Have you heard of The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven?

I havent,  have you?

I just heard about it.

It was supposed to be a true account of a boy who died and went to heaven but years later he admitted it was made up.

That's cool, do you like cars?

I heard the drive thru was invented in 1975

Interesting.

Too bad drive thrus have contributed to my laziness.

Haha.

same lol Im not complaining though,  its an awesome convenience

Trunks are pretty convenient too.

I wonder if they were broken into frequently when they used to actually be wooden trunks on the back of cars.

hmmm I think they have locks on them though.

I remember seeing a bunch in my grandmothers house lol

And speaking of breaking in to cars, in South Africa you can put flamethrowers on your car to prevent carjacking.

lol wow,  they must have a lot of those car jackings then.

Yeah, I guess so!

It's surprising to think that if we lived just over a century ago that we probably wouldn't have to worry about carjackings as we would be walking or traveling by horse!

Yeah traveling by horse seems rough!

like where do you put the poop when it goes?

lol

Haha.

Reminds me of a horseback tour I took on the beach.

We all had to stop for a pee and poop break for the horses before embarking on our "romantic" trip.

Awkwerd.

oh my lol theres nothing more romantic than the smell of horse poop.

Have you ever seen them pee?

I took some lessons awhile back and it pees like a water hose!!

Like a lot of urine!

Yeah, well, I tried not to look but yeah it sure created rivers and the sound of it was interesting.

Hahaha.

Yup, sounded exactly like a water hose.

So I'm glad we get to travel by car now.

Do you know what the brand Cadillac was named after?

Probably someone with the last name cadillac?

Exactly, after the French Explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded Detroit.

Interesting!
do you use spotify?

No, I mostly use YouTube.
How about you?

I use pandora and goodle music mostly,  but I hear spotify is just the same lol

Crazy that a musician needs to get 130,745 plays per day on Spotify to get minimum wage.


Hey there do you ever watch Netflix?

I know that I have a couple good shows on there that I like, have you seen bandersnatch?

Hi, how are you?
I used to watch Netflix.
Not much now.
What is bandersnatch?
DOn't know it.

So it's like a choose-your-own-adventure type of movie, you get to choose what happens next, it's only on Netflix though.

It's kind of interesting, although it's not amazing.

What do you think about Blockbuster having the chance to buy Netflix and turning it down

That sounds like a game.

I guess Netflix wants to branch into that kind of entertainment.

Blockbuster blew it.

Simple.

They blew it.

Yep they definitely blew it.

They had their chance for 50 million, and now Netflix is worth two billion LOL definitely kicking themselves now

I guess BB thought they could do it on their own.

Had a chance to try, and they lost.

Maybe in the future another company will replace Netflix, but not for a while.

Yeah it's going to take some time.

I know that Disney is coming out with their own version, but there's no way it will be as good.

The story behind Netflix is creation is interesting tough.

the guy had a $40 late fee and that's what prompted him to make Netflix

A late fee can be irritating, irritating enough to launch a firm that takes down the big boys.

Yep that'll do it.

But it was probably worth the late fee to see Apollo 13, that's a great movie have you seen it?

Yes, I have.
Great film.
Not worth a $40 late fee, but good.

What else do you do for entertainment?

You play any video games?

I played the Nintendo back-in-the-day myself

I used to play games, but now I don't.

I know the kids now have great games to play.

The NES was a very popular system.

Yeah it was.

It lasted until 2003, I'm just shocked it only could display 54 colors, I never noticed that as a kid

54 was enough for those graphics.

The resolution wasn't good enough to make more colors that meaningful.

Plus the game design was great.

Classic!

Note that makes sense.

Would you ever use chickens for entertainment?

Apparently that's what people in the United Kingdom would do around 50 BC

I guess they didn't have much in the way of entertainment.

Chickens have more than 54 colors too, so that's good.

Haha yep that is good.

What about Disney movies by the way?

Do you have a favorite one?

I know that I like The Lion King a lot, and that they translated into Zulu actually

It is a movie about AFrica, so I guess people would want to see it in their native language.

I haven't seen it in a long time though.

Yeah it's pretty good.

Also a pretty good movie is the movie Frozen.

It was so big back a couple years ago, and I think they're coming out the sequel, but anyway it was the first Disney movie to be directed by a woman

Disney really should have had women directing sooner.

I never saw it, but probalby it has great songs and stuff.

It does have some good songs.

You should check it out.

You know that the toy industry talks to Disney before the movies are even made?

That kind of ruins the Artistic integrity in my opinion


Do you like to travel?

Who doesn't?

My family just got back from a vacation recently.

It is always fun to go out and just be away from normal life, even for just a little bit.

Interesting.

I like to travel too, but I'm not so much of a flier.

I don't like to fly.

Yeah I don't like to fly all that much, I have done it but if driving is possible I will definitely do it that way.

I'm in agreement with you.

Would you take a bus if it drove 160 mph though?

For sure, I mean planes and trains both travel much faster, so if a bus could be on some sort of rail system and do the same, I say why not.

Yeah, I agree.

Did you know in Japan all of the highways are tolls?

Yeah that is just crazy, i am really glad the US does not work that way.

Also living in Iceland and having to go by plane everywhere would really suck.

Me too.

Is that true that you have to fly everywhere?

yeah Iceland has no public rail system so they have to use domestic flights to go between any major towns.

Interesting.

Who was the first king to travel around the world?

his name was King kalakaua and he was from Hawaii.

Did you know Jupiters moon Ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun?

WOW!
Way cool, no I'm surprised about that.
Do you know a lot about planets?

I like to keep up with NASA news, I am just hoping people walk on mars in my lifetime, would be cool.

I also think once people do get to mars we are going to find signs of extinct life.

I watch a lot of those shows.

I like the show the Universe.

It is pretty good.

I don't know if they still make new episodes though.

I like to watch the Blue Planet, also the Planet Earth series, and frozen planet 2 is coming out soonish.

Interesting, is it purely a science show?

Not really, it is more just animals and landscapes of earth, with some information about global warming and its effects thrown in.

Interesting, well it sounds better than some other shows.

What channel is it on?

It is on the channel BBC America.

They have a lot of planet/animal type of shows on there.

I'll have to check it out.
Well, nice chatting with you.


Do you use the computer often?

Sure, for way too long each day.

What do you do online?

I often shop online at Amazon.

They do have everything, just like their logo!

The arrow means they have everything from a to z.

True that have a very immense selection.

The company sure has come a long way from only selling books online

I have my 1 click buying setting off so I don't make too many spontaneous purchases!

They hold the patent on that and Apple pays them licensing fees.

Ya I still haven't used that feature.

Feel that it could and would be dangerous.

However, what Amazon has done right aside from quality merchandise is great customer service and delivery

That's true.

Do you read books on the Kindle?

Amazon created a new font that is designed to be easily read on kindles and other digital screens.

I have been transitioning more to audiobooks personally.

It is easier on my eyes

Yeah, it is cool that Amazon sells so many things from audio books to software to mp3s to video games to electronics to apparel to food to toys and more!

Indeed.
Do you do anything else online?

I watch Netflix.
How about you?

I watch shows with a lot of drama or play video games

And you are not alone.

Video games make more money each year than Hollywood films

It is amazing how much technology has come to create whole worlds in a 2d screen

You're right, and technology just keeps getting better.

I thought Mortal Kombat was so realistic looking when I first played it.

Mortal Kombat is the reason for the video games rating system!

That is the one where one character rips out and eats the loser's heart right?

Hahaha true!

I wonder if that was banned in Australia, which has more video games banned than China.

I mean regardless, we play at least 3 billion hours per week as a planet.

Not a year, not a month, but per WEEK!

Yikes!

I like taking my kids to Chuck E Cheese sometimes.

Atari's creator created it as a way to get kids to play their games.

I guess chuck E cheese has the added benefit of allowing kids to run around and spend all that energy.

In any case, thanks for chatting.


Do you use Spotify by any chance?

Yes, I do use Spotify.

Did you know that they launched in 2008?

It does not seem like that service is over 10 years old.

I did not know they launched in 2008.

I had thought they launched in 2013.

Interesting the CEO was the CEO of uTorrent in 2006.

Oh I remember the days of UTorrent ha ha.

I did not know it was the same person.

Did you know that 20% of all of their available songs haven't been played once.

I had no idea either but not surprised.
No, I did not know that either!
I do remember the Taylor Swift drama.

I remember that also.

I wonder why she only took them off Spotify but not Pandora.

She coldn

She actually has her music back on Spotify.

She just did not put her newest album on there for a month or so.

I guess that was her condition?

I guess so.

I'm surprised they put them on there since in order to make minimum wage an artist has to have 130,745 plays per day.

Now I see why they do not want their music on Spotify.

Who is getting anything from the service other than the customer?

I have no idea.

I suppose they get exposure for concernt tickets and endorsements which seems to be where they make their money now since album sales are down so much.

That is true.

Their merch and touring definitely has to be the cash cow.

I wonder how many people were shocked that that Alex kid admitted everything was fabricated..

I'm not familiar with Alex Kid.
What was the scandal there?

He was one of the children who "wrote a book" about dying and seeing Heaven.

"The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven".

It was published in 2010.

I do remember that scandal now that you say it.

I'm thinking the parents had a lot to do with that and shame on them.

While we are talking about crazy facts, did you know that you can put flame throwers on your car in South Africa to prevent carjacking?

I did now that actually!

I did not know that Google's self-driving cars have an "aggressive" mode though.

Sounds disastrous.

That sounds very dangerous.

Do you know why the trunk of your car is called a trunk?

I do not know.
Why is it called the trunk?

It's because old cars had actual wooden trunks in the back.

That seems like a huge pain to deal with.

I had no idea!

A wooden trunk sounds like a ton of splinters waiting to happen.

Thank god that changed.

I agree.

I also can't believe that the drive-thru was invented by McDonald's in 1975.

That's so recent.

I can't imagine fast food places without drive-thrus.


Good Morning!
Do you have Netflix?

No, I don't like television.

I prefer to watch movies once in a while.

I love Music.

To play and sing!

That's wonderful!

You may be interested in watching the Rom com Sierra Burgess is a loser.

Noah Centineo is in it!

I din't know Netflix released 126 original series in just one year!

Isn't that amazing?

It is!

I wonder how many of those have Noah Centineo in them!

I guess you are a fan!

I'm surprised to learn that Netflix and YouTube together use half of the internet traffic in north america

I am!

That's a crazy amount of traffic.

I heard netflix has about 137 million subscribers.

That is a lot of people, and, a lot of money!

Netflix isn't available in Chine or North Korea though.

Like a song said, "everybody wants to rule the world".

I don't think Netflix need those markets to survive.

Probably not.

From 9pm to 12 am they are 33% of the bandwidth used in NA.

Did you realize that after a bad experience something good could happen?

netflix started after someone had to pay a really high late fee for a movie!

Isn't that cool!
Wish I had had that idea!
Netflix also still sends out DVD's!

Anyway, technology is always changing, so companies have to adapt to new technologies as soon as they can.

DVD's are not going to last!

I thought that too.
5 years ago.
But they are still going strong.
You said you like music.
What kind do you listen to?

Right now I'm listening to Lenny Kravitz, New York city!

Music it's awesome.

And these companies know music is powerful.

Youtube is making a lot of money from music!

That's true.

Music is a wonderful form of entertainment.

A lot of people listen to music.

Talking about entertainment, did you know Ronald Reagan was an actor before to be President?

I did!
Especially in westerns.
I remember him running for election.
No one thought he would win!

I guess nobody because he was even rejected for a movie role cause he didn't look like a president!

True!
Have a good day!


Hello, are you a car person.

Did you know 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car?

I did not know that.

There is a boy who was in a car accident and claimed that he went to heaven.

Really, I want to believe him.

Cars became widely available in the early 20th century.

Alex Malarkey claimed that he went to heaven, but then admitted that he made it up.

He did not die.

He did not go to heaven.

He just wanted attention.

Now he just gets social security.

That is sad.

The Model T in 1908 was one of the first cars available to the masses.

The Model T was the car that helped make America productive.

People could fix the car themselves and have it in any color as long as it was black.

That is cool.

I love classics.

A cool fact is that in 1975, Mcdonalds added the drive-thru to help soldiers.

They were not allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.

Now Americans barely get out of their cars at all.

There are over 1 billion cars on the planet.

In a century, I wonder if we will use cars at all, or something else.

I want the autonomous car.

You can actually put flame throwers on your car legally in South-Africa to prevent carjacking.

I think that's great!
Flamethrowers!
I need to check that out on Youtube.

So would I.

Do you use Spotify?

They launched in 2008.

In 2018, they were available in 78 regions.

The artists probably enjoy the chance to build an audience, but can't really make much money on Spotify.

There was a band that used the money they earned from spotify to fund a free tour.

They earned 20K on Spotify.

They released a silent album.

I wonder who listened to that.

Artists needs to get 130745 plays per day to earn minimum wage.

That is a lot of plays.

A fun fact is that 20% of all songs on Spotify haven't been played once.

That is 4 million songs.

The artists are probably hoping to get some recognition.

The fact is, most people may not be as talented.

That is very true.

That includes me, lol.

The main developer of Spotify also was the programmer that made Utorrent.

That guy is probably quite rich by now.
Are you a fan of fantasy novels?

Yes, I love them.

Big can of Fantasy and Sci Fi.

Speaking of fantasy, you can actual do a fantasy draft of the National spelling bee.

I wonder what the prize for winning the draft is.

Well, thanks for the chat.


hi, do you like drama?

I do like drama.

Did you watch "House"?

Hugh Laurie was paid $700,000 per episode.

Is that crazy?

Yes I love that show , I am not surprised he makes that much money

Really?

I was shocked.

I guess I don't understand economics of the famous.

I thought sports people were paid too much per game, plus their annual contract.

I guess it depends on the sport too.
do you like radio dramas?

I have never listened to them, but I know my parents did before the TV became popular.

I understand there is a website where one can listen to radio dramas from the past.

That might be worth looking into.

Yeah and best of all is that part that it is free for everyone to enjoy them

I wonder what shows are available.

I like to download ebooks from Amazon.

It's so much easier that carrying books around.

nice.
do you shop much on amazon?

Yes, I did a lot of my Christmas shopping.

It's great to be able to order and have things delivered, especially if you live far away from your kids and grandkids.

They even contracted with the Postal Service to deliver on Sunday.

yeah they are convenient that way.

to think it all started with selling books

Who would imagine that it would develop into such a large business, with warehouses all over the country.

Even selling so much in electronics.

yeah and I guess that is why their workers walk so much during the day

Good exercise, for sure.

I enjoy electronic games, but it is big business, with sales up to $74 billion annually in the world.

and jeff even built a clock on a mountain

Really?

Thanks to the smart phones, people are playing games a lot.

There should be some controls on kids.

I understand in South Korea, kids 16 and under can't play after midnight, by law.

Yeah and I actually wonder how they control that

I wondered the same thing.

Parents turn them in?

Ha.

Now they play those reality games with the goggles and headsets.

do you know what video games were originally called?

No, tell me.

cathode ray tube amusement devices.
nice chat


Hello, are you a Spotify user?

They have 4 million songs that have never been played in their catalog

I am, not a premium user though.
I put up with a few adverts.

I don't use it.

Though I am a little disgusted that it takes almost 150K plays per day for an artist to earn minimum wage on that platform.

I've heard something similar, very few artists make enough money on it.

That's the problem with the internet, making something so easily available pushes down the prices.

I agree.

Did you know that there is something called Fantasy Congress?

People draft the members, and earn points  from their success at legislating.

How odd.

That's a new one on me.

Do you read fantasy books, I've read a few in my time.

I do every now and then.

I guess I don't have that fold in the brain that makes the difference in perceiving fantasy from reality.

That's a little harsh on yourself.

Sounds a little like that kid that claimed he'd been to heaven in  a near death experience.

I've long believed that little kids and animals can see (and experience) things that adults cannot.

It's a shame that he felt that he needed to lie like that to get attention.

Though I do have to place a lot of the blame on his parents.

Your right, it seem the father was to blame.

Can't really lay blame on a six year old child.

I find the entire situation distasteful.

Seems like the publisher should have taken some time to fact check the kid and the father.

I think people love the story and then it takes on a life of it's own, the people originally responsible lose control as it gets bigger and bigger.

I doubt they thought it would become as big as it did.

Probably.

I read that people also do a fantasy draft of the national spelling bee.

How much of a gambling addict do you have to be, to do a fantasy draft of kids?

Some people will gamble on anything, it has to be an addiction.

I think I'll stick to reading my fantasy novel for entertainment.

I'll stick to daydreaming I live in South Africa, and have a car equipped with flame throwers.

I can imagine the chaos if it were legal here.

I live in Ohio, so I daydream of warmer places all the time.

I just learned it's illegal to warm your car here, I guess I'm a criminal.

I'm in Ohio too, and dare a Summit County deputy to tell me I can't, lol.

Have you been to Detroit, and Bell Island?

The founder of Cadillac's home is there.

I've been to the airport and Ann Arbor, but never Detroit itself.

Soon it will be all self driving cars, I'm looking forward to that, then I can read as I go.

The Tesla has Atari games, I think I would prefer that.

McDonalds used to be so innovative, I have to wonder what happened.

They invented the drive-thru, to accomodate soldiers who were not permitted out of their cars while wearing fatigues.

It's often funny how something we take for granted came about for an odd reason.

Supposedly the Google self driving car has a aggressive mode.

So we'll still have road rage.

That doesn't surprise me at all.

Have a good day, nice speaking with you.


hey there what do you think of our government?

Hi!
The gov't needs some changes.
What about you?
What do you think?

ya I think so, each government has a type of constitution but ours probably has some issues that need changing like you said

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

I wish that our gov’t would do something like that.

ya that is a nice thing, weird that almost 90% of nevada is owned by the US gov.

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

Maybe he could help the gov’t sell some of the land in the Nevada.

lol good idea, and he sold it not once but 2 times, how wild!

I guess he was good at conning people.

Did you hear that Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks?

Seems ironic.

haha it does seem ironic, do you ever travel at all?

could be done by foot, car, boat, or airplane, etc?

Travel is a great form of education.

I don't know if I would go to Iceland though.

no and I wouldn't ride on teh dutch bus that goes 160mph haha

I bet the bus has a special lane or something.

People hate commuting.

Probably not much commuting on Mackinac Island in Michigan.

It has banned motorized vehicles for over a hundred years.

How do ambulances and fire engines get around?

I've been there, and they do have those things for emergencies, but its mostly horses and the whole island smells like horse dung lol

Horse dung?
Charming.
It must do wonders for the appetite.
Have you been to Japan?

no but I hear all their highways are tolls, is that true?

Yes, and rather expensive ones at that.

But the roads are fast because there is much less traffic, so you get what you pay for.

ya, it also costs like $300 do drive across the country, so that also sucks haah

Trains are a better way to travel around Japan.

Unlike Iceland.

no you can't even use trains there, weird you have to take planes from city to city

I would go nuts from going through security all the time.

Maybe drive a car?

Intercity Uber?

ya or just get a pack of huskies and mush your way around lol


Do you like to travel?

That I do, but it seems to be more for business than pleasure these days.

Do you think the government is doing enough to keep travel safe?

They could always do more.

Well, I am enrolled in the TSA Pre-Check program, so I get through security faster at the airports.

But I would agree that we need more vigilance with rail, bus, and mass transit.

Are you for or against toll roads?

I don't mind them, so I guess I'm for them.

How about you?

I like toll roads.

I much prefer user fees (like tolls) than taxes because they are applied directly to the service rendered.

Did you know that in Japan, all highways are toll roads.

It cost more than $300 to travel the entire country.

Wow, I did not know that.

That's not bad, I thought it would be more.

I heard Iceland has no public rail service.

I would not have thought that considering rail is much bigger in Europe than it is here.

I recently read that the Dutch are creating a commuter buss designed to travel at 160 MPH.

I wonder how that will work.

I would not want to be on a vehicle going 160 MPH in rush hour traffic!

Yeah, that sound dangerous.

I would think that the bus would have it's own lane.

That's a lot of road for few vehicles.

What are your thoughts about space travel.

AT one time it was the sole domain of government (NASA).

Now it is almost exclusively private for-profit companies.

Should NASA resume manned / unmanned flights or serve more as a regulator to make sure space travel is safe and not littering outer space with debris?

I think they should do both.

There definitely needs to be someone regulating space because it could get out of control.

That is my concern as well.

I like the way SpaceX just tested a manned capsule (with a dummy) so we can break away from using Russia to ferry our astronauts to the international space station.

Growing up, I was educated that we had nine planets in our solar system.

Not long ago, Pluto was demoted and is no longer a planet.

Do you know why?

I think it's because Pluto's own gravity isn't strong enough to clear objects around it.

Could be.

I think I will try to read up on it when I have some free time.

What I find interesting is how different planets have different "personalities".

Like Venus which does not tilt therefore it does not have seasons and it is the only  planet to rotate clock-wise!

Yeah, Venus is also the hottest planet in the Solar System because of all the carbon in the atmosphere.

Scientist are afraid that could happen to Earth.

Back on earth, do you think that Julian Assange will every leave the Ecuadorian embassy in Great Britain?

I personally think that he will remain until he is sure the U.S. will not extradite him to face trial over WikiLeaks.

That's his personal prison.

I don't think he's ever leaving the embassy.

I agree.

But I do find it humorous that WikiLeaks published the secret government plans to destroy WikiLeaks!

Yeah that's funny.

He's probably use to living there by now.

Did you know that the U.S. owns 86% of Nevada?

I wonder why?

It make me curious as to why it should be a state if the largest landowner is the feds.

I think it lacks natural resources.
Nobody wants to live there.

It also could be Area 51.

I doubt that will be put on the real estate market anytime soon.

Speaking of real estate, I find it amusing that an imposter sold the Eiffel Tower twice!

I am not sure who would fall for that, but someone did, twice!

Yeah that's ridiculous.
It was nice taking to you.


hi, que opinas del tema  'The Boy Who Came Back'

Alex, now paralyzed from the neck down, admitted he had fabricated the story.

"I did not die,hi" he wrote in a blog post.

Yes, it is a very delicate information that impacted especially for all those who thought alez was different

yes sure

Sorry "Alex" and what do you think about the lawsuit

I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention."

The admission created a firestorm within the worlds of evangelical faith and Christian publishing

So you are very right, I think you did very badly, not only because he lied to people, but because you remember having a natural experience with God

yes sure

What is your position with regard to faith you are a Christian

i am catholic

Ok, I am a Christian but I respect your opinion.

I think this case of alex is very controversial here in this country

yes i am also think this one

Ok, better discuss another article, that cars came into worldwide use during the twentieth century, you already knew this

yes i already know

What is the make and model of car that you admire or have

i admire audi a3

Good car, it is true that it is legal in South Africa to equip your car with flamethrowers to prevent vehicle theft

A single fold in the brain makes the difference between perceiving reality and fantasy.

If so, thank you for sharing your ideas and opinions with me

thank you

God bless you


Hello, do you have a Facebook account, use social media?

Yep, most everyday.
You?

I do, I love using Facebook, Ive been a user since 2012, and after Facebook a MySpace user.

I learned Facebook  is primarily blue because Zuckerberg has some color blindness, and I have a bit of the same problem.

Explains alot!

It sure does, I thought it was a marketing trick or strategy to lure people, thats an interesting fact for next time im out with friends

Yea I thought it might be school or feeling related.

Iceland is apparently using FB to rewrite their constituion, which is democracy (if they are one?)

in action

I think thats a good idea, afterall you have to listen to your people, you know the like button is actually ilegal in a town of Germany!

I wonder how old that is?

Because now they have angry, love, wow, haha etc.

Have ever owned an iPhone?

I bet its pretty old and I guess those are also ilegal lol, and yeah my current phone is an IPhone, what about you?

My first smartphone was an iPhone.

I have nothing against them, but prefer Android for work.

Interesting to see that women are more likely to own an iphone than men,

That is interesting and when I think of it, its true, and I see so you had one of the first generations of the phone, you know Microsoft held a funeral for IPhones when they launched their own smartphone line.

HAHA!

That's funny.

I also see Steve Jobs had to switch iPhones during his presentation because one kept crashing.

Thats a big fail lol, you dont want your product to fail during an important presentation, did you ever play the game Send me to Heaven?

LOL I read about that, and no, that seems like a bad idea.

No wonder it was banned.

It does lol, I wonder how many people actually broke their phones playing the game I bet they felt really stupid when they lost and their phones got cracked.

Seems like a good game to play while drunk, or testing your coordinatin.

Of the 2.2 million apps they have available, why use that one?

I now right, I bet you can find a safer game for your phone among those 2.2 millions apps available in the app store and I think the number of apps is bigger now

Honestly, it would hurt to throw a phone as high as you could, and even to attempt to catch it with your hands.

Needs some setup.

Avoiding hitting yourself in the face.

Yeah, when you put it that way the least of your worries is your phone getting damaged but getting hit on the head and suffering from a brain injury.

I say that because I've dropped my big Android phone on my foot and that hurt lol

I see thats too bad, I guess Send me to Heaven isnt the game for you then lol


good morning.

I knew it would be a good article if Florida was involved.

And Vanilla Ice?

What a head line!

I know!

I think that was the most surprising thing for me!

Kangaroo on the loose AND Vanilla Ice?

Crazy!

And to set off a multiagency search too.

That's a lot of resoureces for a kangaroo

I would have loved to be that Denise lady.

How awesome to be just going along with your day and then boom there's a kangaroo just hopping down the street.

It is the second such escape to attract national attention in recent months, after a South Carolina kangaroo ran off twice in May.

Guess these guys just don't want to stay cooped up.

I'm glad he won't have trouble surviving while they look for him though

I know, that's good.

Rapper and apparent animal enthusiast Vanilla Ice, a.k.a.

Robert Van Winkle, lost his goat Pancho and his wallaroo (a kangaroo-wallaby mix) Bucky Buckaroo when the pair escaped his property in 2004.

Good thing his neighbor could help him out while he was getting stuff in order to keep him

Did you know Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described‚Äö of which around 1 million are insects‚Äö but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total.

Wow no I didn't know that.

Did you know animals develop white patches on their head when they are domesticated?

I have a dog with a white patch on her head.

Huh!

Also get this the loch ness monster is a protected specie!

Never would have guessed that

"The first cloned pet was a cat and its name was copy cat", ingenious!

haha thats great.

Did you know a cat lover is known as an ailurophile?

No, I didn't!

Theodore roosevelt had over 20 pets, including a bear and a hyena.

Wow.

I could not handle that many pets, but I guess he probably didn't actually have to take care of them.

In colorado it is not legal to own pets.

You can be their guardian though!

How can  There are more tigers living as pets in the us than living wild in asia.

I find that very interesting.

Also interesting is in Japan there's more pets then children under 15

I wonder why that is?

I don't know I'd like to learn more about that.

Have a nice day.


Hello, did you know it is illegal to own pets in Boulder?

You can be their guardian, though.

That is crazy.

Well I couldn't live there, then.

I'd like to live in Japan where there are actually more pets than kids under the age of 15!

I would like to live there too.

I would turn into Teddy Roosevelt though.

He had a zoo, with over 20 pets.

That would be me as well if I had the money.

Ha!

Can you also believe there are more pet tigers in America than there are wild tigers over in Asia?

Like, I'd be terrified of owning a tiger.

That is interesting.
The first cloned pet was a cat.
They named it "copy cat".
How original lol.

Ha!

That is funny!

Since there are roughly 20 quintillion individual animals on the planet, I wonder how many else have been cloned?

I only remember the sheep.

Dolly, I think.

I'm a cynophile though, so I don't keep track.

I understand.

I also think it's crazy that animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they become domesticated.

I need to check my dog's head now.

Ha!

I need to check my horses and cows, lol.

I wonder why that is?

Do you know how to enroll in the unicef program that donates a day of clean water for each minute you don't use your phone?

Wow!

That's actually the first I've heard of that!

Speaking of phones, I do know that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.

Can you believe that?

Yet, most people use it to look at porn and cats.

New York's area code is 212 because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.

Really?

I figured 111 would be the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.

Ha!

So have you ever tried separating two phonebooks that have had their pages overlapped together?

They say it's impossible.

I wonder who thought to try.

Same thing with Scotland, I have to wonder who thought of giving the Loch Ness Monster a protected species label?

That is bizarre, isn't it?

Ha!

But isn't it bizarre how telephones even work?

How it converts the human voice into electronic signals that are then transmitted by cables and other channels to another phone?

It's fascinating, really?

It truly is.

Vanilla Ice once lost a goat and a Wallaroo in 2004.

Can you imagine the police report?

I'm wondering how he managed to lose both?

Ha!

If we were like Germany, those animals would have constitutional rights.

They were the first country to do that as a matter of fact!

That is weird.

We have hiccups because we used to have both gills and lungs.

Must be why babies get hiccups inutero.

Maybe so!

That makes sense, though!

I mean, with a few exceptions, most animals, including humans breathe oxygen, move, grow from a hollow sphere of cells, reproduce sexually, etc.

anyway, so the hiccup origins should come as no surprise.

true.

I was talking with my daughter, and she said she wanted to major in zoology, and for whatever reason, my son thought the study of animals was called "animalogy.

He's 17

That's a great term for it, animalogy.

Flows better than zoology to me.

That's an interesting field to enter considering animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms from the biological kingdom called Animalia!

I told him he played too much Mortal Kombat.

Thank you for chatting with me, have a nice night.


Are you on facebook?

I do have an account, but I don't often look at it.

I  am on like all the time.
LOL

That would be my wife, I think I avoid Facebook because I know I could be ensnared like most people.

It is rather addicting, and very hard to break the grasp.

I cant believe myspace declined to buy them

I suppose they were the dominate social media platform at the time and couldn't believe there was something better.

They were wrong.

Facebook is now worth $104 billion dollars!

I think part of Facebook's success is down to smartphone like the iPhone, we can now access Facebook anywhere.

It is true.

Iphones are pretty incredible.

I remember being in school and teachers telling us we wouldnt have a calculator with us at all times....  well I guess they were wrong about that.

A calculator and more, we basically have access to the whole world knowledge if we know how to access it.

You could pass any academic test with a iPhone in your hands.

Very true.

It is amazing there was once a moral panic over reading.

Imagine how they would feel about our phones!

For some there is amoral panic over phones and kids usage of them.

I suppose the new thing comes along and people are worried about them, soon they become just another part of our lives.

Very true.

Personally I just would think kids having access to everything is a bit scary, more so just the typical sensitive content.

Agreed, there has to be limits, I guess that is what we are figuring out now.

Same with reading there are things kids shouldn't read until they are older and can understand them

Very true, there are some things that I probably read young and would have a different understanding of now.

I think, at the moment anyway, I prefer reading to my phone.

I still like an actual book to looking at a screen, never got into the e-book thing.

Same here there is nothing better than the smell of a book, well pizza but you cant read that

Would you be a quick reader, it takes me a while to get through a book, not like that woman that can read 4,700 words a minute.

I can read quickly, but compared to that I am downright slow.

I'd have to wonder how much she is actually comprehending, or is she just saying the words.

I'd sooner understand than do it quickly.

Same here, time is valuable I dont want to do the same work two to three times.

Good talking to you, I'm going to the library to get a good book, have a good day.

Have a great day!


Hello, how are you.

I don't know about you but I am a big animal fan.

It has been estimated that there are over 7 million animal species overall.

hey there.

im a huge fan as well did you know  reproduce , and grow from a hollow sphere of cells

No, I didn't know that.

I did know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on Earth.

that is such a crazy huge number so cool to think about though.

i was shocked to see in 02 germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals-guaranteed legal rights.

This is cool.

I learned that when animals are domesticated, they develop white patches on their foreheads.

That's surprising to me.

i wonder how that is even possible i would love to know more about that.

did you know that the Loch Nest monster is a protected species!

How neat!

I think I read that.

It was under the Scottish protection animal act of 1912 if I remember correctly.

YES  it was.

I think its really neat actually.

I think its kind of funny that the first animal ever cloned was a cat and that's where the name copy cat came from.

Really, that is pretty neat.

I read somewhere that there are more tigers living as pets in the US than there are living in the wild in Asia.

that makes me sad.

they need to be in the wild.

Theodore Roosevelt had a pet bear along with over 20 other pets!

A pet bear, oh my God.

Did you know that in Boulder, Colorado, you cannot own a pet legally.

You can however, be their guardian.

a pet bear is to much i think!

Legal guardian?

Thats cute!

In Japan there are more pets then kids haha

They need more kids or less animals, lol.

Switching topics, where you aware that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icdm deterrent.

Wow i had no idea.

I'm not an I-phone fan but fun fact- It is impossible to separate two phone books that simply have their pages overlapped

Really, I didn't know that.

I think it is cool that for every minute you do not use your cell phone, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need.

That is real good energy to put the phone up i really like that!

New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on an old rotary phone

I never would have thought that.

I also would not have imagined that 2.7 inches in diameter is the size of the cables carrying phone and internet data across the ocean.

Me either!

Also a fun fact...Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when land animals had both gills and lungs.How crazy that sounds ahha

That sounds very crazy.

A telephone actual coverts sound into electronic signals.

I think we learned about that in school.

Also Animals range in length from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres!

Did  you know that?

No I dis not.
Thanks for the chat.


Hi are you a baseball fan?

Not really.

I like to go to games every few years and I like to play, but I dont really follow it.

Cal Ripken Jr is planning to auction off his Baltimore county estate.

Really wonder why he would want to do that.

He has tried selling it but was not successful

Maybe he was asking to much.

I bet it sells at an auction though.

He might not get what he is wanting for it though.

Yeah he tried listing it originally for 12.5 million.

Then lowered it to 9.7

Well that is a lot of money.
Im sure it is a nice house though.

It really is.
It has more than24 acres of land.
The main house has 13,000 sq ft

That does sound nice.

I heard about this guy who found 3 million dollars worth of old baseball cards in his grandpas attic.

Wouldnt that be nice.

It really would be.

It would be a nice collection to have considering its americas pastime too

Yeah.

Apparently the cards were hidden in the attic since the 1940s.

I wonder if the original owner forgot about them

I would say so.

Im sure he had a hard time or two in his life when a bunch of money would have helped out.

The sun produces enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years

Thats amazing, but did you know that a lightning bolt is actually 5 times hotter than the sun.

We need to learn how to harness all this available energy and heat!

Yeah I think they are trying to with solar power.

Itss just not there yet.

Did you know the sun is actually white?

I didnt.
Why is that.

Something called atmospheric scattering

How interesting.
I might look up more info on that.
Have a good one.


hi, do you like baseball?

Hello.

Are you into science much?

I recently learned that the sun is actually white and not yellow.

that is pretty cool.
do you know why we see it as yellow?

No I don't and to answer your question from a minute ago I do like baseball.

My apologies for not paying attention.

I am counting the days for baseball to start back up.

nice.

as far as the sun appearing yellow it is because of the atmospehric scattering

Well that's interesting.

So i guess that means that are atmosphere is scattering the sun's rays and making them appear yellow?

I am a layman as far as science is concerned so to me it really seems like it would be the exact opposite.

Yeah it is interesting.

and the sun is so hot we only need 1 second of its energy to last us 500 000 years

That is exactly why I am a huge supporter of solar energy.

I think everything should be solar.

Imagine this, our sun as powerful as it is, is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in the galaxy!

that is insane.

as hot as the sun is though, a lightning bolt is much hotter

I've heard that before.

It is a little frightening when you think about it.

I mean, something here is stronger than the sun?

exactly, five times stronger to be more exact

That makes it even worse.

Our atmosphere and weather patterns are stronger than the sun, a star in the galaxy.

yeah.

maybe we should look into options to harvest that energy

I didn't think about that but you are right.

If our atmosphere can produce lightening that powerful who knows what all it can do.

It's so hard to believe though.

Neptune just completed it's first full orbit around the sun in 2011 since it was discovered in 1846 so you know the sun is huge.

that is just crazy.

the universe is full of mystery.

back to baseball, do you know managers can play if needed?

No I didn't know that.

I have never seen a manager enter a game before or heard of one doing so.

yeah apparently that is why they wear the uniform

You know I just always assumed they wore the uniform to show they are part of the team.

Maybe they play in Japan.

Baseball is super popular in that country.

Most people over their are surprised to learn it's our national pastime.

Yeah, talk about preferences.

do you know what kickball is called in canada?

No I don't.

Honestly, I didn't know they played kickball in Canada for that matter.

Yeah apparently they do and it is called soccer-baseball

Soccer baseball?

I guess I can see how it's soccer but baseball does seem weird.


What hobbies do you enjoy?

I like baseball dancing and the sun.

The sun sure is fascinating

Did you know that the sun is actually white.

My youth has all been a lie!

I know right.

Atmospheric scattering makes it look yellow.

I think I heard something similar how the sun looks blue on mars for that very reason

Your probably right about that.

Did you know that a lighting bolt is 5x hotter than the sun

How do people survive getting hit?

Not sure.

Probably beause it doesnt last very long.

Either way that is amazing considering the sun produces enough energy for earth for 500K years in 1 sec

If only we could harness all that power.

Well we do, just very poorly

I mean that we need an effecient way to harness that power.

Solar is probably the answer.

It is just not even close to what we need yet.

True, but the efficiently of solar energy is slowly but surely increasing

That is true.

Whoever figures it out though and makes it something everyone uses, is gonna be rich.

Indeed or maybe we could finanly have a utopia?

What is a utopia exatly.

Like an ideal world where people can dedicate themselves to their passions since the basic needs such as energy is met

That sounds wonderful.

In any case, thanks for chatting.


HI, how are you?
Do you like to dance?

Hey I like to dance from time to time.

Do you watch Game of Thrones?

Apparently Emilia Clarke did a funky chicken dance during her audition

That sounds like Emilia!

I wonder why she felt the need to dance.

I cannot dance myself.

No I can't dance well, but I could do the robot dance and Funky Chicken LOL just like her

That's good!
I can't even do that.
I wish I could dance.
People see me than ask me to stop.
It hurts their feelings.

Do you think you could do the moonwalk?
Apparently it was invented back in 1955

Oh, the Michael Jackson thing?

There is probably a tutorial on YouTube for people like me.

Still, I wouldn't want to do it in public.

Well I used to date a ballerina, but I never heard about these ballerina shoes that will make drawings based on their movements, that sounds cool

That sounds cool.

How were her feet?

I bet they looked painful.

Did you know that Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the Nutcracker?

Yes her feet were always beat up which was weird, you don't think about that when you think about ballet.

I want to see the episode of mr. Rogers where he learns to breakdance though LOL

The Rog could bust a move.
He really could go to town.
I would probably dance worse than him.

Haha I'm inclined to agree with you!

Do you play any instruments by the way?

I have a guitar but I'm really bad at it

I don't play.
I have no musical ability.
Tone deaf.
Two left feet.
How long have you played?

Well I've had the guitar for years but like I said I mostly play the piano, I can play a little bit, it's just interesting that Brian May from Queen build a guitar out of an old fireplace LOL

The piano is a great instrument.

You cannot build one out of a fireplace I think.

Brian May is always up to something.

Yeah he can even play the guitar with a coin, he's very talented, did you know that you can use a dial toneto  tune your guitar?

Oh, yes I guess the tone is the same everywhere.

That is a good idea.

I think you'd have to have good ears though.

Yep I could see that.

Do you know how to read by the way?

Apparently Braille, which was invented by a fifteen-year-old, is used by the blind in order to read

Yes, I've never learned it.
A French guy created it.
Quite clever actually.
Good for him!

Yep he seems very smart, even Andrew Johnson, who never went to school, was able to learn how to read from his wife

That is a very kind woman.

And he was smart to many someone smarter than him.

A good man.

Yep I agree with you.

Do you know how to silent read by the way?

Apparently that is a recent invention and that a long time ago people would have to read out loud


Morning, play guitar at all?

Like, say, Eric Clapton?
I wish!!
You?

I do, Not like Clapton though.

I'm more of an acoustic/folky guy.

Did you know Brian May uses coins as guitar picks?

Heard that.
Isn't that hard on the strings?

Depends how hard you play and the thickness of the strings.

Think he knows a thing or two though, he's an astrophysicist too.

Great, Queen's guitarist with a PhD!
Why not?
Do you like Eddie Van Halen?

He was very influential.
Not really my thing though.
He is a hell of a guitarist though.

Yeah, did the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

Folk guitar greats are overshadowed by rock guitarists, it seems.

Yeah that solo set the speakers on fire.

Must have turned it to "11".

I guess!

Pink Floyd's guitarist set up a recording studio on a houseboat on the river, Thames.

Funky, as they said in the 70's!

Good acoustics on a river?

Yes, The Astoria.

Quieter for recording more than anything.

Mics pick up everything.

Yeah, tugboats, London city noise, the lot!

Maybe that's what he was going for...Do you know the band, Muse?

Yeah, good stuff.
Supposed to be good live.

Their guitarist, Matthew Bellamy apparently holds the Guinness record for most guitars smashed on a tour.

Punk-type band?

More, indie rock, alternative rock.
Like to read?

Yes!
Not a speed reader, though.

Me either.

The record holder can read 4,700 words per minute.

That wouldn't be me!
What's your favorite genre to read?

Sci-fi. You?

Like sci-fi.

Did you know Starship Troopers is on reading list for 3 military branches?

Wonder why?

It's a great book and very pro military.

They're also suggested Ender's Game which is an interesting breakdown of the military mindset.

Never read that one, but think I saw the movie version.

Sci-fi books really engage your imagination/creativity.

Agree?

Definitely.
Well, nice chatting.


Hi, Do you like to read the harry potter books?

I like Harry Potter movies but haven't read the books.

I did read Ender's Game.

The novel by orson scott card.

Yes, it was also suggested reading for many military organizations including the US Marine Corps.

Yeah, The book page count was 324.

So, do you play an musical instruments like the guitar?

Brian May of Queen uses coins for picks.

I don't know how to play guitar.

But I love the guitar.

I think he uses a sixpence coin as his guitar pick.

Well at least you won't be setting studio speakers on fire like Eddie Van Halen.

The coin may uses only had silver in it until the 1940.

Interesting... Did you know Tupac danced ballet in high school in the Nutcracker?

Yes, i know.
Mouse king in the Nutcracker.

Speaking of dancing, babies spontaneously dance when they hear music and smile when they hit the beat!

They are naturals!

Okay.
Then you like dance?

Sometimes.

Michael Jackson has a patent on a device to make him lean extremely while he dances.

I would like to try that.

He was the best dancer in the world.

Yep.

I would still like to learn guitar.

I could float around with Pink Floyd on the river Thames.

The guitar has a 3 types.

I know two: acoustic and electric.
What is the other?

classical guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, archtop guitar.

OK, Thanks.

Since I can't play any of them, I'll stick to reading.

I wish I could speed read like Anne Jones.

She holds the record at 4,700 words a minute.

Yeah, Anne Jones did that record.

Thanks for the chat.


Hi!
Are you a guitar fan?

yes i am a guitar fan.
are you?

Big time.

Did you know that Brian May from Queen uses coins as his guitar picksZ?

ive seen him do that in footage.
a big round metal pick.
interesting.
i guess he gets the sound he wants.

It would give him a different sound.

I was surprised to find out that he also has PHD in atstrophysics.

He must be a genius.

he is a smart guy.

guitars are interesting.

most guitars have six strings, but some have more.

Yes...I've seen the 12 string guitars....and of course bass guitars only have 4 strings.

lol

there are also seven string guitars, with one additional bass string.

That's interesting.

Didn't know that.

Matthew Bellamy from Muse holds the record for most guitars smashed on tour.

He must have a good endorsement deal.

lol

i dont know why anyone would smash guitars.

artisans spend time making beautiful instruments just to be destroyed.

I'm thinking the ones that smash aren't the real high quality ones or the normal ones they play.

Just a guess though.

lol

i hope not.
that would be terrible.
have you ever seen an es175?
they are beautiful guitars.

I might have...lol  I once had a Gibson SG.

That was a sweet guitar wish I still had it.

gibson guitars are usually pretty heavy.

lots of sustain.

beautiful instruments.

Yes...that SG had a great sound to it.

When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for "Beat It" he literally set the studio speakers on fire.

Wonder what that was all about?

he cranks up the voltage to the amp past the normal level.

that overdrives the amp and gets a powerful sound.

overloads the amp, causes a fire.

Ahhh...ok. lol  Do you know much about dancing?

I do not.
i do know that i am a terrible dancer.
You?

Hhaha I stink at it.

I was surprised though to read that Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958.

Bruce was a legend!

He was great at martial arts, and dance.

I  bet he could do a lot of things that we would not suspect.

I agree!
I have to get going.
It's been fun talking guitars with you!


How would you love to have your own home theater and baseball diamond?

I'd love if it I could just afford my own home theater, much less my own baseball diamond!

What about you?

Definitely!

I can only dream!

I wonder how much Ripken will get for his house in an auction?

What kind of house does he have up for auction?

It sounds like his personal home, on 24 acres of land!

The house itself is 13000 sq ft with an additional 8000 sq ft devoted to a gym, locker room and a living space.

Geez!

Well, I definitely wouldn't say no to living there, provided I could have a maid.

I don't like vacuuming enough to want to do it for over 20000 sq ft!

Haha that's true!

Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms because technically they can play for their team if needed?

I did not know that!

Do the managers spend time practicing too?

I think the team would have to be pretty desperate to let them on otherwise!

Haha I'm not sure, I would hope they practice in the odd chance they are needed to play.

Are you a fan of baseball?

Not really, more of a football fan.

But my dad was really into baseball so I grew up watching a lot of it on TV.

Are you?

I played baseball as a kid so I have a soft spot for it, but I prefer watching football too.

Nice!

I played a bit of softball but never felt I was any good.

I preferred playing soccer or volleyball.

And of course kickball during recess haha Did you know kickball is also called soccer-baseball, I think in Canada?

Sounds weird

I wonder what gave it that name.

I don't know any formal kickball rules though, so maybe they have bases or score runs like in baseball.

Yea it seems like a more complicated name than it needs to be haha I just remember having fun playing it.

Did you ever collect baseball cards?

I actually did, because they gave us a pack of cards at one baseball event when I was playing.

I wonder if I still have my old collection that I started after that.

You should check, they could be worth a lot of money!

I guess some guy found old baseball cards in his grandpa's attic that were worth $3 million dollars in the early 90s!

Wow, hey, if I found some worth that much I might be able to bid on Ripken's mansion!

Haha exactly!

I can't imagine what they'd be worth today.

I doubt mine are worth that much, but it's fun to think about.

Do you think they use baseball cards in other countries the same way?

I know baseball is popular in Japan too.

Yea I would think they'd use them the same.

I had no idea baseball was so popular in Japan, that's really interesting.

I think it would be interesting to see American teams play against Japanese teams, since both countries are such fans of the sport!


Did you hear about the otter eating Koi from a pond?

No, I didn't know otters would venture into someone's pond to eat fish.

I guess they were hungry, they even had a hashtag for it.

Otters are such a cool animal, I love watching videos of them online.

Same here.

I think its cute that they hold hands to avoid floating away from each other.

Yes and the fact that they eat floating on their backs and using their stomachs as a table!

They are one of the cutest animals!

I saw them in an animal sanctuary once and they had set up a slide for them to play on.

They were really taking advantage of it.

Aww.

I  have always wanted to pet little otters.

Them and baby elephants.

Yes, baby elephants are also adorable.

I would love to visit an elephant sanctuary.

Listen to a podcast on stuff you should know, about elephants.

They talk about elephant sanctuaries there.

Some of the ones that arent treating them well.

Yes I have read into that in the past because I would not want to support an organization that is mistreating them.

I have had a few friends visit sanctuaries after they carefully did their research so I would follow their lead.

Awesome.

I am all about animals being treated ethically.

Yes it's something we need to focus on in society.

They need to be protected from us sometimes.

Very true.

Did you hear about that breed of Jellyfish that is immortal?

No I did not, I wonder if that could benefit us scientifically?

Possibly, not that I would want to live forever, but what makes it so it doesnt die, maybe we could cure disease.

Yes I think immortality would be boring and dangerous for the planet after a while but maybe they can extend lifespan a little.

Yeah, and prevent suffering, cure things like alzheimers, cancer, parkinsons.

I recently went through a bout with cancer so I would be all for getting rid of that disease!

Same here.

Hopefully you are all clear and on the mend!

Getting there, it's a bit of a process.

It was fun chatting with you, have a great day!


Hey there what do you think about cats?
I'm more of a dog guy Myself by the way

I don't like cats much and could never imagine calling them from the road to talk to them!

Haha nope I agree with you.

I also would not go to a bar, like in Japan, where you can hang out with cats and drink beer.

I would never hang out with cats.

Lol

Yuck!

How does one share 2 cats with a "common-law wife?"

Do you have a custody agreement lol

Yeah I don't know about that.

Doesn't sound too appealing to me haha.

Did you know that if a cat is 15 years old then it has slept for about 10 years of its life LOL I wish that my life for that way I love to sleep

Me too, but I would hate to come home to pee stained curtains!

Yuck!

Haha I agree with you!

Did you know there's a town in Alaska that has a cat as its mayor?

It's been the mayor since 1997, and must be doing a great job lol

How does a cat even run for mayor?

Don't you need to sign things?

However, I guess they can be mayor if they can coauthor books...

Haha yes like the physicist who published a paper with a cat.

He wanted to use the tense first person plural without being criticized haha

One cat that was extremely lucky was the stray who ended up in the Godfather.

I bet he lived the good life after that!

That is a lucky cat!

They're lucky that it didn't have rabies to LOL, how often do you use your telephone by the way?

I use my cell phone almost everyday.

I use my cell phone daily too!

It's crazy that the cables used for phone and internet data are on the ocean floor!

I agree with you!

I can't believe that that cable is only about 3 in thick.

What if a fish or shark eats through it LOL

I wonder if they're covered by the sand continuously moving down there?

I wonder if we need to sign up with Unicef for them to donate water every minute our phone isn't being used??

That's a good question.

I would definitely do that because I don't use my phone 24 hours a day LOL it makes sense to help people if you can I think, also, did you know that the iPhone has more computing power than the entire us a missile defense system?

I didn't, but your comment about fish and sharks has me thinking about animals now.

It's so weird that hiccups come from when land animals had gills AND lungs in early evolution!

That is really crazy!

What are some of your favorite animals by the way?

I know that I really like dogs.

I love dogs!

There are too many to choose from though since there are over 20 quintillion individual animals.

Yep I agree!

Also crazy that some animals will get white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated, I wonder if that's why some dogs have the white patches on their face

That's cool to know!

A little different that the Loch Ness Monster who some don't even believe is real is protected by a 1912 Scottish protection of animals act.

That is excellent!

I honestly hope that the Loch Ness Monster is real, that would be too amazing if he were.

What do you think about Germany granting constitutional rights to animals in their country?


hey there do you like cats or dogs more?

Hello there, I am more of a dog guy, how about you?

ya I am too, I don't like cats but its funny there is a cat cafe in asia where you can pay to hang out with cats!

That is pretty funny, did you know over 86,000 people go to the ER every year from some type of cat injury?

no I didn't, also whats funny is that a 15 year old cat has spent about 10 years of its life sleeping

Wow, I wonder how fat that cat is, I bet it is rather large.

haha ya I would like to see that, did you ever watch the movie the Godfather?

Yeah that is such a classic film, and the Godfather 2, how about you?

ya I like godfather 1 the best, but that cat thats in the first scene, I guess it was actually just a stray they found on set

Really I never knew that, very interesting.

I guess you can get glow in the dark cats in South Korea, I wonder what thats about?

wow I want one!

I also want to live in the town with a cat mayor named stubbs!

haha

That would be pretty cool, stubbs doesn't sound like it takes any guff from anyone!

haha no hes been the mayor since 1997, so he obviously is the boss!

Wow, thats quite the run in office.

I guess there is a bed and breakfast in Minnesota that offers you a cat companion for the night.

cool Id take a trip there, what other kinds of animals do you liek

I'm not too sure about animals I like most of them, I think fish are really cool too.

How about you?

ya I like dogs and reptiles, also fish, I guess there are 20 quintillion animals in total on earth

That is crazy, I know that amount of insects outnumbers everything like crazy, I think ant are pretty fascinating.

they are, oh I also like the loch ness monster, I hope that since scotland passed a law protecting it that it could be real!

haha

Yeah I love the show river monsters and he did an episode on the Loch ness monster.

haha thats cool I'll have to check that out, they passed the law in 1912 so hopefully hes still alive!


Do you know anything about Freddy Mercury?

I saw the movie last year!

Rami malek was great.

Freddie loved his cats so much that he would call and speak to them.

Did you know he treated them like family?

He had 10 even though the movie only showed 6.

Did you know he shared 2 of them with his romantic partner?

He did!

And Rami is now dating his costar from the film.

I did not know that.

Did you know that one time some of Mercury's cats peed on a set of curtains?

Gross!

I appreciate that he rescued most of them.

I have a rescue dog.

That is cool.

He reacted to it like it was just some spilled bleach and not a big deal.

Cats are furry carnivores.
They make great companions.

Yes they do.

Did you know the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska has a cat named Stubbs as mayor?

That is too funny.

The Godfather cat was a stray.

What a lucky guy to wander onto that set!

That is cool.

Did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?

That makes sense!

Those rotary phones were a pain in the butt.

I love today's iphones with their strong computing power.

Did you know an iPhone has more computing power than the whole of the US nuclear ICBM deterrent?

It's very impressive!

I appreciate the tech of phones connecting two or more people to communicate with ease.

Did you also know that the cables that carry phone and internet data across the oceans are 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor?

That is a lot more complicated than using a phone book!

Although overlapping pages can't be separated.

That is true.

Did you know that under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species?

I wonder how many of the 20 quintillion animals on Earth are protected.

No idea.

Did you know that when animals are domesticated they start to develop white patches on their foreheads?

That is odd.
I wonder why.
Nice chatting with you today!


Hello, are you a fan of drama?

It depends on the type.

I find some soap operas to be a little cheesy, but they're good enough to have been sponsored by soap manufacturers

Yeah they can be too exaggerated sometimes.

I don't know if they were always meant to be that way, drama actually came from the Greek word meaning "action".

I think even the Greeks enjoyed exaggeration.

Some really enjoy drama though, especially Patrick Stewart.

He still teaches master classes in the UK

That's interesting, I didn't know he'd still do that.

I know Michael Caine actually joined drama class only because the prettiest girls were in it.

I know many boys who did that in high school/ I want to check out the show called IKEA Heights.

It's filmed in one of the stores without the store knowing

Huh that certainly seems like an interesting drama.

I wonder if it's free to see, I listen to a lot of classic radio dramas because they are free on a website.

That sounds interesting.

Sometimes I get enough drama in real life, like when my roommate's fish died.

Have you ever had that experience?

No, I haven't!

I've always wanted to own fish because they can be interesting, but never have.

I would start with a goldfish because they tend to be easy.

The oldest one was 43 years old before it died

Perhaps you should have gotten a jellyfish instead!

There is a brand that is immortal I believe.

Wow!

If you're not careful, they can evaporate in the sun since they are 98% water

That's crazy the percentage is so high, especially considering they only drink water through their skin through osmosis.

That is pretty crazy!

Another fun fish to have would be the barreleye fish since the head is transparent

That must be some sight, just don't put it in the same tank as a black swallower fish, because they can eat over ten times their weight.

You would need a big tank to hold that one!

I've heard koi are good fish to have.

There was one that lived 226 years

Still not as good as the immortal jellyfish though!

I think I could best relate to seahorses though, at least they have necks like us.

Except that male seahorses are the ones who get pregnant.

There is a species of fish that spends its adult life on land

Just like humans then!

I wonder if they can synthesize their own vitamin C, that's something I know we can't do.

We also can't breathe and swallow at the same time like other mammals can!

We also can be scared by a certain sound frequency, seems we're inadequate in many areas.

Anyways, it was nice chatting to you, have a good night!


Do you know about and use netflix?

I do and have since it's inception.
They have come a long way.

From my limited understanding, Netflix is a subscription based services that has dominated the previous market occupied by Blockbuster.

How do you think the company is doing in producing quality content?

Well there in 190 countries so they should be doing very well.

My personal opinion is that they are on the rise even with the debt.

What do you think about their recent original content, Maniac?

I haven't seen the previews for that one.

Is that the one with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill?

Yes, I hear it is a retro futuristic show centering on subconscious love between Owen, a schizophrenic and loner, and Annie, a addict finding relief by knocking herself out with a psychotropic drug.

She finds relieve from addiction by using psychotropic drugs, ha!

Let me guess it's a top secrete three day drug thing, i think i read that some where.

They both are part of a test group for a experimental drug aimed at curing mental illness or mental negativity.

If Only!

Is there some type of artificial intelligence involve in this story?

Well a computer monitors the subject's subconscious activities and since it is sentient, unexpected complications arise s it acts on its own grief over a recent death within the lab setting.

Is there anything in particular that happens with their subconsciousness?

i recently read that the participent's minds are allowed to experience a variety of characters, accents, and appearances in their subconscious state.

While normally each subconscious was to its own story, the grieving machine melds Owen and Annie's subconscious so they mutually share their subconscious experience.

Wow!

can you imagine sharing a conciseness with the opposite sex?

Blockbuster rejected Netflix aquirment for 50 million, now Netflix is worth 2billion.

I bet Blockbuster regrets that choice kind of like how Myspace rejected buying Facebook.

Wait does blockbuster even still exist to regret that choice?

If they are they have to be on there last leg.

Reed Hasting got the ideal after racking up a late charge of $40 bucks.

Reed Hasting and Marc Randolph did a good job planning, executing, and founding Netflix given its userbase of 137 million subscribers.

Did you know Youtuble and netflix together account for half the north american internet traffic?

That's deep.

Apparently Netflix spend more on postage than bandwidth, times more.

From what we have discussed, I think netflix is currently doing and will continue to well in the foreseeable future, especially since it entered the original content production industry recently.

Yeah they released  original content in 2016, it's like another series or movie every other week.

In any case, thank you for the enjoyable chat.

I look forward to seeing Netflix's Maniac.

You got it i enjoyed it have a wonderful week.

To you as well.


Do you have any favorite clothing?

Yes, I like my spandex capris.

On the funnier side, I know that a man wore 70 items of clothing in a Chinese airport to avoid the bagging charge.

That is my kind of man!

I always thought about doing that but never did lol

What's funnier is that people used to do their laundry in old faithful, they put their clothes in the geyser and it would erupt with clean clothes.

Funny, Very Funny.

that is hilarious!

I am sure they cleaned really fast.

Did you know apple used to have a clothing line

Yes.

Did you know that the Greeks literally made asbestos clothing and it was almost as valuable as gold!

wow, and they would have short life spans probably lol.

It reminds me of pilgrim clothes, they used to wear colorful clothes and just what we know of their clothing for special occasions

Wow.

Did you know that bulletproof clothing mogul, Miguel Cabarello, shoots all his employees in order to test and enforce quality control on his wares?

Wouldn't want to work for him.

heck no, my luck would be the one time it doesn't work, I would be wearing it lol!

I know, right?

What about the telephone.

Did you know that the inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker who was convinced telephone operators were rerouting his calls to rival businesses?

that is hilarious!

I never knew that.

I know that 212 is New yorks area code because it was the fastest number to dial on rotary phones

Yes, and that there's a luxury phone maker that hires the London Symphony Orchestra to record its exclusive ringtones.

wow that is awesome lol!

I want that phone for my next one, I wonder how to get one!

I know, right?

Did you know that a  1930's actress Hedy Lamarr helped to invent the cell phone, wi-fi, and GPS?

no way, back in 1930?

That is crazy to think.

Almost as crazy as UNICEF donating a day of clean water for every minute we don't use our cell phone

I know, right?

Did you also know that there is almost no correlation between cell phone connection quality and "bars" of service?

We were taught wrong this whole time?
I wonder what the connection is

Not sure but did you know that dolphins will communicate with one another over a telephone and appear to know who they are talking to.

Hello Flipper.

lol, that is so interesting.
I wonder how accurate that is.
I want to check that one out!
It was so nice chatting with you!

Yes, you as well.

One last thing, did you know that Kim Kardashian has a book about her being "a trailblazer of the selfie movement".

titled, selfish?

lol I don't like her, have a great night!


hey there!

Let's chat about Netflix.

Did you know it accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North American between 9PM to noon?

WOW!

I just learned that Netflix employs a team of "taggers" who are paid to watch netflix and tag the content.

Very interesting!

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

WOW, kids now a days love the internet.

Netflix has a movie that is nothing but an hour long video of a fireplace - fireplace for your home Adults too, I guess

Funny thing about the fireplace video!

Hey, did you know Blockbuster turned down several offers to buy Netflix?

I actually did!

Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes.

Wow!

And they passed on the sale at $50 million.

Now Netflix is worth $2 billion!

In some european markets, netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which shows to purchase.

I would be so mad if I held the copyright...

Another odd fact about Netflix; they spend more on POSTAGE than bandwidth!

WHAT?!?!?

!When you watch Netflix on your computer, understand Captcha is an acronym for "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart"

Very interesting!

You are full of facts!

Reed Hastings started Netflix after racking up $40 in late fees on a vhs copy of Apollo 13.

A few billion dollar company over a $40 late fee.

HA!

Sort of a bizarre fact just came to mind.

Unrelated to Netflix.

Apple voids the warranty on their computers if you smoke near them.

They consider it a biohazard!

Are you serious?
That is really strange!

Or how about this...transhumanists want to upload their brains to computers.

Are they Macs?

Do they smoke?

If so, do not upload to a Mac as the warranty will be voided.

Don't lose your mind!

Ha!

Russians built a computer in 1936 that ran on water!

That is SHOCKING!

That is!

The first computer algorithm was written by a woman named ada lovelace.

Smooth!

Somebody built a working 16 bit computer using minecraft building blocks.

I'd like to have seen it.

Space ships only use a 16 bit computer when they fly into space!

Good one!

If we viewed earth's history as a 24 hr block, human's existence would be equal to one minute.

The hudson bay region of canada has been found to have less gravity than the rest of the earth.

And by the end of the 21st century earth will be nearly helium free.

You could fit all the planets in between earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare.

Astronomy, a I right?

The UN set up an ambassador for extraterrestrials in case they want to contact us!

The earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun.

And takes 365.26 days to revolve around it.

Gotta love leap year!
That .25 is really important

All the while it has rotated on its axis 366.26 times!


Have you ever watched the movie, The Incredible Mr Limpet?

It is about a human that falls into the ocean and becomes a fish.

Quite a drama!

Hi, No, I have not, sounds pretty crazy but I am curious about it.

What I can tell you is I love to snorkel and see the fish under the sea..love to learn about them

Yeah.

Too bad we can't breath under water lie those gill-bearing aquatic craniates can!

Would be cool if we could.. Did you know there is a type of Jellyfish that is immortal

I think I saw that on Highlander... Haha.

Freshwater fish can drink water through their skin like a jellyfish, but saltwater fish cannot.

I wonder why jellies can drink in the salt water but fish cannot?

Wow, so much to learn.

that is right saltwater use their mouths!!

So interesting.

Have you heard about the black swallower?

Is that a superhero?

Has a hero's name but is  a fish that is sort of superhero, because of the way he eats!

Yeah, I have heard of those fish.
I have a friend like that.
He can eat 10 times his weight too!

That is incredible and eat a prey twice its own length!!

You know, fish and human have a number of things in common.

For example, both suffer from lack of body hair.

We humans supposedly lost our about 240k years ago, but mine is still falling out...

LOL And did you know they can  communicate by transmitting acoustic signals?

Really?

Are you talking about fish or humans?

Mr Limpet could talk, but my guppies seem to lack that ability.

There is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans, and my cat knows which one it is...

Oh I was referring about fish!....Did you know that the seahorse is the only fish that has a neck!

Yeah, but my guppies are a pain in the neck sometimes...but so am I.

But at least I, like most humans, can regrow a surgically-removed rib in about 2-3 months.

So, I got that going for me!

hahaha that is too much drama!
By the way remember Hugh Laurie?

Oh, yeah.

The dude that plays House on TV?

He earns like $700k per episode for that job.

I wonder if he needs a valet?

Thats the one, imagine $700,000 per episode!

I remember also Jim Carey acting in a drama movie, he is good but will not do it again.

I wonder why?

He was so good in The Mask.

THe things that motivate actors are interesting.

Michael Caine got into acting because he was interested in getting close to some pretty girls.

That is a motivation I can understand.

And the t he took the drama seriously!
good for him, he is excellent!
!

I wonder if he teaches drama classes?

Joe hamm taught drama at his old school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper, who played the role of Erin in The Office.

Good show!

Nice chatting with you!


The Dr Sun Yat Sen garden must be really nice, I will sure visit it if I ever go to Vancouver

You're not an otter by chance?
If so, please don't eat the fish there.
They're quite expensive!

Im not an otter I think fish are safe with me lol, wow much are they worth?

do you know?

Don't know the price, but usually their decorative, so rich people buy them.

Did you know that freshwater fish drink water through their skin?

Only saltwater fish drink through their mouths.

Ok so I googles the info and some koi fish can be sold for 10 thousand dollars, apparantly people in the park didnt always knew the value the fish had.

I understand their ignorance.

After all, it's just a fish.

Can they just breed new ones to replace the old ones?

There is a breed of jellyfish that never dies of natural causes.

I bet it gets tired of watching reruns on TV.

Yeah theres a lot we dont know about fish, for instance there is a breed of Jelly Fish that is immortal

I would get so bored.

What does it do all day?

Can it make new friends?

Can they get divorced and remarry?

So many questions!

I wonder whether jellyfish can synthesize their own vitamin C. Humans can't.

I think its a really boring life, we should study them, those jelly fish might be then answer to many health problems and diseases.

I wonder whether jellyfish experience fear from hearing a frequency.

Human beings feel fear when they hear a certain frequency.

I think they might feel it as well, humans are amazing though, we can regrow ribs in just 2 to 3 months and they will be as strong as the origianal ones.

And yet we still cannot synthesize vitamn C. It's amazing that we are the best distance runners among running animals.

I guess that's why we've spread all over the planet.

I guess thats one of the mian reasons, we have also adapted for persistnace and that makes us a unique specie

We certainly are a bald species.

We've lost our body hair, and that makes us distinct among mammals.

It definetely does to think that was 240000 years ago.

Do you listen to radio at all?

I do like listening to the radio, I like drama shows, what about you

I used to listen to the radio when I was younger.

There's a web site with an archive of classic radio dramas.

I wonder who listens to them.

People from three generations ago would know these dramas, but I wonder how  many use the Internet.

I see thats interesting, I might have to search for that site later,  I like to watch TV drama better but theres some decent ones on the radio

Well, I've enjoyed chatting!

Have a good day, and enjoy the radio dramas!

Hope you have a nice weekend and I will look for that website, that would be a fun weekend activity.


Hello, do you know kim kardashian?

I am aware of that person but could tell you little else about her.

Apparently,  she used to be Paris Hiltons personal assistant.

She must have learnt everything she know from Paris.

I'm a little vague on what it is she does right now.

I am not sure as well.

Her family has a show keeping up with the kardashians and she is married to kanye west.

She might not do anything really.

Do you think they both purposefully went the route they did to get famous on purpose?

lol probably.

Anything to get famous I guess.

It's really sickening that her family and herself have had so much fortune and success and it seems like they dont do anything.

I have never seen their show or bought any of their products,  I dont want to contribute money to them.

You and me are on the same page here.

The whole reality TV thing is scrapping the bottom of the barrel.

Have you heard of the Bad Girls Club show?

No I never heard of it.

Another reality show,  rewarding bad behavior?

lol

I don't really get what the point of the show was other than to show some women being mean to each other.

Sounds dumb lol I dont know why shows like that make so much money,  something is wrong with america lol I understand if its actors and fiction like a show or movie,  but these producers are encouraging these women to talk about each other,  ridiculous.

On these shows people just go over the top to get screen time.

They don't really act that way, but everyone has to out do the other and be more shocking.

The more shocking you are the better.

Yeah,  Ive seen like a documentary on it,  the producers encourage them to act like that.

So I guess one of these people went too far and starting committing crimes.

Stealing a dead man's identity!

Oh that,  yes I recently read about it.

My understanding is that she acted as an escort, and when the guy died from an overdose she kept his debit cards and used them for her own means after his death.

Yeah,  pretty scandalous!

Geez I cant believe what some people will do.

I think we should forget about these people.

Here's something positive instead, UNICEF will donate a day of clean water for each minute you don't use your phone.

That feels better.

Thats amazing!

I hope that I contribute to that,  I dont really use my phone that often lol Definitely a positive story!

I just wonder how they would monitor it, I suppose it would have to be on the honor system?

hmm not sure.

its been great chatting though,  have a good one.


Hello!

Would you rather eat a fish or have one as a pet?

I think I'd rather eat them, although goldfish are known have lived up to 43 years!

That is one old pet!

A 43-yr old goldfish would turns some heads.

And since the seahorse is the only fish with a neck, is could turn their heads too.

Speaking of seahorse, have you ever seen a barrel eye fish.

This fish has a transparent head.

It should be called a "no-see horse".

Nice!

Jellyfish are pretty transparent, and there is a breed of jellies that is immortal.

So you can forever never see-ums!

That would be crazy to live forever.

Jellyfish just have to make sure they don't get stranded during a tide.

Since they are 98% water, they evaporate in the sun.

The very thought makes me thirsty' Yom know, freshwater fish only drink through their skin, but saltwater fish can also drink by mouth.

But even if the fish is fully hydrated, if they wash up on the beach, they stink.

That's interesting that they only drink through their skin.

That would be an interesting trait for a human.

Apparently, humans are the only mammals that cannot breathe and swallow at the same time.

That would be a callange.

Here is another challenging puzzle: the black swallower fish can eat prey ten times it's own weight.

The trouble is, black swalower fish don't know how to weigh themselves...

The Black Swallower fish is essentially approaching infinity!

That is a large amount!

Speaking of large amounts, if you consider the entire history of earth as a 24 hour period, human history would only make up 1 minute and 17 seconds.

And since humans lost their body hair 240,000 years ago, they have been embarrassed for over a minute.

I never thought of it that way.

Early hominins are in several ways more similar to ancestral non-human apes, are less often referred to as "human".

I wonder what their hair was like.

One of the eternal mysteries of life.

Here is another: There is a sound frequency that induces fear in human.

How is it that my wife can sustain that frequency for days at a time.

It sounds a lot like my wife.

It must be a female thing.

I bet that's why goosebumps evolved.

Goosebumps are an evolutionary trait used to make fur stand up to make an animal appear larger.

That thought gives me goosebumps.

Fortunately, humans are also the best distance runners in the animal kingdom.

So, when something big enough to give you goose bumps crosses your path, you can high tail it out of there and put some distance between you and the offender.

This tactic does not work with wives.

They know where you are going before you do.

That's true about wives.

Did you know that human fingers contain no muscles and are controlled by muscles in the arm and palm by tendons?

My wife must have very strong palm muscles because she is always pointing the finger at me.

Goosebumps again.

Despite all our dialogue on wives' abilities, it is still true that women motivate us in positive ways also.

Like the actor, Michael Caine, who only joined drama because he thought the girls were hot.

The things we will do for a good woman.

I guess that's why they call it "Mad Men."

John Hamm used to teach drama at his old high school.

One of his students was Ellie Kemper, who played Erin from the office.

Nice.

It is good to be a paid actor on a sit com, getting a regular pay check.

Hugh Laurie, star of the show, House, pockets a cool $700k per episode.

I need a new job...

That's a lot of money.

My wife would probably spend it all.

I would have to get a second job such as teaching.

Patrick Stewart teaches master classes for drama students in the UK.

Make it so number 1.
It's been nice chatting with you!


While reading this I can mention that I don't know classical music, however I do like the piano

I m not a huge fan of classical music in general myself.

I think the piano is an amazing acoustic, stringed instrument.

I do know Tchaikovsky's 5th sympony, but only the beginning of it.

How about you?

I am not super familiar with him.

I have heard some music by Mozart.

I believe a lot of composers are inspired by Mozart.

I would imagine so.

I do love the sound of a piano, and wonder how they get the piano to sound so rich while being played in concert!

I suppose they have had time to perfect it, since the piano has been around since the 1700's.

I never knew that Freddie Mercury used the same piano to record Bohemian Rhapsody as McCartney recorded Hey Jude with.

..I wonder how that came about?

I had heard that.

That is pretty amazing.

Maybe it was in the same recording studio.

I'd imagine that the piano would still be in Abbey Road Studios where the Beatles recorded Hey Jude, but never heard that Queen ever used that studio.

Pianos are quite amazing and it seems they are always part of music.

They even built a custom piano to be put in the lounge of the Hindenburg and they made it out of Aluminum, probably to make it weigh less.

I would think that a piano on the Hindenburg would have to be a lot lighter on the Hindenburg, but what an odd thing to have aboard it.

Well, I suppose it would be good to have music available for the patrons.

People love the piano.

Once, the BBC broadcast just Piano music because there was no news to report on.

I've heard of that piano being played on the BBC broadcast, and I would think that it would actually be nicer to hear than any bad news that day.

It would've been much more soothing.

I agree.

I think Britian must like pianos because in 2006 some climbers found a piano at the top of Britian's highest mountain.

That must have taken some real effort.

Wow!

I've never heard that!

That must have been so hard to get a piano lifted to such a height.

I cannot imagine how anyone got it up there.

I suppose it makes sense that Europeans love piano, since the piano was invented in Italy.

True!

I just read recently that four concert goers were so dissatisfied with a 2002 Creed concert that they filed a lawsuit against the band!

LOL...I'm not a big fan of their recorded stuff either.

Yeah, I can't say I was a huge fan of their music.

I remember my friend went to see Linkin Park in concert.

They were so popular in 2001, they held 324 in one year!

Can you imagine?

I never cared for Linkin Park, so yes I am surprised.

I think what I didn't like about that band is it was not a piano based band.

How about the Ramones?
They toured for almost 20 years.

I find that astonishing considering they were a punk type band, no pianos at all.

But, they had a huge following.

It's been nice chatting with you!

You as well.


Hi, do you like cinematography?

I do not know much but I do love movies.

It seems that certain people are very talented.

James Wong pioneered wide angle lense, low lighting, crab dolly and deep focus.

I love movies too.
I didn't know that about James Wong.
Very cool he pioneered that.

He has kind of a sad story though.

He was not an American citizen until 1943 and his marriage was illegal until 1948 because he was Chinese and his wife was white.

I didn't know that.

Very sad story.

Doger Deakins has been nominated for 13 times for best cinematography and has never won.

That is so hard, to be recognized but not fully.

No woman has even been nominated for Best Cinematography.

That's interesting....I'm surprised about that.

A fun fact is in the movie Spartacus there was a cinematographer but the director Stanley Kubrick took the camera away and did it himself.

The cinematographer who did almost none of the work got the award for best cinematography not Kubrick.

It seems there are quite a few stories of unfairness in this category.

That's a very fun fact!
Do you like drama?

I do.

I have never seen the show House but I think I should.

Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for TV drama at 700,000 dollars an episode.

That's a lot of money!

Did you know Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of his belief system?

I heard that he will only make movies that project positivity.

I suppose that is nice.

That's very nice.

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

I think I would really enjoy listening to that.

I think I like comedy more than drama.

The green lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black.

I would have loved to seen that with Jack Black.

He's a very funny guy.

I really like Bill Murray.

His favorite movie is Kung Fu Hustle.

He thinks it is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy."

Bill Murray is my favorite.

Not sure I agree with him on Kung Fu Hustle though.

Have you ever seen it?

I have.

I thought it was good but it is not my favorite.

Entertainment is very subjective.

Like 3rd rock from the Sun beat Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier for best comedy series in 1997.

I'm very surprised that happened.
I loved Friends.

Maybe it was an off year for those other shows and they were towards their end and getting cancelled.

Did you know that Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989.

Possibly could have been.

Hard to believe they've cancelled that many.

Well, it was good talking to you.


Hello, how are you?
Do you like the drama?
The comedy?
The cinematography?

Hi yes I like drama!
It is considered a genre of poetry!
you?

I do like the drama.

It is very dramatic and exciting.

I think that it is also a genre of poetry.

Skillful and artistic people write the drama.

Yes you are right.

A good drama actor is Michael Caine  and he wanted to meet girls by acting.

He was a smart smart man.

He knew that he could impress the pretty girls with his tremendous dramatic talents.

I would do the same if I were him.

Yes.

Very smart.

Jon Hamm also taught drama at his old high school!

Would have been fun to learn with him.

I think he was a great teacher.

I think that one of his students became a famous actor on the TV.

Some comedy show or something.

You are exactly right.
Ellie Kemper from The Office!

That is her!

She is the one!

I am glad of her success as I am sure that her teacher Jon Hamm is.

Yes I like her.

Jim Carrey used to make dramas but not anymore!

I think that he is probably done with the serious stuff.

It is too heavy for the heart.

For the soul.

He must be free and light.

The comedy is the way to the happy place.

Yeah good way to put it.

I prefer comedies for the above reasons.

Comedy Central was a great channel created back in '89.

I prefer comedies too.

I like CC but it is famous and infamous for canceling so many shows!

Are they angry there?

Good question.

With over 100 shows cancelled it makes me think they have a bone to pick.

I think that they still need to cancel South Park.

Those guys want to get cancelled but they cannot.

CC hates them so they do not let them quit.

Yeah it is an odd thing they got going on with that.

The Green Lantern was originally going to star Jack Black now that would have been hilarious.

I thnk that Jack Black is a natural comedian.

The movie woudl have been different.

I don't know if it would have been better.

Good point.

It would have been more of a joke.

Comedy has it's roots in Ancient Greece!

Comedy Central does not have its roots in Greece though.

Comedy is the best thing that humans have ever created and CC wants to destroy it.

Yes they seemed to destroy Dave Chapelle.

Which station was 3rd rock from the sun on?

They won a golden globe I kind of want to check that show out.

I think that there was some politics behind that.

Anyhow, good chat!

Yeah I also want to see Kung Fu Hustle per Bill Murray's recommendation.

You too have  a good evening!