I wonder how the 160 mph Dutch commuter bus works -- like is it mostly automated on an invisible track?

And is it on a fenced-in right-of-way to avoid hitting people?

I would venture to guess that there are many safety protocals for that commmuter bus.

if it were to hit  somebody it would cost them millions.

Yeah, I also wonder what the advantages are over light rail.

Im not really sure.

I bet they had some high paid engineers work on it though.

Maybe its just something new.

Weird that Iceland uses planes for all intercity travel and doesn't have a railroad system at all -- that seems really inefficient and wasteful.

Do they use automobiles over there?

I don't know, but I would assume they do.

And IIRC it's a small enough island that most car trips wouldn't be more than a few hundred miles.

Well if they have cars then I dont realy see the need for trains except to haul goods, In that case they could just use trucks or planes though.

Yeah.

But if the endpoints are densely populated enough trains would be a lot more energy efficient, and probably faster too.

Well that makes sense.

If they dont already have trains, would the cost to build all that outweigh its use though.

Im not sure.

Good point.

Might be cheaper to leapfrog to a railless system, or just use intercity buses.

I know in the US trains were the first way to get across country.

Im not sure if it would be that way if they had had other options.

Hard to say.

But I doubt we'd be using automobiles for personal or freight transportation on anything like their present scale if it hadn't been for massive subsidies to the Interstates and civil aviation, and to car-centered urban development.

You are probably right on that point.

I wonder how Japan funding all its highways as toll roads effects use of rail for travel?

Im not sure.

I bet they keep their roads a lot nicer than we do here in the US though.

Yeah, probably get a lot more of the total cost of using them back in fees so they can afford upkeep.

It seems like a pretty fair way to do things in my opinion.

It would lessen taxes on everybody and have the people that use the roads pay for their upkeep.

Yeah, and it would encourage a lot more relocalization and compact development.

It would probably have less vehicles on the road as well.

Which would have a good impact on environmental concerns.

True.
Nice talking to you!


Hello Friend.
Do you enjoy dance?

Hi there.
I like to watch dance but not perform!
How about you?

Same here.

I like to watch people dance but I do like to dance too.

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movements.

This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value.

I really like Michael Jackson's moonwalk.

Apparently he did not invent it though.

It was invented by a tap dancer in the 50s.

Yes, even babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.

Wow!

Parrots can dance perfectly in time with music, as well

Yes, even Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the Mouse King in a prodcution of the Nutcracker.

Nice!

Speaking of ballet dancers, there are ballet slippers that make drawings from the dancer's movements.

Yes, and professional batllet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.

Oh, and I take back that I don't dance.

I totally do the funky chicken with my kids.

Emilia Clark did the funky chicken and robot dance at her audition for Daenerys Targaryen

Even Bruce Lee was a dancer.

He won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha championship in 1958.

Speaking of unexpected dancers, they taught Mr Rogers to breakdance in one episode.

That's precious.

Michael Jackson has a patent on a device he used to achieve that extreme lean in some of his dance moves.

I'd love to travel around the world and see how people dance around the world.

The first king to travel around the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii.

Interesting!

I guess he went by ship?

In the discovery age, ships released rabbits onto islands to be a food source.

Could be.

Did you know that the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160 mph?

Yikes.

I think I'd rather take a plane.

But now air travel is 10 percent slower than it was in the 60s in order to save on fuel costs.

If you lived in Iceland you probably would since they have no public rail service and most Icelander without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns.

I do find it annoying that when I'm tired from a flight I get off and have to walk a long way.

I guess they do this so we will complain less about the baggage getting there slower.

That might be.
Nice chatting with you.


Hello, do yiu watch tv?

I do, its one of my favorite hobbies, do you like to watch TV?

Yeah I do like it too.

Do you ever watch shows like the SImpsons?

I do, its one of my favorite shows in fact, Homer is my favorite character and I also like moe

Nice.

Did you know there is an episode where Bart does not appear?

There is?

sounds like they benched the star of the show lol,

Yeah I know and they did not even mention him

Thats weird, I have to watch that episode, interesting fact about the Simpsons, Homer had 188 jobs during the first 400 episodes

That is crazy.

Ho about That 70s Show, ever watched it?

Yeah I thought the show was pretty good, Fes just craked me up lol

Yeah I thought so too but it was cancelled in the UK adfter just 10 episodes

Oh I see I guess the show wasnt popular at the UK then, do you like to travel?

Yeah because they showed it verbatim.
I do, how about you?

I love to travel I am kind of broke these days but there is a website for people just like me, low  on budget but with a taste of adventure

Yeah there are many means now for everyone.

Did you hear the Dutch are putting together a bus that can go as fast as 160 mph?

That can save a lot of time travelling, that sounds like a great invention.

I would like to hope into one of those buses, they sound kind of unsafe though

Yeah interesting to see how it looks.

In Japan seems there are many tolls though and can become expensive to travel by car

How much are toll worth in Japan?

well if you travel throughout the country it will come to a total of $300

Wow $300 dollars, thats a lot of money for tolls, you know that airports make people walk long distances to stop complaints that have to do with baggage!

Wow, how creative of them to skip dealing with people.

Nice chatting with you


Good morning

good morning

Did you know the Dutch are creating a commuter bus that goes 160mph

I wonder when it is expected to available for use.

I would have to look that up.
All Japan's highways are tolls.

Did you know that cost more than 300$ to travel across Japan?

Yes.

That's expensive.

Icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns

I've heard that before.

It's because Iceland has no public rail service.

Exactly.
Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer?

I did know that Bruce Lee was a dancer.

He won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.

My daughter wants to do ballet.

Did you know they can go through 4 pairs of shoes in a week

That is alot of shoes.

Did you know that Tupac danced ballet in high school?

I did know that.

He played the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker

I love the nutcraker!

Dancing comes naturally I think in fact babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.

They do dance and smile more.

That is so cool.

Did you know that there are over 750 episodes of pokemon?

I did not know that.
That's alot.

Yea it's about 50 a year for 16 years straight!

Cool .

The Simpsons crew gave the prdocucer of South park flowers after the family Guy episode

That is really nice.

Did you know that there is only one episode in the Simpsons that bart neither appeared or mentioned.

Never knew that!

Also the 70s show was remade verbatium in the UK.

Days like these was cancelled after 10 episodes

That's not very long at all for a TV show.

Must have been bad.

Yea for it not to last that long.

Ringo star narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes.

Alec Baldwin and George Carlin did as well

Did they also do it for 52 episodes?

Yes they all did at least 52

That is really interesting.

I love television history.

Such as the purpose of the television is to use as a mass medium for advertising.

I wonder what they did before television?

print advertising I think.

That's a lot of paper

Yes it is.

It's purpose was to transmitt moving images.

Catches the eye more.

Yes this is true.

Do you know anything about Mackinac Island?

I do not

They Banned motorized vehicles for 100 years.

I wonder why?

I'm not sure

This have been good information

Yes it has good bye


Did you hear about that boat that sank?
a real tragedy

I did.
Very sad.
Saw that it killed 29 people.

Victoria Lake is the grave of 29 people, a real tragedy that involved an overcrowded boat and lots of booze

That's very sad.
Do you follow government at all?

I do follow it yeah, do you?

I do as well.

Did you know the Chinese government has censored the word censorship?

I didnt know that, sounds like the censor a lot of things over there, really unfair, they have a dictator running the country

I would hate to live in China.

JP Morgan bailed out the US government back in 1895.

Sounds like a country with many absurd rules, I'm glad we have a president and a democracy and really he did?

I agree.

Did you know the only president with a PHD was Woodrow Wilson?

I didnt know that, he must have been a really smart guy, one of the best presidents in US history

I bet.

In Guatemala, close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president.

They cant?

I guess thats a good rule, that can prevent authoritarian regimes from taking over, do you know who are the wealthiest presidents in the history of the US?

Lincoln was the first president to be photographed for his inauguration.

Who did he get photographed with?
sounds like an interesting pic

It says it was with John Wilkes.

Oh I see, well heres an interesting fact for you, the first president of Zimbawe was named after a fruit

Haha - I heard it was president Banana.
Imagine having that name?

Poor President Banana, I bet he got teased big time because of that name lol, I would sue my parents

I bet he was teased quite a lot.

Yeah kind of like the president of Indonesia, the one with 3 pop albums I bet he also got teased around

That would be funny if Trump made pop music!

Well, it was great talking to you.

Have a good day!


What do you think of the government?
You like Trump?

Hi!

He's an interesting person and I guess I will leave it at that.

We need government for sure to make sure our  national interest and policies are kept.

I agree, it is good that we have someone new in office

I am impressed by the Norwegian government for giving 1 billion to another country to save their rainforest.

That is a team player!

That is so nice!

I wish our government was nice, but they spend to demolish rainforests!

Really, when did the pay to have trees cut in the rainforest?

Speaking of land, it's amazing that 86% of Nevada is owned by the US government instead of individuals.

That's most of the state!

That is so much, probably everything other than Reno, Las Vegas, and Carson City!

I wonder what they do with that land?

I think that is where they do all the Air Force testing of the experimental planes.

Also where they hid the aliens, Ha Ha!

That is what I was thinking too!

The government sure do keep secrets.

Like Trumps actual weight and how much he is worth!

LOL

I never thought about wanting to know his weight!

Speaking of secrets, isn't it funny that a guy sold the Eiffel tower TWICE!

I can't imagine someone thinking it was actually for sale.

I wonder how much he made off that swindle!

Those 2 poor idiots, I never knew they did that lol.

Ever thrown a shoe from the Eiffel Tower?

No, Ha Ha!

Have you?

I wonder how fast it would be going  by the time it got down?

I wouldn't throw one made by a famous designer since they are made from expensive materials and some cost 1000's!

I would throw a payless shoe, I have never before.

It would be quite the sit.

Maybe I would throw a Stephon Marbury $15 dollar shoe

Yea, I wonder how many of those inexpensive shoes they sold after  his endorsement?

It's funny that 5000 year old shoes are  more reliable than modern shoes.

Of course, I shouldn't be surprised when I look at some of those crazy spike heels!

lol, so true!

my friend had two pairs of those 15 dollar shoes.

They ripped right away!

Oh no!

Not good.

It's like the professional ballet dancers that go through 4 or more pointe shoes in a week.

Of course, they have good reason to break down, given the pressure on the ends of the shoe when they pointe.

That would cost so much extra money, Ballet is expensive!

Yep!

I like that Steve Smith leaves his cleats on the field after every game to call attention to homeless folks and their lack of shoes.

I hear that shoes and socks are things they really need, but don't get donated often.

I was just thinking about that!

Such a nice guy, he really cares!

I want to donate now, good chatting with you!

Yes, it does make you think!

Good to talk to you too.

I'll remember that picture of chucking a shoe off the Eiffel tower, the rest of today!

Ha me too!


hi, do you know what wikileaks is?

hey yes I'm aware, its funny they published government plans that were shown to want to destroy wikileaks itself

yeah, go figure.

did you know the majority of land in nevada is woned by te government?

didn't know that, but I did know that Norway gave one billion dollars to help save the rainforest back in 2008

that is so amazing of them to do.

a man in france sold the eiffel tower twice

ya that guy is ballsy, do you know who the top 3 richest presidents were?

yeah jefferson, jfk and washington, considering inflation

yup thats what I'm thinking, our president isn't like the indonesian one who released 3 pop albums haha

yes talk about a pop star president, wondering if they are any good

ya I'll have to check it out, but maybe Trump and Kanye could make a pop album, they could stay in the Guest house!

yeah considering it is bigger than the white house

yup that is shocking, do you have a big shoe collection?

I only have a couple pairs myself

not too many actually.
do you have a favorite kind?

well I have boots I wear a lot right now, whats funny is that there is a pair of 5000 year old shoes that performs better than modern shoes haha

wow they must have known how to make better boots back in the day

haha ya I want to wear those shoes, did you hear that ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes s week?

that is insane.

do you know how to get the smell out of shoes?

well I have read either baking soda or tea bags will fix that, have you tried that?

yeah i tried it with baking soda and it actually helps quite a bit

oh wow I'll have to look at that, kind of nice that Steve Smith leaves his cleats out for homeless people after every game

that is so nice of him.
nice chat


How's it going?

Did you know that Astronauts vote from space.

Pretty cool

Nice!

The government of India also helps people who can't vote easily.

They set up a polling booth for one person in a forest full of lions.

Voting is important but I think I would just stay at home one election day if their where lines outside my house lol

Not all men had the vote in the UK until 1918.

That's surprising.

Yea that is kinda of strange considering the UK seemed to be more progressive on that stuff, I wonder why not all the men weren't allowed to vote

Voting had lead to some pretty weird things.

Do you know Fred Durst?

The citicens in Austin tx voted to rename their garbage dump after him.

Well I think we can agree that voting a dump Fred Durst is something democrats and republicans can agree on

Haha, funny.

So I hear there are a record number of women running for office now.

Yea but it's a shame that things like 34% of black men in alabama losing the right to vote still occurs

That is sad.

It's interesting that subscriptions to traditional newspapers have skyrocketed.

Probably has to do with opinion pieces like coverage of the NRA

Maybe more Americans are getting interested in politics.

More are becoming political activists too.

Yea, politics can be interesting.

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

Interesting.

The president's guest house is larger than the white house.

I'd love to stay there haha

I wonder if President of Zimbabwe President Banana has ever been in the US guest house

Or the president of Indonesia.

What do you think of him releasing three pop albums while in office?

I think the President of Indonesia must of been a really good pop singer or a dictator if he was able to release 3 pop albums

Yeah I wonder how popular the albums were.

In Indonesia I believe the runner up in a presidential election automatically becomes the vice president.

We used to do that in the US till 1805.

What do you think about if we did that today?

I think if the runner up became vice president today the white house would be a great reality tv show

Yeah I think you are right!
The news depresses me.
I'd rather watch a concert.
I like LInkin Park a lot.
They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.
I didn't get to see any though

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


To you vote in election years?

I have no excuse if astronauts vote from space!

That's crazy!

Yeah, I voted in the 2016 election, did you?

Yes.

How is it that 34% of the black male population in AL lost the right to vote?

I know, that's crazy.

Disenfranchisement is a serious problem, we really need to give everyone the right to vote.

They must be convicted felons.

Funny, the citizens of Austin, TX voted to rename a dump after Fred Durst.

What did they rename?

And voting is so unique sometimes, the Indian government has a polling station in a forest full of lions just for one person to vote!

Garbage dump...  Durst is in the band Limp Bizkit.

I guess those Texans aren't a fan

That's funny.
Do you like going to concerts?

I used to go to more.

Wow, the Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts.

No wonder the have a song about wanting to be sedated.

Yeah, they toured almost non-stop for 20+ years!

Linkin Park played 324 concerts back in 2001

Hard working rockers...

They must do better than Creed.

They got sued for being so terrible at a concert by 4 people.

That's insane!

Pink Floyd once did a live concert in Pompeii with no audience so they could record it

Does that really meet the criteria for "live concert."

I do like Pink Floyd...

I have no idea, but I'm guessing it wasn't that wild

I wonder how many fans they would have on Pompeii?

I might be surprised...

True!
Do you follow politics at all?

Some but I'm pretty disgusted with the biased news so less than I used to.

I do know the 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson.

No Trump?

Did you know that the president's guest house is bigger than the actual White House?

I wonder why that is

More guests than the usual President's staff?

Dunno.

The pres of Indonesia has 3 pop albums?

Rock on Indonesia...

That's awesome!

What a great way to combine music with politics.

I wonder what would happen if our president released a rock album

It would get bad reviews even if it was great.

Thanks for the chat, you were great.


Have you been to any concerts recently?

Hello, I havent last time I was in a concert it was in 2001 and it was  a Linking Park concert, what about you?

Linkin Park is a good choice.

Most recently I went to a Foo Fighters concert, though I've seen Mumford and Songs and Snow Patrol live.

Foo Fighters are great, I envy you, that must have been a great concert.

They were pretty good.

Dave Grohl also treats the people like me who buy really cheap seats well by playing a couple songs at the far end.

Thats a great thing to do, not everyone has the money to go up front, I went to a Creed concert once in 2002, it was a terrible performance, maybe Dave Grohl can give the band some tips.

Yea, from what I read, they were so bad people tried to sue.

Yeah I wanted to sue them as well, the concert was terrible and 4 concert goers actually sue the band.

The lead guitarist of Snow Patrol broke his guitar during our concert, and not intentionally.

I wonder how he broke his guitar, hopefully there was another one to spare.

There was, he tried really hard though to fix it on stage.

Did you know Zimbabwe had a 'president banana"?

I did not know that.

Presidents from other countries are just as unique as ours, you know the president of Indonisia released 3 pop albums while he was in office.

I wish I had that much time at work!

Did you know the three wealthiest presidents were JFK, washingtno, and Jefferson?

I assume this was written befoe Trump

Yeah it would seem that way as Trump is a billionare, I think he is actually on top of that list.

Makes the most sense.

Also, the idea of the runner up for presidential elections becoming via president might be more interesting than our current system, only now there are usually only two options

It would create unity I wonder why this changed in 1805?

maybe because opposing candidates hated each other and in the end opposed each other while in office

I think they feel differently about other politicians than they say on campaign.

Theres one thing im sure of, Trump and Clinton would have disagreed too much.

Did you know Trumps guest house is bigger than the White House?

Would have been fun to watch!

It would have been fun indeed!

maybe Clinton would have won if the %34 of men baned from voting in Alabama were allowed to vote back when the elections took place.

Good talking to you


Hi!
Are you a fan of concerts?

I am, but I don't get to go often.

I like unique venues.

I would love to check out the ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia.

Are you a fan of concerts yourself?

I am, it has been a while since I have been to one, but there is one I want to go to this year.

I think it is cool that the Ramones have played 2,263 concerts.

That is a crazy amount

They were on tour for almost 20 years straight!

It is crazy how many concerts a group van play in a year.

Like Linkin Park did 324 in 2001.

That is almost a concert per day.

That sounds exhausting!

I bet they were excited their first album did so well that they were able to book all those concerts!

Albums can really launch popularity.

Like the President of Indonesia released three albums while in office.

In his spare time?

Wow!

I have been to some great concerts and some not so great, but never bad enough to sue the performer like some people did after a creed concert.

The concert would have had to been really bad to justify that.

I mean you know what you are getting into, or your should.

Exactly, but four people who went decided to sue!

I wonder if they won?

The band might have just comped their tickets not wanting a big public display or anything.

But Im not sure of the true outcome

Yeah.

It was back in 2002.

Pink Floyd once recorded a live concert without an audience.

Kind of strange.

But it was at a really cool venue, in Pompeii.

Probably booked it for recording purposes.

Yeah, I'm sure it was neat.

I went to a cool concert in Washington D.C once, not far from the White House.

Their guest house is actually bigger than the White House, itself.

I wonder where it is, I dont think I have ever seen photos of it or anything.

Me neither.

I didn't realize that Dictators can also be called Presidents until recently.

Wow, I didn't know that.

They called the first  president of Zimbabwe President Banana.

I wonder if that was a good thing or not

That doesn't sound very formal to me!

Although, the role of president is not as important everywhere as it is here.

True, I wonder what their voting procedures are, like if they are allowed to vote from space, like the astronauts are.

Thats pretty cool!

Someone in India voted from a forest full of lions!

You can apparently vote for anything.

Citizens of Austin voted to name their garbage dump after Fred Durst!

Wow!
Too funny!
I learned a lot, thanks for chatting!


Have you been to any concerts recently?

well I went to Lollapalooza last year, what about you?

Cool, I saw Blue Oyster Cult last summer.

I can't believe that Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001, that's crazy!

that is a lot!

or the Ramones who played like 2000 concerts over a period of about 20 years, wild!

I bet Presidents have heard a lot of good concerts.

Who knew that the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums?

that is shocking!

Do you think Trump should follow his lead and release some pop songs?

That would be interesting!

I bet he's upset, that he's not one of the three wealthiest presidents (JFK, Washington, Jefferson)!

haha ya I was surprised to see that, also surprised that President Banana is in charge of Zimbabwe haha

Haha, maybe he was elected by astronauts voting in space!

Who would have thought of that?

haha who knows!

also who knows why the guest house is bigger than the actual white house, that makes no sense!

Yeah, very weird.

Who knew that you could name a dumpster by voting--very weird.

ya I've never heard of that, and to name it fred Durst of all things, thats embarrasing haha

That's pretty shocking 34% of black men in Alabama can never vote again.

Last year Florida voted to let felons vote.

ya that is shocking and sad, even in the UK it took until 1918 until all men could vote in that country

Yeah, can you believe that in India you have to vote in a forest full of lions?

That's crazy!

that sounds scary, and they made a voting booth for a single voter, very shocking!

Yeah voting can create very weird situations like the runner up in the US election becoming vice president.

Could you imagine that happening now?

that would be very crazy, especially with Trump and Hillary both in the White house, so much drama dont you think?

Yeah definitely, there'd definitely be lawsuits.

Like the angry Creed concertgoers haha!

haha, thats true, can't believe Pink Floyed did a live concert to an empty crowd, I hope that was saved somehow

Definitely, I'd love to see a concert at the ancient roman aphitheatre in Croatia.

ya me too, I'd have liked to see them at that concert that would be amazing!


Are you a baseball fan?

I sometimes follow the game.

I usually pay attention around the playoffs.

Do you know why managers wear uniforms as well?

Ive always wondered about that

That must be a holdover from the days when a player was chosen to manage.

Now it would be hysterical to see that happen.

It would, I dont see that happening any time soon, what about baseball cards, do you collect them?

I used to collect them.
I lost interest.
Never made any money.
What about you?

Never made money either but a man did, he found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his attic,

That is a great find!

I wonder how old the cards were.

I'd sell some and keep the rest as an investment.

They were from the 1900s so pretty old and rare, I bet they were in great condition as well

And they were exceedingly rare too.

I bet somebody was happy to buy them.

I wonder if they have baseball cards in Japan.

I think they do, baseball is really popular at Japan so yeah, thats a possibility.

I guess the Japanese love the sport and have made it their own.

I figure that some of the better players from Japan can find a home in the MLB>

I dont know about that, but I would like to travel to Japan, I hear tolls are expensive there though

The roads are good.

Little traffic because of the tolls, so you can drive without traffic jams.

I guess thats a good advantage, do you like to travel?

I love to travel, but I usually don't have the time or money.

Too bad!

LOL.

Do you like to travel?

I like to travel but I suffer from the same problem, I am broke lol, the king of Hawaii sure had a lot of money, he traveled around the world, expensive adventure

I think he was a smart man.

See the world and understand people better.

I wish I could do that.

Yeah I am envious of him, another great place is Mackinac Island

I wonder what the pace of life is there.

No cars.

NO phones?

That would be good.

Peace and quiet and no distracted drivers.

Sounds like a good place to relax and just enjoy nature, a place with clean air and less pollution.


Hello there, do you like baseball?

Yes, I do.

It's one of the few games where the defensive team controls the ball.

Yeah it is pretty cool game.

Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?

They can play for the team if needed.
I think Pete Rose might have done that.

Nice , I would like to see that happen.

WOnder if they do that more in Japan where they are super serious about the game

Many Japanese are surprised to hear that it's America's national pastime.

Yeah exactly.

Do you know who used to do the scheduling for the major league games?

It used to be a couple.
It's a lot of work.

It sure is.

2430 games every year is a lot to deal with

Teams have to play a certain number of games with each other.

Stadiums might have other events prescheduled.

Some teams want to play at home a certain times of the summer.

It's a lot of work.

Exactly.

How about travel, do you do much of that?

Yes, on occasion.

I take some trips by car, occasionally by air.

I have been all over the country.

That is awesome.

Have you ever made it to Japan by any chance?

Never.

I understand all their expressways are toll roads.

Yes it costs $300 just to travel across the country by car

That's a lot of money!

On the other hand, Mackinac Island has banned cars and trucks.

No tolls there!

Yup it seems it is super quiet there, except for the horses and carriages

You can ride bikes there too.

Yeah that is pretty nice.

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

It's King Kalakaua of Hawaii, isn't it?

Yes that was him.
Nice chatting with you.


Are you a baseball fan?

Sometimes I watch.
Depends on the home team.
And you?

I love the sport.
Who's your home team?
I'm a Braves fan at heart.
haha

I like DC, but grew up watching Bmore.

I was a big Ripken fan when I was a kid.

He was in so many All Star games.

Yeah, he's great.
Best shortstop ever.

I agree!

I always liked watching the All Star games, there was so many great players on the field.

I'd love to go to an All Star game but it's so expensive now.

It's always been expensive though.

True.

In 1969, they say you could get an upper deck for $8.

That's like $55 in today's economy.

That's still cheap.

A beer at nationals stadium is $11 freaking dollars.

I know!

The last Braves game I paid about that much.

It's crazy!

Interesting, so it is country wide.
I can get a ticket for $18.

Yeah, when I lived closer to Atlanta I could get tickets for cheap.

There's been times when I paid less for Braves tickets than I did our local minor league team.

Interesting, still shocked by the price of beer.

What fun is the game without it?

I agree, but that beer does always taste better at the park.

yeah, I suppose I'll just have to watch it on TV.

Do you watch TV?

I do, I'm a big Simpsons fan, and South Park!

I liked the early simpsons, the later ones, not so much.

Yeah, I did like the early ones too.

Did you know there's only one episode where Bart neither appears, nor is mentioned?

That's a surprise to me, interesting.
I wonder why?

It was an episode called, "Four Great Women and a Manicure."

It told a tale of historical women and was played by female characters on the show.

That sounds very interesting.
Well, nice chatting with you.


I used to listen to the radio, but I don't hear so good now, so I don't.

Do you like the radio?

I more or less listen to streaming music and podcasts rather than radio.

I dont do so good with the computers and i dont have an ipod for podcasts.

Thats ok.

Soldiers in WW2 used razor blades and pencils as simple radios

I dont think thats possible.
How could they?
That sounds like a tall story.

I don't know...will have to google foxhole radios later.

Google instructions for foxhole radios.

They sure could have used google back when they lived in them foxholes.

Did you know in Canada, 40% of songs had to Canadian.

No wonder Celine Dion is so popular haha

Celine Dion should be ashamed to use up all the airwaves in Canada.

Now Canada has to import airwaves from foreign countries.

Maybe she should visit Jupiter too, its radio storms can be heard by am radio

She probably couldnt get on the air there.

Jupiter has laws about radio content, too.

Did you know a finnish station had broadcasted in italian since 1989!

Italian?

Why?

I guess they are training citizens for invsasion from Italy?

I thought the war was mostly over, just little bits left here and there.

Even cooler, a website allows for thousands of classic radio for free!

That is great if you are 100 years old or something.

But what if I like pictures?

Maybe radio should have been more visual.

Speaking of visual, Stephen King was terrified of the movie bambi!

Stephen King was a little kid at heart when he was a kid.

I suspect he never really growed up when he growed up.

haha, yeah your are right.

He gets to scare people for a living wiring horrors

He was tramatized by the movie Bumbi.

I dont recollect it too good but there was a lot of blood and violence, and some weapons.

Guess I will have to re watch it again haha.

Great talking to you.

Take care

I enjoyd chattin with you as well.

Take care


Hi!
Are you a fan of horror films?

I like them!

even though I get spooked pretty easily.

do you like them?

I struggle with them, it spooks me a bit too much.

I used to be way too scared when I was a kid but I grew to like the exhilaration you get from watching a really good one.

Scream was the first one I really liked

That was one of the first modern ones I saw.

I saw Children of the Corn and the Halloween series as a kid.

those are scary ones.

Did you know Scream was originally titled "Scary Movie?"

Yeah, I wonder what happened to that title and why they didnt go with it.

who knows!

But i bet that's why the spoof movie that came out years later was called that

Probably true.
Let me get that with my strong hand.
LOL

haha classic.

Did you know ET AND Inception were both originally supposed to be horror films?

ET was supposed to come and kill everyone or something, he was far too cute.

Not buying it.

maybe he was originally a Xenomorph!

True.
Never thought about that possibility.
Phone Home!

Phone home or die!

Ha.

He hides out at the theater late at night with kids cutting curfew and threatens them.

sounds like we should be writing an ET spoof horror film

Maybe we should, make our millions!

just like Hanson sold millions of records, do you remember that band from back in the day?

mmmbop!

haha exactly!

A Hanson song became the most requested song on a chicago alt rock station because the DJ never said who the band was.

I wonder what song it was

I dont know, but it couldnt have been one that was universally known.

It would have been too easy to ID then.

Any way, I must go, it has been great chatting!

Have a great day!


I don't know how I feel about recent slang being added to the official Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

How do you feel about this?

It seems a bit odd to me.

I was trying to look up the word on Google.

Yes, the new one is "dumpster fire".

I know what it is but it's such recent slang that it could disappear so quickly.

We don't yet know if it will stand any test of time so it seems a little silly to add it to me.

I could understand adding it to the Urban dictionary but not Merriam Webster

I 100% agree with that.
It seems the more apt place for it.

Do you do many word searches on Google at all?

Maybe rarely.

I can't think of the last instance where I did.

Are you excited about the NFL football playoffs starting?

I would have been if the Bears didn't screw it up already ha ha.

But I'm sure we will watch anyway.

How about yourself?

Yeah I am excited.

The Bears football game was horrible at the very end.

Such a huge disappointment.
They looked so good this year.
What a letdown.
Do you have a team you are rooting for?

I was rooting for Saints and Patriots.

The Patriots have a RB that never fumbles.

Very good teams, but honestly I feel like they've been in so many superbowls in the last decade.

I'd like to see some new blood in there.

Good point.

I prefer to watch games on ESPN and Fox.

ESPN has won awards for game coverage.

That makes sense.

My understanding is that they invented the yellow line that represents first down lines.

I can't believe that was invented that recently.

I hope Indy loses by 222 points this weekend.

I don't have any feelings about the Colts one way or another but that would be insane.

I do not know how you would even get down the field that many times in one game.

Just wishful thinking on my part.

I do hope KC gets far into the playoffs too, I like their young QB.

He was meant for the gridiron.

He is a good QB.
I have no issue with them going far.
The Rams really surprised me this year.
Their young QB also really broke out.

There is no football quite like American football.

I think its the best form.

I would have to agree, even though I'm sure the rest of the world does not ha ha.


Hi, do you like Google?

hi how are you?
yes i do like google.

I'm great thank you.
I love Google.
I use it pretty much everyday.

I use google regularly.

the company has changed the internet experience.

Did you know a single Google search takes more computing power than it took to put Armstrong on the moon?

I believe it.

computer power doubles every couple years.

it is astonishing.

in a decade, what will computers be able to do.

For sure.

Google once hired goats to mow their lawn instead of people.

That is great!

i wonder if the goats got stock options.

if so, then sign me up!

LOL

Haha me too!

Google maps uses Android devices to calculate traffic.

That feels like an invasion of privacy, but i guess it is for a good purpose.

traffic can be a real problem.

I would think so too.

Google went down for 5 minutes back in 2013.

Yeah, the world probably came to a screeching halt too.

people are desperate for internet.

i had a power outage this morning and my life stopped.

Yea it's bad how dependent we are on the internet.

Do you like fantasy?

I do enjoy fantasy.

dont get much time to read it these days.

You?

I love fantasy.

Did you know there is a national spelling bee fantasy league?

That is funny.

i guess people that follow the bee know the contestants very well.

Haha yep.
There's also a fantasy Congress league.

Yeah, i guess if i were really interested in legislation, then i would do it.

i just cant get interested though.

Me either.

Did you know a single fold in the brain makes the difference between reality and fantasy?

Yeah, i wonder how that fold is doing for me these days.

Holding on, barely.

I bet.
Well, it was good talking to you.
Have a good day.


What search engine do you enjoy using

I like using Google.
What about you?

I do too.

What I didn't know was that a single google search requires more computing power than what was required to send Armstrong and 11 other astronauts to the moon

If I were Armstrong, I would not trust that computer!

Although it was probably really state of the art when they went to the moon.

At least it was not a dumpster fire.

Technology has been developing at an exponential rate and so too has google.

It is now a dominant multinational tech company specializing in internet related services, products, advertising, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

Yes!

It was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students are Stanford University in California.

I mean the company is very innovative and interesting.

They once used hundred of goats to mow the lawns around their HQ instead of hiring people to mow them.

Page and Brin own about 14% of its shares and 56% of the voting power!

That's a lot!

Isn't the current CEO of google Sundar Pichai?

Yes, that is correct.

Google reorganized its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet.

I wonder why.

Perhaps for better organization and clarity.

One aspect that worries me is that google maps calculating traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road.

If they track that, I wonder just how much information Google amasses

I think they have all the data on us.

Between their collection and what they buy from Facebook, we're all doomed.

It's too late too.

They know everything now.

I just hope it doesn't turn into a dumpster fire someday.

It will.... Kind of like typing askew into Google, it will make everything just a little off.

Did you know that dumpsterfire is now an entry in Merriam Webster's Collegiated Dictionary?

Huh... That's weird.

I remember when they first started including slang.

Homer Simpson is in there with D'oh!

I guess when some words become viral to the point it become over used, it becomes qualified to be recognized with its own entry

That would be my fantasy, to create a word in the dictionary.

Any word in mind in particular you want to make viral?

Something that is a verb, something hip.

It won't happen becuase I am old and definitely not hip.

Hell, I still use the word "hip"....

Are you sure hip doesn't already have an entry?

Nice chatting with you!


Hi, how are you?
Do you like video games?

Yes I love video games!

I used to play them more as a kid but I still play some nowadays.

Did you ever play Mortal Kombat

I played a little.
That was on the SNES, right?
Very popular game.

Yes it was the Super Nintendo and also on the Sega Genesis.

Apparently that game is the reason that video game started to get a rating system

Yes, Congress disliked the blood and violence.

It's so quaint now.

The graphics were so basic compared to now.

Yes I agree.

It's kind of funny to see them now and think there was such a freak out going on.

Did you ever play the N64 game GoldenEye by the way

I did not.
Was it good?
That's a James Bond film too, right?

Yes it's a James Bond video game, apparently eight out of the nine developers had never even worked on a video game before, but that game is awesome it's still good even today

That's impressive.

It's a lot of work to make a game.

They must have pulled out all the stops.

I agree.

What do you think about Australia?

It's shocking to think that they have banned more video games than even China has, and China censored the word for censorship LOL

I guess the nanny state is strong there.

I think parents should take control of what their kids use.

Banning video games?

Do they ban magazines or movies?

I think they do actually!

Which I don't agree with personally, did you ever go to a Chuck-E-Cheese when you were younger?

I went once or twice.

It was founded by the guy that started Atari.

Bushnell.

It is a loud, greasy place.

But fun!

It's a tasty place that's for sure haha!

Apparently it was created so that kids would play Atari video games

That makes sense.

The perfect marketing scene: pizza, soda games noise prizes.

Kids can resist.

They'll get addicted.

Yep I love the pizza there!

Even though it wasn't the best it was still tasty after you play videogames all day haha.

How often do you use your telephone by the way

I do not use a phone much.
I find that they are a distraction.
You?

Yes I mostly just text on my phone, I don't even have a house phone anymore.

I still have one.

I don't want the thing pulling my attention away all the time.

Anyway, great chat!

Well every time you use your phone, make sure that you know that there is no correlation between the bars that it shows on your phone, and the actual quality of the call, they did a study and proved that

That makes sense.
Tech doesn't always do what we think.
Anyway, thanks for the chat!

Yep thank you, and I'm going to check out the luxury phones that have symphony orchestras making exclusive ringtones, they sound very expensive LOL


Do you watch TV on a regular basis?

I watch TV pretty often.

Although I cannot say that I have seen every episode of Pokemon.

There are over 750 episodes.

its been more than 16 years now, a lot of Pokemons not only Pikachu by now

I am so surprised it has been on the air for 16 years straight airing about 50 episodes a year.

I wonder if it is one of the most popular shows?

I think it is, my little brother loves it so yeah, I guess Pikachu is a popular guy no matter the generation

Another popular show that has been on forever is the Simpsons.

There is one episode where Bart neither appears nor is mentioned.

I love the Simpsons and it seems the writters did that to confuse fans

The Simpsons crew seems great.

When South Park aired its Family Guy episode the Simpsons crew sent them flowers.

Sounds like they have a good friendship thats a good thing because I love the 3 shows a lot

I really liked That 70's Show.

I just found out it was remade in the UK word for word and yet it was cancelled after 10 episodes.

That show was great do you like a charater in particular?

and remakes are usually pretty bad so that makes sense

I like Eric a lot.

I suppose there was too much American culture that could not translate.

There have been both British and American narrators for Thomas the Tank Engine.

I suppose that show breaks borders.

I have to say my favorite is Fes, so funny, and Thomas the Tank Engine was my favorite as a kid, great narrators

Really famous people have narrated episodes.

Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alex Baldwin have all narrated at least 52 episodes.

All of them big names, so do you use your cellphone a lot?

I do but I think I use it less than most.

I would be great for UNICEF who will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute I am not using my cell phone.

That is a great and noble campaing, they must help a lot of children in need I am going to shutdown my smartphone for a while and do my part

It is amazing how powerful our phones are.

An iPhone has more computing power than the entire US Nuclear ICBM deterrent.

More than the entire US nuclear deterrent!!

no kidding?

I am kind of worried that fact is true

We have more computing power in our phones than NASA did in sending people to the moon.

It's just fascinating.

Kind of like how the data we receive comes from cables 2.7 inches in diameter and lay on the ocean floor.

Amazing how tech advances that cable must be really strong, anyway its been really cool chatting with you hope we can do it again

Yes.
Thanks for chatting.
Goodbye.


Hi, I love video games and tv.

I really could play all day if I had the time.

lol Do you like tv?

I love watching tv.
i

Cool.

I remember when it was black and white and it was fuzzy at night or if the antenna moved a millimeter.

Those were some good days.

I remember watching some old cartoons and trying to get my signal to work well enough.

Its so different now, lol.

I am a fan of South Park and the SImpsons, too.

When South Park aired its final Family Guy the producers of the Simpsons sent them flowers.

They were buds,lol.

I watched those here and there but im more a fan of pokemon.

At least as a kid i would watch it all the time.

Oh yeah, Pokemon made a ton of episodes, I think.

yeah they have over 750 as far as i know and they keep making more.

Oh man, that is a lot of episodes.

I think its about 50 a year for 16 years, gesh!

I liked Thomas the Train for my kid.

We watch it a lot together.

It is a lot of episodes its amazing that they keep making more.

Thomas is a really nice show.

I think some popular people voice acted for it.

Yes, that is true.

I know that Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr are two of the main characters.

It gives the adults some entertainment fun also.

I like the variety.

It was very well written too and child friendly at the same time which is pleasant.

Yes, exactly.

Even though George Carlin is a voice actor, he knows how to keep it clean for the kids show.

Its really interesting that he decided to be part of Thomas.

Its also really surprising that Ringo was a part of it.

Yeah, epic group of voice actors coming together.

I think its funny that Tom Hanks brother is voice for Woody in the Toy Story video game, that is how similar that they sound.

Kids don't realize.

As a kid you just dont realize how popular the people are that voice game characters.

Stepehn Fry narrated for a variety of popular games  and many wouldnt even realize it.

Wow, yeah me either.

I know that a game designer researched that we play 3 billion hours of games a week.

Do you know who that was that researched that?

I believe the one that calculated that number was game designer jane mcgonigal.

Thats a lot of hours.

Yes, thank you

although korean kids contribute to that number less since they cant play games past midnight.

H

Its actually illegal for kids under 16 to play games past midnight.

its wild

Yyou aare so correct

Things are so different around the world


Do you watch south park?

Yea, everyday almost, I really enjoyed the episodes where they spoofed Family Guy

Yeah, that is pretty funny!

Yes the Family Guy episodes got a lot of positive reviews from critics and the simpsons' crew sent them flowers for it

That such a great and funny gesture!!
!

I use to watch the simpons a lot too, there is only one episode that doesn't feature bart in any way

i used to too!
Do you know what episode that is?

No I have no clue, there are so many simpson episodes, I think the only show with more is Pokemon which has over 750 epiisodes

at 50 episodes a year... that is crazy!
Those poor animators and storywriters!

Yea but I guess it's better to do over 750 than be cancelled after 10 episodes like 'Days Like These' was in the UK

THis is true!

You ever played any of the simpsons video games?

Just the old simpsons game released on the sega genesis

Cool!

Did you see that Jim hanks does the voice of woody on the toy story video games?

Yea I heard of that before, I wonder if Jim Hanks did the voice for Woody in the first toy story game

I would think so!

Love how korea has a luw for children under the age of 16 cannot play them past midnight!

Lol good thing I didn't grow up in Korea because I use to play video games past midnight all the time before I was 16

Hahaaaaa... yeah me too!

I wonder if we were part of the three billion hous a week of video playing?

I wonder how Jane McGonigal calculated 3 billion hours of video games?

When I was a teenager it was probably only 1 billion lol

Or less honestly?

What console was your first video game experience on?

The first nes, it's crazy how far games have come since then, now they make 74 billion a year

It was great chatting with you!
have a good day!


Trump promised many people a replacement for Obamacare.

I mean he tried right ?
But he was blocked in the Senate...
If I remember correctly...

Yes, he also promised to hire the best people.

That's a matter of point of view I guess... but look, he promised the wall and it looks like it's going to happen :)

Maybe!

He hired many people who were later fired including Michael Flynn and Priebus.

I mean that's how we learn... and also sometimes You learn on Your mistakes... You know it was a lesson for him - every lesson costs, Good lesson costs a lot...

True!

He really doesn't want to go up against The NRA to take restrictive measures on guns.

I would be surprised if he would... really

I would too!

The NRA said they would support more regulation of bump stocks though.

And is that something Trump agrees with as well ?

I didn't hear about that one...

I believe Trump decided to ask the justice department to draft the regulation.

ok... time will tell.

Hey, did You hear that the only us president to have a phd is woodrow wilson ?

Cool!

He must have been really smart.

Aslo, jfk was one of the top wealthiest presidents in american history.

Do You know what was his actual profession before he got elected ?

No I do not know his profession what was it?

I have no clue, but since he was so wealthy maybe it's worth googling it after this HIT ;) lol

Good point.

The candy desk is a tradition of us the us since 1968.

For like... kids visitation  ?
;)

A senator who sits at a desk near a busy entrance keeps a drawer full of candy for members of the body.

the desk is currently supplied with candy made in pennsylvania, including milky way bars, mars bars, and jellybeans.

what ?

I wonder what's that about... maybe for people with diabetes ?

To keep the sugar level high ?

Possibly or just for fun maybe.


Do you know much about presidential history?

Not too much, how bout you?

A little bit.

Do you want me to share some facts with you?

That would be great!

ok. lol  The top 3 wealthiest presidents in the history of America were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson!

Wow!

Do you think Trump will be on that list too?

I would imagine he would have to be on there now.

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

No idea!

I didn't even know they had a president in Zimbabwe!

I didn't either.
His name was president banana!

President Banana!

Was that his real name or what they called him?

I'm not sure.

I'm going to have to look that up.

lol  The US presidents guest house is bigger than the White House.

That's interesting.

Really?

I guess they have to put people somewhere nice!

I once heard that FDR could speak 3 languages.

That's impressive!

Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became vice president.

Wonder how that would work today?

I could see clinton and trump working together.

lol  They would either be forced to compromise or they would fight big time.

I kind of think that the forced point of views working together might be a positive thing because people would be upset if they fought.

It would certainly give a different point of view!

Did you know Fred Rogers helped Fund PBS?

I did not know that!

There is a movie coming out about him this fall I believe where Tom Hanks plays Mr. Rogers.

That should be a good film!

Senator Thurman fillbustered on for over 24 hours!

Holy moly!

Isn't that where they have to stand before the senate?

Yes!
He holds the record for it!
Do you travel much?

I travel regionally around my area.

I've been to Mackinac Island in Michigan where they have banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years.

I used to go there alot as a kid!

I loved it.

We lived about 30 minutes from Mackinac.

Nice talking with you!


I think they have recently decised that Pluto should be a planet again.

Really?

I remember when they decided it was not a planet.

Yeah, I might be wrong, but it is funny how they can change the definition of something that had been one way for decades/

Yes, it really is.

Did you know that venus is the only planet that rotates clock-wise?

I just learned that.

Okay, that is kind of cool.

I wonder why it is the only one that does that.

I don't think anyone would ever know.

Are you a fan of football?

Not soccer as they are called in other countries but like NFL?

Yep, I love what they call gridiron football.

I do, too.

I didn't know that ESPN came up with the yellow line for first down.

What did people do before?

I guess we just had to imagine where the line for first downs was.

It sure is helpful with the yellow line and the line of scrimmage marker.

I know, it sure makes it easier for us watching on TV.

I think that fact about bowlers making more than football players is fascinating

That is surprising.

I also found out Soccer makes more money that football, baseball, basketball...and a few other sports combined.

I read the other day that the highest paid athletes in the world are all soccer players.

I guess soccer is the largest sport in the world.

It has players in over 200 countries.

Can't say that about football.

That is a lot of people making for a lot of fans.

I know people who get as excited for the World Cup as I do for the Super Bowl.

Yes, I'm more excited about the Super Bowl myself though.

I used to follow the Women's World Cup soccer when Mia Hamm played.

She was fantastic and worth all the coverage.

Now I am back to the American style football.

Did you know "soccer" is slang for association football?

I had no idea.

I saw that!
I did not know that before now.

That kind of make sense.

To me football is one with touch down and field goal though.

Right!

Interestingly, both have 11 players per side.

That is true.
Good point.

Well take care sports fan!

Thank you, you, too.

Go, whoever is not Sea Hawks or Steelers!

Hah!
Ok I am with you on those!

Nice!

Until baseball season starts, let's enjoy football, not soccer.

Absolutely


Hi there, do you travel often?

Hi.
Not really.
Maybe once a year or so.
How about you?

A couple times at least, mostly in the midwest.

where do you go?

Last time I travelled I went to Europe, but that was a rare kind of trip.

I didn't go to Amsterdam, though.

I would love to see a bus that goes 160mph!

Sounds like a cool trip!

Then theres Iceland which has no public rail sevice and people mostly fly

Imagine that!

At least they don't have all those toll roads like Japan!

Yea, I cant imagine spending $300 to get across a country - just for fees!

That doesn't even include gas.

Expensive trip!

You can't travel by car on Mackinac Island, though

yea, looks like they just use horses.
Would be a fun trip though!

I agree, that would be fun.
Ever been to Hawaii?

I wish!

I live in the upper midwest and could use a trip there!

Have you?

No, I haven't either.

It'd be really cool to go.

One of their kings was quite the world traveler apparently.

He was the first king?

That's interesting considering how many kings the world has had, though makes sense with air travel available.

True, plus I'm sure the Hawaiians had pretty good boats since they were an island nation.

Wow.

Apparently women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor till 1993.

Yeah, I read that!

Hard to believe it was that recent.

They had to stage a protest to wear a pantsuit!

Kind of wondering if that was a law that no one thought of before

I'd imagine it was.

I wonder if they still invoke the rule where the sergeant-at-arms can arrest absent senators

Is it possible to arrest them all for doing nothing?

lol probably not, they'd just have to be voted out of office.

We can work on that!


Hello, did you know the top 3 wealthiest presidents are JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.

No, I didnt know that, Trump is not on the list?

I bet the list is outdated because I'm sure he would be on it.

I know right, he is like the richest president of presidents, they guy has hotels and lots and lots of land

Yes, he is loaded.

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

It was his name not a nickname lol, I though it was a nickname when I first heard of him as well Caanan Banana

Oh wow lol.
I thought it was his nickname lol.

Real name, I had to Google that when I first found out, just like how the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office

That's hilarious.

Could you imagine Trump being a pop star?

I cant, sounds like he would be a terrible por start lol, he and Kanye are friends so maybe he can help him

LOL good call with Kanye.

The presidents guest house is larger than the actual white house.

The presidents gust house a a guest house owned by Trump?

that would make sense,

That would make sense lol.

Up until 1805, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.

Trump president and Clinton vice?

that sounds like a recipe for disaster, good thin the system changed back in 1805

That would be a nightmare.
Nothing would get done.

They would fight all the time and we would have an even bigger crisis

For sure.

Did you know the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked in?

No I didnt know that, womane were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor but that changed in the year 1993

Wow I didn't know that either.

That was rather recently if you think about it.

Yeah not that long ago, Im glad things changed, there used to be a lot of sexism and there still is but we are on a right path

It was good talking to you!


Good morning!
Do you like to travel?

I love to Travel, i am going to brazil in a month!, how about you?

I do too!

Brazil sounds awesome!

I hope to go to Iceland one day.

I know they have no public rail service but I don't mind.

Me too, Iceland is my next stop i think!

I don't mind driving there instead of public rails

I don't either.

The people living there like to use planes to go from city to city though.

Dang, I don't know if I could handle that many plane rides lol.

One and done for me

I could do small planes.

I think it might be better than paying to drive on every road like in Japan.

For sure, it costs like 300 dollars to cross japan.

I get made crossing chicago for like 12 dollars!

It does sound way too expensive!

Have you heard about Mackinac Island in Michigan?

I have been there one time in my life.

I couldn't bring my car which gave me anxiety a little, but I got in good shape after!

How about you?

Never been there but would love to go.

The idea of going around in  a horse drawn carriage is very appealing!

That will bring back the good times lol.

Did you hear of the first king to ever travel the world?

No, I assume it was one of the kings of england?

Actually it was King Kalakaua, the former king of Hawaii of all people.

England would have been my guess too

Yeah, I mean, I just don't see Hawaii having ships that can travel like that but I guess he obviously did it somehow.

For sure, maybe he took the dutch commuter bus that goes 160 mph, that would be insane!

There's a bus that goes 160 mph?

No way am I getting on that unless it is on some kind of rail system.

Me too lol or having seatbelts and airbags everywhere, that sounds so dangerous also but I need to see it lol

See it and make sure a lot , a whole lot, of people have been on it and survived!

That is a good point, it must be safe somehow!

Good chatting with you, go to Iceland!

Have a great time in Brazil!


Soccer makes more money than most sports combined!

That is insane?

Is it because it's worldwide?

Anybody can play soccer.
Don't need to be tall or big.
Men and women play.
It's the game of the people.

If they know how to play.

Look as Jon Stewart.

He is a soccer player in college and was part of the US' pan american maccabi games in 1983 in Brazil.

I never knew he was an athlete.

Brazil is crazy about soccer.

A German soccer player donated his World Cup bonus to help sick kids.

Yes he was.
As you said, anybody can play soccer.
Wow, what a sympathetic guy.
How much was it?

Over $300,000.
What a guy!
Do you follow American football?

Wow!
that is a big number!
He should be in the Hall-of-Fame.
I am a 49ers fan.
I do not follow as much.
What is you favorite team?

I'm impressed with the NE Patriots.

It's amazing that bowlers in the 60s made more than football stars.

How times have changed.

I am impressed as well.

I watched the last quarter of the game and the score is amazing!

This was their sixth win.

Their 1st win was in 2002!

I'm guessing Tom Brady was playing in 2002.

I wish bowlers can get paid higher though.

It seems like an easy game.

I think bowling is harder than it looks, but not as dangerous as football.

Plus bowlers don't have to deal with pink lockerrooms.

Football seems harder.

You can possibly get more injuries that bowling though.

Well, I don't think color doesn't matter with locker rooms.

The University of Iowa painted the visitor's locker room pink.

I think they want to psych them out.

It may have to do with gender or being against the specific team.

I wonder if pink locker rooms would have helped Cumberland against Georgia Tech.

Well, there is always Karma.

ESPN won an Emmy for a line.

A yellow line.

An award for a yellow line.

Must have been a weak year for the Emmy's.

The Emmy's need more content than that.
When was that incident?

I don't know when they won, but the superimposed lines seem to be standard now, so I think it was a while ago.

Well, it sounds odd on how it is worded.

I enjoyed chatting with you!

It was nice chatting with you too!


Hi!

I didn't know that there was a type of soccer where three teams play at once.

Wonder how that works?

Fascinating.

I imagine the better two of the teams would just try to put it past the weakest defense.

Or maybe the scoring is different?

Yeah, I was thinking maybe the scoring would be different.

Who knows?

Could be three goals on the field

I had figured that ... like a triangle or hexagon.

I know there is 3-person chess too ... lots of variations.

For real, though group play for soccer and goal differential often decide winners among three or more teams.

I'd think they would do something similar, but just all within the same match.

That must cool to watch.

I wonder if it's played in any leagues in the world?

Not likely.

But we should get a local league to try it out!

It champions league.

People get so serious with the top level of play.

Yeah, that'd be cool.
I know those soccer fans can get crazy!

Can you believe that fans would send death threats over poor performance?

It actually doesn't surprise me.

Some sports fans can take things way too far.

Well, it happened for the recent Champions league losers, Liverpool, and specifically their goalie who made some big mistakes.

People take such things way too far.

Can you imagine what that would be like?

Not only messing up in front of millions of people but then having to deal with death threats over it

At least it was presumably the end of the season, and he got paid ... likely a bonus just for the game.

I'd go home and lay low for a while.

As long as the coach had my back, I'd be ok.  What about you?

Yeah, I'd probably get as far away form the spotlight as possible and avoid social media for as long as I could

Do you think such things happen in less popular sports too?

The threats and all?

Maybe.

I'm sure its possible.

Probably not as likely since there are less people paying attention.

What do you think?

I think the crowd mentality takes over, even on social media.

If thousands and thousands of people are saying the same thing, you can "get away with" adding just your own small voice.

A good chunk of the world was likely watching that game.

With a smaller game, there's less of that risk.

At least all the threats were being investigated by the police.

What can they do?

Track people down through twitter?

And there is no way to pin anything on a "leader" when its just a mob.

What do you think of the policing coming down hard on just a handful as an example to everyone else?

Well they can track down certain individuals I guess.

How to prosecute a Mob mentality is a big question facing society in general right now.

That crap is all over the internet.

I don't have answer for that one

My tactic is to downplay the mob ... treat it like it doesn't really matter.

Online, it's all pixels.

And over the whole planet, there is no way that whole mob can "come get me."

It's just too big to pose a real threat.

It effects how people think and eliminates empathy from human interaction.

That seems dangerous to me, but I don't really know anything lol

Don't be hard on yourself.

I don't think many experts have workable solutions.

And you have concrete experience, just in seeing it happen and perhaps in feeling it yourself.

We have to talk about these things so they don't weigh us down ... just don't dwell on it, like Liverpool players aren't.

I couldn't agree more!
Have a great day!


Good morning!
Do you follow presidential history?

I don't know much but I find it very interesting, especially the crazy way elections used to work.

Did you know that until the early 1800's the runner up in a US presidential election was appointed the vice president?!

Awkward!

Could you imagine that happening now?

The top 3 wealthiest presidents in American history before Trump were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.

I wonder what the specific numbers on that are or how they compare with inflation.

US presidents back int the day were usually all business men weren't they?

Meanwhile the president of Indonesia is releasing pop albums haha

I think you are pretty correct - either businessmen or ex-military generals for the most part.

Makes you wonder what he got done in office if the Indonesian president had that much free time on his hand.

I like the name of the first president of Zimbabwe.

They called him president Banana!

I wonder how president banana got that nickname.

Do you think his name sounded like banana or that he really loved to eat them?

I'm thinking it probably sounded like it.

lol  Did you know that the US presidents guest house is larger than the white house?

That's so shocking to me!

I would expect The White House will all the extra security and staff would be bigger.

Maybe a smaller building is more secure?

That might be right.

I was wondering if maybe it was just to be more comfortable for visiting white house guests?

Do you think maybe white house guests are more used to staying in a palace or something enormous?

I'm sure they probably get treated top notch.

They're not staying at the Motel 6  LOL

I wonder if they have any special fun stuff in them, to accomodate the guests like a recording studio for the President of Indonesia

Hahaha Wouldn't that be funny?

Interesting piece of US senate history....the candy desk is a tradition of the US senate since 1968.

The desk is currently supplied by candy made in PA.

I've never even heard of this.

Is it a lifesize  desk made of candy or a desk covered in candy?

It's a desk that the drawers are filled with candy.

I don't think they are as relevant as they used to be.

When I was a kid the secretary at my elementary school had a candy desk.

That's interesting is it there for visiting children or for the staff or what?

I don't imagine there are quite as many tours of children going through the White House these days since the current president doesn't live there

I think they have it there more for show and a historical purpose type thing.

I seem to remember the candy desks going away at  schools in the early 80's when the generation that was into them started retiring.

It seems like the whole world has changed drastically since the late 80's.

Did you know women weren't allowed to wear pants on the senate floor until 1993?

Yes!

I graduated in 89.

Seems like not much changed except the job economy has been a downhill slide since then.

I didn't know that!

What an odd law.

There's another weird senate law where the sergeant at arms can arrest absent senators and make them come to the chamber to vote.

Once a guy tried to escape and they dragged him in by his feet!

I hope the running was worth it to him!

LOL  That is a definitely a strange law.

I wonder how in the heck they came up with that?

My guess is that there was a run of low productivity and somebody got an aggressive bright idea haha

LOL That's funny!
I had fun chatting with you!
Hope you have an enjoyable day!


Hello!

Hi there!
How are ya' doin'?

Good!

Did you hear about Loris Karius having so many mistakes during the game he formally apologized?

I did hear something about that, apparently involving social media threats even.

I wonder what they are considering a threat here.

I know people take their sports very seriously, but "come on!'

I know!

He apologized over and over, it's ridiculous how crazy people are!

His team mates are standing by him thankfully.

Yes, thankfully!

And also some of his fans have been really supportive.

These days though, it's hard not to let a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch.

I guess people were threatening him with "death wishes" on social media.

That's terrible, poor guy!

I feel bad for him too.

He is only human.

I was unaware that Soccer makes more money than Golf, Tennis, Hockey,baseball,football and basketball combined, that is insane.

Crazy!

Who knew?

I don't hear much about soccer here.

I just learned the funnest fun fact!

You could fit every other planet in our solar system between the earth and the moon!

Cool!

Wow!

Do you realize how much space that is?

I like the planet Venus, it is the only planet that does not tilt and rotates clockwise, very interesting!

Yeah I wish flat-earthers would look into that!

Like how do we really know it's rotating backwards.

Haha.

I absolutely don't think the earth is flat , by the way.

Hehe.

I found this interesting, alternative names for earth are gaia, tellus and telluris.

I'd never heard the last two names before.

Yikes, I need to study-up more!

I really find it interesting that people truly believe the earth is flat, common sense tells you it's not....Wow, I didn't even know Earth had any other names!

I am the one that needs to study more lol, Like I didn't know that Astronomers have found signs of life in a different planetary system 455 light years away!

WOW!

That's news to me!

I'm going to read all about it later!

Venus is cool to me, I haven't been able to see it clearly through a telescope, it's so fuzzy but the cloud cover makes it look so alive!

in my opinion at least.

Venus is one of the 5 naked eye planets, I believe the others are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

I know actually because I've seen them with my eyes!

Hehe

I love the planets and stars, always have had an interest about the entire universe.

That must be very cool to see the planets through a telescope!

Lucky!

Just like the planet they say shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4,500 mph, and the temp is 2000 degree's!

Hahaha, that is scary.

Yeah that is scary!

I heard it rained red diamonds.

Or maybe it was rubies on some moon, either one of Jupiter's or Saturn's.

Wow, My mind was just blown!

Imagine having 4 suns!

There is a planet that apparently orbits 4 stars!

That would be a site to see!

Wow, amazing.

I would have loved to have went into astronomy in college.

Crazy as it sounds, I believe there has to be some type of life out there somewhere.... not little green men, but we can't possibly be the only planet with life.

I would love to know!

Oh I would go as far as to say there is 100% life out there.

I love astronomy too!

The telescope I had was just about $100 and this was like 18 years ago.

They probably have way better ones for much cheaper these days.

I figured how to use it myself, easily.

And it was so rewarding!

Even just looking at the moon, it was so bright, it was blinding!

Truly awesome!

I have been known to be called a moon worshipper in a joking manner by my friends, I am always in awe of the moon, and the lunar eclipse's and take a lot of pictures, lol...I am always looking at the moon!!!

My friends think I am nutty.

I really need to get a telescope soon, that would be awesome!

Yeah, a new telescope is on my list!

My original one, I kind of got sabotaged, when someone stole my lenses!

And banged it around, which messed it up, since they are sensitive, it was HUGE, and I guess I'd go for a higher powered, sturdier and smaller one, this time.

I too, love the moon, and just plain astronomy period!

You haven't lived until you've peeked at jupiter and saturn every night for a few nights.

You can see jupiters moons moving each night, as well as saturn's rings.

I was reading an article the other day about how someday, Saturn won't have rings anymore!

And even though I will be long gone, it made me really sad to think of Saturn without its magnificent rings!

Are you serious?

You can actually see the rings?

Oh, I really need a telescope!

I would be outside every night!

That is so amazing you have experienced all you have.

I want that too!

Everything changes no matter what it is and it is sad that out there in the universe it is changing as well.

Nice to chat with someone who shares my passion for the planets!

Yes absolutely!

I must say this was the nicest chat I've had in a while!

Thank you so much!

I hope you do get a telescope.

It was such an amazing experience!

I know you'll love it!

Thank you!

I have really enjoyed this conversation so much :) The time just flew by,lol!

I do plan on a shopping trip to look for a telescope.

Thanks again and have an amazing evening!

I need to go out and look for the moon...hahaa, have a great evening!


Hi, do you like tennis?

Yea I watch it occasionally, I never knew it was invented in the 19th century

Me either.

Polo shirts were actually invented for tennis players.

Yea, Rene Lacoste was the first person to wear a polo shirt

That's interesting.

A black man won the first US open in 1968 and no black man has won it since then.

That's surprising, a year after he won a helicopter was used to dry off the US Open's tennis court

That's funny and also a good idea.

The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.

That's pretty intense.

Gael Monfils was able to beat the "roger federer of paddle tennis" right after he learned how to play table tennis

Haha that's awesome.
Do you know much about the presidents?

I've heard the top 3 wealthiest were JFK, Jefferson, and Washington

Yep, I bet Trump will be on that list as well.

He's probably the wealthiest.

Possibly, I wonder how much money the president of Indonesia had after he released 3 pop albums in office

HAHA - that is pretty funny!

Yea, they must of been pretty good if the president of Indonesia released 3 instead of 1

I agree.

Wikileaks published the governments plan to shutdown Wikileaks.

That's pretty funny that the US government couldn't even hide their plans of getting rid of Wikileaks from them

I know right lol.

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

That's a lot but I think that land the US government owns is mostly desert

I think it's all desert too.

It's pretty cool that a man in France was able to sell the Eiffel tower twice

Good chatting with you


Do you like to play Tennis?

Not a huge tennis fan but I do like Polo shirts, I never knew it was invented for Rene Lacoste

I didnt know that either, I wonder why they are called Polo shirts and not Lacoste shirts, the bran polo certainly took advantage of this name

I don't know since Polo players adopted after Lacoste maybe Polo shirt sounds better than tennis shirt

It does sound better in my opinion, you know that back in 1969 a chopper was used to dry the court for a US Open tournament

That's crazy, I'm surprised that a black person hasn't won the US open since it started in 1968

Me too!

I wonder why that is, maybe because its a expensive game and the economic status of african americas is usually lower.

Tennis sure is an interesting game it can be quite long as well.

Maybe, or maybe other sports have paid a lot higher since 1968 so more black people choose that instead of tennis

Yeah that could  be another reason, a skilled player is Gael Monfils, he actually beat legend Roger Federer and he started to learn how to play tennis just a few days before the match

Cool, I wondered who were the two players who played for 11 hours over 3 days

Im not sure, but I bet it was a boring game, they could have gotten injured in a really bad way.

I wonder if any presidents played tennis, JFK, Washington, and Jefferson were the wealthiest so maybe the built their own court

I imagined they did as they had a lot of money and tennis is a popular sport among politicians, also golf.

Possibly I wonder if they have a tennis court at the white house, they have a guest house larger than the white house

I think there is one, the White House is really big I wonder how big that guest house is!

hmm i don't know, i wonder if The president from Zimbabwe Mr. Banana ever stayed at the guest house

Maybe he was a guest of honor lol, but the guest house is not owned by the government its actually owned by Trump

I didn't know that but I do know that 85% of nevada land is owned by the government

Really that much?

that is a lot of land, they should put that land to good use, you know  man sold the Eiffel towe not once but twice.

Lol, nice, that man who sold the Eiffel Tower should try selling 85% of the land in Nevada owned by the US government

I agree lol, he would make a killing out of that 86%


Hello there, are you a follower of tennis?

Hi, how are you?

No, I don't really understand the sport well.

How about you?

I am well thank you.

I don't follow much but I do have a lot of respect for the game.

I'm more of a table tennis player myself.

Until 1978 a tennis player was allowed to use absolutely any object as a racket.

I wonder if that's the case with table tennis.

I would expect size and shape to be regulated in all paddle/racket sports.

That is wild, I wonder what the craziest racket anyone used for a match before 1978.

Good question!

It's not just equipment that makes a difference.

Some in professional tennis circles consider "grunting" before a shot to be cheating.

Are they supposed to stay silent?

Yeah that is crazy, I wonder if it is to throw the timing off of another player anticipating a shot or not.

I guess it's coarse.

But imagine the longest point in pro tennis history: a 643-shot rally that lasted for 29 minutes.

I would certainly start to grunt then.

That is insane, I wonder how long that match as a whole was.

And yeah I think I would too.

Changing the topic, do you follow presidential elections at all?

Yeah I follow a decent amount, how about yourself?

I follow them some.

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

I wonder whether we really have a democracy.

Yeah to me that is so stupid, it should be a standard vote and that should win it.

Did you know that the only US president with a phd was Woodrow Wilson

Exactly, that should be a pre-req.

to be able to even be voted on president.

The recent events in the gov't make me wonder what we should do.

The government has actually shut down 17 times over the past 37 years.

it happened 3 times in 1977.

This time was the longest, I believe.

And it's so stupid to me, they should be able to work together to ensure the safety of the country, to me they put everyone flying on airplanes at risk.

Very true.

The TSA people should get interest on the pay that they missed.

We could end up like China.

The Chinese government has censored the word 'censorship'

Yeah and we both know we don't want to end up like that.

And I totally agree on the backpay.

Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!

Same here, I hope you have a good day.


What is your favorite sport?

My favorite sport is baseball.

Who is your favorite team?

My favorite team is the Washington Nationals.

Do you follow tennis?

I sometimes follow tennis.

I watch Serena Williams due to her posture in tennis.

I need to learn posture as I play tennis.

She's a pretty good player.

Did you know Polo Shirts were originally invented by the famous player rene "the crocodile" lacoste?

She had a foul remark last year.

However, I can't give my opinion anyways because she is way more skilled than me.

Is that why they have that small crocodile pic on the polo?

Is she still alive?

I didn't know that.

Crazy.

Did you know the eiffel tower has been sold twice.

She is still alive.

Look her up or she will haunt your dreams, laughing out loud.

Well, how was it sold twice?

It's stapled to the ground.

Apparently a fraudster did it.
I wonder who purchased it.
LOL

I wonder how much the lawsuit was.

I'm not sure, you really have to wonder if it was someone at a corporation.

He or she must have been pretty gullible to do that

I agree.

Did you know that Norway donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rain forest?

Well, now we know that Norway is environmentally green.

Yeah, I was wondering if they were consuming a bunch of oil from south america or something.

They may be doing that.

Could be.

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

That is interesting.

Is that why some purchases remove taxes?

I'm not sure to be honest.
I think it is for monuments.

Interesting, it was nice chatting with you.


Do you watch the UFC?

Hello there, no I don't follow too closely, but I have seen a few matches.

How about yourself?

I watch it when it is on for free at a restaurant.

I can respect that, I'm sure it's way more exciting watching with more people.

Yeah, well sometimes people watching can be more entertaining, LOL!

That is very true!

So on a different subject, are you a dog or cat person?

I tend to like both, but dogs more.

Yeah same here I'm more of a dog person.

Do you know that dogs and elephants are the only animals who understand pointing?

No, what about monkeys and chimps?

That i'm not too sure about, but thought that is probably why they used to use elephants in the circus.

I'm sure I've seen Chimps take directions from pointing.

I find this hard to believe.

Yeah I might have to look this up after our conversation because I think you might be right.

Yeah.

Seems unrealistic.

Did you know Google prefers Dogs to Cats?

I didn't know that, I do know that they have used goats in helping keep their grass short.

Interesting, like they have goats on their campus?

Yeah they had them eating the grass instead of using lawnmowers I guess.

That's crazy!

Did you know Dogs are not actually color blind?

I think I have read that, I think they can see lots of different colors, not as many as us but still a lot.

Yeah, that's interesting.

I always thought they were color blind.

I wonder if Google has a mascot that is a dog?

I wonder, I don't know if they have one at all or not.

You would figure that they do.
Well nice chatting with you.


Dogs or cats?

Is all animals a choice?

That is a valid choice, but I like dogs out of any animals.Google prefers them also!

Well they are man's best friends for a reason

For sure, they are so great!

did you know they have 12 different blood types!

They are probably among the few animals people care enough to keep alive instead of putting down

I bet, they even have blood drives for them, so awesome!

In Istanbul there is a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's strays in exchange for recycling

that is amazing, I think they should have that in the USA for all the animals like you said.

People would recycle more and animals be saved, what do you think

It is a nice idea, but I don't know how many strays the us has

that is true, I am sure its a huge problem in that area and why they created them.

Did you know dogs are not color blind like we thought

It might be because I live in urban cities, but I rarely see strays

that is interesting to know, I live in a rural area and never see them either.

Dogs don't see as many colors as humans

True, but humans don't see as many colors as mantis shrimp

ha that is awesome, i wonder what colors they can see that we can't.

I like Disney also, do you?

Who doesn't?

They do a good job making dark stories suitable for a younger audience

That is so true!

like the beginning of bambi, what a scary start to a disney movie!

Ya it was quite easy to gloss over since it was disney, but if you think about it quite dark

Yea, I am thinking of so many movies that are like that.

I liked big hero 6, the used a 55000 core supercomputer.

It was so nice chatting with you!

Indeed.
The same to you.

Enjoy the rest of your day!


Hello.
Do you like dogs?

dogs are great!
i dont have one though.
You?

I have two right now.

I love that they are not color blind.

They can recognize what treats they like and what shows they like to watch.

yeah, true.

they can see some color.

i think that they have trouble with green and red.what shows do they like to watch?

Mine like to watch baseball games and science fiction shows.

They are really smart too.

Did you know that dogs and elephants are the only animals to recognize pointing?

I would love to have a pet elephant.

i wonder what shows elephants like to watch.

LOL

I bet they like tv just like dogs do!

It's weird how they are both so smart but come from different genes.

Dogs come from wolves.

i really have no idea what elephants come from but i imagine it's not wolves.

I wonder too.

there are big hairy elephants that are extinct.

dogs have tons of blood types.

maybe elephants are similar then.

Hmm, that could be.

Don't dogs have like 12 different types?

that sounds right.

i wonder which one is most common.

i have heard that they have blood drives for dogs too

Yeah?

I'd like to go to one, take my dogs to donate blood.

That would be cool.

The dogs should get tons of treats for being such good dogs.

google should have blood drives for them.

That would be a great idea!
Isn't Google a dog company?

google is a dog company, and rightly so.

i approve.

everybody likes a dog, and dogs help reduce stress.

Very true.

They've been with us for over a millennia now.

After being with us for so long they've gotten attuned to human behavior.

Yeah, we have co evolved in many ways.

they have come with us around the world.

they need us and we need them.

Yes we do.

They do a lot of for us like hunting, protection, and like you said, reducing stress.

I figure that the office can be a stressful place.

a dog can be fun and help people relax.

I'd like to take my dog to work with me.

They are man's best friend after all.

i would love to own a dog, but right now i cant accommodate one.

Anyway, great chat!

You should get one as soon as you can.

They are very wonderful to have in your life.

Great chatting with you too!

Have a good day!


Good morning!

Are you a football fan?

I head that Patriots running back Benjarvus Green-Ellis never had a turnover in his whole career.

Pretty impressive.

I enjoy watching it but I don't know too much about it.

It is a pretty big part of american culture though.

That is pretty amazing he never fumbled at all!

You know the yellow line that shows the first down mark on the field on TV?

ESPN won an Emmy for that.

Certainly was  game changer.

It really was.

I think it made the game more watchable.

I am glad they won an award for it.

Innovation should be rewarded.

Totally agree.

Remember when they tried to make the puck yellow in hockey?

That one didn't go over quite as well, though still pretty innovative.

I think that would be incredibly hard to follow since the puck moves so fast.

Have you ever seen those cute superbowl commercials where the kittens and puppies play football?

I love those.

Yeah, they used to have the puppy bowl too or something like that.

Speaking of dogs, dogs have 12 different blood types and can donate blood at blood drives, just like humans.

Oh that is neat!

I love dogs.

I wish we treated our strays in the US as nice as Istanbul does.

They have a recycling program where plastic bottles can be exchanged for food and water for strays.

That's really cool.

Dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing.

I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact in different cultures both have been domesticated over the years.

Dogs have been an amazing addition to society with all the functions they perform.

Yeah, can't imagine life without them.

Dogs are actually not color blind as many people think, they just can't see as many colors as we can.

That actually makes a lot of sense.

When they are hunting if they only saw in black and white it would be harder for them to point or fetch a duck.

Seeing limited colors changes that.

A lot of people's favorite dog is Goofy from Disney.

Did you know that Minnie Mouse's full name is Minerva?

I'd never heard that before.

I can't imagine that that name tested well for the focus groups.

Probably hence the nickname.

I'm not a huge disney person but I like their collaberations with Pixar.

Yeah, Pixar is great.

The name Wall-E was a tip of the hat to Walter Elias Disney.

Aw that is a sweet tribute for a great movie.

i have to say I really liked what disney did with big hero 6.

The graphics on that were simply amazing.

Yeah, that one was a lot of fun.

It was rendered with a 55,000-core super computer.

I guess that's why it looks so good!

They really do take time and care in their films.

Like with flubber when they actually brought in a consultant to make sure the science was right for the movie.

That's cool.

I think that consultant was Bill Nye the Science Guy!

I've never really understood the whole hidden mouse phenomenon.

I guess it is a thing where people are super into finding them in all the disney stuff but I just don't get it.

I don't get it either.
Some people are just WAAAY into Disney.
It's been great talking with you!

Yes you as well.
Have a nice day.


Hello, do you like to watch football?

Hi, yes I am a lot into sports, I like football,

Do you like music.

Did you know Pink Floyd recorded a live concert with no audience.

In a wonderful place, in an amphitheater in Pompeii

I like Creed but some fans sued them because their concert was bad.

They must have hit rock bottom, I still have some Cd's from them, this happened in 2002

And the Ramones toured for over 20 years.

People don't have time with their families at that kind of a schedule

20 years is a long time, they played 2,263 concerts.

I think that is just too much!

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

I can't imagine our presidents doing that

I think that is so neat!!

He did something really productive LOL, Do you know how they called the first president from Zimbabwe?

Yes, president banana.
That is too funny.

Wonder why he was called like that!

Maybe he loved yellow , maybe he ate banana non stop!

I wonder that too.

Did you know the presidents guest house is larger than the white house.

I wonder why that is.

That did surprise me because the White house is already large in my opinion.

Do you know who were the presidents who were the wealthiest?

Yes, JFK, Washington and Jefferson.

I did not know George Washington was wealthy

None of the most recent ones are on the list, I found interesting that back in 1805 the runner up became the president!

That 's true.

Did you know that Nevada is the only state to have none of these candidates as an option for elections.

I think we need that all over.

hahahaha I did not know.

I bet this option was largely selected!

It looks like tall people have an advantage to get elected as president!

I like that in athens officials were appointed by a lottery.

Maybe we should do that here.

Way different than what it is today, they were avoiding oligarchy!

And voter turnout hasn't breached 62.8 in the last 100 years.

Sounds interesting

Yes, true.
Well it was nice talking to you!
have a good one


Hey there what do you think about the president?

And who do you think the top three most wealthy presidents were?

I think the President is probably in the top 3 richest presidents along with Kennedy and maybe Bush.

Am I right?

Well it's actually JFK, Washington, and also Jefferson.

I wouldn't have predicted that, but I guess it makes sense if your accounting for inflation, have you heard about the president of Zimbabwe yet?

I do not know about the President of Zimbabwe.

I do know in Guatemala close relative of former Presidents cannot run for President

Well the president of Zimbabwe, his name is actually president banana haha.

I wonder if he has a vice president named plantain LOL, and also the president of Indonesia released three pop albums, I kind of want to listen to those haha

Wow!

Presidents around the world are very interesting!

Did you know that only one of our Presidents had a PhD, Woodrow Wilson.

No I didn't know that!

We should have more presidents with phds, did you know that before 1905, the runner-up would become the vice president, so you would have had President Trump and Vice President Clinton today?

I did know that!

It must have been hard to work with your opponent, perhaps even harder than losing the election while having the popular vote.

That happened to 5 candidates for president.

Yeah that would be hard.

I wonder if that would be more or less hard and making three pop albums while in office like the president of Indonesia did?

Seems difficult to me.

Also hard is learning another language, that last president to speak a foreign language was FDR.

That is interesting.

Also I think it's weird that Nevada has a"none of these candidates"option when they vote, I think that could be used in other states as well, it would be useful

Wow, I wonder if we would ever have a President then or an inauguration.

Lincoln was the first president to be photographer for his inauguration....with John Wilkes Booth in the photo!

Well that's very scary!

Definitely a bad Omen, did you know that our top voter participation percentage has maxed out at about 63%, that seems really low to me, and that's over the last 100 years

I'd believe it, especially that a cat named Hank placed third in a Virginia Senate election.

I'm not sure people take voting seriously.

No I don't think so.

Especially since the taller candidate wins about 75% of the time, that's highly unlikely to be due to ideas, and instead is probably a factor of television showing the height difference

Well, he may not be tall but a dog beat two people for mayor.

He served for 13 years.

Haha that's funny.

I wonder what his daily routine consisted of?

Speaking of Elections, did you hear that ancient Athens used to just use a lottery system?

I could see how that would elect a dog LOL

In Oregon all elections are conducted by mail.

I am so surprised at how different elections can be across the world!

That is interesting!

do you go to any concerts by the way?

They should have presidential election concerts haha

That would be great.
Thanks for chatting.
I learned a lot of cool new things!

I did too, and I'm going to make sure to avoid a free concert lol they were sued for having really bad concerts actually