Hello, do you know much about the internet?

Of course I do.
I would be lost without it.
lol

Me too.

Did you know the 3 horizontal lines on apps and websites is called the hamburger button?

That is funny!

I didn't know that.

The current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.

I have no idea how that would happen.

That's crazy.

Constant novelty from clicking links can actually cause a real addiction.

I believe it.

There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of Mt.

Everest.

Crazy.

I can't seem to get in spots where I live.

LOL

That's pretty amazing.
That's like 29,000 feet up in the air.

I know right?

Only 7 percent of people read the full terms of service when buying something online.

I have to admit I don't really read through everything.

I mainly though buy just off of ebay and amazon.

I never read the full terms.
I don't have time for that lol.
Do you know much about the box office?

I know that Tom Hannks is the highest all time box office star with over 8.5 billion in worldwide film earnings.

That's a lot of earnings.
He deserves it.
He's a very good actor.

Yes.

I love almost everything he's ever done.

The Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentines Day in 1991 and did over $270 million at the box office!

I love Silence of the Lambs.
What a great movie.

It was a great movie.

Disney's "Treasure Planet" was one of the most expensive box office flops of all time.

That's a shame.
Does it say how much it flopped by?

No.

But Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" was also a box office failure and Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after that.

I would think that their animation studio is the one strong thing Disney is known for.

Wow, that would have stunk if they stopped making animation.

They make some very good movies for the kids.

Yes.

I agree.

Another movie that bombed at the box office was Trojan Wars.

It had a budget of $15,000,000 but only earned $309.

That number doesn't even sound right.

Wow....that sounds like an error to me.

There's no way it only made $309 dollars.

I find that very hard to believe.

I know.
lol  Do you like rap music at all?

I do like some rap music.
It was great talking to you.


Hi, are you an Ariana Grande Fan?

I am not but I do not hate her.
What about you?

I had no opinion on her, but feel somewhat negative towards her after her accusation of another singer using bots to boost ratings.

I am a 40 year old male and feel I have lost all touch of modern music.

I am not proud of that but it is reinforced every year I watch the VMAs.

That is fair, Ariana definitely seems to be solidly a modern artist like you said, especially in a culture where being on top of the charts seems to be more important than anything.

So who is your favorite artist?

My favorite artist is Kanye West, who ironically enough is also represented by Ariana's agent.

What about yourself?

I have been into jazz recently.

I have found a lot of contemparary artists that have kept me happy.

That's fair, it's certainly a more artistic music form.

Do you ever listen to rap?

I do once in a while.

I couldn't stop listening to Kendrick Lamar's latest when it came out.

True, I think he's very talented.

In general rap is a very historied genre.

Did you know Tupac's music is in the Library of Congress?

No, I didn't know that.

I did know that The world's fastest english language rapper, noclue, can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second.

That's very impressive for sure.

Rap is also intresting to me because of controversy.

For example, Eminem was tried, and the judge even delivered her ruling in the form of a rap.

Donald glover got his rapper name 'childish gambino' from an online wu-tang clan name generator.

What would yours be?

I'm not sure, but that's interesting, lot of rappers get influence from seemingly random sources.

I know Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist before rapping.

Jason paige the singer of the pokemon theme is also the rapper on "black and white" by michael jackson.

Thats so weird!

It's amazing how many side ventures artists get into!

Busta Rhymes also voiced a character in the Rugrats movie, aside from rapping.

I remember that.

There is a deaf rapper named signmark who rhymes in sign language.

That's very interesting, I'm sure a show would be fun to watch.

Do you see movies often?

Not really... you?

Somewhat!

In general I find the box office interesting, I didn't know Tom Hanks was the highest all-time box office star.

Nice chatting with you.


How you been?

Did you know the interned consists of private, public, academic, business, and goverment networks linked together?

Yeah thats cool!

The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.

Hmm, I don't see the resemblance to a hamburger

Kinda.

Constant novelty from clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain

Yea it's like a drug, I guess thats one of the reasons Mt.

Everest has full internet capabilities

Or for selfies!

I'm kinda mad it has 3g cell service and I can't even get a signal on tall hills by I live

Yeah some places have bad signal.

7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet.

Well I'm not part of the 7% that read the full terms of service

Same here.

I kinda skim the contract.

The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.

That's a lot of information for Alexandria to save, I wonder how much storage it takes up

Yeah right!

I have no clue!

Do you watch movies?With over $8.5 billion worldwide film earnings, tom hanks is the highest all-time box office star.

Nice, Tom Hanks is my favorite actor!

Hes so talented!

Yea, did he do a voice in Treasure Planet?

I hope not because it was Disney's most expensive box office flops

Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after sleeping beauty was a box office failure.

Well at least it did better than the movie Trojan Wars, It only made 309 dollars at the box office

I know,  so sad!

I dont know the movie,  but I feel bad for the actors.

The silence of the lambs came out on valentine's day in 1991 and had a box office of over $270 million.

Silence of the Lambs was a good movie, Anthony Hopkins was great

It was a great movie,  really creepy at times!

Yea, ironic it came out on valentine's day in 1991


Hello

Hi!
Do you like dogs?

I love dogs!
I have one myself.
Do you have any dogs?

I don't have any, but several family members do, and I love to play with them.

What kind of dog do you have?

I have a Hungarian Vizsla.
He is 3 years old.

Vizslas are very athletic dogs, aren't they?

Yes he has a lot of energy!
He still acts like a puppy.
But he is the sweetest dog.
Do you have cats?

I don't have any cats either.

I'm more of a dog person.

Do you?

I don't know many cats and dogs that can live together happily!

We don't.

We are all allergic to cats.

Plus to be honest, they kind of scare me.

They can be pretty unpredictable haha.

Cats are definitely more independent than dogs.

Most dogs just want to love everyone.

Do you ever have your dog play any kind of sport or game?

No we don't.

We have 4 kids who keep us pretty busy.

But he gets lots of exercise with them so that is good.

I heard they are also very good at hunting but my husband is not a hunter.

They're very smart though and great family pets.

I was curious because I read something about teaching dogs to swim.

Apparently it's not as easy with a Labradoodle as with a smart sport breed like a Vizsla!

I never thought to teach him how to swim.

I guess I just assumed that all dogs know how to swim or kind of figure it out.

He is funny though.

He will go in the water and look like he is swimming but he basically just splashes around in one spot.

I should look into teaching him to swim.

He loves playing fetch too.

I always guessed dogs had an instinct for it too.

Maybe it's because they call beginner human swimming "doggy-paddling."

I had a neighbor who used to play fetch with their boxer dog in one of those inflatable pools, and the dog loved it.

Maybe you should try it!

Oh yeah that sounds like a good idea!

I've always considered getting a dog when I'm not renting a place anymore.

My other dream pet was a horse, but those are a bit more complicated to own, I think!

Like a mini pony or an actual full size horse?

I wanted a full size horse.

A mini pony would be adorable, but they're usually a lot more expensive, and some are forcibly bred to be small for "designer appeal" despite health problems.

Yes that is true.

I would assume there's a lot of upkeep with horses.

I rode a horse once and they scared me haha.

But that was in Mexico.

Their horses are not as tame as the ones we have here haha.

One day in the future I would like to get some goat.

I think some of them are really cute.

Goats are cute, and they always make me think of the "totes magotes" commercial and laugh!

A lot smaller and probably easier to care for than horses, too, and you could even have homemade goat cheese if they had to be milked.

It sounds like a great idea.

And they eat up all the weeds so less yard work!

That makes ME almost want to forget about a horse and get a goat!


How are you?

Did you know youtube was founded by 3 former PayPal employees?

Yeah!

Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim I believe.

way back in 2005.

Yes and then google bought it in 2006 for 1.65 billion, they sure made out good

Definitely  Now it's the 2nd largest search engine on the net.

Yea, Psy's gangnam style forced them to upgrade their view count integer.

I know!

It's something like 64 bits now.

Guess it's good it is a google property.

Yep.

Combined with Netflix youtube makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America

True.

Probably why in august of 2013 when google went down for 5 minutes it took 40 percent of web traffic with it!

Youtube is so popular cops have their own version called blutube

That's hilarious.

I know that most of the content on youtube is uploaded by individuals.

Although some of it is media corporations.

Yea it use to be better before they media corporations got involved, and Justin Bieber, his song baby is the most disliked video on youtube

There is more than just music though.

They have live streams, and movie trailers,and documentaries.

Pretty neat.

What's pretty neat is a google search requires more computing power than sending astronauts to the moon

Totally wild.

And to think it was founded in 1998 by two PhD students!

Yea, and they used goats to mow their lawn instead of people

Sounds like an evil villain!

Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO not too long ago.

Yea, he replaced Larry Page, right?

Yep.
He moved on to be the CEO of Alphabet.

Isn't Google a subsidiary of Alphabet?

Yeah, they reorganized as a conglomerate in 2015 and named it Alphabet, Inc.

Good to know!

I got to go, it was nice conversating with you.


Hello, How are you?
Do you use U tube?

I do, it's my search engine basically.

Mine too!
Its the second largest search engine!

It's crazy what's all on Youtube.

Did you know that the most disliked video is a Justin Bieber video?

I thought I heard that somewhere, I didn't realize the police have their own blutube?

I know, I'd like to find it.

There may be some interesting things on there.

I agree, I bet there are alot of interesting law enforcement videos!

Did you know that Youtube had to upgrade their view count integer to 64 bits after Psy's Gangham Style got so many views?

No, I didn't.
I am not surprised, everyone uses it!

Yeah they do, between them and Netflix they make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.

True, Did you know Google nicknamed their headquarters Googleplex in August 2015.

I use Google alot!

I didn't know that, I use it alot too.

I wish I could have been there when they had goats to mow the lawns around their headquarters.

I love that idea!

Great idea, you see that alot in Europe also!

That's neat, I like goats.
I've always wanted to raise a few.
They're such entertaining animals.

I do too, I think they are so cute!

Have you ever seen them do their happy dance?

I have not, but I bet it's funny.

I'm going to have to watch it on Youtube!

Baby goats, adorable!

One google search uses a vast amount of power!

It's crazy to think that it uses more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong and 11 other astronauts to the moon.

Yes, The world record for speed reading is held by Anne Jones at 4,700 a minute!

Wow

That's wild.

I bet they could read Ender's Game quickly.

lol, I think so.
Good chat!
!

Thanks, I hope you have a great day!


Hey there!
How's it going?
Do you enjoy using YouTube?

Hi there!

I do use youtube pretty frequently- really entertaining!

How about you?

I've been using it more and more.
I even watch some shows on there now.

Oh really?

I haven't watched any shows, but I do use to search for tons of things so I wasn't surprised to find that its the second largest search engine on the internet!

Have you ever heard of a show called Hot Ones?

No I haven't- is it a youtube show?

Yes, and the host interviews celebrities while eating progressively hotter and hotter wings lol

Oh my gosh!

I'm definitely going to look that up later- it sounds hilarious!

I love that youtube promotes that kind of crazy creativity in their shows- you wouldn't be able to find that on regular television haha Did you know that combined with Netflix they make up half of peak North American internet traffic?

That's crazy but I believe it!
You remember Gangnam style from Psy?

I do- that song still gets stuck in my head all the time haha

Apparently it so many views it forced Youtube to upgrade it's counter integer to 64 bits.

Thats wild!

I knew that song was popular but I had no idea people played it that often.

Did you know that "Baby" is the most disliked video on youtube?

That didn't really surprise me haha

Haha yeah but I think Justin Bieber may also be the most viewed and liked at the same time lol Just gets a lot of attention in general

Thats very true!
Do you like to read?

I love to read, you?

I'm always in the middle of something.

Right now I'm not though because I just wrapped up George R.R.

Martin's Fire & Blood.

I love it as well!

I try to read a little of everything, but I've never read that one.

Tolkien is my absolute favorite!

That's Lord of the Rings author right?

Similar to Martin, I just happen to get into one over the other.

It is!

And I just read that apparently he and CS Lewis would hold "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading bad poetry together...funny!

Haha I didn't even know those two hung out.

That's an interesting pair.

Did you like the Lord of the Rings movies as well?

Yeah I guess they were close!
I did like the movies- did you?

Pretty good, but not as good as Game of Thrones!

Nice chatting with you, have a great weekend!

You too!


Do you have children that watch Youtube?

My grandchildren watch Youtube.

My son enjoys it, but I try to be cautious because anyone can make a channel.

An adult is always with the kids when they watch Youtube

Right, I try to always make sure that I regulate the channels he watches.

Sometimes, I saw children channels that have ads related to adults that re not supposed to be seen by kids

I have noticed that, We try to skip ads every chance we get.

An article suggested that you watch channels that the kids watch alone later if the kids do not want to share what they watch.

In our house, they do not watch if they do not want to let us watch what they watch.

I don't blame you!

I always want to check what my son watches.

It can be disguised as kid friendly, but it really may not be!

I know.

Some channels are  educational.

Some are entertaining to the kids but can be annoying to adult.

I agree.

I didn't know that there was a Filter called restricted mode that helps filter out the iffy stuff.

I do not know how to use filters.

I think the internet itself at our home has some kind of filter.

You can find the filter in the account settings page and you just toggle it to on at the bottom of the page!

Oh okay.
I will try it later.

You can also create playlists too to help the children watch things you have pre approved for them!

I saw an article to encourage our kids to subscribe because the creators would email us of new materials.

That is interesting!

That would be a great way to make sure your kids are getting content from a creator that is positive!

It did not occur to me prior to reading the article.

Me either!

I read that Youtube and Netflix make up half of the internet traffic in North America!

As you suggested earlier, I will go to account settings page and toggle on Restricted Mode

Awesome!
Happy safe viewing!


Hello there, do you use Youtube much?

I do, very frequently.
However, I havent run into momo.

Yeah I use it all the time, did you know they are the 2nd largest search engine on the net?

Yeah, I heard that.

Pretty crazy.

Psy's Gangnam style made them increase their view counter it was so popular!

That is just hilarious!

I remember people going straight bonkers for that song.

It was crazy popular.

It is amazing the amount of material and information that is disseminated though youtube!

Yeah it really is, you can learn how to do or fix just about anything.

Do you know what the most disliked video on Youtube is?

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's a Justin Bieber video.

It was, his video to Baby.

Youtube and Netflix combined make up half of the internet traffic in North America!

Thats hilarious, and wow that is an incredible amount of traffic for two sites!

It really is!

You can register for free with a Gmail address, which you can get though Google!

Did you know that is also a Youtube for police, like their own youtube?

Dont they call that Blutube?

Yeah I think you are right, I wonder if you have to be an officer to have access to it.

Maybe.
I am curious to try it now.

Yeah same here.

I think Google owns Youtube as well, did you know that?

Yeah, it seems like Google owns everything!

Yeah it sure does, and the amount of internet traffic they take up is just increasing I feel.

It does, thee is that one time it went down and took 40% of all web traffic with it

That is just crazy!

Well it's been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good night!


Hi!
Do you like baseball?

Hi, yes I am a die hard Blue Jays fan as well as MLB in general.

You?

I like  the orioles and phillies.
Do you know why managers wear uniforms?

Because they are part of the team?

I think it's weird that other sports managers don't wear uniforms.

It is actually because they are technically able to play for their teams if the need arises.

Not if they aren't on the roster before the game starts.

Connie Mack wore a suit as a manager but that was at least 75 years before my time.

That is crazy.

Do you know what kickball is called in canada?

soccer baseball!

We used to play it in elementary school gym a lot.

Good times!

I used to love kickball.

It actually makes a lot of sense to call it soccer-baseball.

I agree it's very similar to baseball except for the soccer ball.

Did you know in an average mlb season 160 000 baseballs are used!

Then even more in batting practice.

That is crazy!
I wonder what they do with all of them!

They are usually sent to the minor leagues after use, of course many are given away or hit into the stands too.

True.

Did you know baseball is popular in Japan?

Of course.

Ichiro, Tanka, Davish and of course Ohtani all came over from the NPB along with lots of other players.

The quality of baseball there is almost as good as MLB.

I did not know that.

Many fans in Japan are surprised to discover its status as america's national pastime.

If your team ever has a Japanese player or plays against a team with one, it would be hard to miss the dozens of Japanese media that follow the players every move throughout the season.

Also MLB always sends players to Japan in November to play exhibition games.

I never knew that!

That is really interesting.

It is crazy how much some baseball cards are worth.

A lot of American players go over to Japan to play too.

A marginal player can sometimes make more in Japan.

Only really old cards are worth money.

I saved a lot of 80s and 90s baseball cards but I never could get much for them.

I want to be like the man that found three million dollars worth of cards in his grandfathers attic!

That would be amazing.

I saved all these cards for years and they aren't even worth what I paid for them.

Back then no one knew to save them, that's why they are worth so much now.

That makes sense.

I am going to go see if any of my cards are worth anything.

It was nice talking to you!


do you like baseball?

I love it.

Do you know where the albuquerque isotopes got their name from?

I am not sure I have heard of them , but why is it so?

It is actually named after a team of baseball in the Simpsons show

Oh cool.

Do you know why baseball managers wear uniforms during games?

I really did not know they do that, why is that?

It is because they are allowed to play if their team actually needs them to

Nice.

They use about 160 000 balls during a MLB season

Wow that is amazing.

Do you know what kickball is called in Canada?

I have no idea, it has another name besides kickball?

Yes it is actually called soccer-baseball as it has elements from both sports

WOw I see.

The CUbs won back to back championships one and then went dry for a while

yeah too bad.
Do you like softball too?

I sure do.

It was also invented at the YMCA along with volleyball and basketball

Cool.

They make very little money though, up to $6000 but that is it

Yeah that is pretty low.

Do you know what is the difference between baseball and softball?

I am not sure of that, what is it?

Do you know who holds the record for the longest softball homerun?

Not sure who that is but the difference is that the mound is raised in baseball

Nice and Jose Canseco claims to have the longest home run

WOw cool.

Do you know they tested the bar code scanner with a player pitching balls really fast?

Haha that is amazing, how clever.
Nice chat


Hey there.

What are your thoughts on Lebron going to the Lakers?

I personally didn't like it.

Lonzo Ball on the other hand wasn't surprised.

Hi, it didn't bother me.

The best player should be playing in the biggest markets.

Plus he is a good guy too.

Yeah true.

I mean who could turn down a 154 million 4 year contract?

He's always been smart with money.

Reebok offered him a 10 million dollar sponsorship before he was even in the nba and he turned it down!

Of course he did way better shortly there after.

True.

The NBA is a huge market like you said.

You mentioned Reebok, well they paid Iverson a huge sum for his deal.

Yes, but his deal is spread out over many years.

Paying him well into his 50s is interesting since I doubt he will be marketable then.

Yeah very true.

Nike also got in on the action.

The Jordan 1 shoes were initially banned by the NBA but he still wore them!

So strange that they were banned, I guess the NBA was a lot more strict then.

I hope they paid his fines.

Yeah you're right.

Nike did pay his fines like you said.

Tim Duncan passed up a lot of money by staying in college for 4 years!

That's good that they did.

Not many players are ready to make the jump from high school straight to the nba since they don't have a real minor league system.

Yeah.

Not everyone is a man child like Lebron.

He was born in 1984 but seems old for his age.

I like that he raises a lot of money for charity and values education.

It's crazy that there were scalped tickets at his high school games.

Yeah he is a good guy.

He raised 6 million dollars for charity by televising the widely criticised "decision"

Yeah I mean it was annoying and drawn out but hard to complain about it when that much money is given away because of it.

Yeah I agree.

Can't believe he will be in the new space jam movie!

Yes!
I'm so excited.
The first one was so good.
I hope Jordan has a role in it.

Yeah me too he was golden and classic in the first.

Reggie Miller was also a good player but his sister was even better!

Yes.

Cheryl is pretty famous in her own right.

Yes she must be.

Breaking 8 national records by scoring 105 points!

Just once I'd like to see someone shoot granny style since it's been proven to be the best way to shoot.

No one is willing to try in a game though.

Haha Rick Barry used to I believe.

But yea it looks so dorky.

I don't think Lebron ever would.

Nice chatting with you have a great day.


hi, i think the server might go down.
How are you?

I am well, thanks.
I hope not!

Yeah, it just went down for a couple of mine.

lets move quick.

do you like basketball?

UYes, I love it.
You?

I like to watch NBA all the time, especially lebron.

You?

Yes!
He's so talented.
Couldn't believe he want to LA!

I think that he has a few years left in him.

plus space jam!

Yeah.
Did you see the original?

I did not.

MJ was probably ok. lebron should be better.

I didn't see it either.

I am interested to see how LeBron does.

He really didn't have a good year this year, in basketball.

Shooting "granny style" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, maybe he should try that LOL

Can you imagine the best basketball player in the world shooting granny style?

No, not really LOL Lebron james rejected a $10 million offer from reebok when he was just 18.  smart move on his part

Agreed.

Now he has a lifetime deal with nike worth $1b!

the guy is worth it.

he will be in the hall of fame for sure.

highest paid celebrity!

Did you see who was second?

Judge judy.

she could certainly shoot a basketball LOL

Is it ganny style if you are a granny?
Wouldn't that just be called style?

yes, the natural style.

that is a better term.

anyway, great chat!

lets try to submit.

i already lost three today because of their server.

That stinks.
Have a great day!

Hang in there!
Have a good day.
Bye!

Take care.


do you use Google a lot?

Yes I do.

Do you know how much computing power a single search requires?

Yes more than it took them to send Armstrong and 11 others to the moon

Yeah.
DO you know they calculate traffic?

yes they take the average of android vehicles as they move

Yeah pretty neat.
Did you hear they once hired goats?

Yes to mow their lawn instead of hiring people

Yes so cool.

Did you know they went down for 5 minutes in 2013?

Yes and it took down 40% of web with it too

Yes that just speaks volumes on how big they are actually

Yeah.

Do you know what they do with disputed borders?

Yes they tailor it to the claims of each country

Yeah pretty fair.
Do you use your phone much?

All the time.

Do you know why the NY area code is 212?

Yes because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone

Yes those seems like they were a pain to use to make a single call

Yeah .

And phone book too, if the pages get stuck there is no separating them

Yeah pretty cool.

I guess some people have the time to check on things like this

Exactly.

UNICEF now donated clean water when we do not use the phone

I wonder how they do that so I can help there too.

Nice chat!

Same here and have a good one


I love my android phone.
Are you an iphone or android fan?

I don't have a cell phone.
Mush to my childrens displeasure.
Do you use your android phone a lot?

I use it a ton.

I'm really excited about their new operating system.

It sounds like it will have fun new features.

What is the new operating system?
Why are they giving a new one?

It is called android pie.

They are constantly updating and trying to give customers the best service possible and correct any bugs.

That's nice!

Do you know what the android pie will do differently then what you have?

From the sounds of it they are changing the navigation and the way the screen responds to combat battery drain.

That is awesome for someone that has a phone that drops battery quick.

It would be terrible to have a dead battery in an emergency.

That would be a good upgrade.

My parents have something called Alexa at home.

I wonder if they will put that tech in phones?

I think it currently is an app you can download but it would be nice to have it as an ingrained feature.

My dad is always yelling at it!

He thinks it's hard of hearing!

Have you heard of something called a slice?

No I haven't what is that?

I guess it's a way to preview apps.

Maybe you can use a slice to see if the upgrade would work on your phone.

Oh that is pretty cool.

Being able to preview things would save the time of scrolling through all the app specs.

I wonder if it is rolling out with the beta version.

I think it might.

Save a lot of time.

Google has done amazing things for tech.

They really have.

They always seem to be striving for a more seamless user experience.

Google earth is really interesting.
I like using google drive too.
Do you use google maps?

I do quite frequently.

I wonder how long before AI is on everyone's phone?

Soon I bet!

Did you know that google actually went down once?

For 5 minutes!

Everyone must have been in complete panic for that 5 minutes.

I know people who freak out if their internet goes down for less than a minute.

I bet!

Do you know they mow google grass with goats?

They seem like a very modern company devoted to their employees.

I have heard amazing things about their headquarters.

I always wanted my son to work there.
He has a degree in IT.
He would be great at AI

Sounds like it would be a great job for him.


Do you use Google often?
It was founded in 1998.

Yea every day, It's amazing how big it got for being founded by Page and Brin when they were only PhD students

I hear "Larry Page" as google founder often but I don't hear about Brin very much.

I wonder why.

Who knows, I guess Brin cares more about owning 14 percent of the company rather than the spotlight

I think this fact is unbelievable "a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon".

Is it true?

It's possible, google does use about 0.01% of the world's electricity

Thanks for the info.

When google went down for 5 minutes on August 16, 2013, it took 40% of the web traffic with it.

That's scary, I guess no one was able to type "askew" into google to tilt it during the outage

Do you any other information related to Google?

Google moon used to show pictures of cheese when zooming in at the moon on the highest level lol

Why did they decide to show the pictures of cheese?

That was weird.

I heard that in the past they used goats to mow the lawn at their headquarters.

That was also weird.

Google is a weird company, they make new employees wear a propeller beanie cap on their first friday

Yes, I heard about that.

Weird company but it is very successful.

Yea, they do a lot of AI research too.

Did you know Kristen Stewart wrote a paper on ai?

Shocking

Who is she?
Is she working for Google?

She was the actress from the Twlight Movies, not someone I would think write any paper let alone one on ai

I thought the name was familiar -  I was confused.

Apparently, New York's are code was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.

Apparently the inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker paranoid that operators were rerouting his calls

That was interesting.

Apparently, an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm deterrent.

That's crazy, not as crazy as dolphins being able to talk to each other over the telephone(if true)

I do not think it  is true but you never know.

Anyway, I've got to run.

Nice chatting with you.

Yes you too


Good Morning!
How are you?

Hello.

I'm trying to figure out if I ever had a g-mail account, before Google took it over.

Are you talking about the email service from the Garfield website haha?

Yes, that was cute.

Cuter than google using pictures of cheese for a close zoom of the moon.

I almost want to look to see if that is true haha.

I can't believe it was founded in 1998, I thought it was the early 2000's!

I vaguely remember it being around in the late 90's.

Every now and then, I like to do the "askew" trick on my young nieces, they don't know what to think, and it's funny watching them try to figure it out.

what is the askew trick?

The page tilts

That would mess up anybody I feel.

Thanks for that information, I'm going to go mess with some people.

I would like to see the goats at Google!

I want to be a noogler for a Friday, and wear the beanie cap.

That would be fun!

Did you know a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send 12 astronauts to the moon?

Does it really?

That's insane.

Not as insane as those "robo farmers" in Britain though.

Farming by AI is a weird concept.

It really is!

I'm sure farmers are liking it though because it's less intensive!

Have you heard of the non-profit for the advancement of AI?

I have not.

I don't know much about it, not enough to write a paper like Kristen Stewart did.

Did she have one published or something?

Yes, she did.

Its weird that a chatter bot program fooled judges into thinking it was human.

Some AI bots are very hard to know that they are a computer so I believe it haha.

Some can even beat human records in the puzzle game 2048.

I believe that, especially since I'm not very good at it, lol.

A human team did beat a bot at Texas Hold'em though.

I think it's all luck!

I can't believe how far AI has come though and curious to see the future!

I think it's awesome that an actress from the 30's played such a vital part in
 developing the cell phone She doesn't get very much credit though.

I'm going to look into who that was, that is nuts!

Anyways, I had a great chat with you, have an awesome day!


Hi do you like fashion?

I'm indifferent but I know a lot of facts about it, such as that Apple had a clothing line in 1986!

Who would have thought that apple had a clothing line!

did you know there is a very unique store in Alabama?

It only sells stuff found in unclaimed baggage?

Exactly, you can find cameras.
clothes and nice bags I bet!

I'd love an iPad!

Did you know that Pilgrim clothing was actually colorful and black was only worn on special occasions?

Yes!!

It looks like black has a very special meaning for them!..

Talking about unique things, do you know why New York's area code is 212?

I read somewhere it was because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?

Yes, I remember using rotary phones long time ago.

Did you know that an Iphone has more computing power than the  whole USA nuclear icbm deterrent?

I didn't.

I read that UNICEF will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.

I'm not sure if I believe that though.

I heard the same thing, but how can they tell?

Do you know how the cables that carry internet data  and phone are?

No, please tell me!

they are just laying on the ocean floor and are not that thick, just 2.7 inches in diameter!

Well here's one for you: It's impossible to break apart two phonebooks that have overlapping pages!

wow!!

well i guess I will have to beleive that one!!

Do you remember call of duty?

I never played it!

Well I would probably give it a try, There are 33 to choose from!

I read somewhere that Prince William used to play Call of Duty while on the night shift at RAF.

that is right the most recent was released on October last year!

Changing topics, did you know the Navy built a $40M warship but it's been stuck in ice since Christmas Eve?

I did not know, I am going to let you go but I have to tell you it has been a good chat!

I agree.
Have a good evening!

you too!


Are you familiar with what a Date Lab is?

Not really, are you?

Apparently it is some service in Washington D.C. to match people on dates.

Have you used it?

No, fortunately I'm married and not on the dating scene.

lol

LOL, I've never used it either.

BTW, have you heard of the theory that the Universe might be one giant hologram?

Yeah, I have heard that the universe may be one superhologram.

That is a weird theory, I wonder who came up with it, Stephen Hawking?

I'm not sure, possibly could have been Stephen, he had alot of different theories.

Yeah, too bad he passed away.

There are stars in the universe that are cold enough to be touched by hand.

Yeah, he was a good theorists.

That is cool about the stars you can touch, I didn't know that.

I have heard there is a theory out there that there is only one electron in the universe.

Have you heard that theory?

I've heard it, but I don't think it is true.

Me either.

I read somewhere that there is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.

WOW!

That seems crazy, who came up with that theory, do you know?

I forget who that was, but it's wild for sure.

Space is so vast, who really knows what's going on.

On a different note, do you like rap music?

I like some of it.

Did you know Busta Rhymes voiced some characters in the Rugrats movie?

I did not know that.

But, I do know that Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of Congress of " cultural significance".

California knows how to party...Lol

I can believe it.

That was a pretty big deal when it came out.

IF you visit the Library of Congress you will find all sorts of cool things.

I was shocked to find out that Eminiem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.

WOW!

I didn't know that, what type of comics did he want to make?

Apparently, his favorite superhero was Spiderman.

He just took his talents in a different direction and made some pretty good music, instead.

YEah, that is interesting, he is pretty good.

Nice chatting with you.


Space and the universe are fascinating subjects.

Would you agree?

I agree, the universe is just so vast, there is so much we dont know about it.

Scientists even think it is always changing, much like life on earth does

There is a theory that universes evolve through natural selection.

I wonder what traits determine the weak and the strong components?

big planets absorb small ones?

a giant Death Star shoots its enemies with a big laser?

anything is possible

Very interesting.

There is also a theory that there is only one electron in the universe which I find very confusing because every atoms contains electrons.

i also heard that it might be all just a superhologram, I think Elon Musk believes that

That's crazy.

He's a bit out there himself but he does genius things.

Did you know that there are stars cold enough to be touched?

they can be touched?

I always thought they were just gas and light!

Me too.

Totally off topic but do you like rap music?

yea I enjoy it!.

Even tho Tupac is in the library on congress, he isnt nearly my favorite rapper.

I like more melodical stuff

Did you know that Eminem's dream was to become a comic book artist?

really?

he's far from that dream.

I wonder if he'll ever settle down and start drawing some art

It's a good question.

He's certainly been successful in his chosen profession.

Did you ever see the Rugrats movie?

i saw the original one and then the 2nd one, Rugrats in Paris but thats it.

did you?

I only saw the first one.

Did you know that Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar wagon in that movie?

I don't know how I didn't recognize that voice immediately.

i dont think the wagon even talks from what I remember!

that reminds me that Bruce Willis voiced Spike the dog in the first few Rugrats episodes

I don't remember that.

I will have to look that up on YouTube to refresh my memory.

Did you know that Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle rap?

yea its a compliment battle!

a far cry from the regular rap battles we are used to over here in the US.

I can't imagine how that would work.

I understand the concept but it practice it seems absurd to watch.

I think it would be wholesome and fun!

nice to see some people be nice to each other for a change.

Thats a much nicer rap than that judge that delivered a ruling to Eminem in the form of a rap

That is so cringe worthy.
Why would she do that?
It's embarrassing.


Are you interested in astronomy?

oh yes i love it very much.did you know some stars could be touched by us because they are so cold?

No, I didn't know that.

Did you know some believe the universe evolves through natural selection like species on earth.

oh wow that's creepy!!

im on the fence about UFOs and that nature!

Me too but recently, in 2010, the UN appointed extraterrtile representatives just in case there is contact!

i beleive it.

the unknown just spooks me.

There is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.

So interesting

It is!
There could be a rap song about it!

what do you mean?
Please explain

You know like -Hey, they're out there, out in space, waiting, waiting, to get in our face!

oh haha yes!!!

it would be perfect because .Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that rap is usually performed in time to an instrumental track.

I envision percussion and those disgusting farting sounds with it!

hahahaha it will be a hit!
Do you enjoy rap music?

Nope.

I did hear one I appreciated and could never find it again it was about how girls pursue basketball players to get a baby and trap them.

oh wow try to Google it.

Rap started in west Africa many many years ago.

I have tried to find it and never succeeded.

I didn't know it originated in Africa.

It can be a form of warfare though!

Rap music aims to reuse elements of past traditions while expanding upon them through creative use of language....nowadays new rap is bad though!

It evolves.

Somebody will come along and it will improve again.

So what do you think was there a grain of truth in girls pursuing basketball players for hopes for a wealthy future?

i sure hope so.

Actually Kevin Gates is very talented but some out here are just plan horrible.

And I definitely think there are girls out there that would pursue basketball players can get pregnant on purpose so they can't get away

Me too!

They make oodles of dough!

I just remember about Kareem's jump shot being banned from college basketball for over a decade!

They've gotten taller!

yes its not fair but some people are not good!

I agree ball players now are giants...litterly

It's true!
Nice chatting!


I have been studying the universe recently - it is fascinating to learn how our knowledge has evolved since the days of Copernicus

Yeah and it is still evolving through technology with no sign of slowing down.

There are some stars that are cold enough to be touched with human hands.

That would be cool.

That is pretty crazy - and there is a region of space pulling galaxies out of our universe

Now that sounds scary.

Apparently it's a possibility that the universe may be one big super-hologram.

what do you think about that?

That seems pretty nuts, but less nuts than the theory that there is only one electron in the entire universe!

Yeah i hear you.

Do you like rap?

Me not so much anymore, I listen to the old stuff sometimes.

I have never been a fan.

I know the history of it started in West Africa but modern rap is rather obnoxious to me.

Most modern music is obnoxious to me.

Nothing like the oldies but goodies in my opinion.

I definitely agree!

I won a Geeks who Drink trivia contest by knowing who Bobby Darin was - the kids on my team were amazed.

He was much better than folks like Tupac - even though he is in the library of congress

Yeah different genre.

Did you know in Korea there is a freestyle rap called the compliment battle?

That at least sounds more pleasant than regular rap.

Or I could handle listening to Busta Rhymes when he did a voice in the rugrats

You know i never knew he did that, good for him.

Apparently there is a judge in MI that rapped his ruling to Eminem.

I would have loved to see that.

That would have been funny.

I watch a lot of basketball - I wonder if any of those players rap?

Well eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.

I'm not sure about rapping basketball players.

I am not sure.

Did you know that the New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the tall blacks?

I am not sure that would go over well here

Too funny!!

Do you know why the basket ball dunk was banned from the nba for over 10 years?

Kareem Abdul Jabbar was too good and college bball banned it!

Right College my mistake good catch but yes it was him.

Do you know the guy that invented basket ball?

Yes James Naismith - apparently he was not the best at it though - he was the only losing coach in Kansas' history!

Man that would have to suck, but at least his contribution was not in vain.

Do you watch FIBA?

No I am not sure what that is, can you tell me?

The FIBA basketball World Cup and the Men's Olympic basketball tournaments are the major international events of the sport.

Ah ok.

I did not know that - basketball is such a huge sport - in 39 states a basketball or football coach is the highest paid state employee

Yeah and the highest basketball court in the land is on top of the supreme courts house building.

nice chatting with you.


Have you ever played Call of Duty?

I have actually, it was a long time ago I think it was the first or second one, now there are at least 33 games i think1

Wow 33 games!

the franchise sure was a success then, I think it was created back in 2009 so that like 3 games per year

that's crazy, do you play call of duty?
Apparently even Prince William did haha

I do, I want to buy the latest tittle, Black Ops, Im hoping it will go down in prices, I heard it was pretty good.

ya it's worth waiting, did you know that COD black ops ii has been ranked to have the best videogame ending of all time?

I didnt know that, I defitnetely have to buy that game now, there is a map that feautres an earthquake in Japan.

that is crazy, you'd think that would be kind of offensive, I remember that Afflack fired Gilbert Gottfried over a tweet about that earthquake

I dont remember that, I might have to use my phone to look it over, you know that an iphone has more power than the us nuclear deterrent?

that is crazy!

What is also crazy to me is that Apple computers had a clothing line in the 80's!

like why doesn't anyone know about that

They did!

I bet they are better off with computers lol, there is a store in Alabama of all the unclaimed baggage at airports.

ha I want to visit that store I bet they have some interesting stuff!

Also I didn't know that Pilgrims actually wore colorful clothes and not the plain stuff we typically associate with them

Yeah I bet the store has excellent deals and Ive always associated them with black and white clothes, too bad they dont teach us the reality in school.

no, they don't teach you a lot in school, like the fact that it is essentially impossible to separate 2 phonebooks if you have each ones opposing pages overlapping each other

I bet a chainsaw will do the trick lol but that is interesting, Unicef has an interesting campaing they donate water for every minute the cell is away

that does seem useful, i didn't know that and I may actually do it, did you hear about why New York's area code is 212?

No, I didnt hear about that, Ive always wondered as it seems like a random number

ya apparently it's the fastest set of numbers that you can dial with an old rotary phone, and so it just stuck haha

Oh I see, that makes a lot more sense now, I think that the phone is the most efficient way to communicate with others and setting the dial to 212 was  really effective at  that time.

yes, especially because new york was probably the biggest city at the time,would you donate your phone to unicef?

It is actually a good idea that they give clean water in exchange for phones, I've been thinking about it since you brought it up

I might, that would provide with plenty of fresh water for children in need.


How's it going?

Did you know the USS Little Rock cost 440 million to make?

Ships are getting more expensive, along with everything else.

I wonder why the Navy is still building ships at all, haven't they become rather obsolete?

Well if they end up getting stuck in ice they probably are

So true.

When I was younger I used to wonder why ships had to worry about ice at all.

I thought that their steel hull could just plow through but I didn't realize how hard ice can be.

Yea, I mean other ships were able to pass through the ice in the area by Montreal

True, but remember the Titanic.

I spent 8 years in the Navy in the 60s but I was aviation so I never set foot on a ship except for a tour.

That's really cool.

The USS Little Rock that got stuck in ice was named after another ship with the same name commissioned in 1945

I know, usually that only happens when the previous ship has been lost in battle.

A sad occurrence.

Yea but the original was taken out of service in 1976 and is now in a museum in Buffalo

Have you ever visited a old Navy vessel?

You'd be surprised at how cramped the living conditions are.

like being a mouse in a maze.

No, unfortunatly there isn't any around near me.

Apparently the USS Little Rock was commissioned alonside it's namesake.

I suppose that's appropriate.

It sounds like it's pretty fast, 45 knots is amazing.

Yea that is pretty amazing.

Did you know that it's apparently impossible to separate 2 phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together?

I had heard that years ago.

It used to be a strong man stunt to rip phone books apart.

I don't think I even have a book in my house thanks to the internet.

And very few younger people have house phones anymore.

Yea, most people just use cell phones.

Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute you do not use your cell phone

I should sign up for that.

I get maybe one call a week from one kid or another that needs something.

I still have the old flip phone that I've had for more than a decade.

Not smart enough to use a smart phone!

Lol, I read an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear Icbm deterrent, that's pretty scary

Yes it is!

Wouldn't you think that updating defense systems would be high priority?

When I grew up people didn't even have calculators.

Yea, they should also probably update the cables on the ocean floor that carry phone and internet acess too

I doubt if they'll do that everything is satellite now-a days.

I wonder how much traffic still goes by hard-line cable?

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hey partner.

Do you play videogames?

Call of duty is a very popular game it actually started on the computer.

i used to play video games.
dont play much now.
is COD a shooter?

Yes it is.

The earlier games are set in World War II but later games are set in modern times.

that sounds fun.
i guess people play online in teams?

Yes there is the option to do that.

In total there are 33 called duty games.

That definitely speaks to its success.

ok, i guess there are millions of fans then.

who makes the game?

Yes for sure.
The game is made by Activision.

oh yeah, activision.

i remember their games from so long ago.

they made great games!

i guess COD is another success.

Yes they must have very good employees.

Prince William used to play call of duty too.

It would be so fun to play against him.

Prince William?

thats great!

i know that he served in the military.

he is a veteran, so i guess he loves games like that.

Yes they must be realistic.I'll call of duty map featuring A natural disaster takes place in the same location as the earthquake in Japan.I would like to play that map.

That sounds really cool.

i like that spirit in the design team.

Did activision do something to help veterans?

Luckily yes they did.

They raised over $8 million to help returning veterans find work.

Very cool.

Vets could use all the help they can get.

Probably even clothing donations are appreciated.

No doubt about that.

Clothes are very valuable.It is a feature of all humans in society.

But no animals wear clothes!

well, they shouldnt wear clothes!

I have seen people dress up their dogs and cats in sassy hats and coats.

Yes they look very uncomfortable like that!

Some clothing can be gender specific although I would think the sizing would be different.

Yes, the proportions have to change.

shoulders-waist-hips ratio is different.

Exactly.

Apple even had a clothing line back in 1986.

I wonder if those clothes were gender specific?

Well it was nice chatting with you.

Thanks!

I wonder if that clothing is available on eBay.

Yes, i enjoyed chatting!

Have a good day.


Hey how you doing good day.

You play video games?

I love call of duty and I didn't realize it began as a computer game.

hey, I am not a good video game player I think I do not have a good skills on them.

But is very interesting to know that it was a computer game

Yes it is.

The most recent game call duty black ops was released in 2018.

Really fun release that one.

are you good on that game?
I really like super mario games

I am ok. Mario is fun too!

I wonder how many mario games there are?

There are 33 call of duty games!

Wow, I can imagine why the game of call of duty topped $15 billion on sales

Yes exactly.

They also use very realistic maps one of them takes place in the same location as the earthquake in Japan.

Do you know how they are able to be so realistic?

it is very fascinating how they have that technology.

Yeah the technology is amazing.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records call of duty black ops two has the best video game ending of all time.

interesting now I can imagine why Prince William used to play it on his night shift.

Yeah that's a really good point.

The company who created call duty also raises money for veterans which is really cool.

that is a great gesture from the video game since they are basing their game and profits on all the bad stuff that the veteran go thru

Agreed.

I wonder if that company makes clothing?

The reason I ask is because Apple once made clothing.

That is crazy!

so Apple tried on all industries to make it

They really did.

Rip curl somehow makes clothes in North Korea but the label says made in China.

Interesting.

wow but you know that the most important things about clothing is that it protects your body from weather conditions

Yeah absolutely.

I wonder why pilgrim clothing was full of color and why they only wear black for special occasions?

that is a very good question.

at least people are more conscious now a days on not wearing animal skins since a very cruel act

Yes it is.

There is even a store in Alabama that sells stuff from unclaimed baggage at airports!

If you lose your bag go to that store!

It was nice talking with you today!

really they sell other people clothing that is crazy

Yes that is kind of funny and sad!

Some clothing is gender neutral but others are more specific.

Hard to tell these days lol.

It was nice talking to you today!

I think gender specific clothing is not a bad idea at all

Agreed.

Well I will definitely think on that one.

Bye for now!


How are you?

Do you like to travel?

Travelling can be don by foot, bicycle, automobile,train,boat,bus, and airplane

I'm doing well.

I love travel.

Seeing other countries is one of my favorite bucket list items.

Awesome!

I want to travel on the 160mph commuter bus the Dutch are designing when it is complete, how about you?

That would be awesome!

I think it's funny that people have been known to steal garden gnomes to take with them on vacation and return them with photos of the trip.

Lol, that's nuts.

I'd like to visit Japan but don't want to spend $300 on the highway tools to travel across the country!

Gosh, I had no idea it was that expensive.

There is a website for people who travel, where you can find a place to crash on a stranger's couch.

That's pretty cool.

Idk about going to Iceland, they have no public rail service!

Well, perhaps it is too icy?
haha.

Maybe lol, instead Icelanders use domestic flights to travel between major cities, that sounds expensive!

It sort of does.

I'm glad we have good air travel in the US.

However it is slower than it was in the 1960's by about 10%.

Yea, King Kalakaua of Hawaii was the first king to travel around the world, he must have used boats to do it

Well I imagine he packed a lot of pineapples.

Lol.

I'd like to check out Mackinac Island, MI, most travel is done by horse-drawn carriages

That must be where the Amish people live.

Did you know that Mr. Rogers learned to breakdance?

I had no clue, I wonder if there is any videos

I doubt it.

Also Emilia Clarke did the robot dance for her audition for the role of Daenerys Targaryen.

Lol, I heard Bruce Lee was a good dancer, he won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha championship

Awww.
My dad loves Bruce.
He's so old school.

I wonder how many shoes Lee had to go through, professional ballet dancer can go through 4 pairs of shoes in a week

He was probably really thrifty about them.

There are certain ballet shoes that draw on the floor where dancers move.

Michael Jackson invented his own shoes and has a patent on a device used to achieve the extreme lean in some of his dance moves

I knew there was a trick up his sleeve!
hehe

Well I gtg, it was nice talking with you


Hello - did you know the Dutch are creating a bus that can go 160 mph?

I did not.

It might be able to go that quick but it still can only go as fast as the traffic in front of it.

Some places still have horse drawn carriages, you get behind one of those and you're not going 160.

I saw that it would cost around $300 to travel across Japan due to tolls.

I hear that all highways are tolls, you probably can avoid paying.

Maybe that don't have the same taxes on gas that we do to compensate.

That would be nice if they didn't have the same tax on gas to compensate.

I would be fine with that.

In Iceland they do much of their travel by plane, from one city to another.

I can't imagine that is cheap.

That's crazy.
I would not want to live in Iceland.

I would not want to live anywhere that far north, too cold.

I don't think humans should live in those conditions.

We've lost too much body hair.

That's way too cold for me as well.

I saw that the first king to travel around the world was king Kalakaua from Hawaii which is pretty interesting.

Now Hawaii is a place to live.

If I were their king I'd stay put.

I wonder how humans ended up in Hawaii, doesn't seem an easy place to get to.

LOL.

I've never been to Hawaii, but I would definitely live there.

I live in the Midwest, pretty cold in the winters, Still, Spring is on the way, I'll have to start doing yard work soon.

I live in the Midwest as well.

I live in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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

I too am in Ohio.

I wonder if we can hear that frequency or if it is beyond our hearing.

That would a scary thing for someone to possess.

That would be scary for sure.

I also read that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within 2-3 months of having it surgically removed.

It's amazing what the body can do.

It's like babies that like to dance when they hear music.

That's crazy for sure.

I saw that all animals and plants can synthesize vitamin C but humans because the gene for that enzyme is defective in humans.

Buy plenty of orange juice if you want vitamin C.

LOL - yep!

Speaking of dance, did who know Bruce Lee was a bit of a dancer, Cha-Cha I hear.

Lol - that's funny!
It was good talking with you.


Do you do your own yard work or use services ?

My husband and children usually mow our lawn, although less frequently than some of our neighbors.

Do you do it so it won't look like a jungle or you want it to be prize winning ?

We just mow to keep it short enough to see our small dogs.

We aren't concerned about the overall appearance at all.

It is the same here, we mow the lawn so it won't look like a vacant lot.

Another bonus to a longer lawn, we get to enjoy lots of wildlife.

We have deer, turkeys and rabbits all over.

Here in the north, we are starting to see turkeys more often.

But, in the neighborhood, we only see the occasional rabbit nothing else bigger.

But we feed birds in winter, there is a lot of bluebirds.

Do you put up any birdhouses or birdfeeders to encourage birds?

We have 3 bird feeders.

Squirrels are the biggest problem.

I have heard that in some place the bluebirds have difficulties competing with sparrows, not here it is too cold.

My parents have always loved feeding (and watching) birds.

It is quite fun, and you can be nearer the birds than in summer because you are in the house and not as threatening.

With our larger yard and nearby woods, we don't have a good location for birdfeeders.

We have to content ourselves with watching the deer.

Still a fun way to see nature.

If you have trees, you can put a bird feeder in it, if it is far you can use binoculars to look at the birds.

You can put birdhouses.

That's true.
We'll have to look into that.

Do you travel  ?
Do you like to take the train ?

We love train travel.

We recently went to Japan and Europe and used trains almost exclusively in both countries.

It is an easy way to travel when the trains are on time.

In japan, all highways have tolls, it would cost 300 just to use them to cross the country, so the train there would be also more cheaper than a car.

That's true.

We were able to drive some in France and England, which was tricky.

Have you ever driven on the opposite side of the road?

I have been in Hong Kong where they drive on the opposite, I had to get used to look at my right when I crossed the street.

That sounds exciting.
Where else have you traveled?

I also been in China, I like remote wild places, like Iceland.


Hello, do you like hockey?

I like watching the hockey fights they sure can go at it, No wonder they can lose so much weight in one game.

Yeah thats amazing.
they can lose up to 8 lbs!

Well let me tell you I played Hockey in my youth but I never lost weight.

But then again field Hockey for kids is a sport, today's hockey clubs (pro) are big business.

Did you every play?

I have never played real hockey lol I have played broom ball lol ever heard of it?

Is it like base ball ?

No its like hockey,  its on ice,  but you keep your shoes on,  and you play with brooms and a small ball lol

Gosh that sounds like fun... until ya fall  lol.

Maybe they could add that as an Olympic sport....

We did this while drinking,  I dont think it can be an olympic sport lol

Well no he he....But think what cool uniforms you could make up.

Did you know that Baseball managers wear uniforms so they can play for their team if needed ?

Yeah I did,  I hope they never have to though!

Baseball teams have like 20 players.

Oh yea that is true, wonder if most team managers could make it around...

I am no spring chicken anymore  that is why I stick to mostly reading these days.

Are you are reader ?

Yes,  I love reading.

I hear the fastest speed reader can read 4700 word per minute!

That is some amazing reading skill.
Reading anything right now ?

Actually,  I should be reading the next book in book club,  but I havent started yet lol How about you?

Nothing right now, feeling like a good sci-fi might be in the near future...  do you have a favorite genre of book ?

I like a bunch of stuff, mostly mystery or fantasy.

How about you?

well I even read shampoo bottles... so anything goes.....and speaking of that I really need to get  going it was nice talking to you.

Its been good chatting.

happy reading

Same to you!


Hello, How are you?
Do you like to travel?

I love to travel!
Mostly by car, bicycle, or plane.
I'm not a fan of trains or boats!
How about you?

Yes, I love to travel too!

I enjoy biking and flying.

I live near the ocean so I love boating also.

That's pretty cool.

I don't think I could afford to live in Japan, the tolls alone cost $300 to travel cross-country.

Yeah, that's a lot!!

The dutch are making a 160 mph commuter bus.

Haha!

Thank you, next.

I am not about that life.

I'd rather live on Mackinac Island where they've banned all motorized vehicles and still use horse-drawn carriages!

Oh I would love that!!

I enjoy watching the old shows with the horse drawn carriages!

Right?

Though the novelty of living without a public rail system or a car would wear pretty thin.

In Iceland, where they have no rail, those without cars have to fly between major towns.

That's true.

I am surprised the first king to travel around the world is from Hawaii.

That was around 300 years ago, humans have been doing remarkable things for hundreds of thousands of years so it's crazy it took a member of royalty so long!

Very cool a humans rib that has been surgically shortened will regrow equally as strong within 2-3 months!

Like lizard tails?

Weird.

Did you know that we can't synthesize our own Vitamin C?

Yes, because the gene for this enzyme is defective.

Its good I love oranges.

lol

It's super weird that plants and all animals can make their own though...

Probably a good indicator that animals and plants will beat us in the evolution department.

lol, could be.

I love it when babies dance spontaneously when they hear music!

I know, it's precious.

Apparently, they even get excited when they hit the beat!

Awww, I know, so cute!

Professional ballet dancers go thru a lot of shoes in a week!

Did you know Tupac was actually a ballet dancer in high school?

That's surprising!

MJ had a patent on the device to achieve the extreme lean!

Who knew, Good chat!

Apparently Bruce Lee won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship in 1958.

I wish we still had a Cha-Cha Championship!

For the alliteration alone!

Yes, that would be interesting!


Hello, do you like to travel?

Yea I like to travel.
what about you?

I love to travel as well, you know there is a project for a bus that can travel at 160 mph

Wow that sounds quite dangerous I am not sure how well that would work out.

A train would make more sense imo.

It would, that seems really dangerous indeed lol, the tolls in Japan are really expensive.

I see I don't know much about Japan.
Where have you traveled?

I have traveled to Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, mostly South America and within the states, what about you?

I've been to a few states, Spain and South Korea.

I would love to travel to South America, but am worried it might be difficult to travel there.

Its actually cheaper than other places and with easy acces you should try it out, I would like to visit Mackinac Island

I definitely will.
Where is that island?

Its in the USA, motorized vehicles are banned there.

Ah I see that sounds like a good idea to be honest.

To ban civilian vehicles and create privatized public transportation.

I bet it is very nice to live there.

It must be, the air clean and things peaceful, you know that the first king to travel was the king of Hawaii

That is interesting I wonder why he was the first king to travel.

Did you know that Disney used a super computer for a movie.

I didnt, what is the name of the movie?

I might search for it in Netflix later, hopefully its there

It's called big hero 6.  it's actually a really good movie you should watch it.

I will, if its not on Netflix I will rent it, did you watch Bill Nye the Science Guy?

Yea I have seen him its okay.
I prefer other peoples material.

Oh I see, well he appears in the movie Flubber as a scientist

Ah i did not know i love that movie.

I love that movie as well, I didnt notice he was in it either.


Hi, have you ever seen the movie 'A Wrinkle in Time"?

hi, do you like travel?

Sure do, some of my top bucketlist destinations include Austria, Australia, Iceland but Iceland would be too expensive since you'd have to take domestic flights to get between major towns.

yeah , too bad for those guys that do not have a car there

Yeah, maybe knowing there's no public rails, the flights are subsidized.

The Wow Air flights sure seem like a great travel flight deal.

yeah that is true, make it affordable.
have you ever been to japan?

No I haven't Have you?

Japan seems expensive to me, but I do love Japanese food so that's also on my bucketlist as well.

yeah I have but did not travel around by car, which is a good things because apparently it can get expensive

Why would traveling by car get expensive?

I don't think I would travel by car there since they have a great public transportation system.

It'd also be dangerous since the roads are the opposite of the US.

they do and that is true but there are many tolls and if yiu travel the country you have to pay $300 by the end of the trip

$300 USD?

That seems way overpriced!

I think I'd rather go to Disneyland with that.

The company was actually founded by two brothers, it's amazing what they managed to accomplish, I love all their films.

that is true.
have you seen the movie wall-e?

Yes I have and I really enjoyed it, if you were to ask me what my favorite Pixar movie is, that'll be a very tough question.

Bill Nye, the science guy, was a science consultant for Flubber, I wonder if he was also the consultant for Wall-E.

Hmm that is insteresting actually.

do you know how he got into the entertainment industry?

Was it for being the consultant for Flubber?

it was actually, he won a steve martin lookalike contest

I don't think I see the resemblance between those two.

I read somewhere that someone can read at a speed of 4700 words per minute!

That's actually the world record for the time being.

oh yeah that is anne jones, she is quick for sure

I wonder how much of that information that she reads is actually retained.

In the 18th century, her skills for reading would be considered a moral panic!

Yeah, go figure.

and now we are in panic because youth are not reading enough

Yeah, how ironic.

Maybe if there was a motive for reading like how there is a subculture dedicated to finding the "hidden mickey mouse" in all things disney, kids would be more motivated to read.


Have you seen A Wrinkle in Time, I thought the film was great

I haven't seen it, heard it wasn't very good.

I think I may have read the book forever ago

I liked it personally, I think it has a great cast and well I love Disney movies

I usually like disney movies too.

I know I read some of the Sweet Valley high books when I was a kid

I see, so do you like the Walt Disney Company?

its one of the biggest companies America has,

They are certainly a money monster, making about $1,110 per second is insane

Wow that much money!

I guess thats why they have the budget to produce movies like Big Hero 6

I might have to look up this movie they collaborated on with Salvador Dali in 1945.

A surrealist disney movie?

Im not sure about that but the movie require a 55000 core super computer Im guessint that was a really expensive piece of machinery, lots of money invested in the movie

Interesting.

How about Louise Braille, was only 15 when he perfected braille.

I assume he was blind, but I don't know

Im guessing he was or maybe wanted to contribute so society, either way he did made an impact on the lifes of many people

Did you see the part about silent reading being a recent phenomenon?

I never thought of that, although I don't know why reading aloud would be easier

No I didnt!

you know there is a record for speed reading?

No I didn't see that part, what is it?

apparently the record is of 4700 words per minute, I could read a Harry Potter book in just a few hours with that skill lol

I liked the part about airports just make people walk farther to get their luggage.

Not faster, but it stops complaints

The part about airports im not sure that I follow you?

anyway have you read the novel Starship Troopers?

I have a factual article about airports and travel.

I don't have anything about Starship Troopers, but I saw the movie once

Oh I see, tell me more about that article then!

It does say that air travel is up to 10% slower than it was in the 60s to save on fuel.

I'd rather go faster

Oh I see, that makes sense as companies have to compete with prices now and I agree with you I hate long travels

Nice talking to you!


Hi.
Do you like to travel?

Pay their I do like to travel.

I just got back from Florida, it was in Naples, where do you like to travel to

When I go to Florida, I like to visit Disney World.

Did you know the Disney company has been around since 1923?

No I didn't know that that's a long time, it's interesting that they change their name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986

Yeah, they were originally the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, since two brothers founded the company.

Yeah that makes sense.

Did you know that Minnie Mouse's real name is Minerva by the way

I had no idea!

Disney makes more money than NBCUniveral and WarnerMedia.

They are a huge company!

Yep they absolutely are huge company!

What do you think about people that go through Disney movies to try to find the"Hidden Mickey Mouse"images in them

That's an interesting hobby!

Did you know that the robot Wall-e was named after Walt Disney?

His middle name was Elias

Wow well that makes sense, but also it makes sense that you would hire Bill Nye to be the science consultant for the movie Flubber, that is a movie that's not need a science consultant though LOL

Haha.

I guess they wanted it to be scientifically correct?

Disney specialized in animation before they opened any theme parks.

Yeah I did know about that.

I can't believe Disney was founded back in 1923 that is almost 100 years ago

That's pretty cool.
Their headquarters is in California.

The office in Burbank California specific oh, I've never been there though I've only been to disney world in Orlando

Me, too.
Some people call Disney "Mouse House".
I've never heard that one before.

No I've never heard that either.

How often do you read by the way?

Have you ever read the book Starship Troopers

I have heard of that, but I never read it.

It takes me a long time to read.

Unlike Anne Jones who can read 4700 words per minute!

Yep that is a lot!

And I did not read the book Starship Troopers but I did see the movie, apparently it is recommended by the US Military

I heard 3 out of 5 branches recommend it.

I wonder which three?

Haha that's a good point.

The movie is actually very anti-military which is why I was curious if you had read the book, I was wondering if a book is different

That's an interesting question.

Ender's Game is also recommended by the military.

Have you read that one?

I haven't.

No I didn't read that book but I did watch the movie.

The movie is kind of bad in my opinion and I even like Harrison Ford who stars in it


do you use your phone much?

Yes a lot.
DO you know why NY area code is 212

Yes that is because it is easy to dial on a rotary phone

Yes, Did you know the phone cables are only 2.7 inches wide and lay at the bottom of the ocean?

Yeah.
Did you ever use a phonebook?

I did not but if two of them get stuck together they cannot be separated

Cool.

UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use our phones

I wonder how they do that, if we know we can help more

Yes.
Do you like literature?

I sure do.

Sadly the FDA once burned tons of books.

yes that was an act of censorship, it sure is sad

Yeah.

DId you know Churchill won a Nobel price for literature?

Yes that was back in 1953

Yesh.

Did you knoe literature was an olympic sport?

Yes that was until 1952 along with sculpture, music and painting

Yeah.
DO you go to the library much?

I go sometimes.

Did you hear about that guy in prison that proved his own innocence?

Yes he studies at the library and then also helped other people

Yeah.

In Norway the government buys your 1000 books if you publish something

Yeah and they give it to the local libraries

Yes and if it is children's books they buy 1500 of them


Are you an iPhone user?

They have more computational power than the entire US nuclear ICMB nuclear deterrent!

Yes, but I am more of a firecracker kind of guy... My iPhone is usually turned off.

You?

I've had one but I'm Android now.

Did ya know that the NY area code is 212 because it was easier to dial with a rotary phone?

I miss rotary phones.

I'm inventing a rotary cell phone.

It will mostly be used for miscommunication.

Ha!

Sounds like a plan.

Maybe it can also separate two phone books with the pages overlapped to?

Well, that would be something worth communicating.

As is the news that UNICEF will donate to a needy child one day's worth of clean water for every minute someone does not use their cell phone!

That's really nice of them.

And to think all that information and data is carried by 2.7" cables under the ocean.

Must be fiber optic cable...

Amazing how much information can pass through that cable!

You could send an entire library's worth of info through one!

Speaking of libraries and books, I can't believe the FDA burned 6 tons of literature in an act of censorship.

I wonder what they were trying to do?

They obviously are an overly controlling partner.

Bad form indeed.

Compare that with the UK Prime Minister that donated his entire 32k book collection to the public library to encourage spreading of ideas!

Or another UK PM, Churchill, that won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1953.

I didn't know he was a writer.

He was certainly a talker.

Indeed!

If you publish a book in Norway, the gov will buy 10,000 copies to distribute to libraries across the country!

Yeah, 1,500 if it's a children book.

I wonder if one could turn a profit even with something terrible!

Then there is hope for me!

If that doesn't work, I may open up a Library of Things like the one in Sacramento, CA.

Sure, I have things.

Wow, architecture, literature, music,, painting and sculpture were Olympic events between 1912 and 1952?

I draw a mean cartoon cowboy.

We have our next Olympic category: 40 Meter Cowboy Sketch.

Sounds intimidating!

Like the man falsely imprisoned for 10 years and devoted himself to becoming a lawyer to free himself and others falsely imprisoned, one could spend years learning that craft!

Ha!

Yeah, that could hurt.

Yeah but it is some serous incentive.

America isn't so dumb, we have more libraries than McDonald's!

Eat and read!

Half the books in the health section tell us that eating at McDonalds is bad for us.

Dietary wisdom or competitive marketing?

That's puzzling... Also puzzling is that Greeks rarely wrote about romantic kissing.

I thought they would more!

I guess not... You know, there is a literary contest that challenges participants to come up with the worst possible opening sentence... Hmmm... Creative incentive...

I could do that -- I'm great at writing terrible sentences.

I'm just saying...

Most of their sculptures are full-frontal...

I guess I'll be looking for Greek art this evening...  Did you know that half of adults have library cards...and one of them has mine...

Ha!

The internet has a lot to offer...

If you ever need a cartoon cowboy with a poorly written caption, let me know.

You would be surprised how often that need arises!

Now, I am off to find some cultural stimulation.

Cheerio!

Good luck!
Maybe start at a McDonald's!
Thanks for the chat.
You were excellent.


Hello!
Do you use the library at all?

Yes, I sometimes use it.

I mainly use it to watch DVDs...Do you use the library?

I do.

I use it to get out books, cds, and dvds mainly.

I love it because of all the money I've saved.

Yes, it is a wonderful resource to have.

It's one place I don't mind paying taxes for!

Did you know that when ships visited the city of Alexandria, they had to surrender their books for copying?

They put the copies into a library in Alexandria!

I didn't know that.

There are more libraries than McDonalds in the US

Wow, really?

That's good to know!!

I hope that never changes!

A man once opened a library from his personal collection because he wanted to "bring together books who had no readers with readers who had no books", I think that's just wonderful!

That is awesome!

I bet he had a huge collection!

The Sacramento public library started a library of things where people can check out items that they can use, but don't really need to own long term.

I think that's a great idea!

That is a great idea!

Like if you need a chainsaw because a tree branch went down in your yard, but you don't want to own one!

That happened to me...we had to pay someone to remove the tree branch.

It was a big branch!

That's what went through my head when I read that.

Every library should follow their lead and do that.

I agree...and maybe people would read more books too.

I guess when libraries started lending video games, to attract teenagers in, books started getting checked out at a much larger rate than before!

That's an interesting fact.

Nice.

If you publish a book in Norway, the gov't will buy 1000 copies of your book and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.

That's interesting if you're an author from there.

I'm sure that encourages more authors to publish, knowing that copies of your books will end up all over the country!

What is your favorite kind of literature?

I'm a fan of non-fiction.

I always wanted to try writing someday and maybe I could win a contest like that annual one they have where writers have to come up with the worst opening sentence to a novel.

lol

LOL!

What?

I never heard of that!

Now I'm curious...  Maybe you should try comedic fantasy?

An author was once knighted for his "services to literature" through comedic fantasy!

lol How interesting is that?

In 19583 Sir Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature!

Wow, that's interesting!

But how about a gold metal?

The father of the modern Olympics won a gold metal for writing poems about sports!

That is pretty neat!

I didn't know before today that literature was an olympic event from 1912 to 1952.

OH!!!

I did not know that!

I guess that's how he won the gold metal.

I thought they gave it to him because of the Olympics connection...how interesting!

How about the FDA burning 6 tons of literature in an act of US censorship.

I wonder when they did that and why?

Wow, not cool!

It had to have been many years ago.

There is a doctor who teaches heavy metal as a form of literature.

Isn't that curious?

That is pretty neat!

I like it!

I have a meeting I have to get ready for.

Loved chatting with you!

You as well, have a great day!


Did you hear about that transgender woman and how she breastfed her baby?

I didn't know that was possible.

That's wild!

If that's what she wanted then that's awesome, but that's so surprising that that's biologically possible!

I know right, but it seems like the consequences were terrible, I think the kid actually died because of that,

Oh wow, that's awful.

It sounds like for the first six months, the baby was happy and healthy though

Her baby died in the end, and now she regrets that decision,

That's so sad.

It's so weird and cool though that they got someone who biologically couldn't breast feed to actually produce 8oz of milk a day!

I guess it is, technology advances, but its sad a kid had to pay the price of that,  apparently the kid was developing just fine no idea what happened there.

That's terrible.

In general, apparently it's really good to breastfeed.

The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses breastfeeding for the first year.

Yeah, I don't think the transgender woman should've breastfed her kid, nothing against transgender people but the science isn't solid yet

Yeah agreed.

I'm surprised that they even tried to be honest

Yeah on another note, do you use the phone a lot?

Yes I do, I'm on my phone the whole day basically.

Did you know that Hedy Lamarr helped to make the cellphone, wifi and gps?

She was an actress in the 1930s.

No, I didnt know that, I wonder if here contributions were big,

Yeah it might have only been minor contributions, who knows!

I always hate having low signal, but apparently there's no connection between signal quality and "bars" of service.

I wouldn't know much about that, what I do know is that Iphones are really powerfull, they have more power than the entire icbm nuclear deterrent

Wow, that's shocking!

I had no idea.

Apparently dolphins can speak over the phone and know who they are talking to.

They can?

wow, smart animals, did you hear about the UNICEF campaign?

I haven't heard about the UNICEF campaign.

What is it?

For every minute you dont use your cellphone they will donate a day of clean water to a child in need, I think its a great campaign, hard to measure though

Yeah that's hard.

I don't know how I feel about that, it's a great idea but what if you need to make important calls or check in with your family or something?

I guess I can leave my cellphone a few minutes a day alone,

Yeah agreed.

It might be better for all of us in the long run!


Hi.
Do you watch youtube much?

Yea I use to have a channel in the early days, it's amazing 400 hours of content is uploaded on youtube each minute

That's amazing!

I can't believe it's been around for 14 years already!

Yea I remember when it had a few users and now youtube is the second largest search engine on the internet

They are owned by google, too!

Yea and now they have a paid subscription service you can pay for although I personally won't

I won't either.

I find it funny that Justin Bieber has the most disliked video.

Yea but not surprising.

Psy's gangnam style is still the most popular video on youtube and forced them to upgrade the view count

That's pretty funny!

Three guys who worked for Paypal made the site.

I wonder how that came about.

I don't know but it was such a great idea even though youtube probably isn't good for internet addiction due to the constant novelty you can find on it

That's true.

You can even access the internet at the top of Mt.

Everest!

It's kinda infuriating you can get 3g service on Mt Everest and I can't get service in my basement

Haha.

Yeah, that's something!

There is a library that has a copy of the internet, which is kind of strange to think about.

Yea, I wonder how the Library Alexandria is able to store all the webpages

I have no idea!

They're apparently storing it for if the internet ever burns down.

Well I hope they skip online terms of service, only 7% of people read them anyway

I wonder how that was measured.

I don't think I've ever once read though all the terms.

I wonder if they save all the websites from newsites.

I know foxnews is pretty popular and is the most watched news channel

I'm sure they did.

They have more viewers than cnn and msnbc put together.

Thanks for chatting!

Have a great night!

Ok, you too, maybe I'll check fox news to see if they talk about their creator Richard Ailes

He created it with Nixon!
Good night


Hi!
Are you a dog lover?

Hey there do you like horror movies?

Can you believe that Stephen King thinks Bambi is a horror movie?

It's a really sad movie but I wouldn't say it's scary

A horror film?

Well, if horror films help you burn more calories, it is nice to think that watching Bambi is apart of a good diet plan!

Haha that's a good plan!

And sorry I missed your first question, I do like dogs a lot.

I need a dog so that I can go on walks to burn calories, and then we can watch horror movies together to cuddle and I will also burn calories doing that LOL

Nice!

Did you know, if you watch a horror film before you go to the museum, it will help yo appreciate abstract art better?

But don't take your dog tot he museum!

They have a different response when they see a 65 millioon year old dinosaur skeleton.

They think, bones!

Thank you God!

LOL ok I'll make sure not to do that, also I feel bad, at least they are not colorblind but they definitely can't see as many colors as humans can, that is weird

It is God's way of trying to even the playing field.

The dog can smell better, run faster, jump higher, and hear better than we can.

But at least we can see more colors.

Haha well I like that too.

I also like that Google prefers dogs to cats.

They put that in their company policy which is amazing, that's why I like Google LOL

Nice!

Google is awesome, but dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing, so Google made agood choice in not making elephants their official animal of choice.

They would need biger offices!

Haha that seems so interesting.

Why don't gorillas know what pointing is?

Wouldn't you think that they would LOL?

They're so smart and everything.

but we should do what is stanbul does with stray dogs, have you heard about that?

Yes, their vending machines for dog food in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.

Nice idea.

I might start doing that with breakfast cereal.

Haha you should do that!

Dogs are so cool though, I love how they have dog blood drives, it's crazy that there are 12 different dog blood types, do you think that they get treats once they give blood?

I do.

It is only fair that they do also, although my dog doesn't care for orange juice.

I try to explain to the dog that 80% of the earth's rain forests are gone, so don't knock the orange juice until you try it, but my dog still doesn't get it...

Haha such a poor doggo.

that is sad that all that Forest is gone, also weird that we will run out of helium by the end of the 21st century, what will all the balloon stores use to fill up the balloons?

Flatulence, of course.

I explained this concept to my dog, but he would not fart in a balloon for me.

In frustration, I exclaimed that if earth's history was one 24-hr day, then human history would only be 1 minute and 17 seconds.

My dog responded, then why does it take you over two minites to refill my bowl?

Haha you need to create a store that sells dog fart balloons LOL I guarantee you someone would buy them haha.

What do you think about the un Ambassador that they have ambassador to extraterrestrials must have a really lonely job lol

Yeah, and training for an impending invasion is difficult.

Like how many times can one person watch the movie, Mars Attacks?

And if Earth is the densest planet in our solar system, why would any sensible alien want to stop off and speak to dense earthlings anyway?

Haha I agree with you.

Nice job bringing up Mars Attacks too, that's a movie I haven't thought about in a long time haha.

That is almost a horror movie, I will be able to burn the 180 calories if I watch that again.

Have you ever seen the movie The Shining by the way

Yes.

A nice film you can watch with the whole family.

You just can't let them know that it is a horror film until they grow up... like they did with the actor that played the role of little Danny!

I know right!

I'm so happy that he didn't know he was in a horror movie.

That would definitely have messed him up.

Have you heard of a water phone?

And no, it's not a phone that runs on water LOL

No, what is a water phone?

This isn't some joke about how 71% of the earth is covered with water, so you are bound to reach  water even by telephone?

Haha I wish it were a joke.

But it's an instrument actually.

It makes that weird creepy metallic noise that you hear in horror movies.

Maybe I should buy one LOL


Communication has sure changed over the years.

Written notes and literary pieces have shifted to telephone.

You are so right!

I mean, even iPhones these days have more computing power than our nuclear ICBM deterrent.

That is amazing!

It is all about time these days.

It's pretty telling that New York's area code is 212 just because it was the fastest number on those old fashioned rotary phones.

Now we have so many things at the touch of a button in the way of communication.

No kidding... and isnt it incredible that the cables that carry internet/phone data across the oceans are 2.7 inches in diameter and basically lay on the ocean floor?

That is incredible!

And we are all hooked on our cell phones.

It is quite something that Unicef donates a day of clean water to a child who needs it for every minute we don't use our phone.

Good on them.

Maybe that will encourage others to stay off their phones more and maybe go to a library or something!

After all, there are more libraries than there are McDonald's here in the US and half the adult population still has library cards!

I'm glad that Libraries haven't been phased out by our technology, especially since there is so much information on the internet.There are so many resources there from books to Blue-Ray Discs.

Agreed.

Plus you have countries like Norway where if you publish a book, the government buys 1000 copies and distributes them to libraries across their country!

If only all counties would do that!

That is so cool.

I am an author, maybe I should move to Norway!

They distribute even more copies of a children's book at 1,500 per book.

Maybe so!

It would be a huge help, wouldn't it?

You know, I honestly can't believe the FDA once burned six tons of literature.

What a waste!

Heartbreaking!

Hey, did you hear about Sacramento's new library of things?

I have actually and hope to check it out someday.

I think it's a great way to lure more people in by offering items like sewing machines that people may need to use but not want to buy for long term!

It would sure give you the opportunity to check out a hobby to see if you like it before spending tons of money on something you may later decide you don't want to ever do again.

What a great way to give everyone opportunities.

I especially like the sewing machine check one.

I agree entirely!

I wonder if that was also the same library that one guy who was falsely imprisoned spent his time studying law to prove his innocence before actually becoming a lawyer himself!

It could have been.

I so enjoy time with literature.

I kind of geek out about it as an author.

Their is a really fun annual contest where writers need to come up with the worst possible opening line to a novel.

I want to try it.

That would be interesting and sounds like it could also be humorous as well!

I wonder what Winston Churchill would feel about it seeing as how he actually won a Nobel Prize for literature and not peace.

He was such an important world figure politically it is funny to think of his award being about writing not his place on the world stage.

That's 1953 for you.

I couldn't imagine our political leaders doing much of their own writing these days.

They rely a lot on ghost writers.

That is so true!

You know, I also found it surprising that literature, along with music, architecture plus sculpture and painting were all Olympic events from 1912 up until 1952.

It's too bad they aren't anymore!

It is sad.

We are losing an element of culture and the value we place on it.

We can learn so many things from books, like Romantic kissing being a new trend.

It is hardly ever mentioned in ancient greek literature.

How would we know these things without literature and the arts?

Exactly.

But at least in this age, print technology has allowed distribution of literature to grow, which has led to electronic literature!

That is definitely a plus of this modern age of technology advances.

As long as there are people like UK Prime Minister William Gladstone founded libraries in their senior years, literature will live on.

Agreed.

Even though the concept has changed over time from spoken/sung texts and non-written verbal art forms!

You are right it will forever live on.

Well, it was great chatting with you today.

Have a great day, my friend!


Hi there, do you use your phone much?

All the time and for everything, to me it's not just a phone it's an extent ion of who i really am, haha!

Hahah I guess that speaks to all of us really.

Did you ever have the chance to use a rotary phone though?

Yeah im a old dude!

I hear the dial phone was created by a undertaker.

Yeah, those were fun but not to dial many numbers.

took forever.

Did you know the NY area code 212 is because of them

Yeah i heard that.

Apparently someone from the 30's helped to invent cellphones, wifi and GPS.

doesn't make much since.

Nice, they have made a revolution in technology with them.

Did you ever use a phonebook, or maybe still do?

Nope just the extension of myself ( cell phone).

However apparently dolphins communicate well over the phone and can recognize who there talking to.

Oh did not know that one, interesting.

Apparently phone nowadays have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent

I don't know what to sat about that.

Did you know that there is almost no correlation between the bars on your phone and quality of service.

Wow, and yet I always look up at the bars.

Rely too much on them I guess.

Switching topics, do you enjoy reading?

I do but now a days i listen to audible books you can find almost anything.

You?

That is very true.

Yes I read quite a bit actually.

Heard that there are more libraries than McDonald's in the US.

I love that fact

Yeah that is awesome to know, you'd think it be the other way around but i guess with all the schools and universities beside the public ones it makes since.

I guess so.

In Sacramento the public library now offers other things besides books like sewing machines and such

Sounds like a neat concept.

Apparently there was a comedian that was Knighted.

Oh, who would that be?

Speaking of Knights and that area of the world, Churchill actually won a Nobel Prize in Literature

Why are they always given out Nobel Peace Prizes for everything but peace?

The comedian was Terry Pratchett.

Oh cool.

Not sure about that on.

But literature seems to have been pretty important back then as it was also an olympic event

I think i heard that didn't he write about sports?

Not sure actually.
Nice chatting with you :)