Have you gone to many concerts?
I've never been to one.

I've been to a lot.
Have you ever seen linkin park?

No I've listened to a ton of their music over the years but never seen them in person.

They seem like they would put on a good concert.

Interesting.
I saw them once, but it wasn't in 2001.

I wonder how they rank in lifetime concerts.

I think the ramones hold that record currently with 20 years of continuous touring.

I'm not sure.
Have you ever seen the Ramones?

No I'm not even sure of their songs.
I'm more of a rock/country fan.
What about you?

Yeah, I'm not a fan either to be honest.

Did you know in Croatia there is an ancient amphitheater that is used as a concert venue?

Makes sense though because the acoustics were originally designed for a time when there were no speakers.

I wonder if they get any big name artists there.

I'm not sure to be honest.
Seems pretty interesting.

I would love to see the concert that Pink Floyd did in the pompeii amphitheater.

I wonder if it is online or only as an album.

I'm not sure, but apparently they recorded one.

Did you know the dutch may have a bus that goes 160 mph?

That seems crazy fast.

How do you control that big of a vehicle going that fast?

I'm not sure, it can't be real to be honest.

Hopefully not.

I've driven things that big and they are super tippy.

Yeah, pretty hilarious.

I wonder what the Dutch intend to use it for?

Who knows?

Sometimes I think people invent things just because they can.

Did you know Iceland has no public rail service?

I wonder why not?

It seems like a very eco friendly way to travel.

I'm not sure.

Did you know all of Japan's highways are tolls?

That seems like an excellent way for the government to raise money to maintain the roads.


Hello.
Have you ever gone to any concerts?

Hi, yes, I have.
Have you?

No not any live ones.

I've seen them streamed online or on tv before but nothing in person.

Who did you see?

I took my father to see Merle Haggard.

The last time he played in our city.

He's dad's all time favorite singer and that was the first and last time we saw him, he passed away within the year.

Oh wow that would have been a great one to go to.

I love Merle Haggard.

I grew up listening to his albums.

We enjoyed it and I'm glad I was able to provide dad that opportunity, that's usually the first thing he tells strangers when he meets them!

That is really neat.

For sure a memory that will be cherished for a lifetime.

Most definitely.

I read somewhere that a Creed concert was so bad that some concert attendees filed a lawsuit.

That must have been one bad concert?

I know!

How bad does the experience have to be for you to sue the band?

Maybe Pink Floyd had it right with his Pompeii concert with no audience.

Yes, that must have been very strange for them to perform with no audience to give them any feedback or to clap when they finished.

These rockers are strange people!

They really can be.

I hope they recorded it though.

It would be kind of nice to stream a concert without all the crowd noise in the background.

Yeah, I believe they recorded it, so you should be able to find it somewhere.

Maybe on vinyl?

Are you old enough to remember those?

Yes they are great!

There is something about the sound of a vinyl album that just can't be mimicked by a cd.

There is a tone that makes it unique.

A lot of people say that, more authentic feel.

Speaking of Pink Floyd, their Dark Side Of The Moon Album was still one of the best selling albums of 2014.

Despite it being over 40 years old.

That's wild!

That is really surprising!

I guess there is just something about their music that speaks to multiple generations which is kind of neat when you think about it.

It is.

My dad actually liked Country music, but collected all genres of music on those vinyl albums.

I used to love as a kid just looking at all the different album covers, they were so neat!

I think it is cool how people still collect them even though we live in the age of streaming.

CDs never made that impact even though they were super popular for a time.

More of a fad I guess.

I know that's strange how that happened, even with the 8 track tapes and cassettes.

I read that Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century, but to tell you the truth, I've never heard of them.

Lol

Oh I loved their music in college.

I'm pretty sure that I owned that album.

It was all angsty and loud.

I remember all my friends having that one and the NWA straight out of Compton CDs in their cars.

I must be old, because I haven't heard of them, either!

Lol

It was all the rage back in the late 90's early 00's.

I don't think I could listen to it now though.

It would be like an instant headache.

Most likely it would cause a massive headache!

Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to go walk my dog, now.

Hope you have a good day.

You as well.
It has been very nice talking with you.


Hello, do you like the NBA?

Hi there I do like the NBA actually.
I am a Pistons fan.
What about you?

Oh nice.
I do not have a favorite team per se.
Do you know who Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is?

I do.

He was a big basketball player right?

I think he was so good at the dunk they had to ban the dunk for like 10 years isnt that true?

Yeah go figure.

I like Reggie Miler too, and as good as he was his sister was always better I guess

Yep his sister sounds like she was amazing haha.

Did you know that the inventor of basketball was a losing coach?

The only losing coach and his whole University's history LOL like how is that possible

Yeah I guess the only legacy that James Naismith had to his name was for inventing it only

Haha you're right about that.

Do you ever watch New Zealand basketball?

Do you know what their team is nicknamed?

Yeah I heard their nickname is the tall blacks , kind of strange

It is a very strange nickname.

Definitely one that would not fly in the United States LOL.

Do you know that the Supreme Court has a basketball court on the top floor?

Oh yeah is that the one that they refer to as, the highest court in the land?

Haha it is.

You think the justices ever play though?

I'd be concerned about them getting injured.

I am not sure but I hope someone utilizes that court.

Do you like Tim DUncan?

Yeah he seems like a good guy.

He finished his degree instead of going right to the NBA.

I guess that was a smart move

I think so too.

How about ALlen Iverson?

The guy signed a killer contract with Reebok

Yep he's the man.

I can't believe he's going to make 32 million dollars when he turns 55.

He'll never have to worry about money again

I know and until then he gets $800 000 a year from them

Yep that guy has it made haha.
Have you ever shot a ball granny style?

I have and I am not sure why more players do not do that.

I know it might look funny but who cares

Yep I agree.

If I was getting paid millions of dollars I wouldn't care if I looked stupid, as long as I was winning games.

It's funny that Reggie Miller's sister is also good at basketball.

Maybe it runs in their family

Yeah the woman broke 8 national records, wow.

Nice chat


Good Morning!

Basketball is my 3rd favorite sport, but at least March Madness and the NBA playoffs are coming up!

Good morning!

March madness should be good this year.

Did you know that the dunk shot was banned from college basketball for over ten years?

I think the dunk being banned had more to do with the dunker - Kareem, than the shot/technique.

He was so dominate and innovative that it created an unfair advantage/balance

You could be right about that.
Still, to ban it for ten years?
Why not just ban it until he graduates?

Like the NCAA admits it was wrong with anything in a timely manner?!?!?!

Kinda like why the federal government thinks pot is as dangerous as heroin...

good point.

thinking of government, did you know that the supreme court has a basketball court at the top of their building?

The Highest Court in the Land!

(No pot pun intended)  Although, I don't see RBG crossing Clarence Thomas over and dunking on him!

I find it hard to picture them playing at all to be honest!

For sure!

I also find it hard to fathom that Jim Naismith, the inventor of Basketball had a losing record KU - he invented the game!

Oh, I know what you mean there!

I can't see how you can invent a game and then not be any good at it!

Our local NBA team here in Phoenix is a dumpster fire - do you have a favorite team and how are they doing this season?

I like the San Antonio Spurs.

Did you know that Tim Duncan sacrificed money to stay in school instead of going straight to the NBA?

I remember that - it was a promise to him mom/family to finish college right?

Amazing how the Spurs got The Admiral and then Duncan in succession

True.There are some good people that are athletes out there.

In the NFL there is a wide receiver that leaves his cleats on the field after every game to make people away of homeless people with no shoes.

Pretty sure that was Steve Smith - great guy, fierce competitor, and didn't really want any attention for himself, just for his cause.

Yes it was.

With as many ballet shoes as dancers go through in a week, seems like they could do something like that too.

I knew some dancers in school and those ballet shoes, pointers, really messed their feet up!

Painful to see

I never thought about that.

I guess that's why they go through like 4 pair in a week.

That does not surprise me at all - not very durable, maybe there's a correlation there?

Pretty sure construction boots will last years and of course tennis shoes last a while

If shoes were made like they were 5000 years ago they'd all last.

Apparently 5000 year old shoes perform better than modern shoes.

Oh man, I'd hate to get a whiff of a 5,000 y/o pair of sneakers!

They'd definitely need some dry tea bags!


Good evening.

Do you like shoes?

I think it's cool how much variety there is from sandals to hire and fashion shoes.

I do like them, footwear intended to protect us and to look in style in the process

Exactly.

The design of the shoe has varied greatly through time and from culture to culture.

They have changed a lot I agree, I feel sorry for ballet dancers, they spend a fortune in shoes

Yes up to 4 pairs in a week?

Seems like they could make them a bit more durable...

I know right, maybe its not in the shoe company interest, one strange fact is that 5000 year old shoes perform better than new ones

Very odd indeed usually things improve with time.

Also putting dry teabags in shoes may soak up the odor!

Thats a great strategy sounds great, I will keep that in mind next time my shoes have a particular odor.

Yes let me know how it works!

You heard of the NFL player Steve Smith?

He helped raise awareness for homeless people not having shoes.

I will, and I did hear about that player, I think thats a noble cause, hopefully it works and creates awareness in people.

Do you know who Stephon Marbury is?

Yeah he was an NBA player!

He once promoted a line of shoes that sold for $15.

Very cool since now they are easily over $100.

He wasnt paid to promote them, so I guess the company owes him a big debt.

Basketball is a fun game with lots of cool facts

Yeah it is I love the NBA.
It was founded in New York on 1946.

30 teams, 29 American and the other one Canadian, great sport, 5 vs 5 one court two sides

Yup exactly.

I would like to see more players use the granny shot because physicists say it is the best technique.

Players think its stupid but if got paid as much as they I would mind at all.

Yeah some players get paid so much they don't even care like Alan Iverson got paid $800,000 a year starting in 2001 by Reebok.

Yeah and a big pay day of

No doubt.

Tim Duncan sacrificed money though to finish out college.

It was great talking with you tonight!

I think that was a great choice, sacrificing money and staying in school a tough call.

Its beet great chatting with you also, have a great night bye.

Yes because 4 years of college and education is priceless!

Have a good one!


Are you a fan of NCAA basketball?

I am, I don't watch much women's basketball though, just the men.

How about you?

Same.

Did you hear De'Andre Hunter broke his left wrist?

He will miss the tournament.

I heard that, it's too bad Virginia will make a deep run i think.

What about the NBA?
Are you a fan?
NBA has 30 teams.
My favorite is the Chicago Bulls

I am a big fan.

My favorite team is the Bucks, we are doing pretty good this season too.

Nice.

I can't believe the NBA was founded in 1946 in New York City.

They have come a long way.

Wow, I didn't know that.

I guess the head offices are still located in NYC as well.

That is correct.
Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue.

Do you know what the highest grossing basketball movie of all time is?

No, what is it?

I guess it's Space Jam, have you ever seen it?

Yes.
Michael Jordan was in it.

Yeah I remember watching it as a kid.

Did you know Shaq only scored 1 three-pointer in his entire career?

No I did not.

I do however know that Allen Iverson is going to get 32 million from Reebok when he turns 55 years old!

I read that somewhere!

That is crazy, they probably thought they were making a great deal back then.

Apparently, Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA, but Jordan wore them anyways.

Nike apparently paid the fine.

Yeah i have seen that before, if anything, it was an absolute marketing dream for Nike in the long run.

They made a solid business decision.
Probably their best ever!

Yeah I agree with that, think of all the Jordan shoes that have sold since!

I have owned a few myself.


Hi, how are you doing today?

Hi, I am doing well.

How are you doing?

Do you watch any basketball?

Did you know it was invented by a man named James Naismith?

Yes, a Canadian named Naismith.
He was a losing coach at Kansas.

I've heard that before!

It is so shocking to think that the man who invented the game could not win at it!

He started a game that has evolved tremendously.

I doubt he made any money like people do today.

He probably didn't.

I imagine no one has had a contract like player allen iverson.

He got a contract with reebok to make $800,000 per year until he turns 55 and then a final payment of $32,000,000.

I guess he must be worth that much to the brand.

Kids buy the kicks and Reebok gets rich.

With that money, he could buy part of a team.

I bet he could.

It's great advertising to be a part of basketball.

Just look at nike.

The NBA banned air jordan shoes but Michael Jordan wore them anyway and Nike payed a fine per game.

Now those shoes are super expensive and super popular.

Fines create controversy, which generates interest and revenue.

Smart business by Nike.

It totally agree.

Nike probably loved the banning of their shoes.

They've made a ton of money since.

You know though, it shouldn't all be about money and I respect people that understand that.

Take Tim Duncan for example, he held off joining the nba in order to get his degree.

I would not have done with Duncan did.
I would have played right away.
Too much money at stake.
College can wait.

Yeah but sometimes people never go back.

You hear about players going bankrupt after retiring and it just seems like a good idea to have that degree to fall back on.

Even with Allen Iverson's money and contract a player could still mismanage money.

I don't know if a degree is going to help a former NBA player if all they know is ball.

They should get a degree in managing money though.

Lol, that would probably be a good idea!

NBA players are the world's best paid athletes so knowing how to handle all of that money would be highly important.

They get used to the money flowing in.

They can't imagine a day when it doesn't.

Not everyone gets a shoe deal.

Speaking of shoes, did you know that ballet dancers go through up to four pair a week?

Ballet is tough on the feet.

I figure that I would probably break my ankles before I went through a pair.

It is pretty tough for sure.

Maybe they should use old shoes.

I've heard that shoes from back like 5000 years ago are better able to perform than today's shoes.

I'm not surprised.

Things had to last back then.

I wonder what they did about the smell though.

You know I hadn't thought about that!

i guess there would be a smell considering what they were probably made of.

It's funny too because today's shoes  are supposed to be made with better materials, especially high end shoes, and yet they aren't as good.

True.
Hey, I enjoyed the chat.

As did i. oh and for that smell, put some tea bags in those shoes!


Do you like basketball?

Yes, I like basketball, and you, do you have a favorite basketball team ?

I like the Warriors, do you ever play with friends?

the shooting objective is really tall

Yes, I like shooting hoops with friends, we challenge each other to score from the farthest part of the court.

Shaq would not be good at this game, he only scored 1 3 pointer in his career.

That sounds like a nice thing you have going on there and they used to tease Shaq a lot because of that

Yeah, he good at what he was doing, why try to do something that he is not good at ?

I know right, just stick to your strengths, well that didn't work out so well for Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

What did happened to him ?

He was really good at using the dunk shot, so much he got it banned from college basketball for more than a decade

But did he had a good career even with his move banned ?

Im guessing he did, do you know who James Naismith is?

No, a NBA player ?

He was the inventor of the game, he is also the only losing coach in the history of Kansas University so he was a terrible coach it seems

I would feel bad for him, he invents something, then everybody is better than him.

I wonder if he regrets inventing it.

Well he could always bend the rules for his own benefit, he is the inventor of the game.

Maybe the Washington Generals should have bent the rules when they played the Harlem Globe Trotters, they have lost a lot.

They have?
how many games do you know the stats?
the Globe Trotters are a great team

The Washington Generals won 6 games and the Globe Trotters have won over than 13 000 times.

Maybe there is something fishy going on...

Or maybe the Globe Trotters are aliens lol do you like ballet?

Never saw a ballet performance in my entire life, Bill Nye seems interested in ballet, he has a patent for ballet shoes.

He has?

he must be a big ballet fun then, anyway its been cool chatting with you today

You too, have a good day.


Hi, how are you?

Alright.

Do you watch basketball?

De'Andre Hunter borke his wrist and won't play with the Virgina team

That sucks for him.
Big loss for Virginia too!

Yea it

Do you have a favorite team?

I like Uconn, unfortunalty the coach is the highest paid state employee like in 39 other states

That seems to be the trend now.

Kareem got the dunk banned a while back.

Yea it's unfortunate, I bet basketball inventor James Naidmith wasn't the highest paid when he coached

No and he was the worst coach in Kansas history!

It's messed up New Zeland has a team nicknamed "tall blacks"

I think that is the national team name.
Their rugby team is black 7s.

I see.

The US supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor

Not saying it might not be racist, but there might be a story behind it.

Weird place for a court...

Apparently the best technique for free throws is shooting granny style according to physicists

I would like to see lebron shoot that way.

It would be more entertaining!

Yea that would be funny, change the air jordan logo to mj shooting granny style, maybe it wouldn't of been banned when they first came out

HAHAHA.
That would be a funny logo though.
I might be able to buy some of that...

Too bad Cheryl Miller never got a shoe, she did break 8 national records in one game

With 105 points!!!
That's crazy!

Yea and her brother Reggie Miller only scored 40 points that same day

He's such a disappointment... Nice chatting with you!


Hello.
Do you know much about basketball?

I do its a team sport which commonly has 5 players per team.

Shoot a basketball into a defenders hoop

I've always been fascinated by the showmanship of the game.

Like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dunking.

Of course that was banned for years before coming back.

He was very dominate with dunking but glad they changed their mind.

Think about shaq trying to shoot all the time

Very true.

I wonder if the showmanship affects the pay for them.

I'm sure the winning records of the team affects the coaches pay.

I am sure they can be more marketable.

Did you know vasectomy rates will be increasing this month due to march madness?

What?!

How in the world is there a connection between basketball and vasectomies?

Men use the time to recover to watch basketball.

Talk about madness!

Ah well I guess that makes sense in a way.

I'm surprised no one has figured out a way to market that through some sort of commercial during the lead up to the games.

Athletes should really get financial advisors.

5 years after retirement 60% of players are broke

That's really sad.

Honestly though the players that don't get the huge endorsements like Allen Iverson or Micheal Jordan don't make a ton of money.

There was a guy named Spencer Haywood who made the mistake of choosing 100k over a 10% stake in Nike.

It would be worth 8.62 billion today

I would be kicking myself for years if that happened.

Nike knows what they are doing though.

I mean look how they paid Jordan's fines so he could wear them every game.

Really good marketing.

Speaking of shoes there are 17 different ways to tie them

Hmm I wonder if that includes how you lace them too.

I don't wear many shoes with laces.

It is more cowboy boots and much boots here which can be quite spendy because of functionality.

Some boots are even designed for specific purposes like mountaineering or skiing

Ski boots that are fitted properly can run you hundreds of dollars.

Seems a bit silly to spend that much on a boot you can only do one thing in.

How do you feel about designer shoes?

They can sell for hundreds if not thousands

Honestly I think they are really silly.

The fact that a shoe can sell for hundreds more because of a different leather and a red bottom makes me sad for society and its consumerism.

There is a wizard of oz themed shoe that actually guides you home when you click the heels together using GPS.

I wonder how pricey those are

I'm guessing in the thousands at least.

Can you imagine trying to walk in something like that?

It would be fun exploring using them.
Nice chatting with you have a nice day!


Hi, would you like to chat?

Sure!

You know, sometimes I wonder if dating apps are doing more harm than good

I think like most things it has it's bad and good points.

I think it's good for some people to meet, but you just have to be really careful.

One girl attacked her boyfriend with a sword when she found the Tinder app on his phone

That's getting pretty radical, but some people get really jealous.

She had the samurai sword taped to the side of the bed and waited until he was asleep.

That's definitely premeditated

Lucky for him that she didn't actually kill him, and actually lucky for her.

It's a good thing he was able to talk her into calling the police.

She pleaded not guilty

Yep.

The guy was actually excited about the whole thing.

He said it was a lot more exciting than playing games.

I think perhaps he needs some help.

I think they both need help in that case.

Neither of them were likely in the mental state to be in a healthy relationship\

I agree.

To change subjects a little.

Did you know that you can't separate two phone books that have had their pages overlapped?

I guess I've never tried to separate one.

I've also never had to call NY's area code on a rotary phone, but I guess 212 is the fastest area code, so NY got dibs

I have actually heard about the telephone books before, and tried it.

You really can't pull them apart.

That's funny.

Did you know that the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent has less computing power than the iPhone?

What?

Now that's really scary.

I wonder if they have considered upgrading their system?

It might no be necessary.

Nowadays, we're all addicted to our phones due to that computing power to the point that UNICEF will donate clean water for every minute you don't use your phone

I don't find myself that addicted to my phone.

Sometimes I wish they didn't have cell phones.

I remember a time when you could actually be left alone.

Back in the days before Facebook.

I have a love/hate relationship with social media

I think I know how you feel.

I got really bad with facebook for quite a while.

I was afraid that I would miss a comment so it was really taking up a lot of time.

I wonder if living in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein would help with notifications since the "like" button is illegal there

It might.

Burger KIng had a promotion where you would get a free whopper for unfriending 10 people.

I wonder if you could do that more than once.

I could unfriend enough people to eat for about a year.

I'm still trying to figure out how they verified that.

I might go look that up right now.

Have a good night!


hi, do you use the phone much?

I don't have a landline, but admittedly I am a bit addicted to my iphone.

Did you know that iphones have more computing power than the entire US Nuclear icbm deterrent?

that is amazing.
have your ever used a rotary phone?

Years ago at my grandparents.

I prefer to use my cellphone so that I have access to social media (mostly facebook.)

yeah I know, those were fun but took forever to make a call

FOREVER!!

I heard somewhere that the reason New York's area code is 212 is because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.

makes sense.
how about phone books, ever used them?

Who uses phone books these days?

Most of the time I just message someone on Facebook anyways.

I guess that's why at the time of its IPO Facebook was valued at $104 billion.

yeah barely anyone really.
do you know why facebook is blue?

Something to do with Mark Zuckerberg being colorblind.

I've often wondered how he came up with the name for Facebook though.

yeah that is interesting to know actually.

did you know in germany the like button is illegal?

It is interesting how facebook is impacting laws in countries.

IN Iceland they are rewriting their constitution via facebook by allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.

We have come a long way from those rotary phones haha

haha yes indeed.
do you play video games?

I don't so much anymore, but I used to love 007 back in the day.

I can't believe they added multiplayer mode at the last minute in Goldeneye, the game would not have been the same without that feature.

yeah that is insane.
did you ever play sega?

Never!

I think it was a multiplayer game too, no?

yeah it was, online

You have to be careful how much time you spend playing video games though!

A girl once tried to kill her boyfriend with a samurai sword because he played too many video games....well that and the fact that she thought he was cheating on her.

wow that is excessive.

did you know halo 2 multiplayer serves shut down in 2010?

Ya and the crazy thing is he woke up to her attacking him.

Luckily he was able to fight her off and he survived, but no kidding, very excessive!

Why did they shut down?

Not sure, but the players were able to continue playing by keeping their consoles on.

nice chat


Hey, did you know the reason NYC has a 212 area code is, is because it's the fastest number you can dial on an old rotary phone?

Hi, no I did not think of that, but excellent thought.

Speaking of phones, it is amazing that an iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear missile deterrent system!

Yes phones have really progressed, nowadays there are people who haven't even used land lines never mind rotary phones.

Iphones are all they know.

Yes.

Everyone has become so reliant on mobile phones.

It is nice to see Unicef offering to donate a day of clean water to children for every minute your cell phone is not used.

I wonder how they keep track of that?

Nowadays no one using their phones for calling.

I almost never do.

Facebook for me is the preferred way of keeping in touch.

Yes, use Facebook a lot too.

Great way to keep in touch.

I can never get over the fact that Myspace turned down an offer to buy it for $75 million!

Now the company is worth billions.

It's really interesting that the reason facebook is blue is because Mark Zuckerburg is partially color blind.

The blue is so iconic now.

The blue is totally iconic.

People are so reliant on Facebook that Iceland is using Facebook to rewrite their constitution!

I can't even being to imagine that comment section.

Wow, but reading the comments is half the fun.

Unless you see stupid comments your friends make and then you have to unfriend them.

Remember when burger king gave out free whoopers if you unfriend 10 people?

I do not remember that, but it's hilarious.

My wife plays so many games on Facebook.

It is pretty awesome that she can play multiplayer games over the internet with her friends or strangers.

Yes the multiplayer games are fun.

It really is such a good invention and it's free.

I actually wish there was a pay version with less ads.

I understand on screen ads is how they make money but at times they get annoying.

They are very annoying.

Amazing how far they have come!

A music protocol was used for networking the first multiplayer first person shooting game.

Interesting.

You know it's been almost 7 years since facebook went public and I still haven't got around to buying stock.

I really should.

I can't believe it has been that long.

From almost selling for $75 million to being worth over $100 billion, wow!

I wish they'd add old games to their multiplayer games.

sega genesis games like streets of rage, or snes games too.

I remember playing both Sega and SNES.

I also remember the fateful Halo 2 server shutdown from 2010.

Wish I knew that if I left the console on, I could have played for another three and half weeks!

Good times.

Golden Eye was the first multiplayer game I played but it was in person not online.

Apparently they added this feature last minute.

We probably wouldn't remember the game today if not for it.

I loved Golden Eye and Mario Kart.

I could play those for hours.

Rare and Nintendo were not even aware that multiplayer mode was being added!

I bet they are happy it was added!

Who knows how much longer it would have taken for nintendo multiplayer to catch on.

In fact I think I'm going to go hook my n64 up now.

I saw a kiosk selling old Nintendo systems and games in our mall the other day.

That would be a fun way to spend the afternoon.

I still have lots of old games.
I'm going to go play them now.
Nice talking to you, bye!

Nice talking to you!

I am going play some NBA 2k19 against the AI-controlled computer opponent that does not have the advantage and flexibility of human thought!

good luck.


I love to watch movies.

I like action, drama, and comedy, but not horror films.

What about you?

I love comedy, drama, and dramedy.

I read that Stephen King called Bambi the first horror movie he saw, that explains alot.

I like things like Love Actually but if I have to watch a scary movie, I want to see something like Bram Stokers, Dracula or World War Z, not the slasher ones.

Yes, I agree about the Slasher films.

Did you know that those creepy noises in horror films are made by something called a waterphone?

Wonder what that looks like?

I don't know what a waterphone looks like, don't think I want one though,   Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid drama actor, making 700000 an episode for House, I think I am in the wrong field.

House was one of my favorite shows, ever!

Actors get paid alot, but I would hate to never have any privacy.

That's the trade off for fame I guess,  I read that Michael Caine only became an actor because he thought the pretty girls were all in drama, I can see his face but can't think of anything he played in.

He has been in 60 movies.

He was Alfred in The Dark Knight, and the other Christian Bale Batman movies.

Do you like Marvel and DC comics movies?..

I do like them,  they say horror movies can burn 180 calories when watched but I think I burn more when watching all the Mavel and DC movies, I love the action in them.

Me too.

I love the new Aquamam movie, speaking of.

Those movies are a combination of all three genres.

A little horror, lots of action, some drama and comedy too.

That's what makes them so good, I haven't seen the new movie yet, looking forward to it,  Did you know Green Lantern was going to be a comedy with Jack Black and they changed it, I think for the better, how about you?

Yes, I agree.

I don't see Jack Black in that.

Proper casting is important in all movies, but especially the superheroes.

I can't get over Michael Keaton and "I'm Batman", that voice will always be Batman to me, but Christian Bale did  a decent job as well.

Yes.

liked them both.

Keaton the best.

Did you see where Jim Carrey won't make any movies that don't reflect positivity?

He always makes me laugh!.

That is cool, I like most of his movies though, I can't get into Dumb and Dumber, I prefer things like the Truman show.

Again, I agree with you.

I liked The Mask too.

I have seen Hugh Laurie be really funny too, outside of the House role.

He is also a great musician.

I didn't know he played an instrument, what does he play?

He is a great pianist and he has a couple of CD's out.

Jazzy, soulful...he sings as well.

Hmm, I'll have to check it out, I like Jazz music, old Kenny G fan.

It's funny, Bill Murray, thinks Kung Fu, Hustle is the best comedy ever,  I disagree, but I did like Caddyshack and Stripes.

Loved Caddyshack!

He is funny, but he can also do very poignant drama as well.

I loved the Zombie movie where he goes golfing during the apocolypse, cracked me up.

When you talk about comedies, I think I've seen every Friends and Seinfeld episode multiple times.

Me too!
Thanks for chatting with me.
Have a great day...

You too, maybe I'll have time later to look up some new Jazz by Hugh Laurie.

Great.
I hope you like it.


Hi!

Do you have any favorite Hollywood actors?

Yes!

I have many.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney are a couple.

A favorite of mine is Tom Hanks.
Familiar with any of his movies?

Wasn't he in the Toy Story films?
He played Woody the Cowboy.

Yes, he was.

In fact, he's currently the highest all-time box office star; with over $8.5 billion worldwide film earnings.

Goodness!

He certainly deserves his success.

Did you know that his brother does voice over work?

No, I do not.
What's his name and some of his movies?

I disremember his names, but I know he did the voice over for some gamees based on movies that T Hanks was in.

Sounds interesting.

Speaking about voice overs, Robin Williams was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voice overs.

It was for Aladdin.

Yes, he was great!

He totally abandoned the script and the screenwriters and animators had to change a bunch of stuff.

Plus Diseny underpaid him.

That I did not know!

I was really sad though about his passing.

Yes, he had a terrible disease.

I heard that Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentine's Day.

Strange timing.

Really?

Indeed strange timing.

That's the one with Anthony Hopkins, right?

Yes, he would practice each line 250 times until he found something good, like the sucking sound he made when desecribing eating his friend.

Wow.

Such dedication.

I also heard that the movie had a box office hit of over $270 million!

Definitely the opposite of a flop.

Did you know that "Treasure Planet" was a hugh flop?

I thought Disney would know better.

I loved that movie.

Surprised it was a flop though.

But it wasn't a flop like Sleeping Beauty though.

Disney was considering shutting down their animation studio since it was a failure.

Disney avoided a disaster there.

Do you own a car?

I don't.

I am like a vegan, but for car ownership.

I do, but I don't drive often.

I prefer walking -- helps with exercise and the environment.

That's good!

We should all do our part.

A car is not a necessity.

We should be able to travel around without owning a car.

Agreed.

Public transportation is widely available.

However, driving has its perks.

Like drive-thrus for example.

Mcdonald's added drive-thrus in 1975 for soldiers that couldn't get out of their cars.

Smart of McD's.

"Thank you for your service!

You can pick up your order at window #2"


Hi, do you like cars?

I do.
I am a big fan.
Much better than a horse a buggy

Haha yes, much better.

Did you know cars were born in 1886 in Germany?

Good old Mr Benz started a great company.

I bet his family is doing pretty well financially

Yes he did.

Did you know Cadillac is named after a French explorer?

I did not know that.

They have been around for years and are great cars

They are.
That explorer also founded Detroit.

And Detroit would not be around at all without cars.

They built their entire city around that market

Most definitely.

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

Remind me never to cut anyone off in traffic in South Africa.

I though my streets were hectic.

Haha.

It is apparently because they have high case of carjackings.

Well, ever since cars started being used globally, there will always be people wanting to steal them

That's sad, but true.
Do you follow any celebrities?

Mostly athletes.

I tend to stay away from the reality stars.

I do too.

Did you know Pixar has a secret room that is visited by Celebrities?

I wonder what is in there.

Pixar is pretty wealthy, I bet they have a lot of cool secrets.

I love Pixar.

They make the best animations.

Did you know Robin Williams was the voice of the Genie in Aladdin?

Oh yes, it was one of my favorite roles of his.

Now every celebrity seems to be doing animation.

I think so too.
Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode.

Not bad.

I am glad her TV law degree came in handy for her.

She has been on the air for years

Me too.
Well, it was good talking to you.
Have a good one.


Charlize Theron is an amazing actress

I know!
She was recently in the movie Tully.
Have you seen it?

Not yet but i am planning to see it soon.

I loved her in Mad Max

Who is Ron Livingston?
He was in Tully with her

Thats the guy from office Space, I love that movie.

Oh, that guy!

Yeah, I know him.

He's done a lot of films with pretty women.

He's good at comedy and drama.

Oh yeah he goes hand in hand with comedy.

He is starring in an upcoming comedy called Holly Slept Over.

I'll need to see that.
Have you ever seen the show House?

Yeah I love House, Hugh Laurie is amazing.

He gets $700k per episode.
Insanity!
I wonder how much he is worth now.

Yeah that's crazy money per episode of t.v.

but nothing beats the 1 million per episode all the actors from friends got.

That was a good comedy.

I heard that the actors had a pact: if one of them got fired, they would all quit the show.

Yep I have watched through that show 3 or 4 times.

It one of my favorite older show, along with full house.

Full House?
I've heard of it, haven't seen it.
Was that the show with the Olsen twins?

Yep and they have all the episode on netflix along with their continuation called Fuller house, which has all the same actors just much older now.

It's set in SF, right?
Did it win any awards?

They won a People's Choice Award and have been nominated for Emmys a bunch of times.

Ok, I'll have to start watching it then.

Do you watch horror filsm?

I watch some horror.

I really like the first two Paranormal activity movies, after that they just got stupid though.

I've heard that if you watch a horror flick before you look at abstract art, you enjoy the art more.

Well This was a fun chat, I am off to watch Aquaman so cheers mate.


Hi do you like to watch comedies?

I do!

It is one of my favorite types to watch.

Nice!
Me too.
Do you like Bill Murray?

I do, he was great in Ghostbusters, What about Bob, Groundhog day, to name a few.

I thought they were good!

He thinks Kung Fu Hustle though is the supreme achievement of the modern comedy age.

I havent seen it.

I have heard a lot about it so I should probably look it up.

I haven't seen it either.

But, now I'm curious.

The Green Lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black.

That probably would have been good.

That does sound good.

It likely would have been a totally different movie.

I agree!

Did you ever watch 3rd Rock from the Sun?

I did!

I always thought Friends was funnier though.

That is why I was so surprised when they lost to 3rd Rock back in 97

That surprised me too.

I was surprised that Comedy Central was started in 1989.

I don't remember it back then.

Neither do I, but I probably wasnt allowed to watch their programming for a while.

lol  We must be about the same age.

Comedy Central has also cancelled over 100 shows since it's creation in 1989.

That's a lot.

It is, but really just like 3 a year.

1989 was 30 years ago... now we can feel old together.

LOL

LOL  Do you like dramas or horror movies?

Id have to go with Dramas, not really a fan of the scary stuff.

You?

Dramas here too.

We'll watch horror movies around Halloween.

Did you know that Stephen King was terrified as a child when he saw the movie Bambi calling it the first horror movie he saw?

Hard to believe, the kind of horror scared by a kids movie.

I know!

I always like to watch House, which Hug Laurie earned the title of highest paid actor by earning $700,000 per episode!

I loved that show!
He must have made so much from that.
It went on for like 6-8 seasons.

I loved it too!
Did you ever listen to radio dramas?

I cant say that I have, but I hear they are free online!

Have a great day!

Its been good chatting!


Hi!
What genre of movies do you like?

I like horror films, what about you?

I like more comedy, but horror is a close second.

Comedy is a nice genre for sure, one of my favorite actors is Bill Murray

I read an interview he did and he said kung fu hustle is "a supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".

I thought that was interesting.

Really?

I havet read that article although it seems interesting, I might look it up later, did you ever watch the channel Comedy Central?

I did when I was a child, I thought there were some good cartoons.

Not really kid friendly though.

What about you?

I like the channel its a bad things that 100 shows have been cancelled over the years,

I did see that somewhere, that's crazy.

I know you like horror movies, have you seen The Shining?

If not, you need to it's a classic.

Anyway, the boy in the movie didn't even know he was in a horror movie until he got older.

He didnt?

I wonder how they tricked him, I havent seen the movie but Ive heard its really scary,

Well whenever you get a chance to watch it, keep in mind you can lose 180 calories, apparently!

ha ha

I will keep that in mind next time I  have to pick a movie lol, I can go all out on the snacks then, I wonder how they make all those creepy metallic noises in movies

Oh!

I believe they use an instrument called a waterphone.

Oh I see, so its called a waterphone thanks for that fact, what other genres do you like?

I like dramas, what about you?

I like dramas as well one of my favorite actors is Michael Cane, I think his really good

That's funny you mention him, I heard the only reason he began acting in dramas were because of pretty girls in his high school drama class.

Thats the reason he began acting?

thats really funny lol, have you watched the tv series House?

I watched a few episodes here and there.

Is it any good?

Its a great show I like it a lot, you know the leading actor earns about $700000 per episode!

Wow!

That is a crazy amount of money just for one episode.

It is right, I think his the highest paid actor in history for a tv drama show,

Do you like Jon Hamm?

He plays in the Transporter movies and recently in the Fast and Furious movies.


Hi there, are you a fan of art at all?

i am a big art fan.
how about yourself?

Yeah me too, I try to do as many visits to galleries as I can, especially when I am travelling, you know, exploring local art

i live in new york so there's so many good art galleries around me.

Oh nice, you are lucky in that sense.

I loved checking out the National Art Gallery in Washington.

So convenient that it is free

art should always be made readily available to people for very low or free cost.

like music and books too.

Yeah, they are so educational and offer a different point of view.

How about space and solar system, do you have any interest there?

i do like space.
i was enjoying the facts about the sun.

So cool, especially the fact that it is white but just appears yellow because of the atmospheric scattering

i was actually about to look up the radio station that broadcasts the solar sounds into music.

So cool.

The sun is so amazing.

The fact alone that it produces enough energy in one second to meet the need of the planet for 500 000 years is mind blowing

i never knew the sunset on mars was blue.

that's pretty cool

Space is so amazing.

And to think that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered, yes to fundamental for life on earth.

yea.

there is so much that is undiscovered in space its incredible.

Are you much of a fan of nature?

i am.
i love the bird facts as well.
i love birds.

I read an interesting story the other day about dodo, the already extinct bird in the family of pigeons.

They looked really cool.

i remember seeing somewhere that if they were going to clone something that was one of the things they were going to bring back.

the dodo.

That would be interesting.

I mean all birds especially the ones that migrate long distance like form Canada to mexico without sleeping, just amaze me

yea they do all of that just from instinct.

I found it interesting that hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to repair their nests

i like that birds have regional accents apparently.

like the birds in brooklyn sound like they're from brooklyn.

And how their bones weigh less than their feathers.

I guess that is why they can fly so high and fast.


Hi!
Do you like the radio?

Hey yes but they are kind of outdated.

On am radios you can sometimes hear radio jupiter storms!

I wonder what a radio storm from Jupiter even sounds like?

Static I guess?

Yes great guess!

Maybe it sounds like a bird chirping lol?

Speaking of birds, hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to build their nests.

That is very innovative!
Did you know the dodo bird is extinct?

That is sad to hear.

I was shocked to see that it is a sub-family of the pigeon!

Yes, it makes sense that they are in that family though.

They look very similar.

True.

I need to lookup what a dodo bird looks like.

Birds have hollow bones which explains how they can fly so well.

I cannot believe that their entire skeleton weights less than the feathers.

Yes amazing fact.

Some birds can even fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping thanks to those light bones.

I cannot believe they can make that whole journey.

Yes it is truly amazing.

I am sad to learn that human activity threatens 1200 bird species.

That is crazy!
I wonder if there is a way to fix it.

I hope there is.

I wonder if the birds ever get too hot from the sun?

The sun is actually white not yellow!

Yes, because of atmospheric scattering it looks yellow.

Very cool.

It produces enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of our planet for 500,000 years!

That is crazy!

Have you heard about neptunes full orbit?

Yes it just completed one in 2011 for the first time since being discovered in 1846!

Very cool.

That took awhile!

Do you know how hot a lightening bolt is?

Seriously!

Not exactly but apparently it is 5x hotter than the sun so that sounds incredibly hot!

I really enjoyed chatting with you!

Me too!

I am going to do more research on the lightening.


hey there did you know the sun is actually white and not yellow

I did not know that actually.

That's crazy as it does look yellow.

I know one thing - a lightning bolt is actually five times hotter than the surface of the sun, which is crazy!

that is crazy, its about 5x hotter actually, roasting!

So true.

Crazy how it's hotter when the sun actually produces enough energy in a single second to meet our planet's needs for 500,000 years!

that is crazy, also crazy is the sun is 100x the diameter of the earth, and somehow the mass is 300,000x greater!

Its Massive!

Wow!

That doesn't surprise me though considering  it's 1 billionth the size of the largest discovered star in the galaxy but it is still fascinating!

yes very!
do you like the planet Neptune?
I still miss Pluto myself haha

My favorite planet is actually Jupiter.

In fact, if you have an AM radio, you can pick up Jupiter's radio storms.

wow I'll have to try that out!

and ya I guess Neptune just completed a full orbit around the sun, it takes over 100 years for a full year on Neptune

Is that so?

That's amazing!

Had to have been the first full orbit since it was discovered in 1846, right?

Truly amazing!

I agree, do you like birds?
I ate a chicken today haha

Ha!

I do love birds (and chickens as well).

My favorite bird is probably the hummingbird.

I like to observe them a lot.

Sometimes you can see them stealing spiderwebs as they like to use webs to repair and construct their own nests.

haha sounds like the spiders need spider police to prevent web stealing!

I always wanted to eat a dodo bird except they're extinct haha

I wonder what they would taste like?

Did you know the Dodo birds were actually a subfamily of pigeons?

ya so I was thinking, they would taste like a pigeon maybe?

so Maybe I should try pigeon haha

Ha!

Maybe so!

Most birds' bones are so hollow, the feathers weigh more than the skeleton so you wouldn't have to worry too much about the bones!

Ha!

haha good point!

I wish I could fly from alaska to mexico and not sleep, like some birds can

No kidding!

It must be nice, right?

I guess when you rank as the most successful class of tettapoda, you don't need much sleep.

Ha!

haha true that, I'd be scared to live in Australia, can you imagine a car alarm going off and then you discover its only a bird haha

That's almost unbelievable, isn't it?
Plus chainsaws and camera sounds!
It's like how on earth do they do that?

haha I know I wish I had that talent!

Or the talent to make the sound of a camera, that could be used for evil haha


I just found out that the sun is actually white.

I always thought it was yellow.

The sun is a star just like the white stars at night.

It is nearly a perfect sphere, and accounts for almost all of the mass in the solar system!

I understand that its mass is approximately 330000 times that of earth.

And it's only 1 billionth of the size of the larget star in our galaxy!

Cosmic sizes make no sense to the human mind!

We are so insignificant.

Knowing that the earth is much smaller than the sun, I'm rather fearful.

We wouldn't have to worry about the price of real estate on the sun because it's huge, but we'd need a lot of sunblock and a lot of air conditioning.

Did you know that Nepture completes an orbit only every 155 years or so?

Not so many Christmases on Neptune then.

Neptune's last full orbit was on July 11, 2011.

By the way, I would prefer less Christmases since I cannot afford it.

And your birthday?

That would only be every century and a half too.

The

It is okay.
Perhaps I would not get old too fast

Did you know that Jupiter has massive radio storms that can be heard on AM radios on earth?

Probably not as catchy as Top 40 radio though.

I would love to hear the storms.
Do they sound like the earth's storms?

Probably just a roar of white noise.

In contrast, Canadian radio plays at least 40% Canadian music.

Do you know the band Rush?

Everyone in Canada knows Rush.

No, I do not know.
Is there really such a law?
What is the reason for the law?

To ensure that Canadian media are not dominated by foreign (e.g., US) content.

To give Canadian artists an audience.

Not sure how they define "Canadian content".

Did you know that you make a radio out of simple household items?

I did not know that.
Please tell me about it?

In World War II, soldiers made radios with razorblades and pencils to form a diode.

These were called "foxhole radios."

Now I remember hearing about it.
It was very interesting to know.

You can also listen to classic radio shows on the internet now!

If you want to know about radio, there are plenty of resources!

I will do that.

By the way, A finish radio has been broadcasting news programs in classical latin.

I wonder who will listen to the program regular?

People that have lots of free time.

Latin is hard.

Are there many people in Finland who understand Latin since they have radio news in Latin?

I don't know.

It could be for students of the language.

Perhaps someone in the government has a fetish for the language.

The Finns live in a cold climate with a long winter.

Maybe Latin is interesting when you're sitting in a sauna.


Hey do you like basketball?
I like to watch it on TV

I do.
Who's your favorite team?

I really like the Pistons but that's only because I'm from Detroit.

What's your favorite team?

The Bulls, I am from Chicago.
We suck though...

Haha the Bulls used to be good though!
Do you like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

I do like him.

He was such a talent, even going back to his UCLA days.

Do you like him?

I do.

I can't believe he got the dunk banned in basketball though!

Apparently he was just too good with it.

That is pretty funny actually

Yeah.

Naismith is the losingest coach in Kansas history and he created the game!

Why not just change the rules so that he was better?

LOL you think so.

But you wouldn't think the Creator would be so bad as a coach haha.

I didn't know that the creator of basketball was a coach at the University of Kansas

Yeah.
They're all possessive about it too!

Have you ever seen the New Zealand basketball team?

Apparently their nickname is the tall blacks""

I have not.

I think that is their nickname.

I used to think it was really racist but i think their rugby team is call black 7s...

Oh wow haha I never heard of them.

Did you know that the US Supreme Court has a basketball court?

I did not.

That's crazy.

I wonder if the justices actually play of if it's just the staff.

That's a good question!

Love the name of the Court though.

It's called the "highest court in the land"

Nice!

Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA for a while.

They do not like change I guess.

No they don't.

I think those shoes were probably too good or something.

Do you like Reggie Miller?

He's in NBA hall of famer

I love Reg!
He's really funny.

What's weird is that his older sister was really good at basketball too.

Have you heard about that?

Yeah.
She was at USC, right?

I think so.

I guess back in 1982 she was better than him.

Yeah... Nice chatting with you!


Hello, did you know that Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade?

I didn't that is very interesting.

James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is the only losing coach in the university of kansas's history.

Haha, that's interesting as well.

The us supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land"

The new zealand basketball team are nicknamed the "tall blacks"

Interesting.
I wonder why?

I'm not sure I know basketball is very important to people.

In fact in 39 out of 50 states it's actually the highest paid state employee is a college football or basketball coach.

People like there sports.

Air jordan's were banned upon introduction by the nba.

however, jordan wore them anyways, as nike was willing to pay the fine each game.

That is interesting that Nike would pay the fine.

I know Tim Duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.

Yeah, I believe he was smart for that....Kinda??

I think so because basketball careers can end a college degree stays with you forever.

With millions of dollars, you can go to college too

This is true.

NBA player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until the age of 55.

Wow, sounds smart there.

Then once he reached 55 years of age he would then get a final lump sum of 32,000,000.

That's crazy.

NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player.

Did you know that physicists proved that shooting granny style is the absolute best technique to consistently score points.

Shooting Granny?
What on earth?
The game?

Granny still is where you throw the ball from between your legs.

But NBA players typically refuse to do it because it looks stupid.

Haha, oh I see what you are saying....

The NBA adopted the league's name on August 3, 1949.

Thanks for the information.
Merry Christmas!

The teams offices are located in the Olympic Tower.

I didn't realize that.
It's a team sport.

It is but that's where they put the offices at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York NY.

Oh ok.

NBA entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.


I used to work as a professional t-shirt slinger.

I know a lot about t-shirts.

ok, I worked for Diesel USA, tell me something interesting about T-Shirts ;)

When they are made in the USA, they are never truly made in the USA.

The thread and fabric is usually made in Honduras and then shipped to an American territory for cheap assembly and to be able to say Made in America.

yes that's a common concept.

There are multiple locations with cheap labor - maybe not Europe but Chile, Honduras, Peru - I've seen it before !

You really can't knock it.

T-shirts are synonymous  with affordable attire.

On the subject of shirts, I almost can't believe they were an exclusively male garment originally.

Really ?

Yeah!

But it's hard for me to not picture a t-shirt and jeans lifestyle.

Most women used to wear dresses made out of rice sacks

ok I have to ask - when the heck was that ?

Well in the early 19th century I think.

I'm not 100% on that knowledge, but I know from movies and books that it was a really common practice.

I know that polo shirts were originally invented for tennis

I would have guessed they started for polo, haha, but I guess that came later.

Good point, but yeah, I believe it !

I can't believe the Chinese cultural phenomenon of layering as many shirts as possible.

That seems really uncomfortable.

They got this from making swords I guess as many layers as possible

One thing I could definitely get behind is Hawaiian business attire.

I have no idea what that is.
why is that ?

Hawaiian business attire is officially an aloha shirt instead of a suit and tie.

oh the aloha shirt!

Well I suppose some jobs you could wear, or not wear, that too.

I just don't see that attire as a good idea :)

Do you know anything about basketball?

I love to play, I watch rarely

Same here.

I haven't watched an NBA game since the Chicago was on top.

when was that ?

Mid-early 90s

ahhh... those were good times...  was MJ still playing?

Yep.
I remember the height of Jordan.
Nike, Wheaties, Space Jam.

Space Jam.
I loved Space Jam.
I remember it earned a lot of money !

It really hit a lot of pop culture on the nose with Looney Tunes and all the NBA stars

Oh, that's right, there was more famous players in that movie, not only MJ

Larry Byrd was a good one.
He kind of looks like Tweety Bird.

lol :) I've never heard that.

Charles Barkley was one of the players if I remember correctly

Yeah.

Did you know that physicists proved that shooting "Granny Style" was the most effective method in basketball?

lol... really ?

It looks like it's so easy to block it ?

Most NBA players refuse to do it because it looks silly.

ohh come on.
That I would watch :)

Did you know that MJ wasn't allowed to wear Air Jordans?

yes, I think I've heard that one before, so funny.

Hey, thanks for chatting !

It was great

Yeah, Nike paid his fine so he could do it anyways.

lol good old Nike :) have a great day my friend :)


How's it going, do you follow basketball?

The wizards lost a tough game to the Hawks recently

Yeah i do.

I don't think either the Wizards or Hawks are very good this year.

Yea me neither, the loss to the Hawks was the Wizards fourth starlight, it's gonna be hard for them to make the playoffs

I agree.

It looks the same for the Lakers.

It is hard to believe a LeBron team won't make the playoffs

Yea, the Lakers are a train wreck plus Boston hasn't been the same since Irving returned from his injury from last season

Yeah, its weird but i think the Celtics play better without Irving ..His teammates get more involved with the offense when he is out.

Yea, I wonder which one of the 30 NBA teams Irving will sign to when he's a free agent

Some people think the Knicks and maybe his close friend Durant will join him.

It is going to be a really interesting off season.

I want to see if Davis finally gets traded

As a Knicks fan I'd love to have Durant on the team but I don't think the odds are as good as the media says.

I know, why leave the warriors when they are still on top.

As a Celtics fan who does think we play better without Kyrie, you can have him, lol

Lol well I'd take any good player at this point, even Cheryl Miller who broke 8 national records by scoring 105 points in a game

Yeah, poor Reggie scored 40 in his own game and thought he had a good night.

Yea that's a shame, I think Reggie took out his frustrations of living in his sister's shadow on the Knicks

Lol, did you know that physicists have proven that shooting foul shoots granny style is the best technique?

No but I'm not surprised, when I was a kid I always made more shots in shooting granny style

Yeah, me too.

I am guessing it is a simpler technique where less things can go wrong.

Shaq should have tried it.

Something tells me Shaq would still miss, they would probably call it hack-a-granny

Did you know about Allen Iverson's shoe deal?

800,000 a year and a final lump sum payment of 32 million when he reaches 55.

Sounds like a smart deal.

Yea it's a good deal, plus he didn't get fined for wearing them like MJ did when he wore air Jordans

Do you know why they fined Jordan?

Did the league have a deal with Reebok or something?

Probably had to do with the uniform restrictions like they have today with certain colors.

Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Hey there do you have a phone?

I only have a cell phone I don't have a house phone anymore

Hello, Yes, I have an iphone too!!
I use it all day long!
!

It's crazy that an iPhone has more computing power than the United States missile defense system haha.

I have an Android but I think is about the same

I know its hard to believe what they can do!

I am switching my next phone will be an Android.

That's good I like Androids a lot more!

Speaking of phones though, did you know that there is a cable connection between the United States and Europe?

Apparently it runs through the ocean and is about 2.7 inches thick

Wow, I never thought about that, very cool!

I love the idea of Unicef donates a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone!

Who knew...

Yeah I should do that because I certainly don't use my phone 24 hours a day, what do you watch for entainment by the way?

Do you watch anything on your phone, I know I watch a lot of YouTube on mine

Yes, I do too!

I do watch on my phone.

I have the Netflix and Pbs app and along with utube, I will watch movies or educational shows!!

Its great!

Well have you ever watched Bill Nye the Science Guy before?

Apparently he got his break after he entered a Steve Martin look-alike competition, I used to watch him a lot as a kid

Not so much Bill Nye, But I loved Steve Martin growing up!!

I can't see the the look a like though.

Steve Martin made some funny movies!

I do like Steve Martin!

I also liked the Nintendo Entertainment System when I was growing up.

Apparently it only could display 54 colors but that never bothered me

I know, I remember playing that also.

I think I still have it somewhere in the house!

lol It was finally discontinued in 2003 in Japan.

Yes I still have mine!

I'm just glad that we don't live in the time of Julius Caesar, apparently people in the United Kingdom used to use chickens for entertainment instead of eating way back then LOL I'm glad we have video games today

True, that's crazy!!
I wonder what entertainment meant!

LOL I think that's what it was, but that would make me sad!

Have you ever read the Harry Potter books by the way

Yes, OMG, I think I've bought my kids all of them.. Have you been to Universal and been on the ride?

The whole area is magical and the ride is fast and fun!!

Butter beer of course to drink!

lol

I love the butterbeer!

It's so tasty, I haven't read all the books but I have seen all the movies.

I do like at Stephen Fry does all of the voices in the audio books though, he does a great job

I agree, Hard to believe the books were the most banned books so far in the 21st century!

Wow that is crazy!

It's also crazy that the author, JK Rowling, was turned down by 12 Publishers before she finally got a deal to publish the Harry Potter series

I was just thinking of that, told to get a job, omg she's worth millions now!

Just like most successful people, never give up!

Nope I agree!

I also agree that Harry Potter is awesome LOL it's great that they were translated from British to American English, I wonder what the difference is, great talking to you by the way


hey there, do you use the telephone?

I do!
Do you?

Yes quite a bit for work and personally

Nice.
What type of phone do you have?
I have an iphone.

I have an android, samsung.
Did you ever use a rotary phone?

I did.
It was a pain.
What about you?

Yeah a pain indeed but sometimes fun.

NYC's area code is 212 because of the ease of dialing on the rotary phone.

It makes perfect sense.

Did you know it is impossible to separate two phone books?

I did not.

I wonder how that works?

I know an iPhone has a lot of computing power.

yeah it does, more than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent

That's crazy that intercontinental ballistic missles are being controlled by something less than an iphone.

there you go, the phones are so advanced now it is crazy

Do you like harry potter.

I do, how about you?
have you seen all the movies?

I have, and read all the books.
He was born on 7-31-80.

Nice, good for you.

I guess the series then takes place through the 90s

Yeah.

It was the most banned book for the 21st century.

SO crazy, I do not see the point.

THe writer was turned down by 12 publishers and told to get a job

Wow.
A tribute to persistance!
Good for JK!

Yes good for her.
Nice chatting with you


Do you still use a landline ?

No I haven't had one for a long long time.

I have a phone my girlfriend has a phone even my kids have phones.

No need for it.

Where I live the reception is problematic, so I still have one.

Do you have a regional code that is old, or fast to dial on a rotary phone ?

I dont even know what you are talking about to be honest.

Before the cell phone there were landlines, old phones using landline used a rotary dial to input a phone number, 212 is really fast to type 989 really long.

Oh mine is 304 so I guess its in the middle somewhere.

Yeah, so it is quite old, I have friends in 819 zone, that is quite recent.

Technology evolves, but we still use cable to transmit data in the end.

yeah the cables carrying phone and internet data across ocean are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.

That is quite thin, if you consider the length of an ocean to cross, I  was think it was around a foot in diameter, no just 2.7 inches.

A shark could bite through it.

Nope only 2.7 inches.
Amazing huh.

It is amazing, Europe could lose Netflix if a shark was hungry.

What do you do for entertainment ?

Mostly watch netflix or play my old nintendo these days.

Do you play on a HD display or an old CTR display ?

Hd for sure.
I got a big ole 55 inch tv.
Gives a whole new perspective on mario.
Lol.

The NES was incredible as a console, it could do so much with only 54 colors.

What is your favorite game ?

Probably mario 2 Where you jumped on the eggs when the bowsers spit them at you.

i love that game.

It was a great game, with different characters with different abilities.

They still made the console till 2003 , that is probably some kind of record.

Yeah when you think about how basic that system was compared to what they have today.

I think ps3 will last a long time though just because it will play blurays.

that is about all I use mine for anymore.

Chicken also were used as a form of entertainment in roman times, and when you got bored with it you could eat it.

So true.
Well its been fun.
Have a good one.


Are you an avid  traveler?

Yes, I love to travel, some of my bucketlist destinations include Austria, New Zealand, Iceland but Iceland doesn't have any public rail services so that might be an expensive trip.

You?

I am a consultant to the Navajo Generating Station on the reservation in Arizona and at the same time live in Louisiana.

So, for about 1/2 of the year I live near the swamps and the other half I live in the desert.

about 8 miles from the Grand Canyon.

But I have Japan on my bucket list.

All major highways in Japan are toll roads; it cost more than 300 to drive cross-country.

Oh wow, I was recently in Phoenix Arizona and I really enjoyed the Botanical Gardens there, but sounds far from natural from the climates you live in.

Oh yeah, I do want to visit Japan some time too, I especially love Japanese foods.

Japan sounds very expensive to travel as well!

Perhaps, but I like the concept of toll roads; let the users pay rather than general tax funds.

We might have better highways if we had more dedicated toll roads.

I like to cycle a lot and get to do quite a bit on the rez.

Did you know that Mackinac Island (MI) banned autos and only allow bikes and horse carriages?

That's a great way of thinking.

I'm not too familiar with Mackinac Islands, but it sounds like a place where one can get in touch with nature and maybe try snorkeling or something.

I have not been there, but I heard it is beautiful.

Have you ever had the opportunity to tour the White House and the National Mall?

No I have not, but I know that Ireland and France have twin buildings as its white house!

Is it to accommodate the guests or something?

Tours of the White House are somewhat limited and superficial, more so after 9/11.

But it's still worthwhile.

Its interesting to study how Presidents try to put their mark on the White House, like Teddy Roosevelt banning Christmas Trees from the White House!

Thankfully future Presidents restored the Christmas Tree!

How long do the tours take?

Yeah!

I wonder why Roosevelt decided to ban Christmas trees, is it because he was allergic or that way people didn't feel obligated to give gifts perhaps?

Tours don't take long 1-2 hours max.

Teddy Roosevelt started our National Park System.

I guess as a conservationist, he was against tree murder.

Things that other presidents have done include Carter installing solar panels, Reagan taking them off, and Bush (1st) putting them back on.

Oh, that's great insight!

Solar panels were already invented back in Carter's days, then why is the White House still using floppy disks for storing files, I'd imagine it'd be hard to find those on the market these days.

I actually have an unopened box of 5.25 inch floppies in the attic from about 30 years ago!!

I wonder why they still use floppies?

Perhaps for security since it can't be hacked if its not online.

Still, I wonder how they buy computers that still read floppies?

If the white house is using floppies for that reason, then we are definitely very prone to security hacks and breaches!

I also had tons of floppies in storage but the Marie Kondo trend made me toss them away since I have no way of seeing what's on there with updated computers these days.

With this chat about travel and computers, do you have favorite internet travel sites you use for personal and/or business travel?

To look for itineraries or to help me budget or?

Booking, budget, or just dreaming.

With the internet, you can always take a "virtual vacation" should you not have the time or resources to travel.

They even have cell and internet service on top of Mount Everest.

So, if you ever get there, you can send me a email with a photo attachment as proof!!

Haha, I think I shall hope to travel to my bucketlist destinations in real life, but you're right, without the funds, I can only enjoy a virtual vacation!

I don't think I'll survive those harsh climates and those altitudes!

Same here.

The internet has also really transformed shopping.

I dislike walking stores and travelling from one store to another to compare.

So, I can comparison shop from the comfort of my living room.

Did you know that about 7% of people read the contact terms when buying online?

I definitely fall out of that 7% range, why do you think people take the time to read the full contract terms and conditions?

I personally fall into the 7%.

I shop at very few sites (Amazon,com, Walmart.com,...).

I may have read the terms at one time, but now I just click away.

Did you know that clicking links on the internet can cause real measurable addictions?

Oh wow!

I skim through it but definitely don't read everything.

Are there rehab facilities that treat the clicking addiction?


Do you know much about the white house?

Yes, have you visited there?
Bush put solar panels on.

I have visited it obviously from the outside.

There are similar buildings in France and Ireland too

Yes, I think someone in America has built one similar also?

Oh did not know that, where is it?

WHen Roosevelt was in the house he did not allow christmas trees there

Really, I think that was because he was a staunch conservationist!

Hard to believe they are still using floppy disks.They probably decorated the trees outside and everywhere else at that time.

Yeah I think the floppy discs are safer still for some reason.

Did you know the white house got hit on November of 2011?

Makes sense.

Yeah, its surprising it took four days to find that the bullets had hit the white house!

Do you enjoy traveling?

Right?
Yes I love it.
have you ever been to Japan?

No, have you?

I hear its very crowded!

The highways are tolls and it cost quiet abit to travel across the country!

Yes it can cost you as much as $300 to travel across, quite a bit

Did you know air travel is 10% slower than in the 60's in order to save fuel costs?

Oh cool.

The Dutch are working on a bus that can actually go 160 mph

That would be interesting to ride!

Iceland has no public toll service most people without cars use domestic flights.

I reminds me of the Virgin Islands people fly from island to island.

Yeah it is a small country so the flights must be short too.

In Mackinac Island they do not allow motorized vehicles

Oh really, Did you know during the age of discovery, ships released rabbits onto islands to provide future food for other travelers.

I love rabbits, so cute.

But, I know they had to eat.

Yeah that is true.

Do you know who was the first king to travel the world?

King Kalakaua of Hawaii!!

That surprises me.

I love Hawaii, when I was there at the big island we went to the volcanic area.

Very cool all the lava rocks!

Nice, I would love to go someday.
DO you use the internet much?

Yes, like most people too much!

Seems like I'm on it all the time.

I can believe that only 7% read the full terms when buying a service.

My goodness its so long .

I try to go over the basics!

Oh me too, they are super long.
it would take forever.
It was nice chatting with you


Did you know the White House still uses floppy disks?

How low tech...

I wonder if they do so to be in control so files don't get into the wrong hands.

Did you know France and Ireland have buildings that are twins to the White House.

It makes no sense unless one wants to lose important data.

It took the Secret Service 4 days to realize that bullets struck the WH?

That is a little scary!
I wonder if that was a recent event?

I happened in 2011.

Good that George W. Bush had solar panels put back on the WH.

So that was a recent event.

Good on the solar panels.

Christmas trees were  banned at the WH by conversationalist Teddy Roosevelt

That's weird.

Also weird is that there is a 3G cell service on the top of Mt.

Everest in case you need to order takeout.

Weird!

I use the internet all the time.

As much as I use it I just learned the hamburger button is the three line menu on websites.

yes, it makes me hungry.

Wow, only 7% of people read the full terms when buying products and services on the internet.

I'm one of those 93%.

I am too.

I bet I'm one of the people addicted to the internet since constant clicking causes addiction measurable in the brain.

I probably should cut back on my clicking... Do you like to travel?

I want to ride on the 160 mph bus the Dutch made.

I do, but no way on that bus!

I'll stick to Mackinac Island where there's been a motorized vehicle ban over 100 years.

That would be cool too.

Anything but Japan's $300 in tolls to cross the country.

I have heard that every single highway in Japan is a toll.

Must be pricey to commute to work.

And inconvenient... Iceland sound cool although I would miss the freedom of having a car.

I guess they fly everywhere.

Yes, with no public rail service I guess that's the only option.

Funny, the first king to go around the world was Hawaii's King Kalakua.

Hawaii had or has a king?

Hmmm.

Oh I wonder.

It is pretty amazing that travel can be considered anything from waling to flying on a plane.

I guess moving is travel...

I heard the Library of Alexandria has saved a "copy of the internet"?

I doubt that.

Oh, I've heard that too.

They save a copy in case the internet burns down.

Sure sounds weird.

Yeah and impossible...

It fluctuates a bazillions of terabytes a day.

Huh.
I don't know that much about it.
It was nice chatting.
Have a good night.

OK, thanks.

You're welcome.


Hello.

I cannot imagine living without having access to the internet.

This is true; the internet has been my primary source of information and entertainment for quite some time now.

What do you use the internet for most?

I use it at work and at home.
We cannot mturk without it!

I really enjoy watching YouTube through the internet.

I have so many favorites channels that it's hard to keep track of.

I like to watch cooking a lot.

What about you?

I listen to music on Youtube.

I also use social media to see posts from friends and family members.

Same here!

Do you ever use Twitter when you're on the internet?

I saw a really shocking hashtag once that was #IfIDieInASchoolShooting I guess it's to bring awareness to the issue.

I  saw the hashtag and related comments.

I'm pro gun but I understand the other side's concerns.

Yes, I'm always seeing that issue brought up on the internet.

I'm also pro gun.

I think the issues lies more on the subject of mental heath and public awareness of it.

What do you think?

People who have mental illness and criminals should not be allowed to have guns.

That's for sure!

Through that hashtag I saw on the internet, some of the kids were saying if they died, they'd want their bodies left on the White House floor.

Talking about the White House, do you know that it has twin buildings in Ireland and France?

No, I did not know that.

They are full sized versions of the White House?

I remember as a kid we all had to make miniature  diorama things and one was the White House grounds.

It was really fun.

Roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned Christmas trees from the white house.

That's pretty unique!

I heard he also loved nature and travel and such.

Do you like those things?

I love travel and camping.

I love to travel.

If I go to Japan though, I would only take trains.

Yes, I've heard about the enormous tolls to travel in Japan by car.

It's a shame, too, because the Japanese countryside is supposed to be gorgeous!

$300 in tall fees to drive around Japan?

I cannot afford it.

I'd rather spend that on sushi or noodles!

One of my favorite travel shows is The Food Ranger on YouTube.

Have you ever seen it?

I agree with you about sushi and noodles.

I have not seen the show the food ranger.

Please tell me about it.

It's a really good travel show but it's based on foods to try.

The guy Trevor James started out alone and met his wife through making the show!

It's really sweet.

I think I'll go watch it now!

Have a nice time watching the show!
It was nice chatting with you.


Have you ever used a rotary phone?

It is very old model.

Now days we can update technology, latest model phone are now available.

Yeah, I used one before, but I didn't know that 212 was the fastest number one could dial.

The cables carrying internet data can across the ocean floor they are mostly optic fibre it make faster to reach the destination.

Interesting, how old are they?

Do you think the internet could fail because of this?

Modern computer have the ability to set of operating called programs.

Interesting.

Did you know that the iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent?

Computer are used as control system for a wide variety of industrial and consumer device.

Mainly for security purpose to watch in the industry.

Interesting, did you know that smoking near an Apple computer voids the warranty?

Its very interesting.

The space shuttle computer runs in 1MB of Ram

True, the space shuttle runs on less memory than the iphone too!

The russians made a computer that ran on water.

Interesting, but not all that surprising we use water for power in a lot of things.

Transhumanists want to upload their minds to computer and memory sticks

Yup, I would do that if I could be immortal, would you?

Clothing is a collective item worn on the body.

It is, I wear it everyday.

It is a great thing to be able to wear around.

I hope you wear clothes.

Pilgrim clothing was full of colour.

I'm aware of that.
Do you dress like a pilgrim?

No, Fashion and style I preferred.
What about you ?

I just wear jeans and a tshirt to be honest.

Nice chatting with you.


How's it going?

Did you know Russians made a computer that ran on water?

Hi, no, I didn't know that.
When was this and is it ongoing?

It was in 1936 but I think they stopped doing it

Very interesting.
Do you know a lot about computers?

Just the basics like caryying out arthimetic or logical operations

Right.

I find that over the years it becomes harder to do the basics on computers, like simple maintenance.

Yea computers have advanced so much, Transhumaninist want to upload their minds to computers in the future

I think that they have eliminated the way for the average person to be able to do maintenance, I feel like I have to take a class just to keep mine operating, lol.

Yea I know, they are used in so many things like consumer devices

I know I was shocked the day that I left Wendy's and my phone asked me how my visit was!

My daughter laughed so hard.

Yea, it's funny how our phones now run more than ram than things like the space shuttle

What's going to happen when electricity is unavailable and they all stop working?

I called a collection agency to make a payment arrangement and they couldn't help because their computers were down, they were helpless!

Maybe they can outsource it to the Russian computers that run on water

Lol, good one.

Apparent smoking near apple computers voids the warranty

No way, are you serious?

That actually makes sense, but how...are there any cases to read about this?

Apple claims it's a "biohazzard", I'm not sure if anyone had theirs void though

I really think that's logical, although hard to enforce.

It probably wouldn't be at all hard to show the damage though.

I don't know, they might have sensors or something.

An iphone has more computing power than the US nclear icbm deterrent

Oh wow, that's actually scary, you know?

Yea,technology is getting too scary


Hi!

I think it's crazy iPhones have more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent!

That's almost unbelievable, isn't it?

That is insane!

Goes to show just how far technology has come, especially the last decade or so.

So true!

I even remember the old rotary phones.

Speaking of which, they say New York's area code is 212 because it's the fastest number to dial on rotary phones.

I figured 111 would be fastest.

Ha!

Yeah how did they come up with 212 being the fastest anyways?

I remember using them too.

I even remember phone books.

Hard to believe they're obsolete now.

In fact, did you know it's virtually impossible to separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped?

Oh yeah, I remember looking up girls phone numbers from school in those.

No, never knew that, wonder who had the time to test that theory.

What's even crazier to me is the cables that carry internet and phone data across the oceans are 2.7 inches in diameter and simply lay on the ocean floor.

Would have never guessed that!

That is crazy, that must have been a really slow boat ride across while that was being laid.

No kidding!

I also think it's wild the Russians made a computer that ran on water back in 1936.

Like, how is that possible?

Ha!

Yeah I wonder what they even looked like!

And someone built a 16 bit computer using only basic Minecraft building blocks that worked.

Now I wonder what that looked like!

Yeah shows how far we have come with technology.

Do you know what the top video game was in 1995?

I'm honestly not sure about that one.

But what sounds like it could be a video game is transhumanists actually want to upload their minds to memory sticks and computers.

That's a little scary!

That is very scary!

I think Johhny Depp was recently in a movie that was about that type of thing.

Really?

I need to check it out, then!

Speaking of movies, you know how they always show pilgrims wearing black?

That's false as their clothes were actually colorful and they only wore black on special occasions!

That is very interesting!

I bet most people would never have guessed that.

Yeah, just as many people don't realize Apple had their own clothing line back in 1986!

I'm glad they stuck with technology instead.

That is crazy, I never knew that.

I wonder what their clothing line would look like lol.

Maybe we can find some of their old clothes at that store in Alabama that only sells unclaimed airport baggage.

Ha!

Right!

I bet you could find some really wild stuff there!

You could probably find the Rip Curl clothes that are made in North Korea yet the labels say "made in China".

Ha!

Well, it was nice chatting with you!

Have a great day!


Interesting, I see a store in Alabama only sells things found in unclaimed luggage.

ah that is weird, Id feel bad buying someon elses lost stuff!

Me too.

I also see Apple had a clothing line in the 80s.

Would you buy Apple clothes?

oh I totally would, theyd be overprice but very advanced haha, would you wear pilgrim clothes?

Only in the winter, I would think they are exceedingly hot.

Would you?

haha well apaprently they wore colorful clothes, only the black stuff for speical events, so I would try it haha

I pretty much wear the same colors most days.

Apparently smoking near an Apple computer voids for the warranty for a biohazard.

Crazy

that is crazy, also crazy that people want to upload their brains to computers these days, theyre called transhumanists

I'm not sure if I could want a computer to have my brain.

Would you?

I woudl try it you'd have to haha, I want to see that russian computer that runs on water too

I've seen it!

It's really cool and also kind of scary because humans obviously cannot

ya I agree with that, do you have a phone?

or only a cellphone

I dont have a landline and havent since married 8 years ago.

Started with a little Nokia and now have an Android.

You?

ya I onlyl have an android, it's crazy that our current phones have more processing power than the USA millile system

Exactly, considering how many lives hang in the balance there.

ya I agree, I can't believe that people make computers out of the videogame minecraft, thats too much time on your hands

People can build pretty cool things in that game, I just wish they would attempt to build something in the outside world with real skill.

ya I think so, they could use that time more wisely, crazy too that the space shuttle only had about 1mb of ram

That's just a bit less than my first computer.

Amazing they could write something that actually worked.

yup I agree, what was your first computer btw?

that sounds like a long time ago, no offense haha

An IBM in like 1990


I do not go on Reddit, but 0.53% vote for content as they visit Reddit.

Me neither, i don't see how it's the number 6 most visited site in the world

Interesting, which do you visit the most in the web?

Mostly google.

I like to search for places to travel.

Apparently in Japan all the highways have tolls that add up to $300 to travel across the country

I do too!

I did a recent research on Japan and I believe that!

A disney pass to Tokyo, Japan's Disneyland is way cheaper for a three-day hopper than in Anaheim's Disneyland's three-day hopper.

That's no surprising.

I wonder how much it will cost to ride the 160mph commuter bus the dutch are designing

That is a fast bus.
However, it seems expensive.

Yea but can't be more expensive than being forced to use domestic flights in Iceland due to no public rail service

Well, look at the Mackinac Island.

They used horse-drawn carriages or bikes.

Yea, I wonder why they banned motoried vehicles on Mackinac island?

Over a hundred years!
That is long!
Must be a culture thing.

Sounds strange since MI makes a lot of cars, they named cadillac after the founder of Detroit

Interesting.

Did you know that McDonalds' drive-thru was added for soldiers who couldn't go in as they wear their attire?

No, that's strange, I wonder if soldier can get out there cars while still wearing their fatigues now

Well, I bet they can since it is 2019.
Happy New Year Soldiers!

Hopefully they'll equip cars with flame throwers for them like they allow in South Africa

Do you think the flame throwers are attached to the cars?

Probably.

Too bad they don't make trunks of cars out of wood anymore, that be a nice combination

Well, think about it.

The years have gone by with new technology.

Yea, apparently you can become a professional race car driver beating 90,000 people in Gran turismo like Jann Mardenborough

That is true.
Nice chatting with you.
Have a great night.


Hello, do you like Ariana Grande?

I've heard of her, but never heard her.
I hear a pastor groped her.

Oh right,  that was at someone's funeral.

Weird thing, lol, I think it's funny that her song "dangerous woman" which is about female empowerment is written by 3 men.

well men know about dangerous women.
she should write about dangerous men

Thats not really how the song is portrayed but ok.  Yeah she should make another song about dangerous men lol that would be hilarious.

I think he made a "taco bell" crack about her name.

I think he meant Starbucks

lol I think I read that as well.

I think its funny that she is not hispanic,  with a name like Grande,  she is italian.

LOL.

The dude in question also apologized to the whole Hispanic community.

He probably had to make a big gesture.

just made it to the wrong community.

Well Bill Clinton was there too...so it was quite a motley crew

Yeah lol Shouldve been to the Italians.

Bubba was enjoying the view.

I read that she was the first fan hit by a puck at the florida panthers current arena.

Thats unfortunate

looks like she has bad luck with stadiums.

that manchester bombing was scary

Right that was crazy!

It was nice of her to do a charity concert.

yeah.
$13M raised.
Thats and offer you cant refuse

Yeah thats amazing.

I hear she also co founded a youth singing group.

she should get her own tv show, I'm tired of watching pokemon

Maybe,  if its not reality tv I might watch it lol

or she could lend her voice...like ringo starr did for thomas the tank engine

That would be cool!
I never knew that.
Did you ever watch that show?

I;m going to head over to watch it now.

Maybe I'll catch some george carlin, take care.


Have you ever eaten popcorn with chopsticks?

No, how about you?

Have you eaten it in any unconventional way?

No I have not.

But apparently you will find popcorn much more enjoyable if you do!

When you pay more attention to something enjoyable, they enjoy it more.

That's what the article said.

I've thrown popcorn into the air and tried to catch it in my mouth.

It did make eating popcorn fun.

But I can't think of an unconventional way I've consumer water, can you?

There are lots of ways!

Shipping envelopes, pringles cans (though I prefer win those), even martini glasses.

Use your creativity!

I think I'd like to try an unconventional way to eat pizza instead.

I don't think I would be very successful eating it with chopsticks, but blindfolded might be fun.

Does that sound fun to you?

It could be - the restaurant which is pitch black could be interesting too - I have no idea how those waiters find the tables though

Ha, ha!

So true!

Did you enjoy learning the stuff about cars?

I thought it was interesting why they call the trunk of your car a trunk.

It seems so funny now!

Yes it does make sense.

I want to become a professional race car driver though - I am pretty good at video games

Are you really?

I find driving in video games to be harder than driving on the road in a real car.

I can see how it could help you with your driving skills.

Certainly there are a lot more obstacles to avoid in video games!

I rarely have boulders coming down the road at me.

Though the hardest part for teenagers is drive thrus

Thank goodness we don't have all those obstacles on the road coming at you!

It's bad enough to get stuck in rush hour traffic!

Yes.

10 mph is easier to deal with than 100 for sure.

Though perhaps not in South Africa - where it is legal to have flame throwers on your car

Whoa!

Don't mess with cars in South Africa!

I think, though, I might like to try out that Dutch commuter bus they're creating that will travel at 160 mph.

Yes that does sound crazy!

I do want to travel to Europe - though Iceland does not have any trains - just airplanes to get from town to town

Europe would be fun.

I don't think I would like to go to Iceland, trains or not, just because it sounds very cold!

Greenland is colder than Iceland!

Japan is expensive though - all of their highways are tolled

Yeah, that roll highway thing would be a pain in the neck!

It would greatly increase your travel expenses.

I think it would be cool to try out Mackinac island and travel the old fashioned way, by horse drawn carriages.

That would be cool!

Yes a slow pace of life for sure.

I bet the Hawaiian king who was the first to travel the world had a slow pace of life as well.

It's funny, but the slow pace of life was how the world worked until recent times.

Now we are very impatient, we want quick travel, instant access, all that.

Yes - and everything is online.

I could not live without my Reddit for social media.


hi, do you like cars?

Yea car's are really cool, except self-driving cars, apparently Google's has an aggressive mode

wow.

do you know how the drive thru came about?

No idea, how?

soldiers were not allowed to walk out of the car in their uniforms

Never knew that, I also never knew it is illegal to warm up your car in Ohio, must suck in the winter

I bet it does suck Do you know how cadillac got its name?

Something to do with a French explorer I believe

Yeah she was the founder of detroit

That's cool, I want to visit Detroit one day I think I'll drive rather than take a plane, air travel has slowed down since the 1960s

Yeah.
Do you travel much?

A few times a year, I might have to check out that website that have people who let you crash at their couch for free

Nice.

The Dutch are creating a bus that goes at 160 mph

That sounds awesome, will have to check it out, maybe take a garden gnome and take a picture of it riding the bus

hahahah.

do you know who was the first king to travel the world?

No, not off the top of my head

It was king kalakaua of Hawaii

Nice.

Do you go on Reddit?

They have over 542 million visitors a month

I do not but that is crazy.
do you?

Sometimes but I don't write anything on it although as of now it has over 1.2 billion comments

Wow that is insane.
Nice chatting with you.