How you been doing?

Have you heard about Jim Dutcher and his wife who studied wolves?

Hello, I'm good thanks.

I have never heard of them before, tell me more please.

Well Jim Dutcher lived amoung a pack of wolves for six years in Iowa and observed many things about them

I see that his wife eventually joined him in living in the wild.

Yea, they wrote about acts of wold devotion, compassion, and rivalry.

It is very interesting stuff

Jim Dutcher built a 25 acre enclosure on the forest service land in 1990 to start rearing the wolf pups to create a pack.

That's awesome and nice of him to do.

Him and his wife slept in an enclave with wolves

The actually built the enclave to live in inside the 25 acre enclosure, that is brave of them.

Yea, especially allowing Jamie to enter the birthing den, I'd be pretty scared to try that

That is so true!

I see that in the state of Idaho, there is no area that is protected for wolves, in 2014 there was only 650 wolves living in the state.

wow.

Yea, it is unfortunate that Iowa denied them permit renewals after six years

It is sad, something good though is that they were able to document what they experienced, making 6 books and 3 television documentaries.

I would like to see them.

Me too, there isn't much interesting shows on tv anymore, just like 750 episodes of Pokemon

I'm really enjoying a lot of series that are on Netflix, Do you watch Netflix?

Yes, I watch a lot of reruns of that 70's show.

They made a UK version called "Days like these"

Wow, I didn't know that, I will have to look for it.

I watch a lot of Netflix Original Series and Movies, they are getting pretty good at making the movies.

Yea.

I don't watch it as much anymore as I use to although I prefer it over tv which is a mass medium for advertising

Wow you are right.

I use our DVR to record shows so I can fast forward through commercials, and the commercial breaks are 5 to 6 min long now.

Yea, a bunch of commercials and non-stop news

I'm getting to where I don't watch the news anymore.

No, sometimes I'll watch tv with my kids, they like thomas the tank, I find it great Ringo Starr did the voice for 52 episodes.


Hi!
Have you ever ridden a motorcycle?
Some people take cross country trips!

No not really, Im kind of afraid of them, dangerous machines

Yeah I agree.

Very deadly and unsafe.

What are your thoughts on guns in america?

Some people are actually afraid!

I guess guns need to be better controlled, you cant take the guns away from people, thats a sure thing

Yeah that would never work!I think it would need to come from the president as they are considered the ultimate leader.

Yeah a president, dictator of authoritarian regimes leaders, I'm glad we have a democracy

Me too.

There have been lots of rich presidents too.

The top 3 in the past not including Trump I assume were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.

I wonder if any of them are pop stars like the president of Indonesia,

Oh yeah the president who released 3 albums while in office!

Obama would have been the closest to that because he was close with rappers and other famous people.

Can you imagine Obama in a rap album lets say with Snoop Dogg

That would be a funny listen, he should do it!

His rap name should be renegade because that was his secret service codename.

Thats actually a cool codename The Regae ft Snoop Dog

Yeah I could see them being popular.

Even if he was born in Kenya he could still have become president.

But I don't think he was.

I dont think he was either, he vetoed 2 bills while in office, not sure if thats a good thing

Well compared to FDR it was way less.
Specifically 633 less!

So FDR vetoed 635 bills?
now that sounds like a lot

Yeah it does.

One thing I want to try is to see if I can see Obama on google maps when I zoom into the whitehouse.

Thats funny, maybe they updated that picture already, but I have to take a look at that

Yeah!

I love the internet for things like that.

The world wide web was invented in 1989 by an english scientist working in Switzerland!

He is going to be remembered for ever, what a great invention.

Scientists makes our lives better

Oh yeah very much so.

The term scientist wasn't coined until the 19th century too!

Harvard scientist also made an amazing advance, they stored the DNA of bacteria in a GIF


hello how are you?
do you prefer humans or fish?

Honestly, I love both!

What about you?

I do think it's cool that seahorses are the only fish that has necks... like we humans have.

Ha!

I guess fish are quieter companions and good listeners, but not very warm.

I prefer eating fish.

That is true.

Speaking of eating, did you know black swallowers can eat prey ten times its weight and twice its length?

It's like how is that possible?

i guess they practice.

or they were designed to be gluttons.

or both.

if i could do that, i would bankrupt every buffet in town.

Ha!

You and me both!

Personally, I'd like to study this particular breed of immortal jellyfish to find out how and why they're immortal.

I find that fascinating!

It is amazing that something could live forever when everything else seems destined to die.

So true!

But obviously we're closer to the zebrafish since 84% of genes associated with our diseases have counterparts in zebrafish.

I expect that the creatures of the deep harbor secrets to our own disease-free immortality.

Agreed!

At least I hope so!

Humans have come so far in terms if evolution over the years.

It surprises me we lost our body hair only 240,000 years ago!

some of us have managed to hold on to that body hair but lose that scalp hair.

Ha!

No kidding!

But then we'll regrow a rib that's just as strong as the original 2 to 3 months after having it surgically shortened.

Now that's crazy!

we were designed to survive.

i bet people broke ribs a lot in the past, and the strongest survived.

You are right about that!

We are even adapted for persistence hunting pretty much making us the best distance runners of all animals that runs!

yes, we really were built to spread around the planet, then design tools to adapt to the new places.

So true.

I also think it's cool that there's a certain sound frequency that can strike fear in humans.

I'd probably be to scared to listen to it though!

I bet a really low pitch is close to the earth moving or a herd of animals coming or maybe bad weather.

i wonder

I wonder as well.

Maybe we can find a television show that can shed more light on the subject.

Speaking of television shows, are you a fan of The Simpson's?

I think it's cool that the Simpson's crew sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode!

That was nice of them!

I think they were pleased that the SP guys made fun of FG for its bad story writing.

LOL> Anyway, great chat!

I think so as well!

But you know, there's one episode of The Simpson's where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned that I still want to see... Well it was great chatting with you as well!

Have a nice evening, friend!

Have a nice evening!

I'll take a look for that Simpsons episode.

I'll have to as well but I also wouldn't mind seeing all 750 episodes of Pokemon.

Ha!

That's an insane amount!

Well, thanks friend!

You take care and have a nice evening as well!


Hey there, did you know that the top riches presidents prior to Trump was Washington, Jefferson and jfk?

Yeah thats cool.

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

That is interesting to hedar.
Why is that?

Oh I dont know,  maybe to cater to larger parties or entourages?

possibly, i have no clue either

Maybe something to look up at a later time lol

yeah it would be an interesting read

have you ever looked at the white house on google maps?

apparently you can see barak obama lol

haha are you sure or is it just a black speck

I just read it recently I havent looked lol

ahh ok lol

Obamas secret service codename is renegade lol

Really, he couldnt pick a more fitting name?

lol

I know right,  hilarious

Like Obamarama lol

That is pretty considerate of the people of india to remove the coconuts around obamas destinations, just in case lol

Why do they remove the coconuts?

I imagine so they dont fall on him

I didnt even know India had coconut trees lol

lol yeah thats interesting

Maybe the Indians were afraid of him vetoing a bill concerning them so thats why they removed the coconuts

Maybe!!

lol Its been great chatting with you, have a good one.


Good Morning

Hello, and good morning.

I think I have seen the movies these people made about the wolf pack.

They are really good.

Yeah, that's very interesting.

I have not.

For six years in the 1990s, documentary filmmaker Jim Dutcher lived among a pack of wolves in Idaho.

I fully believe that we should leave the wolves and the other animals alone.

Animal packs and herds do not need to be culled by humans.

They have biological ways of doing that themselves.

It's weird to think that the way the Dutchers see it, these wolves - the Sawtooth Pack - became their social partners.

Too bad humans don't seem to be able to accomplish that.

We are always fighting with each other.

Humans do not get along.

We are basically killers and that is that.

No doubt, we could learn a lot from others.

On another note, did you know that Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each?

Wow, they all have really good voices.
My son used to watch that show.

Yes, they do.
My son did as well.
I didn't realize it.

Humans haven't had body hair for 240,000 years.

I wonder what caused that.

Haha, man who knows.

It's cool that our bodies will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2 - 3 months of having it surgically shortened.

I wish I could regrow my 17 year old body.

Now that would be something.

Haha, I want the metabolism and energy back.

Well, there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.

I wonder how they feel after a few hundred years?

Haha, good question.

84 per cent of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in the zebrafish

Since fish are vertebrates also, they would naturally have a lot of the same genes that evolved when the vertebrate tree of life evolved.

A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck

Necks did not really evolve until tetrapods crawled out of the ocean and needed to be able to turn their heads to see where they were and what was sneaking up on them.

That is beyond interesting

Have a nice day!
!

You too.

Bye


Did you like Obama as president?

I disagreed with him a lot- at this point, I would prefer anyone over trump.

Even his dogs.

It's funny, you can see him on google maps.

Yeah I dont like Trump either and that is funny, sounds like something he would do on purpose but Im guessing its a stange coincidence.

You really can't stage a Google maps drive-by, since they drive around with cameras mounted to their cars.

Yeah I didnt think so, cool fact but when Obama visited India all of the coconuts trees were removed for safety reasons.

The first President of Zimbabwe is referred to as President Banana.

I've never heard of the name Banana before.

Maybe things got lost in translation?

It's still funny.

So is knowing trump isn't one of the top three wealthiest presients.

Can be, would be funny to learn more about president Banana, and that is kind of weird, who is in that list?

Washington, Jefferson, and JFK.
Which probably drives him crazy, lol.

I bet it does, he wants to be #1 at everything.

It would be cool to have a scientist as president one day.

The Emperor of Japan is a scientist, and he still publishes.

Woah that is impressive sounds like a smart leader.

Did you hear about the achievement of those Harvard scientists?

Are those the ones who inserted the dna bacteria into a gif of a horse?

Yeah, I think thats really impressive, storing dna like that.

It is interesting.

So is the fact that there was only one scientist to walk on the moon.

Only one really?

he must be a really smart guy do you remember his name?

Harrison Schmitt.

I always thought John Glenn was a scientist, I guess not.

I will Google him as soon as we finish this chat, there must be a lot more to Harrison Schmitt.

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the creation of the internet.

I wonder if they had a party at CERN?

I bet they did lol, the internet has been around 30 years, I am glad it has been in my life.

it was great chatting with you by the way

Thanks, you too.
Have a great day.


Hi, how are you?

I'm great, crazy how that couple ran with wolves for about 6 years

Right?

That seems like 6 years more than I want to be around wolves for.

I know right, that must be scary I have to watch that documentary

I find it incredibly dumb when humans try to civilize wild animals and then get injured or killed by a wild animal.

I guess it worked out for them, Jim Dutcher and Jaimie, at first it was only him, how can you sleep with them

With one eye open... Did you ever see that alaskan bear documentary where the guy got eaten along with his girl friend?

No I didnt catch that one, seems like a terrible way to die

Yeah.
Really sad.
They were breaking up too.
She was a casualty of bad timing.

I guess it was, a really bad and tragic casuality, according to Jim and Jamie wolves are misunderstood animals

I hope so... Are you a fan of south park?

I am a fan of the show, really like it, what about you?

I also like the Simpsons

I am a fan of the simpsons but not really the south park.

They did send flowers to the south park guys.

Seems like the crews are tight with each other, funny how Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes of the series

That is a lot of jobs.
I always laugh when he gets a new job.
Funny

It is funny, one of the best shows ever, how can he be in charge of a nuclear reactor lol and Flanders so funny how he treats him

Stupid flanders...

I laugh every time.

I feel like I am the only one of my friends who still watches.

Thats a classic lol, did you watch the parady of Twitlight on the show?

I think I did.
Was it any good?

It was good, really funny, Daniel Radcliff voiced Edward Cullen.

I did see that!
Nice chatting with you!


hi, do you like baseball?

Hey, I do like baseball, but don't really follow it.

i see.
in japan it is very popular

I heard that, I also heard that The Expo's played 22 games in Puerto Rico in 03 and 04 that's a lot!

that sure is a lot.

do you know what kickball is called in canada?

Really, that's interesting!

I like how MLB coaches wera uniforms just in case they need to play!

yeah and super that there i rule that allows them to do that

Sorry, meant to say managers...not coaches....but yeah, pretty cool.

I would live to have found those baseball cards that man found in his grandpa's attic, worth 3 million bucks!!

yeah that was a great find.

you know who did the scheduling for baseball leagues for over twenty years?

I believe it was a couple who were married, did it for 24 years!

That is a long time!

I think I heard that on the radio awhile back.

Pretty crazy!

over 2,000 games!

yeah good for them what a career and a job.

Exactly!

I like to listen to Baseball on the radio in my car, do you still listen to the radio?

from time to time.

have you managedto listen to jupiter's storms?

I have not, but would love to.

I hear it plays on an A.M station....pretty creepy!

yeah it is .
do you listen to canadian radios?

No, not really.

I read that they have a law that they have to play at least 40% canadian music....

yeah in order to support national talent.

good for them

Exactly!

I like to go on the interenet and listen to the free classic radio drama's for free, pretty cool.

yeah that is cool.

do you know how soldiers used to make radios during WWII?

No, have no idea?

I was listening to the radio and did you know that Tom Hanks has earned over 8 billion dollars by being the highest paid box office star!

yeah and I am not surprised, he is so good.

nice chat


How's it going?

Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon?

There was an unfortunate helicopter crash there recently involving tourists

I haven't ever been but it is on my bucket list.

I heard about the crash, it was pretty bad.

Unfortunately three people were killed on Hualapai Nation land, how sad

It is really sad, I heard another four were injured too.

Really puts a perspective on things to always appreciate those around you.

I wonder what the FAA and NTA will release the cause of the crash

I'm not sure, but it looks like some safety regulations were ignored.

I never realized how many deaths there were in crashes there, 128 since 1956.

I wonder if Papillon will end up getting sued because of the crash

I heard that they have worked to improve pilot qualifications, and make things a bit stricter.

It is just dangerous because of all the helicopters there.

Yea, that's what Gary C. Robb said, but does he work for Papillon or someone else?

He was a former critic and is a lawyer, but you never know if he has tried cases against Papillon.

Lawyers often will go with whoever pays them if they can.

I wonder if the sun light had anything to do with it, although it's white atmospheric scattering causes the yellow light, maybe it got into the pilots eyes

It happened around 5:20 - I don't know how close that is to sunset, or the position, but it is definitely a possibility.

But as a pilot you think they would be aware of that.

I guess so.

Any chance are you until baseball?

Apparently baseball managers are technically able to play in games, never knew that

I didn't know that they could.

I did hear that a 17 year old female pitcher was banned from professional baseball because she struck out  Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a row.

Id be signing her, not banning her.

Wow, I never knew that, I wonder if she has a baseball card, a guy found 3 million dollars worth hidden in his grandfather's attic

$3 million?

That's crazy.

I always checked my grandparents old stuff to see if there were any treasures like that, but alas, none.

Yea, my dad use to have some old baseball cards his mom threw out, I wonder if he had any of the cards that the guy who found 3 million dollars worth had

My brother probably still has some of his.

Maybe he can cash in on it.

Maybe, I wonder how much Japanese baseball cards are worth, baseball is so popular there they don't even think of it as an american sport

That's surprising, it is called America's past time.

They even have a team in the minor leagues named after the team in the Simpsons - the Isotopes.

Hmm I wonder if soccer-baseball is Canada's pastime

That would be an interesting thing to watch.

Yes it would, well I have to go, have a nice day


Do you like to watch baseball?

I prefer to play baseball over watching it, but I went to a game a few years ago.

Do you watch it?

I do like it, im not a big fan but I think its great the plan the MLB has to expand, its a game that has a lot of fans not only in the US

Having 32 teams wouldn't be a bad thing.

I think that's the same number of teams in the NFL currently

Yeah, more games as well, that would be a nice addition, I think the expansion is inebitable and agree with Tony Batista

And Montreal has teams in the NHL and MLS already, so it wouldn't be a huge deal to start there

I agree, it would be easy in terms of logistics as well, I like MLB better than the NHL so I bet it will be a success

There are other cities they're looking at though, in the US, Canada, and Mexico

Its a good idea to start in North American and then go south, I also heard the sport is popular in Japan, it has many fans.

They're so obsessed that they're surprised it has the nickname "America's pastime"

That is a suprising fact just like the man that found 3 million dollars worth of baseball cards, he is lucky, I mean what are the odds!

Probably the same odds as a manager actually playing in a game.

I've never seen one have to step in

Ive never seen one either, maybe in a movie or two but never in real life, do you watch a lot of movie?

It depends, but I don't go to the theaters a lot.

Have you seen Disney's Sleeping Beauty?

I have, its a classic, one of my favorite Disney movies

It was box office failure at the time it was released.

Disney almost closed their animation studio because of it

For real?

that doesnt sound about right, Disney had some failures over the years like the Treasure Planet, that was an expensive movie,

It was one of the most expensive flops of all time!

And there's a lot of terrible movies out there

I agree like the movie Trojan Wars, it only made $309 in box office, that was a terrible and expensive movie

Tom Hanks seems to be in a lot of successful movies though.

He is the highest all-time box office star

Tom Hanks is my favorite actor, he is so talented!


That would be scary to see the tourist helicopter crash at the Grand Canyon in February.

Yeah it must have been pretty horrific to see

Three died and four were injured.

Did they say what the cause was?

Was the pilot blinded by the sun or something?

No one at the company responded to phone calls so I'm not sure

I would venture to guess that it might have been a mechanical problem or the pilot becoming disoriented from the sun.

Did you ever go on the Skywalk at Grand Canyon West?

It is a horeshoe shaped glass-bottomed projection where you can view through to the canyon floor.

I have not.

Do many people get a chance to visit the area of the Grand Canyon you speak of?

I'm not sure but Papillon the world's largest aerial sightseeing company operates it along with helicopter tours

Oh then you must only be able to get there by helicopter.

There is like a waiting list.

The Hualapai tribe which has 2300 members turned the landing zones on Hualapi lands into income for the tribe.

Ingenious.

The FAA was created because of a crash at the Grand Canyon that killed over a 100 passengers

The helicopter noise must detract though from the beauty of the canyon.

Yes, very likely.

Did someone call you on the telephone to tell you about the crash?

What makes you think that?

I was just asking.

Most people get their news on their telephones from family or friends.

No, I just read it here in the article.

The sound of the crash was like a big boom though "like being hit in the head with a baseball bat" someone described.

That is an odd description but easy to imagine too.

Do you watch baseball at all?

yes, some and you?

If you find some old baseball cards, don't throw them away because they could be worth millions.

One man found $3 million dollars worth in his grandfather's attic

Wow, that was a treasure for sure.

I like how managers wear uniforms too just in case they need to play.

I like kickball a lot even as a grown-up.

In Canada kickball is called soccer-baseball.

Sort of makes sense.


Good morning!
How are you?

I'm good!
Do you still listen to the radio?

I do like to listen to it!
How about you?

I do!

A Hanson song became a most requested track on a Chicago alt-rock readio station because djs did not reveal the name of the band.

That's funny!

I wonder how many times it was played after it was announced lol.

I want to hear jupiter radio storms sometime!

I'm going to have to try to find that on AM radio.

I bet those storms sound neat.

I bet they sound better than most music today haha.

Did you know that in Canada, radios are required to have at least 40 percent of the music played by canadians!

lol  I like that idea.

Probably worked better back before the internet for artists to get heard who otherwise wouldn't get a chance.

I agree!
Have you ever heard of radio dramas?

I have.

I always wanted to listen to one but I don't know where to find them.

Well there is website where you can listen to thousands of them for free!

Awesome!

I'm going to have to look it up.

Thanks!

Bill Murray voiced the human torch in the 1970's fantastic four radio show.

I bet that would be fun to listen to since Bill is the man!

Do you know what the most expensive Disney flop was at the box office?

I'm not sure.
What is it?

It was called Treasure Planet.
Ever see it?

I don't think I have.

John Carter was a monumental flop as well for Disney here in the states, but in Russia it broke box office records.

Haha that is so funny!
I didn't like that movie at all!

I only saw it once and nodded off during it.

lol So I don't remember much.

Alfonso Cuaron's movie "Children of Men" lost over 6 million dollars at the box office.

Thats a big loss haha.

Anyways, great chatting, have an awesome day!

Mortal Kombat 2 was the first game to surpass hollywood box office sales!

It's been fun chatting!

I loved those movies!


Fish are amazing beings, too much to learn about them still

I'm interested to learn about fish.
Please tell me more about them.

There is a fish that can eat prey twice its lengh and ten times its weight, do you want to know the name of this beast

Yes, please.

How do you think they do that?

Are they still around or are they extinct?

Ther are still around its called the Black Swallower Fish, scary name

It scares me too.

I will research the internet to know more.

You should and while your on it, seach for the immortal jellyfish species

I searched about the black swallower fish while waiting for you.

They have sharp teeth - I saw their images on you tube.

Yes, I will also research about the fish called immortal.

They must have a pretty boring life though, imagine living forever as a jelly fish

You are probably right about jelly fish.

What other interesting facts do you know about fish?

The seahorse in the only fish with a neck,

Isn't that nice to be special?

I have seen seahorse but I did not notice their neck.

I did not know that it was the only fish to have a neck.

Good info!

Thank you.

My pleassure, and another cool fact about fish, is that the zebrafish has 84-% of the genes that counter all disease known by men,

Wow.

I did not know that.

I learn a lot of facts while chatting with people online.

84% is a very high percentage.

That is totally amazing.

I know right, medicine can have a big breakthrough if we studied zebrafish closer, we could creat vaccines for just about every disease

Yes, I'm hopeful.

On another topic, do you like football?

I am not a fan of the Pats but I admire Tom Brady.

I hate the Patriots but they are a great team, no doubt there and Brady is the best QB to ever play in the league,

Apparently, he was a bench quarterback at his high school.

I bet the coach felt really stupid when he watch him play on the NFL and then acomplish all he has acomplished so far

Yes, he did not recognize talents - he must have been a bad coach.

He had the solution on the bench the whole time, the best QB in the history of the game,


Hi, how are you?
do you like fish?

I'm good, thanks for asking.
Yes, I love to fish!

I like to eat fish, does that count?

Have you ever caught an immortal jellyfish?

Let me clarify, I like to fish, but I like the little fishes, too!

lol No, I can't say that I have ever caught an immortal jellyfish, though.

I feel like we should be studying them more.

I want to live longer!

That is so true, I feel they might hold the key to a long life.

Where's the government study on that?

It's probably sitting on some bureaucrat's desk... A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.

I like to think of it with a little jockey on it!

ahh, how cute would that be?

Actually, the government study should be on the Zebrafish.

It has some of the same type genes that cause 84% of diseases in humans.

That would be nice.

I just read yesterday that they had the second case of curing or causing remission in an HIV patient.

That seems promising!

I saw that, as well.

Amazing things are happening in medicine, wish they could find the cure to cancer.

It's so devastating.

Maybe, the Zebrafish is the answer?

I hope so!
I would take anything...
Even the black swallower fish.

That fish is unusual, it apparently can eat prey twice its length and ten times its weight.

I would like to do the same but I would be so big!

Did you know the difference in how fish drink water?

I had no clue!

Me either!

I didn't know the saltwater fish could drink that salty seawater?

Maybe that's why they taste so good on my plate, already seasoned from inside with salt?

lol

HA!
Maybe sprinle some pepper in there too!

That's what I'm thinking too!

On a different note, do you like to dance?

I like to dance only after I have been properly lubricated.

Do you like to dance?

Nowadays, that's probably the only way I could dance!

lol.

I took ballet for a few years when i was little.

Were you any good?
Did you like it?

I liked it, but I wasn't all that could.

I sure didn't go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.

Maybe one pair in a year!

Ha!
Nice chatting with you!
I enjoyed it.


Do you like basketball?

Yes.
I am a Knick fan

Are you following them this season?
Im more of a Lakers fan

I am following them, but they are terrible.

I am a  LA Dodger fan too

Yeah I cant recall them having a good season latel in the past years, crazy how in 39 of 50 states the highest paid employee is a baskeball coach

A good coach is worth a lot

Yeah Bill Belichick is one of the best coaches, he must be worth a lot, so what other sports do you follow, maybe soccer?

No.
Just football basketball and baseball

I see, well soccer is watched in over 200 countries and the World Cup is going to be hosted in the US by 2026,

I Know it  is a very popular sport but I never got in to soccer

It is, there are 250 milllion players as well and generates more money than most of the other sports combined

Yes i have heard that before.

Do you knoe who Jon Stewart is?

Yes a comedian

Yes the same one, well he was a skilled player in college, he even represented the US in the macabbi games

I never would have guessed that.

I am more amazed that alan iverson got a lifetime endorsement from reebok that  pays 800000 a year

Yeah and did you hear about that big payday when he turns 55?

$32 million dollars, a lot of money

yes he made a great deal

He did indeed, most players get sweet endorcement deals from sports brands

Yes.

Thats the reason playing  in a big market is important to them

Air Jordans were grear shoes, too bad they got banned.


Do you know much about presidents?

I know that Wilson is the only one to have a PhD

Nice.

Do you know who the three wealthiest presidents in the us are?

I have no idea, who is it in order?

It is Jefferson, Washington and JFK

Oh wow nice.

IN Guatemale the relatives of the president cannot run for the position

Yes I guess that is their way of controlling nepotism and such

I guess so.

Lincoln was the first one to have a photo during inaguration

Nice.

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

Wow I guess they get a lot of people there and need the room

True The president of Indonesia is a pop star.

Nice, is he any good at it at least?

It seems so, he has already released three albums

WOw cool.
Do you wear hats?

Yes I do.

Do you know which is the most popular hat in the old west?

Well since it is the old west, then it should be the cowboy hat right?

Actually that is what I though too but it is the bowler hat

Oh cool.

When you get a PhD in Finland, you get a top had and a sword

Wow that is so cool.

Have not heard of another country that does that

I think so too.
Nice chat!

Same here , have a good one


How familiar are you with the NBA and basketball?

Somewhat familiar, I'm a knicks fan but don't follow the other 29 teams.

You?

I tend to follow and read up on players instead of teams.

For instance, Kareem Jabbar's dominant use of the dunk was banned in college basketball for over a decade

I never knew that, pretty cool.

Apparently basketball and volleyball were invented at the YMCA, never knew that

It's too bad the inventor of basketball, Naismith, was the only losing coach in the university of kansas' history

that sucks but at least he did better than the washington generals, they've only beat the globetrotters 6 times in over 13,000 games

Naismith deserves more since he invented one of the most popular games in existence.

Even the supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor

I guess so, maybe they should give Naismith some of the profits of Space Jam since it is the highest grossing basketball film ever made

I mean in 39 of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach

That's pretty ridiculous.

Maybe he can get his own shoe like Spencer Haywood did, although he choose $100,000 over a 10% stake in Nike

What a big mistake in hindsight.

Do you think that team names such as the new Zealand basketball team nicknamed tall blacks is okay?

I don't know, depends how the players and the black people in New Zealand feel

I mean there are also controversial names like the red skins.

On one side, it is offensive to some.

To others its more of a symbol and history

I guess so, I'd like to see the NBA take Christmas off but I don't think it will happen, the NBA fined Stan Van Gundy for saying such

Well since the NBA is widely considered the premier professional men's basketball league and is recognized by FiBA, they do have such power

I think the NBA should treat it's players better and offer financial education, five years after retirement 60% of NBA players end up broke

Well despite NBA regulation, they can't do much if players are willing to pay the fines.

For instance, Air Jordan's were initially banned, but jordan wore them anyway since Nike was willing to pay the fine for the advertisement and premium

Lol that's pretty awesome.

Are you familiar with Association Football (soccer)?

The average soccer player runs an average of 7 miles per game, crazy!

I am familiar with association football aka soccer.

It is funny how in the us, it is confusing for people from other countries since there is american football and soccer instead

Yea, but it can be a confusing sport, like when a team can score an own goal and advance in a cup match

Really?

how does that work?

I personally enjoy it when a goalkeeper manages to score on the opponents goal

I have no clue, probably some weird algorithmic tie breaking scenario that forced a team to score an own goal to advance

Well thank you for the chat.

I'm going to check out how that goal worked out after this chat.


Do you like hockey?

I do like hockey!
What about you?

I do, I  think its a fun sport its one of the national sports of Canada right?

Yes it is!

Canada is actually the only country with 2 national sports.

The only one really?

what it their other national sport do you know?

It is lacrosse!
I did not know that either.

Cool, they must have a great team, did you hear about the player that got traded for only $1

Yea back in 1993 and he ended up winning 4 Stanley cups!

I bet they regretted trading him away for only a dollar.

That was probably the best dollar they ever spent!

I agree, great investment for a killing price, its amazing how much weight players lose in a single game

That is remarkable.
It is probably 8 pounds in sweat.

Still a lot, so do you like to watch TV as well?

I do.

I like the Simpsons.

Did you know there was only one episode where Bart did not appear?

I didnt, I used to watch the show a lot and cant recall watching a show without Bart in it, it must be interesting though

Maybe he got sick or something!

Or maybe writters were sick of him lol, what other shows do you like?

I love South Park.

It is funny that when they aired the family guy episode the simpsons sent them flowers!

Seems like both crews are tight with each other, did you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine?

I may have when I was little.
Have you?

I have the show has great narrators, Alec Baldwin, Ringo Starr you should watch it someday although its a show for kids not sure if you will like it anyway its been great chatting with you!

Nice chatting with you as well!

Im going to watch The Simpsons now so take care of yourself bye


Do you happen to enjoy basketball?

Yea I watch the NBA playoffs and March Madness, Arike Ogunbowale had a great game against Uconn and helped knock them out

Good.
Do you remember Kareem Adul-Jabbar?

Yea, he played for the Lakers and I think for a couple other of the 30 teams in the NBA

His dunk was so dominant that they banned the move in college basketball for over a decade!

That's nuts, I wonder if that or Shaq only making one 3 pointer in his career is more crazy

Wow!

He's such a legend that I find that very surprising.

Yea I guess Shaq is worse at 3 pointers than he is at free throws

Apparently.

I find it very depressing that in 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employees are college football or basketball coaches.

Yea that's a shame, plus players leave college to soon, 60% of NBA players are broke five years after retirement

That's terrible.

It happens  a lot to people that get rich quick.

Poor money management.

Are you familiar with Reggie Miller?

Yea, he played for the Indiana Pacers and I think he was in the highest grossing basketball movie of all time Space Jam

Yes that's him.

Well in high school he was always overshadowed by his sister who also played basketball.

She broke 8 national records!

Yea his sister was an awesome player, I guess they're a basketball/sports family Like Ogunbowale's family who has a brother who plays for the Buccaneers

It does seem to run in the family in some cases.

Peyton and Eli Manning are another example even though that's football.

Did you knwo that Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA when they were released?

No but I see them all the time now.

Too bad Spencer Haywood choose $100,000 over a 10 percent stake in nike, those air jordans would make him a billionare now

Wow!

Good decision on his part.

Michael Jordan wore them when they were banned anyway and Nike paid his fines ha ha.

I guess it worked out in the end, too bad Tim Duncan doesn't have a shoe, instead of joining the NBA right away he decided to finish college instead of earning more money

Education is important.
I'm glad he was able to do both.
Are you familiar with Allen Iverson?

Yea he use to be a pretty good player when he played with Philadelphia

He received an amazing endorsement deal with Reebok.

He gets $800,000 per year until age 55 and then a lump sum of $32,000,000!


Do you like basketball?

I really could not care less for it, would much rather play or watch football.

I so agree!

Don't ever watch it, unless someone else does!

I'd rather watch football, baseball or hockey!

Yeah I have always found basketball to bit of bore, even though the Superbowl was really sub par this year.

Oh god... that this was aweful and painful!

And i think unless you are a patriots fan you are getting bored of seeing them in it!

Yep one of the most boring Superbowl i can remember watching, and Tom Brady really should retire at this point.

If he retires... that's gonna be interesting to see how that team does for sure!

Do you like soccer?

I don't watch a lot of soccer but i will catch a game here and there.

Never knew that Jon Stewart was on the US national team?

I used to watch him show quite a bit so I actually did know that already but yeah its pretty cool.

That's cool!

I would love to see the variation of the game where three teams play each other!

I think that would be kind of cool to see in any sport really.

I could imagine the chaos of 33 players on the field at a time in soccer and football, it would be like a sport battle royal haha.

Hahaaaa... yeah... that would be amazing!

Imagine the injuries :)  I wonder if it's actually 11 players on the field from each team?

Oh man for 3 teams at a time I would have to imagine they drastically lower the number players for each team, 33 players at a time would just be impossible to follow , there would be so much rule breaking and no real way to enforce it unless they also have extra refs.

yeah...

Imagine howmany refs that would take to manage the game!

LOL  Soccer has enough money though for that!

Yeah soccer makes tons of money, which is surprising seeing how much hype and money comes from football and the Superbowl.

Yeah that's true... but think of howmany countries soccer is played in though!

That's true, football is very much an american sport, and soccer is player almost everywhere.

Yup!
250 million players in 200 countries :)

Yeah it's no wonder they can afford to pay their players so much.

The average salary for soccer players is upwards of 6 million a year.

Holy cow... that's a lot of money!

I am sure they don't have to do this right here for extra cash!

LOL

Oh yeah that's for sure.

It is cool that Mesut Ozil donated his world cup bonus to pay for surgery for children to.

Great chat and thanks!
Enjoy your day!


Do you know anything about astronomy and the planets?

Hello - I know a little bit.
What about you?

Not too much, but have been wanting to learn about the earth.

Did you know that more than 80% of Earth's natural forests have been destroyed?

That is terrible!
Do you know how old the earth is?

I do not.
How old is it?

I believe it is 4.5 billion years old.

Did you know in the early era of the planet, a day was much shorter!

That's a long long time!

I did not know that either about shorter days.

I saw that in 2010, the UN appointed an ambassador to extraterrestrials.

I wonder if extraterrestrials listen to radio storms from Jupiter?

I bet they do if they exist.

Hard to believe you can hear them on Earth.

Maybe not Canada though, where all radios must play 40% Canadian music.

That is an odd law.

Soldiers in WWII made radios using razorblades and pencils as the diode.

I wonder if one could build a guitar with crude tools like that.

I bet someone could come up with a way to do that.

It might not be able to set speakers on fire like Eddie Van Halen once did.

HAHA that's awesome!

Pink Floyd's guitarist turned a houseboat on the river into a floating recording studio.

I wonder if smashing a guitar like Matthew Bellamy would sink such a location!

LOL.
Brian May uses coins as a pick.

He is also a smart guy with a phd in astrophysics.

Wow - that's pretty amazing.
I would have never guessed that.

I guess it might help.

Certainly more than classical latin, which is only useful if listening to a Finnish weekly news show!


Hey what do you think about the capitals?

Do you like Philip Grubauer?

Not a big fan but Grubauer is a good goalie and deserves a starting job

Yes I agree, he does not always start the season well, like one time he had a record of 0, 5, 1

Braden Hotlby is good, I mean he did win the Vezina in 2016 but he's getting older

Yes he is.

What do you think about hockey by the way?

My favorite team is the Pittsburgh Penguins

I like the rangers.

I never knew in most of the world hockey refers to field hockey

No I didn't know that there were other types of hockey haha.

Canada seems really good at hockey though, in the first Olympic Winter Game they actually scored a hundred 32 goals and only let 3 in

Wow, that's pretty good.

The Slovakian Women's Hockey team beat Bulgaria 82-0 once, after that Bulgaria shouldn't even be a country

Haha that's a good point!

Why you think Canadians are so good at hockey though, their national sports are lacrosse and ice hockey, I get hockey is because maybe it's really cold in Canada but I wonder why lacrosse is a national sport

It' is interesting, maybe Canadians like playing Lacrosse out in the cold

Haha that's a good point.

Have you ever been to a basketball game?

Apparently a basketball court and then ice rink are interchangeable because they are about the same size

That's pretty crazy, not as crazy as both teams sharing a penalty box like in some rinks

Yeah that sounds like it could lead to trouble LOL.

Also it would be trouble if you play too much hockey, apparently you can lose 8 pounds in a game, you don't want to get sick and lose too much weight all at once

I wonder how much weight Slovakia's team lost when they were averaging a goal every 44 seconds against Bulgaria

Haha that's a good question.

That would take a lot of work I think.

What do you think about the player who was traded away from his team in 1993 for only $1?

I'd feel really bad, probably like how the USA's olympic womens team felt after losing to a New England high school team

Yep I would feel really bad too!

On another topic though how often do you watch television?

Yea, I watch the Simpsons, I never knew Homer held 180 jobs during the first 400 episodes

No I didn't know that either!

I also didn't know there's an episode where Bart neither appears nor is ever mentioned, do you think that was a mistake on their part

Probably not, had to happen sometime statistically.

I never knew Daniel Radcliffe did a guest voice in Treehouse of Horror XXI

No I didn't know that either, I think it's funny though that Southpark was making fun of Family Guy and afterwards The Simpsons sent the South Park creators flowers because their criticisms were so spot-on


Hi.

Do you enjoy basketball at the college or professional level?

I

I'm not picky about either.

I usually watch more of the NBA, if I watch.

Jordan was a great player, and he actually was banned by the NBA to wear them in games, but Nike paid the fine for him to do it.

Interesting.

I really admire young men like Maryland's sophomore, Fernando, for staying in school instead of pursuing an NBA career that  early.

I know, that takes some strength to pass up.

Isn't he from Angola?

I bet he is amazed at what he's achieved here.

Yes.

He started out as a soccer player, but always had the NBA as a goal.

Perhaps he will enter the NBA draft next year after succeeding in another year of college ball

I think so.

I believe he's very close to it, as they will be making decisions about the 2019 draft in the next few months.

It seems he and his coach have a very good relationship and respect for each other.

They do.

Fernando really seems to put an importance on his teammates and fans feelings, so I think that's pretty awesome.

Not all athletes are like that, they can be very self-centered and egotistical.

That is true.

He is ranked second in rebounds and is known for his dunking.

That's really funny since Kareem abdul-jabbar caused the banning of dunking in college basketball.

I think he broke too many hoops.

Ha

wow!

It's amazing though, that in around 40 states, that college football and basketball coaches are the highest in pay as a state employee.

That's unbelievable to me!

Yes, and the professional players make a lot of money.

I think NBA is even more prosperous than the football leagues.

Of course, they play a lot more games than in the football season.

that's true.

but funny enough, Soccer actually brings in more cash than pretty much all others sports put together, including basketball and football.

I could hardly believe it!

Really?

No wonder every boys dream is to play professionally.

Not only the money, but the glory.

And that's not all, players like Jordan and Iverson signed contracts with shoe giants and make a lot more money just advertising the shoes.

Exactly!

Not to mention they even go on and do things like insurance commercials too!

I found it pretty interesting that the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, was the only coach in the history of the University of Kansas that was a losing coach....and he actually invented the game!

That is strange.

I guess he didn't have the best players.

It is interesting though how those who make so much money are happy to use some of it to benefit others.

It is.

You mentioned earlier that Fernando stayed in school instead of the NBA, ironically, the Spurs basketball player, Tim Duncan, did the same thing.

He stayed all 4 years in college, instead of straight to the NBA.

Not many would do that.

True.

I remember Tim Duncan.

My boys were in high school during his early years and they loved the Spurs.

I think it's funny that there is a basketball court on the top floor of the supreme court building.

I wonder who uses it.

I know!

It's termed 'the highest court in the land', so I guess some of the Supreme court judges have a bit of a sense of humor.

But, I'd have a hard time picturing them in teams, sweating and dribbling the ball!

Ha

Funny!!!

Did you know that there is a soccer game where three teams play each other at the same time?

That sounds confusing!

I would definitely be confused.

I didn't even realize until recently that Association Football was actually soccer!

Apparently, there are a large amount of Americans who consider 'soccer' to be slang for Association Football, but it isn't what I would think of as a slang term for it.

True.
Well, it was great visiting with you.
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, you too.
Enjoy!

Yep.


hey my friend do you watch the sport hockey?

I do!

I really like the story behind Phillip Grubauer.

He worked really hard

ah ya he is a good guy, crazy that Canada has two national sports, hockey and also lacrosse, I only like hockey though

Do you like only ice hockey or other types like bandy and field hockey?

oh I only watch ice hockey, crazy that one player can lose almost 10 lbs in a single game

Thats a good workout!.

Canada is really good at hockey arent they

ya they are, I dont know why but they are, they scored 132 goals in the first winter games

And they only allowed 3 goals the entire competition!

yup thats impressive!

did you know that once a hockey player was traded for a literal dollar, then went further to win 4 stanley cups

That is good value for the team!
I hope he got paid as well

ya I hope he did too, did you watch the simpsons episode without bart?

I have not.

It has only happened once in the series where he did not appear or is mentioned

ya I want to see that episode, what about the episode where South Park made fun of Family guy?

did you see that one

Yes I have!

Its pretty good.

The simpsons producers enjoyed it as well

ya I heard they sent the South Park team flowers, thats funny!

Are you into any other sports?
likw association football?
AKA soccer?

well I don't like it but it is impressive that it is a top sport in over 200 countries, what about you

Im only into the world cup.
But I can see its popularity.
Its played by over 250 million people

yup, that is a ton, and I guess it makes more than every othe sport combined, thats insane!

I guess thats why Mesut Ozil was able to donate his 300k euro world cup bonus to pay for surgeries of 23 kids in brazil

ya thats a nice guy, I want to watch a soccer game with 3 teams taht sounds insane


It amazes me how far radios have come over the years.

I spent most of my life listening to the radio while working as a delivery man.

Really loved listening to sports talk!

Sports talk seems interesting.

All the announcers seem passionate about what they are talking about.

They  really do...I always found in wonderful to just travel the miles I had to do everyday just entrenched with that sports talk on the radio...hated the same commercials over and over though.

Yeah I hate commercials too.

I wonder if the online streaming services have commercials or if you have to subscribe to something like sirius to avoid them.

Well, I remember moving on to satellite radio in my later years as a driver, and even though it was satellite radio...there was still commercials.

Sorta like cable TV...a bummer.

Since you like talk radio have you ever listened to those online radio dramas?

I guess they have all the old classics.

Man, I used to listen to those on the radio when I was a younger man.

"The Shadow Knows" was one of them...used to be 2 or 3 I'd listen to...pretty spooky stuff for me back then...great stuff.

That's why I watch the old Twilight Zone stuff now...great stuff!

I would love to hear the original transmission of War of the Worlds.

There is just some things that are classic and can't be beat or redone.

Oh yeah....War Of The Worlds was awesome on the radio.

I'd recorded it many years ago, and would play parts of it when I DJ'd in the clubs at Halloween.

Really got people goin'

I wonder if the jupiter sounds could be recorded coming across and worked into club songs.

I think certain parts of that would sound sick with techno.

LOL...I bet your correct!

I'd like to add some of those sounds to my guitar music that I'd written in the 70's and 80's.

I love the sound of a guitar.

There is nothing that gets down into your soul like the sound of a steel guitar being played well.

I agree!

But, I remember that I was more interested in being an acoustic guitar player more than an electric.

It was just more soothing a sound.

Guitarists are an eclectic sort.

They always seem to have some sort of quirk about them like what they use to pick the strings.

It is pretty neat to talk to most guitarists.

I really didn't put to much emphasis in picking out strings for my guitar, I'd really just pick some light to medium gauge strings, never cared about the make, though I usually went with Martin Strings come to think of it.

Ever felt the urge to smash a guitar?

That seems to be a popular thing amongst lots of rock legends.

I could never understand it though.

Neither could I...lol.

That's an awful lot of money to be bashing about.

That's why I kept mine nice and tidy...lol...greatest thing on Earth I ever did than learning to play and write with that guitar.

I thought about picking up guitar but ended up on piano.

I wonder if the music reading skills would translate in a helpful way.

I'm sure it would.

I always was interested in the piano, just could never get the hang of playing it.

That's why I mostly stuck with the guitar.

Piano is quite hard.

I do love it though.

The sounds of fur elise or the 5th coming from a keyboard are so amazing.


Hi.
Do you follow politics lately?

Hello, Well there is something on the daily that can be upsetting!

I recently heard in the news that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has a leading choice to head the National Security Agency.

Do you happen to know who this is?

No, who is he?

I know the National Security Agency is very important, especially now!

Its Chris Inglis and from what I heard he is a very well respected intelligence professional.

Oh really, that's interesting.

I'm glad they change the rule that the runner up becomes the vice-president like they did in 1805!

Can you imagine Hilary Clinton and Trump at the white house.

Never, Omg!!
We have enough to deal with!
lol

Yeah!!!

I know.

Do you know by any chance what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?

Ha, ha, ha!

Wasn't it banana?

My goodness, How would it be to be called president banana!

I have no idea but if I had to guess it will be that he liked bananas a lot.

Ha Ha!!

Yes, very strange!

Did you know that only 15% of the tea party movement identify as democrats?

Wow!!!
I didn't know this.
I'm quite surprised to be honest.

I was too!

It could have change again.

There hasn't been a president that wasn't a democrat or republican since 1853.

That is interesting.

Did you know that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums as he was in office?

Really, He must be musically inclined!
Where the time for that?
lol

I personally believe that the president of that country had a lot of free time in his hands to do that.

I think so, "You need to get out of Ukraine" is what Putin said  when he shook the Canadian prime ministers hand at the Brisbane g20 summit!

Oh wow!!!

I guess Putin must of been angry at the Canadian Prime Minister.

Yeah, I think a lot of people were hurt.

Its interesting in 1908 a law passed on the length of hatpins!

They were worried the suffragettes would use them as weapons!

That's pretty bad, but today isn't much better these days.

It is pretty bad.

I agree.

Well it was nice chatting with you today.

I hope you have a good night!!

You too!

Knights raising their face visors to show friendliness is where tipping your hat comes from.

Interesting Good chat!

I hope you have a nice night.
Great chatting with you as well!!
!

ok, Have a nice night!
!

Good Night!!
!

It was nice chatting Have you tried the done button?

I'm sorry.
Great chatting with you bye!
!


Hello, do you play the guitar?

Eddie Van Halen plays so loud he sets the amps on fire.

I do in fact play the guitar and I love it.

I didn't know this about Van Halen but that is awesome!!

Yeah, his amp must have gone to "11".

I guess some guy from Muse enjoys smashing guitars.

"Bellamy" holds the record for that wasteful and overdone enterprise.

Where did Mathew Bellamy smash most of his guitars?

On stage I would imagine... Are you serious?

Brian May of Queen has a PhD in astrophysics.

Pretty impressive...

That is very impressive indeed.

I heard that Brian May uses coins as guitar picks.

Yeah, it makes an interesting sound.

Also interesting is that WW I soldiers could make a radio from razor blades and pencils.

I could only make a sketch of me cutting myself with that.

That is very unique and interesting.

I heard somewhere that radio is the technology of using waves to carry information.

Is this true?

Yes.

I guess Jupiter has very strong and naturally occurring radio storms in the AM band.

Alien music or talk shows?

Wow.
I didn't know this.
Thanks.
Who is your favorite music artist?

I have many... Maybe Frank Black... You?

Did you know when the earth was formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long.

I'm still adjusting to the recent time change.

One of my favorites is Blake Sheldon.

I didn't know this about our planet.

I read that the Earth's polar regions are covered in ice.

I didn't know that 80% of the Earth's natural forest have been destroyed.

I think that's a biased number... We'd be dead.

I don't know about this either.

I also read that about 71% of the Earth's surface is covered with water.

Yep, lots of fish...

It looks like Ethan Hawke has a movie out named "Blaze".

Have you seen it?

No I haven't seen this particular movie.

Have you had the chance to see it?

No.

I guess it's musical of sorts and a romance movie.

He co-wrote the script and directs it.

Wow.

Can you tell me what the movie is about?

As I said, I haven't seen it.

Hard to guess...

I only know of a documentary where Hawke directed called "Seymour: An Introduction".

It's said to be rock-n-roll self-destruction sort of tale.

Was this documentary about a pianist named Seymour Bernstein?

I have no idea.
Thanks for the chat.


Hello there, are you a fan of hockey?

I love hockey, Do you like Philipp Grubauer?

I think he is a good player, I think he plays goalie right?

Yes, he has been the best goaltender since last November.

He has a .937 save percentage and a 1.93 goals against average with 3 shutouts/

That sounds pretty good wow.

I heard hockey players lose a lot of weight during games.

I bet they do!

They are always on the move.

I saw on TV that a slovakian women's hockey team beat bulgaria 82-0!

Holy crap!

That is like a goal every 20 seconds or so.

I guess they stated an average goal every 44 seconds!

That is just crazy!

They probably lost some weight haha

That is crazy, I wonder how many fans of the Bulgaria team were still there at the end of the game?

That I am not sure of but wow, you would have to watch that to see how fast those players were moving!

Yeah that is true.

Did you know that Canada is the only country to have two national sports?

Really?
What are they?

Well hockey of course, and then the other is lacrosse, I think that is a french game so it makes sense.

Very interesting!
I didn't know that.
Do you like soccer at all?
They run 7 miles on average per game.
Wow!

Yeah I do a lot, I am not surprised, those players just run the whole game, except for the goalie.

They have great cardio to run for that long, I could never play soccer lol, maybe years ago...

You do have to be in decent shape, did you know that ex tv hose Jon Stewart was an excellent soccer player?

He was?

That's pretty cool.

I guess that soccer is the world's most popular sport so many more people play than I imagined.

Yeah it sure is, it makes more money than all the major sports combined it sounds like.

What I watched on TV it said that soccer is played in over 200 countries by 250 million players!

Yeah that really is popular!

Nice talking with you, I hope you have a good night.


Hi, how are you?

What do you think of this planet of ours?

Hey there I love our planet.

Earth is so awesome, it just makes me sad that 80% of our national forests have been destroyed though

We are destroying our home.

We have one planet at the moment.

I think that forest are hard to produce.

Yes I think so.

We are also running out of helium.

It's very scary to be a human in this day and age I think

I think we can get helium from other sources like fusion reactors.

I don't know.

Well I hope so, humans have not been on this Earth for very long though, if the entire history of Earth were 24 hours humans would only take up about 60 seconds

We are recent arrivals.

I think we are using the place as if we own it.

Not really.

We'll be here for a little bit.

What's interesting though is that when earth was formed a day was only about 6 hours long, now it's 24 hours, I wonder if the days will keep getting longer

I guess they will The work day will get up to 20 hours.

We need jobs reforesting the planet anyway.

haha good point, maybe we can broadcast this idea on the radio, how often do you listen to the radio?

I do not listen much now.
I did when I was a kid.
I like the radio.
Now I use the Internet.

Yes I mostly listen to YouTube myself.

But I will listen to the radio from time to time when I'm in my car driving to work

In the car, yes.

It is better than playing with your phone.

Yep I agree with you.

I actually like Latin but I would never listen to news broadcast in classical latin, that seems pointelss

I think that Finland might have people interested in language.

I can't imagine who does the news, but they must love Latin.

Yes it's very weird that that would be in Finland too of all places, do you play any instruments btw?

I just got a guitar for my bday actually

That's great!

Rock out dude!

The guitar is a great instrument but I have no talent in music.

Will you take lessons?

I don't know yet.

I might try to learn on YouTube but eventually I will probably take lessons, I already play the piano but the guitars definitely very different LOL

Youtube is great for DIY.
You can learn a lot on your own.
Anyway, great chat!

Thank you you too, and yes I'm going to look up how to play Queen songs, I think Brian May is a great guitar player

He is great!

You should start with a regular pick though.

No coins.

Have a good night!

Thanks you too!

And yes I won't be starting by using a coin as a pic LOL


How are you today.

I heard some interesting facts about Capital

Good morning I'm doing well.
What did you here about Capital?

I hit the Enter button accidentally.

What I meant to say is that I read some interesting facts about Caps goaltender Philipp Grubauer.

Did you know he was from Germany, not USA or Canada?

Well, I would say that the name Grubauer is definitely German.

I don't follow hockey much but I understand he is quite a goaltender.

Yes.

He came to Canada when he was 15 and played in youth leagues.

Then he spent eight years in the minors before finally making the NHL..  That's a long time.

That is a long time.

I read that someone said he is quiet in the net.

Does that mean he doesn't talk much or doesn't move much, or do you know?

He didn't talk much because he didn't know English very well.

Some goalies do talk a lot, they let their teammates know what's going on, especially in the defensive end.

Okay now I understand.

I also read he is short for a goaltender.

I had no idea that most goaltenders were tall.

If you consider 6' 1" short.

As a goaltender, the bigger the better.

You want to show as little net to the shooter as possible.

I guess that makes sense.

Longer legs and longer arms would let you cover more of the net easier.

Exactly right.

But you still need to have fast reflexes and quick motion, while wearing that heavy hockey equipment.

And be ready to stand in front of that frozen hunk of rubber coming at you at up to 100 mph.

Hockey isn't a game for just anyone that's for sure.

Between the puck and the rough play it can get pretty intense.

Bobby Hull used to aim his hardest slap shot at the goaltender's head early in games.

So the goalie would flinch at shots later in the game.

NFL players think hockey players are crazy.

Do you think hockey is rougher now or in the past.

I remember Gordie Howe who played until forever, but they say he could really get rough.

It has gotten rougher.

Players are more athletic and equipment is better.

There were unwritten rules of conduct, knowing how hockey was your job, and that you could be retaliated against.

That's interesting, and football has gotten rougher, but today in baseball I see more players go on the disabled list for things as severe as a hang nail.

Go figure.

Another neat hockey fact is that when hockey was first played in the Winter Olympics in 1924, Canada outscored the opposition 132 to 3.

Wow!

Now that is what I call total domination.

Canada has been dominant in hockey for a long time though.

But I think other countries have gotten better.

Yes, some of the best athletes in other countries are now playing hockey.

Especially the Nordic countries.

They still have some catching up to do.

I understand the average hockey player loses around 8 pounds in one game.

It must get really hot under all that equipment.

It's been good talking with you.
Hope you have a great day.


are you into college basketball?

No, I don't have enough time, there are so much teams to follow, I did not even know that Maryland had a team.

yes maryland has a pretty good program.

it speaks a lot of fernando's character that he decided to stay instead of going to the NBA early

I think he is from Angola ?
Or some African country.

ok that sounds about right.

it looks like he actually declared for the draft but then decided against it

He must be really good, or really rich, he played for a private academy when he got here.

Do you think he will go next year?

I think he will go in the NBA, too much money to be had.

I don't think he will do what Tim Duncan did.

Yea true, and too much of a risk for injury to stay

Did Duncan played when he was in college ?

yes, he actually stayed and played all 4 years instead of leaving early

So, what did you mean about the risk of injury if he stayed ?

I don't quite understand your point.

i meant if fernando stayed for all four years of college he could risk getting injured before he even had a chance in the NBA

But Duncan took that risk, do players get injured while playing in the NCAA ?

yes he did take the risk.

and there is not more of a chance in getting injured in ncaa or nba.

however, if you get injured in ncaa you might not make it to nba where you are making money

Yeah I have heard that Allen Iverson has a sponsorship with Reebok until 55.

That is a lot of money.

it sure is!!!

and when he reaches that age, he gets a lump sum

There is a lot of money even at the college level, in most state, the highest paid employee is a basketball or a football coach.

i know!
clearly i'm in the wrong line of work

Different people have different talents, Jon Stewart was even a skilled soccer player.

I had no clue!

He just chose the talent which will earn more money.

have a good day.


hey there do you like watching basketball?

I do like to watch basketball, what about you?

I do, its funny how the dunk was banned for 10 years, thats an iconic move!

It was funny, although its one of the best moves so its a good thing it isnt banned anymore, Kareem really played a good one on college basketball

oh ya he was great, did you hear about the basketball court at the USA supreme court building?

Theres a court in the supreme court building?

Judges that work there must be really lucky

haha yup they call it " the highest court in the land" haha

Thats a funny name did you hear about the team Tall Blacks?

haha I did, thats another name that def wouldn't fly in the USA haha

Yeah it would create a lot of controversy that is a sure thing, so you said you like soccer, any favorite team there?

can't say I have a favorite team, I just like the usa, its crazy that over 200 countries all play soccer now

Yeah more than 200 countries and 250 million players, its a game that moves a lot of money and Im excited about the 2026 World Cup, the US is hosting it so that is going to be cool

ah interesting I might check it out, I also want to see the variation where 3 soccer teams play each other that sounds wild

That sounds wild indeed, I wonder how the rules change for that variation of the game,

ya, and I always wondered why the USA calls it soccer, everyone else says football, I guess soccer is slang for "association football"

Yeah the football name makes more sense since its a game you use mostly you feet to play it, do you know who Mesut Ozil is?

ya Ive heard of him, he donated a bunch of money to a childrens charity right?

Yeah, he donated his bonus from winning the World Cup back in 2014 so that 23 children could have surgery.

ya thats nice of him, did you know Jon Stewart used to play soccer for the USA?

Jon Stewart as in The Daily Show?

yup thats him, he played way back in 1983

Thats surprising I didnt thought of him as a soccer fan, I wonder if he was good

ya I don't know, do you like Allen Iverson though?

Yeah I think his a good player and has a sweet deal with Reebok as well, a lot of money involved there.


Do you follow the NCAA?

Yeah I love March Madness!

Vasectomy rates increase during that time lol!

I guess people go crazy about Basketball lol

Yeah.

Apparently it's so that they can stay home, recover, and watch bball!

Sounds like a great plan, if your getting it done why not make it about that time

Agreed.

Smart guys!

Shaq scored a 3 pointer only once ever in his career lol!

Only one!!

really??

wow I guessed thats why they teased him so much

Yeah exactly lol.

I love that the YMCA invented volleyball and basketball!

Do you also like soccer?

Yep.

Played by over 250 million people in the world, it is very popular.

And in more than 200 countries

Yes it's so cool.

Soccer players run an average of 7 miles per game!

7 miles per game thats a lot, seems really demanding, I have seen players run 11

Wow!

And if you think the superbowl is big, it's smaller than the 3rd biggest soccer event!

I can imagine, more people like soccer and the Superbowl is more of an american thing, do you know who Mesut Ozil is?

No who is that?

Is he a soccer player?

Unfortunately Greenland can't join Fifa because not enough grass grows there!

He is a soccer player yeah, he donated his winning bonus back in the 2014 World Cup

Oh that is very generous of him wow.

One soccer team deliberately scored on their own goal to advance in a cup match.

Not sure the logic behind that!

It is, he has a great heart, and I dont see the logic behind that either, I have to look that up on Google

I love google!

I also like watching the NBA too!

I don't like the NBA for fining Stan Van Gundy for saying games shouldn't be played on Christmas though.

But I really hope you have a good day it was nice talking with you.

I think the NBA is a great league, I like it, and its been great chatting with you too, have a nice day my friend.


Do you watch Dancing with the Stars?

I do,  but Im behind a few seasons,  do you?

Bruce lee was also a great dancer and he won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.

I haven't watched it in a while, either.

Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.

Nice!

I couldn't imagine that lol Professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.

That's amazing!

I can't believe Dancing with the Stars has had 27 seasons!

yeah that is amazin!

Michael jackson has a patent.

on a device used to achieve the extreme lean in some of his dance moves

Pretty cool.

Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.

Thats believable!
Babies love music!

They sure do!

They are said to smile more when they hit the beat.

Thats cute.

Do you know much about radios?Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an am radio.

I have heard that.

That's pretty neat!

There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free

Nice.

Soldiers in wwii made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them foxhole radios.

Wow.

I didn't know that.

Do you listen to country music?

Country music legend george strait and the wealthiest man in the world jeff bezos are cousins.

Wow I didnt know that!

I listen to some country!

There are only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame.

I can believe that.

U2 opened for themselves at a few shows in 1987. they were introduced as "the dalton brothers from galveston, texas," and they played country music while disguised in wigs and costumes.

Haha thats a fun fact!

Henry ford helped finance the popularization of country music due to his fears over the "urban decadence" of jazz music.

Interesting!
Thanks for chatting, I learned a lot!

Thanks!

Good night.

Have a good one.

Bye!


Hi there!

Are you old enough to remember life before the internet?

I suppose so.

It is odd to think that there was life before this.

In a way it was good.

You weren't constantly being filmed or photographed, monitored by others.

Are you old enough to remember?

Yes.

Most definately.

You couldn't just Google something to solve an argument.

You argued with your friends for DAYS.

Ha.

Now you can get cell service on Mt.

Everest so you don't have to argue about whether or not Brad Pitt ever appeared in an episode of Friends.

Hahaha!

True.

I think that the fact that cell and internet service is way up there is totally amazing.

I guess back in the day people weren't addicted either.

I mean, we didn't have the whole novelty of clicking anything.

Flipping through microfiche in the library doesn't produce the same rush.

Now I would LOVE to abandon Facebook.

I've been on it since 2006, just two years after it started and I'm sucked in and can't lave.

I know what you mean there.

I think about leaving and then wonder if I'll miss something important posted by family and friends.

Mark Zuckerberg and his friends definitely knew what they were doing when the launched it back in the day.

I need it for work, which makes it twice as terrible.

I'm pretty good about unfriending people.

You know that Burger King promotion where they offered a free whopper if you unfriended 10 people?

They owe me like 8 whoppers now.

I didn't know that but I think it's an interesting promotion.

I mean, what will people give up to get that free burger?

Apparently, I'd give up all my friends!

The rise of the internet has also given us internet "celebrities," which is another reason to hate it.

Even still, Lebron James is the highest paid celebrity of them all you know.

Just under him is Judge Judy.

Give her time.

She'll pass him.

I know I'm old when I'm wistful for dead celebrities, like Robin Williams.

I liked him too.

It was extremely sad to find out how and why he died.

I guess you just never know about people.

He seemed so happy, energetic, especially when he did animated films.

He was already animated.

I also miss Carol Burnett, her variety show was hysterical and she didn't put on airs.

She was the first celebrity to go on Sesame Street, which shows how down to earth she was.

She probably did not go into Pixar's secret room that is just for celebrities.

Yeah, that's sort of an obnoxious room to have.

Bet you Zuckerberg has DOZENS of rooms for celebrities.

All painted blue because he can't see red or green.

I've heard that about him.

It's the whole reason facebook is blue.

I guess his wishes carried more weight than the guys that made the site with him.

I'll bet you MySpace is kicking themselves for not buying it back in 2005.

What was that guy's name?

Tom?

I don't know but I'm sure you are right.

Facebook is valued at $104 billion, or it was back in 2012 at least.

And they make money off our data.

Pretty much legally.

Because 93 percent of people don't read the terms of service and I'm sure it says right in there "by using Facebook, we own you.

Forever.

Hahaha!

It probably does at that!

Some places are taking small stands against facebook.

There's a state in germany that has made the like button illegal.

We should be like Germany in that regard.

Nice chatting with you!

We definitely should.

Don't forget, get we should get our burgers from burger king too!


Do you like music?

Some I do and some I don't.

Like when it comes to country, I like the older stuff like George Jones and George Strait, and Charlie Pride.

Did you know that only 2 black people are in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

I know Charlie Pride is one; I am curious as to who the other one is.

I myself only have gone into country music recently.

It has a very interesting history

It has an interesting past and evolution and in many areas (like mine) we have local stars who have not made it big nationally.

I was surprised to see that Henry Ford pushed country music with his money because he feared jazz's  "urban decadence"?

I, for one, like both country and jazz as well as other music genre!

I agree.
I wonder what made jazz urban decadence

I am not sure.

I guess he might have thought the zoot suits and dance associated with jazz and big band music to be too extreme.

Are you much into dance?

I enjoy it, not very good at it though

I am not at all good at it, but I do go to some of our Cajun and Zydeco dancehalls to socialize.

I also at times take in dance performances at the local university.

Did you know that a pro ballet dancer can go thru 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week?

Must be a great business for whoever makes those shoes

I would think so.

I guess dancing is in our blood early on even if we are not good at it later in life.

Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music and then smile more when they sync with the beat!

Indeed.

Also, did you know bruce lee was a great dancer

I am not surprised.

He had phenomenal coordination and dexterity as a martial arts star and I could see that translate well to dance.

Do you follow the reality show "Dancing with the Stars"?

Yes I have seen a few episodes

I do not watch much broadcast TV, so I only have caught once or twice in passing.

I remember seeing / reading that "Bobby Bones" won recently.

Who is Bobby Bones?

So I wonder if it is a career changer if you win

I know some of the singing competitions are since the singers are aspiring to be stars.

But since these are already stars, it is probably just another feather in their cap.

I looked it up online and Bobby Bones is a syndicated country music radio DJ.

That's why he is not familiar!

He is generally heard and not seen and therefore would not be readily recognizable like a TV star!

i guess that makes sense that he is well known but not well recognized

Since you have only recently gotten into country music, have you listened to his show on the radio?

I don't use the radio

I still do when driving since I have an older truck with an AM/FM radio and cassette player.

Plus, we have local AM stations dedicated to local music and news.

Did you know that Jupiter has radio storms so strong you can pick them up on AM radio?

I am curios if astronomers can predict Jupiter's radio storms so that we can know when to tune in?

That sounds pretty cool.

After this chat, I will look up some stuff on the radio.

Thanks for the informative chat

Same to you.

What has peaked my interest is a website where you can stream classic radio dramas.

I hope they have Orson Welles "The War of the Worlds".

Take care...

Have a wonderful day.


Hello, do you like dance?

I love dancing, what about you?

I'm not very good at it.

Did you know Bruce Lee was also a great dancer?

I didnt know that, was he?
the martial artists?
same guy?

He was a martial artists.
Very famous guy.

I see, did he ever won a dancing contest as well?

I saw he did back in 1958.

Did you know professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes a week.

Thats a lot of shoes, they must spend a fortune only in them, you know that parrots can also dance!

how cool is that

I agree.
I didn't know that about parrots.
That's pretty hilarious.

Yeah they are able to dance perfectly with music, fun fact they can mimic the music and also speak it

Very cool.

Michael Jackson has a patent on one of his dance moves since it uses an object to let him lean very far to the side.

MJ was a great dancer, funny fact about him but he wasnt the one that created the moonwalk

I did not know that about the moonwalk.
Do you know who created it?

It was perfomed by Bill Bailey first back in 1955, this fact came as a suprise to me as well

Very surprised.

Did you know babies instinctively dance when they hear music?

I didnt hear about that, well if parrots do I guess its not suprising babies do too,,

Yes.
Do you like the radio?

I do, I listen to it every day, do you like it?

I love the radio and also listen to it everyday.

Amazing how a radiostation translates solar activity into sound!

how is that even possible

I agree.
It was really good chatting with you.


Do you use the internet a lot?

Hi!

I do, actually!

And I'm also not a member of the 7% of the population that reads the full terms before buying stuff online, sadly.

What about you?

Im part of the other 93% lol, who has the time to read them right?

Exactly!

I just hope we're not signing our lives away.

Ha!

Well speaking of the internet, did you know Mt.

Everest's peak has internet capabilities and 3G cell service?

It's like how and why?

Ha!

I  didnt know that, that is impressive maybe so that people can take selfies and post them once they reach the top?

Who knows, honestly!

Something else I find fascinating is the Library of Alexandria saved a copy of the internet in case it ever burns.

Can you imagine how massive that copy must be?

I guess thats a good thing, having a copy stored just in case, can you imagine life without internet?

I couldn't, honestly!

I would especially miss the three horizontal line menu on websites and apps known as the hamburger button.

That sounds like a tasty button lol, I love hamburgers, do you have a Facebook account by the way?

I am proud to say that I am one of the 2.2 billion monthly active users on the American online social media company known as Facebook!

Ha!

How about you?

Im one of those as well lol, did you hear about that whopper promotion on Burger King?

I wish I had heard while it was going on as I would have happily unfriended 10 people for a free Whopper.

That is an easy deal to me!

Ha!

I know right I could easily delete 50 people and get a free whooper every day lol

No kidding!

Well speaking of Facebook, can you believe MySpace rejected an offer to buy Facebook back in 2005 for $75 million?

Oh, what might have been!

I bet they regret that decision big time, Facebook is worth more than $104 billions by now and MySpace is almost gone.

That was truly a big mistake on MySpace's part, wasn't it?

Something else I find crazy is the like button is illegal over in Schleswig-Holstein.

I wonder why it is illegal?

That is a good question, why make the like button illegal in the town doesnt make sense at all, do you know why Facebook is blue?

I heard it's because Mark Zuckerberg is red/green colorblind.

Hey, since Zuckerberg is technically a celebrity, do you think he's ever visited Pixar's secret room?

I have no clue but my best guess is that he did visit the secret room.

Such a mysterious place.

Indeed it is!

Are you also a fan of Sesame Street?

I can't believe of all the celebrities out there, Carol Burnett was the first to appear on the show!

I loved that show, my favorite growing up.

It was great chatting with you thanks for your time.

Indeed it was!

Another favorite of mine is Judge Judy.

Speaking of her, she also happens to be the highest paid celebrity behind LeBron.

She makes $123k per episode!

That is crazy, isn't it?

Well it was great chatting with you as well!

Hope you have a nice evening, friend!

$123k per episode!

woah that is so much money I guess many celebrities earn lots of money seems a bit unfair but nothing we can do, I hope you have a nice evening as well good bye friend.


Are you a fan of rap?

I love rap music, how about you

I'm a fan, some of the newer stuff though I don't like all that much.

I was a busta rhymes fan in the past, he was reptar in the rugrats movie

I remember he sung on that song scenario.

I am trying to remember it, I am remembering a great song lol!

Yeah.

Did you know Tupac is in the library of congress?

I heard that, he is under some different genre, do you know which kind?

He sings rap too.

nice, Tupac was so good!

I like listening to him on youtube and watching his videos.

Yeah, he is pretty good.

Did you know it is legal in South Africa to equip your car with flame throwers?

That is awesome!
and so dangerous!
do you like cadillacs?

I don't know much about them, how did they get that name?

It was named after antoine de la mothe cadillac, the founder of detroit, it is nice of them!

Was he french?

I think so, it is very french sounding.
Do you ever go through the drive thru?

I do, but I'm not sure how they got their start.

Do you know?

They were started at mcdonalds in 1975.

They were created because people from the military couldn't leave their cars wearing uniforms.

That is an interesting start to them!

WOW!

That is pretty cool.

Do you eat a lot of McDonalds, I love the Big Mac.

I love their new chicken tenders.

I don't mind waiting 20 minutes at the drive thru for them.

Good chatting with you, go get a big mac!

Nice chatting with you too.


Car is automobile motor vehicle used in now days make our travel more convenient.

It really does.

Speaking of convenience, McDonald's add a drive-thru in 1975.

It was meant to help soldiers that weren't allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.

That's so interesting.

US only rapidly adopted the cars in the world.

The largest people have own cars are in US only.

Yes, they replaced carriages and carts.

I am so happy they replaced those with cars, I couldn't imagine using a horse drawn carriage to travel around

In 1886 modern cars are manufactured by German inventor Karl benz.

I wonder if that's were the Mercedes Benz comes from.

I think its so interesting that the trunk of cars are called that because they were at one time wooden trunks.

Sure !

German invented all the luxury cars.

In 1908 Model T, car manufactured by the Ford motors company.

Yes, the Model T was one of the first cars that because mass accessible.

I am wondering if that's when mass production began of cars, with the Ford company.

Youtube is the biggest social media and video sharing website.

They really are.
I find it hilarious that Justin Bieb

I can't understand it.
Please say it properly.

On Youtube, Justin Bieber's song "baby" is the most disliked video.

I think that is so funny.

He used to be such a Youtube sensation.

Youtube provide stage to expose their talent via short films and useful share website.

That's right.

How interesting that Police have their own Youtube called Blutube.

They show law enforcement videos on there.

I never knew that.

Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.

That's so interesting.

Netflix and Youtube both make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.

They are creating peak internet traffic in all over the world.

It is uploaded by individuals video for education purpose.

They definitely make a lot of money that's for sure.

Google bought the site in November 2006 for $1.65 billion.

I bet they are glad they bought it now,

Gangnam styl got so many view on youtube that they upgrade the count integer to 64 bits.

I remember watching that.

Its so funny.

I think its so interesting that three Paypal Employees created Youtube in 2005.

I bet they are rich now.

Sure it is used earn many people uploaded for the video for education, medicine to earn the money.

I sure hope it is!


Hi.

I"m surprised to know U2 did an opening country act.

That is very surprsing, I am surprised that bruce lee knew how to cha cha

Yeah, it's interesting that there's so much carryover between dance and different kind of athletics.

It has to do with their body makeup I think I would pull my groin cha cha'ing

Same.

I don't know much about it tho.

I did know that the stratocaster was introduced for country.

I did not know that, country isn't my style of music, but interesting there is only 2 african americans in the hall of fame

Not really mine either, altho I like some old stuff like Bob Wills and Roy Acuff.

But I read that Les Paul first introduced fuzztones as the result of a studio technical glitch.

that is interesting, another interesting fact, jeff bezos and george strait are cousins

Yeah, that's really weird.

Made me think of the thing with Mickey Gilley and Jerry Lee Lewis.

For sure, I wish Jeff Bezos was my cousin, I wouldn't have to turk lol

Same!

I guess George Strait's doing OK on his own tho.

I agree, you listen to the radio much?

Not much, except my radio alarm -- I'm in a little rural town and there's only a crappy Top 40 station within range.

You?

lol, I like the oldies hit when I listen to the radio to work, otherwise don't hear much, I didn't know jupiter puts off radio signals that can be heard by am radio

I used to love listening to music in my truck -- lot of deadhead stuff, grunge and reggae -- before my speakers went out.

Nothing better than jamming on a car radio full blast

Yeah, makes long drives a lot more pleasant.

are you into hillbilly music much?

I used to listen to it a lot -- loved Iron Mountain String Band, the Dillards &c -- but not lately.

You?

not really, I like banjo, good chatting with you

Same -- it was an interesting convo.
Take care!

:D


Hi, how are you on this fine evening?
Are you ready for a chat?

Hello!
I'm doing well Thank you, How are you?

I'm groovy man.
Do you use Facebook?

I am glad!

Yes, I do.

Its a great way to connect with the World.

Hey, btw, do you enjoy a good glass of Wine?

or not a wine fan?

Wine?
Never heard of it.
What is it?

it's a delicious alcoholic fermented drink made out of grapes.

I saw an article on Facebook about the best winery in Chile.

Chile has a great climate!

I wonder whether it lends itself to growing the berries that would be used in a fermented beverage.

This is true, I hope I can visit someday and check put the climate for myself.

In the meantime, I will be learning more about the language of wine.

Did you know the vocabulary of wine can be perplexing, if not mystifying.

So till my Chile trip.

I shall start learning.

Especially in a foreign country like Chile!

Do they play baseball there?

Perhaps you can find a way to relate to natives.

I think they do, I believe they are big on soccer though!

The only thing I can relate would be in speaking spanish.

I am fluent but Spanish Chile is a bit different than Mexico Spanish.

Spanish varies so much, but I'm sure you'll do well, especially after a couple glasses of wine.

haha!

So true!

and yes, a bit glass of wine to loosen up and dance the night away!

but enough about me.

What do you enjoy?

I really enjoy reading.
I think that people should read more.

I loooove reading too!

What are your favorites?

Any recommendations?

I agree, I need to read more as well!

I do more writing than reading these days.

Although my contacts are so blurry right now... that's my excuse for my typos, and then i panic when i see the timer.

No need to worry.

I think you can do fine.

Did you know someone can read 4,700 words per minute?

I doubt they retain it though.

Thats amazing!

I did not know that!

Fun fact... Did you know that the Ender's game was suggested reading for military organizations and the marine corps?

I Found that interesting.

I kinda read the book, but definitely watched the movie.

I was great.

I think they want to keep it simple but strategy oriented for the troops.

Something to read while they are eating crayons.

haha!

you just cracked me up!

I have another fun fact for ya, hope you like this.

So, in the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading novels!

thats crazy!

imagine those days and how far we've come.

Its bittersweet.

The folks back then thought that people should read poetry.

The purest form of writing.

Pure nonsense.

People should read, period.

Totally agree!

Just today I saw a documentary about how some "witches" or those thought were witches were hung because they could read and or write.

So their were thought to be witches!

Keep your guard up!

You could end up being charged with witchery!

Don't read aloud, or in public!

Most are past that now... or most are witches....hmmm

Yeah.
Well, it's been groovy.
Take care!

Yes it was fun!
you too!

Bye

bye

Bye

Adios

Hit the DONE button

the problem is there is no DONE button

It is just past the SEND button.

aaaahhh


Hello, How are you today?
Do you use facebook?

Hello, I am good.

How are you?

Yes I do use facebook.

It still seems like a new site to me in some ways so it's hard for me to realize that it's been around since 2004.

Yes, I feel the same way.

Its interesting Iceland is rewriting their facebook constitution allowing suggestions and alterations.

That is interesting.

Did you know that originally the like button was going to be called the awesome button?

I saw that, that's interesting.

Its a shame the like button is illegal in the German-state of Schewig-Holstein.

That's weird.

I would think they would make the angry button illegal instead.

Lol, I know.

I don't get Burger Kings promotion unfriending 10 people on facebook for a free whopper.

I don't know either.Maybe they think it's a thing to see what people will give up to get a burger.

Some people should give up facebook entirely considering a third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained the word facebook.

Yes, its not that important!

Do you enjoy reading?

Reading 4,700 words per minute reading speed for the world record is unreal.

That is unreal.

I wonder if you can comprehend what you are reading at that speed.

I know there are no laws in reading, but still that seems to fast.

Yes, I agree how can you comprehend at that speed!

It was a moral panic in the 18th century with the spread of reading novels.

My goodness that is crazy!

That is crazy.

Then again, people just started reading to themselves in the middle ages and then it was only the most skilled of readers.

True.

It was the most skilled of readers.

Not everyone could read well.

Have you heard of the book Ender's game for military organizations?

I've heard of the movie.
It was really good!
So there is a book?

Yes, they say its suggested for many military organizations and the US marine corps.

I'll have to find it and watch then.

I'd like to read the book.

Normally I just sit and read but there is an elementary school that has kids reading on bicycles.

Supposedly it has helped the kids learn and improve their test scores.

Oh really!

On bikes and reading at the same time.

I think I would have a hard time seeing the words while pedaling back and forth.

How comfortable could the seats be.

I don't know.

The school replaced desks with what they call reading bicycles.

Well its good to multi-task and getting exercise at the same time!

lol  Great chat!

It's good to learn.

President Andrew Johnson never went to school.

His wife helped him learn math and reading.

Yes, it is.
The more knowledgeable the better!
Have a great day!


Hey there do you ever use Facebook?

It was started by Mark Zuckerberg back in 2004

I used to use Facebook, but not anymore to be honest.

No I don't use it that much myself.

I just use it to remember people's birthdays LOL, did you ever use MySpace though?

Apparently they had a chance to purchase Facebook back in 2005

I didn't it was a little before my time.

If they bought facebook they would have run it into the ground.

Haha that is possible.

I wonder why they didn't include the fact, that Mark Zuckerberg is colorblind?

That's the reason that Facebook is blue, that should have been something included in the movie The Social Network

I'm not sure, but it is curious how it was left out of the movie considering they already portrayed him as weird in it.

Yeah that is weird.

Another weird thing is the Burger King promotion that they did on Facebook back in the day, did you hear about that?

I heard about that.
Who would do that for a $2 burger?
LOL!

Haha, well I would if I were really hungry LOL apparently it also would message the person that you only value to them to be worth 1/10 of a Whopper LOL

Did you know in Iceland they are rewriting their constitution via Facebook?

No I didn't know that.

I wonder how they do that exactly?

What if a person put something really weird in the Constitution?

What prevents them from doing that

Yeah, that's what I was wondering.

I think it allows them to make suggestions and alterations.

Do you ever watch baseball by the way?

I know that I don't, I think it's really boring and I don't see the appeal myself

I do, I used to play it when I was younger.

I was a pitcher.

Great sport.

What do you like about exactly?

Like I said, I just can't get into it myself, but I am shocked that so many people in Japan have gotten into it, they are surprised to learn that it's America's national pastime

I liked playing it, but then again I was pretty good so I got a rush out of it.

I could throw pretty hard when I was younger and could strike out the entire side of the other team in a lot of cases.

I could also throw a curve at a very young age.

That's cool.

I could see it being fun if you play, just for me to watch I didn't really like it.

Have you ever played kickball by the way?

Apparently in Canada it's called soccer baseball LOL

I played in a kickball league years ago.

That's so weird that canada calls it Soccer Baseball.

Hilarious!

Haha I know, only in Canada lol.

What would you do if you found millions of dollars of baseball cards in your attic?

I know I would sell them immediately LOL

I'm not sure.

It depends how old they were.

If they were like from the 1900s, I would never sell them.

Oh really?

yeah I would sell them, I guess some guy found millions of dollars worth in his attic, they were originally his grandfather's, I could see keeping a couple but I could also see taking one million dollars and putting it in my bank account haha