Hi there, bought anything good on Amazon lately?

Sure.
I bought some good melt n pour soap.
Made myself some nice soap.
How about you?
I love shopping on Amazon!

I just got two pairs of sneakers yesterday.

I watch some of their Amazon Studios shows here and there, too using my Fire TV stick.

Yeah.

We are Fire Stick users too.

A friend of mine produces one of the Amazon prime original series, so we are loyal viewers!

Amazon CEO, Bezos, is a smart dude.

Smehow he even managed to get the USPS to work on Sunday!

Yes, it was also prescient of him to buy IMDB in 1998 and end up being able to integrate it into its streaming service.

Have you watched movies on the IMDB Freedive app yet?

I feel a little guilty watching so much Amazon Fire TV, while Amazon employees in the warehouse are walking up to 15 miles per day working for us!

I have not, is it any good?

It's nice to get things for free, but a lot of time it's not any good, so it's not exactly a deal haha.

The first Amazon customer got a building named after him for spending $27.95--now that's a deal!

I want one of those clocks built in a mountain like the one Bezos built!

Of course, I live in Texas, so we are a little short on mountains here... Freedive is good.

Uses commercials to pay for content, so it is a little like standard TV, but when they have a movie I want to see, it beats not watching....

I wonder what Bezos will get into next.

Maybe he'll go after the market for cars like Elon Musk did?

There's a lot of room for tech in that industry.

As long as there are McDonalds drive thru windows, there will be a market for cars!

McDs invented the drive thru to accomodate servicemen and women who were not allowed to exit their vehicles while wearing fatigues.

I wonder why they invented the McNugget?

Probably to use the leftover parts of chicken that look unappealing after processing, like the pink slime from beef.

It's pretty crazy that it was only a little over 100 years ago that we were still being moved around by animals and now we eat them in our cars!

Interesting perspective.

What is your take on South African flame throwers installed on cars?

Obviously they can be used to warm up your McNuggets, but that seems a bit excessive...

Well, considering the country is still plagued by inequality, it would make sense for rich people to want to protect their cars from theft.

It seems like a very unequal place to live.

Could be.

So explain this to me: Why is the VW Beetle the only vehicle with the trunk in the front.

Ask any elephant and they will tell you the trunk belongs in the front!

Haha, some bank and house robbers actually used to prefer Porsches as getaway cars because it's better to be shot in the engine than your back, but the origin of the term comes from the luggage trunks that were placed on the rear ends of cars (I guess to balance out the engine in front?)

I am just filled with questions today.

Like this one: If the sun is actually white, but only appears yellow because of atmospheric scattering, what color is scat?

Ha, not blue, obviously--I'll take yellow light over blue light any day.

One second of the energy produced by the sun to make that light is enough to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500 years.

Yeah, but most of it is going in the wrong direction!

Even the lowly lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun.

But is that also true for greased lightning?

Depends on the kind of grease, I guess--I'd expect it to liquify at that temperature, or maybe become like plasma, like the sun is.

You are indeed wise.

So tell me... Do you remember July 11th, 2011?

That was the day Neptune completed it's first orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846.

Did you sleep through it like I did?

Now I gotta wait until it comes around again to get a peek... Bummer.

I was studying for the bar exam, actually, so that whole summer is kind of a black hole for me, memory-wise.

Like the one at the center of our galaxy haha.

Maybe that star was one of the stars that's a billion times bigger than our sun.

It's not all about size you know.

Sometime, the smaller the sun, the hotter plasma!

That's what my Grandpa always said...  Nice chatting with you!


Are you a fan of Amazon?

I am a fan of Amazon.
Are you?

I am!

I use it all the time either for buying stuff or watching prime video.

Do you have a favorite show on Amazon?

Yes.

I'm currently watching "Goliath"  I can't believe it's already been 25 years since Amazon was founded in 1994.

Who is that with?
Steve B.?
It is the largest internet retailer.

Goliath is with Billy Bob Thornton.

He plays a lawyer.

Yes they are.

So much so that Jeff Bezos could afford to build a clock onto a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!

That's right!

I could picture the cover but not the person.

Imagine having your name on a building at amazon.

All for $30.

That would be neat.

I wonder if the person knew that was going to happen?

I am sure he thought he was just ordering a book or something... That would be a neat surprise though.

It would be.

I do like how Amazon contracted with the US postal service to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays.

That was nice to get some of my packages before Christmas like that.

The USPS has nothing else to do on Sundays so why not!

They also own IMDB.

lol True!

Plus they are hurting to stay afloat so Amazon is probably helping them in that respect.

Yeah.

That's sad... Can you imagine walking between 7 and 15 miles every day?

That would be rough working in an Amazon warehouse if you had bad knees, back, or feet.

Not for me.

lol

I worked in a warehoure for 1.5 years and my legs were wrecked for a few months after.

Just painful.

I worked in one for about 6 years in a flower pot factory.

I feel your pain.

The temps.

were terrible...in the summer you would be dying from the heat and in the winter you were frozen to the bone.

Finally!

Someone that feels my pain, literally.

I remember working second shift and leeaving in the summer so sweaty.

I could peel the salt off my skin...

It's terrible.

What's sad is that in my area it's either work in a factory like that or work at a retail store.

I would tell people how bad the warehouse work was and how it took a toll on you but no one believes you unless they experienced it.

Man, that stinks.
Do you still work there?

No.

They actually downsized and closed the building I worked in and decided to open a warehouse in another area 2 hours away.

The company was looking for a buyer and we think they are positioning themselves for a sale and that's why the did it.

I've been looking for another job.

In the meantime, I've been trying to keep my head above water working on mturk.

It's been a lifesaver for me the last 3 months.

Well, good luck.
Nice chatting with you!


Hi there...good morning.

What are your thoughts on Robert Redford?

His new movie looks like a lot of fun!

I hear ya!

I find it odd they named his character Forrest Tucker?

Wasn't that a actor in F Troop?

Id don't know that I have seen the F Troop.

I think it's great that he plays a bank robber at his age.

It should really pick up Robert Redford's career.

He hasn't had a hit movie in ages!

And sissy spacek.
How old is she now?

I hear ya, I'd probably be wrong, but I'd put Sissy Spacek in her 50's at least.

Man, she hasn't had a hit movie since Carrie in the 70's.

This movie looks like something I'd like to see.

me too!

Apparently movie goers really like the relationship between spacek and redford.

Best in the film they say.

It'll be good to see the both of them.

And Danny Glover and Tom Waits are in this too!

It looks like the producers went all out to make this an entertaining picture.

It does!

I think from the looks of it, this movie will do well.

The reviews say that REdford plays a gentleman.

I think a lot of people will like that.

He's always had it in him.

Wonder what he even looks like now?

I don't care too much for jazz, but if fits the movie...I'm all for it.

me too.

I thought this was interesting..

The trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.

Really?
The trunks in cars were wooden?
I never knew that....go on!

The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.

You sure do know about cars.

Does the cadillac play a pivotal roll in the movie?

possibly what Redford is driving to get away from the bank!

Wow!

The Old Man and the Gun sounds like it could be a fantastic film for Robert Redford if, indeed, it's gonna be his last film!

I bet not!

Specek apparently does well in this film too..

Her blushing, responsive performance brings a spark of spontaneity to a narrative that is understated to a fault.

LOL....eloquently stated about Spacek.

Well, it's been great chatting with you about The Old Man and the Gun.

You have a Great day!

you too!

Good chat!

Bye!


Hi Do you know much about cars?

I know a little bit about them.

I know that I love driving and would rather not have to walk if I can help it!

Do you?

Hahaha  I'm like you.

I was surprised to learn that the first patent was issued in 1886 to Karl Benz.

Really?

That is surprising to hear!

In 2014 it was estimated that the number of cars was over 1.25 Billion!

I wonder how many more there are now!

Holy smokes!

That's a lot of plastic and metal.

I wonder if Karl Benz ever wondered there would be that many cars when he was developing them.

Yeah!

I bet he never imagined we'd have that many cars!

It's a shocking number, for sure!

Did you know it's legal in South Africa to have a flame thrower on your car?

I didn't know that.
Yikes!
What do they do with them?

Ha!

I'm assuming use them for road rage situations.

But they say, they use them to prevent carjackings.

That sounds scary to live there if they have to put those on their cars to prevent that.

The first car that was made available to the masses was the Model T built by Ford in 1908.

I've seen those in parades.

Model T Ford, just sounds cool!

I'm sure I've likely seen one before.

Jann Mardenborough became a pro race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo!

I used to love that game!

That is interesting.

I wonder if that was part of a contest or something?

I didn't realize McDonalds didn't have drive thrus until 1975.

Yeah!

I heard they added the drive-thrus then so that soldiers in fatigues didn't have to get out of their cars, since they weren't allowed to.

Yes!

Do you know how the backs of cars became to be known as trunks?

Nope.
I never thought about it.
Do you?

They are called that because in the early days of cars people used to carry wooden trunks on the back of them.

That hardly sounds very safe for ones belongings!

But hey, if that's all they could do back then, I get it!

Do you have a dog?

I do have a dog!

Did you know that they are not color blind?

No I didn't!
I always thought they were!
So they see color?

They just can't see as many different colors as humans.

I have to get ready to wrap things up for the evening.

I enjoyed the chat!

Oh wow!
Interesting!
Yeah, I have to get going too.
Have a great night!
:)

You have a great night too!


Are you a fan of dogs?
I have one.

Good Morning....nope, had some dogs when I was younger, but I have 2 cats now.

My mom was a poodle groomer, so we had tons in the house all the time.

I could see where they would get old then.

lol  Did you know that there are 12 different blood types a dog could have?

I never knew that.

Nope, never heard that.

I respect people that have dogs, but you're right, after having dogs all around me as a child, it's no wonder I have cats.

I do respect dog owners, it takes a lot to care for a dog.

I had cats for a long time, but when the last one died I thought I would take a break from them.

Dogs are a lot of work.

Dogs can also donate blood at dog blood drives.

lol

Well, that make it convenient...lol.
Have you ever listened to jazz?
I never have.

A very tiny, tiny amount.

It sometimes is playing when I go to wineries.

Wineries....sweet.

My brother took be to one in Maine 2 years ago...and I don't even like wine...the wine-tasting was neat though.

Drove the car there, and the scenery was beautiful.

Maine is beautiful!

I had cousins who lived up there when I was a kid.

We would go up there every few years....first we would drive to Boston see those cousins and then head to Maine to see the other cousins.. lol  Did you know that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz fan?

Yes, actually, Clint Eastwood even made a film about jazz, though I didn't see it.

Shows my lack of interest in jazz, cause I love Clint Eastwood.

He's awesome in all the different rolls he has played in his career.

Did you know that jazz trumpeters grew goatees as a way to provide comfort when playing?

That's an interesting nugget...lol.

Wouldn't that make dogs good at playing a trumpet?

Yes it would!

haha  Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts.

I don't think jazz when I think of Pakistan music.

I picture flutes and drums for some reason.

lol

LOL....I didn't think any jazz album could top the charts.

Right?

LOL  Did you know about the Harlem woman who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years?

Um....nope.

Never came up in any of my conversations.

Just can't see tooling around in my car, my beat up 2003 Chevy Blazer rattling off jazz music in my car.

My friends would think me quite odd.

LOL I know what you mean!

I'm usually listening to rock and doing my best out of tune singing.

People already think I'm crazy....jazz would put it over the top.

LOL

Sure would.

I'd bet your dog would look at you strange as well.

LOL yes!
I've had fun chatting with you!

Oddest conversation I've had in awhile, but nice chatting with you on cars, dogs, and jazz....Have a Great day!

LOL Have to make it interesting right?
You have a good day too!


Hey how are you doing today.

Did you hear about the recent summit between Trump and the North Korean leader?

I think summits are kind of interesting basically just an international meeting.

I did, I think they just had one, but there was no deal, right?

Yeah unfortunately they couldn't agree on something.

There are several important summers during the year.

One time at a summit in Brisbane the leader of Russia told the Canadian prime minister to get out of Ukraine.

Yeah, not a big surprise though.
Do you know what summit that was?

True.
I believe it was the G 20 summit.

Interesting.

Did you know that Spain is the only country that has a been a permanent guest at every G20 summit?

Good for Spain.

That is really cool.

I wonder why they have a government policy to not request official membership?

I'm not sure to be honest.
I think it is a cool idea.
Are you familiar with AI?

Yes somewhat.

I know it is likely to be the wave of the future.

Although the scope of AI is disputed I think it has a very huge potential nonetheless.

This is true, I think it has huge potential, but also has huge ramifications for social aspects.

Yes I agree.

Certain organizations like Facebook is already using AI to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict user actions.

This is true, I worry about self driving cars to be honest.

I don't trust the programming behind it.

Yeah I am also a bit wary about that too.

I think I would like to learn more about artificial intelligence and Stanford actually puts on a free class to do just that.

What I worry about is how they program the decision analysis, for example, what do you tell the computer to do if it has the choice of causing one accident over another.

That's a very good point you ask.

I think they would likely choose the option that most humans would do.

Even celebrities are getting in on artificial intelligence.

Kristen Stewart the twilight actress co-authored a paper about it.

Yeah, sort of tough.

Did you know there is a non-profit organization for the advancement of AI?

No I didn't I think that is really awesome.

I did know that artificial intelligence has crushed all human records and Minnie puzzle games such as the game 2048.

Interesting.

I'm not even sure what the Puzzle games actually are, do you?

No I just know that it requires a lot of brainpower and strategy to solve them.

I would be interested to learn more however.

In computer science artificial intelligence research is defined as the study of intelligent agents.

Interesting.

Apparently the scope of AI is disputed as machines become increasingly more capable, tasks considered intelligence are often removed from the definition.

Wow who knows what the future holds for artificial intelligence.

It will be interesting to see no doubt.

Well I starting with you have a good day.


hi how are you?
what do you think of the presidency?

Hi, I am good.

how are you?

I think it's interesting that the role of the president is different depending on what country they are in.

Yes, the rules and powers vary quite a bit.

some are elected, some have the job for life.

Yep, just because they are called president doesn't mean they are the ruler necessarily.

Sometimes they are just a ceremonial role.

Yes, i think that is the case in france.

not the most important title.

it may be that way in Indonesia too, I don't know but the president there released 3 pop albums while in office.

he seemed to have his priorities screwed up.

pop albums?

What?

I know!

That's why I wonder about his role.

Maybe he was just for show you know?

At least I hope so.

I'd hate to think he was the actual ruler and was out making albums.

He might have delegated a lot to subordinates.

I guess he thought albums made him popular?

That could be his reason right there!

It could have been to increase his image.

Yeah, politicians do all kinds of things to curry favor with voters.

I bet they really worked at it before 1805.

Back then if you lost the presidential election you became vice president automatically.

I think that system would be very entertaining now.

and the govt would probably get about as much done anyway

I totally agree!

I did get surprised about presidential history recently.

I learned that two of the wealthiest presidents were washington and jefferson.

Did you know that?

I did not know that.

I thought trump would be up there somewhere.

I did too.

Washington was a general so that really came as a surprise.

Jefferson, I guess I could see but honestly, I just assumed modern day presidents were wealthier than any of those from the past.

I guess they owned a lot of land, and probably slaves (ugh).

JFK had money from his father, i know.

I guess that could do it.

Have you heard about the guest house of the president being larger than the white house?

I had heard that.

i figure that Trump must not be happy about that arrangement.

maybe he could rent out the guest house?

I imagine a lot of modern day president's aren't too happy about that.

I wonder how many people actually stay at the guest house and when the thing was built.

Anyway, great chat!

I don't know when it was built but i assume it was back in the time of the building of the white house or soon after it.

It's been great chatting with you too!

Have a great day!


Good morning!

Good Morning!
How are you on this Friday?

Good!

Yourself?

Have you watched anything good on TV lately?

I'm great!
I've been watching Sherlock on Netflix.
How about you?
Have you ever seen the Simpson's?

I watch the simpsons every sunday night!

Is Sherlock good?

My kids always made me watch pokemon.

I grew up with Pokemon haha.

Sherlock is amazing!

It is super suspenseful!

Did you watch the oscars last week?

Crazy the show itself was nominated for 9 emmys in 2013.

Wow!

I had no idea!

Did you watch all 750 episodes of pokemon?

I watched when there were only like 100 episodes back in the day when it first came out.

I couldn't imagine watching that many.

Have you?

I feel like I have!
I never watched family guy though.
How bout you?

I've seen just about every episode of family guy.

I feel like Peter has had more than 188 jobs like Homer Simpson has throughout the show.

Oh thats fun, i didn't know that!

When family guy aired, the simpsons crew sent them flowers!

I remember that.

Have you ever seen Shark Tank?

Most of those deals aren't even enacted afterwards.

So they just do it for the views?

How disappointing that would be!

I read that there is only 1 episode of the simpsons that Bart isn't in.

have you seen it?

I'm sure they do.

No I haven't but that's hard to believe!

Have you?

I honestly don't know!

I've been watching it for awhile.

Did you watch the academy awards?

I know you said youw atched the emmy's, right?

I thought those were the same thing.

There are too many award shows haha.

It's funny how George Lucas's wife has won an oscar and he hasn't.

That is funny.
They may be the same thing!
I don't watch them!
Who all got oscars this year?

I know Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody received many.

Have you seen those?

No, are they good?

I know Walt Disney has won like 22 Oscars, which I can believe!

They were great actually.

I totally can believe that.

The next person in line is John Williams with nominations.

What film did he make?
I once heard eminem has Oscars too.
I wonder what movies he won them for?

I never heard of him actually.
I'm sure Eminem got his for 8 mile.

Nice chatting with you!


do you like baseball?

I do.

Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?

Yes because they can play if they need to

Yes.

Do you know what kickball is called in Canada/?

Yes it is called soccer-baseball

Yeah.

Do you know who used to do the schedule for MLB games?

It was a couple who did it for 24 years

Yeah they scheduled 2430 games each year, amazing

Yeah.

Did you hear a guy made millions from baseball cards?

Yes he found them in the attics and belonged to his grandfather

Yes, 3 million dollars is a lot of money

I know.

Did you know in Japan it is super popular?

yes so popular they cannot believe it is just a pastime here

Yeah.
Do you listen to the radio a lot?

I do.

Did you know you can listen to Jupiter's storms in am radio

That is so cool.
Do you ever listen to Canadian radio?

Yes but they play so much music from canadian artists

that is because they are required by law to play 40% canadian music

Yeah.

Do you know how they used to make foxhole radios

Yes the soldiers used razorblades and pencils

Yes.
Do you listen to radio dramas?

Sometimes but I do not have much time.
Nice chat


Hello, lets talk about television.

There have been a lot of pokemon episodes made, more then 750 total.

Wow!

I wonder who has time to watch all of those.That is 50 a year for 16 years straight!

Days like these in the UK which was a remake of the 70's show verbatim was cancelled after 10 episodes.

Yep, there is only one episode of the simpsons where bart is neither seen nor mentioned.

interesting, Alec Baldwin has narrated Thomas the tank engine more then 52 times.

Apparently so have george carlin and ringo starr.

That is a lot of people for one character!

yes, the Simpsons crew sent flowers to south park when it aired its family guy episode.

That must have been very nice of them.

That is the same thing as samsung sending flowers to apple when they started selling the iphone X!

Lets talk about the Academy awards next.

It was first hear don the radio in 1930 and then on TV in 1953.

Ah, Daniel Day Lewis was the only actor to win best actor at the oscars three times.

That is a lot!

The most Oscars won by a man is held by Walk Disney, he won 22 times.

That is not surprising, as Disney has made many excellent movies.

The oscars were nominated a total of 9 times for emmys back in 2013.

The movie Blazing saddles was nominated 3 times , I don't know if they won any of them.

Ah, that is a lot considering there are only 24 awards.

There have been 3072 oscars awarded since it began in the 90s

wow , Lets talk about the sun next.
The sun is not yellow , but white.

Yep, and it consists of 73% hydrogen and 25% helium (roughly)

The sun is hot, but a lightening bolt is 5 times hotter then its surface.

But the suns core is probably much hotter, it is where hydrogen fusion occurs.

In one second the sun can produce enough energy to meet the needs of earth for 500,000 years

And the sun lasts for over 5 billion years.

That is a lot of tiem!

There are many stars that a larger then the sun, some are 1 billions times its size.

Nice talking to you today


Television is called telly in some places.

Even my wife does it sometimes.

Do you?

No.

To me, "Telly" will always be the actor Telly Savalas.

AKA Kojak.

I'll usually call it the TV or the boob tube.

Nice to be reminded on Savalas.

TV now comes in color, 3D and of course sound.

It can be analogue or digital, live or recorded, but whatever shape it's transmission  is, it is mass media for advertising, entertainment, or news.

I think mostly for sales of pharmaceuticals, since every other ad is for a drug of some sort.

Ha!

Drugs with disclaimers!

Do you plan to watch the Oscars this year?

They consist of 24 awards.

Probably not.

More likely I will be watching old UK remakes of that 70s Show.

They only made 10 episodes, so I can binge watch all in one night.

How about you?

It depends on the counter programming.

I don't like the politics of it, but I do like some of the horse races.

Walt Disney still holds the lead with 22 Oscars.

I agree on the politics.

I am a PhD scientist.

I do not stand up in public and lecture people about the virtues of method acting.

It would be silly since I am not a professional actor.

Likewise, why should an actor, who only pretends to be a politician on TV, be considered an expert on world affars, national defense, etc.

But I digress.

The UK version of the 70s show was called days like these

Great analogy!

You know we have the Emmys as an award show for TV.

The Oscar show has been nominated for Emmys before.

Has Pokemon ever gotten an Emmy?

I learned all I know about politics from watching the 750 Pokemon episodes.

You are dedicated beyond belief!

I don't know.

Animation can have some staying power without the characters getting old.

The last Family Guy episode attracted flowers from the Simpsons crew.

Toons are great, but what makes them come alive are the voices of the actors.

Like THomas the Tank Engine, which was narrated by great voice artists such as George Carlin, Ringo Starr, and Alec Baldwin.

The are so many identifiable voices.

Is you PhD in a field where you could have an opinion about the power output of the sun?

I have heard that it produces enough energy for the earth in one second that would last 500000 years.

If this is true, why am I still buy rechargeable batteries?

No, my expertise is not in the sun, but I still get to enjoy it's hot plasma pushing out electromagnetic energy on my face.

Can you imagine that it is only one billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy?

I think that star is named Bertha.

She is one hot ball of gas.

But did you know that the surface of the sun is not as hot as a lightening bolt?

But it can still fry eggs if necessary.

I don't think I could keep from burning the eggs.

I live in Phoenix so some TV news station fries some eggs on the sidewalk each year.

News is just one of the genres on TV.

An egg has whites and yolks (which are yellow), but did you know that the sun is actually white, and only seems yellow due to atmospheric scattering.

So next time you cook an egg, ask yourself, what color are egg whites really?

I have so many other things to worry about and now I have to worry about my eggs!

The fact that the sun is white is reassuring to me since my science classes taught me that a white star is hotter than a red star so our sun will surely last for my lifetime.

It is comforting.

But poor old Neptune is probably out of the loop on this.

Since 1846, Neptune has only made one full orbit around the sun.

Who knows how many episodes of Pokemon will be aired befoe it completes another orbit?

You and I will never know.
Nice talk.
Good evening


Hi, how are you?

hey I'm good, do you follow baseball at all?

I do.
Do you?

ya I follow it a bit, did you know baseball managers can actually play for their team if required?

HA!

I would love to have seen Sparky Anderson or Lou Pinella take a few hacks.

Although today's manager's are in pretty good shape.

ah ya I would laugh to see that, kind of silly in canada that kickball is called soccer-baseball, doesn't roll of the tongue haha

No it doesn't, but it's Canada so they would be so cute about it.

haha true, can you imagine being like that one guy and finding millions of dollars of old baseball cards in your attic?

That's be great!

Do you watch sunday night baseball with Jess Mendoza?

nope cant say that I do, I do know that baseball is crazy popular in Japan though

I love Japanese ballgames.
They have so much fun.
It's like a rock concert.
If you ever get board, youtube it.
It's so fun!

ok I'll check it out!

and ya apparently theyre shocked baseball is the nation pasttime of America

I was shocked to learn that up until 2005, a married couple created the schedule for all the MLB teams.

ya that is wild, almost 2500 games that they had to schedule, I wonder why they stopped?

Probably too hard with the advent of multiuse stadium and software.

ya true, do you ever listen to the radio?

I do.
Do you?

ya I do on the way to work, did you know that you can make a radio out of a pencil and razor blade?

I had no idea.

I would probably cut myself trying to change the station...

haha good point, ya its called a foxhole radio, no idea how it works but it sounds crazy

Nice chatting with you!


Good afternoon!
How are you today?
Thanks for chatting with me!
Do you like to play video games?

I play a few games on my phone.

Used to play video games a lot when I was a kid.

I too play on my phone more now than I did when I was younger.

I loved to play video games as a kid when time allowed that is; chores seem to take up much of my playing time.

Did you know a game designer calculated that we as a whole play 3 billion hours of video games a week?

I believe it.

I have a son and a few nephews that would play games 24 7 if they could.

I do as well, lol.

I find it interesting a little factoid I heard that for kids age 16 and under it is illegal for them to play video games after midnight in South Korea.

Did you know that Tom Hanks brother Jim does the voice of Woody for video games and merchandise.

That is interesting; I did not know that!

I find that to some video games are that of an art form but that in itself leads to a great controversy over what is art.

I see them as almost lifelike.

I mean when I was a kid we had little blobs on the screen now a days people look like people in the games.

It is amazing.

It has been a long time since I have went to one.

Did you know that up until 2005 a married couple scheduled all 2430 MLB games.

They did it for 24 years.

They did it for 24 years.

Wow!!

That is a long time; I did not know that!

I go to games almost every weekend when they play locally where I live.

I heard a man found three million dollar worth of old baseball cards in his grandfather's attic.

That would be nice.

My brother used to collect them I don't think he had million dollars worth.

I agree it would be nice to find such a grand amount.

I have caught a couple balls and have them signed by the players.

That would be cool.

Did you now that baseball is really popular in Japan?

I did know that actually, America's past time!!

I find the name soccer-baseball funny as in Canada that is what they call the game of kickball.

I played a lot of soccer baseball when I was a kid then.

Lol.

The Japanese are surprised about baseball being our national pastime.

Did you know that baseball managers also wear a uniform as they too are technically able to play for their teams if needed?

Id be interested to find out how many times that has happened.

Im sure it happened a lot more in the early days of baseball.

I would have to agree with you on that; but I also think it happens more often that we just don't hear about it as much.

I dont know.

I have never heard of it happening.

I do know in the early days there wasnt as much money in it so I could see them just using one of the players as the coach.

It has always made me wonder why when played do the players run counter clock wise versus clock wise during a game, do you have any ideas as to why?

Im not sure.
I think Ill go look that up.
It was nice chatting with you today.

I agree; I should do the same thing!
And nice chatting with you.

Have a good one.


Hello, have you heard of the Parkland shotting?

I have it is very disturbing to hear of it

yes it was.
Joe Romano was his name.
He had a 12 gauge pump action shotgun.

Yes that is true luckily there were no fatalities and only one person was injured.

Yes, thank God Assistant Principal John Sawchuk tackled the 6-foot-2, 230-pound teenager.

After only two shots.

It's very unusual for mass shooters to survive.

Do you think the politicians should ban guns all together or what?

Not all together, no.

But better regulations.

The shooter now credits the assistant principal with saving students lives as well as his own.

Yeah I agree.

Tougher regulations are the best idea to gun control not banning them all together.

Hey, are you a TV fan.

I am a TV expert.

Did you know that there are over 750 pokemon episodes.

Wow I knew there were a lot of pokemon episodes I just did not know there were 750!

that's a lot!

Yes, that is 52 plus episodes a year for over 16 years.

That is very impressive I don't think I know any shows that produced all these episodes a year.

It is very cool that they are able to provide all of this content

Yes it is.

It has latest a long time.

Also, there is only one simpsons episodes where Bart was not seen or mentioned.

I know the simpsons have around 650 episodes out so far, That is very impressive how there is only 1 episode where he is not mentioned or seen.

yes it is.

Walt Disney still holds the record for moat oscars won by a man.

He won 22.

Wow I did not know that yet again the man was a creative genius

Yes he was.

A true innovator.

Also, Daniel Day Lewis has won 3 oscars for best actor.

He is the only won to have won three.

That's true but maybe because back in the day there was not much competitions as now don't you think?

I never thought of that.

I find it funny that Eminem has more oscars than leonardo decaprio, johnny depp, will smith, George Lucas, and bill Murray combined.

That is very true, I really think Decaprio deserves sooo many.

All the movies of his I can think of are just outstanding.

Well, thanks for the chat.
Merry Christmas


Hi, how are you?

good how have you been?
do you watch baseball?

I do watch baseball.
Do you?

Yes.
did you watch the superbowl?

I did.
Did you?

Yes, all 11 minytes of the gameplay

HA!

That's not a lot.

There's no rule for females not to play.

And yet we have no women in nfl

maybe because they could make more as an engineer.

true.

do you know what kickball is called in Canada?

No, what?\

soccer-baseball

Wow.
That's not an easy name to say.
Seems like it could be more efficient.

I know right?

DId you know baseball is very popular in Japan?

I did.
It is so fun to watch!
Do you like baseball?

I do.
Do you listen to the radio much?

I do.
Do you?

Yes quite a bit.

You can catch Jupiter's storms in am radio

Wow.
I had no idea.
That's good trivia.
I wonder how that works.

It is all physics.
DO you know any latin?

I do not.
Nice chatting with you!


DO you still use a landline ?

No.

In my opinion, the landline is going extinct.

Growing up my grandparents had a multi-party line.

My parents had a landline.

I killed the landline once cellular was cost effective.

Now cellphones are small computers that do so much more than landlines.

Yeah, an IPhone has more computing power than a mainframe of the 60s.

But data still travels best in cables.

Even on cellular networks, it still travels via cable, except for the last leg.

Could you imagine the atmospheric distortion of the signal if data was transmitted from the east to west coast solely via the airways?

We would be still at the era of ham radios and telegram.

There would be less pictures.

Less pictures and more garbled messages.

Imagine how YouTube videos would look with atmospheric distortion; probably like the picture on old time TVs with rabbit ear antennas?

Youtube would be like a TV station, showing only clip to everyone at the same time.

I think it would be less popular.

True.

Do you subscribe to any YouTube channels or follow any YouTube celebrities?

I subscribe to some educational channels.

But I don't follow any celebrities, but I hear of them often.

I use to subscribe to certain hunting / fishing equipment YouTube channels, but found  temptation to buy the latest thing to be unproductive.

I do like "how to" videos on YouTube.

Given that YouTube is accessible to anyone with a computer, being a star has nothing to do with how good your Hollywood agent is and more with establishing a populist following.

It is more diverse but celebrities still have an advantage on Youtube, being a search engine, popular results get more visibility.

Agreed.

It is a bit art / a bit science in figuring out how to get your videos promoted in the search results.

Or, hire an expert who will flood your videos with fictional views to promote its popularity.

But established names also help.

Judge Judy makes $123K per TV episode; with that amount of draw, her YouTube channel can't help but be a success.

Do you think 123 000 $ per episode is too much for her ?

I do not watch her, so I cannot judge.

It is one of the few areas where free market economics still reigns.

So, if they feel she's worth it, then it's not my place to judge.

But that type of draw opens up other markets.

For example, Carol Burnett was the first celeb on Sesame Street.

It was the 70s, she was the star at that time, it makes sense.

I wonder if youtube will have a lasting impact on the star system or this Youtubers thing is just a phase.

It is definitely here to stay if not expanding.

In the early days, you needed a good freestanding camera to make a good video.

Today, most cell phones have a good enough camera to make a YouTube videos.

Some high end phones can shoot videos almost indistinguishable from freestanding cameras.

So in your opinion there will be more "homegrown" celebrities and less Hollywood stars ?

You could be right, Hollywood seems less and less connected to its public.

Agree.

What  is also evident is how we can get media from other places unfiltered.

Old days, what we saw was determined by the TV networks.

For example, you can go to YouTube and check out an Ethiopian celeb chef who believes he can combat hunger by getting people to eat more diverse foods.

I think that Youtube enables us to choose our own celebrities instead to impose a select group of celebrities like TV Networks do.

You are right on point.

Hollywood still has power, but it has conceded some to populist platforms like YouTube.

Quality Hollywood players, such as Pixar, will still thrive while lesser players diminish.

Did you know had a secret room visited often by celebs?

I wonder what's in it?

It is probably a special projection room with snacks, toilet and a special entry, so the celebrities won't interact with the employees.

A celebrity only john?

That could very well be true.

After all, they have seriously big egos.

its been good chatting with you...

Bye, have a nice day.


Hi, how are you?

Hello.
What are your favorite possessions?
A shirt?
A car?

My family.

Although they are not a possession, I cherish them the most.

What about you?

Ah lol of course.

I just wanted to talk about cars in a round about manner

Nice (you didn't want to talk about immigration policy with a complete stranger?).

I do like cars but my wallet suggests I find a cheaper hobby...

Well if you are comfortable I don't mind.

But in any case, it is amazing how much current society centers around cars from the infrastructure to economy

I think about that a lot as I drive my truck, alone down a nicely paved road.

How the Europeans would be able to drive on small roads...

What do you thing about google's self driving cars?

I am a little fearful of them since they can probably be hacked.

Would you drive one?

I worry more about the human element.

For instance, the google ai will have a hard time predicting the behavior of someone dui

I can see that.

I wonder if, when using the self-driving feature, the "driver" can get a DUI?

I don't think so since if it is totally autonomously driving, the driver isn't really driving

I find there is some ethical concerns about it too.

Should the automated car swerve if it were to hit a crowd crossing the street and jeopardize the safety of the driver?

It may be cold blooded of me, but I would say it depends.

If it is due to no fault of either party, why doesn't the car just lock down?

I know some self-driving car manufacturers have been in contact with some ethicists about the issue.

That sure sounds prudent of them.

Better to plan ahead than be caught with their pants down.

Yeah.
McDonalds added the drive thru in 1975!

And now drive thru are the standard.

I believe they initially added it for exhausted soldiers

How nice of them.

Although there is probably a financial incentive to do so.

I mean hey if you can benefit other people and benefit yourself, its a win win so I approve.

In any case, this chat has been pleasant.

I hope you have a nice day.

Nice chatting with you!


Hi, how are you doing on this fine evening?

I am well.
Thanks for asking!

So, what's on your mind?
What would you like to chat about?
Perhaps government?

I want to know why they own so much of Nevada's land.

I think it's for strategic and military purposes.

They might do testing and military stuff there.

War games, beer busts, hide and seek.

That was my first thought.

I didn't realize how big of a state Nevada is.

Lots of desert.

Plus I think the military wanted dibs on space near Vegas and Reno.

The Norwegian government donated $1bn to help save the Amazon rainforest.

I wish the US gov't would do something like that.

The desert land wouldn't cause an issue?

I wish they would too.

Hopefully one billion will help out a lot.

Norway has money from oil.

There was a man in France who impersonated a government official, and sold the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice.

Maybe I could sell some Amazon jungle to the US gov't.

I need to find out what happened to the France guy.

I wonder how many people in South Africa have flame-throwers to prevent carjacking lol

Is it the most cost effective way to prevent carjacking?

It does certainly leave an impression, especially on a first date.

I am trying to figure out how they would obtain a flamethrower and who would install it for them.

I suppose there is an informal market Perhaps jury-rigging military equipment?

I didn't think about that.
That probably is the case.
Modified flamethrowers LOL

Maybe Wikileaks has some documents about flamethrower technology that could be applied to vehicles

I am sure they do.

When they exposed the governments plans was that not during the 2016 election campaign?

I disremember if it was.

But Wikileaks does seem to time its release of info.

I think that McD's in SA should accommodate vehicles with flamethrowers.

I agree.

I would not want to be ordering a 99 cent burger (or whatever they have) and have someone try to pull a sneaky on me.

You cannot let your guard down at the drive thru!

It's INFESTED with car jackers!

Anyhows, great chatting with you.

Stay safe.

Same to you!

Groovy

Far out.

Hey, man, yeah, totally.

Rad bro.

You talking to me?
You talking to me?
!

That should make me think of some great movie but all I thought about was Shrek.

Hey, get outta ma Swamp!

Ogres are like onions.

They smell bad?


I did not know that Youtube is the second largest social media.

It is?

I didnt really think of YouTube as a social media site, although it did began as a dating website.

That is interesting.

Do you recall how long ago was it as a dating website?

I dont really know, maybe around 2005 when it was created.

Do you think they stopped it?

Yeah I think they did as its now much more profitable, did you know YouTube is one of Googles subsidiaries?

No wonder, YouTube can be logged in through Google.

that makes a lot of sense now, so what do you like to watch on YouTube?

I love to watch vlogs.

They make me want to plan on a future trip.

I see, well I like to watch content posted by the BBC or CBS oh and also Hulu material.

Do you like watching music videos in Youtube?

I do, I love music videos, what about you?

I do!
I used to be a Justin Beiber Fan.

I heard a guy got banned from Facebook because he had the same name, isnt that funny

That is funny.
What if it was his real name?
What if he stole an identity?

I know and it sucks that Facebook did that, do you know how John Cena is?

John Cena was a WWE wrestler.

Now, he has awesome hair due to the upcoming movie with Jackie Chan.

I will definetely watch that one, you know he holds a record at the make-a-wish foundation?

Yes I do remember!
He makes kids very happy.
He is such a great role model to all.
Very inspirational as well.

I agree he seems like a great person, did you watch the movie Penguins of Madagascar?

Yes I did!
My favorite character is Private.

I like Private as well he is so funny, next time you watch the movie pay attention to the dialog as there are hidden celebirty names in it.


What are your thoughts on youtube?

I really like it!

I wish I could figure out how to do my own YouTube channel to make money.

Do you ever watch it?

Sometimes.
They only make like $5 per 1000 views.

That's even better than I heard...I thought it was 1/1000.

I guess that many views is hard to get, though.

I heard YouTube started as a dating site.

You might be right actually, I only know what I've read off the internet.

I used to have a website with Adsense and it was like $1 per ad click if I remember correctly.

I had that, too but I only got a payout if someone bought something after the click and it never happened.

I hear you can see many Bob Ross painting episodes on YouTube.

Have you ever seen him?

Oh, you did affiliate marketing?

Yeah, I used to watch Bobb Ross growing up.

Yes, but very minimally.

I just never got enough traffic, I guess.

He was always on the public station on Saturday morning where I lived, but now I'm glad he's on YouTube anytime I want!

Yeah, I got some pretty good traffic, but updating the content was taking too long.

Do you know that celebrity Dwayne Johnson?

I've like him since WWE lol.

He's in a new movie called Skyscraper.

Have you seen it?

Yeah, I know who the Rock is, he's pretty cool.

I've missed seeing many of his new movies because I just don't have time.

I think the last I saw was Hercules!

John Cena is cool, too.

He's made the most wishes come true for that make a wish foundation for kids.

Yeah, I liked him when he was in WWE.
I'm not sure if John Cena is still in.
Is he?

I think he is but I haven't seen it in a while.

Did you ever see the Paris Hilton reality show?

She is not a well liked celebrity.

lol

No, I didn't.
But I can believe that.

The only thing I remember from it was she thought at Wal Mart you bought things for walls like wallpaper and paintings.

I heard non celebrity Justin Bieber was kicked from FaceBook just for sharing the celebrity name!

Bad!

Yeah, that is terrible.

I didn't know he has the most disliked youtube video.

Isn't that funny!

I've never heard a song but maybe bits and pieces of one.

It's not bad...just simple pop music.

Have you ever seen the movie Madagascar?

I like the celebrities for the voice overs.

No, I haven't seen it.

Is it about the Island or is it a cartoon?

Nice chatting with you by the way.

It's a good cartoon.

Ben Stiller is one of the main celebrity voice overs.

It's about animals in the zoo wanting to go back to Madagascar and they escape and go.

I used to be a Ben Stiller fan, I haven't seen him in anything in a long long time.

Anyways, have a good day!

He's pretty funny!

I like YouTube celebrities, too.

I think I'll go watch some right now...have a good day, too!


Hi there!
Do you watch youtube?

I do, its the second largest search engine on the net, I really like it, do you?

I love it!

I can't believe it's been around 14 years already since being founded in 2005.

Its been a long time Google made a great purchase decision there, they bought the company for $1.65 billion

For sure!

The three former Paypal employees who started the company (Chard Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim) really cashed in!

I bet they did a $1.65 billion payday sounds really nice even if its divided by 3 I bet they kept some of the stock of the company.

Sure would be nice and I bet that did.

Do you remember Psy's Gangnam Style video?

That was a really fun video, I remember, why do you ask?

Psy's video got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits!

That's just crazy, I knew the video was popular but never heard about that, so did you know the police also have a service called Blutube

I ddn't know that.

Justin Bieber's Baby is the most disliked video on youtube.

Do you know what Netflix and Youtube have in common?

What do they have in common?

the fact that they both have a streaming service?

Together they both make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.

I see, well they are both really popular services, so what are your thoughts on celebrities?

they sure earn a lot of money.

They sure do!

Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode making her the highest paid celebrity only after LeBron James.

That is a lot of money!!

she must be crazy rich, did you know Pixar has a secret room that is visited by celebrities

I didn't know that.

Must be something special in there.

Robin Williams was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films when he did Aladdin.

Robin Williams was a great actor, the world of entertainment lost a lot that day.

I agree.

I loved all the different roles he could play.

Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.

With that I'm going to be on my way as the song goes.

lol  It was fun chatting!

I loved Carol Burnett she was my favorite celebrity as a kid, anyways its been fun chatting I agree I think I'm calling it a night.

Have a good one!
I'm calling it a night too.


Hi, do you like government?

I do like it, i believe it provides some control.

I agree.

Wikileaks once published the government's plan to shutdown Wikileaks.

I heard about that, its kind of funny if you ask me.

I agree.

Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?

Yeah, isnt that the nuke testing ground and area 51?

I think so.

Not too sure though.

I think there are lots of secret bases out there.

Probably.

Did you know the Chinese government censored the word "censorship".

I did not know that.

I have heard they censor a lot from their people.

Yeah.

I am glad they dont do too much of that here.

But the US government does produce a list of names of people who have renounced their citizenship.

I agree.

A man in France once impersonated a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice.

Someone should give that man a job.

If he can do that imagine what else he could do.

I think so too.

In 2008, the Norwegian government donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.

That is pretty awesome!

Monaco doesnt have an income tax, because revenues from the casino was good enough to sustain the government.

That's interesting.
Do you like cars?

I drive one that I am fond of, but I dont know too much about them

Did you know the trunk of a car got its name because older cars used to have wooden trunks in them?

I had heard that, I know in England they call it the boot.

I've heard that too.

It's legal in South Africa to equip a car with a flamethrower.

Wow.

That is one place i for sure dont want to go then.

Nice chatting with you today.
I wouldn't want to go then either.


Do you know any interesting facts about government?

I do!

Monaco eliminated income tax because they made so much from casinos

Interesting!

Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy wikileaks.

lol

In 1895 J.P morgan bailed out the government.

The government had to bail out J.P Morgan recently

Isn't that ironic?

86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government.

That's where they hide the aliens.

LOL

That is a lot of aliens

No doubt!

lol  A man in France impersonated a gov't official and managed to sell the Eiffel tower not once, but twice!

Wonder how much trouble he got into for that not once...but twice?

LOL

I wonder how the government allowed it twice!

Maybe they were in a shutdown

He somehow slipped it through the cracks.

lol  In 2008 the Norwegian government donated $1 billion dollars to help save the amazon rainforest.

That's a good thing to see!

Thats really good of them!

More then I can say about us.

The Us has shutdown 17 times the past 37 years

Isn't that crazy?
Are you a car fan?

I am definitely a gear head.

I wish I was as Lucky as a man in New York who purchased some property and found a barn full of classic cars

Wouldn't that be awesome?

How about Jann Mardenborough who became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the Gran Turismo video game!

That pretty cool.

I use to play that game when I was younger

Do you know when McDonalds added drive thrus?

I do not, I can only inform you that 1886 is considered the birth year for the modern car

Interesting.
In 1908 Ford created the Model T.

Im surprised cars took longer to replace horses outside of the use

I agree.

That would have been interesting to be around when horse drawn wagons and cars were on the road at the same time.

I guess if you live near an Amish settlement you can experience it.

LOL

And no we have self driving cars!

Did you know google's has an aggressive mode?

Yikes.
That doesn't sound pleasant.
It was nice chatting with you!

SAme too you!
Have a great day!


Hey there fellow human!

What do you think about the human race?

I know that we lost her hair about 200 thousand years ago

Many of us lose hair much sooner !

LOL.

I guess there is an advantage to losing body hair, or we wouldn't have survived.

Haha I feel you on the losing hair haha.

I guess humans are adapted for long distance running.

They have some of the best stamina of any animal.

That's really interesting

I guess that's how we spread around the planet so well.

We could go and go and go.

Other animals would get tired.

I think you're right.

the first anatomically modern humans were found in the fossil record about 300,000 years ago.

So that means that we had anatomically correct humans at about 300,000 years ago that were still covered with hair haha

I guess they looked like us but were hairy like apes.

And probably smelled pretty bad.

They were probably affected by the sound frequency that causes fear in humans.

It's very interesting that there is a sound that does that.

Also interesting that humans lost their ability to synthesize vitamin C. I wonder if that could be fixed with gene therapy or something

That's a good idea.

We wouldn't need orange juice any more.

I bet our ancestors were able to make vit C. We lost the ability with our hair.

Haha I think that must have been what happened.

Also humans can regrow ribs?

That's insane

I guess ribs are really important for survival.

Protecting vital organs and such.

Do you like dogs?

I do like dogs.

We used to have a husky!

She had one green eye and one blue eye haha.

what about you, do you like dogs?

heterochromia is cute!

Yes, I like dogs, though I have never owned one.

Yep dogs are really cool, they come in all shapes and sizes and colors haha.

I love that dogs are called, Man's Best Friend haha

It's the perfect name because it's true.

I did not know that there are 12 different types of dog blood.

Isn't that wacky!

Dogs can apparently donate blood at dog blood drives too!

I hope they get treats afterwards!

Some people don't like needles.
I wonder if dog are ok with them.
Google is a dog company.
I agree with their thinking on that.

Yeah I don't like needles.

That's good to know because I'm also a dog person haha.

Also good to know is that dogs are not actually colorblind, they can just see less colors as compared to humans

They have a keen sense of smell too, like 1000 times better than our.

We have good eyes, they have good ears and noses.

It works out well for the both of us!

Yep dogs are definitely awesome!

And their sense of smell and super hearing helps them to assist us with things like the police and military

One day maybe I'll get a dog.
Anyway, I enjoyed chatting with you!
Have a good night!

You too!

And watch out for dogs and animals like the elephant, they are the only ones who can respond to pointing haha


Do you know much about presidential history?

I know some, but not too much.
How about you?

I know a little bit.

Did you know that even if Obama was born in Kenya he would still be eligible to become president?

Really?

How is that, I heard you have to be born here I thought

That's what I thought, but I just read that fact so it must be true?

lol  President Obamas secret service codename is Renegade.

I like that!

That is awesome, I liked obama as a president, I sadly didn't vote for him both times but he grew on me!

Do you like our current president?

I agree with you.

Looking back I thought he was getting the job done that trickled down to my local job economy.

I had high hopes for Trump in that area but so far he has failed as well to provide some help.

He won a ton of votes by campaigning here in my area that he was going to bring jobs back.

Instead GM is closing down a car plant here in Ohio.

that is sad to hear, Trump really lied a lot I think.

At least he isnt one of the three wealthiest presidents, he would be rubbing that in instead of helping us

You're right there.

So true.

Franklin Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills while in office and Barack Obama vetoed just 2.

What a difference.

wow, a huge difference!

Did you know the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house

I read that.

I wonder why it's bigger?

Maybe to make visitors feel more at ease while visiting?

That is my guess, to show off to the other heads of state lol.

Imagine if things were the same since 1805 where the runner up became vice president

I couldn't even imagine.

Like if the opposite parties don't bicker enough now.

lol

Right!

Imagine Trump and Clinton as our leaders....

I will just take one over the other for sure lol

Yes!

lol  I was reading that if you zoom into the white house on google maps you can see Obama.

lol I'm going to have to look at that.

no way!

I will have to try that lol.

I bet Trump is trying to fix that lol!

Have you heard what they call zimbabwes president?

There might be a big fuzzy swirl of Trumps hair blowing in the wind now.

lol  I haven't heard.

What do they call the president?

They call them president banana for some reason.

We should call  trump president orange!

Hahah  I wonder how long ago president banana was around?

I wonder if he ever visited here?

If he did I hope he got to stay in the guest house lol.

It was so nice chatting with you!

I saw the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.

It was nice chatting with you as well!

Trump should do the same, I may like him more!

Have a good night!


hey there, do you know much about humans?

Being a human, I would say, yes, I do.

Did you know we only lost our body hair 240 000 years ago?

That would correlate with a general population expansion.

So, I am guessing that the two are probably the result of some sort of environmental change.

Must be.

We have come a long way since then.

Maybe as we move along we will get that enzyme that we are missing to make vitamin C

Who knows.

There's been a lot of evolution over time.

Development of an enzyme creation may be as likely as the development of manual dexterity.

Yeah you never know.

do you know why we are so good at long distance running

Speaking from personal experience, we aren't  :)  But, on a species level, I would assume it is because of the shape of the human body.

Whatever it is, it definitely helped in sustaining mankind early in development by allowing further migrations.

Yeah that is true I do not think we are as good as when we used to hunt, that is how that came about

Personally, I prefer to drive a car over running.

Hahah as we most of us.
DO you like dogs?

Very much so.

I'm a firm believer in the man's best friend theory.

Me too, they are adorable.

Did you know they have 12 differnt blood types?

I did, but only because I have volunteered at a dog blood drive before.

Oh nice.

And iN turkey there is avending machine that dispenses dog food and water

I grew up "knowing" that dogs were color blind.

It was a surprise when I first learned that they aren't actually.

Yeah, they just cannot see as many colors as we do

I guess it doesn't really matter as much with the increased smelling capabilities.

Any tasks that they have been domesticated and bred for are not color specific.

Herding just requires sight and smell.

Very true and a good point.

Maybe that is why Goolgle is a dog company,

Just one of the reasons I like Google.
Dogs are allowed on campus.


Hi!

Are you into politics, did you catch the news about the border funding today?

No not today, but I was keeping up about the wall, Have the funds been approved?

Not sure, I was reading about Trump's stance on NATO and how he's trying to put Germany and other countries on notice for the harm they are doing to NATO.

I respect that, but do you think the US interfere in too many countries affairs?

I'm not sure about that even if the US does interfere in too many countries, the functions exercised by the president varies according to the type of government we have which is a semi-presidential republic, I think.

Yes, so just your opinion, do you think that this is best for the US, I do support Trump on some of his decisions.

What is "that' you are referring to for what is best for the US?

The decision about the wall and just in general, most things he does, I realized that not everyone's going to be satisfied.

I think the way Trump acts when not getting what he wants is not warranted.

I also think that building a physical wall may help with the perceived issues to some extent but when there's a will there's a way.

Yes that's true, but I almost stopped voting because presidents were making promising to the people and never no changes, so I know we need someone with power.

That's a reasonable reason.

Do you think Trump has "power"?

President Obama's secret service codename is renegade, I wonder what Trumps' is.

No, I apologize, no power, but a leader who not afraid to take a stand, I am not saying all decision would be smart decisions.

I see, that's a good answer.

Do you use Google Maps?

When you zoom in on the white house on google maps, you can actually see Barack Obama!

I need to be careful of my actions then!

Oh really, I didn't know that, yes please be careful with that, you don't want secret services getting the wrong understanding.

Exactly!

Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills during his presidency while Barack Obama only vetoed 2, I wonder how many Trump has vetoed so far.

Any guesses?

Wow I never thought about, I have no idea.

I way look into that Hahaha.

So how do you feel about the wall?

I feel positive about the wall, I see nothing wrong with come here legal.

Some countries US citizen need legal passports.

I see.

Do you think these issues will be discussed at the next summit?

Since these are technically considered an international meeting of heads of state

No I don't think so, I find that lot of Important Issues aren't mention at meetings.

Most people seems like they don't think about these things.

Maybe if they promoted on video games like Eve-online, the massive multi-player online game, they would get more attention.


Hi , did you know there is a president who does have time for music?

pretty cool!

Do you mean the indonesian president/

Yes, that is right!

he has released 3 albums while in office!

Well it is a good thing that he indulges in his hobbies as long as it doesn't get in the way of his responsibilities

I think that actually helps

True.

I wonder what you have to do to be called president banana.

Only eat bananas for every meal every year?

Yes, the president of Zimbabwe , he must love bananas

I am all for presidents, who represent a state, to have their fun interesting sides show as long as they not being a fool

True, did you know that at the beginning of the 20th century the runner up became the president!

I'm happy that is no longer the case.

I personally wouldn't want both trump and hillary to be in the highest positions of power

It was really different!

and talking about their houses, if you think the White house is big, did you know the guest house is bigger?

It is probably to provide guests and diplomats with a better impression

Did you know that on google maps you can see Obama when zooming in the white house

That is pretty cool.

Did you know they removed all coconuts in trees in the surrounding just in case when he visited india?

That was really preventive!!!

I would have wanted to drink all the coconut water from those coconuts

Do you think he did a good job going to all those summits?

Rick and Morty even made a joke about that

Summits are good for media exposure and economic reasons.. do not think they are too productive

If they are awarding Eve online for econtent, they you are probably right.

With all those powerful people you would think they tackled more serious issues

It looks like the term summit was not used very much before!

Only after 1955 Geneva summit

I wonder what the consequences were when russian delegates and head of states were found with thumb drives with trojan virus illegally

I think that is totally crazy!
!


The US President, Barack Obama, served as President from 2009-2017, but it seemed like he was President for much longer than that...

I know right!

The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson

Interesting, but I wonder if this is still true given that Trump is the current President.

Oh right,  he is very wealthy even before he was president.

i wonder how old these factual sections are

Right.

I am also interested in how the Presidency of the US has changed over time.

Some things have changed, like how it used to be that the runner up in th eelection got to be the Vice President.

If that were still true, Hillary Clinton would be VP...

That is true.

The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana

President Banana...now that is an original name.

I wonder if he ever visited the US.

If he stayed at the guest house he would have been in a house bigger than the White house.

I wonder where it is.

haha yeah.

The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office

Maybe he will do a remix of "Gundam style"?

Maybe we can organize a meeting between Presidents Obama, Banana, and the Indonesian singing President.

We can call it "Summit for the encouragement of Banana Republics"

haha In 2007, australian satire group the chaser successfully impersonated the canadian motorcade to enter the secure zone of the apec world leaders' summit, and were only caught when one man stepped out of the car dressed as osama bin laden.

Nice.

They probably were not there long enought to get a thumb drive the from the Russians containing viruses intended to spy on them like the Russians did during one of the G20 summits..

Spain is the only country that has been a permanent guest at every g20 summit, but they have a government's policy to not request official membership

Right.

I guess they have commitment issues...LOL... Kind of like during the Brisbane G20 summit, when the Canadian Prime minister greeted Putin by saying, "I guess I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you.

You need to get out of Ukraine."

Did you see the facts about Barack Obama?

When you zoom into the white house on google maps you can see barack obama.

This is hilarious!

His entire Presidency was unusal, and Google must agree....LOL...Franklin D. Roosevelt was much more deserving of a nod from Google, after all, he vetoed 635 bills while in office.

Obama only managed to veto just 2.

What did he do with his time?

Golf or something probably lol

Right.

A game he picked up while in Kenya maybe?

He did visit India though.

In preparation for the meeting, the Indian people removed all the coconuts from nearby trees to protect their visitor.

Now that is hospitality!

Yeah.

President obamas secret service codename is renegade

Perfect, right?

Renegade is a great nickname for a President who was a trailblazer of sorts.

He was the first African American electeted to the Presidency.

Yes.

He previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005 to 2008).

Yes he did.

And since he was born in 1961, he was a relatively young President too.

Definitely young!

Definitely.

Not bad for a guy with the middle name, Hussein


Hi!
Do you like dogs?

i sure do like dogs.
i dont have one though.
you?

I do not have one either.

But I like them a lot!

Did you know Google prefers dogs to cats?

i had heard that.

i figure that dogs are easier to manage in an office.

cats can be independent.

LOL

Very true.

It is funny that their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.

i guess the founders loved dogs and wanted to make sure that the office had lots of dogs.

google also used goats to mow its lawns.

interesting company!

I wish I worked for them!

I wonder how many workers bring their dogs to work.

i guess a few dog lovers do.

it is not always easy to take a dog places.

they can be a distraction.

i guess it depends.

i like the idea though.

Me too.

I used to always think dogs were color blind!

i thought so too.

they have such good hearing and smell that i thought their ears were bad.

i guess not.

Very true.

Their senses are crazy.

But they still cannot see as many colors as humans.

yes.

we are good complements.

we have good eyes, they have good ears and noses.

dogs can learn lots of words too.

They also know how to understand pointing.

yes, dogs and elephants can understand pointing!

elephants are quite clever too.

but i would not want one as a pet.

couldnt take it to work.

Hahahah agreed.

I always thought that cats could understand pointing.

they might understand, but they probably dont care.

they dont play pointing.

they have other plans.

Did you hear about the vending machines in Istanbul?

i imagine that the vending machines sell soda and such?

Actually they release food and water for the stray dogs!

that is great!
it helps the dogs survive!
do the dogs have to do anything?

I do not think so!

I think humans need to bring recycled plastic bottles.

i bet the dogs could learn to do that.

the dogs are very clever.

they could bring bottles and get a reward.

anyway, great chat!

It was nice talking!


Do you like reading books?

Hi, I do like reading.

I have an 8 year old I am trying to get into books.

I recently heard of a good book called Endling: The Last by Katherine Applegate.

I heard that was a great book, for 8-12 year olds, Im looking for a book for my kid to read so maybe thats a great choice

Seems like it.

Would not mind having my daughter sign up for the Kids Post Book Club.

I will register her, but the real battle is seeing if she is into it!

She might not like it at first but it seems like a fun activity,, the reward for the first 650 registered kids might be a good incentive for her

For sure.

She loves "winning" things.

Even if it is just another drawstring backpack.

Thats a good thing, I bet she will want to win that backpack so changing the subject a bit, humans are just amazing,

They are.

315,000 years so since modern homo sapiens started showing up in Africa.

That is mind boggling to even conceptualize!

and still we lost much of our body hair 240,000 years ago

That is wild!

The one thing humans can't do that plants and animals can, is synthesize their own vitamin C.

Our enzyme is defective, I guess we also have factory related issues lol

Haha, not to mention the sound frequency that causes us to feel fear.

Another factory defect!

Yeah we are not perfect but we can regrow ribs and thats a cool fact about our bodies

I actually broke two ribs a couple years ago.

I find that fact very awesome!

Did it took 2-3 months for them to get recovered?

Yes, it did about 8 weeks.

Do you like dogs or cats?

I am a dog person just like Google!

They specifically say they are a dog company!

I am more of a dog person, I like them so I agree with Google, you know they can also see colors

It is an urban legend that they are color blind!

Dogs along with elephants are the only two animals that instinctively understand pointing.

Both are really smart, did you hear about the system Istanbul uses to clean their streets

Yes, to release food and water for stray dogs!

I love that!

I love the system as well, everyone is happy and doggies even more.


Do you like to travel?

I do.

Have you heard about this condo complex in Alexandria, VA?

I have not heard about it, is there something special about it?

It is pretty much self-contained.

The residents do not have to leave the complex if they do not want to.

That is awesome, that is like some post apocolpyse type things lol.

have you traveled anywhere recently?

No, not recently.

The condo complex is called Montebello, and the complex is arrange to mimic a college campus.

lol that would be interesting to see.

I want to travel to Iceland, but am afraid of flying.

Apparently there is no rail system there and I would have to fly everywhere

I read about that recently.

Some of the floor plans in this complex allow you to go from one side of the building to the other.

that is awesome.
Are they called combination plans?

Yes they are!

They even have activities for kids at this place.

Man I will have to travel there sometime.

Have you heard about Mackinac island in michigan?

I think so.
They do not allow cars right?

No motorized vehicles of any kind.
You have to walk or ride a horse lol

That is crazy.

Did you know that air travel is up to 10% slower now than it was in the 60's?

wow I did not know, no wonder I can't go anywhere fast!

I should take a dutch bus that goes 160 mph!

Lol!
I heard about that bus.
They go slower to save on fuel costs.

I wonder how safe it is lol.
I would be scared

I know.

I just read about how ships used to release rabbits on islands to provide food for future travelers.

wow, what great thinking, I wonder how many rabbits are now on those islands due to mass producing by rabbits lol.

It was so great chatting with you!

Who knows!
Have a good day!

you too, thanks!


Hi, how are you doing?
Do you like to travel?

I do love travelling!

Although I would rather skip traveling across Japan since it costs over $300 due to the highways being tolls!

Ha!

What about you?

The highways in Japan are not cheap, but they are fast because few people use them.

The traffic moves quickly.

Still the train is a good alternative.

Agreed.

Heck, it's better than Iceland I suppose as they have no public rail service.

Most residents who don't own a car have to travel by domestic flights between major towns!

That's amazing to me.

I wonder how much it costs to fly.

I would figure that trains are normal, but maybe the terrain doesn't allow for it.

Agreed.

Maybe it doesn't.

But maybe they can one day create a commuter bus that can travel at 160 mph speeds like the Dutch are doing!

Ha!

That would be a quick trip to work!

People could live 100+ miles from work and get there pretty quick!

I wish we had more of that in the US.

Agreed.

It would be nice, wouldn't it?

I bet some of the residents of Mackinac Island, MI wouldn't mind having one of those busses as well at times since all motor vehicles are banned there and they have to travel by bikes or horse and carriage.

The island must have emergency vehicles.

Otherwise, what about ambulances, fire engines and stuff?

It wouldn't work.

People would die.

That's actually a great point.

I never considered that.

At least they don't have to worry about carjackings though like they do in South Africa where I guess it's so bad, it's legal to have flamethrowers in your car!

SA sounds like a very different world.

I figure that you could visit McDonald's in SA and find all kinds of interesting vehicles there.

No kidding!

Ha!

Hey speaking of McDonald's, did you know they added a drive-thru back in 1957 for soldiers because they couldn't step out of their vehicles in fatigues?

I figure that the market must have been pretty big for McD's to do that.

Still, 1975 seems like a pretty late date for drivethrus.

I thought they started earlier.

Same here.

I always assumed they were always around.

Kind of like trunks.

I had no idea old cars had wooden trunks in the back which is why we call our trunks "trunks" today!

I wonder why they call it the "boot" in England.

What about the guy who become a professional driver by playing video games?

Oh, that Jann Mardenborough?

Isn't that crazy?

That takes serious talent to be able to beat 90000 people on Gran Turismo and then become a pro racer because of it.

Speaking of pro sports, are you into tennis at all?

Why 90,000 games?

I figure 50,000 would be enough.

And a video game and the real thing are quite different.

Not going to die from a video game.

Agreed.

Plus racing is so much more dangerous than a sport like tennis.

Speaking of tennis, did you know there hasn't been a black male US Open winner since 1968 and he was the first and only black male winner?

I'm not surprised.

The game really caters to the wealthy, and there is a wealth gap in the US.

In other sports, diversity is not an issue.

So true!

It's also crazy to think the longest match in the history of tennis was 11 hours long and lasted three days.

That is just sad!

I wonder if anyone watched the entire thing.

People probably fell asleep.

What the prize for the outcome?

That's worth looking into to find out!

But hey, at least they dont dry the grass by helicopter anymore like they did for the 1969 US Open!

Ha!

Well it was great chatting with you today!


Hey how are you, do you have a car by chance?

I do, It is great.
No flame throwers though.

Yah, sounds like you do not live in South Africa, they have those to prevent carjackings.

Elon Musk is South African and he made flamethrowers, super interesting!

I knew Elon was from South Africa, but didnt know he made flame throwers!

That is pretty cool.

They must come standard on some Teslas down there.

They must.

Did you know how the trunk of your car got named?

Wasn't it because there was a literal trunk on the back on the first cars?

There was.

Never knew how stuff gets named like that.

The drive-thru was invented to make it more convenient for soldiers to come through.

It was rather genius of McDonalds if you ask me.

Now people use it to avoid getting out of the car in their pajamas

For sure, me too.
You watch tennis at all?

Sometimes, some of those matches can go on forever.

Like 11 hours.

Yah, over 3 days, I wonder if they needed new tickets each day.

I bet they were pretty tired at the end of that last day .

For sure, luckily they did not have to dry the grass with a helicopter either like they did in 1969!

That would be crazy to see!

For sure, do you travel a lot?

Id love to, finances are a bit prohibitive though.

Id love to go to iceland, despite the lack of a public rail.

Iceland is the best place I have ever been to be honest, I never knew that Icelanders use domestic flights to travel between major towns .

I really want to see the Blue Lagoon and the Northern Lights.

It's so cool, you saving your Mturk money up to go to Iceland?

If not, you should.

It really is a sweet place, I went there for a week and would move there in a heartbeat if I could.

I wish I could just do mturk for that, but this is so I can afford expenses in daily life.

Maybe I should just change my name and move there.

I thought about that ha, run up a bunch of debt and just go there, why not?

YOLO right?

Very true.

Or be like the first king of Hawaii and travel the world.

That would be so fun to do back then.

Anyways, I'm going to go for a walk, I hope you have a great rest of the day.

Good chatting!


Hello there, do you watch tennis much?

Yes.

It is a racked played sports between single opponent or between doubles.

Yes it is, I think it is pretty intense to watch and even more so to play.

Tennis is a Olympic sport and it played of all age group of people in the society .

The modern tennis originated in England, in late 19th century as Lawn tennis.

That is true, did you know a black player won the 1st US open, but has not won one since?

It is very interesting.

Ping pong is the company which supply table tennis equipment whereas table tennis is the name of the sport.

I sure have played a lot of ping pong in my life, less stressful than regular tennis.

Who is your favourite tennis player ?

I would say Roger Federer, he has had an impressive career, how about you?

I am also.
Roger.
Female player ?

I don't know who my favorite female player is though, Serena Williams is one of the best.

Amazing.
You watch tennis regularly.
Do you like car ?

I don't watch as much as I used to.
I do like cars, how about you?

Cars is make to travel comfortable and safely.

Mostly cars came into human use in 20th century.

Yeah they did, do you know when the first car was made?

Its 1886.

The internal combustion engine was used and fuel like Gasoline.

Good call, and it was by a German inventor if I'm correct as well.

In some countries using ethanol mix as fuel which reduce the environment pollution.

Yeah that is very true, did you know that the city of Detroit was founded by a French explorer?

Yeah.

Electric are available in some countries try to avoid pollution and to protect the green houses.

I hope we see more in the future as well.

Nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day!


Hello,  do you like drama Tv shows?

Did you know Michael Caine joined drama class because cute girls were taking that class lol

Yes I do like drama TV shows, I wish Jim Carrey would do dramas but it seems like it goes against his beliefs.

I read that too,  he is good in dramas,  but they really have to put themselves in a serious state of acting,  some actors or actresses say it can get really dark.

I think Bradley Cooper is a good actor, I liked his latest movie, "A Star is Born" his role is pretty decent.

I havent seen it yet,  but I hear it is amazing!

Have you?

I have and its pretty good, Lady Gaga also acts good, I thought she would be a lazy actress.

lol I heard she is great too.

I have seen her in American Horror story she is good.

Yeah, not only a good voice but a talented actress, A Star is Born has a nomination at the Golden Globes but surprisingly as a drama and not a musical.

yeah,  I read that it had a better shot at winning an award in the drama category.

I guess its strategic to get an award.

Yeah, it makes sense, I think its going to win the movie is really good although I dont know what the other movies are.

Did you know Jon Hamm taught drama at his high school?

Thats awesome!

No, not really could you tell more about it?

It was at John Burroughs High School in St. Louis, Missouri

I see, speaking of highschool one of my favorite actors became an actor because of all the pretty girls of the classroom and how they all were in drama class.

I know,  it was the first thing I said in this conversation.

Oh, sorry, well what about Hugh Laurie and his big 700000 salary

That is a nice paycheck!

i do like dramas,  but I like comedy too!

Did you know Jack Black was suppose to be The Green Lantern?

That wouldve been a totally different movie lol

Yeah I dont see him as Green Lantern or any hero really, although it would have been interesting to watch.

Have u ever watched 3rd rock from the sun?

Nope, havent watched it, is it any good?

Oh yeah its hilarious!
It won a golden globe in 1997.
Its been fun chatting.


Do you watch the show House?

I watch drama and comedy shows only.
What about you ?

I watch everything, comedy less so to be honest.

I hear "Radio drama" its very interesting and sense and serious end of the dramatic output of radio.

I'm not sure, I don't listen to it, but apparently there is a website where you can listen to them.

You like watch live drama ?

Sometimes, but I'm a bigger fan of movies.

Have you seen any with Michael Caine?

Concert is a live musical performance is my favourite they required professional audio equipment.

Do you watch a lot of concerts?

Yes, Indoor concerts held in the largest venues are called arena concerts.

The musicians usually perform on a stage.

Yeah, have you seen Linkin Park?
They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.

The Ramones played 2,263 concerts they toured almost non stop for over 20 years.

I know, did you ever get to see one of their shows?

I did.

My favourite is Shakira concert is very famous.

Shakira is good.

Did you know that Creed is so terrible that concert goers sued them?

Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor for tv drama.

I know, did you like the show house?

Yes.

Apparently, he was paid $700,000 per episode!

Crazy!

The green lanternf film was going to be a comedy starring jack black.

He is make comedy very well.

I haven't seen it, but I heard it is good.

Anyways, nice chatting with you!


Hello.

What do you think of Trump and Kim Jong Un having a signing ceremony?

I'm conflicted, but I feel that the summit is simply a show and nothing substantial will come of it.

You could be right about that.

Kim Jong Un had his own uncle executed so he's probably not a trustworthy or nice person.

I think it is just a show on both sides.

Trump is displaying his power in foreign policy by showing his authority to pardon heinous felons not only domestically, but on the international stage.

For Kim, he is showing how he can bring the US to the table, despite the US being far greater in nearly every aspect.

I've thought about that myself.

I do want North Korea to honor their pledge to work toward complete denuclearization.

i'm hoping Trump will make that happen.

North korea has a long history of making promises and and never following up on its agreements and to an extend so do trump.

The future seems unclear.

It seems that some experts say an armed conflict with north korea would be unlikely due to geography and such so with the powers that be knowing that this summit could just be a fake event.

Considering how much North korea sees its nuclear capabilities are tied with stability, their willingness to surrender or stop them is very unlikely.

China is also involved in this and their policies have not changed at all.

China would have to react strongly against north korea for this to be believable.

If China stops backing North Korea, it is highly likely it would crumble in on itself in a manner of decades.

I agree with that.

Summits are usually with a lot of media exposure.

That makes one think they are all for show.

Summits are now simply a common expression of global governance and they do discuss important topics on summits like the g20, but I feel they don't provoke much action is mostly show as well

Well considering an online game won a world summit award from the united nations you do have to wonder about them.

You would think they have more important topics to discuss.

You would think that.

Then again an australian satire group got into the secure zone of a summit so who knows how seriously they are taken on the world stage.

Didn't they only get caught after one came out of the car dressed as bin laden?

I think so but still, to get that far?

I know the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana but one would think world leaders and world summits would have better security.

I mean during one g20 summit, russia gave delegates and heads of state thumb drives and chargers with trojan viruses that could illicitly find digital data.

I bet given the lax security they got what they were looking for

They most likely did at that.

Did you know that Spain is the only country that has been at all g20 summits?

Spain must be really dedicated and actually care.

The world leaders are also very passive aggressive at these summits.

For instance, during brisbane g20, the canadian prime minster said to putin that I guess I will shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you.

You need to get out of ukraine

That proves they are all for show too.

the leader shook his hand for the cameras but said something differently.


Are you a basketball fan?

Not at all -- not much of a sports fan at all.

Are you?

When i'm able to watch.

Iverson signed a liftime contract with reebok in 2001 for 800,000 a year until 55 years old.

That's a lot of money.

I'm alarmed that 80% of earth's original forest coverage is gone.

I read that rewilding could absorb a huge amount of CO2 from the atmosphere really quickly, so I'd like to see more of that.

Yeah and apparently the earth will be helium free by the end of the 21st century.

I wonder why that is?

Must be because they're collecting so much for industrial uses.

Maybe.

I'm told that the earth when first formed a day was only 5.5 hrs.

long

Yeah, I guess the moon's tidal forces gradually slowed it down since then.

Also if the earth's history was 24 hour period then humans would represent 1:17.

So if we've got a billion years or two that the earth is habitable and our species survives, think how long our future is compared to the past.

That is an interesting question.

The Earth rotates about 366.26 times during the rotation of the sun.

Yeah, that's a day longer than I thought.

We have a 365-day calendar year plus a leap day every four years.

I wonder if there's a misprint.

You never know there so much controversy around this subject some believe the earth to be 4.5 b years ole other no more than 10,000.

Yeah, I was raised in a fundamentalist family so I'm more familiar with that latter view than I'd like, LOL.

I hear you me too.

However they did make a good point if you believe in creation.

God made adam and eve fully formed but to a scientist they would appear to be grown even though they were only a day old.

And created with navels too, I was told.

Don't know why they have them but like i said surrounded by a lot of controversy.

On a lighter note did you know that Bruce Lee won a dancing contest.

No, but I guess it stands to reason -- martial arts and dancing involve similar skills, after all.

Yeah i guess your right, it was the Hong Kong cha cha.

Did you know Michael J has a patent on a device that helped him do one of his dance moves.

I vaguely recall that.
I wonder who owns it now.

Probably Chris tucker or eddy Griffin, lol!

Did you know tupac danced ballet in high school?

No, I didn't.
Nice chatting with you!


hey there, do you have an interest in earth and other planets?

Sure!
I live on the planet earth.
It's my home.

True.

Sadly, more than 80 percent of the forests have already been destroyed.

We have an insatiable appetite for trees!

Perhaps we can grow them on Mars.

Earth will be  helium-free by the end of the 21st century.

Can we grow trees that produce helium?

That will be interesting to see.

When earth was formed a day was less than six hours long.

Now it's much longer.

I guess in the future, it will get so much longer that the work day will be 20 hours!

Oh, boy, then what?

I know, then we will maybe have more time as we always say how the day is sort to get things done.

The UN even  assigned an abassador to deal with extraterrestrials if they exist and make contact.

That would be a great job to have!

What qualifications are necessary though?

And what do you have to do every day?

I wonder too.

We are only a bit more than a minute in the enture history of earth

We really are newcomers to this whole venture.

Are you interested in dance?

Yeah, I really like it.
Even Bruce Lee was a dancer

Bruce had the juice!

The man could cut a rug, or beat you up!

That's bodily control!

I know he was so amazing.
Do you like ballet?

I'm not really a fan, though I respect the people who do it.

You?

Yes they work so hard.

They go through four pairs of shoes in a week.

That must be expensive!

I wonder how much those shoes cost.

Tupac was a ballet dancer in high school.

Did he go through shoes like that?

He must have, if he danced ballet.

Michael Jackson being so popular for his dance moves even had a patent on it.

Tupac as a ballet dancer.

Not really the image I had of him.

MJ knew he was on to something, so he protected it.

Yeah for sure.

Babies apparently dance when they hear music and smile when they hit the beat.

Hey man, it's been great chatting!

Same here, have a good one.


Good morning.

Did you hear about the Trump and Kim Jong-un summit?

Unfortunately they didn't get much done.

Hi, how are you?

I did not hear much but I am not surprised.

I think it's going to take a lot for Kim to change his beliefs.

Very true.

Some positive things did come out of it.

For example Bernie Sanders described the outcome as a positive step and  de-escalating tensions between our countries.

It is always good to talk.

contact keeps the words flowing, and make people think about the future and the possibility for change.

Definitely.

But North Korea has a history of agreeing to things and then changing their mind.

Yeah, the country is called the Hermit Kingdom.

little is known about the country.

they have power through secrecy and nukes.

That's a great nickname!

Maybe they will meet at another summit in the future!

A summit is basically just an international meeting of heads of state or government.

I figure annual summits are good.

the next president should do the same, and other countries as well.

NK does not want to lose its power, so they do not want to give up their nukes.

Agreed.

Maybe they will meet one day at the G 20 summit.

At on G 20 summit, Russia gave delegates and heads of state a thumb drive and phone chargers containing viruses.

Very sneaky.

Yeah, those guys never surprise me.

every time we deal with Russia, it feels like they have an agenda.

i cant trust them.

Yeah Putin is always planning something.

He even once shook the Canadian prime minister's hand but later told him that he needs to get out of Ukraine!

i dont think the cold war ever really ended for the russians.

they want to be a great power again, but their economy is in shambles.

Yeah they just need to focus on their citizens and provide for them.

North Korea is also a tough place to live too.

Kim Jong-un needs to better lead the workers party.

NK is a mess and will collapse.
people are starving.
how long can this last?

That's a good question.

We also don't actually know how old Kim Jong-un is!

He likes his mysteries.
Everything about him sounds fishy.

Yes it does.

A funny fact is that he was voted most sexiest man alive by the onion and China totally believes it ha ha!

Yeah, they do not seem to get sarcasm there.

It just goes right over their heads.

Yeah pretty funny.

Apparently North Korea has theme parks but they're undergoing renovation of course at the orders of Kim Jong-un.

It seems strange that they have theme parks yet he doesn'tfeed his people.

Anyway, great chat!

Totally strange.

And he learned to drive at age 3 haha!!

It was a very pleasant chat with you as well.

Bye!