Have you ever used a rotary phone.  There took a long time to dial.  The New York area code of 212 was assigned because it was the shorted to dial.


Those New Yorkers! I suspected something like that! Yes, I used a rotary. Slow slow slow.


Push buttons seemed like a major technological advance.  Telephones take the voice frequencies, convert them to electronic signals and then performs the reverse action at the other end.


And they do with their own voltage supply. It's a pretty cool system. I'm impressed how well it's held up. Now with fiber optics and under seas cables, it's easy to reach the world.


Sure is.  Those overseas cables just rest on the ocean floor, sometimes at depths that no man has reached.


I guess there is no easy way to service them. Robots?


Pull them to the surface, splice in a new piece or replace a repeater.  Nice chatting!


Hello there, did you ever play a Nintendo growing up?


Yeah Mario was always a classic game, I played a lot of Tecmo Super Bowl myself.


Great times even though it only displayed 54 colors


Yeah but I guess 54 was plenty enough to have hours of fun.


Yeah that is one heck of a good run for an entertainment system in my opinion.


What other forms of entertainment do you like?


Well I do like to watch television, did you ever watch Bill Nye years ago?


Yeah him, they used to roll the old tv into the classroom for us to watch him back in school.


I hear he won a steve martin lookalike contest


I think you are right, I think that is initially how he got his break into show business.


Ceasar used chickens for entertainment not food.


Isn't that funny some of the things they used to do for entertainment way back then.


Even funnier, Reagan was turned down for a role to play president.


That is hilarious, whenever I hear Reagan and actor I think of the scene from Back to the Future.


When Doc asks who the president is in 1985 and Marty says, Ronald Reagan, to which doc replies, "the actor!?!".


Ahh, that is good.  Must have really been entertaining and gave a lot of delight


Yeah it sure was, I suggest you watch it sometime.  Anyways, it has been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good night.


I spend a lot of time on the internet. Probably too much. How about yourself?


I do too, almost all day because of work and then some, its crazy how dependant weve become of the internet.


I agree. Did you know that the three horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?


No idea it was called like that, what I did know is that you can get signal on top of Mount Everest.


That is very shocking. I can't imagine that there are towers anywhere close. Apparently the library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down. I can't imagine how much storage that would take.


It must take quite a bit and its refreshing to know there is backup in that library, would you imgaine the consequences of the internet being down?


It was be a national emergency at this point. We rely on it so much. Facebook is where people spend a huge amount of time. Do you use Facebook?


I do use it, not as I used to but I do, I remember there was this Burger King promotion I got my free Whopper by unfriending 10 people.


What a strange promotion that was. I don't understand what the point was. Did you know that you had to be 13 to register for an account? I did not realize they had age restrictions in place.


I didn't either, its probably a good thing since there are a lot of hidden dangers in facebook but I also think that depends on local laws.


I also think it is a good idea. I'm sure many kids lie and find a way around it though. Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in early 2005. What a disastrous business decision on their part.


Yeah, I bet they are regretting it big time now although Facebook wouldn't be the same if they had bought it, who knows maybe it wouldn't exist nowadays.


I actually preferred MySpace. It was more personalized and I didn't argue with people on it nearly as much ha ha. I also don't remember all of the memes passing around false information all of the time on MySpace.


MySpace was pretty good does it still work? I might have to google that, its amazing how much Google has grown as well.


It's still there but it's not what it was at all. They keep trying to reinvent it and I think it's pretty dedicated to up and coming bands trying to get exposure now. Iceland are rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations. I think that that is a terrible idea.


I think thats a bad idea as well, too many opinions and bad opinions.


Yes and people don't take things as seriously online as they do in person. I also use Google very frequently. Did you know it was founded in 1998? I would have thought much more recently.


Wow so its been more than 20 years, I didnt know that I also use it frequently, I mean who doesnt.


Everyone I know does. On 16th august 2013 google went down for about five minutes, and took 40% of web traffic with it. That shows how much we all use it.


Thats a lot! I also use google maps I wonder how they calculate traffic, its really accurate.


Apparently they track how fast android devices are moving on the road I never would have guessed that.


Wow!  I just learned some interesting information about Clothing.  I had no idea that there was a line of apparel that was produced in North Korea and then marketed as coming from China.  Fascinating!


Were you aware that the fashion and retail industry allow such misleading information to exist? I knew there were grey areas, but it surprised me.


That shouldn't be allowed.  I saw that target is T a


I agree, fraud is not alright.  You mentioned that Target is T a.  What does that mean?


Target is at a 13 year high in sales growth.  Home goods and toys are leading this.


Oh yes!  Target really had amazing growth.  I think I might be contributing to their success a bit with my spending!    The Home Goods selections at Target probably do drive a lot of their sales.  They are affordable and trendy.


Toys r us closing and other company bankruptcies helped


I completely agree that the closure of competitors must have contributed to Targets success.  Along that thought, did you hear about the underemployment issues that are still burdening families?  So many people are becoming frugal and it's causing a lot of store closings, since they are shopping more at Target and Walmart etc.


Yes, I have heard.  Target is the 8th largest department store retailer in the US.  It has 1822 stores in the US.


The size of Target really is shocking.  They are doing an excellent job of Targeting the 20 and 30 year old crowd and that must be really helping their sales.  Marketing lines off the Gaines' duo was super smart!


We do all our Grocery shopping there.  I heard that Target and Best Buy will price match Amazon.


Oh that is interesting!  I didn't realize that Target would price match to Amazon.  I just price matched from Best Buy this past weekend and it saved me over $100.  Truly a blessing.  I wonder if the underemployment issues will start to decline as those larger businesses grow and the weaker ones close?  Seems like the larger stores will hire more people and reduce the unemployment also.


Good for you.  I thought Target was in every State bit Vermont does not have one.


Wow that is unusual.  Do you think Target will open more stores to include Vermont and maybe help their employment issues?


I would think so.  Also, target doesn't sell cigarettes.  They havent had tobacco products since 19960


I had no idea they were tobacco free!  I'm happy to hear that the momentum is in their favor for growth.  Lots of small towns could benefit and also drive down prices!


Yes, they could.  There is a state senator who works at target to male enough money to live.  Good for them.


I'm impressed that the senator is choosing to work there, he must be exhausted though.  I never realized that Target was the 8th largest retailer in the U.S.  I knew they were big, but I had no idea that were THAT big.


Switching stores, did you know Apple had a clothing line inn 1986??


No I didn't.  That really is surprising!  I wonder what caused them to leave that market?


well, thanks for the chat.  Happy New Year.


Did you do anything special on the latest MLK day?


No not really, I did watch an HBO documentary about his final years, really interesting and complete, what about you?


Nothing either.  Are you referring to "King in the Wilderness"?


Yeah the same one, have you seen it before? I liked it but it seems like it skiped an important parts of Martin Luther Kings life.


I haven't seen it but I heard that it skipped forward to difficult events in MLK's life.


Yeah the documentary skips top the year 1963 and tells the story from then on, one of the events that captured my attetion was the protest of 1968, that turned violent.


I was quite young then.  I think I was more interested in why cars have 4 wheels or why trunks are called trunks...


I love cars too! I remember reading there was a law against warming your car in Ohio.


I heard about that.  Was it because cars we being stolen?  What a law when it's legal to have a flame-thrower in South Africa...


Is it really legal to have a flame-thower intalled on car in South Africa? wow thats crazy, seems really extreme.


I guess it's because of carjackings.  I'll have to go to the library to find out.  Should find one since there's more libraries than McDonalds...


Yeah thats probably a good idea, there must be great books about the subject, did you know that some libraries have video games inside to lure teens, and turns out it works as they check out more books.


That's a good idea.  I also need to research if the world is running out of helium by the end of the 21st century.  What are we going to do for balloons?  Major crisis...


I think there can be a bigger effect than just ballons, I wonder what the effects would be.


Another call for the library... Maybe I can take in a video game.  Maybe the ozone layer is being depleted along with getting all the CO2 from cars since 1908?


Could be, I know the answer can be found at a library for sure, I heard a teenager taught himself how to build a Windmill and provided power to his village with it, so we can definitely find the answers to that.


That's pretty industrious like the guy in prison that studied in the library until he could prove his innocence.


Wow that sure is interesting, what did he do after he proved his innocence? that sure is an amazing story.


He went on to be a lawyer to free others that were falsely convicted.


That is a great thing to do! I mean others would want vengance but instead he decided to help others, a real role model.


Yeah that is cool.  Even cooler that Jann Mardenborough who beat 90,000 in a video game.  The lawyer guy is actually cooler than that.


I didnt hear about him, but anway an interesting fact about Jupiter, Jupiter actually is our hero, it saves earth from many asteroids, I just think its amazing how the universe works.


It is, being the 3rd rock from the sun, we didn't even see all that Jupiter does for use except for that comet in the 90s. Even though the day is now longer than 5.5 hours long, I'm out of time.  It's been great.


There are many interesting facts indeed, I didnt know that but thanks for that fact.


Well, I saw the shining recently. As scary as an Edgar Allan Poe story.


I have not seen it but heard it was scary. Apparently the little kid in it did not know he was in a scary movie.


Yeah. Kids see things differently. Stephen King thought Bambi was a horror flick when he saw it as a child


I cannot believe that, do not see what is so scary about it. But I guess you can burn more calories


Yeah. I hear one enjoys abstract art more when viewed after a horror flick. So you become more refined on top of being leaner.


Cool one. Do you know how they make the scary noises in those movies?


They jump scare people and record the reactions?


Hahaha nice one. There an instrument that is called a waterphone. Not sure what it looks like


Well i dropped my iphone in water and it makes some weird noises. Still better than their clothing line


Yeah I wonder why it is not around anymore. Did you know pilgrims wear black clothes only on special occassions?


Really. Even after Labour Day? I wonder why no other animals besides humans wear clothes. You figure a monkey could make a hat out of a banana or something


Haha yeah. I like better their colorful clothes that they wear all the time


i bought some clothes found in unclaimed baggage once. Lot of bang for the buck


Did you get them at that store in Alabama?


Nice, good deal. Do you use your phone much?


Well i still use my rotary to dial 212. Its faster somehow


Yeah I guess of all other number in a rotary phone. Did you ever use one or a phone book?


My phonebook is stuck. Some prankster did something


I think it is just what those books do, once they are stuck you cannot separate them


I have shopped at Target. It seems like a nice store, nicer than Walmart, if you ask me.


I would agree. Did you know that they will price match Amazon?


I suppose these days they have to. Amazon is everywhere and any time! Target really needs to compete.


It's a good idea. Did you also know that there are no Target stores in Vermont?


I wonder what's special about Vermont. Is it the law or something? It's right next door to New Hampshire. Hm. Target doesn' carry tobacco, either.


That's a good question. I did not know that they didn't sell tobacco. I wonder how long that's been the case?


It's been at least 20 years, though I wonder what stopped sales. There is money in tobacco. Maybe they want to have a friendly, safe image.


I'm sure that's the reason. I had also heard that there is a state senator that has to also work at Target to make enough money.


I guess being a state senator really doesn't pay well. But why Target? Aren't there better jobs out there?


You would think so. Maybe the flexibility?


I guess. Seasonal work, flexible hours. Target stopped selling tobacco, but they sell herbal supplments. Talk about a bogus product.


Yeah I'm not a believer in holistic medicine myself. Off topic but do you watch a lot of TV. I watch a whole lot.


I sometimes watch the box when I'm in the gym. Try to catch up on the news and stuff.


I enjoyed the first eight seasons. I don't find the recent stuff interesting. The show has run its course. You?


I haven't seen it in a long time but I used to watch it. Did you know that there is only one episode ever where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned?


The show really was about Bart and his hijinks. I think it's funny that That 70's Show was remade verbatim in the UK and flopped. Something about casting didn't work, I think.


Those things rarely do. The only one I can think of that really did was The Office. Did you happen to see the Family Guy episode of South Park?


I did. It was the one when the manatees were fetching balls to make up a story line. Good episode.


It was hilarious. After that episode aired, The Simpsons crew sent flowers to the South Park office which is find very funny.


Hello! I love the old Mustangs...and you?


What do you like mostly about the old mustangs?


The power and the look mostly, always liked them. Back in my teen years they were the best car to have.


My favorite car is the honda accord, back in the days I like the chrysler.


i have a honda and love it although it's getting old I need another one soon but don't want a car payment. Did you know the Cadillac was named after a french explorer? Thought that was interesting.


No, I didn't didn't, I always wanted a Cadillac but never could afford one. Yes that is Interesting.


I find it interesting too that there are more libraries in the U.S.A than there are McDonald's lol I didn't think there were that many libraries these days with all the technology online.


I knew there were lots of libraries, because I live in a small town and we have 3 libraries and two McDonald's.


Oh cool. I live in a big city and I guess I just don't notice the libraries. We have a ton of McDonalds though. You know if you publish a book in Norway the government automatically buys 1000 copies from you and donates them to the library.


No, now that is surprising. I wonder how to get started, that would be very Interesting.


Yes it would! So do you like learning about the universe? I think it's all amazing i really love the moon and stars. So interesting to think space goes on forever as far as we know, About 71% of the earths surface is water.    so interesting!


Yes, I will like that very much. When I was a kid I used to stay outside for hour counting stars.


Me too! I still like to go hiking at night and sit up there in pure darkness and the stars and moon are so bright. I love going to the ocean and watching the ocean tides, and it's so amazing that the moon causes those tides!


You mention about 70% of the earth surface is water, that really was hard to believe at first until I started thinking about all the wells people dug back in the days.


That and think about how vast the oceans are, on a globe there's a lot of water.


Yes, that is true, but just by living on earth, it's hard to picture that.


Yes I totally understand that. It is very interesting when you start thinking on a broad vision. It is sad that 80% of Earths forests have been destroyed. Very sad.


yes, especially in California, hundredth of acre of land are destroyed.


Yes very tragic. We need our forests and it's not looking too bright. So important for our survival here on earth.


what really touch me is that I love animals and Their homes are being destroyed as well.


Yes! Animals are so innocent and they are just trying to survive too.


Do you like to go to the library much? I used to love it as a kid, and mine even had a nice park next to it.


Mine did too! A nice park with a duck pond and fish. When I lived in my hometown I used it a lot as a work and study space because of the big tables and free wireless.


That's great! I'm actually trying to get hired here at the library now, and already have my application in for it. They are always having fun events there too, as I read on the billboard, anyway.


Awesome! The town I live in has a little library that's open four days a week, and I put in an application when they had an opening. I'll try again if another spot opens up. Is it your original hometown library you applied to?


No, I've moved out of state. The library here is much larger and nicer, but there is not park. I heard there's a library in Sacramento that has a things section. That's cool!


The one in the county seat town here had a tool library for a while, but unfortunately they had to discontinue it at least temporarily because of remodeling.


I also was watching the news one day and I saw where there was a library that has a workshop with a 3D printer the public can use! I'd like to try! Would you?


Definitely! I'm doing research right now on municipalist movements and commons-based local economies -- tool libraries, community hubs, hackerspaces, etc. -- and that kind of stuff is my bread and butter.


I like this program in Norway where if you publish a book, the government will buy copies to give to libraries. They'll buy 1000, and if the book is for children they will buy 1500!


That's awesome! It's especially cool when libraries stock up on local authors and celebrate local culture.


My old hometown library also had a cool program where they took locals artwork and displayed it so that the public could view it and even buy it if they wanted. They had some really beautiful pieces, I remember.


Yeah, public libraries are great community spaces.


The library at one of my old colleges had one of the best architecture for a library. They had elevators but also winding staircases and also outside they had a koi pond.


That sounds like a really cool place. After they expanded the library in my hometown you could sit and watch the ducks in the pond through a wall of glass while you read.


That sounds like one of the best spots to relax, ever! I studied a lot at that koi pond library, and mostly went for my astronomy class. I had Earth as the subject for a class project.


Studying by a koi pond sounds like one of the best things ever. Only thing that could beat that would be craft beer on tap.


Maybe if your college has beer making as a subject! My Astronomy class was fun but complicated. I had so many items needed on that project I wish my car had a wooden trunk in the back to hold it all like they used to!


Wow, it sounds like an expensive class. Did you have to buy a lot of stuff for it?


i did, but some of the stuff I made on my own like the diagram of all the planets. Did you know that Earth doesn't take 365 days to go around the sun? It takes just over that. I remember wondering about our calendars after hearing that!


Yeah, I always thought it was about 365 and a quarter, because of leap year. I wonder how we compensate for that extra day.


I think we just hope no one notices! Well, I gotta hop in my car and run. Wish it was a trip to the library but it's not! cya!


Hello hows it going?  Do you shop at target?


I do occassionally though I go to Walmart more often. How about you?


Yes,  I love Target.  Did you know that Target and Best Buy will price match Amazon?  Amazon must be doing great!  I love Amazon shopping the best though,  so convenient.


That's good to know in case I need something immediately.


It looks like Target is in every state of the U.S. except Vermont.


And Target is doing well despite other stores closing.


The closure of Kmart, Sears and Toys R Us may have helped drive traffic to Target as well.


The company was first named Goodfellow Dry Goods.


I know you can buy fresh vegetables from some places online but I guess some people like to pick fresh produce in person. Target has made a commitment to offer fresh groceries.


I have noticed.  They have a good selection of vegetables and frozen foods.  That makes it so much more convenient,  one stop shopping!


I love the clothing from Target too, so cute. A lot of growth has comefrom their private label brands.


Yeah they have really updated consumer needs.  I love how they have vegetables and groceries too,   super convenient,  one stop shop.


It seems like there are a lot of factors in Target's recent success.


But Vermont doesn't have a Target. I wonder why?


Hmm...also, Target doesn't sell Rip Curl branded clothing does it? I heard it's made in North Korea but says Made in China!


lol Not sure.  Maybe North Korea bought it from China to sell in Targets!


And be careful if buying supplements from target. 80% of the supplements don't actually contain what they say they do.


What!  That is definitely a concern.  Well its been fun chatting.  Thanks for the info!


I don't use Facebook because I never felt comfortable putting so much information on it. What about you?


I have been on facebook since the early days but rethinking that as of late due to privacy violations by them


It seems useful for keeping in touch with others, and apparently some countries like Iceland even conduct official business on it, but it feels risky because of the privacy problems.


I really admired Mark for his creativity but I have been thinking about going back to MySpace or sticking with Twitter


I use Twitter, but it feels like most companies are going the same way as Facebook, because they value data more than privacy, even ones like Twitter and Google.


They are all trying to generate revenue through ads, which I get, but that doesn't mean you should be able to read my messages or see my contacts


I agree. Transparency is also a big deal, because I want to know what information they're collecting about me.


A lot of my friends have joined the Quit Facebook movement and have deleted their accounts


I wonder if we'll see more movements like that as more social media companies get exposed for privacy violations and other problems like censorship.


I'm hesitant to say it but I think the government should fine them and establish better protections for users


The government does put pressure on them, but I wonder if the government would be able to keep up with the rapid pace of technology advancing since it takes so long to pass laws.


I guess the word I was looking for is regulation. Business are trying to make money so we need greater protections from an independent agency


That's true. Some companies claim their "community standards" are enough to protect users, but I think we all know how true that is.


If I unfriend about 10 people I can get a free whopper, now that sounds like a good deal to me


Finally, Burger King gives me a good reason to go on Facebook!


I love BK and the Whopper. A free one tastes even better


Maybe more companies should start that kind of promotion. A free apple pie if you stop using Apple products?


Great Idea! I will start a blog about that on Google Hang Outs


Google definitely won't censor that, since Apple is their competition!


Hey there do you work loading? I know that I wear my clothes everyday haha


Hi, how are you? No, I don't work loading. Did you know that Apple had a line of clothing in 1986. Bizarre.


haha whoops my typing is so bad, but yes that's cool oh, also I didn't know that the pilgrims wore full colors and not just black. That's interesting


I guess they liked color just as much as anyone else. Rip Curl makes clothes in north Korea yet the label says made in China. Isn't that illegal? How can they do that?


I know that's what I thought too. You think that that would be illegal by law. Do you ever get your clothes tailored? I guess you can tell if clothes are tailored based on if there is a gap by the collar


Not something that I would be able to do. I don't have the expert eye. I don't have my clothes tailored usually. A bit too expensive. You?


I only have my suits tailored. Although I was watching a YouTube channel where they show you how to tailor regular shirts and they actually look pretty cool when they're tailored to your body. also it seems pretty easy. Would you ever buy clothes that were originally from unclaimed baggage?


I guess if they were cheap enough. Cameras? Sure. There are probably pretty good deals in that store in Alabama.


Yep I think so. Do you watch any horror movies by the way? I know that Stephen King thought that Bambi should be considered a horror movie LOL


He was traumatized as a child, and then spent his life using that trauma as inspiration for his writing.


Haha I could see that. I need to watch more horror movies though, they can burn up to 180 calories per movie and I can lose some weight haha


No eating during the movie though. Are you a fan of abstract art? If you watch a horror movie before you view abstract art, you will enjoy the art more. I don't know how much more, but more.


I didn't know that. I guess I'll have to try that sometime haha. Have you seen the movie The Shining?


Yes, I have. Great film! Based on a King novel.


Yep you're right. I was glad to hear that the little boy from it, Danny, never knew that he was in a horror movie as a kid. he only later found out as an adult


I wonder what kind of movie he thought it was. He probably never read the novel. Too scary for a child.


Yep I agree with you. I like the movie but I can't say that it's very scary. How often do you use your telephone by the way?


I don't like to use the phone. I find it annoying and a waste of time. I prefer typing. Faster, clearer, easier to edit.


Yep I don't like getting phone calls myself. I would rather just get texts all the time. Phone calls are really annoying LOL. I'm glad but also scared that an iPhone has more CPU power than the entire nuclear missile deterrent system in our country


Computers double in power every year or two. The deterrent system would get outdated very fast, no matter how new.


That's a good point. As long as it works I guess that's ok. Do you know what UNICEF does?


Hi there. You enjoy using the internet? It is so addictive and actually causes changes in the brain!


I do! In Finland, everyone has the right to have internet connection.


Must be nice to live there! Just in case the internet burns down there is a saved copy at the Library of Alexandria.


I wonder how they even managed to save the entire internet, or how they even update it. The internet is so big!


Yeah I don't really understand the concept. Did you know there is internet on top of mount Everest?


Very cool. Only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet!


Well, I fall into the 93% that does not. What about you?


Same here, guilty! Do you play Call of Duty using the internet at all? It actually started as a Microsoft Windows game!


I do not play call of duty although I play some other PC games. What about you?


Nice. I play mostly XBOX. Activision, the company who created COD, raises money for veterans!


People have played longer on call of duty than humans have lived, 25 billion hours!


That is amazing. Call of Duty Black Ops II has the best ending of all time!


Ah, I have not played it but it does have a good storyline. I should go check it out  sometime.


Yes you would like it I think! There are 33 COD games if you can believe it!


Really? Well I have probably only played  one of those games. I am not the biggest COD fan.


Yeah it's not for everybody. The earlier games are set in World War II if you like that sort of thing though.


Are there any set in World war one? I found that war more interesting.


Nope unfortunately not. The most recent ones are actually set in modern times. Well it was great talking with you today!


It was great talking with you too! Thank's for your time!


I know a little bit.  Do you know why New York's area code is 212?


I heard it's because that's the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


That's right!  The cables that carry the phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter.


That's pretty amazing they never get cut. I also saw they just lay on the ocean floor and aren't buried at all.


I know.  Seems like something would have clipped them like a lobster.  It's impossible to separate 2 phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together.  Interesting.


I would think so too. That's interesting about the phonebooks. That's a very random stat lol.


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


Sorry I hit the enter button before.  That is crazy to think a little phone has that much power.


No worries I've done that plenty of times before. Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone


I wonder if that's real?  I would sign up in a heartbeat for that.  If I could only stay off the internet....


I would think it is real. I saw people can actually become addicted to the internet.


I saw that.  I think I suffer from the constant novelty from clicking links on the internet. lol


Haha. The horizontal menu on apps and websites is called the hamburger button.


That's funny!  I never knew that!  7% of the people read the full terms when buying a product or service in the internet.


I definitely am not one of those 7%. Do you read the full terms?


I do.  I don't want any financial surprises. lol


haha. There is 3g cell service at the peak of Mt. Everest.


That would be neat to make a phone call from Mt. Everest. lol  It's been fun chatting!


That would be very cool. Great chatting with you too!


Hello there, I am, but mostly of the older ones.  How about you?


Hit or miss for me. I like suspense but not a lot of blood and gore per se. It's all in the eye of the beholder I suppose. Stephen King claims Bambi terrified him as a kid.


I think I heard about him saying that, too funny.  I agree too, I think it is hard to do a good one, its either good, or really bad usually.


Yeah, not unlike comedy. YOu know a good one when you see it. Everything else is painfully bad.  Did you ever watch SOuth Park?


Oh yeah, I can remember when that show first came out, it was pretty out there.


They did an episode making fun of Family Guy and the Simpsons crew sent the SOuth Park guys flowers.


That is really funny, they will pretty much make fun of what ever they want on that show.  Did you ever watch the Simpsons in it's prime?


Oh yes, that was one of my favorite shows ever, until season 10 or 11, then it went downhill hard and I couldn't watch.  The softball episode with all the pro ball players is the best.  Did you know there is an episode without Bart?


Yeah, that's about the time I stopped watching too.  I had heard that about Bart. I don't remember that episode. I wonder how they pulled it off?


No I don't think I have seen it either, I wonder how many people would have even noticed, and yeah how and why would they?


Probably just as a joke to see who noticed.   I have watched a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine though with four boys.


Yeah I heard they had some big names narrating not just a few, but a ton of episodes of that show.


Yes, George Carlin of all people. He never did say The Seven Words You Can't Say on TV" though for some reason when he narrated."


Lol, yeah I can't see him popping that old dialogue in there during the Thomas show.


And Alec Baldwin didn't leave any angry abusive voicemails either when he narrated.


Or did he punch one of the crew members supposedly as well.


Hah! Or not (I feel bad for laughing now.) On a less controversial note there are 750 Pokemon Episodes. That's giving The Simpsons a run for their money.


That is crazy how many episodes of one show they can make, like what material do you still have after 700?


HI, how are you? What do you think of this planet of ours?


I love it, I wish we would stop destroying it though


Humans are unique. Will we have any forests in 100 years? I wonder


Probably not weve already destroyed 80 percent of them.


That's scary to think that we're destroying our home. Other changes are happening too. Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century


I heard that, what are the ramifications of that?


I think that we can get helium from fusion reactors. I don't know when those will be available. Not sure why we're losing helium.


Neither am I but, we need to fix it fast.


We haven't been here that long and we're making tremendous changes. If earth's entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds.


That is really bad.  We really need to tap in to the renewable energy, sun and wind especially.


It would be good to do so, but I wonder if it is too late for most of humanity. The oceans will rise, the planet will change its envirnment.


Especially if the polar ice caps keep melting at the rate they are.


That process is never going to reverse itself. When the aliens finally visit us, they will be shocked at what we've done.


They will be, they wont think we are the intelligent life theyve been looking for,


We will have someone to deal with them though. The UN appointed official ambassador to extraterrestrials in they case they would ever make contact with earth


That must be a hard job to explain to your friends.  LOL


What does that guy do all day? Watch the skies? Brush up on intergalactic language?


Watch netflix and hope that nothing happens... again.


Netflix is entertaining but probably has outdated shows for preparing for the alien invasion. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


Hi! I've often wondered if there ever existed a being like Bigfoot. They've said Virginia is a serious hotspot, at least according 6o Daniel Benoit with the East Coast Bigfoot Researchers Organization.


There's even a private investigator who has been investigating Bigfoot for at least 20 years! It's no surprise that Virginia has researchers and radio shows dedicated to the search, I have yet to come across these shows though.


It's crazy even politicians are outing each others Bigfoot eroticas. I mean it's kind of weird but to each their own I suppose.


Yes, it's very weird but what's even weirder is that a man reported to have seen Bigfoot and another person on a separate instance also reported seeing Bigfoot in the same region. I wonder how the creature got his name in the first place, do you know?


I honestly don't but maybe if we read the book "Mating Habits of Bigfoot and Why Women Want Him" we could find out. Of course, I'm not sure that's the kind of book you and I would want to read. Ha!


There really exists such a book? Well maybe that's how the term "Bigfoot Erotica" came to light. I prefer to listen to the radio instead of reading eroticas about Bigfoot haha.


Agreed! I actually visit this site frequently that let's you listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free. I'd prefer that over a Bigfoot erotica book as well.


What exactly are radio dramas? Are those like podcasts?


Something like that. You should check it out when you can! And also, If you're into this kind of stuff, if you have an AM radio, you can actually hear Jupiter's radio storms.


Oh wow, planets make sounds, I wonder if those sounds fall within the human ear frequency range. I'd be shocked if the US had laws similar to Canada where the content has to be at least 40% Canadian.


You're right about that! I've heard about that law and it's wild! To be honest, I wouldnt know what music is Canadian and what isn't. Ha!


Exactly! How would the government go about checking or monitoring compliance is beyond me. I use radio mainly as entertainment rather than education but there's a Finnish radio station that broadcasts news in Latin, I imagine the Latin speaking population to be quite dismal though.


Agreed entirely. I couldn't listen to the Latin at all. You know, WW2 soldiers used to make basic radios with pencils and razor blades? Wonder if they could hear the Jupiter storms with those radios? Ha!


Yeah, pretty cool how when stripped away of technological gadgets, people find a way to stay "connected" or "entertained", I wonder what my kids could come up with if I stripped all electronics away.


Oh there's no telling to be honest. It's like the sky would be their limit. If you have any animal pets, they'd at least get more attention from the kids, I'm sure. Ha! Speaking of animals, it's hard to fathom there being 20 quintillion


Yeah, they might just whine and fuss and then I'd give in. Haha. Is quintillion the number that comes after trillion?


I suppose so! It's unfamiliar territory with me because it's such a large number. And to think, that's how many individual animals exist on the planet!


Yeah, that is a large number! I need to check whether or not domesticated animals really have a white patch on their foreheads, I don't see it on my dogs.


So true. I've never noticed any on my pets either. But that total animal figure is truly small in the grand scheme of things considering how big our solar system is and yet only five planets ar visible to the human eye!


Yeah, I need to pay more attention next time, because I have trouble seeing one planet! Maybe the Kepler Space Telescope will help me see things better like the planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at dangerous speeds in 2000 degrees weather!


That would be a huge help! Maybe you can actually see Uranus as well to see if it actually does rotate sideways, rolling around the sun instead of spinning like normal planets!


Hi! Yes, I listen to the radio almost daily on my morning commute, do you?


I like to listen to it at home while I cook. Do you usually listen to music, talk shows, or something else?


I really enjoy strictly music but more of a podcast listener too! I especially like science fiction podcasts and I recently learned that more than 80% of earth's natural forests have already been destroyed! What do you like to cook?


Wow, it's awful to think how much of the forestation on the planet is gone! I hope some of it has at least been replaced with other kinds of plants, especially food-bearing ones. I like to cook just about anything.


Yeah, maybe there'll also be developments in the science field as well since when Earth was first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long! So that means we only had to go to work for about thirty minutes each day! I would be a-ok with that!


It wouldn't leave much time for radio on your commute, though. I think I'd also miss sleeping if the day was only 5.5 hours long!


That's true and earth would be helium-free by the end of the 21st century, though I'm not too sure what the effect of helium currently has on us besides the fact that if you ingest helium from a balloon, you talk funny.


It's crazy to think that the Earth and the people on it could use up one of the basic elements, and yet we still use it to fill birthday party balloons!


Wonder if it has anything to do with changing climates, like 71% of Earths's surface is covered in water and the polar regions in ice, but that ice is rapidly decreasing with the drastic climate changes.


I think it also has to do with people using it. We've developed such advanced technology that we put a lot of elements to use that we didn't in the past.


These issues probably should be addressed at the next G20 summit, except when Putin shook the hand of the Canadian Prime Minister he told him "I guess I'll shake your hand, but I have one thing to say to you, you need to get out of Ukraine", talk about lack of people skills!


It might not be a great example of people skills, but I'd bet Ukraine appreciated it, and I can't say Putin didn't deserve it!


Yeah, probably. I didn't know there were summit awards and they even awarded one to Eve-online, which is a massive multi-player online game for e-content and creativity. I wonder whether other online games received one.


It's amazing how the internet and gaming has become so important in modern times that Eve would get an award from an organization like the UN.


yeah! I'm not a gamer so I'm not too familiar with Eve, but I am aware of all the hype surrounding Fortnite. The radio talks about it all the time


I've played a few games, but not Eve. I've heard it has a bit of a harsh culture. Funny how we've come full circle, starting with simple technology like radio and evolving to the internet and hi-tech computers that are talked about...on the radio!


That's a really great point! There are even websites that lets you listen to thousands of shows for free, though I'm not too familiar with what radio dramas are, I think those refer to podcasts. What do you mean by "harsh culture".


Sometimes when people have anonymity in a game, they abuse it and treat others badly. Most gamers aren't like that, but some are very toxic. The two-way communication in games is great, but radio definitely has an advantage of avoiding the anonymous bullying that can crop up in games.


Oh my goodness, I've seen how crazy some gamers get when they're gaming. Thanks for clarifying what the harsh culture means. I heard on the radio today that Apple will pay the kid who found the FaceTime eavesdropping bug and it stemmed from the fact that he wanted to set up group facetime with friends to play Fortnite.


I'm glad they're finally fixing that bug. I disabled FaceTime on my phone as soon as I heard about it. It's great that the radio can keep people aware of issues like that!


Yeah...I like the Knicks. But Reggie Miller used to always one-up them. They should've hired his sister.


LOL, did you ever own a pair of Air Jordans?


They were, but Nike was willing to pay the fines so he could wear them.


Ah...well if Nike would pay me, I'd wear them. Do they help when shooting granny style?


I'm not sure, but apparently that is the best way to shoot for accuracy.


Yeah...Physicists know what they are doing.


Interesting. Did you know that Tupac is in the library of congress?


Really? What about Eminem. Is he not culturally significant?


I'm not sure, not yet. I think he is good too, but he was into comics as a kid.


Well, he caused a Michigan judge to rap from the Bench, so that's something.


Not as hilarious as granny style, for sure.


Yeah, apparently that is the best way to shoot a basketball.


But will it earn you a $32M payment like Iverson got from an endorsement?


That has to be one of the worst endorsement deals for a company ever.


Yeah...someone should've paid Duncan instead. He's very likeable and sacrificed a lot of money


Yeah, he is. He is also a pretty smart dude from what I understand.


Yeah...probably could be a physicist and study the Earth. 80% of its natural forests have been destroyed, so somebody better get on it.


Wow, that is a lot. That is kind of scary. Well, nice chatting with you.


Same! Can you believe that Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract the would pay him $800,000?


i want the lump sum payment of 32 million persoanly.


Crazy the Nike payed the fine each game son that Jordan can wear Air Jordans.


no not crazy, that brilliant of them, the #1 player at the time in your shoes with his name on them. id pay 10k fine every game for that free press therer


It's sad that more than 80% of earth's natural forests have been destroyed!


yea and think we are the only major reason to it as well. plus side is peopole are always planting more trees to replace the damage


What you said is very true.Can you believe ambassadors were appointed to extraterrestrials?


no i find that hard to believe, but i guess if we are going to be visited for other beings than humans might as well have someone be there to say hi though right


Well if they don't speak in english or any other familiar languages than I don't think there's any point.


thats where to previous work weve done comes in, we sent greeting in every langua out to the stars.


wrapping thing no, rap the music, not relly, a few good songs in decades doesnt make for good music to me.  you?


Same. I think I would've enjoyed the Michigan judge delivering her rule in the form of a wrap.


defenitly going to look for the video for that when we are done. its got to be amazing, i hope she old and white too. maybe its compliment battle style


do you agree with Tupac being iin the library of congress?


I don't know anything about wrappers or wrap so can't actually comment on it.


same really, was going to say we have every other style in there so why not, was a huge name in the 90s at least.


Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle that was interesting!


i find it interesting that they didnt name what is commonly held as the first rap song pubplished, whuch FYI is a song called "pump the brakes" maybe late 70s, should go listen to it


huge diffrence in the genre from then to now.


It was very nice talking to you and you seem very knowledgeable!


you to man, thanks for the time and happy holidays


I do, but only when I'm driving, what about you?


I actually don't use it at all. I do find it interesting how people apply it into space exploration. Did you know radios can pick up jupier's radio storms?


No, can you pick it up on AM or FM radio?


That I am not sure. However, I am sure it is a much more powerful radio than the foxhole radios of wwii.


Yeah, apparently they made them out of razor blades and a pencil. Amazing!


I guess radio is still alive since people are making websites where you can hear thousands of classic radio dramas for free


I've never listened to it, do you know what station it is?


I am sure you can look it up on google. What do you listen to on the radio. Do you ever hear informative broadcasts such as about earth?


No, but did you know that Jupiter saves earth from asteroids heading towards the planet?


It is because the planet gets hit instead right?


Yeah, I'm pretty sure that is what is going on. Crazy right, it must be the gravity?


And Jupiter being so big probably helps a lot too. Did you know that red dot is a forever self perpetuating storm?


Yeah, that is crazy. I watched a tv show about it a long time ago.


I sure am happy that jupiter protects earth since earth is the only known planet to harbor life.


Well did you know the earth's magnetic field reverses every 200,000-300,00 years? Wonder what that will do to everyone's gadgets?


Most people and their things probably won't last that long so it should be fine


That's true, by then technology will have advanced so much it won't matter.


Hopefully we will use that technology for the better such as replenishing the earth's natural forests, 80% which we have already destroyed


That's true. Did you know that the Earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun? I find this hard to believe.


Perhaps it is because earth is a planet, while the sun is a star? In any case, I thank you for this chat and hope you have a wonderful day.


Telephone is a telecommunication device which allows two user to have conversation.


Oh thanks for the info lol Did you know an iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear deterrent?


Its very shocking. The cables carrying phone and internet data across. Optic fibre cables are used in now days.


yeah they are only 2.7 inches in diameter


The telephone have microphone to speak and earphone to reproduce the sound in the distance location.


Such a great invention. Who invented the telephone>?


That was a long time ago,  good for him,  he basically changed everything by inventing it


It was further developed finally it is in mobile form today.


Have you ever used a rotary phone?  Ny area code is 212 because its the easiest to dial


Constantly using Internet leads to addiction, we use it for a purpose it is good.


Do you think there are any support groups for this addiction?


No, Unnecessary usage of internet leads to such addiction.


So if anyone forms this addiction,  there is no one to help?


Doctors are available to give advice, how to stop the usage of mobile phone. We must focus on playing, spend time with family members etc..


I thought you were talking about the addiction to the internet?  Theres an addiction to the phone as well?


Addiction to Internet is very dangerous.


Email is the important communication service available on the internet. It reduce the usage of post service.


Yes I think email is very convienent.  Its amazaing that someone can receive an email almost instantly!


The main purpose of internet is Data sharing, we can share the files via through Email.


Thats great information,  its been good talking to you!


Do you like to watch gymnastics at all? They're pretty talented in the Olympics.


No I can't say that I watch the Olympics at all. But Alina Zagitova sounds talented but there is a question about her year of birth


Very interesting! I think it's funny how the pommel horse was invented so soldiers could practice mounting their horses. Did you know that?


No I didn't know that. But it makes sense too that ancient Greeks would use gymnastics in order to get ready for war


I sure would like to be able to go back in time and see all of that. Would  be scary though. I used to watch gymnastics as a kid a lot.


What did you watch when you were a kid? I think it would be interesting to watch the one gymnast who had a wooden leg and won 6 Olympic medals back in 1904


I'd love to see that. As a kid I'd love to watch stuff like Saturday morning cartoons. I remember Garfield and Animaniacs were funny. I also have always liked cooking shows on TV. What about you?


Yes I like those shows too. I also like to watch Tiny Toons haha. I even watched Pokemon as a kid, did you know there are about 800 episodes of Pokemon now?


I never was into Pokemon on TV much. I remember the cards were really cute, but then I liked the Magic cards art better. I really like horror movies now. What about you?


Yes I like horror movies. I think Stephen King does a great job, it's funny to me that he considers Bambi to be a horror movie


That's ironic because as a kid I was horrified by it also. I really like the sounds in horror movies that come from a waterphone. I just recently learned about them.


Yes I want to learn to play that instrument! I also need to watch more horror movies because they can burn up 200 calories while you're watching them, which would help my weight loss haha


I was reading about that and wondering if horror film might be incorporated somehow into gyms as like a new fad for weight loss? Wouldn't that be funny?


Haha yes they should put horror movies on when you are walking on a treadmill LOL. They should also make you view abstract art after you watch a horror movie because apparently you will appreciate it more


That's a pretty cool fact! I've always wanted to be one of those artists that make abstract art for thousands of dollars. I'm scared to try. I should just do it but I don't want the experience to be like a horror film.


Yes you should definitely give it a try. At least you won't be like Danny from The Shining. He acted so scared in that movie but I was happy to learn that he was tricked while making it and didn't even realize it was a horror movie until he was much much older


I love that movie! Speaking of horror films I think I want to go watch one now and go to bed. Have you seen any good ones lately?


No I haven't seen a good horror movie in a long time. What about you? I know they typically include topics like zombie and Gothic horror, but nothing seems to be good these days


I really liked the Hostel movies. I think I'll watch one of those now. I haven't seen a new good horror film in awhile. Sometimes re-watching films I notice new things, too! TTYL


ok I'll have to check those out! at the very least it will help me to burn 180 calories!


Yes, and I'm going to be on the lookout for an upcoming fad to lose weight including getting scared and watching horror films! lol cya


This story is crazy, i haven't heard of the swatting case before


Yeah I have heard about this before, it's a serious crime and should be.


I still don't fully understand swatting, people are so sad. It's so scary that someone hundreds of miles away can kill someone by just calling the police


It is sad and very scary.  That Andrew Finch was shot dead by law enforcement.


Then people were bragging about it, which is crazy. messaging that htey were involved in someone's death is crazy.


Yeah I read that, so sad what some people find fun.  I miss the good old days of nintendo games and more simple times.


Same... I've never been much for video game. It's wild that call of duty has 33 games... thats a lot


Wow, I would've guessed like 8 at the max.  I guess Prince William is a fan of the game.


yeah, the rise of the internet has really contributed i think . People even have cell service and internet at the peak of mt. everest!!!


That is crazy, I guess the 3 horizontal line menu on apps is called a hamburger button.


Yeah, its cool that alexandira has a saved copy of the internet in case it shuts down, so smart.


Yeah that is a smart idea, I have also read that constant clicking links on the web can cause real addiction.


yeah, its cool that an iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


Holy cow, that is a very interesting fact.


Yeah, the world i crazy now. I'm happy that the judge in the case on swatting won't let them play video games online.


Yeah they should be banned for life I agree with the Judge's decision.


same,  i think that bail should have been higher . 10,000 for murder seems kind of low.


That is true, I agree with you there.  It's so sad though, I hope it won't happen again.


I agree. I think it's also scary that the police discharged their weapon so quickly.


That is true as well, that's why it's such a serious crime to commit although you are not directly involved yourself.


Yeah, I guess it's expected when someone says that they are threatening someone's life after killing their father. It's just a really crazy situation all around.


Exactly, well it was good conversing with you today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.


Do you ever like to dance to music on the radio?


well, i tried doing a moonwalk, but a lawyer stopped me. Apparently i was violating michael jacksons IP rights.


I think I heard about that...something about how he dances and leans?


yeah, he has a patent on the device that allows u to do that.


Sounds pretty comical...I can't see being prom king with something like that strapped to you on the dance floor!


well, the cha cha championship is pretty competitive. u need everything u got when ur up against Bruce Lee


He's definitely got a well coordinated body! I guess even babies can dance to rhythm a bit, though.


yeah, you can go thru a lot of pointe shoes once you have a baby


Oh yes, you mean as a ballet dancer? I hear they must practice a lot. I wonder if they ever use spotify at dance studios? Do you use it?


I've listened to some Tupac on Spotify. He also danced ballet in High School


That's amazing! I usually listen to Pandora and haven't really tried Spotify. Which do you like more?


well sometimes i just default on the radio. if its goood enough for wwii soldiers, its good enough for me


True! I remember when radio was all we had. Did you know you can listen to Jupiter storms through AM radio?


I'm not sure, but I do know they allow flamethrowers on cars in Africa. I've heard Canada is really strict about songs they play...


yeah. they want Canadian music. i think we need flamethrowers on candian radios


I'm not even sure how a radio station could play 40% Canadian music unless they have more hit singers I know about here in the US.


yeah, u can probably find more stuff in classical latin,


I've heard Spotify is similar to youtube and, unlike on the radio, unknown artists can make some money.


Thats cool. I think i can manage a silent album


That sounds ground breaking! I think I'll go find my old radio and tune to AM to try to find a Jupiter storm!!!


It would be even better on my Grandpa's old foxhole radio from the war!


hey there my friend do you like to dance?


yes me too! Bruce Lee loved to dance he won a Cha Cha competition!


That is so neat!! and  that was way back in 1958


I know right! did you know tupac did ballet in high school?


It is hard to imagine but I believe he played a mouse king in the nutcracker!! A hidden talent he had


oh for sure, I wonder if he went through 4 shoes a week like other ballet dancers do


there is something I love, it is to see babies dancing when they listen to music and smiling at the same time!!


I want to see that in person! Do you ever listen to Spotify?


Yes, andI was surprised to see about 4 million songs have never been played!!


I know right! thats 20% of the songs, they are probably pretty bad though haha


Who knows? well I heard a silent album help earn about $20,000 to a band!


yup indeed, they used the money to fund a tour! Thats amazing!


Yes! that is cool! I did not know the developer of spotify also developed utorrent!


wow that is impressive, and yes I remember when I launched in 2008, it was such a cool idea


People can earn money but they need almost 135K plays per day to get minimum wage


ya that is shockingly low, good to know that all the music has watermarks so they can track if it is stolen and used somewehre else


do you ever listen to the radio? I want to listen to the Jupiter radio storms


And i am curious to listen to the finnish station that plays a programme in classical latin


ya I would rather listen to teh Jupiter radio I think, it sounds more interesting haha


Hey there have you ever watched the FIFA World Cup before


Hello,  I actually have never watched it.


I've never watched it either. I don't personally like soccer a lot. I don't know why it is the most popular World sport that seems insane haha


yeah seriously I hear it makes more money than basketball, football and baseball combined.


Yep that's what I heard too. I won't be watching the World Cup in 2022 unless the USA is in it. And even that I probably won't haha


its on at a weird time for me though,  its like 4am or something.  That last world cup people were up so early lol


LOL that's true the time difference could be weird haha. I didn't know that United States got third place in the first World Cup back in 1930. I think their team sucks now doesn't it?


I actually dont know,  I know the womens team has never placed lower than 3rd in the world cup since 1991,  so at leasts theres that!


At least that's good. I don't know why cities offered to host the World Cup though. There's no net economic gain for doing so


why not?  all the business in the area make a lot of money and hotels?


Right but I think it just cost so much money that you just never recoup it. Or at least that's what I've been told. Did you know that soccer makes more than all other sports in the world combined. Even American football


yeah I dont know why though,  thats a lot of money!


Oh for sure! Did you ever watch The Daily Show? Apparently Jon Stewart was a famous soccer player back in 1983


I never really liked it but I do know who John Stewart is. Did you hear about the German soccer player who donated his World Cup victory bonus to pay for the surgeries of 23 children in Brazil?


Yep it was almost three hundred thousand Euros actually. Have you ever seen a soccer game with three teams? Apparently that exists


No that seems really intense how do people even keep track


Yeah I have no idea. I also had no idea why Americans call it soccer when the rest of the world calls at football. Apparently soccer is slang for association football


that is really interesting,  football doesnt even make any sense the name anyways lol


Nope it always made more sense to call soccer football in my opinion haha. When I drive to work tomorrow I'm going to listen for the Jupiter radio storms on the radio. What about you?


DO you like to watch professional soccer?


I do not. I'm not a sports fan, but I do know that soccer brings in more revenue than all of the American sports, combined.


I like sports and I was not much into soccer, until recently. I watch the World cup. I find it very in


Have you watched the version that plays with three teams at the same time?


I have not, I don't know if they broadcast that in the US. It sounds interesting. I wonder how that works.Did you know that in the US we call it soccer because it is slang for  association football?


I read about the German player who donated his bonus to pay for surgeries for kids. That was a kind thing to do.


Yes I heard about that story, he helped 23 children in Brazil. What a heart warming story.


That truly is. He's a rock star for that. I was just reading about Jupiter's radio storms, they can be picked up by am radio.


That's cool. Did you know that you can make a radio using simple items like a razor and a pencil. Word war II soldiers used to make them can called them foxhole radios.


Actually, I did. My dad showed me.  I'm intersted in finding the website so I can listen to the old radio dramas.


In Finland they have had a radio show they have been broadcasting since 1989 completely in Latin?


That sounds interesting as well. So does the weird Canadian rule about at least 40% of music has to be Canadian.


They are a bilingual country it makes sense. All of their products in both English and french. But it is weird it is an actual Law.


It is very weird. I didn't think there were that many Canadian artists.


Did you know the city for the 2022 world cup in Qatar doesn't even exist. They are making a town for it, so crazy.


That is extreme. I would think the heat would be difficult to deal with.


I agree it is very hot, but they have the money to support the creation of an entire city for one event.


That's good, as there are no economic gains for hosting these events.


Yes despite all the tourists that the event brings, it is very costly. Th amount of arena's that are needed for an event of that size is crazy.


With all of these kids playing soccer, you would think Americans would do better than third.


It is not as ingrained to our country as it is in other countries, and american children have many options. But I would agree.


Thank you for chatting with me, it was a pleasure and fun.


have you had someone put a lighter near your ear to heal an earache?


according to the article, the author's father would roll up newspaper in a cone and light it thinking it would heal the earache


Wow!  I am thankful my parents didn't follow traditions to cure earaches.  I wonder if he has an exhibition in Baltimore at the Parenting: An art without a Manual.  Sounds like that father should have his own display!


haha seriously! what do you think are some of the things on display there?


Remember the Simpson's?  Homer and Marge?  I can picture lots of displays with some of their antics through the years.  I am sure it's full of well intentioned unconditional loving parents who made innocent mistakes or had crazy fears.


yes i'm seeing now the the exhibit is both heartbreaking and hilarious, it must span all sorts of parenting debacles


Absolutely!  Typically, anyone can be a parent.  Even Charles Manson had a son.  I can't imagine growing up under his shadow.


whoa i didnt know he had a child! did the child even know him?


I don't know, but there is an exhibition that uses art to portray families like his and other dysfunctional families.  I have heard it is an emotional exhibition.


yes it sounds like it. especially that exhibit portraying his mother who committed suicide and abusive father


Very sad indeed!  I liked the piano analogy that expresses that children are like piano's that just because you have one doesn't mean you can play (or parent).  It reminds me of the hindenburg tragedy.  They brought aboard a 356lb grand piano on the flight.


The Hindenburg crashed and caught fire.  Some climbers found a piano on top of Britain's highest mountain in 2006.  I know the Hindenburg piano caught fire, but it makes you wonder how a piano made it to the top of a mountain.


it sure does, and do you think the piano caused the plane to crash or it was just an odd coincidence that it was aboard?


The piano didn't cause the crash or else it would be famous like the piano used to record 2 famous songs the Bohemian Rhapsody and Hey Jude.  Those songs are amazing.  I wonder what songs the BBC broadcasted in 1930 instead of news reporting.


i know do you think it was classical music? It must have been something to appeal to the masses


I am not sure, but the news must have been really dull to end up playing piano music.  Too bad we don't do that today.  We should also be allowed to equip our cars with flame throwers to prevent carjacking like in South-Africa.  Now that is newsworthy!


haha that would be newsworthy, and dangerous! yikes


Yes!  Good things our trunks aren't made out of wood anymore or that could be a serious fire situation.


Yes I do. I love dogs did you know here are 12 different blood types that a dog may have


That is a lot. What kind of dog do you have?


Oh wow, I always wanted one of those. I have a Boston, far from a wolf like dog


Oh okay did you know that Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing


Sure did. Did you take your dog for a walk?


Wow. He must be a very healthy dog. How old is your dog?


He is. Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.


I still use their drive thru just about everyday in and out of uniform


oh The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


I have a Mercedes and a Ford, the first american car brand


thats cool The trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


I am glad they modify that aspect of cars; horrible idea given the weather everyday


I tried to get a flamethrower installed in my car but I can't find anyone willing to install it or find someone who sells them.


I love listening to the radio on my morning commute. Mostly rock music


Rock is my favorite too I ve taken to a lot of podcasts recently.


Nice, my brother always talks about the Joe Rogan one. I have to check them out, I never really got into them. What do you recommend?


There is an entire series called Stuff you should know, stuff your mom never told you, and the one I have been listening to right now, The end of the world as you know it.  They are all pretty awesome.


that sounds really good, I will have to check it out. I listen to radio dramas here and there on long trips, I recommend those also


Those sound interesting.  Ive always enjoyed theater too, so that might be interesting.


They sure are. Did you know you can get radio storms from jupiter on AM radio


I heard that.  I havent had the chance to try to listen yet, but I think that is pretty fascinating!  Still might be better than that 40% of Canadian radio that is Canadian...


Yikes, that would be rough in Canada, it may be bieber hits all the time lol


I know, maybe that is where America needs a wall, to keep the Canadians fleeing Beiber out.  LOL


Lol! Very valid point, I like your thinking! Have you heard of foxhole radios?


Yeah!  Those were some smart soldiers!  Give me a whole bunch of things and I still couldnt do that.


Right, I wonder how they even came up with that. Probably some smart engineer on the battle front


Probably, but you would likely be surprised what you can do when pressured.  It is like MacGuyver!


For sure lol. They must have had some down time lol. Do you ever watch soccer?


I love soccer!  Its probably my favorite sport!


Nice, who were you rooting for in the World Cup since the US didn't make it yet again


Australia, the SoccerRoos!  However, the US Women always make it and place!


right, the US women's team puts the men to shame. I was rooting for Brazil this year, they were close! It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your night!


Hello, are you familiar with NBA (a men's professional basketball league in North America)?


I am somewhat fimilar with it I did know that the league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3rd 1949... I only know that cause that is my birthday lol


I see.  They have offices in the US and international locations but their headquarters are located in New York.


Yeah its pretty crazy the players are the worlds best paid athletes by annual salary per year


Some of them are also endorsed by big corporations..extra money in their pocket.  Apparently, Allen Iverson is paid $800K per year by Reebok and he will get a final lump sum payment of $32 M when he reaches age 55.


Yeah that is interesting.. it pays well but basketball has been around for quite awhile... 39 out of 50 states highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach


That was interesting to know.  Apparently, air jordan shoes were banned upon introduction by the NBA.


Really that is nuts... Kareem abdul-jabbars domainat use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball over a decade ago


NBA did not like his dominant use of the dunk.


About the air jordan shoes, Jordan kept wearing them and Nike did not mind paying penalties since the shoes became very popular and profitable to the company.


yeah that is pretty nuts but its a great way for nike to advertise


That was their purpose, I think.  Apparently, Tim Duncan decided to finish college before joining the NBA.


yeah that was a smart i idea he was preparing for the future not just getting the money then


I would do it differently though because the offer might not come four years later.


that is true he could of tried to do both


NBA players refuse to do granny style shooting even though it can be beneficial to score points.


yeah they would look kind of funny doing that in the middle of a game... thats how i shoot lol I am more of nerd than an athlete lol


You are funny.  They said they did not want to look stupid.


yeah lol so do you think pluto is still a planet


I personally think so.  But the scientific community does not think so.  Anyway, I've go to run.  Nice chatting with you.


Good morning! Did you hear Marreese Speights is going to China?


Good morning! No I did not hear that.  Does China have good basketball teams?


He says it was the best move for him, so I bet they do. He's going to the Guangzhou Long-Lions.


China must be growing in basketball fans and teams then!  That's great!  Do you know if any other players are going there?


I don't know who has plans to go there, but other players have gone there before. Fredette and Hansbrough, for example.


Interesting!  You know, I've heard that some companies are in China too, like Outback Steakhouse for example.


Yes, I've heard that. And a number of the players on the Long Lions speak English.


You know, the news media paints China as hostile and closed but it sounds like they are more like us than we know.


Yes, and basketball is an international language. The Long Lions were recently in DC, playing against the Wizards.


That's cool! Maybe there will be more games between teams from the two countries.


I expect there will, considering the partnership between Monumental Sports and Entertainment and Alibaba Group, which is a Chinese conglomerate.


I do know a little about Alibaba. Is the chinese basketball the same as the NBA?


It's supposed to be, but Speights has been quoted as saying, "The referees just aren't the same," and they have restrictions on how much the imported players can play during each game.


I suppose that's fair.  Who knows, maybe they'll get more similar as time goes by.


That could happen. Did you know the CBA season only lasts five months?


I did not know that.  Do they have drafts like the NBA does?


I don't know. That's a good question. I do know that with the shorter season, American players could easily join an NBA team for the end of their season. I wonder if that will become a trend.


Could be.  The NBA probably doesn't have rules against it.


Apparently they don't. But Speights says he's waiting until the end of the CBA season to consider it. He doesn't want to be distracted from his current team.


Hello, how are you doing today? What do you think of the Earth?


I am well!  I tend to like Earth.  I wish people would quit destroying it.


I have tried my best to not do so. We have so little left in the way of forests. Where did they all go? Can we get them back?


It would be up to you and me, the earth is on its way to being helium free.


I think that we need to grow trees that produce helium. Then we would have both forests and HeHe.


LOL.  Did you know there is a UN ambassador to ET life?


I have heard. I applied for the job, but they said it was already filled. I needed to speak ET in order to get the job.


I would have a hard time telling my friends and family what I did.. lol


I think that you would have a cover job to keep your position secret. "I make photocopies and serve coffee. Nothing to do with aliens at all!"


I think that the job would not pay very well either. But you might get to meet some interesting people. Like Men in Black. Lots of weird ETs.


That would be a possibility. Id definitely want the flashy thing then.


The weapons would be cool. You would be sworn to secrecy until the UN decided you needed to be on TV. I think it is a job for life.


Do you know how long a day was on earth when it first formed?


The earth was just starting its job so it probably wasn't very good at it. Maybe 2 hours? 3?


LOL  5.5 hours.  I wonder that slowed it down so much, maybe all the stupid people on the planet...


I guess in the future it will get even slower. I figure the work day will soon be 20 hours. Then we'll all be screwed.


Definitely.  Maybe we need to get kidnapped by those aliens and taken to other intelligent life, there is not much left here.


I would like to get the aliens to make the day shorter.Anyway, great chat!


I am a new fan of baseball. I have a lot to learn. I did hear that a player was suspended for not cutting his hair once,lol


Interesting, did you just start playing or watching?


I just started watching it a tiny bit. I heard that Bill O'reilly invented a fake press box to get to watch games in college.


Interesting, that's pretty funny though.


yeah, I've played for years too. It's a fun game. Did you know they suspended Mattingly because he refused to get a haircut?


Oh nice. I didnt know that he was the player, wow. What a wild story. I dont know how that would go over now days.


Yeah, it didn't go over so well then either. To be honest I remember that and thought it was weird.


yeah, lol. I heard that the baseball managers wear the uniform because they are able to play the game at any point, right?


Yeah, that is true. Sometimes they go out on the field and yell at the Umpires too!


What a wild rule. That would not work for football. I read a story about a man who found millions of dollars in baseball card in his grandfather's attic. I want to start cleaning now.


No it wouldn't work. Yeah, they can be worth a lot nowadays. To be honest I used to collect cards myself.


Oh neat hobby! It could pay off big someday. I heard that Japan is big time ino baseball. I guess they are surprised that its our pastime.


Yeah, they love it over there. You would figure that they know it is a big thing here too.


HA, I would like to listen to the games on the radio. I often listen to old radio broadcasts now.  A website offers thousands of free ones.


That is pretty cool, do you know what radio station it is?


Not sure the name of it. I will need to look it up, its one of those things I just have set on the dial. I like the classical latin channel too.


I don't think I would be interested in listening to that channel to be perfectly honest. It does not sound super entertaining!


Yeah, it is one of the ways I add a little cultural to my day. I cant understand it. Since 1989 a Finnish radio station has been broadcasting it. It is entirely in Latin.


It sounds terrible, I don't think I could listen. Nice chatting with you.


What do you like to do for entertainment


I sometimes play Nintendo.  My original NES was cool but it only displayed 54 colors.


That is interesting, I wonder what the new consoles display for colors.


I don't know, probably more than 256.  I guess the original NES was retired in Japan in 2003.


That made such a long run, I loved playing nintendo, did you have a favorite game?


Not really... I liked sports games like basketball.  Did you know that in 39 of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a football or basketball coach?


I believe that, our states are crazy about college sports. Did you know the creator of basketball was the most losing coach in Kansas history


Sadly yes.  Basketball is popular enough for the Supreme Court to have a court on their roof.  I can just see Ginsberg dunking one.


Ha and making the and 1! I think there is a name for that court if I remember right, highest court in the land i think


Ha.  They may be at their best on the court on the roof.  Funny, Ronald Reagan was once snubbed for a part playing a president.


I heard that before, I think they didnt think he had that presidential look lol, boy they were wrong!


Joke's on them... Did you know YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the net?


I never knew that. I am sure Google is the first. Did you get into the gangnam style trend?


Nope.  Nor did I get into Justin Bieber's song "Baby". I guess it must be bad, it's the most disliked song on YouTube.


Gangnam style almost broke youtube I heard. Baby was really bad, I think I disliked it on youtube ha


Ha. I've never heard it.  Netflix and YouTube combined make up half the peak internet traffic in N. America.  Hogs!


That is crazy, I am part of that mostly. Like right now lol.


Yeah.  Police have their own YouTube called BluTube.  I wouldn't want to show up on it.


Lol me too, that sounds fun to watch some training videos though. It was so nice chatting with you!


Did you know Bill Nye got his start by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest? I don't see the match there.


I don't either, maybe a very young bill nye. I will google it. Have a great weekend!


Hi there. Hope you've had a good day. Do you like to play tennis? I tried it several times but I ended up running all around the court and not making much contact with the racket!


I was never good at it, but I liked playing Top Spin on Playstation.


I've not heard of that but I guess it's a tennis game? Now that you mention it, I wasn't too bad at tennis on the Wii! I guess we owe our love of polo shirts since they were invented for tennis by Lacoste.


Yeah its a tennis game. I never tried Wii Tennis though. I do like my polo shirts, I'm actually wearing one now. It's funny that a tennis player was who they were invented for and they were later on adopted by polo players.


We wear them too. I guess they would have needed to change those polos numerous times for the longest match ever! Can't imagine playing 11 hours over 3 days time!


That's a lot of tennis. Just watching for 30 mins makes me tired with all the running and grunting, but jeeze 11 hours. That's got to be exhausting!


Some interesting tennis trivia occurred in the late 1960's. An African American won the 1st US Open title and it hasn't been won by a black man since. I'm surprised by that.


I am too. I guess you don't see too many black men in tennis. I know the Williams sisters have represented the African-American women well though.


That's true. The guys need to step up!  A funny thing that happened in the late 1960's was that they used a helicopter to dry the grass before they could play the US open in 1969!


That's one way to do it, I guess. I heard that US Open quarter-finalist Gael Monfils beat the "Roger Federer of Paddle Tennis" after learning how to play just days earlier.


Wow, how could that happen? So do you still play video tennis games? Did you ever play on the original Nintendo? It's crazy that it only had 54 color display. Entertainment has come a long way!


I haven't played it in a long time. I used to love playing my Nintendo. It's crazy how far we've come in such a long time. I actually bought one of the last NES systems in 2003 when I was stationed in Japan. I wish I would have held on to it.


Oh wow! That would be something since they stopped selling them in Japan that year. Did you ever watch Bill Nye The Science Guy for entertainment? My kids loved that show.


I loved watching that show. I heard that he got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest. I'm going to have to look that up later.


That's funny because I don't really see the resemblance! Maybe earlier in their career? People do change, like Ronald Reagan who was turned down for a role because he didn't look presidential enough. I bet that casting person felt pretty foolish once he became President!


I looked it up and there was some resemblance when they were both younger, so I can kind of see it. I wonder if losing that role made Reagan want to become president even more?


Maybe but I'm sure there isn't any actual cross-over between the pretend and the real. Jim Carrey is an actor that also changed over time. He won't act in dramas now because he believes in only projecting positivity. Interesting choice.


I never really liked Jim Carrey in drams. His comedies were always good to me.


I definitely saw more of his comedies. I guess that's better motivation than Michael Caine who became an actor just to meet the prettiest girls in his high school drama club. Hopefully he's matured since then!


Maybe he has too. Speaking of high school Joe Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper. I wonder if kids in the class ever thought they would have Erin from the Office and Don Draper from Mad Men in their class?


No probably not! That's would not be something they could imagine. And what about the people that knew Hugh Laurie as a kid. Can you imagine knowing that he would eventually make $700,000!


Yes for sure! I guess that's entertainment in our modern world!


I agree it is. Well I have to get going. I hope you have a great rest of your day!


Hello - I follow college basketball but not the NBA. What about you?


I enjoy both; I really like watching basketball live and in person.


Did you know the supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor?


I had hear that, I love the name they gave to the 'high court'.


LOL yes that's a good name. I saw the New Zealand basketball team name is called the Tall Blacks.


Don't they have a Rugby team named All Blacks?


Not sure on that one. I don't really know much about Rugby.


Many coaches are among the top paid employees in their respective states


That's pretty amazing. There's only one coach with a losing record in Kansas's history.


I'm not too sure on that one. Did you know that Nintendo can be displayed in 54 colors?


No I did not. I usually watch streaming gameplay of Nintendo players on YouTube.


I saw that Nintendo was discontinued in Japan in 2003.


Really, I guess that makes sense if the Playstation is made there and much more popular.


Yep definitely. I saw that Ceasar bred chickens not for food, but for entertainment.


What kind of entertainment can a chicken provide?


That is terrible. I could see it happening though back in those days.


Yep I could see that happening as well. Did you know YouTube is the second largest search engine on the internet?


Do you know who won the Djokovic and Nadal match at Wimbledon in 2018?


I recently read that it was a very close and exciting match, but I don't know who won.


I heard the Djokovic won.     The other match was the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history.


I also heard that Djokovic and Nadal both were accomplished players having 29 grand slams and five wimbledon championships between them.


Yes, both are quite accomplished.     I like tennis, but don't know much about it.   What is the name of that thing they hit the ball with?


Do you mean the racket? I agree that I am not too familiar with tennis, but I heard that the match between Djokovic and Nadal took place on a grass court, which is a whole new level of difficulty for most players.


Yes, that is it.   I heard that Grass courts accentuate big serves.


Furthermore, grass courts makes breaking serves that much more difficult.


Is a tennis ball solid?    I know the outside is felt.


If I remember correctly, the tennis ball is a hollow rubber ball covered with felt. Did you know that before 1978, a tennis player could use any object as a racket? For instance you could use a book, stick, or even a ladle if you had the skill.


That is crazy!     Then again, any sport which resorts to using a helicopter to dry the surface must be!


Well every sport have their fair share of bizarre facts. Did you also know that grunting before hitting the tennis ball is considered by some to be cheating and that the longest rally was 643 consecutive shots.


Nope, but I do know that the longest match ever topped eleven hours!


Eleven hours!? That is almost half a day. I'm amazed they had the stamina to play for so long. That is respectable in its own right.


Well, that time was spread over 3 days.     At Wimbledon in particular they have a curfew so have to split long matches up.


Oh okay. That is still impressive, but I was imagining all in one day.


That would be amazing.    So what other types of entertainment do you enjoy?


I enjoy entertainment like blizzard games or dramas.


Cool.    Drama goes back to the ancient greeks and Aristotle's Poetics.


Drama is interesting because you can divide them either into comedy and tragedy. Sometimes drama gets a negative reputation for being depressing, but it is the very same negativity that enable depth in a story.


I agree.   Well, nice chatting, and remember to be like Michael Caine:    Go for the prettiest girls who are all in drama!


Same. Have a wonderful day and know that entertainment that gives pleasure and delight is wonderful.


Neither do you like the Yankees? I used to watch them all the time


I do not like them. I am a cubs fan. Baseball starts this week. Do you like baseball?


I watch baseball sometimes. I like the Yankees because they win. But I do live in Detroit so I also watch the Tigers even though they're not good haha


I thought you all were going to with the world series a few years back. You had such a great team.


Yep it's always a struggle haha. Did yujiro back in 1973 to Yankee Swap their families? What was that about


I have no clue but that is weird! I wonder where the locst yankee player is!


I know. They need to make a movie about that! Do you know who Bill O'Reilly is? Apparently he made up a fake press pass to get in to see the Yankees back in the day


I do know who he is. I had no idea he was a baseball fan. Don Mattingly was suspended for long hair?


That's funny! Do you know Bobby Richardson? He's the only person to win a World Series even though he lost the Series somehow


Wow! That's crazy. A married couple made the MLB schedule for 24 years!


That is crazy! Also crazy the man found millions of dollars of baseball cards in his attic. What a lucky guy!


$3M!!! Kickball is called soccer-baseball in canada. That's cute.


Haha the name is cute but also dumb lol. Have you ever seen a baseball manager takes to the field and play? Apparently that's possible


Not in modern baseball. Can you imagine Sparky Anderson or Jim Leyland take a few hacks up there?


Dope I don't think they would do very well LOL. Did you know that baseball is huge in Japan? I hear the crowds get really wild


Yeah. It is a party. They also have a different baseball culture. Have you ever heard a game on the radio?


I have. The announcer gets really into it haha. What I have not heard is a Jupiter radio storm on the radio. I should check that out


I wonder if they have to play 40% jupiter music like Canada has to?


Haha that's a good question! I would rather listen to Jupiter radio than classical Latin though. They have a station that plays that in Finland


Is latin language popular in Finland? Can they understand that?


I have no idea! Of all the places in the world to have a Latin radio station I have no idea why it would be Finland LOL. And that started back in 1989 and is still going


Did you ever play the NES? It only had 54 colors! Video games have come so far!


I had Atari when I was really young. And yeah, games look like films now


The NES was around in 2003. I didn't know it had such a long lifespan.


I didn't either, but I do recall hearing about it into the 21st century


Do you watch TV? I was surprised that Hugh Laurie gets paid so much!


I'm not. Hit shows are shown around the world and make the producers and networks a huge amount of money. They better pay the talent.


Only if I was successful, and that's rare. What about you?


Maybe if it gave me the chance to meet people. That's why Michael Caine joined drama in high school.


Well, in high school I think a lot of guys do that.


I'm not sure that I understand Jim Carrey's thinking about not doing dramas. Dramas can have a positive message too.


True. But I think Carrey means that at some point the conflict is negative? It's a weird point.


Conflict is ubiquitous. Everyone experiences it. I think people want good stories, and conflict drives stories forward.


You can't have dram or actually comedy without it. Jim Carrey has a new comedy show, but it's not like there's no conflict in it.


Not really, but I'm familiar with many of the athletes. This fact was surprising though The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.


I wonder who was playing. They must have lost about 15 pounds.


I wonder if they wore polo shirts for the match.


Ha. Only if it was a long time ago, I would guess.


I thought it was a bit extreme to use a helicopter to dry the grass at the US Open in 1969.


Yeah, but they didn't tell us how wet it was. I live near where they hold the US Open and it can be swampy around there.


I thought they would have portable dryers or something. I guess helicopters are fastest.


It sounds like it was just too wet for the normal drying methods.


That's likely. Well, I had fun chatting.


Hello, The internet sure has changed things and how many people behave.I remember when I was a teen we were out doing things and socializing in person. Now so many teens rather stay in and use social media.


And it's doubled in the past few years. 45% is a lot of the population constantly online through their phones


Wow, that is a lot. While I feel the internet and cell phones are great tools, I do feel that they are completely overused by so many people both young and old. Children and teens killing themselves over something that happened on social media is a problem that needs to be addressed.


95% of teenagers have access to a smartphone, so it's definitely a problem. I was in college before I had one. It's horrible that it's causing an increase in violence among teens. It's harming their relationships


It is a sad turn of events. When I graduated high school we did not have cell phones, a few years later those really big ones were out. "The Brick" LOL It is  affecting all people across all economic values.


At least some of them recognize that social media is a fake imagine of someone's life. A 15 year old girl even acknowledged that


That is great. It does surprise me how many teens and children become so  "addicted" to the internet. There is so much out there for them to be doing and learning about. Life is too short. . Wow I was just reading that a library has saved a copy of the internet. That is really hard to believe.


That must have a lot of data, especially since there are more automated software programs on the internet than there are humans


I agree with you there. Did you ever hear that in 1936 some russians made a computer that ran on water? I am not sure I understand how that would have worked.


That's incredible! I also think it's incredible that a woman named Ada Lovelace was the first to write a computer algorithm


That is amazing as well. Did you know that smoking near apple computers voids the warranty because it is considered a biohazard?


That makes sense though. In 1968, Bell distributed a cardboard computer to high school students to teach them how it works, but computers have changed drastically since then


Oh yes so much has changed since then. Once the technology was there things just exploded. Now what is new today will be outdated in not too long.


I hope they didn't dismantle what the lego brick enclosure that housed the first Google computer though


Hopefully not. Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook in 2005 for $75 million.


That's definitely their loss, though I wonder how much MySpace would have influenced divorce like Facebook has. In 2011, a third of divorce filings contained the word Facebook


That is truly amazing. I never knew that. Facebook sure became very big after first being offered at a university.


It took it a few years after being open to 13 year olds in 2006, but by 2012, it was worth $104 billion


That is a success for Mark Zuckerberg. I read that the like button on facebook is illegal in Germany!


Maybe they're trying to deter their adults from using it as a news source like 30% of Americans do


Maybe so.  It has been nice chatting with you.


I am good, yourself? I hope they find the missing Chinese tourist. She is too young to have been on her own and I am sorry that she got kidnapped


I'm good, thanks for asking.  I hope they find her too.  So much bad stuff in the news all the time, it seems like.


I guess good news doesn't sell. Someone should be watching over young girls at all times. It is very unsafe for them.


I agree, little boys too.  They are some sickos out there, always on the prowl.  On a different note, do you own a car?


I do not have a car. I use public transportation and do not have to shovel snow anymore.


Lol, I hear you on that.  Cars have come a long way since Karl Benz invented it in 1886, though.


I would probably buy another one if it was not so expensive now. When I was younger cars, insurance and gas were cheaper.


That is true.  You probably know why trunks are called trunks, then?


I think I have seen that type of trunk at a car show. I like a trunk that you can open from inside the car. And heated seats.


Heated seats are nice.  Trunks got their name because old cars used to have wooden trunks on their backs.


Better than no trunk at all, I guess. Did you know that the Dodo was actually a pigeon relative? I have seen pictures of Dodos. They are strange looking.


No, I didn't know that.  I just knew they were extinct.


have seen real pictures of the last Dodos. Too bad they went extinct. Many species are going extinct because of human activity.


That's so true.  I was shocked to learn that most birds have bones that are so hollow the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers.


That is so they can fly using less energy. Hummingbirds steal spider webs to use n their nests. I hope they leave the spider behind!


Hopefully, they do.  I read somewhere that there are wild birds in Australia that can mimic various sounds, like car alarms and chainsaws.


You know, I saw that on a nature show. I think they are a member of the Raven family. They sounded exactly like what they were imitating. One was making a sound like a camera clicking. Unbelievable.


That is unbelievable!  I saw on a nature show that some birds fly from Alaska to Northern mexico without sleeping when they migrate.


That must be exhausting! I know hummingbirds go from New England to Mexico. Poor little things.


That must be exhausting!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I hope you have a very good day, friend.


Don't you think Amber Alerts perform a very valuable service in the country?


I think they do, but they can vastly be improved. Having said that I believe it has saved a few lives. I think it recently saved a 12 year old girl visiting from China if I am not mistaken.


I heard about that case. It's amazing that they were able to find and rescue the girl.


Yeah, its amazing how tourists are prime targets no matter where in the world you go. She was part of a tour group and got snatched by a woman.


It's probably because they figure tourists, especially ones here on limited visas, will have a harder time staying in the country or navigating the legal processes. It's horrible that they target innocent people like that.


Yeah, there is always some evil person out there. That reminds me of that Maryland shooting at a liquor store. The victim was only 25 years old.