they now claim that it's an evil.

This means that nothing will get passed, and in the end it all shuts down again.

Not entirely the President's fault, but he's the one who is going to take the blame.

i did read about the Obama proposed wall.

that is what baffles me about the democrat refusal.

do you think that trump is handling foreign trade in the correct manor?

i actually some of the stuff he did,.

i think some of these prior trade agreements were bad for the US.

In some regards, I think he has.

I think there are parts that have definitely gotten out of control, but for things like NAFTA, I agree with his work so far.

I am afraid he has gone overboard on the Chinese tariffs, but who am i to draw the line.

I do not have a very good understanding of the trade agreements.

In the end, though, it's like you said.

For the most part, we see no difference who is in office.

They all do about the same thing, say the same things, have the same issues.


Hello.
Do you enjoy reading political news?
I just read "happy hour roundup".

Hello - I do read some political news.

Did you know the 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Jefferson and Washington?

Yes, I do.

I wonder though if the news article was created before Trump became president.

I still think that Trump is the richest president even after taking inflation into account.

I think this was definitely made before he was president.

He would be at the top of the list for sure.

Glad you agree.

Apparently, the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.

I wonder why.

That's funny.

I would hate to have that nickname.

The presidents guest house is actually bigger than the white hosue.

I heard about the guest house.

I think it should be the other way around.

The White House should be bigger than the guest house.

I agree.

Until 1805, the runner up for president automatically became the vice president.

Wow!

I cannot imagine Hillary Clinton as Trump's vice president.

They would literally wrestle each other, I think.

That would be nuts if they were together like that.

The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums.

That was interesting.

I hope he did not neglect his presidential job.

Three pop albums would require him to spend a lot of time, I think.

I'd hope not either.

I can't imagine Trump singing pop songs lol.

I cannot imagine it either.

Apparently, a dictator of a one-party state can also be called President.

I do not agree with that.

I don't agree with that either.

Officials in Athens were appointed by lottery because they believed elections would lead to oligarchy.

I wonder who could be in the lottery.

It was very unusual system.

It was in the past since now they have regular elections just like ours.

I saw that voter turnout for a US president hasn't breached 62% in the last 100 years.

It was actually better than I expected.

I thought it was under 50%.

People must realize that it is important to vote, especially in presidential elections.

I think so too.

Did you vote during the last mid term election?

I did.
What about you?

Yes, I did.

I voted in both presidential and mid term elections.

I wanted to make sure that legislature seats are being filled by competent people.

It was great talking to you!


Did you hear about the turkey pardon?

Yeah.
The Turkey was named Peas.

And the other one was named Carrots, I heard.

Don't they practice for those roles?

That's what I heard.

They practiced in South Dakota somewhere, so they would be ready for the limelight in DC.

I've seen it a few times, I missed this past few though.

It is a cute ceremony.

I guess it's been being done for decades, so I'm sure we'll get the chance to see it again.

I am beginning to think it is as much of a tradition as thanksgiving itself.

Yes.
It's been going on since Lincoln.

Lincoln was a great president, was the first to be photographed for inauguration.

His assassin was also in the photo ironically enough.

I had not heard that Booth was in the picture.

Its kind of creepy, to think of what would happen in just a few years.

"A Turkey in the theater" is what they call a disaster that can't be saved.

That might have been the greatest "turkey in any theater" of all time.

If you are referring to our current administration, then I wholeheartedly agree.

I was actually talking about the assassination of Lincoln.

But I think this administration is also bad LOL

The assassination of Lincoln was a huge disaster, a very Giant turkey.

Yeah.

Even Peas and Carrots aren't as big turkeys.

I never knew that the Turkeys actually had names until now.

Me either.

Maybe, now that we know, we can use them as write in candidates?

My state doesn't have a "none of these candidates" option, so a write in would be the best option.

Neither does mine, but even if it was there my state I think they would still find a way to mess it up.

I'm from Florida, where people make mistakes during polling, there aren't seasons, and our people always make headlines.

It is a little crazy.

Loveline used to do a bit about weird crimes called Germany or Florida.

A bit of radio absurdist theater.

Ill have to take a look at that.

I bet it is pretty hilarious.

We often cant believe the things people here do.

Like the doorbell licker.

That sounds crazy.

LOL!

I'll have to look that up too.

I';ve really enjoyed chatting with you, but I need to get back to work now.

Me too.
Lol Have a good day


The White House is a building with a lot of history

It sure is!
I have never visited it myself.
Have you?

Me neither, I heard it was twin buildings in France and also in the Netherlands

I figure that we have a long history with those two countries.

Probably a show of friendship and solitude.

Yeah I agree, I wonder if the twin buildings have solar panels on the roof as well.

I would hope so, but that has been a controversy for the White House here though.

They have removed them, placed them back again, removed them once more and then finally Bush placed them back, I think that's how it goes.

I guess they are more symbolic than practical.

Kind of like the current occupant of the WH.

You mean president Trump

Yes, I figure that he is an interesting case of what can happen to the Presidency.

I imagined that he would be one of the richest POTUS.

Not the case.

Yeah, not the case, well the White House still uses floppy disks, thats is a primitive tech

I wonder why.
Is it for security?
It seems outdated, that's true.

Maybe they are hard to hack, require a long time, im not sure but they must have their reasons.

Let's talk about elections.

Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" voting option for presidential elections.

What do you think?

I guess its a choice as valid as others, if you dont like the politicians you can also stay at home and save yourself the trouble

I think that it might get people to the polls to vote on other issues.

Since 1900, the taller candidate has won the us presidential election 75% of the time.

Maybe NBA players should run for office.

They might actually win lol, maybe Michael Jordan he is really popular, I would vote for him I guess.

Michael Jordan has the popularity.

I wonder what his stance on the traveling would be.

Would there be a travel ban?

I dont know but I bet he has the money to travel around the world.

He sure does.

He would be a good ambassador for sport.

Anyway, great chat!

That would be a great job for him I agree.


Hi, do you agree with Trump that products made in America will make America great again?

Hi I would hope so.

Hasn't really been a push for "Made in America" products in the 30 years since the 80s.

It sounds like a winning idea if Trump can make it work.

Trump has boasted that his administration created 8.7 million jobs since the 2016 election.

If he can get that done, he might be able to pull us out of our slump.

I hope it will happen.

He won support in my area by promising to bring jobs back.

My area has been decimated my factories closing or downsizing since Bill Clinton was in office.

Trump won a lot of votes here by promising to bring jobs back.

So far he hasn't done it.

The closures continue as Chevy announced late last year they are closing their factory that makes the Cruze here.

All the employment numbers I see reported sure don't match up to what real life is like here in North East Ohio.

I think Trump is doing the best he possibly can with what he inherited from the last President.

Even though he's rough around the edges, I can't say that I disagree with his positions on almost every point he makes.

Manufacturing in this country started to go overseas over 30 years ago and its going to be hard to change employers' minds on how to re-do it the right way, the "Made in America" way.

Yes.

President Jimmy Carter was always trying to save money to help.

During the winter of 1977 he turned down the themostats in the white house to 65 degrees.

Yes, Jimmy Carter was a good president   More recently, George W. Bush had them put back on, too.

You must be talking about the solar panels he also had installed that Reagan removed?

Yes, Carter put them on then Reagan took them off and then George W. put them back on again.

Wow, waht a roller coaster ride for those solar panels.

Luckily, the White House is still located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

lol  The last US president to speak a foregin language fluently was FDR.

Wish I could speak another language fluently.

Me too, I took Spanish classes but don't know any Spanish people that I could talk to that didn't laugh at my attempts to talk to them so I quit trying.

Even still, speaking of the White House goings on ... it took the Secret Service four days to realize that bullets had struck the White House back in 2011.

They must have been napping.

lol I took Spanish too but only learned how to say basic words.

That's scary that it took them 4 days to find that.

5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote.

Isn't that what happened with Trump?

I'm not sure but I'm glad he won and not Hillary.

Yeah, during the 2012 US elections International electoral observers were blocked from the polls in nine states, too.

I think one of the funniest elections is when a dog beat 2 people in a mayoral election.

The dog served as mayor for 13 years.

No idea where that was though.

I'd like to find out where that was too.

I'll have to google it.

Another interesting fact is that since 1900, the taller candidate has won the US Presidential election 75% of the time.

Tell me there isn't election psychology!

Interesting!

The only US president to have a PHD is Woodrow Wilson.

I figured there would have been more than over the years.

Me too, who knows?

Did you know that Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" voting option for presidential elections?

I did not know that.

In Oregon all elections are conducted by mail.

That sounds strange.

Another something that I just learned is that the White House has twin building in Ireland and France?

Neat.

I wonder if they were designed by the same person then?

Did you know there is also a replica of the White House in Atlanta that was built as a private home?

Yes, I think I've heard about that one.

Well, it's been great chatting with you, have a good one.


Have you ever visited the White House?

I have not.
Have you?

One time, it was interesting, smaller than I thought.

Did you know the guest house of the white house is bigger

I did not, that doesn't make much sense but what does in politics.

Do you know who the 3 wealthiest presidents were?

I think JFK, Jefferson and Washington were.

I wonder how they all made their money

Well we know about JFK dies, they came from money, old money.

Not sure about the other two.

For sure, the other two unfortunately from slave labor and lots of land I  bet

Yeah that sounds about right.
Can you imagine trump singing pop?

I can't imagine that, apparently there is a president in another country who has released 3 pop records lol

Yeah it's the president of Indonesia.
He must be really good.

I bet, must be if there are more than 3.

Must not be much to do there if he is releasing records, lol

Right.

too funny!

Hey did you know there use to be a rule that would have had trump's VP as Hillary or Obama's as John McCain?

Right, back in the 1800s I think.

Do you think the election was fair this time?

I do not and unfortunately i do not think we will ever see a fair election if there ever was one again.

Apparently in Nevada you can go vote and not pick anyone.

Same and I think 90 percent of people know about Russia and think that is what happened.

I don't think any election now will be fair

Yeah and you know what..I would not be surprised if Snowden had something to do with that.

Wikileaks guy.

For sure, isn't he in Russia now anyways!

Do you see him as a traitor or hero

Well he put his self in that boat but if im giving you sanctuary i think im going to needs some things in return and were talking about Russia here im sure he had or has to earn his keep, lol!

For sure, lol!
Good chatting with you!

You too!

Just in parting there are 2 identical White houses in 2 other countries.

I would love to see those, how about you!


How do you feel about the MAGA movement?

Very negatively.
How about you?

I would agree there.

I like the idea of bring industry home, but it should be open-source, cooperatively owned neighbhorhood factories.

Definitely, not major corporations.

I am a fan of giving the mom and pop shops a chance for growth.

Yeah, I live in NW Arkansas, where Walmart got its start.

I'd love to see neighbhorhood and downtown business come back.

I agree, I think large business who dont fully support their employees dont help anything.

I'm really hopeful that all the crisis tendencies of capitalism will lead to a rise of cooperative production in the social economy.

The more we can do locally the better, It takes cooperation in all phases.

It isnt just simply how many people have jobs, but growth in those positions as well.

I agree.

Small-scale production technology is becoming increasingly cheap.

And it take less and less labor to produce the things we need.

In the Southeast thee is a large grocery chain that offers stock and education benefits to all workers, from the stockers, cashiers, and management.

Yeah, I have a lot of hope that existing capitalist corporations will become less capitalistic under the incentives of capitalist crisis.

And at the same time, a non-capitalist system will grow up in the interstices of the old system.

Too many corporations are doing everything overseas because it is cheaper for them, but not what is best for the US.

If they could employ more people here, then I think they would have a greater support base here.

But so many look at how they can fatten their wallet.

And the US government is subsidizing it.

They depend on World Bank loans, etc., financing the support infrastructure for overseas factories, the Navy protecting the sea lanes for container ships bring the outsourced goods back, and so on...

I think if there was ever a politician who didnt have the big businesses involved with them all of that would be more likely to change.

And the structural crisis will result in change one way or the other.

But I really am hopeful about how much further left Millennial voters are.

Much agreed.

The fresh views and willingness to change "the way it has always been done" is what we need.

If we can just survive the next few years and get to the tipping point.

Have you read the Malcom Gladwell book called The Tipping Point?

I read it some time back, but don't remember a whole lot about it.

Did you like it?

It has been some time for me too, but it was pretty good.

Discussed a lot of what it takes to get to the point where things will change, which is just interesting with the phrase you used and our conversation.

It was nice talking with you.


Do you try to buy American as much as possible?

If I can find them yes I do.

I love that the Trump had a event showcasing American-made merchandise.

Many products have components made overseas even when they seem American made

I know, its hard to get anything fully American made due to the fact we don't make everything.

Even our best products in this country that we are famous for have many parts shipped in from overseas

I did not know that.

Apple is an American company but the phones are made in China.

That I did know....I don't like Apple anyway.

There are a lot of companies like Harley-Davidson and General Motors that are happy with the president new law.

Even Trump's own daughters' clothes are made by workers overseas.

I find that hypocritical.

Harley-Davidson has already decided to transfer some production overseas because of the impact of the threatened tariffs.

I remember hearing that.
Trump was upset about that too!

Yeah, but he says that America will never wave the white flag, We only wave the red, white and blue and the era of economic surrender is over.

I will be glad to see Trump go back to his Real Estate and Hotel business

In my opinion, he isn't the greatest, but I prefer him to Hillary.

lol.

very true.

Trump could learn a lot from the likes of JFK and Washington

Very true.

Did you know that the White House has only been the residence of the US President since John Adams in 1800

I did not know that.
Isn't the guest house bigger too?

Yes, the guest house is larger than the white house.

The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers.

Could you imagine Hillary being VP since she lost.

That would be crazy in this administration especially

Yes, I am so glad that the running up is no longer giving VP.

Happy Holidays


I think politics and presidential trivia are very interesting.

Do you know who the three wealthiest presidents in the US were?

I believe two of them were JFK and Washington but i don't remember the third.

Do you know?

The third was Jefferson.

Do you know if the president's guest house was built after the white house?

I do not but im told its bigger than the white house itself.

I have heard that as well which is why I am curious.

I assume it was built later so I wonder why they made it larger?

That's a good question.

Apparently there are twin buildings of the white in two other countries.

I did not know that.

I wonder why.

Did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana?

Ha ha.

That's to funny.

Yeah i believe the other countries are Ireland and France.

So strange that they would do that.

Were you also aware that until 1805 the runner up in the presidential election became the VP?

Can you imagine that now?

Trump and Hillary in the white house together, whoa!

The only way i can is as a reality TV show.

haha!

Yes it would be a nightmare.

We are far too partisan now.

I just recently became aware that Teddy Roosevelt was a huge conservationist.

Yeah didn't he ban something that had to do with Christmas?

Yes he banned Christmas trees in the white house.

Did you also know that the white house still uses floppy disks in storing files?

I don't remember the last time I saw a floppy disk!

Me either.

Hey i didn't know that the white house had solar panels on it.

I know George Bush senior had them installed but I'm not sure if they are still there or not.

It took the secret Service 4 days to realize that the white house had been shoot up.

What?!

That's terrifying.

How is that possible with so much secret service?

I have no idea, but it is scary!!

This happened in November of 2011, oddly on the 11th.

Wow!

That's insane.

Unfortunately, the voter torn out in US presidential elections has not been above 62.8% in the last 100 years.

People really should vote and it's sad that they don't.

It is, however i have to say i was so undecided in this last election that it hurt to go vote.

It's rarely a clear choice but I always just choose the candidate whose platforms are the closest to my own.


hi do you like computers?

I love them.
Do you know what Captcha stands for?

Hmm not really, I know it is a verification process.

WHat does it stand for?

It stands for completely automated public turing to tell computers and humans apart

Wow I am going to stick with Captcha, much easier to say

Yeah I agree.

The first computer algorithm was written by a Ada Lovelace

Wow she is barely mentioned ever, that is not fair at all.

Russians once built a computer that ran on water

Wow cool.

Bell once had a manual sent to school to teach students how to use a computer

Nice.
Do you watch football at all?

Yes I watch the NFL games a lot, and you?

Me too.

THe U of Iowa visitor locker room is painted pink

I wonder if it is supposed to have some effect on the opposing team though

Good point.

Did you know bowlers made more than football players in the 60s?

I guess I can see that as back then it was not a popular sport as it is now

Yeah true.
Did you know ESPN won an Emmy once?

Nice did not know that.
But what for though?

Well it was for the superimposed yellow line

Wow, well I guess they deserve it, has made watching the game much easier

Yes true.
Do you know who Benjarvus Elis is?

Hmm I have heard of him but do not know much.

Did you know the 14 largest stadiums are in the US?

Benjarvus was the only rb to never fumble the ball


Have you ever been in a hurricane?

I have been in city close to hurricane activity, what about you?

I lived in florida as a kid and we had some serious tropical storms... but weirdly enough the only hurricane winds I experienced in life were when I lived in ohio!

I was in Florida at the time of Irma, good thing I stashed supplies and food.

batteries are so important for that.

I remember when the power was out from the hurricane winds, I couldn't do any work because my computer was down for weeks.

Crazy how important smart phones have almost negated that issue unless cell towers are down

Yeah having batteries is important, luckyly I had my laptop charged up, do you use computers frequently?

every day for work and technically my smart phone is a tiny lil computer.

I don't have an apple, I usually use Windows.

I heard that smoking near an apple voids the warranty

That is a harsh way to lose a warranty lol, you know the Russians made a computer that ran on water back in the year 1936!

Big Hero 6 by disney was created by using a 55000 core super computer

That must be a really expensive computer, did you watch the movie Wall-E?

yeah I was not a big fan.

it was okay but I Feel like there are a lot of better movies that they have I like better.

I see, well I liked it a lot, the name Wall E comes from the tip of the hat to Walter Elias Disney

that is neat.

I always forget his middle name is elias.

i wonder if the superimposed line that the NFL uses could be traced back to him popularizing animation.

Could be, thats an interesting thing to reseach, do you like football?

I watch it because I like to choose adversary teams to my friends.

I cant believe how little nfl players used to be paid, in the 60s bowlers were paid more.

They are paid a lot more now, that is a sure thing, did you hear about that humiliating defeat back in the year 1916, Cumberland lost against Georgia Tech by 222 points

i dont pay a lot of attention to college football.

but there are lots of kinds of football that i dig too.

I like the european "futbol"

By european futbal you mean soccer?

yes.

I started to like it when I was in Costa Rica and then I came back to the states loving it.

It's more interesting than american football.

I live by a rugby pitch now and that is interesting to watch too.

I like it more as well, but football is also interesting I dont understand rugby but I guess it has a lot of similarities with football

yeah it is but the NFL really ruins it for me.

its wild to think how much watching sports has changed because of computers and the ability to do things with remote controls.

It is wild, computers have changed the world Transhumanists seem to think they are the solution to immortality

that creeps me out.

I dont know if it would leave to immortality fr though because once their body is deceased they stop experiencing things and stops growing as a mind.

it would be like ultimate arrested development.

I agree it is unatural and there are many things that can go wrong, I would be afraid of having my mind control by a computer software or some hacker.


Have you had any experiences with hurricanes?

Maybe hurricane Florence?

Thankfully, no.

I'm preparing to move to a hurricane area, though.

I'm going to construct one of those mason jar barometers when I do.

Ha.

Good idea.

I moved to Georgia right when Hugo hit SC but I didn't have to pack and bubble wrap things.

I wasn't that close.

I remember Hugo.

We received a lot of rain from it, here in Ohio.

That was when I became interested in hurricanes, and their long reach.

Yeah, it was the only time my sun roof thing leaked.

I am amazed that with all our satellites and technology, we never seem to know where they'll hit until they are actually there.

If Russians can make a computer that runs on water, you would think weather predicting would be more accurate than what it is.

Amen to that.

I know they  are unpredictable, as was Florence, but c'mon the space shuttle can run on 1MB of RAM!

We were going to be at Universal the week Florence hit, I was surprised that all of the parks closed for it.

Evidently, Big Hero 6 was completely done on a supercomputer.

I wonder if it would run on the 16-bit computer someone built out of basic Minecraft building blocks?

That's interesting, I didn't hear about that.

Of course, I only recently learned that Minnie Mouse's name is Minerva.

Really?

I like Minnie better.

Did you know Bill Nye was a science consultant for Disney's Flubber?

I did.

He did a show at Disney once.

I also didn't know Where Wall-E's name came from.

It's surprising they are still finding creative ways to name characters after Walt.

He deserves the recognition.

I'm an engineer that would have liked to be one of his "Imagineers".

My youngest is hoping to do one of their internships, she wants to be an artist.I didn't know that Disney owns ESPN.

Good luck to her.

Disney's all over the entertainment world it seems.

Pixar has done some great CGI stuff including Wall-e.

I prefer Pixar before Disney.

I think they had better movies.

Weirdly, smoking near an apple computer voids the warranty.

It's a biohazard.

I wonder if that's an "Apple PC" thing as opposed to reality.

I also wonder if Jobs was one of the transhumanists the uploaded their mind into a computer.

Probably him and Gates both.

It's hilarious that bowlers in the 60's made more than football players.

Things have changed.

I can't believe my alma mater can up the score on Cumberland 222-0 in 1916.

That is impressive.

Mine has a pink locker room for our visitors.

I'm sure they appreciate the ambiance of it all.

Hee.
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