Hi!

Do you feel Trump's maximum pressure approach played a role in getting Kim Jong Un to the bargaining table?

I'm torn on the issue as I also feel policy played a role as well.

I definitely feel Trump's maximum pressure approach was at play.

But I also believe Trump is a good business man, and his ability to talk with Kim Jong Un helped his success

That is a good point.

At times, I wonder if Kim can even be trusted, especially after he ordered the execution of his very own uncle for treachery.

You're right, Kim's track record of eliminating family members is horrifying.

What do you think of Trump's trade policies?

It's definitely one of the areas Trump possesses core convictions, in my opinion.

Especially with Brazil accusing him of breaking off tariff negotiations, issuing a take it or leave it offer.

What about you?

Some of the information I've gathered makes the policies seem controversial and confusing.

We have gotten one version of events from the White House and a different version from Brazilian authorities.

That is true.

Outside of the whole maximum pressure angle, it seems Trump's foreign policy team just can't agree on anything.

You know what surprised me though, is Trump isn't even one of the three wealthiest presidents of all time.

The top three are JFK, George Washington and Abe Lincoln!

Wow, I did not realize that!

I can't wrap my mind around those three having that much money.

What actually surprises me is that the last president to speak a foreign language was FDR!

That  is surprising!

What would top all of that is if we had a president release pop albums while serving as president like the Indonesia president has.

Ha!

That is crazy.

Almost as crazy as Kim Jong-Un's older brother being spotted at an Eric Clapton concert!

Is that so?

Ha!

So do we actually know how old his brother is?

Unlike Kim Jong Un himself?

Can't believe we still don't know how old he is!

I believe Kim Jong Un was born in '83, but I'm not sure about his older brother!

Have to admit though, he is a genius.

He has a degree in physics and they also say he learned to drive at the age of 3.

Too bad he doesn't use his intelligence to better the world!

Hmm.

That sounds like propaganda to me, but who's to say?

The U.S.A has it's own questionable pieces of history.

For instance, the fact that John Wilkes Booth was in Lincoln's inauguration photo.

So weird!

That is true.

Not to mention it took the secret service four days to discover bullets struck the white house back in 2011.

Someone should have lost their job over that!

Golly!

The White House is such an interesting place.

It's hard to believe every president has lived there since 1800.

I know, right?

And the white house still uses floppy disks for storing files... floppy disks!

I didn't know those things still existed!

What!

That can't be true.

I mean, I've heard crazier things.

I wonder what it would be like to live in the replica of the White House that was built as a private home in Atlanta.

That is pretty neat.

Or even one of the White House's twin buildings in Ireland or France.

I'd love to see those!

Oh yeah!

What I'd love to see is the theme parks in North Korea that Kim is renovating.

I bet it's unique, don't you?

I wouldn't mind even seeing the president's guest house since it's actually bigger than the white house itself.

I never knew the president even had a guest house.

Ha!

Well it was nice chatting with you!

Have a great evening!


Have you been to any concerts?

I have been to a few concerts over the years.

My favorite is probably Heart.

I've never seen them live, but they are really good!

I saw Linkin Park a long time ago- apparently they played 325 concerts in one year (2001)- that sounds exhausting!

That does sound exhausting.

Probably not as exhausting as The Ramones who toured for 20 years though.

Yeah nonstop for that long...I guess you really have to be passionate about what you do!

2,263 concerts is insane!

I definitely couldn't do that.

Obviously Creed couldn't either since their concerts have been so bad they got sued for it.

I read that too!

I'm not a Creed fan...but I never thought they were that terrible haha I guess Pink Floyd recorded a live concert without an audience, no lawsuits there I guess!

Actually, Queen did that as well to shoot some of their music videos.

They'd put on a full concert with no audience to get the correct shots.

That's really interesting!
I never knew.
What kinds of TV shows do you watch?

Mostly Sci-Fi and some drama.
I don't watch a ton of TV.

I used to watch a lot of 70's show, which I thought was great, but I just read that its apparently not very popular in England- it was cancelled after only 10 episodes

I guess Pokemon didn't have that issue of being cancelled.

I read that it has over 750 episodes.

That's a lot!

Thats crazy!

I can't imagine how that show kept going for so long.

I never really understood it haha I read that Thomas the Tank Engine had a pretty interesting cast, so maybe that explains why that one has lasted.

Ringo star, Alec Baldwin and George Carlin have all narrated it!

I think I'd prefer George Carlin narrating Thomas the Tank than John Legend's performance in Jesus Christ Superstar.

I never saw it, but I heard it wasn't great.

I guess it was a little chaotic!

I wasn't really a fan of the original either.

Do you know who else was in it?

I think Sara Barielles was in it and she's pretty talented.

I like her a lot!

She's got a great voice.

On a random note- did you know there is an ancient amphitheater in Croatia thats still used for concerts?

I can't imagine it would hold a show like Jesus Christ Superstar well though haha

I wonder what kind of concerts are held there?

I bet it's a beautiful place.

I'm sure its a really unique experience!

I wonder how big it is...I would imagine it can't hold a very large crowd

It's definitely  not the same size as Ganymede, Jupiter's moon that is planet sized.

That could hold tons of people.

Yeah!
The planet-sized moon...crazy.
It was good talking to you!


Hi, how are you?

Do you watch cable news?

Don't worry no judgment on my part no matter what you watch.

I avoid cable news.
Everything is so slanted.

I agree.

I typically watch local news or use my Google news feed for multiple sources.

Fox News and MSNBC have become such a joke.

They have.

I think i see why some health clubs are banning them.

Bad for the mental health.

lol

Haha yes.

You don't want to pollute the mind while getting the body health.

I wonder if banning them will catch on at other gyms

Hopefully.

Plus i can see it starting arguments if a certain station is on.

True.

I get the other side of the other argument as well.

Some people want to be able to catch up on the news and workout at the same time.

True.

I am all for using time wisely.

If you can get your treadmill time in and catch up on the daily happenings you have more time for other things later.

Yeah I do worry about limiting speech and content available.

Like as much I hate cable news, I wouldn't get angry if it was on at my gym.

There aren't any TVs at my gym, but if there were I can just choose to watch or not watch.

I dont get how difficult simple things are sometimes.

People like to have a reason to be angry.

It's entertainment for them.

I'm lucky if the TV's are even working at my gym and if they are they're usually stuck on one channel lol.

The NFL is technically classified as entertainment and not sports, just like the wwe is.

Haha what?

Whose classification is that?

NFL is most definitely a sport and not fixed like the WWE.

I guess the business classification.

I definitely think of it more sport, than entertainment.

But as the commercial aspect, ticket sales, jersey sales, I can see the entertainment claim.

But still, sport, I say!

I mean there's a lot of standing room in football and not a lot of actual gametime so maybe that's where it comes from.

I read that there was only 11 minutes of actual game play in a game.

The celebrations are very WWE-esque sometimes.

Haha that's true.

There is certainly a lot of dancing and celebrating.

You ever hear of Bill Nye the Science Guy?

Yeah!
I watched him all the time as a kid.
He was the greatest!

He got his break by wining a Steve Martin lookalike contest lol

Thats hard to believe, I don't think they look alike at all!

It's probably just the hair and slender form haha.

You see his new show on Netflix?

I havent,  I didnt know he had one.
I am going to have to check it out.

It's pretty good.

I feel like it's made for the kids that grew up watching him too.

It's called Bill Nye Saves the World.

That sounds great.

A bit of nostalgia, I love when they redo shows from when I was a kid and do them justice.

Still educational!

That is amazing.
It has been great chatting!
Have a great night!


Do you like the NFL?

I love it.

Did you know that women can play in the NFL too?

Yes there is no rule that would prevent them from playing

Yeah as long as they qualify, they are good to play and try for it

Yeah.Did you know the gameplay is usually around 11 minutes?

Yes and yet we are glued to the tv for hours to an end

True.

Engineers make more over the lifetime than football players

Yes I guess they also have longer careers so I am sure that helps there

Maybe that does.

Did you hear of that rule for Saints cheerleaders?

Yes they are not allowed to eat in the same place as the playerws

yes and they also have to leave mid meal if they walk in

Yes it is so sexist and it really need to go if you ask me

I agree.
Do you like video games?

I love them.

DO you know what they used to be called?

Yes they were called cathode ray tube amusement devices, too long

Yeah I agree.

Do you know who did the Happy Potter video game narration?

Yes that was Stephen fry and he did that for the Little Big Planet as well

Yeah.

DId you know the TOm Hank's brother, Jim, is a voice actor as well?

yes he does the voice of Woody in video games

yes.

Did you know we play about 3 billion hours in video games as a planet in a week?

I know that is crazy.
Nice chatting with you


I find the idea that universes evolve through natural selection fascinating.

I guess this refers to the idea of a multiverse that's constantly percolating new universes out?

Yes I think so.
The universe sure is interesting.

Yeah, I've seen dumbed-down explanations of physicists' theories in pop science journals' saying that each one of those new universes that pops out as a big bang or while hole has its own laws, and the ones with laws that function well give birth to new universes on a similar pattern

Yeah sorry my last response was cut off early haha.

But yes the universe is super interesting, and I even saw there is a theory that we exist inside a black hole.

I wonder how that would even work

Same.

Unfortunately my hard science education was lacking.

One of these days I intend to read all the major popularized works on modern physics (Dancing Wu Li Masters, Tao of Physics, etc.)

so I can at least get the Sunday supplement version.

Haha that's a good idea.

Did you hear that there may be a parallel universe?

There's a cold spot in the microwave background that scientists detected in space, and they think there's a parallel universe in there.

I wonder if I will ever meet my parallel self haha

Wild.

I never saw that.

I love alternate history science fiction though.

Do you?

I do like alternate history stuff, I think it's very fascinating.

How many times have you ever folded a piece of paper in half?

Apparently 103 is the maximum amount of times that anyone could do it

I've never tried.

I wonder if it wouldn't depend on the size of the paper you started with, though?

I don't think so.

I think it's just an overall rule.

Have you ever played a video game before?

Long, long ago -- like in the Pac Man and Space Invaders era.

I never saw the appeal to be honest.

How about you?

I used to play a lot of video games.

But I don't really anymore.

I played a lot when I was a kid.

For instance I played the N64 game GoldenEye.

Apparently a lot of the developers of that game that never even worked on a game before

When was that?

I think it came out in like 1997.

I don't know if you ever play the N64 but it was a great system.

Have you ever heard of the Mortal Kombat games

I've heard of them and vaguely recall there being a movie based on them.

Yep there's a movie and a whole bunch of games.

The first movie is good but the second one is horrible.

I never really played the games, but they were very violent and they are the reason for the rating system that we currently have in video games

Wow -- I should google that.

Reminds me of how the comics code came about in the 50s.

Yep it's the same kind of idea actually.

And I know that Australia bans a lot of games.

Which I think is funny, because they ban more games than even China

I wonder how it is in the EU.

The EU also bans stuff, or they at least sensor games but not as badly as Australia.

Have you ever been to a Chuck-E-Cheese before?

Never ate there -- I remember when they were called Showbiz and they had the hillbilly bears


Do you happen to play fantasy football?

I do not, but I am curious about it.

I see, well if you ever decide to play theres a cheat sheet with tips for every week

I also recently read about the fantasy football NFL cheat sheet.

It seems like it has pretty good tips like which players are injured and who is recovering.

Indeed.

Furthermore, it tells to give a general overview and update to news pertaining to the field of football, which is informative regardless of whether or not you play fantasy football, citing reliable sources like Coach Marvin.

Yeah and theres stats about every team so its definetely helpful, one of my picks will be a player from the Cardinals, Kirk.

Personally I heard that Dalton has been having a good season with a good chance of getting his No.1 wideout back.

I didnt hear about him, what team is he on?

I might add him to my list as well.

He is the quarterback for the Bengals.

Oh I see, do you have any other suggestions, what about Marcus Mariota?

I think his also a decent QB.

I think Doug Williams and Russell Wilson are good choices, having won the super bowl respectively.

Furthermore, it is interesting to note Kellan moore is the only left handed quarterback in nfl.

Really his the only left handed QB?

I thought there were a t least a couple more, did you know there is a congress fantasy.

At least in the NFL.

Personally, I am most interested in quarterback since they lead the offensive for the team.

Yeah and they also touch the ball on every play so I think QB is the most important position, do you know Alex Smith?

I do not.
Who is Alex Smith?

So he is a quarterback that received his bachelors degree in two years and before he was drafted as first pick in 2005 he was working on his masters degree.

Is he still planning to finish his masters?

Is he as good as brad johnson who managed to throw a touchdown pass to himself?

I dont know, but I think he did as its been a couple of years now, and really?

thats amazing I wonder how that went.

I am sure you can look it up on the internet considering the vast amount of information, resources, and services it provides.

I know!

the internet is full of information I dont know what we would do without it.


are you a fan of the NFL?

I am actually.

I'm a Bears fan which is a sore subject recently ha ha.

oh no!

you're not going to even want to know which team I root for.

I'll give you a hint: we shouldn't have won the last time we played you, and it was very recent

Rams?

All I have in my head now is the Eagles game because it was so dissapointing.

I'm an eagles fan...i didn't think we were going to make it to playoffs let alone win one game

Oh that field goal!

It will forever be in my mind.

Congrats on the Superbowl last year though.

and mine too!

to be honest, i couldnt even watch it.

I had to cover my eyes and say a lot of prayers.

thank you!

i can't believe we did it last year.

it was a wild ride, and this season has been more of the same.

I'm TERRIFIED for sunday!

Oh I'm sure.

It's so exciting to get to the playoffs but then so stressful.

Why can't we just be happy they made it that far?

haha i know!!!!

see last year I feel I had more of the "thankful" feeling so was just so appreciative and having fun each week.

this year i've been on pins and needles each and every game (i mean minus the redskins...)

Yeah no need to worry about them.

Good luck in the next game.

Did you know that there is only 11 minutes of live gameplay in a game?!

I knew the commercials were way too long.

i know that stat is so hard to believe!

In light of the game sunday, did you see that saints cheerleaders aren't allowed to eat at the same restaurant as any NFL player?

No I did not.

That's upsetting.

On a related note I did see an interview  recently that revealed that cheerleaders make around minimum wage.They do not treat them well.

that's barely anything!

i would assume most would have other jobs, right?

No.

With practice and rules it's a full time gig.

well then it must be incredibly hard to make a living!

I guess it is something fun to do for one year or so...

I'm sure it is and sometimes it leads to gigs later if you are charismatic enough.

But I would hate to be an athlete of any kind and make it all the way to professional level only to make minimum wage.

seriously!

I read that an average lifetime earnings of an engineer is more than the average lifetime earnings of an nfl player

WOW!

I'm in the wrong line of work.

That is shocking with as much as NFL players make.I had no idea engineers were that well paid.

i know, it must consider those who only last one season or are on the 3rd string because others like saquon barkley are sure raking in MILLIONS

That's the job I'd want.

Make a decent living on the bench and not get my body busted up ha ha.

ha ha!
true.
it was great chatting with you.
have a wonderful day!
:)


hi, do you watch nfl?

Hi, how are you?
Sometimes I watch NFL.What about you?

Yes me too.
did you watch the superbowl

Didn't get a chance to.

Busy with stuff.

The NFL has certaintly come a long way.

The league has humble beginnings.

The first playoff game, played in 1932, was on an 80-yard long dirt field inside Chicago Stadium.

Yeah so many years since it started.

you know, women can play too if they qualify

I've heard that!

I bet a woman could be a kicker or a punter.

of course.
I wonder why none of them play though

Probably no feeder system from college, etc.

Maybe a soccer player could play kicker, but there are probably plenty of men available.

true.

did you know new orleans cheerleaders cannot eat with the layers?

I think that problems stems from romantic relationships gone wrong.

Probably want to avoid conflict.

Probably, but if they are eating and player walks in they have to leave

There is no justice in this universe.

Speaking of which, the universe is a fascinating phenomenon.

A piece of paper folded in half 103 times would be as thick as the observable universe.

I’ll go for 102 and stop there, just to be safe.

There are so many theories about the universe nowadays

The universe might exist inside a black hole.

I guess we can’t escape then because nothing escapes a black hole.

I still think that the universe could just be a giant video game.

SOme say it is a superhologram

That sounds like Elon Musk.

A cold spot in the cosmic microwave background has been theorized to link to a parallel universe.

I wonder what my other self is doing in the parallel universe.

Having a better life?

Do women play in the NFL there?

Well, that is a very good question.

Or some think that there is only one electron in the universe

Quite possible, but not really my pet theory.

I like the superhologram one.

I enjoyed chatting with you!

Maybe we’ll chat in the parallel universe, if we can manage to get out of this black hole that we’re in.

Hahaha same here.
Have a good one

Take care!
Have a good night!
Stay safe in the superhologram!

YOu too


do you like golf?

I sure do.

Did you know Antarctica has a disc golf course?

WOw that is cools but they use a lot of water usually

Did not know that, how much water are we talking?

Well the average in america consumer about 312 000 gallens a day

WOw that is too much, I had no idea about that

Yes and there is one in DUbai that uses 4 million gallons per day

WOw that is a waste then.

There is one in Australia where they have bull sharks in the hazard waters

Wow that is pretty scary.
Babe Ruth was a great golfer too

Nice.

US has more courses than the rest of the world combined

Wow crazy.

Samuel Jackson always gets two weeks of gold when he is filming

Nice, he must really like it then to get those two weeks

Yeah I know, Did you know that golf courses in the US take as much space as Rhode Island and Delaware together?

WOw that is a whole lot.
Do you like the NFL?

Yes I do.
Did you know that women can play too ?

Did not know that, has anyone ever tried for the games?

I do not know but if they qualify then they are allowed to play

Nice.

Did you know they have put tracking chips on the players now?

Did not know that, why do they do that ?

They are collecting information like velocity and rotation and such

Nice sounds pretty high tech.
Nice chatting with you.

Same here, have a good one.


hello, do you play golf?

Hi there, I play sometimes but they are kind of bad for the environment because of water consumption

Yes that is true they consume about 312000 gallons of water per day per course

THat is too much.

All of them combined inthe US are the size of Rhode Island and Delaware

Wow that is a lot of land.

One of them in Dubai consumes 4 million gallons

THat is a waste of money, period.
Babe Ruth used be a golf player as well

Yeah and I heard he was a really good one at it

Yeah exactly.

Samuel Jackson is also very much into golf that in his contracts he gets two weeks to play golf

Nice, he gets what he wants I guess.
Smart guy.
Do you watch the NFL?

I watch it sometimes.
Did you know women can play?

Yeah as long as they meet the requirements.

I wonder if anyone will try out

Yeah I wonder too.

But on the other hand engineers make more so maybe that is a better  career option

Yes I agree there.

In the 60s even bowlers made more money than football players

Yeah I guess it was a much more famous sport back then.

Did you hear about that rule for New Orleans cheerleaders?

Yes where they are not allowed to eat in the same restaurant as the players, SO weird

Yes and it is sexist.

The worst part is that they have to also leave mid meal if they walk in.

It is just really bad Hope thy come to their sense and change that very soon .

Not sure how it still flies

Yeah not sure either.

Did you hear about NFL using chips on the players now?

Yeah that is pretty cool , seems they track velocity and speed and all that stuff

Yes and I really hope they can use those somehow to make the game safer and reduce concussions.

That is a good idea actually.
Nice chatting with you .


hi how are you?
are you a fan of golf?

Well, yes in a way.

I played a lot of golf, probably 2 or 3 times a week college through the birth of my son, after that I kind of got away from the game as both a player and fan so only follow golf from a distance.

I never played.

it always seemed too expensive.

all the equipment and greens fees and stuf.

Yes, that why world wide soccer makes more money than football, basketball and the rest of professional American sports combined.

In a poor country they can afford goals and a ball, where football equipment for each player or golf equipment is prohibitively expensive.

yeah, soccer is the democratic game.

poor kids with a ball can play on the beach.

i loved to play as a kid.

i dint need nothing but a ball.

Well, i grew up in the Midwest so it was Football/Basketball/Baseball as soccer was looked on as something foreign in 1978.

By the time my son was in high school and living on the east coast it was an accepted varsity sport.

Speaking of golf, did you read where Kim Jong-Il according to North Korea press has only golfed one time in his life and had 11 holes-in-on on the 18 holes.

I"m sure that is totally true and a record that will never be broken.

yes, i bet he set every record that was possible in golf.

he probably was the best player ever.

I grew up on the west coast and soccer was common.

i like it because you didnt need to be tall or muscular.

Well, the coasts were always ahead of the Midwest, I was in the last class in college to program with punch cards, but that will date me.

I read where Antarctica has a disc golf course, one wonders if it's open year around and if penguin get in the way like ducks and geese do on standard courses since they always have lots of lakes and food along the fairways.

the antarctica course is one of the trickiest.

many golfers have died on the course, and that is the challenge: can you survive, or will you end up penguin food?

That puts an added dimension to a non-contact sport like golf, I'm surprised it not televised on Fox.

Are you a football fan, my old landlord loved the Steeler's and he'd be delighted to know Ben Roethlisberger has the most wins at Cleveland Stadium even over Cleveland quarterbacks.

The world would stop on Sunday for him to watch the Steelers from our condo in New Jersey.

Are you a football fan have a team out there?

I do not watch football much these days.

i try to catch the playoffs and the super bowl.

You?

Well, I lived in Kansas City for a decade and had season tickets at Arrowhead and now live near Boston so there's the whole Patriot thing so for Chiefs i'm a fan and Patriots when the locals do well I get cheap/free drinks so I'm a fan once removed.

Arrowhead is a great time, but that first NFL Playoff game in 1932 was an 80 yard dirt field inside Chicago Stadium shows just how recent football is in the US, now they don't get a 80 yard dirt track in a hockey stadium but a multi-billion dollar stadium funded usually by the local city not the owner.

yeah, the NFL has its humble beginnings.

it has come a long way.

now the players are stars and they make serious bank.

I get a lot of heck here in Boston as the Patriots won the last Superbowl, the Chiefs last Superbowl was when Nixon was President but I still where Red.

Interesting up until 1978 tennis players could use any object as a racket, have you ever seen a list of objects used?

I have to think there were a few creative attempts at getting an advantage in the early days of Professional Tennis.

i guess.

i dont know much about tennis.

i suppose that players could try to get an advantage but in the end it is about playing ability and coaching i would say.

Yes, I would agree with you.

We talk about the budget deficit we passing on to our kids, but did you see the US Military operates 234 gold courses world-wide at a cost of $140,000,000.

I'd think if we got serious about balancing the budge there's some some room there to pare back the expenses.

perhaps but the military runs on golf.

major decisions are made on the course.

nothing can get done without officers drinking and golfing.

Haha, yes, we might be crippled if we didn't have them.

Speaking of low cost sports, I must be a luddite.

Did you know the official name of the game I call ping pong is actually Table Tennis and ping pong is actually sells table tennis equipment.

I've been calling it by the wrong name all these years.

i did not know that.
that is a name that makes sense.
table tennis.
ok.
Anyway, great chat!

Yes thank you for the chat, and if you take up golf, avoid that Australasian course with bull sharks in the water hazards.

One errant shot and you might lose a leg.

i will take heed of the ozzie courses.
that is a good tip.
thanks!
have a good evening.

Thanks you too.

See you!

Yes, au revior!


Hey how are you doing?

You going to tune in on April 28th for the Stanley Cup Playoffs?

Yeah, I will watch the Sharks since they are around the corner!

Very cool, are they having a good year this year?

I think so!

I dont watch until playoffs though I have been to live games.

Very cool, the games are fun to watch even though I don't really like hockey that much.

You watch golf at all?

I have tried putting.

The courses are closing around me due to water.

Avg course uses 312000 gallons a day

Yet some people don't have access to any water in this world, Dubai's course uses almost 4 million a day!

Geez.

Did you know Babe Ruth was Americas most famous golfer!

I never would have guessed that, Samuel L Jackson plays a lot of golf too, he's got a clause in his contracts to be able to go golf!

In the middle of production.
He should do  golf movie then!

That would be cool to see.
Do you watch the NFL at all?

Yes love, NFL football.
AFC fan here.

Do you think there should be a rule that is different in the NFC versus the AFC?

Like in baseball with the DH?

No, it is easier in Baseball to do that.

They cant even get calls right with chips tracking the ball!

Yah, that is unfortunate.

They keep chips in players shoulder pads for data too, that's pretty cool.

They should get a female.
There is no rule against.

Yah, that is a choice they could make.

I always thought the NFL stood for the National Football League, did you know it actually stood for the No Fun League?

I'm joking though.

Or Not For Long haha.

Average nfl player lifetime earnings is less than an engineer.

I could see that, min contract of like 2 million then done for life?

I wish they would be able to get better financial counselling than a check in the box class for when they're 21.

Or then can become engineers still when retired at 25 haha.

By the way, lets hope for a better SuperBowl next year.

Bet the 1970 bowl was better than this one.

For sure, no student loans when they graduate hopefully.

It was great chatting with you, I'm going to take off, have a great day!


Are you a football fan?

Hello!

Sort of, Im forced to watch it by my Family haha I would like to be a part of the NFL rather than watching them, did you know Robert Griffin is selling his house for 2699.990...

I want it :)

That's a lot of house for me to clean!

I don't know if I can manage something that large.

Ooops I meant 2,699,990 its 6,000 square feet, you are right it would be hard to keep up it sounds like there is more land than house though, I may be able to manage... its only 4 bedroom six bathrooms.

but I dont know the 2mill kills it for me I can find a better price.

You do get to use a Jack Nicklaus designed golf course!

Do you golf?

True!

and its 18 holes!

not sure what that means but I do love a good game of tennis and a nice swim on the pool...

I can see myself in it.

Ill even invite you over!

I dont golf, do you?

I have only golfed once in my life.

18 holes means it is a full size golf course.

Sometimes to save room there might only be 9 holes made which is only half the number of holes in a round.

Ah!

interesting.

You learn something everyday!

I also learned that there is a really expensive golf course in dubai!

which consumes 4,000,000 gallons of water a day... thats a huge golf course... but is it legal?

thats a ton of water!

I would hope they have some sort of on site recycling plant for that water so that they use a lot less!

I would hope so too!

That is insane, especially with the water problem we have..

I think we can reduce the amount of golf courses in the world.

the average golf course consumes 312,000 gallons of water a day!

I think that golf courses are a waste of land and now water as well

I dont understand why there are some places in the world without the ability to consume clean water which we need to live yet here are people playing in it.

Samuel Jackson puts a gold clause in his film contracts that allow him to play golf twice a week.

It's definitely a luxury hobby.

I never played because it is too expensive for me to get involved with.

It truly is, I played mini golf on a date once it was pretty fun.

Even Babe Ruth was once america's most famous golfer!

I do enjoy mini golf, those courses don't need hundreds of thousands of gallons of water!

Right!

and they are fun!

Golf courses in America make up more land and space than rhode island and delaware combined!

While I know those are two of those smaller states, that is still a lot of land for just golf!

Indeed, thats crazy to me.

Do you enjoy tennis?

The longest match in tennis history wen on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days... how exhausted and nervous the players must have been.

I have watched some tennis but not much lately.

I watched a lot during the time when Roger Federer was the most dominant player.

Ive only played a couple times with friends.

It was actually fun and a good workout.

Plus I like the shirt and skirt.

Did you know polo shirts were originally invented for tennis by famous player rene "the crocodile" lacoste

I did not know that!

I know that some tennis clubs have very strict dress codes though!


Its a good thing our government officials are picked by an election.

yeah, in general that is good.

i figure that the money in politics is a problem though

Yeah money can really influence voters and alter campaigns, still Im glad we have an election process and not a dictator ruling the country.

Yes, dictatorships are terrible.

everyone suffers except a handful of people.

Yeah, like Venezuela, they are suffering a lot because of Maduro, authoritarian regimes are also really bad

Yes, i dont know what we can do there.

i dont think that they will have any real elections in the near future.

Yeah I don't think so either and the dictator Maduro blames the US for all the problems Venezuela has

It is easy to blame others.
What do you think we should do?
Intervene?

I think we should let Maduro be, people are turning against him already, with all the economic sanctions its just a matter of time.

Yes, but how many people will suffer until then?

i dont know how long it will take.

the neighboring countries cant absorb many refugees.

I would like to see another election.

Another election wont work if Madure is the one arraging it and yeah, its sad did you hear about the power outage?

the one that lasted like 6 days

I wish that we could get humanitarian aid to them, or to their neighbors.

our president could help.

He burned the humanitarian aid trucks

Yes, elections are great when the system works.

when the system breaks, we need stronger measures.

can colombia help?

I think they can, if things escalate countries can join and expel Maduro from Venezuela, that would create a war though.

I dont think they want to be in a war.

they might be able to give humanitarian aid if the US or the UN provides it.

I hope that gets settled soon, poor people of Venezuela they have suffered enough already.

Yes, they have.

the country has oil, now it needs democracy and a real president.

Yeah the can rise from the ashes other countries have strange rulers, like the president of Indonesia, the guy released 3 pop albums while in office.

The president of Indonesia must make bank from those albums.

i wonder if he is any good.

Anyway, great chat!

He must be a really popular president and it was cool chatting, thanks for your time, have a nice day.


Hey there, did you know that prior to 1963 it was common for students to be required to read the bible in school?

I did not.
I wonder what stopped that?

I am guessing each president elected and the times changing had something to do with it.

I always wondered who the wealthiest presidents were?

I think it was JFK, right?

Hmmmm, yeas.
That sounds like one for sure.
Maybe Trump was one too?

I am not sure how much of his own wealth he created though.

I would think he would be top 5 though, right?

Yeah, maybe.

Good point.

An interesting fact is that the two presidents Roosevelt and Quincy did not use a Bible in the swearing in ceremonies.

I don't know why though?

Not sure.
What did they use?

I don't know, I just learned some fun facts when I went on a D.C. tour last year.

That is a fun fact... Another one... 15% of the tea party consider themselves democrats.

I had no idea!

Hmmm, I guess its all perspective.

I think people who are hard liners are difficult to relate to.

They are usually close minded people in my experiences.

Just glad I don't live in Indonesia their president released 3 pop style albums while in office.

Or that our president is not called president banana.

I think carrot would be more appropriate...

Yeah, a bad nickname could be really embarrassing for sure.

I had no idea that the blue and red for party lines were not started until 2000.

Oh yeah, I never knew hat either?

I knew that there hasn't been a president who wasn't republican or democrat since 1853, either.

Did you know fox news threatened to sue the simpsons for paradying them?

Fox News!

Yeah, that was the rumor.
I guess its a true one after all.

That's Fox on Fox crime too!

I heard they were thinking about making a channel just for the simpsons....

Oh wow, that would have been a comedy channel for sure.

I dont like the SImpsons but that would have been funny.

Do you have a favorite show?

I guess ill try to Simpsons.
I will turn over a new leaf.

No need to.
Nice chatting with you!


The earth is an amazig place, I am thankfull its our home

I love it too!

I'm sad that over 80% of the natural forests have already been destroyed.

It is sad, soon there will be nothing left, we should take action now and try to stop it

I hear you!

I was shocked to learn that when the Earth was first formed a day only lasted 5 1/2 hours.

And also 4.5 billion years ago, the earth has a lot of history

Yes, it does, but if you view it as a 24 hour period, us humans only represent like a little over a minute of time!

In in that minute we have altered earth in a devastable and destructive way,

I agree with you.

So sad.I just heard today that the Earth will be almost free of Helium by the end of the 21st century.

I guess no more balloons for future generations!

That will be a sad day, I agree, so do you like to travel?

Yes, I love to travel.
How about you?

I also like to travel and apparently the King of Kalakaua loved to travel as well

Yeah, I heard he was the first king to travel around the world.

I wonder if he ever went to Iceland, I hear its hard to travel inside there since there is no rail service.

Yeah, it's kind of a weird place to try and travel.

Most of the people don't have cars and there is no public rail service, so they mostly travel domestic flights to travel between the cities.

It's crazy.

They must spend a fortune travelling kind of like in Japan, tolls can be really expensive there

More than $300 to travel across Japan.

All the roads are toll roads.

Now, I've been there a few times, so I know how much it costs!

You have been ther before?

it must be amazing I envy yoy, I hope one day I can visit the country

Yeah, I've been a few times on business with my company.

It's beautiful and the people are super friendly and love all things American, especially Elvis!

The place I'd like to visit next is Mackinac Island, MI.

Thats actually in the US, I hear thats a beautifull place, sounds a lot more affordable

I'm sure it is!

Motorized vehicles have been banned there for the last 100 years and I hear it's very quaint and charming.

Lot slower pace.

The air must be pure, pollution free, a wonderfull place to live at, its been great chatting with you, thanks for all the cool facts

It's been nice chatting with you, as well.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.


hi, did you know the us senate had a gavel for 165 years?

I heard something like that.
Are they still using it?

nope, nixon broke it

Leave it to Nixon!

Apparently the sergent of arms can arrest members of the senate who are absent when it's time to vote.

yeah that is strange and they did it one, dragged the guy feet first into the senate

I guess that what you get for not doing your civic duty.

I did not know that woman were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor for a time.

that is so strange and it was actually until very recently 1993

Since the 1900 75% of candidates that were taller have won the presidential elections.

I wonder if there is any correlation there between the candidates and how we perceive them

Since we really ever see them on tv i don't know.

You know Trump with all his money doesn't even rank in the top three richest presidents.

yeah that is strange but I guess we need to account for inflation.

so who are the top three?

Washington, Jefferson & JFK of course the playboy!

haha.

wow good for them

I know right!

The president of Indonesia has 3 pop albums out.

talk about a star president.
did you vote in the last election?

Sadly i did not, im guilty.
could decide either way.
You?

Well, maybe it would have been more handy if you were in Nevada where you can choose not to vote for either candidate

Same difference but thats a good option.

Could you imagine Hilary and trump in the white house together?

back 1805 it wold have been possible.

Honestly no, I cannot imagine, yeah back in the day it was automatic but not sure how it would work now

Couldn't be more of a reality show then it is already, haha.

Well maybe!

haha that is true.
nice chat


Hello!
Do you like dogs?

Dogs I favorite animal by far!
They are descended from wolves.

I know!

I think that is so cool!

It's probably what makes them intelligent.

Wolves are pretty smart after all.

Yes they very much are.

The dog has been the first domesticated animal ever!

Our ancestors knew what they were doing there.

Dogs do a lot of different things for humans.

Yes they do.

From hunting, hurting, pulling loads, protection, companionship, and much more.

True.

I like how they are able to help disabled people and even give emotional support.

Yes they're so helpful.

Dogs can learn over thousand words and can reason better than the average chimp!

They find ways to communicate with us too which really tells you how smart they are.

They are the only animal other than an elephant that can understand pointing.

Very smart indeed.

Oh that is interesting.

Did you know that dogs drink with the underside of the tongue?

No I didn't.
Do you know why?

I think that's just the most efficient way to perform it.

They have slomo videos on youtube you can watch.

Some dogs are so smart that in Russia they can use the subway.

I am not surprised by that at all.

They are not color blind either though some people think they are.

Oh wow that is cool.

Unfortunately people used to research on canines.

There is a tomb in Russia that honors the dogs who were experimented on.

I'm glad to know they are being honored now somewhere even if it is Russia.

Google honors them by listing in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.

That is so cool.

I'm not sure what Netflix thinks of dogs.

But I do know that Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100 rating on tomatoes.

Did you know that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth still?

That is quite surprising.

With 137 million subscribers worldwide, they make a lot of money.

Yes they do.

Just think it all started because of a 40 dollar late fee.

The one good late fee.

I'm glad Netflix decided to expand with streaming in 2010 it is my favorite aspect of the company now.

It was great chatting with you thanks!

i'm glad they do streaming too.
It's been great chatting with you too!
Have a great day!


Do you think the democrats had a bluewave in the midterm elections?

yeah, They absolutely taken blue waves to act for midterm election.

But would you consider losing seats in the house a blue wave?

Yes.

some places was not acceptable that blue wave

why do you think that is?

I think should winning the House with a substantial number of pickups

what do you think about the number of women in congress?

100 women.

have you heard of the candy desk tradition in the us senate?

Yeah.

I had never heard of that and thought it was really cool.

The candy desk is a tradition of the us senate since 1968, whereby a senator who sits at a desk near a busy entrance keeps a drawer full of candy for members of the body.

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

Yes it is, I recently read that.

who do you think the top three wealthiest presidents in American history are?

were jfk, washington and jefferson

do you know any interesting presidential facts?

Yeah, The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana

I read that in my article too, I wonder why he was called that?

I don't know but I think that name was he identify the election.

Well that would be one way to get people to remember who you are, especially if you started out as a nobody.

Yeah, absolutely correct.

why do you think it is that the taller candidate in presidential elections has won 75% of the time?

Because, They candidate and presidential good for people point.

So the taller candidate in presidential elections has won 75% of the time.


Hi there!
How are you today?

Im great, are you a religious person?

I am.

Did you know the tower of babel is probably based on a real building?

I heard that story growing up, that is so cool, that fact is new to me, where is that building located?

Modern day Iraq, surprised a building would last that long, to be honest

It must be well built, do you follow the bible?

soldiers in WWII used to carry metallic bibles in their chest pockets.

Makes sense, could also protect them and keep them out of the raina nd snow!

Yeah that is also a possibility, did you know Teddy Rosevelt and Quincy are the only US presidents that did not use a bible at their swear ins?

I did not know that.
I kinda wonder why?

Maybe they didnt have a bible at hand or their religious beliefs were different from the ones on the bible.

Or they wanted seperation of church and state

That is more logical so on another subject the president of a country has a complicated job

Quite complicated indeed, since he has to deal with government.

Yeah and also deal with all the critics, I think Woodrow Wilson is one of the best presidents in US history.

Why do you think that?

Really smart man, he is the only US president to have a PHD.

Wow.
He also tried to stay out of the wars.

Yeah he believed in peace so that is a good thing, 5 presidents got elected while losing the popular vote I wonder if he was one of them.

Might have.

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

I didnt know about that, I guess the president receives a lot of visits that cant stay at the White House maybe for safety reasons.

Have a good day!


Hello!

I found it interesting to learn that the same gavel was used for 165 years in the US Senate!

I also thought it was ironic that Richard Nixon was the one to crack it, considering his corruption in the government

Ironic to say the least lol.

Did you know that in '88 a us senator allowed the sergeant at arms to arrest absent senators and bring them to chamber to vote.

One tried to escape but was caught and carried back in.

Makes you think twice about being a government employee lol.

How do you feel about the US Senate having a candy drawer?

I thinks it's a nice gesture to provide everyone with a treat... it's also surprising that the tradition has continued since 1968.

Good use of tax money again!

Did you know that officials in ancient athens were appointed by lottery because elections they felt could lead to oligarchy.

Wonder how that would work today?

I don't think it could go any worse than some of our previous elections!

How crazy is it that the president's guest house is actually bigger than the White House?

Go figure that the guest would be treated better than the president themselves

Voter turnout is less than 62.8% for the last 100 years.

Thats kind of a shame... what even more shocking than people not voting, is the fact that 75% of the time, since 1900, the taller candidate won.

Wonder if this was purposely?

Not sure if coincidence or what?

Strange fact is that the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana

Just imagine if that was our president....

STRANGE lol Doesn't it also seem weird that Nevada has a none of these candidates option on ballots?

What's the point of voting then?

I always wondered that too.

Did you hear that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums.

I think that would make for a pretty cool president lol One fact that didn't really surprise me was the fact that women were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor until 1993.

This vibes with many things in history in relation to woman's rights

Tradition moreso probably, but going back to woman's rights probably.

Did you hear that the runner up in a presidential election automatically became president until 1805

I wonder how that would work today?

Did you know that from 1789 to 1913, Senators were appointed by the state legislatures that they represented?

Now they are by popular vote

Wow, I thought it was a democracy?

When Michael Jordan was asked why he wouldn't endorse black democratic candidate Harvey gantt in a north carolina senate race he replied "republicans buy shoes too."

wow, goes to show how much money rules the world!

Speaking of money, did you know that 3 of the wealthiest presidents in history were JFK, Washington and Jefferson?

Hard to believe with all the wealth out there today.

The senator Chamber interestingly is in the north wing of the Capitol in D.C.

Did you know that the United States Chamber is also considered the upper chamber of Congress, and the House of Representatives is the lower chamber?

I didn't know there were differences.

Psephology is the study of results and statistics relating to elections

I never even knew that there was a such thing as Psephology!

I also never realized how commonly elections are used in matters other than filling office.

Some examples are private and business organizations, such as clubs, voluntary associations and corporations.

Voting is a big part of even elementary, middle, and high schools too.

A lot of factors come into play.

I also learned that president is a title given specifically to leaders of republican states.

I didn't know that.

Presidents vary in roles according to the form of government.

I learned a lot of new and interesting facts about the president/s and our government.

How about you?

Yes, thanks for the conversation.


do you read the Bible?

SOmetimes when I go to church and you?

Yeah me too.

Up until 1963 was somewhat part of the education system too

Yeah  in some places it was even required to be read

Yeah Jefferson created his own version of the bible

Yeah he used a razor to cut off the supernatural stuff

Yeah the miracles and the resurrection were not too good for him

Yeah.

.Do you know that the Tower of Babel is believed to still exist?

Yes it is believed to be the etemenanki in modern day Iraq

Yes that one.

Did you know not all presidents have used a bible to swear in?

Yeah Roosevelt and Quincy passed on that

Yes them and I wonder if Jefferson swore on his version of it

Yeah.

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

That would be Jefferson, Washington and JFK

Yeah.

Did you know the president of Zimbabwe was called Banana?

I wonder if that means something else also in their language

I wonder too.

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

Yeah pretty cool.

DO you know how the VP used to be elected?

Yes that was the runner up

Yeah.

Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?

Yes he has already relseaed three albums

Yeah he seems to be doing well overall


hey there my friend do you own a car?

No, I own a Zepplin.

Better mileage, but going through the McDonalds drive thru is a challenge...

ya its funny the drive through has only been around since 1975, I wish I had a zeppelin haha

My biggest complaint: no trunk.

Cars originally had awooden trunk on the back of the vehicle, and modern cars are equipped with a rear space called the trunk.

Can't fit a trunk on the back of my Zeppelin.

haha that and fear of a fire consuming it haha, watch out for visiting south africa, there its legal to put a flame thrower on your car!

Thanks for the heads up!

I hear Cadillac is going to come out with a Zeppelin, named after its founder, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

It will be called the Fat Moth..

haha that sounds awesome!

have you eveer played the videogame called Gran Tourismo?

No.

But I have been to Mckinac Island.

You know, the one where motorized vehicles are banned.

I use the hand crank on my Zeppelin when there.

lol your zeppelin can do anything!

where else do you travel and would you use your zeppelin even if you had a bus that could go 160mph?

Nice.

My Zeppelin only goes0.160 mph, so I don't go anywhere quickly.

But King Kalakaua, the first king to travel the globe...used a Zeppelin.

haha we need some pics of King Kalakaua riding a sweet zeppelin!

You know, in 2010, the UN appointed an ambassador to extraterrestrials.

He has a Zeppelin too.

ya thats cool, what will you use to keep your zeppelin bouyant when the earth runs out of helium in 2100?

Cow farts.

I have been experimenting with this concept, and I have some promising early results.

My bigger concern is that 80% of the earths forests have been destroyed.

Cows like forests.

haha nice, maybe we cna have a race, you in your zeppelin and me in Iceland taking planes to travel between the major cities because they don't have rail services

Ok.

But if I leave for Iceland today, I should be there in 2067.

Good thing our days are longer than they used to be when the world was new.

If I was operating on 5.5-hour days, I don't think I would agree to go to iceland.

haha yes well humans have only been on this earth for about 1 minute if you count all of planet's history as a 24 hour period haha

Is that calculated in  5.5-hr days, or 24-hr days?

ah haha that would be on a 24 hour day, Id have to do the math to recalculate for the 5.5 hour day haha

Well, according to radiometric dating, the earth is 4.5 billion years old.

I don't know how they use radios to calculate the age of the earth, but my Zeppelin has a radio...

So, I'm set..

haha you got it all, well make sure to recommend that mcdonalds builds a drive through for your zepellin!


Hey there how often do you read the Bible?

Hey there, I am not very religious so not that many times.

But i heard it was part of elementary education back in the day

Yes I think it was.

It's interesting how the Bible is made up of different parts though.

One part is Judaism.

One part is also Christianity.

Did you hear about Thomas Jefferson creating his own Bible?

Yeah I guess he did not like this version so he cut out the supernatural parts out of it

Yeah that's kind of weird.

Did you hear about the Tower of Babel?

You know the history of it, apparently it is based on a real building

Seems like it is, it is somewhere in modern day Iraq.

THat is pretty cool

That is cool that the idea of the Tower of Babel was based on a real thing.

What are your thoughts on Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams?

Apparently they're the only two presidents that did not swear in with a Bible

Well, if they are not religious then they are free to do that.

Do you know why the fruit apple got that name?

I think it's because when the Bible was translated, they use the word that could translate into both apple and evil.

And that is how it became the fruit in the Garden of Eden, am I right?

Yup that is exactly it.

Switching topics, do you know who the three wealthiest us presidents are?

I think it's Washington and Jefferson probably due to inflation, but you would think Trump would be on there, who is the third person?

Yeah I am surprised Trump is not in there.

The other guy is JFK.

That's interesting.

I wonder how he got so much money.

Do you know about President banana of Zimbabwe?

I wonder how much money he has LOL

Besides his name I do not know much.

How about the president of  Indonesia, the pop star

I don't know that guy's name.

But yes I know that you made like three albums while he was in office LOL maybe Trump should do the same with Kanye since their friends haha

Hhahah good point, they seem to be besties.

Speaking of Trump, did you know the white house is actually smaller than the guest house?

No I didn't know that.

I'm shocked that he would approve LOL.

What do you think about the old rule, about vice presidents, before1805

Oh about the runner up becoming the VP?

I am not so sure how well it would have worked nowadays

No I think it would just create too much drama.

Especially if you had Vice President Clinton and president Trump, just think about the dysfunction and the news stories lol

Yeah exactly, it is too much.

Did you know the red and blue colors that democrats and republicans use only came into effect around 2000?

No I didn't know that.

That's pretty crazy, you'd think that that had lasted your whole life, what do you think?

I think that for me, it's always been that way


Hey there!
Do you have a dog?

no i dont but i wisht i did.

Aw, have you ever had one?

I have a fun fact about dogs!

:) Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing!

i would love to have a dog.

i cant on account of my health and a few other things.

i bet those dogs could understand pointing.

elephants too but i dont want one as a pet.

Haha!

I don't blame you!

I don't have enough room for myself, let alone an elephant!

Do you watch Netflix?

i do watch netflix.
next best thing to a dog in my opinion.

I agree!

I was just watching Netflix this morning!

I've heard that from 9PM to 12AM, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America!

That's crazy!

i think i am responsible for a good portion of that right there.

i gotta admit im hooked.

Same!

I wanted to tell you, I'm sorry to hear about your health!

I have really bad health issues myself, and I can agree that it makes taking care of a dog really hard!

If not impossible!

So, I guess Netflix spends over 20 times more on postage than bandwidth!

i think there are people what lives in places that haint got enough bandwidth for the netflix so they got to get a mailed dvd.

Also, sometimes Netflix offers new movies only via mail, but it costs almost $10 more a month!

i guess thats true.

i forgot.

maybe the streaming has to come after because of the law or something.

Netflix started making their own productions in 2012 and they have made some great shows!

i seent them.

they have done some wonderful movies and series that are just as good as the hollywood ones.

Oh I agree!

I love the cooking show documentary style shows they've made!

Netflix has over 137 million subscribers!

man i love me a good documentary.. what is the cooking show?

i aint seed it yet.

137 million.

that is getting up there.

Hm.

There is one, it's called something like "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat."

It was so good!

I've watched it quite a few times!

i gotta check that out.

get my cooking show on, eat up a storm, drink some sipping whiskey.

Yeah, I plan to watch a movie on there, called "Tallulah" tonight.

I saw a preview and it looked entertaining enough!

:) I guess Netflix founder, Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after he racked up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13!

Interesting!

a righteous anger drove the man to big an empire that shows cooking shows.

Anyway, great chat!

Yeah!

It was great talking with you as well!

Have a wonderful night and enjoy some Netflix!

I know I will!

Rock on!
talk to you soon!
I shall indeed enjoy the Netflix

Haha.
Me too!
Rock on!
Goodbye!
:)


hey there what are your thoughts on the us senate?

I think it is a fascinating part of the us government

ya I agree, did you hear that richard nixon actually cracked a gavel that was almost 200 yeras old

No!

I also did not know that the only us president to have a phd was Woodrow Wilson.

that is kind of scary, did you know the guest house is actually bigger than the white house itself

That is amazing.
I would love to be that guest.

ya, I know that Trump has Kanye over, maybe he could stay in the guest house and they could make a pop album?

Like the pres.

of indonesia did

Agreed.

I think Kanye should definitely run for president next election.

ya I wonder what would happen, did you know the runner up used to become the VP, maybe it will be president Kanye and VP Trump!

Did you know the last president to speak a foreign language was FDR?

no that is crazy, also crazy is how ancient athens would decide their leaders: using the lottery ahha

A cat named hank placed third in the virginia senate election.

Hank should have won.

haha I would have voted for him, sad that american voter participation has topped out at 63% though

And 5 presidents were elected while still losing the popular vote.

yup screwy, do you think the dems should run a basketball player in 2020?

I guess the taller candidate would win 75% of the time

Yes I most certainly do.

I'm curious why international election oberservers were blocked from polling places in 2012, they werent allowed in 9 states, that is scary to me

Agreed.

And all elections in Oregon are by mail.

That is interesting.

ya that would help raise voter turnout, I also like how nevada has a none of the above option when voting

What is the point!

I would probably pick that just to say I voted.

haha yup exactly, I like how long elections have been held, I guess that is the way most countries have been run since the 17th century, its a great time we live in


do you like dogs?

I love dogs.

There is an unknown dog in russia that has a tomb for canine research subjects

Wow that is so sad.
They have 12 blook types

Wow that is cool.

Did you know they can learn lots of words?

yeah and there are dog blood drivers How many can they learn?

Up to 1000 and they can reason better than chimps

Nice.

Did you know google is a dog company over  cat company?

REally, they claim that?
Did you know dogs have eureka moments?

Really?

Yeah Google have it in their code of conduct that they are a dog company

WOw cool.

Yes and dogs enjoy solving problems to get rewards

Nice.

THey are also really good at understanding pointing along with elephants

Nice.

In Moscow , some of them know how to use the subway now

Nice.
Do you like cars?

I love cars.

Did you know in Ohio is illegal to warm it up?

wow weird.

Do you know when the drive thru was invented?

I have no idea when and also do not know who invented it.

It was McDonalds back in 1975 because soldiers were not allowed out of their cars in their fatigues

WOw col story.

A guy once bough t a property in NY and found a barn with old cars in it

Wow that is amazing.

Do you know why the trunk of the car is called as such?

I have no idea.

DO you know what the arrow  next to the pump means?

It is because old cars used to have wooden trunks.

What does it mean?

It shows which side of the car the gas cap is on.

Nice chatting with you.


hey there, are you a fan of TV?

I do like to watch tv, I think that Aaron Tveit is a great actor, did you watch Catch Me if You Can?

I did, so good.

Do you watch dramas that are animated like the simpsons?

No not really I do like the Simpsons but I see it more as a comedy cartoon, its funny how Homer had almost 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes

Haha they can be so funny.

Bart, the son, did not appear in only one episode.

I wonder whats the name of that episode, must be interesting to watch an episode of The Simpsons without Bart in it

I know, he is one of my favorite characters.

And pokemon, there are like 750 episodes of it already.

There are a lot of Pokemons now!

to think 16 years ago only 150 of them existed, man I loved that show

Yeah a lot of people did.
Do you attend concerts at all?

I have, some concerts, one of my favorites The Foo Fighteres concert I attended once, what about you?

Yes me too, from time to time.

Linkin park played something like over 320 concerts in 2011 alone.

Wow, Linking Park is a great band that is for sure, 320 concerts in a year is a whole lot,

For sure.

I think the Ramones top the charts though.

They played for over 20 years straight.

20 years!

wow they must have given a lot of concerts, you know a woman was on her way to a Dave Matthews concert and she stoped to help a standed cyclist, interesting fact the cyclist turned out to be Dave Matthews!

So cool.

Yeah it was something like 2263 concerts.

There are all kinds of concerts though, some good some bad.

Yeah I can imagine a few bad concerts out of those 2263 the band performed, the group Abba turned down 1 billion dollars they didnt want to do a 100 conert reunion tour, I guess they must be loaded to reject an offer like that one

I bet, they were so popular.

Pink Floyd once held a concert without an aidience in an ancient roman amphitheatre

Wow, I wonder what was his angle, maybe he wanted a quiet scenario for recording, there is a band with the loudest concert ever, do you want to know the name of that band?

No I do not know that.
Who is it?

The band is called Deep Purple, they broke the record back in 1972 although it was innetentinally

Wow, crazy.
Are you a fan of the oceans at all?

Not really, Im a fan of sea life, there are many interesting species like the Koi Fish.


Hi, how are you doing this fine evening?

Pretty good, how about you?
Do you watch South Park?

Sure!
I really enjoy SP.
How many seasons are they up to now?
It's a juggernaut!

I like the show too.

I'm not sure, but I don't think as many as the Simpsons.

The Simpsons just got renewed for Seasons 31 and 32, I think (?)

Awesome, 32 seasons!
Did you watch that 70s show?

That 70s show?

No, I didn't catch that one.

Is that the one with Ashton whatshisname?

Yeah it was.

Well, they tried to remake in the UK and it failed.

Hilarious.

The casting is the problem.

There is a chemistry among the members, and you can't recreate that easily.

Yeah, I think that is true.

I mean there are 750 episodes of Pokemon btw.

I wonder who writes those, or if they just written by computer.

Mix and match characters for battles and the episodes write themselves.

I'm not sure to be honest.

Did you know that there is a breed of Jellyfish that is immortal.

I hope that it has something to think about.

Just floating around like that, waiting for something new to happen?

The monotony would be lethal.

Yeah.

Well a seahorse is the only fish that has a neck.

It's an unusual feature.
Do you get to concerts much?

Sometimes, I went to see linkin park once.

Did you catch one of the 324 concerts that they played in 2001?

I think it may be been 2002, it was great, not like Creed's infamous concert.

Creed should have practiced a few concerts to an empty amphitheater.

Yeah, apparently they are so awful they've been sued multiple times.

LOL.
Why do they even bother?
Well, I enjoyed chatting!

Take it easy.


Hi, how are you?

Not bad.

Have you heard about the school lottery in Washington DC?

I have not heard of DC's but I am from Chicago and we have one filled with political favors...

I can imagine.

Well, on another topic, do you know much about Netflix?

I know I watch it when I am bored.
You?

I've read a litle bit.

It is hard to believe they have made 126 original series!

That maybe why they have 137 million subsribers.

True, but they are still billions in debt and increasing the total!

They are popular though.

from 9 pm - midnight, it accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.

Netflix and Youtube alone make up half of peak internet traffic in the USA.

Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth?

How is that possible?

bandwidth is cheap, and dvds are heavy in bulk!

Funny that the company started due to late fees.

do they still do a lot of mail dvds

Yes.
Drama is a big DVD category for Neflix.

Do you like dramas?

I like Dramas.

Hugh Laurie is one of my favorite actors from House.

I heard he made like $700K per episode!

Yes.

Money is almost as good a reason to act as pretty girls according to Michael Caine.

I agree with Caine!

There is a website you can listen to for old radio!

I like listening, but also reading such stories.

Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas because of his belief system.

I wonder why?

I heard it was something about him only wanting to project positivity.

Wow.
Nice chatting with you!


How's it going?

Are you  a big Netflix user?

There is over 58 million subscribers in the US

Yeah, I can remember the last time I watched TV because I only watch Netflix.

And you do you watch Netflix ?

Yea I use to have an account but bum it from family now lol

If they used their DVD rental service it would be difficult to bum.

I am surprised  that it is still going on.

Yea and sending out dvds is costing netflix 20 times more than bandwidth, I wonder why they just get rid of it all together

Maybe it is still making them some money since they have all the required equipment, so it requires less investment.

Maybe, it's a shame blockbuster isn't still around but they could of bought netflix for 50 million but wasn't smart enough to

They could not see a rental-less future, if they bought it, it is like a declaration of defeat.

But they still lost.

Not only that but the $40 late fee of apollo 13 is what inspired Hastings to create Netflix, pretty ironic

well, it was the start of a great success, and now they are streaming  everywhere except a handful of countries.

Do you like watching dramas on Netflix ?

Not really, they don't seem to have too many dramas that interest me like House.

Hugh Laurie ended up being paid 700,000 dollars an episode

They have Mad Men with Jon Hamm, he is really good, he started as a dram teacher, he taught Elie Kemper from the Office.

Jon Hamm is pretty good, I also like Michael Caine who also in a drama class in high school like Elie Kemper

What is your favorite Michael Caine movie ?

Hmm, off the top of my head probably the Dark Knight

It was a good movie.

He was also good in Children Of Men.

Patrick Stuart is also a great british actor, and he still teaches master classes.

Nice.

Are you into novels?

Starship Troopers is on the reading list of 3 of the US military branches

I like to read, it is like exercice for the brain.

But I wish I could read faster.

Me too, I'd settle for half the speed Anne Jones can read at, 4,700 words per minute is insane

That is fast, but you probably read faster than the people in the middles ages, they did not even read silently, they were saying each word.

I hope so.

Well it was nice talking with you, have a nice day


Hello.

Are you aware of the situation with the public schools in the Washington DC area?

Hi, not really I know there is a school lottery but I'm not up to date on the situation.

It seems that the area engages in an open enrollment type of setup.

This allows families to choose which school the kids go to, but it also ends up causing huge disparities in school quality.

It's interesting there is such a disparity in the quality of schools, in the nations capital no less.

The lottery should be fun, not like this.

The problem with a lottery, though, is that the top schools get chosen by most people, and only the lottery losers get stuck with the lesser schools.

Since the most engaged parents are the ones who fight for the better performing schools, it ends up being a self fulfilling prophecy and the lesser schools just get statistically worse.

Not sure why they don't just send you to a school based on your zip code.

That way kids are not bused all over the place too and can spend less time traveling.

But, the zip codes are part of the problem as well.

If you limit a child to the school in their zip code, they may be in a school that underperforms.

Since many parents believe that the school itself is entirely responsible for how well their kid does, they start feeling like they are zip code losers and are either stuck in a bad school or need to pay thousands for private schools.

That is true, but at least where I live where you go to school is based on your geographical location.

This seems like such a complex issue in DC though.

Something netflix should make a documentary on.

If one was done, I could see Netflix producing it.

They seem to be spending more effort on producing their own shows recently.

The content has come a long way since they started.

Remember when they used to mail DVD's out?

That seems like it was so long ago.

It really does.

I know they still do DVDs on a more limited basis, but their streaming services have huge amounts of use.

Oh I thought it was discontinued.

Yeah the streaming is the bulk of their business.

It's funny blockbuster didn't want to work with them and look at them now.

What's really interesting to think about is that the streaming has become so big that it alone accounts for a third of the total bandwidth usage in North America.

With higher and higher quality videos that number is probably only going to increase, and of course with more stuff to watch.

Last time I looked netflix had almost 150 movies with 100% score on rotten tomatoes.

That's quite a few, and with good quality streaming, I could see the bandwidth go up as well.

DVDs are smaller than HD versions, and more are being produced as HD now.

Between Netflix and Youtube, we almost need new telecom infrastructure to handle the load.

I agree 100% I think 5g is the future since everyone is mobile these days.

The speeds will be in the 1000s of megabits!

While it's not as cool as being a movie critic, I applied for a job at netflix as a tagger.

If I get it I'll get paid to watch movies and tag the content!

That would be a fun job.

5G tech isn't all that different than the existing 4G.

The biggest difference is that 5G requires a fiber optic line to every cell tower where 4G was more of a compression algorithm for data transmission.

It won't hurt to have a 5G network, but I'm not sure how much it would help.

I could do it from almost anywhere too, well except China and a few other places.

I went to China last year and was surprised to see Netflix doesn't exist there.

They block all kinds of stuff but I figured there would still be a Chinese netflix since it's in most countries.

I've heard that part of the video flagging also has to do with the region it's being watched in.

So, some videos are available in Europe, some not available here, and none in China.

Yes.

The regional differences are interesting at times.

When I go to Canada they have all kinds of different shows and movies on there that we don't have, but they are missing lots of stuff too.

You might find it silly but I noticed they don't have the hour long fireplace video.

That's an odd one to not have.

What do they have running on the tv over the holidays with family over!!


Hello, do you like Netflix?

I love netflix.

I can't believe the idea for the company came about from late fees on a vhs.

Really?

I remember the time when blockbuster was the hit.

they missed the opportunity of buying netflix

Absolutely they did.

50 million for a company now worth 2 billion is a lot better than bankruptcy.

ouch that is right.

Netflix creators definitely, got something amazing out of something bad.

Late fees.

$40 at that time

Right?

I'm wondering exactly how late that tape was.

Although Netflix does keep racking up debt creating all of its original content.

Looking at another 2 billion in debt from 2018

That is a lot.
But they have 137 million subscribers.
For now they an cover this

Oh yeah, plus hundreds or originals a year.

That's more than any network or cable channel and it's definitely what keeps people coming back.

Well that and no commercials.

Everybody or mostly everybody loves Netflix.

It used to be just in America.

But now is extremely popular in Latin America and the Caribbean

Absolutely!

The subscription based streaming was the way to go for sure.

I mean from morning till noon Netflix makes up 33% of all bandwith in North America alone.

We all loves videos!

Netflix and youtube are great.

I remember the time when we did not have that.

Everybody has access except China , Syria, North Korea and Crimea

I remember as well and I can't imagine what they feel like not having access after all this time and hype.

Netflix and youtube are wonderful heck together they make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America

Yes and about movies, how do you like Drama movies or tv shows?

Not usually my thing but I did love house and I totally see why hugh laurie got 700,000 an episode.

Highest paid actor, he must love drama.

I would have to agree.

Not as much as Jon Hamm though he taught it!

And I also liked Jim Carrey performing drama, like Truman show.

But he will not do it anymore because he doe not want to act in movies that are not positive

Yeah, that one makes me sad because he was excellent in his more dramatic roles, but I appreciate sticking to your principles.

Haha a little unlike Michael Caine becoming an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama class but hey do what you gotta do I guess.

I did not know that about Michael Caine.

He is an excellent actor.

It turn out good for him to follow the pretty girls haha

Absolutely!

Something that I had always enjoyed and never want to change is reading and an interesting fact is that the fastest reading record is held by a woman who read 4700 words per minute

Wow!

I could never imagine reading that fast!

I love that in the 18th century there was moral panic because of how many people were reading novels.

Yes!
well have a good night!


Hi, how are you?
What do you think of the president?

I have a lot of strong opinions about our president.

I wish that the rules of the 2016 election were similar to 1805.

The runner up in 1805 would be appointed the vice president!

I think it would be entertaining as heck and make the government a great reality TV show.

Not much gets done in the WHite House anyway

Honestly, that would just make me sad.

Although, I'm sure the president of Indonesia would call for a great reality show as well.

He has three pop albums out!

The man must have a great voice Maybe Trump could consult him on how to handle his own pop career.

Trump might need to get reelceted to get out three albums though

Oh god, I hope not!

I do not like the idea of a republican president.

He has a chance to get reelected.

I think that he is not truly a Repub, rather an outsider with a big mouth.

Well, that certainly is one way to put it.

Sometimes I think that I don't want a republican OR democrat to be president, but that hasn't happened since 1853.

It costs too much money to run a campaign.

Only billionnaires can afford to run as independents.

I think that maybe the rules need to change so that money is not so powerful

That's a good idea.
Maybe YOU should run for president.

Maybe I should, but I do not have the billion handy right at the moment.

It's tied up in a bunch of investments.

Understood.

Speaking of money, do you know who the most wealthy presidents were?

I'll give you a hint- it isn't Trump.

I would expect the early guys to own enough land to make them rich.

Then they could run for president.

You're pretty good!
It's JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.

I guess that JFK got his money from his father, who ran liquor during Prohibition and make a ton.

I guess drug dealers have enough $$$ to run for office,

That's incredibly interesting, and slightly disturbing.

Money is always a problem!

Some change is definitely needed in politics, especially with the President.

I think the electoral college could be changed.

The presidency has term limits.

Maybe other jobs should too.

Yes, term limits are great.
Many countries do not have those.

I think it destroys democracy when politicians have a job for life.

Anyway, great chat!

Great chatting with you as well.

Keep an eye out for a possible future summit with Trump and some Asian countries.

Should be interesting.

Will do.
Roger and out.

Talk soon!


Hey what's up.

How do you feel about Trump?

Despite everything he has done he has done no wrong in terms of the GOP support.

I think the real statistics on job growth, the GDP, more jobs for minorities and other things show he is doing a good job unlike what 95% of the democrat led press is saying.

Yes I agree with you.

Facts are facts.

The Democrats often get very emotional.

Some would say that the party of Trump has existed for years and has just been waiting for trump to arrive.

That's true I think.

The press is suddenly concerned about the separation of families at the border although that was the standard practice during all of Obama's 8 years.

Yes true.

There is a lot of fake news and propaganda going around that's for sure.

Republicans and Democrats have always been divided.

There hasn't been a president apart from the above 2 parties since 1853!

I'm not a GOP person.

I'm (I) but I can't believe how wacky the dem's have become.

Abortion for full term babies?

Sick.

Now is the first time in my political awareness that the GOP hasn't just bent over and is fighting back.

Yeah it is a crazy time right now for sure.

I always wondered why the colors red and blue were chosen to represent the parties.

Apparently it only started in 2000.

The bias in the article I just read keeps mentioning Trump's bad behavior.

I don't remember him faking a racist attack, going on lavish vacations on the backs of taxpayers during the shut down, advocating violence , etc.

That is common among De's.

Yeah that doesn't sound very accurate to me.

They should be ashamed of Hilary Clinton.

The Republican party would never accept Clinton's antics.

in 1957 Truman visited Disneyland and refused to be pictured on the Dumbo ride because he didn't want to be associated with Republicans.

Seems a bit extreme.

That's pretty weird of him.

I didn't realize that there's only been one president with a PhD.

It was Wilson.

Interesting.

Another kind of odd fact is that every US president with a beard has been a Republican.

Better be clean shaven if you wanna be a Dem!

That is funny as is the fact that only 5 presidents have been elected while losing the popular vote.

Yeah that is surprising.

Definitely not a perfect system but it works.

I am also looking forward to more summits with trump and Kim Jong Un.

Summits have been going on a while, even back in the FDR and Churchill days!

I'm surprised with N. Korea.

I'm also surprised that Nixon proposed a minimum income.

Yeah I am too.

Now a lot of liberal places are making minimum wage even higher like $15 in Seattle.

Putin is kind of been at conflict with Trump too.

Apparently when Putin shook hands with the PM of Canada he told him to get out of Ukraine.

He is very to the point.

Yes.

So much for Russian collusion...

I can't believe $330B was pledged at a summit in Russia in 2010 to save tigers.

Wow that is a lot of money.

Good for the tigers!

Russia also gave delegates and heads of state thumb drives containing a trojan virus capable of picking up information.

Very tricky Putin!

Happy for the tigers, disgusted with the Russians... Did you know Lincoln was the 1st president to be photographed for his inauguration?

If he could see us now with our cell phones!

Yeah can't imagine how surprised he would be seeing how things are now, probably not what he imagined.

Well it will be interesting to see what the rest of trump presidency will bring.

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

Luckily Trump hasn't done anything like that!

Yeah, can't see him singing well.

Anything can happen like Ayn Rand being on SS and medicare.

Yes very true.

Well it was nice talking with you, have a great day!


What do you think about Trump's performance at Helsinki against Putin ?

Hey!

I honestly don't remember it very well.

I didn't find something specific in the summit.

They didn't reach any agreements, right?

I think some reproach him to be too soft on Russian issues, which goes against Republican ideology.

Right!

I forgot about it.

Some people noticed he didn't mentione Ukraine, etc.

Well, it's true.

But I've never believed that Trump is pro-Russian.

How about you?

I think he is a businessman at his core, he must have seen the cold war as a waste of money, he does not see Russia as a foe.

True.

I guess it's just sort of respect of politician, who is stronger than him.

Trump doesn't see such people in the United States.

I also surprised that Trump isn't in a list of top 3 wealthiest presidents.

It's quite surprising.

Yeah and two of them are really old.
I wonder where their money comes from.

Btw, I've read that US President's guest house is larger than the White House.

Do you know where is the guest house is located?

I even didn't know there is the guest house

I have never been in Washington.

And who would want to be in the guest house ?

Hotels have a better service, but less security.

True.

I have no idea who is staying in this guest house.

It seems logical to say President from all around the world.

But I'm sure they prefer president suite in expensive hotels hahaha

Maybe during a g20 summit in Washington, there would be a shortage of presidential suites and a president would want the guest house of the white house.

Makes sense.

I'm wondering about the President of Indonesia.

He released 3 pop albums while in the office.

Looks like funny guy haha

Yeah, you don't often see a president with artistic talent, and he did released 3 album, the first one must have been good to warrant the others.

We don't know actually.

Maybe the first album was slof out because of state people, all rich people, etc.

He decided this is success!!!

haha

Well presidents decide a lot of things, the first president of Zimbabwe decided that he shall be called president Banana.

lol

Sorry about mistakes.

Just typing to fast...

Yes, I guess he is really funny guy!

I didn't know all Presidents with beard were Republicans...

So Trump is not a true Republican ?

It seems that McCain would have agreed with that.

Well, he is strange Republican haha I'm independent, so I don't really care, but in my opinion he is something different.

Friend of mine, who is Republican, doesn't accept him as Republican

The party has changed a lot since its conception, it was a anti-slavery and pro-economic reform.

Now it is an anti free trade party.

It's just difficult to believe it was actuallu liberal party.

So significant transformation after 1932.

Yeah, that the game of politics interests change just to be elected.

It also became more conservative after 1964.

It was nice to talk with you.
Have a great day!

You too, have a nice day.


hi how are you?
do you like the internet?

Yeah, I'm a freelance writer and I use the Internet as one of my main research tools, besides publishing a lot of stuff there.

How about you?

I am probably addicted to the internet at this point.

all the seductive links and attractive ads just keep me enthralled.

Yeah, it's set up to manipulate the reward centers of the brain.

Also perverse how YouTube algorithms direct people to really toxic stuff through the recommendation system, regardless of what they start out looking for.

It is frustrating, but it is better than before.

A lot of porn used to pop up in search results.

Unfortunately YouTube used the porn filter to filter out a lot of stuff that's not actually pornographic.

And in the meantime, people are quite likely to wind up getting directed to alt right content if they stay on long enough.

Yeah, there are ways to game the algorithms and steer people to your stuff.

I usually just listen to jazz albums, so i dont run into problems.

Same.

It's almost totally a music medium for me.

It's the main way I listen to music unless I need Spotify to access artists who've been taken down for copyright reason.

i have never used spotify.

i know that it has a ton of music and was created by the guy that made utorrent.

I didn't know that.

I have a friend who makes a lot of really extensive genre playlists on Spotify -- her last one was ska, and it took several hours to run through.

I wonder how often they back up the Internet at the library of Alexandria.

I have trouble believing that there is a backup.

how would you backup the whole internet?

seems impossible.

Probably a lot of streamlining and condensation of nonessential graphics and so on, I would guess.

Yeah, but why at alexandria?

there was a library there that burned down centuries ago.

I figure there would be duplicates of info every where.

May be the symbolic connection to the old library that burned down and all that knowledge that was lost -- this time they're preventing the same thing from happening again.

I guess but who would be investing in a library in Egypt?

Something does not add up to me.

i figure that some tech firm like google would handle this.

the internet is so dynamic, i dont see how they could keep track of all the changes.

Good question.

I don't know, but just guessing maybe it's some kind of civil society organization connected with Internet governance institutions.

Ok, that makes sense.

sometimes i am skeptical of the facts deployed on these little chats.

I wonder if they are testing our thinking.

Same.

I know a lot of it is outdated info, like (obviously) the three richest presidents.

I wonder where trump is on the list.

I know that in their day Washington and Jefferson were rich, but how much they would have in today's dollars is unclear.

Hard to imagine them being billionaires.

But then who knows if Trump is -- there aren't any public figures on who or how much he's in hock to.

Yeah, he has not released his taxes, which is smoke implying fire to me.

I figure that the internet has some interesting speculation about that.

Anyway, great chat!

Same!


Hey there do you watch television?
I don't really watch TV myself

I like watching shows, but TV feels outdated.

It's not on my schedule but on the TV's schedule.

Very inconvenient.

Yep I agree with you.

I would hate having to plan my evenings around certain shows airing at certain times haha.

You ever watch the show South Park?

Yes, I really enjoy South Park.

It's the best way to learn about pop culture.

I don't know about singers and pop stars and the Kardashians, but South Park does.

Yep Southpark keeps me up-to-date with everything haha.

Did you see the episode where they made fun of the Family Guy?

I remember that one.

SOmething about manatees and balls and story lines with random elements.

Haha you're right.

What's funny is that The Simpsons producers send the South Park crew flowers after they did that episode.

I think it was a 2-part episode as well

Yes, it was the one with Mohammad in it.

I think the controversy put Comedy Central in a difficult situation.

Yep I remember that.

Did you ever watch the show Pokemon?

Apparently there a 750 episodes out now.

I would never be able to catch up with it

I never watched it.
It's for kids, right?
Probably not really my cup of tea.

It is for kids.

I watched it as a kid.

I don't know how good it is anymore but it would be fun for me to see what I had seen as a kid now as an adult haha.

Do you ever watch The Simpsons though

I watched the Simpsons a lot for the first eight seasons.

Then the quality dropped.

TV has been too kind to the Simpsons.

It needs to disappear.

Yelp The Simpsons has been going for too long.

I think it's gotten stale myself.

did you ever watch  the show Thomas the Tank Engine?

No, I haven't.
Is it claymation?
It's a British show, right?

Kind of like claymation.

I think it's more just like stop animation because I think you don't really see the movement.

Or at least it's with models.

I guess I have to watch it again.

I used to watch it as a kid haha

It sounds like fun.

Do you spend a lot of time on the Internet?

I do actually LOL I definitely use it everyday.

What about you?

I probably use the bloody thing too much.

The potential for addiction is high, in my case.

Oh for sure.

But at least if you travel to the top of Mount Everest you can have 3-g cell service.

You can definitely do your Snapchat from up there haha

Yes, that's EXACTLY the reason to go to the top of Everest!

LOL.

Get that selfie.

Kimmy K. would do that, trailblazer of the "selfie movement" that she is.

Haha definitely!

Have you ever read the terms of service online?

Like when you're on a website?

Apparently only 7% of people do and I am definitely not one of them haha


Do you watch a lot of TV?
I know I do.

Yes, i like to watch Tv.
which program do you mostly like?

I like all genres really.
As long as it's good I'll watch it.
Do you like The Simpsons?

Yes, I like that animated comedy show.
do you like that?

I do.

Did you know that there is only one episode ever where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned?

Oh sorry, i do not know that.

It is surprising with as long as it's been on.

The crew also sent flowers to the South Park staff when they aired their Family Guy episode which is hilarious.

Okay, Do you like Pokemon?

I have played a few of the games but have not watched the cartoon.

It was a nice show.

Pokemon also as Pocket Monsters in Japan.

I think I had heard that.

I did know that there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon which surprises me.

Nice, How much do you know about Kim Kardashian?

I know she was the highest paid celebrity in 2015.

Yes, She is an American reality television star, and model.

Yes she is.

I would say mostly a reality TV star.

Did you know that she used to be Paris Hilton's assistant?

Yes, I think she wasn't a household name, and instead, she was working for and friends with Paris Hilton.

Is it right?

That is correct.

Both heiresses.

Her father Robert was one of the defense attorneys for OJ Simpson during his murder trial.

Oh!

that's interesting.

Do you think internet is useful for everyone.

Very useful.

So useful that there is a library that holds a backup of the entire internet which I can't imagine.

This is the only thing that unites all the world's people.

It certainly does bring us together.
I'm amazed that there is service on Mt.
Everest.

Yes, That is very interesting.

I think this is very useful for every people and their works.

It definitely is.

Did you know that the 3 line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?

So strange.

Some developers love the hamburger 3 line menu icon because it enables them to pack more features into apps or navigation.

Thank you very much.

That is interesting.

Nice to chat with you.
Thank you very much.

You as well.

I am unable to end this conversation myself so I will add that only 7% of people read the terms of service when buying a product or service online.

Okay, that's nice.


hi how are you?
do you watch tv much?

I am well, I do watch tv, probably too much.

You?

i dont watch much now.
i did when i was younger.
now i use the internet.

Do you watch on the internet?
Netflix or Hulu?

i go to youtube from time to time.
i did try netflix at one time.
it is very good.

Agreed.

Have you ever seen the simpsons or south park?

yeah, i have seen both.

i like the old simpsons from the 80s late 90s.

Me too.

There's only one simpsons with out bart: Four great ladies and a manicure.

yeah, that doesnt sound like something that would involve bart.

I guess he had a role in everything else though.

Yeah.

I have seen almost everyone and do not remember that one.

I know fox news once tried to sue them for their parodies of the channel.

fox news probably doesnt know much about anything going on in the world except politics.

in fact suing the simpsons would have the opposite effect.

And they are both owned by the same corp so bad idea.

Did you know kim k was in a musi video?

yeah, she has that look.

im not surprised.

she doesnt really have talent though, does she?

No, none.
She is famous for a sex tape.

i think she and kanye are perfect for each other.

i ignore them both freely.

Me too!

Plus I have no interest in pop culture.

None of it makes sense to me.

Maybe I am getting too old but man does that stuff suck.

yeah, it starts to seem generic and repetitive.

the new stuff is like the old stuff but just a little different.

no surprises.

That is a good perspective.

I guess I have never been into it.

I am even more out of it now.

I cannot watch music awards becuase i do not know who any one is.

awards shows always leave me unsatisfied anyway.

it seems too political.

Anyway, great chat!

It has been fun!

have a good night!
bye!

You too!


How are you today?

I'm good.
How are you?

pretty good.

did you know that the word for a cars trunk originally is because older cars use to have an actual trunk attached to its back side.

I heard about it.
I found it interesting.

Cars names are basically the name of those that invented them Cadillac, ford ex..

I always thought that Cadillac, as a brand, was invented by an American.

I was wrong.

I believe it was a French explorer named Antonio de la mothe cadillac.

Yes, you are right.

Benz patented his benz motorwagen in 1886.

Yeah how about mc donalds drive thur was invented for soldiers who couldn't get out of the car with their fatigues on.

That was interesting.

They were the first company to have drive through.

If you were the first Amazon customer you could have had a building named after you.

The guy only spent $27.95 to have a building named after him.

I know right, i wonder what building it was.

They started as an online book store and later added videos.

Amazon also owns a publishing company.

Jeff Bezos built a clock that will run for 10,000 years, im told.

Isn't it on top of a mountain?

I think so didn't really understand it.

that guy is trying to take over the world eCommerce though.

He is very ambitious.

Alibaba was ahead of Amazon though in terms of total sales.

Some how he got the postal service to deliver on sundays.

It was amazing that the postal service  was willing to sign a contract.

I know but they just say no ones home.

they've gotten in a lot of trouble for that.

Do you know that average warehouse workers working at amazon walk between 7-15 miles per day?

That will certainly help with weight loss.

I didn't know that IMBD was own by Amazon.

I did not know either.
They bought Imdb in 1998.

Yup!

4,700 words per minute is apparently the world record for speed reading.

That is amazing!
Anyway, I've got to run now.
Nice chatting with you.