Actually, I totally agree with him, as a child I was horrified when the hunter shot Bambi's mother. . Did you know that watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories?


No, that's pretty amazing, maybe I should try a horror movie diet to burn calories


Also, did you know that you watch a horror movie before you look at abstract art, you will enjoy the art more?


I heard that before, I wonder how that works. I might have to google abstract are after watching a horror movie


The sub-genres of horror films are so numerous and include low-budget horror, action horror, comedy horror (my favorite), body horror, disaster horror, found footage, holiday horror, horror drama, gothic horror , natural horror, zombie horror, first-person horror, and finally teen horror and that's probably not all of them.


I prefer the macarbe and supernatural themed horror, movies, I'm not too much into slashers


Remember the Shining? Danny, who played the boy, did not know he was acting in a horror film until several years later (although he was really little in that movie).


Yea, that's a pretty scarry movie, I wonder how the actor who played the movie had no idea it was a horror movie when filming a lot of his scenes


Well if you remember that movie, the plot was centered on the father who was stricken with the intrusion of an evil force who make him a murdering slasher dude.


Yea but wasn't there a scene with danny and the dead twins and the elevator full of blood or am I misremembering?


Yes, that too so all of them were overtaken by an evil force out of their control, lol.  Did you know that the majority of creepy metallic noises in sci-fi or horror movies are made by an instrument called a waterphone?


No but even the instrument name sounds creepy. Did you know Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle was a supreme achievement in comedy?


Yes, I even actually remember watching that on SNL. It was really funny but so was most of it back in those days. How about 3rd Rock from the Sun winning the Golden Glob for best comedy series in 1997?


That's pretty surprising 3rd Rock was able to beat out Friends and Seinfeld during their primes


Yes, and did you know that the creator the python programming language named it partly to honor the B


Nope, that's pretty cool. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yes.Remember old ones with fins, two-tone '57 Chevys, 1st SUVs...you name it. How about you?


chevys from the 50s? beautiful vehicles. what a 57 t-bird ? weighed about 5000 pounds. beautiful car.


You got that right. My grandpa had a Model A Ford with a real wooden trunk in back - about 1920 model, I think...


that is classic! with the original actual trunk. in the UK they call it the boot. i wonder why...


Yes, a boot. Don't know why it's called that. Some folks forget just how basic cars used to be, in the early 20th century, when most cars weren't financed. You either had the cash, or didn't get that "ride", you know?


yes. the car was great for working folks. they could get around, it was simple enough for a farmer to fix with basic tools. now the cars are so complex.


Right. My grandpa had a farm. He did the maintenance himself. No parking fees or taxes then. No roads in a lot of places! Wasn'


yeah, those cars had to deal with all kinds of conditions. bad roads, bad weather. no flamethrowers needed. LOL


Yes. Odd fact that they're legal in South Africa to prevent carjacking, or, maybe, elephant/lion attacks! What's your fav. brand of vehicle?


i have driven fords. i guess i would love to own a porsche.


Let me guess: A 911? Classy cars. Grandparents other status symbol was the player piano in the parlor. Remember those?


yeah, i remember. the ones with the player roll with the holes in it. interesting invention. like a jukebox before recording tech.


Exactly! Today they're electronic devices. Sometimes would like to re-visit time, like in 1930, when the BBC decided there was no news worth reporting, so broadcast piano music instead. Better than some of today's "talk radio", don't you think?


yeah, i dont like to listen to editorializing. usually they have an agenda and i dont want to be preached at.


Right. Fun story: recently a Detroit pizza delivery boy saw piano in family's living room, asked if he could play while they dined, and treated them to a movement from Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata." Even the kids put down their cell phones and video game controllers to come closer and listen! The boy was 18, mostly self-taught. Great or what?


yes, that is great. i think that the electronics are dominating the attention spans of too many kids. they dont experience anything else.


Well said. Hopefully many will still experience playing a musical instrument, not just listen to the Freddy Mercurys or Paul McCartneys on the air/onlline...


Yes, true. Anyway, great chat! I have to eat now.


You bet, Enjoyed Car Talk and more! Cheers!


Yes, car talk! you reminded me of the show! click and clack! have a great day!


I used to as a child but not now. It Is such a beautiful instrument. Invented back in 1700.


Its an ancient instrument that is really popular to this day, Bartolomeo Cristofori was a genius to invent an instrument like that one


Yes he definitely was. I never knew it was Italian in origin also.


Yeah never knew that as well, did you hear about the group of climbers that found a piano on top of a mountain?


Yes how the heck together? At the top of Britain's highest speak no less.


I know right who would go through all that trouble just to get a piano up there.


My question exactly! It must have been aluminum because that way it would be lighter.


Yeah like that 356 pound grand piano, still really heavy and whats the point?


Yes it is still very heavy but I believe it allowed the piano to be taken on an airship.


Yeah I guess so, so changing the subject a bit, do you like cars?


Yeah cars are awesome. I think the 1908 model T being the first American car was really cool.


I bet it was, its been more than 100 years. The Benz model was the first car ever made


That is really cool no wonder it's so prestigious and expensive. I'm thankful that McDonald's created the drive-through in 1975.


I am thankful as well that is one of the biggest creations in the history of mankind lol did you know how they got the idea?


It looks like they developed them to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of the cars while wearing their fatigues. So patriotic.


It is, i'm getting kind of hungry in fact, not a bad idea to eat McDonalds for lunch


I would love McDonald's for lunch. Good idea. The brand Cadillac was named after the French explorer who founded Detroit.


It was? I loved those cars, really nice models and expensive cars.


Yes they are. And in South Africa it is legal to equip your car with flamethrowers. Thanks for talking with me today I enjoyed it.


Is it really legal? woah that is crazy, I also enjoyed out chat have a nice day.


Hi. I thought it is awesome that you are allowed to put flame-throwers on your car in South Africa. What do you think about that?


Ah, that's sound crazy. What do you think about the pizza guy that plays beethoven on the piano where he delivered a pizza.


I think it was sweet. Did you hear about the Alabama man who got a car from his boss because he had to walk 20 miles to work?


That story sound familiar.  Where did he work?


Somewhere in Alabama. I think this story made it on the nightly news. What did you think about the piano story?


Oh okay yeah I remember that, and also the piano story awesome.  I love beethoven music. Do you remember what song it was?


It was Moonlight Sonata. I will have to google that as I only vaguely remember it.  Do you remember ever hearing it before?


Yeah Moonlight is one of his  most popular song. Hey how old was the  delivery guy?


His name was Bryce and he was 18. Do you know what date he played that piece on the piano?


Oh okay thanks.  Yeah I think it was July 25.


Awesome. I think he used 'Youtube' videos to learn the piano. Do you happen to know what video game the child stopped playing to listen to Bryce play the piano?


Haha yeah  Fortnite...   I'm going to be playing that later on.


Lol. I bet that was hard for him to give up playing. I think that had to be some piano playing. Was Bryce a low income student?


I'm not sure... but I don't mean to cut you off but that story about south africa letting ppl equip flamethrowers is wow. You think they would let us do that here? Haha


I wish. I will move to South Africa if they don't let me.


lmao I know right.   I mean thank god I never been carjack before, but I would use it if I was.


It is good that there are not 'wooden trunks' on cars anymore. Then what would we do! Lol.


Yeah that would be a nightmare.  Back to the  beethoven delivery guy. What  cartoon theme song did he taught himself?


I think it was Scooby-Doo (love that cartoon). Hey it is has been wonderful. Thanks.


Sure. Rock on and remember your flame-throwers!


Hi, how are you? Are you a baseball fan at all?


Good afternoon, I'm afraid not.  I know a little but would quickly run out of things to talk about.


I'm not that behind, bat ball, bases and such.  I just can't tell you about who is good and much history.


Ah okay I see, you understand scoring of runs, the 9 innings and all that?


Yep, I eevn been to a few games.  My wife is from the Cleveland area, we used to go to games at Camden Yards when they were in town in the 90's.  I even know they had a decent team then.


Cool, I'm a Yankee fan. Cleveland is still good today. Crazy that baseball is huge in Japan too.


You'd think they'd be aware of it's status in America, I thought a few players had come and played here.


Yes, the Yankee's have had quite a few over the years, most recently Tanaka. The L.A. Angels have this guy Ohtani who is supposed to be like the Japanese Babe Ruth because he can hit and pitch at an elite level.


I also here managers are, to some extent, considered players.  I'd like to see some of those old guys going up to bat, or even pitching.


I actually wonder if that's still true. They never ever mention that in the broadcast when a team is running out of pitchers that a manager could go out there and pitch. That would be hilarious to see.


It's also amusing when they have that ceremonial pitch, especially when it's someone who can't throw.


Changing track slightly, I see that guy won an Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury in that Queen film, I wonder if he had to learn to play the piano for it.


Sorry, I misread your last message. I saw that last night actually, the guy from Mr. Robot. That's a good question, there's a large piano portion in that song. I would guess he did, what do you think?


They fake so much in movies that he might not have had to.  But if you want to do Bohemian Rhapsody right you should learn.


If I played piano, that would definitely be up there on top songs to learn. Maybe Hey Jude and Piano Man as well.


My son is learning the piano, he loves learning all the John Williams music, he does Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Ark.  It amazes me how he does it when I look at all those keys.


Awesome! John Williams is great. I listen to the Jurassic Park album sometimes on Spotify. How difficult is it to learn that to play that type of music?


You can find simplified version for the less accomplished.  Did you hear about the piano found on top of a mountain in Britain?  Now that is taking a practical joke a long way.


You have to wonder how it got up there. Is that even possible to do without a helicopter? And who would use a helicopter to do that? lol


Even if it were the one on the Hindenburg that is still some effort.


Could be some billionaire who just loves to play piano on top of the mountain.


I wish I had the money to just leave pianos laying around, have a good day.  Bye.


i do like concerts a lot. one of my favorite things to do is go to a concert


nice!  What was the last concert you went to?  Did you know Due to the success of their debut album, linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.  Thats a lot of shows!!


the last concert i went to was to see the band cannibal corpse a few months ago


Oh thats Death Metal music right?  Ive heard of them!


yes it is death metal. but i like all music, did you know Abba turned down 1 billion us dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour


Wow,  I wonder what their reason was,  thats a lot of money!  this is interesting: In 1972, pink floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii...with no audience.


yes i am very falmiliar with that album. i have owned a copy since i was in high school


Nice!  Did you ever go to any otheir concerts?


ive gone to tons of concerts,ive seen the eagles,metallica, billy joel, dwight yokam,selena..and more


The ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts...they toured almost non stop for over 20 years.  That must be rough,  but im sure it was a great experience.


yeah, that is part of the reason so many people love them. they were always around. i personally think they are overrated.haha


Did you read the facts about cars?  It is legal in south-africa to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking.  Thats crazy that people would do this.  But I guess it is a problem there.


yes that is pretty crazy to allow, did you know It is illegal to warm up your car in ohio.?


No I didnt actually.  We must have different factual sections.


imagine this happening to you, A man in new york bought a property and found a barn on that property full of classic cars


Wow that would be amazing!  Where did this happen?


i know ,right? that is a really good deal he got


Hi.  Have you heard of "Porgy and Bess"?


Isn't it the show on Broadway that is set in a black community in South Carolina? It sounds interesting.


Yes, it turns out George Gershwin used an opera singer named Todd Duncan from that production and really liked him.


Wasn't he from Howard? I heard that he was reluctant to join the cast but after he heard more of the new opera's music he changed his mind.


Yes and yes... He was afraid Gershwin was too "pop" and not enough opera.


I can see that. I heard that they wouldn't let african americans see the opera that had an entire black cast. There is something wrong with that!


Yes, but Duncan kept the pressure on until the theater gave in.  Good for him.


I agree! Thank goodness he stood up for what he believed in. I like how he wouldn't back down when they said they would just let them sit in the balcony. He still refused. Finally they caved.


Yeah.  Duncan lived to the ripe old age of 95.  Seems he lived a good life.


And was very admired. His grandson said that he always allowed him into his studio. He just had some rules: knock and be absolutely quiet. Love it.


Ha. Speaking of hard work and determination... Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001.


That is insane! That is a lot of work! And then you have ABBA who turned down a billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour.


Wow, that a lot of $$$  It's kind of the opposite of Pink Floyd recording a live concert in an ancient Roman theatre with no audience and I assume no proceeds.


In 2010, Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs. I wonder if that was a free event too? Crazy.


I wonder if the dogs were in pain... I guess Creed caused some pain.  One of their concerts was so bad 4 people sued them.


Yikes. Must have been really bad. I am not sure how the weather is where you are but here it is cold.Thank goodness I don't live in Ohio. Did you know it is illegal to warm up your car? I would die if I didn't have my remote start to warm up mine!


Yep, snow on the ground here.  I bet it was cold in 2006 when a group of climbers reached the top of Britain's highest mountain.  They found a piano there!


Maybe Richard Nixon could have played his piano concerto that he performed live on the Tonight Show. I bet that was something to hear.


I didn't know he played.  I wonder if he would have legalized flame throwers for our cars like they are in South Africa?


Doubt it but it sounds like those cars would be similar to the google's self-driving cars which have an agressive mode!


Me too! Did you know spotify has 4 million songs that havent been played once?! that's crazy!


I had no idea! I feel bad for the musicians on spotify, they have to get 130,745 plays per day in order to even earn minimum wage. that seems wrong


That is true! especially for how much they must make in advertisements!


I heard that  a band earned $20000 from spotify for a silent album. What the what?


Wowzers! thats alot of cash! Well you know audible watermarks are embedded on universal music groups songs on services such as itunes and spotify its so interesting and creative to come up with that, wonder what prompted it. Probably copyright?


Probably! Guess what the best selling album of the 21st century was?


hmmm Ariana Grande? Thank you, Next!! lol


Ummm. You would think but no. Linkin park "hybrid theory"


hahaha, Oh interesting! Wouldn't of guessed! Well you know, despite being 40 years ago when the "Dark side of the Moon" was released it was still the best selling album in 2004! Thats 40 years later! insane and incredible! I wonder if due to conspiracies people landed on these last two


I agree that is nuts!  What about NWA Straight Outta Compton? It reached platinum without any support from the radio stations.


Wow, I had no idea. Interesting fact though speaking of radio stations... did you know that the storms in Jupiter are so strong you can hear then by an AM radio!


I have heard that before! I am just amazed at the identical twins from japan that released a rap album when they turned 100!


I had no idea and will be looking that info up shortly after this fun conversation!  and goes to show you age doesnt matter when it comes to realizing your dreams and visions :)


Absolutely! i love some talk radio and podcasts. Did you know that there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free. I wonder if it like a soap opera?


Oh, No I did not know! Im mostly on Youtube these days but thats cool, I cant imagine how soldier in WWII made simple radios using a radio blade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them foxhole radios! I want to learn how to do that!


Crazy! What about canadian law says that all radios have to have at least 40% of the music played by a canadian.


Haha, that's sweet! That's almost like the finnish radio, since 1989  finnish broadcast has "nuntii latini" - weekly news programme conducted in latin!


I hear ya! I don't listen to country music much but have you ever heard of Thompson Square?


No, do they have any good songs? By the way, Thanks for the chat! it was fun!! Have a good night! :D


I didn't know the drive-thru was invented until 1975, that's crazy


Also it being invented to keep soldiers in their vehicles is not why I would have thought it was invented.


For sure, they can't be out and about in their uniform but would have never of guessed that they would make the drive-thru for them.


Not really, they elicit too much fear from me but I do like the thought of the horror movies.


I like horror movies that don't rely on cheap jump scares but are more like a psychological thriller


For sure, do you like Stephen King movies?


I do, I am a big fan of his books as well.


The recent It remake was excellent, I am excited for the next chapter to come out soon.


For sure, he's got such a terrific mind for horror movies, they're not too abstract either.


Sometimes his stories have weird endings but The Shining is such a great movie.


Absolutely it was, did you see what Neptune did on July 11th, 2011? It's been so long


That's amazing that it takes so long for a revolution, it really shows how far away it is.


For sure, and the sun is 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy, space is huge!


I think that is fact enough alone for me that we aren't the only life out there. It doesn't mean there's a super advanced species but there has to be something statistically.


There has got to be, the sun is so big and that's just for our planet, it's 330k times the size of ours, and there are so many other suns out there.


There are so many galaxies that it just truly highlights how small we are. We can't even travel to the closest planet to us yet!


Not at all, did you know the sun is actually white?


That's something I did not know, I also did not know that lightning is five times hotter than the sun.


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


I'm good, thanks for asking.  Do you own a car?


I just bought a Subaru not too long ago. Did you know its legal in south Africa to equip your car with flame throwers?!


That;s cool, I need some of those for my car when I drive in traffic.


Same here! 1886 is known as the birth year of the modern car.


Yeah, I believe Karl Benz invented the modern car.  Boy, how it has changed things for us humans. Lol


Right! Cars became widely available in the early 20th century.


Mcdonald's added a drive thru in 1975 for the soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.


That makes sense! Though it was intended for lazy people!


You and me both.  Glad it has a nobler start than just laziness! lol  But, it has def went in that direction in the years that followed.  It has sure changed the fast food industry, for sure.  Wonder where the government study is on that?


I sure am, big Stephen King fan.  Are you  a fan of horror films?


Yea, but my girlfriend hates them. Did you know King was terrified of Bambi as a child?


I had heard him say that before.  Wow, he must have had a very sheltered childhood, to think Bambi was a horror movie!


Funny that horror movies can burn over 180 calories!


Must be from all the shaking and cringing!


My favorite of all time is The Shining.  Such a classic with Jack!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this evening.  Hope you enjoy the rest of your evening.


I am well, thank you, I was just playing a little piano. Do you play?


No I wish I did though! How long have you played for?


I am a novice, that dreams of some day playing more than just chopsticks. But there is something about striking those keys, moving those levers, and hearing the notes ring that warms the soul.


It really does sound amazing and soothing at the same time! I wonder if Freddie Mercury felt the same as Paul McCartney while playing the same piano?


You could write a movie about that piano!


Definitely! Especially about the piano those climbers found at the top of Britain's highest mountain!


Talk about hitting the high notes... The Hindenberg had an aluminum piano. I wonder where that landed?


It would be funny if it landed in somebody's living room! It would have done some damage even though it just weighed 356 pounds.


Right. I bet it would be playing hard rock as it landed... Or maybe it played that song used for stress-testing pianos?


I wonder what that song is called? Isn't it something like Circus Galop?


That is it!  I hear it is impossible for a human to play it, so they have to use a machine.


I feel like machines need to put on concerts for people like the Ramones! They were basically machines playing 2263 concerts in total.


They were a driven band!  I want a piano in my car so I can play as I drive. Either that or a pair of those flame throwers that are legal in South Africa!


I would take the flame throwers any day! I wonder if that actually works or it's a myth?


Sounds far fetched, but so does the story about the band Creed playing a concert so horribly that the fans sued them.  If only they had flame throwers to entertain the audience!


That wouldn't still save me from the pain of listening to them lol. I would have loved to go to a linkin park concert back in 2001!


It was! They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone. They must have been exhausted!


They must have been running on adrenaline! When I listen to Pink Floyd, that make my adrenaline surge!  They performed a concert in an amphitheater to record an album, but there were no audience members! What a waste of empty seats!


It was in Pompeii too which is very morbid haha. It was nice chatting with you, have a great night!


Hey there what do you think about the president? Or at least the top three most wealthy presidents haha., who do you think they are


Yep you're right. Also Jefferson in Washington where the other two, I'm shocks Trump wasn't in there, or president banana from Zimbabwe for that matter haha.


Ha, ha, ha president banana! Interesting wonder woman was first featured in the lego movie.


Wow I didn't know that. I do know that Wonder Woman was World War 1 Movie, I think it was the highest grossing one of all time, they should make World War 1 movies in my opinion they're very under-represented


I agree Wow the inventor of the lie detector test also created wonder woman? go figure


Yeah that's interesting. Also interesting is that the actress that plays Wonder Woman was in the israili Defense Forces for 2 years as a soldier


I can't say that I like her dislike her. I guess she just exists to me haha. It's interesting though that she was nominated for 18 Academy Awards


I know that's a lot! Didn't know she went to Yale!


No I didn't know that either! And I didn't know that she was in the 1976 King Kong movie, I like the original King Kong movie, I'll have to check her eyes out


Yes, Woodrow Wilson is the only president with a PHD.


Yep that's interesting. Did you see the show mr. Robot by the way? Back to Meryl Streep, she actually has a daughter who plays the FBI agent on that show, I've seen that show but I don't remember her daughter, I'll have to check that out


No, I haven't, is it a good movie? She's made so many!


Yes it's a show actually. And I did like it, I just don't have time to watch all the shows that I want haha. But if you have a lot of time to kill I guess it's worth seeing. Did you hear the main thing that Dino De Laurentiis said to Meryl Streep in that King Kong movie?


No, what? My gosh, 31 golden globe nominations! winning 8!


That's amazing isn't it! Also she won three Primetime Emmy Awards oh, she just can't stop winning! And yes, Dino De Laurentiis said to his son in Italian "she's ugly why did you bring me this thing" but he didn't know that she spoke Italian and she then replied to him LOL


oh, lol. Very talented!  Her first name is Mary Louise, Often described as the "best actress of her generation."


So interesting. I just know that she was born in 1949 too, and on June 22nd which is my mom's birthday, it's pretty cool, I'll have to tell my mom that LOL


Yes! Her son must be a very song writer too! Great chat!!


Yes I bet he is! I wonder if he will ever win an Academy Award, because I know that no one will ever match her LOL


hi how are you? what do you think of Lebron james?


hello,  hes cool.  I dont know too much about him.  Apparently,  he and Curry grew up in the same town in Ohio.


Really? that is amazing. there must be something in the water in that town. LOL


lol yeah maybe!  I guess up to 1700 attendees would come watch lebron play in high school.


And the money they would charge for tickets. I wonder who got that money. did it help buy books for students? Hm.


Yeah I dont know anyone who would pay that much for a high school game,  when I was in high school it was like $6


I guess everyone know lebron was headed for the pros. they wanted to see him early on. i understand. i wish he had gotten some of that money.


I think hes ok,  he turned down a 10 mill offer because he knew he could get more,  Nike offered 90 mill


I bet he had some good advisers and agents around him. he could have waited another year and made more


Maybe.  I hear he is also going to be in the next space jam.


i think he will do a better job than MJ, who was a pretty wooden actor. is bill murray going to be in there?


I have no clue.  I dont think it will be coming out for a few years though.


I hope so. Lebron is 34, will turn 35 in december. i think he needs to plan his post-basketball life.


He will probably vacation the rest of his life,  as long as he doesnt blow all his money lol


Yeah, he could kick back. or he could buy part of a sports franchise.


Yeah, he can set up his family for life. i know that he has donated money to many kids to go to college.


I figure that he understands how hard kids have it. he wants to show that he is not just some greedy celebrity. Anyway, great chat!


Been great talking to you, have a good one.


Hello!  Hows it going?  Did you know Pixar has a room where only celebrities can go ?


That's cool. Did you know Robin Williams was actually who started the trend of celebrities performing in animated films to begin with?


He's amazing,  I still am not over him not being here anymore.  He was fantastic in Aladdin!


Absolutely. I miss Carol Burnett, too. She was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street!


That was a great show,  who was your favorite character?


Oh, I'm not sure. I haven't been interest in that show for decades. But speaking of nostalgia, did you know they're making a sequel to Space Jam?


Yeah, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. and everything, so it seems official.


He's a pretty impressive dude. He has a long list of awards and achievements.


Yeah seriously,  some of his high school basketball games would attract almost 2000 attendees!


Yeah, and they were able to charge over $100. For a high school game, that's insane!


That is crazy!  For a high school baseketball game!  I think at my highschool,  they charged $4 haha


Totally. He was also a decent businessman at that age; Reebok offered him a 10 million dollar contract, and he held out knowing he could make more.


Hes knows his worth, and he's probably been doing a lot of research!  Good for him!


Yeah, it definitely paid off. In less than a year, Nike offered him $90 million. NINETY! I bet Reebok felt stupid.


Yeah I know right,  they tried to low ball him.


I guess I sort of get it? He was only 18, so they had no idea what he'd become. But to be 18 and selling thousands of tickets for NBA prices, they should've known to invest in him.


Now hes is so wealthy,  I bet he has a lot of cars?  Do you like cars?


I do! I read the craziest thing the other day. I guess carjacking is so bad in South Africa, it is legitimately legal to equip flame-throwers to your car. How very Mad Max!


Thats really extreme!  Its been great chatting!  Have a good one.


Oh, the horror! Why is it hard to look away, even when a book is full of gore. This looks fun!


I do! I've not heard of Lars Kepler's grisly parcel of Scandinavian noir. Have you? Do you like them?


I've never heard of it. Did you know ET was originally supposed to be a horror movie?


I could see that. Along the lines of Aliens. As the novel opens, a young man, ill, malnourished and near death, is found on a snowy railroad bridge near Stockholm. Mikael Kohler-Frost had been missing for 13 years and been declared legally dead.


Interesting! The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes in horror.


This seems more like Detective horror so far. Being married to a Swede though, I find the voice of the book spot on!


It's been described as physical-suffering-as-entertainment.


I don't think I like that kind of horror! The bad guy in this is caught shoving a woman back into the coffin he has had her in for two years.


Yeah, that sounds super creepy! They apparently sent him to a psych ward where he tries to get the staff to help him escape.


I read that! The book is called "The Sandman


Named after the sandman from traditional children's tales of a sandman who comes at bedtime to toss sand in children's eyes to put them to sleep.


Thats terrible! This part is funny though. The guy can't figure it out! he "strokes her thigh under her dress, feeling her nicotine patch.


Haha. He says he wonders if that was some kind of slang.


Thats what I thought was so funny! Do you like movies? I gotta agree with him on this..Stephen king was terrified as a child when he saw the movie bambi, calling it the first horror movie he saw.


Aww that's kinda sad. I don't think I would like that book because Many of the dozens of victims of Walter and an accomplice are children who die in horrible ways.


Pretty terrible. Watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories!


It certainly gets the heart pumping! Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres.


Danny, the boy from the shining, did not know he was acting in a horror film until several years later. How is this possible?


I also find it hard to believe that there wasn't a single person involved in filming the original exorcist that thought it would be considered a horror film.


What? Does it say what kind it was supposed to be?


No, but I'm not sure what other genre it would have fit. Thanks for chatting!


Not a fan but it's fun to watch with the wife. Until we both are terrified, lol.


Yeah, I bet. Although I've heard you can burn 180 calories watching a horror film.


Still not that interested but i have seen some that weren't bad. like 28 day later and 28 weeks later.


I've not seen those. I know if you watch a horror movie before viewing abstract art you will enjoy the art more.


I'm thinking you would probably enjoy looking at anything different. Danny boy from the shining apparently didn't know he was in a horror film till years later.


Well that's interesting. That movie is creepy! But I guess everyone has a view. Stephen King was terrified as a child when he saw Bambi.


Yeah i don't understand that but maybe it was his inspiration, he is the king of horror.


Yeah. I don't get it. I'll have to look it up online. Do you use the internet a lot?


All the time, it's running my life can't get anything done with out it. You?


I definitely use it way more than I need to. Even so I'm just learning dumb things like the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button. Weird.


Very weird! Apparently there is a copy of the internet in the Alexandria library.


Why would they need to keep a copy of it?


I don't know how they can because it's living...constantly changing and evolving, you know.


Yeah. Maybe they were afraid the internet burned down.


Yeah and that makes sense right! they have 3g cell service at the top of Everest.


Seriously? So you can climb a mountain and still be connected. I'm not sure if I love it or hate it.


Yeah i guess it doesn't matter because the mountain won, i'm not going up there. You know 7% of ppl read the terms and condition on internet purchases.


Yeah. I'm not either. And I never read that stuff. I see enough of it though I'm sure I'm addicted to online as constant novelty from clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain.


Now that's a little scary. Yeah i'm part of the 93%ers as well my friend. Nice chatting with you.


Did you follow the Winter Olimpic games?


I follow the summer olympics more but yes I do. Surprised to hear VP Pence was there.


Yeah he was right next to Kim Yo Jong the sister of Kim Jong Un and other important figures of North Korea


I bet that was very uncomfortable for him. Kim Jong Un and relatives are very big dictators and bad humans overall (in my opinion).


I share your opinion, they are despicable human beings, you know that Kim Jong-Un was voted as sexiest mad alive lol


I did not know that but I would not vote for him for anything. He is the worst violator of human rights in the world and doesn't deserve recognition.


I agree, he doesnt care about anyone but himself and yeah he was voted as the sexiest man by the onion so that seems really fake!


Probably, I really don't understand how people get away with treating others like they don't matter or how some people believe the lies that he controls them with.


I agree, I guess he uses fear and he also keeps the millitary happy, also excludes the rest of the world, hopefully things can change for the country one day


It is also maddening how he gets away with executions in broad daylight with forced attendance from the citizens if someone is found with prohibited materials.


Yeah, it makes me angry as well, he can basically kill anyone he wants and there would be no consequences about it, its funny how he wants the world to believe he learn to drive at age 3


So ridiculous! It's probably best he cuts his own hair because he is afraid of barbers. They could be dangerous for him.


It must be dangerous indeed, he must be really afraid of people around him, his in constant danger


He does go to great lengths to hide all the evil surrounding him even to the point of rewriting history but I guess you have to in order to make people believe it.


Yeah and it seems like his doing a good job as many people believe him, makes Trump look like a great leader


I would venture to guess all politicians and leaders have their faults though I think Trump is in a whole different league from Kim. I do have mixed feelings about their meet in June last year.


Yeah but enough politics already! did you watch the movie Thor?


I did not but would like to. Will probably have to rent it since I don't get out much. Marvel movies are awesome.


You should really watch it, its a great movie with a lot of funny moments in it, most of the dialogue in the movie is improvised but it turn out to be a good thing.


I will. I didn't realize it was the 4th film done by Marvel Cinema.


Yeah apparently other hereos came first, one of my favorite charaters is Tom Hiddleston, he is a really talented actor, he plays the role of Loki


I am a Chris Hemsworth fan! Nice chatting.


He is also a great actor I agree, its probably a good thing Tom Hiddleston was cast for the role of Loki and not for the role of Thor


Good Morning!  My Grandpa and Dad listened to old time country, so I am more partial to George Strait, Conway Twitty, and Johnny Cash than I am to modern country artists.  You?


I used to love those old timers! I like it better than the new stuff. George strait is cousins with Jeff Bezos!


I wonder if Bezos is a Country fan?  The King of Amazon is related to the King of Country - what are the odds?


I bet he would have to be if my cousin was george strait, I would have to be. There are only 2 african americans in the country hall of fame.


Interesting - I wonder who they are and what era they're from.  Not that I'm very familiar with Country as most are, but I'd have a hard time naming any African American artists...


right, The only one i know it darius rucker and he didn't start off as a country guy


Hootie!  Big golfer too - big hitter!  I bet one of the HOF inductees was Charlie Pride.  After racking my brain, he is the only African American country star I can come up with


Hootie! yes! lol. for sure. Do you listen to much radio?


I listed to a lot of talk radio when I'm at work to fill the void and have some interesting topics in the background - you?


Me too, sometimes I turn the radio on to AM to see if I can get some jupiter radio storms


I wonder what that would sound like?  Static, ambient noise, classic Latin?!?!?!


lol, it could. I want to hear it some day. I wonder if they heard it in WW2 when they made radios with  razors and other things


Radio and radio waves a fascinating in that they are all around us, and free for the most part - you have to have the receiver to decipher the signal but it's possible, as you say, to create your own radio from spare parts.  Amazing!


Right! God my mind is blown right now. Do you have a favorite celebrity?


I'm not very current on celebrities of modern movies and music - there are so many.  One actor I find interesting is Crispin Glover - he played George McFly in Back to the Future movies


I did not know that, do you ever watch judge judy, she makes so much money, but not as much as Lebron


I've heard JJ makes a mint, but I've never had time or the time slot to be a regular watcher of her show.  I know the format from Judge Wapner back in the day.  Someone must be watching - a lot of people!!!


I heard a lot of retired people who are bored with their day lol. I can't wait to retire to watch judge judy all day! Good chatting with you!


Yes - I didn't even think about that demographic.  Great chat - have a great day!


HI! I love to watch pixar movies. I wonder what they have in their secret room?


Sounds mysterious. Did you know the Celebrity status is often associated with wealth?


I didnt know that! Judge Judy would know all about that with her 123k per episode!


Great for her! Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street!


I didnt know that! I liked robin williams as genie in Aladdin! i didnt know that started the trend though!


I haven't watched it before. What is it?


It's a celebrity coached singing competition. There are "fights" over the country singers.


oh, what kind of fights? Funny to know that ive heard of George strait for a long time but never knew he was cousins with jeff bezos.


Oooh weird. I guess that all the aspiring country singers on The Voice want Blake Shelton as a coach, but Kelly Clarkson "fights" with  him over these singers.


I do like Kelly Clarkson. Do you think shes ever opened for herself like U2 at a show?


I don't know, she has a great voice so that's why contestants feel pressured to choose her as a coach on The Voice.


I would want to go with who is the best singer in that game! I wonder how much they get paid per episode? less than Judge Judy i bet.


Indeed. Country music used to be called hillbilly music until the 1940s.


Thats Funny! I do like country music though.


I hear it on the radio. Do you know that a canadian law requires at least 40% of the music played to be Canadian!


I did hear about that. I wonder if there are a few black Canadian country singers?


So far there are only two african americans in the country music hall of fame.


I know i would think there would be more.


I wonder if they played the fender stratocaster which was intended for country music?


I would have never guessed that! Have a great day!


One last fact about radios there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I would love to do that while at work! it would  make it so much better


Indeed I agree. Soldiers in WWII made simple radios using razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them foxhole radios.


Hello! Yes I do. I am not a fast reader though. The world record for speed reading is held by Anne Jones with 4700 words per minute!


Thats amazing! I wonder what people would think of her in the 18th century! Dis you know there was a "moral panic" because of the widespread of reading novels?!


No I didn't realize that happened? I wonder why? I loved Lord of the Rings by Tolkien. Both him and Cs Lewis had a competition of "you laugh you lose" when reading terrible poetry.


I know, its crazy how times have changed! Did you read the book eders game? i saw the movie but the book was suggested reading for military and marine corps


I never saw the movie or read the book. Sounds interesting though. I saw the Movie Starship Troopers. Didn't know that was a sci-fi novel too also on the reading list of military branches.


Yeah it is worth watching! I also like cars. The trunk of a car got it's name because in old cars it was actually a wooden trunk!


Thats crazy! i didnt know! I like cars too and video games which did you know that Jann mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people ina video game? I wonder how people who play call of duty feel haha


Wow. Yeah good question! If I lived in South Africa I would put flamethrowers on my car! It is legal to do so!


LOL, wowzers well car have sure come a long way since it's invention back in 1886... although it doesnt feel that long considering how much has improved!


Yes that's true. It was only in 1975 that McDonalds added a drive thru. Now they are everywhere!


it blows my mind! and Thanks to the soldiers once again! since they were not allowed out of their cars while wearing their fatigues!


True. So much to thank them for but did not know drive thrus were one of them! I also didn't realize Cadillac was named after the french explorer who founded Detroit.


Wow, how cool to have something big named after you! What I cant get over is how cars barely became available globally in the 20th century, what?!


Yeah that is so surprising and hard to believe! In 2014 the number of cars was over 1.25 billion. That is unbelieveable as well!


Wow, for sure! I wonder why it took much longer for western europe to accept the change from animal drawn carriages to faster much more comfortable cars...


Yeah I would like to know that too. Very oldschool of the. Do you like swimming? There is a type of competitive swimming where the athlete has their hands and legs bound and swims like a dolphin lol.


lol, I love swimming, I took lessons as a kid..I learned the doggy paddle but not the "dolphin move" haha


Yes me too! Swimmin is a good exercise! The USA is the best at it, with almost as many gold medals as the rest of the world combined!


wow I wonder if they used the 'banned swimsuit" which apparently 94% have won all swimming races! lol it was fun chatting with you!


I've always really enjoyed gymnastics. How about yourself?


I do like gymnastics! I took it when I was little, how about you?


I did it for several years when I was little also. Have you ever heard of Kimm Gwang Suk of North Korea?


That's cool it was the thing to do when we were younger. I like that it went on to be in the Olympics! No, I don't know who that is.....


I watched it on the Olympics every four years when I was a kid. She participated in the Barcelona games and gave her age as 17. But she was missing front teeth and the rumor is that she may have been as young as 10 in actuality.


Omgosh! Really? That's amazing. I heard that an american won 6 medals...with a wooden leg! How amazing! Nobody else with a prosthetic limb tried again for 100 years.


Wow! That's very impressive. I'm going to have to look that up and see if there is any imagery out there.


Definitely, it happened back in 1908 so hard to say if you could find much on it.


Probably not. Maybe a few pictures. Did you know that Nadia Comaneci scored the first 10 ever in gymnastics?


No, I didn't know that. Very impressive! Have you ever heard of the special olympics? The sister of president Kennedy started getting backyard get togethers for kids with disabilities that's how it evolved into the Special Olympics.


I am familiar with it. I had no idea how it started. Such a wonderful organization. Do you know why the pummel horse was originally created?


Yes it was developed as a way for soldiers to practice mounting and dismounting horses.


Oh wow, that is interesting! So the pummel horse is used in today's gymnastic's, correct?


Yes in men's gymnastics. Do you also know why the Ancient Greeks participated in gymnastics?


Wasn't it because gymnastics helped them practice for war? I think I heard that anyway.


I was reading about older times and I wonder why Presidents used to wear hats and I wonder if it was just a preference?


I know that British politicians had to wear top hats if making a point of order.


Ohhh, maybe that's what they were referring to. I just remember President Abe Lincoln and his hat lol,


He did seem fond of it. It was nice chatting with you. Have a good evening.


Do you like soccer, do you follow the MLS?


I don't really, how about you? I think as Americans we are the only ones who call it soccer. Soccer was slang for association football.


Im a big fan of the sport I  really like it and the MLS is getting better as the years go by, it will soon be one of the most popular sports


Maybe I'd be more interested if they did the variation of soccer where three teams face off at the same time. Actually, that sounds quite confusing.


That sounds like an interesting variation of the game, I am a fan of the sport but that's new to me


I guess I am probably missing out. Soccer makes more money than all other major sports combined.


I guess its because the game is played in more that 200 countries and also has more than 250 million players more than the other sports combined


Yeah it definitely is the world's most popular sport!


It is, did you watch the 2014 World Cup? a player did a great deed with his bonus from winning the cup


I did not watch it. Was that Mesut Ozil?


Yeah Mesut Ozil thats the one, he donated his 300,000 euros bonus so that 23 children can have surgeries


That is awesome. I'm watching Jon Stewart right now. Do you know he was a football player in college?


I didnt know that I wonder if he was any good


He played in the Pam American Maccabi Games in Brazil so I guess he was pretty good.


I guess he was, haven't heard of that tournament but Brazilians take soccer seriously.


My favorite team is Barcelona and national team the US and then Argentina, do you have a favorite team?


No, I don't, but I like the new mascot for the Philadelphia Union.


Phang the Snake, sounds like an awesome New Mascot!


Yeah, apparently he has a mohawk and legs.


I'm excited to watch that new mascot in action. Mascots are a thing of the MLS, though. Either way, its been really fun chatting with you.


Yeah, I'm confused as to whether it's a snake or a lizard. I'll have to go research that now. Nice chatting with you.


Hello.  Do you like snakes?  I recently heard that there are no snakes at all in new zealand.  That is a country I would like to go to!


Hello there, I am not a big fan of snakes no, and really? That is a very strange fact.


It really is. I had no idea there was a place on the planet where there were no snakes.  Have you heard about flying snakes?


Same here, and what!? I have never heard of those, but I think I'm glad i've never encountered one.


Me too!  Yeah, I've heard about some type of snake that can launch themselves at their prey. Can you imagine having a snake launch itself at you?  Horrible!


Yeah, you forget to feed it one day and then at night it just jumps outta the cage at you.


Hahaha! That would be awful!  It is amazing that they can do it considering they most snakes have only one lung.  I would think they would need to in order to get the breath to move like that.


That is interesting as well.  Do you know there are legless lizards, which are not considered snakes though?


I did not know that.  What are they considered then if they are not snakes?  Are they called lizards?


Yeah still called lizards I guess.  I wonder how they move around or why they aren't snakes.  There are so many weird creatures on this planet.


That's true.  I would like to know how they move too.  I would really like to know why they aren't snakes.  I wonder exactly what is the criteria that determines what is a snake and what is a lizard.


Agreed.  Another interesting fact is that crocodiles are related to birds more closely than they are to lizards and snakes.


Now I would really like to know how that is possible. I mean crocodiles have scales, live in the water, they are green, and so on.


Yeah I think it has to do with dinosaurs.  I know birds are the closest we have to them, and crocs are not far behind.


Interesting.  Scientists also say that the fear of snakes is hard wired into our brains for some reason.  Get this, they also say it's hard wired into monkey's brains too.


That is too wild, I wonder if it's because we are closely linked with chimps and all.


It could be because snakes, the big ones like pythons, terrorized them too back in the day.  I guess snakes would have been exceptionally large in prehistoric times.


Yeah imagine the size of some of those, and I always think of all the crazy water creatures as well.


I do too.  Perhaps the new mascot for the Philadelphia Union, phang the snake, isn't too far off from real life.


That is true, do you follow the MLS much?


I don't actually.  I just heard about their new mascot recently.


Did you set any new year's resolution for the new year?


I have set one and already met it, how about you?


Oh wow, congrats! I think the usual to eat healthier and exercise more, I think that's what a lot of people set their new year agenda as, something about diet and exercise, was yours centered around that perhaps?


I nneed to start a diet, maybe that will be my new one. I could drop 20-30 pounds. I need my beach body back!


Same here, I need to fit into jeans or companies can employ Old Navy tactics where they market size 41" waist jeans as 36", I'm only a size small!


lol, I would be too! did you know trousers that are saggy are prohibited in Collinsville?


Saggy seems like a very "loosely" defined term, what would you consider as saggy? I would consider it anything that shows your under garments when walking


True, good point, how can they enforce it, they would need evidence and I would just pull my pants up! The romans saw wearing pants as a sign of barbarism!


Lol, yeah, sounds very difficult to enforce and if cops are taking photos for proof, that seems like grounds for sexual harassment in some way. I wonder what the Romans think about wetsuits!


lol, good point! Did you know people started wearing pants because of horses. Must be to cover a certain something up while riding.


That and I imagine the friction of the thighs against the saddle would hurt a lot!


I bet lol! skinny Jeans on the other hand  can cause nerve damage, imagine that on a horse!


So that means I do not need to lose fifty pounds to fit in those skinny jeans might even cause a heart attack or worse loss of limbs!


For sure, I can barely move in regular jeans, I couldn't imagine trying to move in skinny jeans, or breathe


Exactly! So Levi Strauss patented "blue jeans", does that mean for every pair of blue jeans we see in the market today, they are paid a royalty fee of some sort?


They must be so rich from that. Levi made bing crosby a denim tuxedo when he was turned away from a hotel for wearing jeans. That started the Canadian Tuxedo!


Oh wow, I wonder if he patented that, but I'm not familiar with Canadian Tuxedo, does that mean it's blue or something?


It is what we in Iowa call the denim tuxedo. Or a person that wears blue jeans and a blue jean jacket. A joke.


Oh oh haha. I think that's not a bad look. I've seen Blake Shelton pull that look off numerous times on The Voice, I think he should run for president, he'd be one of the wealthiest ones along with JFK and Washington.


and thomas jefferson, I think we should have someone in office with experience, otherwise we will have another TRUMP!


Oh that's true, still can't believe Trump will go down in history as a president of US, he deserves a nickname like President Banana or something which is what the president of Zimbabwe is called.


very well thank you! I have heard a few interesting factoids as of late and would like to share with you some of them!! Do you know in south Africa it is legal to install flame throwers on your car to help prevent car-jackings?


Sounds cool, I'd like to mount some on my car for my daily commute in traffic.  Lol


That is funny, you must live in a big city with lots of traffic. Did you know that Mc Donalds opened the drive through in 1975 to accommodate soldiers that were not allowed to get our of their car because of their uniforms?


That was nice of them.  It transformed the fast food industry, for sure.  I wonder what the inventor of the modern car, Karl Benz would think of how his invention was being used?


I am sure it did as I too find myself some days not in uniform of any kind not wanting to get out of my car and find drive through much easier!  something else supposed to stand the test of time ( no pun intended there, lol)


True, I reda somewhere that Google's self driving cars have an " aggressive" mode.  That sounds kind of unsettling and unnerving to me.


Yea, that in it's self sounds scary! Whole new meaning to road rage if you ask me!!  I wonder how it would do on the autobaun ?


I heard when Audi entered the Indian market they had to create a new horn to withstand the constant use.  I can't even imagine.  I'd def need that flamethrower, I'd light them up!


Too funny! Some days are easier getting around than others that is for sure! I find it funny that a person beat 90,000 other players on a video game called Gran Turismo and became a race car driver as a result.


Hey, he's got some skills, that's alot of people.  I'll be glad when Winter is over, I live in Ohio and it's illegal to warm your car up here.Been freezing my ying yangs off here, lately!


So you cannot warm up your car, by sitting it with it running or turning it on and going back inside? That's crazy and totally understand but can't sympathize much as I am in Florida and it has been pretty warm here, it gets below 65 and I am freezing so I can't imagine your cold.


Well, it's cold by all means, I'm glad you're somewhere warm, my friend.


Thank you! I have lived in the North but was much younger when the bones could take it. I have not owned a good heavy winter coat in probably fifteen years now.


Oh, wow.  I'm going to go South when I retire.  Getting too old for this.  If I could be like that man in NewYork and find alot of classic cars in an old barn that are worth millions, I could get there sooner!


Probably have a better chance of winning the lottery to get here quicker, lol. I spend a lot of time at the beach reading. I have an Amazon Kindle I take as I don't have to worry about sand in the pages that way and if I finish a book there I am able to get another pretty quickly by downloading. Do you read often?


Yes, a s amatter of fact I do read quite a bit.  I find Amazon's new font called " Bookerly that was specifically designed to be easy to read on kindles,to be just that. Reading is a breeze.


Do you know Amazon's CEO built a clock into the side of a mountain that should run for more than 10 thousand years?


Wow, that's interesting.  Haven't heard that before. Founder Jeff Bezos is a billionaire, so anything is possible, I guess?


I feel Amazon has a dabble into most aspects of everyday living including Sundays as the have a contract with the USPS to deliver packages on Sundays! For one that likes to get mail, that makes me happy.


I've heard that before, but I have never gotten a package on a Sunday.  Well, anyway, it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon, friend.  Get out and enjoy your Florida sunshine and know that I'm jealous!  Enjoy the rest of your day.


I sure do. Do you know what the fly refers to?


Hmm I thought it was the zipper, is it not?


It is actually the cloth flap over the zipper


Oh I see. Did you hear a judge sued a dry cleaning company because they lost his pants?


What really? How much did he sue them for?


He sued them for $67 million, that does not even make sense


Yeah that sure does not. DId you know women were not allowed to wear pants in the senate until 1993?


Really? That is nonsense. ROmans saw pants as a sign of barbarism


Wow cool. Did you know HUlk has indestructible pants?


Haha that only makes sense. DO you know much about presidents?


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


Cool. Do you know who the wealthiest three are in the US?


I have no idea and do you know who was the first one to be photographed during their inauguration?


Oh cool. The wealthiest are Washington, Jefferson and JFK


Oh wow, they and John WIlken booth was in the photo too


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


WOw really? DO you know who was the last president to speak a foreign language?


I do not know that but the Indonesian president has already released 3 albums


WOw good for him. The last one to speak a foreign language was FDR


I love jeans so comfy and good for many occasions. And you?


Me too and I agree with that. It was nice chatting with you


hi how are you doing over there? do you like the Sun?


Yeah, without it I'd be dead.  Our sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy.  I wonder if it has an inferiority complex?


the sun does not like it when you bring up its complex. wait till the sun goes down to talk about such things. thank you.


OK, I'll be more careful.  I less pleasant topic... Did you hear about the woman that attacked her ex-boyfriend with acid when he told her he had a new girlfriend?  It happened in the UK.


well, that is a great topic! i did not know about that. that is horrible. she really should be punished for that.


The judge gave her a minimum of 12 years in prison. The judge called it "an act of pure evil".


it was. god, why would someone do that? i understand anger, but to destroy a life...hm. i guess she will have 12 years to hink about that.


Yeah, she had bought the acid to distress some jeans and for a smell in her drain.


Yeah, the boyfriend spent months in intensive care... Not feeling sorry for her...


i guess that this can be a lesson to people who think that they can get away with horrible crimes. the pain he suffered must have been awful.


Yes.  On to something a bit less depressing... The sun is actually white and only appears yellow because of our atmosphere... I like yellow better...


yes, let's talk about the sun. he is gone now, so no worries. i like yellow too. warmer. friendlier.


Yep... All that's missing is the smile... In 2011, I guess Neptune finally made a lap after being discovered in 1846.


Wow, I didn't know Neptune was that slow


Yeah, it must be a day for slacker planets and stars... The sun does like to boast that it can produce enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of the Earth for 500,000 years.


i think the sun has a good sense of its power. it is hard to contain all that energy. the sun is like a two year old on coca cola.


Ha.  I really need to go to S. Africa and get my car fitted for a flame-thrower.  It's legal there to prevent carjacking.


yes, that would be cool if it were solar powered. the power of the sun, stopping carjackings


I think the sun would be happy to help.  I didn't realize IMDB was owned by Amazon.  I better check, Bezos may own me.


Soon, we will all swear fealty to Dear Leader Jeff. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, Bezos is the new King of America. Thanks for an entertaining chat.


I loved school house rock as a kid. What about you?


Me too, Conjunction Junction, what's your function.  Brings back good memories.


I wonder if they still play them in schools now days. I mean as a kid when a bill becomes a law was super informative.


I know, I feel alot of adults need to watch School house rock and learn a thing or two.


So true-the civics lessons and basic grammer are sorely lacking in society today.


I heard that it had been revived twice for television and staged as a musical theater adaptation, as well.


That would be a fun show to go see. I wonder how many awards it has won over the years?


Probably a bunch.  Do you like Jazz music?


I haven't really listened to much but it seems quite interesting. Very free form music.


I was surprised that the rapper, Tupac Shakur went to the Baltimore School of Arts where he studied ballet, acting, poetry, and Jazz. That's wild.


Jazz seems to be the root of a lot of modern music. It is really cool that such a well known artist studied it for his craft.


Yes, it is.  I read somewhere that Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald had taught herself to sing two notes at once by the age of 18.  That's impressive.


Wow. Jazz has really given us some of the most influential and amazing performers to come out of any genre of music I think.


Yes, it has.  On a side note, the Walter White character from the show, Breaking Bad, is alo the name of a jazz musician who has a new album entitled," Breaking Good."  How cute is that?


That is really neat. I think clint eastwood has an albumn too. That man is talented. I hope his son follows in his footsteps.


Clint is talented and that son of his looks just like him when he was younger.  I hope he's just as talented as Clint.


Me too. I'm encouraged by the work he has done so far. I wonder if the walter white guy or clint ever stop by that harlem apt where the woman gives the free jazz concerts?


That would be cool.  Did you know there were steam pianos that existed and could be heard for miles?


I would have loved to learn to play one of those. I really regret giving up piano as a kid. It seems like if you can play piano you can play any instrument with a little practice.


That's so true.  Did you know Richard Nixon wrote a piano concerto and played it live on the Tonight show?


Wow I wouldn't have expected that from Nixon!


I am!  I use it all the time either for buying stuff or watching prime video.


Yes.  I'm currently watching "Goliath"  I can't believe it's already been 25 years since Amazon was founded in 1994.


Who is that with? Steve B.? It is the largest internet retailer.


Goliath is with Billy Bob Thornton.  He plays a lawyer.  Yes they are.  So much so that Jeff Bezos could afford to build a clock onto a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!


That's right! I could picture the cover but not the person. Imagine having your name on a building at amazon. All for $30.


That would be neat.  I wonder if the person knew that was going to happen?


I am sure he thought he was just ordering a book or something... That would be a neat surprise though.


It would be.  I do like how Amazon contracted with the US postal service to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays.  That was nice to get some of my packages before Christmas like that.


The USPS has nothing else to do on Sundays so why not! They also own IMDB.


lol True!  Plus they are hurting to stay afloat so Amazon is probably helping them in that respect.


Yeah. That's sad... Can you imagine walking between 7 and 15 miles every day?


That would be rough working in an Amazon warehouse if you had bad knees, back, or feet.  Not for me. lol


I worked in a warehoure for 1.5 years and my legs were wrecked for a few months after. Just painful.


I worked in one for about 6 years in a flower pot factory.  I feel your pain.  The temps. were terrible...in the summer you would be dying from the heat and in the winter you were frozen to the bone.


Finally! Someone that feels my pain, literally. I remember working second shift and leeaving in the summer so sweaty. I could peel the salt off my skin...


It's terrible.  What's sad is that in my area it's either work in a factory like that or work at a retail store.  I would tell people how bad the warehouse work was and how it took a toll on you but no one believes you unless they experienced it.


Man, that stinks. Do you still work there?


No.  They actually downsized and closed the building I worked in and decided to open a warehouse in another area 2 hours away.  The company was looking for a buyer and we think they are positioning themselves for a sale and that's why the did it.  I've been looking for another job.  In the meantime, I've been trying to keep my head above water working on mturk.  It's been a lifesaver for me the last 3 months.


Well, good luck. Nice chatting with you!


Good Morning....nope, had some dogs when I was younger, but I have 2 cats now. My mom was a poodle groomer, so we had tons in the house all the time.


I could see where they would get old then. lol  Did you know that there are 12 different blood types a dog could have?  I never knew that.


Nope, never heard that. I respect people that have dogs, but you're right, after having dogs all around me as a child, it's no wonder I have cats. I do respect dog owners, it takes a lot to care for a dog.


I had cats for a long time, but when the last one died I thought I would take a break from them.  Dogs are a lot of work.  Dogs can also donate blood at dog blood drives.  lol


Well, that make it convenient...lol. Have you ever listened to jazz? I never have.


A very tiny, tiny amount.  It sometimes is playing when I go to wineries.


Wineries....sweet. My brother took be to one in Maine 2 years ago...and I don't even like wine...the wine-tasting was neat though. Drove the car there, and the scenery was beautiful.


Maine is beautiful!  I had cousins who lived up there when I was a kid.  We would go up there every few years....first we would drive to Boston see those cousins and then head to Maine to see the other cousins.. lol  Did you know that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz fan?


Yes, actually, Clint Eastwood even made a film about jazz, though I didn't see it. Shows my lack of interest in jazz, cause I love Clint Eastwood.


He's awesome in all the different rolls he has played in his career.  Did you know that jazz trumpeters grew goatees as a way to provide comfort when playing?


That's an interesting nugget...lol. Wouldn't that make dogs good at playing a trumpet?


Yes it would!  haha  Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts.  I don't think jazz when I think of Pakistan music.  I picture flutes and drums for some reason. lol


LOL....I didn't think any jazz album could top the charts.


Right?  LOL  Did you know about the Harlem woman who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years?


Um....nope. Never came up in any of my conversations. Just can't see tooling around in my car, my beat up 2003 Chevy Blazer rattling off jazz music in my car. My friends would think me quite odd.


LOL I know what you mean!  I'm usually listening to rock and doing my best out of tune singing.  People already think I'm crazy....jazz would put it over the top. LOL


Sure would. I'd bet your dog would look at you strange as well.


LOL yes!  I've had fun chatting with you!


Oddest conversation I've had in awhile, but nice chatting with you on cars, dogs, and jazz....Have a Great day!


LOL Have to make it interesting right?  You have a good day too!


Hey how are you doing today. Did you hear about the recent summit between Trump and the North Korean leader? I think summits are kind of interesting basically just an international meeting.


I did, I think they just had one, but there was no deal, right?


Yeah unfortunately they couldn't agree on something. There are several important summers during the year. One time at a summit in Brisbane the leader of Russia told the Canadian prime minister to get out of Ukraine.


Yeah, not a big surprise though. Do you know what summit that was?


Interesting. Did you know that Spain is the only country that has a been a permanent guest at every G20 summit?


Good for Spain. That is really cool. I wonder why they have a government policy to not request official membership?


I'm not sure to be honest. I think it is a cool idea. Are you familiar with AI?


Yes somewhat. I know it is likely to be the wave of the future. Although the scope of AI is disputed I think it has a very huge potential nonetheless.


This is true, I think it has huge potential, but also has huge ramifications for social aspects.


Yes I agree. Certain organizations like Facebook is already using AI to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict user actions.


This is true, I worry about self driving cars to be honest. I don't trust the programming behind it.


Yeah I am also a bit wary about that too. I think I would like to learn more about artificial intelligence and Stanford actually puts on a free class to do just that.


What I worry about is how they program the decision analysis, for example, what do you tell the computer to do if it has the choice of causing one accident over another.


That's a very good point you ask. I think they would likely choose the option that most humans would do. Even celebrities are getting in on artificial intelligence. Kristen Stewart the twilight actress co-authored a paper about it.


Yeah, sort of tough. Did you know there is a non-profit organization for the advancement of AI?


No I didn't I think that is really awesome. I did know that artificial intelligence has crushed all human records and Minnie puzzle games such as the game 2048.


Interesting. I'm not even sure what the Puzzle games actually are, do you?


No I just know that it requires a lot of brainpower and strategy to solve them. I would be interested to learn more however. In computer science artificial intelligence research is defined as the study of intelligent agents.


Interesting. Apparently the scope of AI is disputed as machines become increasingly more capable, tasks considered intelligence are often removed from the definition.


Wow who knows what the future holds for artificial intelligence. It will be interesting to see no doubt. Well I starting with you have a good day.


Good Morning! How are you on this Friday?


Good! Yourself? Have you watched anything good on TV lately?


I'm great! I've been watching Sherlock on Netflix. How about you? Have you ever seen the Simpson's?


I watch the simpsons every sunday night! Is Sherlock good? My kids always made me watch pokemon.


I grew up with Pokemon haha. Sherlock is amazing! It is super suspenseful! Did you watch the oscars last week? Crazy the show itself was nominated for 9 emmys in 2013.


Wow! I had no idea! Did you watch all 750 episodes of pokemon?


I watched when there were only like 100 episodes back in the day when it first came out. I couldn't imagine watching that many. Have you?


I feel like I have! I never watched family guy though. How bout you?


I've seen just about every episode of family guy. I feel like Peter has had more than 188 jobs like Homer Simpson has throughout the show.


Oh thats fun, i didn't know that! When family guy aired, the simpsons crew sent them flowers!


I remember that. Have you ever seen Shark Tank? Most of those deals aren't even enacted afterwards.


So they just do it for the views? How disappointing that would be! I read that there is only 1 episode of the simpsons that Bart isn't in. have you seen it?


I'm sure they do. No I haven't but that's hard to believe! Have you?


I honestly don't know! I've been watching it for awhile. Did you watch the academy awards? I know you said youw atched the emmy's, right?


I thought those were the same thing. There are too many award shows haha. It's funny how George Lucas's wife has won an oscar and he hasn't.


That is funny. They may be the same thing! I don't watch them! Who all got oscars this year?


I know Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody received many. Have you seen those?


No, are they good? I know Walt Disney has won like 22 Oscars, which I can believe!


They were great actually. I totally can believe that. The next person in line is John Williams with nominations.


What film did he make? I once heard eminem has Oscars too. I wonder what movies he won them for?


I never heard of him actually. I'm sure Eminem got his for 8 mile.


Television is called telly in some places.  Even my wife does it sometimes.  Do you?


No. To me, "Telly" will always be the actor Telly Savalas. AKA Kojak. I'll usually call it the TV or the boob tube.


Nice to be reminded on Savalas.  TV now comes in color, 3D and of course sound.


It can be analogue or digital, live or recorded, but whatever shape it's transmission  is, it is mass media for advertising, entertainment, or news. I think mostly for sales of pharmaceuticals, since every other ad is for a drug of some sort.


Ha!  Drugs with disclaimers!  Do you plan to watch the Oscars this year?  They consist of 24 awards.


Probably not. More likely I will be watching old UK remakes of that 70s Show. They only made 10 episodes, so I can binge watch all in one night. How about you?


It depends on the counter programming.  I don't like the politics of it, but I do like some of the horse races.  Walt Disney still holds the lead with 22 Oscars.


I agree on the politics. I am a PhD scientist. I do not stand up in public and lecture people about the virtues of method acting. It would be silly since I am not a professional actor. Likewise, why should an actor, who only pretends to be a politician on TV, be considered an expert on world affars, national defense, etc. But I digress. The UK version of the 70s show was called days like these


Great analogy!  You know we have the Emmys as an award show for TV.  The Oscar show has been nominated for Emmys before.


Has Pokemon ever gotten an Emmy? I learned all I know about politics from watching the 750 Pokemon episodes.


You are dedicated beyond belief!  I don't know.  Animation can have some staying power without the characters getting old.  The last Family Guy episode attracted flowers from the Simpsons crew.


Toons are great, but what makes them come alive are the voices of the actors. Like THomas the Tank Engine, which was narrated by great voice artists such as George Carlin, Ringo Starr, and Alec Baldwin.


The are so many identifiable voices.  Is you PhD in a field where you could have an opinion about the power output of the sun?  I have heard that it produces enough energy for the earth in one second that would last 500000 years.


If this is true, why am I still buy rechargeable batteries? No, my expertise is not in the sun, but I still get to enjoy it's hot plasma pushing out electromagnetic energy on my face.


Can you imagine that it is only one billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy?


I think that star is named Bertha. She is one hot ball of gas. But did you know that the surface of the sun is not as hot as a lightening bolt? But it can still fry eggs if necessary.


I don't think I could keep from burning the eggs.  I live in Phoenix so some TV news station fries some eggs on the sidewalk each year.  News is just one of the genres on TV.


An egg has whites and yolks (which are yellow), but did you know that the sun is actually white, and only seems yellow due to atmospheric scattering. So next time you cook an egg, ask yourself, what color are egg whites really?


I have so many other things to worry about and now I have to worry about my eggs!  The fact that the sun is white is reassuring to me since my science classes taught me that a white star is hotter than a red star so our sun will surely last for my lifetime.


It is comforting. But poor old Neptune is probably out of the loop on this. Since 1846, Neptune has only made one full orbit around the sun.  Who knows how many episodes of Pokemon will be aired befoe it completes another orbit?


You and I will never know.  Nice talk.  Good evening


hey I'm good, do you follow baseball at all?


ya I follow it a bit, did you know baseball managers can actually play for their team if required?


HA! I would love to have seen Sparky Anderson or Lou Pinella take a few hacks. Although today's manager's are in pretty good shape.


ah ya I would laugh to see that, kind of silly in canada that kickball is called soccer-baseball, doesn't roll of the tongue haha


No it doesn't, but it's Canada so they would be so cute about it.


haha true, can you imagine being like that one guy and finding millions of dollars of old baseball cards in your attic?


That's be great! Do you watch sunday night baseball with Jess Mendoza?


nope cant say that I do, I do know that baseball is crazy popular in Japan though


I love Japanese ballgames. They have so much fun. It's like a rock concert. If you ever get board, youtube it. It's so fun!


ok I'll check it out! and ya apparently theyre shocked baseball is the nation pasttime of America


I was shocked to learn that up until 2005, a married couple created the schedule for all the MLB teams.


ya that is wild, almost 2500 games that they had to schedule, I wonder why they stopped?


Probably too hard with the advent of multiuse stadium and software.


ya true, do you ever listen to the radio?


ya I do on the way to work, did you know that you can make a radio out of a pencil and razor blade?


I had no idea. I would probably cut myself trying to change the station...


haha good point, ya its called a foxhole radio, no idea how it works but it sounds crazy


Hello, have you heard of the Parkland shotting?


I have it is very disturbing to hear of it


yes it was. Joe Romano was his name.  He had a 12 gauge pump action shotgun.


Yes that is true luckily there were no fatalities and only one person was injured.


Yes, thank God Assistant Principal John Sawchuk tackled the 6-foot-2, 230-pound teenager. After only two shots.


It's very unusual for mass shooters to survive. Do you think the politicians should ban guns all together or what?


Not all together, no.  But better regulations.  The shooter now credits the assistant principal with saving students lives as well as his own.


Yeah I agree. Tougher regulations are the best idea to gun control not banning them all together.


Hey, are you a TV fan.  I am a TV expert.  Did you know that there are over 750 pokemon episodes.


Wow I knew there were a lot of pokemon episodes I just did not know there were 750! that's a lot!


Yes, that is 52 plus episodes a year for over 16 years.


That is very impressive I don't think I know any shows that produced all these episodes a year. It is very cool that they are able to provide all of this content


Yes it is.  It has latest a long time.  Also, there is only one simpsons episodes where Bart was not seen or mentioned.


I know the simpsons have around 650 episodes out so far, That is very impressive how there is only 1 episode where he is not mentioned or seen.


yes it is.  Walt Disney still holds the record for moat oscars won by a man.  He won 22.


Wow I did not know that yet again the man was a creative genius


Yes he was.  A true innovator.  Also, Daniel Day Lewis has won 3 oscars for best actor.  He is the only won to have won three.


That's true but maybe because back in the day there was not much competitions as now don't you think?


I never thought of that.  I find it funny that Eminem has more oscars than leonardo decaprio, johnny depp, will smith, George Lucas, and bill Murray combined.


That is very true, I really think Decaprio deserves sooo many. All the movies of his I can think of are just outstanding.


Well, thanks for the chat.  Merry Christmas


Hello. What are your favorite possessions? A shirt? A car?


My family. Although they are not a possession, I cherish them the most. What about you?


Ah lol of course. I just wanted to talk about cars in a round about manner


Nice (you didn't want to talk about immigration policy with a complete stranger?). I do like cars but my wallet suggests I find a cheaper hobby...


Well if you are comfortable I don't mind. But in any case, it is amazing how much current society centers around cars from the infrastructure to economy


I think about that a lot as I drive my truck, alone down a nicely paved road. How the Europeans would be able to drive on small roads...


What do you thing about google's self driving cars?


I am a little fearful of them since they can probably be hacked. Would you drive one?


I worry more about the human element. For instance, the google ai will have a hard time predicting the behavior of someone dui


I can see that. I wonder if, when using the self-driving feature, the "driver" can get a DUI?


I don't think so since if it is totally autonomously driving, the driver isn't really driving


I find there is some ethical concerns about it too. Should the automated car swerve if it were to hit a crowd crossing the street and jeopardize the safety of the driver?


It may be cold blooded of me, but I would say it depends. If it is due to no fault of either party, why doesn't the car just lock down?


I know some self-driving car manufacturers have been in contact with some ethicists about the issue.


That sure sounds prudent of them. Better to plan ahead than be caught with their pants down.


Yeah. McDonalds added the drive thru in 1975!


And now drive thru are the standard. I believe they initially added it for exhausted soldiers


How nice of them. Although there is probably a financial incentive to do so.


I mean hey if you can benefit other people and benefit yourself, its a win win so I approve. In any case, this chat has been pleasant. I hope you have a nice day.


Hi, how are you doing on this fine evening?


So, what's on your mind? What would you like to chat about? Perhaps government?


I want to know why they own so much of Nevada's land.


I think it's for strategic and military purposes. They might do testing and military stuff there. War games, beer busts, hide and seek.


That was my first thought. I didn't realize how big of a state Nevada is.


Lots of desert. Plus I think the military wanted dibs on space near Vegas and Reno. The Norwegian government donated $1bn to help save the Amazon rainforest. I wish the US gov't would do something like that.


The desert land wouldn't cause an issue? I wish they would too. Hopefully one billion will help out a lot.


Norway has money from oil. There was a man in France who impersonated a government official, and sold the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice. Maybe I could sell some Amazon jungle to the US gov't.


I need to find out what happened to the France guy. I wonder how many people in South Africa have flame-throwers to prevent carjacking lol


Is it the most cost effective way to prevent carjacking? It does certainly leave an impression, especially on a first date.


I am trying to figure out how they would obtain a flamethrower and who would install it for them.


I suppose there is an informal market Perhaps jury-rigging military equipment?


I didn't think about that. That probably is the case. Modified flamethrowers LOL


Maybe Wikileaks has some documents about flamethrower technology that could be applied to vehicles


I am sure they do. When they exposed the governments plans was that not during the 2016 election campaign??


I disremember if it was. But Wikileaks does seem to time its release of info. I think that McD's in SA should accommodate vehicles with flamethrowers.


I agree. I would not want to be ordering a 99 cent burger (or whatever they have) and have someone try to pull a sneaky on me.


You cannot let your guard down at the drive thru! It's INFESTED with car jackers! Anyhows, great chatting with you. Stay safe.


That should make me think of some great movie but all I thought about was Shrek.


I really like it! I wish I could figure out how to do my own YouTube channel to make money. Do you ever watch it?


Sometimes. They only make like $5 per 1000 views.


That's even better than I heard...I thought it was 1/1000. I guess that many views is hard to get, though. I heard YouTube started as a dating site.


You might be right actually, I only know what I've read off the internet. I used to have a website with Adsense and it was like $1 per ad click if I remember correctly.


I had that, too but I only got a payout if someone bought something after the click and it never happened. I hear you can see many Bob Ross painting episodes on YouTube. Have you ever seen him?


Oh, you did affiliate marketing? Yeah, I used to watch Bobb Ross growing up.


Yes, but very minimally. I just never got enough traffic, I guess. He was always on the public station on Saturday morning where I lived, but now I'm glad he's on YouTube anytime I want!


Yeah, I got some pretty good traffic, but updating the content was taking too long.


Do you know that celebrity Dwayne Johnson? I've like him since WWE lol. He's in a new movie called Skyscraper. Have you seen it?


Yeah, I know who the Rock is, he's pretty cool.


I've missed seeing many of his new movies because I just don't have time. I think the last I saw was Hercules! John Cena is cool, too. He's made the most wishes come true for that make a wish foundation for kids.


Yeah, I liked him when he was in WWE. I'm not sure if John Cena is still in. Is he?


I think he is but I haven't seen it in a while. Did you ever see the Paris Hilton reality show? She is not a well liked celebrity. lol


The only thing I remember from it was she thought at Wal Mart you bought things for walls like wallpaper and paintings. I heard non celebrity Justin Bieber was kicked from FaceBook just for sharing the celebrity name! Bad!


Yeah, that is terrible. I didn't know he has the most disliked youtube video.


Isn't that funny! I've never heard a song but maybe bits and pieces of one. It's not bad...just simple pop music. Have you ever seen the movie Madagascar? I like the celebrities for the voice overs.


No, I haven't seen it. Is it about the Island or is it a cartoon? Nice chatting with you by the way.


It's a good cartoon. Ben Stiller is one of the main celebrity voice overs. It's about animals in the zoo wanting to go back to Madagascar and they escape and go.


I used to be a Ben Stiller fan, I haven't seen him in anything in a long long time. Anyways, have a good day!


He's pretty funny! I like YouTube celebrities, too. I think I'll go watch some right now...have a good day, too!


Do you know any interesting facts about government?


I do! Monaco eliminated income tax because they made so much from casinos


Interesting!  Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy wikileaks.  lol


In 1895 J.P morgan bailed out the government. The government had to bail out J.P Morgan recently


Isn't that ironic?  86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government.  That's where they hide the aliens. LOL


No doubt! lol  A man in France impersonated a gov't official and managed to sell the Eiffel tower not once, but twice!  Wonder how much trouble he got into for that not once...but twice? LOL


I wonder how the government allowed it twice! Maybe they were in a shutdown


He somehow slipped it through the cracks. lol  In 2008 the Norwegian government donated $1 billion dollars to help save the amazon rainforest.  That's a good thing to see!


Thats really good of them! More then I can say about us. The Us has shutdown 17 times the past 37 years


I am definitely a gear head. I wish I was as Lucky as a man in New York who purchased some property and found a barn full of classic cars


Wouldn't that be awesome?  How about Jann Mardenborough who became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the Gran Turismo video game!


That pretty cool. I use to play that game when I was younger


Do you know when McDonalds added drive thrus?


I do not, I can only inform you that 1886 is considered the birth year for the modern car


Interesting.  In 1908 Ford created the Model T.


Im surprised cars took longer to replace horses outside of the use


I agree.  That would have been interesting to be around when horse drawn wagons and cars were on the road at the same time.  I guess if you live near an Amish settlement you can experience it. LOL


And no we have self driving cars! Did you know google's has an aggressive mode?


Yikes. That doesn't sound pleasant.  It was nice chatting with you!


Hey there fellow human! What do you think about the human race? I know that we lost her hair about 200 thousand years ago


Many of us lose hair much sooner ! LOL. I guess there is an advantage to losing body hair, or we wouldn't have survived.


Haha I feel you on the losing hair haha. I guess humans are adapted for long distance running. They have some of the best stamina of any animal. That's really interesting


I guess that's how we spread around the planet so well. We could go and go and go. Other animals would get tired.


I think you're right. the first anatomically modern humans were found in the fossil record about 300,000 years ago. So that means that we had anatomically correct humans at about 300,000 years ago that were still covered with hair haha


I guess they looked like us but were hairy like apes. And probably smelled pretty bad. They were probably affected by the sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


It's very interesting that there is a sound that does that. Also interesting that humans lost their ability to synthesize vitamin C. I wonder if that could be fixed with gene therapy or something


That's a good idea. We wouldn't need orange juice any more. I bet our ancestors were able to make vit C. We lost the ability with our hair.


Haha I think that must have been what happened. Also humans can regrow ribs? That's insane


I guess ribs are really important for survival. Protecting vital organs and such. Do you like dogs?


I do like dogs. We used to have a husky! She had one green eye and one blue eye haha. what about you, do you like dogs?


heterochromia is cute! Yes, I like dogs, though I have never owned one.


Yep dogs are really cool, they come in all shapes and sizes and colors haha. I love that dogs are called, Man's Best Friend haha


It's the perfect name because it's true. I did not know that there are 12 different types of dog blood.


Isn't that wacky! Dogs can apparently donate blood at dog blood drives too! I hope they get treats afterwards!


Some people don't like needles. I wonder if dog are ok with them. Google is a dog company. I agree with their thinking on that.


Yeah I don't like needles. That's good to know because I'm also a dog person haha. Also good to know is that dogs are not actually colorblind, they can just see less colors as compared to humans


They have a keen sense of smell too, like 1000 times better than our. We have good eyes, they have good ears and noses. It works out well for the both of us!


Yep dogs are definitely awesome! And their sense of smell and super hearing helps them to assist us with things like the police and military


One day maybe I'll get a dog. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting with you! Have a good night!


You too! And watch out for dogs and animals like the elephant, they are the only ones who can respond to pointing haha


hey there, do you know much about humans?


Did you know we only lost our body hair 240 000 years ago?


That would correlate with a general population expansion.  So, I am guessing that the two are probably the result of some sort of environmental change.


Must be. We have come a long way since then. Maybe as we move along we will get that enzyme that we are missing to make vitamin C


Who knows.  There's been a lot of evolution over time.  Development of an enzyme creation may be as likely as the development of manual dexterity.


Yeah you never know. do you know why we are so good at long distance running


Speaking from personal experience, we aren't  :)  But, on a species level, I would assume it is because of the shape of the human body.  Whatever it is, it definitely helped in sustaining mankind early in development by allowing further migrations.


Yeah that is true I do not think we are as good as when we used to hunt, that is how that came about


Personally, I prefer to drive a car over running.


Hahah as we most of us. DO you like dogs?


Very much so.  I'm a firm believer in the man's best friend theory.


Me too, they are adorable. Did you know they have 12 differnt blood types?


I did, but only because I have volunteered at a dog blood drive before.


Oh nice. And iN turkey there is avending machine that dispenses dog food and water


I grew up "knowing" that dogs were color blind.  It was a surprise when I first learned that they aren't actually.


Yeah, they just cannot see as many colors as we do


I guess it doesn't really matter as much with the increased smelling capabilities.  Any tasks that they have been domesticated and bred for are not color specific.  Herding just requires sight and smell.


Very true and a good point. Maybe that is why Goolgle is a dog company,


Just one of the reasons I like Google.  Dogs are allowed on campus.


The US President, Barack Obama, served as President from 2009-2017, but it seemed like he was President for much longer than that...


I know right!  The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson


Interesting, but I wonder if this is still true given that Trump is the current President.


Oh right,  he is very wealthy even before he was president.  i wonder how old these factual sections are


Right. I am also interested in how the Presidency of the US has changed over time.  Some things have changed, like how it used to be that the runner up in th eelection got to be the Vice President. If that were still true, Hillary Clinton would be VP...


That is true.  The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana


President Banana...now that is an original name. I wonder if he ever visited the US. If he stayed at the guest house he would have been in a house bigger than the White house. I wonder where it is.


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


Maybe he will do a remix of "Gundam style"?  Maybe we can organize a meeting between Presidents Obama, Banana, and the Indonesian singing President. We can call it "Summit for the encouragement of Banana Republics"


haha In 2007, australian satire group the chaser successfully impersonated the canadian motorcade to enter the secure zone of the apec world leaders' summit, and were only caught when one man stepped out of the car dressed as osama bin laden.


Nice. They probably were not there long enought to get a thumb drive the from the Russians containing viruses intended to spy on them like the Russians did during one of the G20 summits..


Spain is the only country that has been a permanent guest at every g20 summit, but they have a government's policy to not request official membership


Right. I guess they have commitment issues...LOL... Kind of like during the Brisbane G20 summit, when the Canadian Prime minister greeted Putin by saying, "I guess I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you. You need to get out of Ukraine."


Did you see the facts about Barack Obama?  When you zoom into the white house on google maps you can see barack obama.  This is hilarious!


His entire Presidency was unusal, and Google must agree....LOL...Franklin D. Roosevelt was much more deserving of a nod from Google, after all, he vetoed 635 bills while in office. Obama only managed to veto just 2. What did he do with his time?


Right. A game he picked up while in Kenya maybe? He did visit India though.  In preparation for the meeting, the Indian people removed all the coconuts from nearby trees to protect their visitor. Now that is hospitality!


Yeah.  President obamas secret service codename is renegade


Perfect, right? Renegade is a great nickname for a President who was a trailblazer of sorts. He was the first African American electeted to the Presidency.


Yes. He previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005 to 2008).


Yes he did. And since he was born in 1961, he was a relatively young President too.


Definitely. Not bad for a guy with the middle name, Hussein


i sure do like dogs. i dont have one though. you?


I do not have one either. But I like them a lot! Did you know Google prefers dogs to cats?


i had heard that. i figure that dogs are easier to manage in an office. cats can be independent. LOL