I remember watching that at a sleepover when it first came out when I was younger.  It was pretty good.


I enjoyed the TV series too. I am not one to usually embrace remakes of original movies, but the TV series added much to the story and characters to make it interesting. One TV series that did NOT go well as a remake was the UK remake of That 70s Show. It was canned after 10 episodes. Epic fail!


Wow, that is an epic fail, I didn't know about that one.


Some TV shows just go on forever and will never be remade, like Pokemon, that aired over 750 episodes over 16 years. That would be too many episodes to remake!


That is crazy there are that many episodes of one show.


Even Thomas the Tank Engine has over 150 episodes, although they did switch narrators a few times.  Ringo Star, George Carlin, and even Alec Baldwin each filmed over 50 episodes ...


I think that is so cool they each did narration for that show.  And it sounds like it wasn't just one or two episodes.


Yeah I sure do, I grew up watching them.  I don't care for episodes past season 10 though.  How about you?


I watched on and off for years. Did you know that of all those episodes, in only one did Bart neither appear nor is mentioned?


No I didn't know that, but I don't think I have ever seen that one, so most likely in the later seasons.


Simpsons have been successful for many years. Disney has put out a lot of successful films too over the years, but also a few major flopos. Did you know that Disney considered closing down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty was such a box office bomb?  Now, everyone seeems to have seen that movie at one time or another.


That is pretty crazy, think about what if they had closed down?   There are so many movies that never would have been made.


Exactly!  Did you ever see the film, Treasure Planet?


No I didn't, it sounds like a pretty strange movie though.  Have you seen it?


No. Based on the box office numbers, it doesn't sound like many people did watch it. If only they had Tom Hanks in it...


Yeah Tom Hanks is one of my favorites. What is your favorite Tom Hanks movie?


With over $8 billion in film earnings, Hanks has done so many great films  A couple memorable ones: Castaway and Forest Gump.  Nice chatting with you!


How's it going, did you know on a rotary phone 212 is the fastest area code to dial?


Hello, no I didn't. I wonder if Hedy Lamarr had anything to do with that, she helped invent wifi.


I never knew that, maybe that's a reason women are more likely to own an iphone than men


She also helped invent the cellphone, along with gps.


That's pretty cool. Did you know Microsoft held a mock funeral for the iphone when it launched it's first phones? That was a huge blunder on their part


Seriously? That is hilarious. A 17 year old was the first to unlock an iphone. He sold it for a car and three other phones. Smart kid.


That's pretty cool, Matt Bellamy recorded his son's heartbeat with an iphone and even put it in a song


That is so sweet. The London Symphony Orchestra records ringtones for a luxury phone maker. I cannot even imagine who that would be.


Maybe they were used in the first live Iphone presentation, it's pretty funny Jobs had to use 2 phones due to the potential for the iphone to run out of ram


I didn't know the bars of service doesn't have an effect on the connection quality, I always thought it did


I always figured that too, I figured the closer you are to the ocean cable carrying phone and internet data the more bars you'd have


That makes sense. I wonder if dolphins can hear what is being transmitted by those cables, since they seem to know whom they are talking to when they use a phone


Lol I never knew that, maybe dolphins can help humans separate 2 phonebooks with overlapping pages


I really dont think there is anything they can't do, not if they set their mind too it. I wonder if they play "send me to heaven" with phones they find in the ocean?


I don't know, it is kinda scary an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent


It truly is. Oddly, J.P. Morgan bailed out the government in 1895.


I never knew that, maybe the government should of gave him the 86% of the land they own in Nevada as a thank you


Isn't that insane how much land they own? Yet, we stil have these shut downs, 3 in 1977 alone.


It's a shame how incompetent the government is, Wikileaks was able to leak their plans on destroying Wikileaks


At least we haven't gotten around to Chinese level censorship yet. They actually censor the word "censorship"


Wikileaks leaking plans to destroy Wikileaks and China censoring "Censorship", to much meta for me lol


I think it's crazy that the government publishes the names of those who renounce their citizenship. Too much of that going on.


Yea, governments shoul do nice things like donating 1 billion to save the rainforest like Norway did


That would be lovely if they would do that. It's getting late, and I have to work in the morning. Thanks for chatting with me.


I'm a huge YouTube fan!  Love it!  I watch a lot business and entrepreneur videos on there.  Do you like it?


Me too, I love You Tube and watch it in some capacity every day, actually. It didn't even come out until February 2005 but I cannot live without it. You Tube allows us to view, upload, share, rate, add to my favorites, report, and comment on videos and subscribe to other users as well


Yes.  I think I watch it more than I watch regular tv now.  It's also the 2nd largest search engine on the internet.


Wow, it also offers a wide variety of user-generatred and corporate media video with available content including TV show clips, video clips, documentary films, music videos to just name a few.


Neat.  Along with Netflix, Youtube makes up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  That shows a lot of people like to watch video.  lol


Yes, that's the truth. Adding to the list of content is educational videos, live streams, movie trailers, audio recordings, and even video blogging. A lot of these technologies have evolved via You Tube since 2005.


Google paid 1.65 billion for youtube in 2006.  Holy smokes!  That's a lot of cashola.


It certainly is. Add to that fact, most of the content on You Tube is uploaded by individuals, the BBC, Hulu, and Vevo. And if you register on You Tube you have more options than unregistered users.


True.  The most disliked youtube video is Justin Bieber's "Baby".  I think that's more of a cultural backlash of people who weren't fans of his rather than people truly not liking the video.


I agree with that. Another interesting fact is that the police actually have their own youtube called bluetube, where they share law enforcement videos.


That has a nice ring to it.  I didn't know that.  Psy's Gangnam style got so many views that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Wow, a 64 bit integer, that's a really big number. I just found out that Netflix coupled with YouTube together make up over half of the peak internet traffic in North America.


That's a lot of bandwidth!  Did you know that McDonalds didn't have drive-thru's until 1975?


Yes, I've heard that McDonalds added those drive-thrus to accomodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out their cars while still wearing their fatigues.


That makes sense.  Cars use to carry wooden trunks on the back of them and that's how the word trunk came about for the back of a car.


I thought that was a very interesting fact, too.  Plus the car brand Cadillac was named after the french explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who actually founded Detroit.


That's neat!  I always wondered where the name came from.  Do you like horses?


Yes, I love horses. Did you know that humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BC.  And that there's an extensive specialize vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts?


I did not know that!  Clint Eastwood had a mid-life allergy to horses.  Interesting since he had been on horses in a lot of his movies.


Yes, very interesting. Well nice chatting with you, it's been a pleasure.


I do I think he is a great player, its amazing how much money he makes


that is for sure, he is the only one to make more than judge judy


He does, he even rejected a $10 million offer from Reebook when he was 18


yeah but I guess he know he was going to become big and later got way more than that from nike


Yeah 9 times more, a $90 million contract, its a good thing he had confidence in himself I would have taken the money lol


yeah good for him for sure. and then his involvement with charities. the guy raised six million


I think thats a great thing to do, did you ever watch the Space Jam movies?


I did and apparently LeBron is going to be in the sequel


Yeah he signed a deal with Warner Bros, I will sure watch that movies, I love the franchise, the first one with Jordan was great.


yeah I will be waiting to watch it too. do you know reggie miller?


Yeah I do, he is a graet player, he scored a career high of 40 points and I also think he is in the hall of fame.


yeah he is but as good as he is his sister was always better than him


She was? what is her career high or some of her achievments


well once she socred 105 points and broke 8 national records


Wow that sure is impressive, 8 national records, that is a lot of talent right there, its suprising how much players win from endorcements


yeah I know. Talk about Allen Iverson being set for life pretty much


Yeah, $800000 a year sounds nice and then he will get 32 million, that sounds like a sweet deal to me


Yup it sure, does, he is taken care of for sure. nice chat


hi how are you? do you like horror films?


I personally do not enjoy horror films but my friends do. What about you?


I am not a big fan, but there are a few that i enjoy


Did you know that you can burn up to 180 calories for just watching a horror film?


I wonder how often that happens. maybe the first time you see it? i like shining, omen, and exorcist.


Ah well, the only one I have watched in that list is shining. I think that watching horror films is a lazy way to lose calories!


yes, it is. it is better to get out an exercise. maybe watch a horror movie at the same time?


Yeah, just throw one of those bikes in front  of your TV and watch the horror film at the same time! Simple.


exactly. pretend you need to ride away from the horror. LOL So, do you like the internet? or is it the bane of your existence?


I like the internet. Did you know that everyone in finland has the right to have internet connection?


That is great! i figure that information can only help people. education, jobs, news.


And there is 3g of cell service at the top of mount Everest. I guess you could instantly upload a picture of yourself up there.


That would be a frivolous use of the internet, but totally typical. LOL


Did you know that looking up yourself is called "ego surfing"?


Hm. i have not done that except to see what personal information might be stored on some sites.


Well, you can search up yourself and you can probably find your Facebook account or something.


I dont have an fb account. i dont like the privacy issues. do you have one?


I do but I do not use it a lot. I prefer using instagram.


I dont use instagram either. i dont really like social media. i find it a waste of time. but i am old. Anyway, great chat!


lol Yeah I guess mission accomplished on their part!  Did you know stephen kings first horror movie was Bambi?  (in his opinion Bambi was a horror film )lol


Yeah!  lol It was more sad than scary for me.


Oh I thought you meant that Steven King wrote Bambi.  I see what you mean now.


Oh lol oops,  I guess I didn't explain that correctly lol no Bambi is a Disney movie lol


Well yes.  Walt Disney was a nut too, come to think of it.


Did you know you can burn 180 calories watching horror films?


Well yes, I just read that in the box next to this.


Cool!  Isn't weird how some child actors or actresses don't even know what kind of movie they are in.  Like The boy from the Shinning never knew it was a scary movie.


I've never seen it.  I would probably poop myself.


It is a pretty scary movie.  Did you know some of the zombie sounds eating humans in Walking Dead are just made by a man eating friend chicken.


I never understood why people like horror movies.   I don't like them one bit.


Maybe they like feeling the thrills and chills.


I suppose it must be something like that.  Well, to each his own I guess.  Did you read the part in the third section about helium?


Yes, but sometimes we do not get the same stuff.


It's a strange assortment of information this time


Its so weird how the earth has changed,  when it was first formed each day would only be about 5 hours long!  That is so short!


Well, keep in mind that was several billion years ago.


Hi, I'm doing great. Have you seen anything cool on TV lately?


I am watching the Daytona 500. Does that count?


Awesome! I didn't know it was on. What lap are they on?


I think they are on like 100? It's on my second monitor so I am not paying that much attention to it. I do know the guys in front are second tier drivers. Never heard of them. But I also do not follow nascar that much.


All I know about Nascar is what my mother tells me when I see her, since she's a big fan of it. I don't watch much TV, personally.


I usually only watch live sports and the occassional movie. I find that I can work with sports on in the background and still keep focus on what I need to do. There's 62 laps left so 138...


It's good to be able to multitask and still maintain focus. I'm pretty bad at that - I can't watch something and work at the same time. I get distracted by the cinematography and the excitement.


That's why it's sports and not something by stanley kubrick!


Very true! The motion of fast cars or fast athletes is still distracting, even though it's not as flashy as a movie with lights and CGI.


Speaking of cinematography, roger deakins has been nominated 13 times for the oscar and never won! Cough***Susan Luchy***Cough


That would be so aggravating to always be so close but never quite get the win. Who's Susan Luchy?


What? You don't know who she is? You have to be under 35... Am I right? She was nominate for soap operas for like 20 straight years and never won.


Just over a decade under 35, haha. I've never heard of her before. I have a lot to learn!


HAHAHA. That's ok. I don't watch soap operas and it was always news when she didn't win. She eventually won and it took all the joy out of it.


That reminds me of Leonardo DiCaprio repeatedly being nominated for an Oscar and never winning until just a few years ago. It ruined all the jokes!


I know! Stupid academy ruined all the jokes. Think about the jokes once in a while! I don't even like awards shows so I am not sure how I know about that stuf..


I almost never watch award shows. I just get corrupted by all the jokes I see on the internet about them afterwards.


Nice. I feel so old watching the music ones. I have no idea who any of those acts are. So different from when I was growing up.


I even feel old watching those. I know a few of the big names, but most of the time I sit around wondering if I've ever heard anything from them, or if I'm no longer "cool," haha.


It's a crossroads! I look at my mortality whenever the VMAs come on. Who the hell are these people?


Funny enough, I feel the same way when I look at Nascar drivers now as compared to when I used to sit and watch them with my mom when I was six. If they look old now, what does that mean about me?


Good morning? You have any favorite types of music?  I know I should like Jazz, such a history. Want to get the real thing in New Orleans, might be different.


yes i like jazz , thats one thing i have in common with my favorite actor which is Clint Eastwood


Is there a particular period you like?  I guess I am more the smoother type.  I like melody and the calming sounds of the 1940's.


Yes I love love the Jazz-rock fusion era, it wit first aperared in the 1960s


I am not familiar with that. I just love music in general, I may have to look into that! Music , instruments, and lyrics are like poetry to me.  Some songs can make you feel so deeply..like Edgar Allan Poe. "The Raven" haunts me. He mad nexxt to nothing with it too.


Yea i know I think he only made like 9 dollars on that poem what a bummer.


My guess is it was a lot more money back then. Obviously poetry is important to many. The whole "Lord of the Rings" series had Hobbit character names taken from an Icelandic poem.


I remeber hearing about that , I think the name of the poem was dvergatal, or something like that.


I believe you are right. History is so important, a lot to teach us. Interesting that poetry can be traced back to prehistoric times and then Jazz back to the early 1800's.


yes and jazz and poetry can be transmitted into thousands of people through the use of radio waves because they can carry that information.


Technology has taken us so far.  Can you imagine having been in a foxhole and using a pencil, razorblade and diode for a radio?


I can but my great grandfather that was in world war 2 could he use to tell us stories of soldiers who did that exact thing when I was a kid.


Thank your Grandfather for his service for me ( if he is still around). I wonder if they were able to make radios that could pick up the sound of the storms on Jupiter?


I wonder how you can pick up sounds from jupiter I guess you would have to intercept the electromagnetic waves are something like that.


At least when we listen to the radio we aren't required to listen to certain things.  Would hate to have the Canadian law that 40% played has ot be from Canada itself.


If I did I think I would rip the transmitter out of the radio so I wouldn't have to listen to it no more.


You prefer to hear it live?  I guess they had an all access pass in DC for concerts.  A lot of famous Jazz started there.


Yea but jazz comes from all over the world it also has roots that stretch as far as West Africa.


Oh I was just thinking if you were in the area of DC there was a lot going on there that might be interesting.  Classical music, Jazz concerts, movies..even different types of beers and pairings.


Me and my wife were thinking about going to Freer Film Friday on Friday but were still debating on it.


I am jealous! I would love to see "Becoming Dr Ruth". The life she led is fascinating. Nazi Germany and training in Jerusalem? Never thought of her as a sniper!


Are you talking about the famous sex therapist, I would love to see that also so she is so funny.


Good morning, do you listen to the radio?


Hello there, I do listen to the radio, mostly when I am driving to and from work.  How about you?


I listen to satellite radio in the car, not so much the regular AM/FM anymore.


I have gone on a few road trips in cars where they had satellite radio, it is very cool, so many stations to choose from.


Yes it seems like they have a station for every type of music you could possibly want. I like the variety because you get tired of hearing the same songs over and over.


Yeah the variety is really good.  Did you know that in Canada, all music played over the radio has to be at least 40% Canadian bands and acts?


That's a great rule to help support local artists. I wonder who gets the job to monitor that?


I agree!  I don't know how much the Canadian public likes it, but it is really good for all those local bands.


I'm sure it's not even that noticeable because you don't really think of the nationality of the artists when you're listening to a song. There's a station in Finland that airs a weekly Latin news program.


That is true, I think a lot of the music I listen to doesn't come from the US.  And really thats pretty cool!


It's important to expose yourself to different cultures and music is an easy and fun way to do that. I know that I've enjoyed listening to a lot of acts from different parts of the world.


Very true again.  Do you know what soldiers used to call the small radios they would make during WWII?


No, it is really amazing at how a radio can be made out of the smallest and craziest items.


Yeah it sure is, I guess they were called, 'foxhole' radios if I'm correct.


They were made with bits of pencil and razors, it's very impressive that they made them in a way that they were functional.


Yeah it really was.  What is also impressive is the radio storms on the planet Jupiter.


I would love to hear what those sound like on the radio. I wonder if they sound similar to static?


I agree, I wonder if there is a site you have to go, or if there is a certain frequency you can tune in to hear that.


That's something I definitely intend to research. Do you listen to podcasts?


I have not gotten into podcasts yet, but would like to. Do you have any suggestions where to begin?


I listen to a few true crime podcasts and few interview based ones. I would recommend Stuff They Didn't Teach You and 99% Invisible. It was fun talking with you, have a great day!


I think it's important to have our gun rights and to do what we can to help to lower the crime.


i think has to be more strict , theres a lot the surgeons hasve to do to fix wounds made by guns


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


i know , i mean i would try to hide to my boy what was exactly going on to protect him , and what about burning a lot of calories by watching horror movies ? thats amazing


Haha, that is crazy.  The majority of creepy metallic noises in scifi or horror movies are made by an instrument called a waterphone.


i didnt know that if u watch horror movies beofre u view abstatrct art u wl enjoy the art more , ill do that next time


Stephen king was terrified as a child when he saw the movie bambi, calling it the first horror movie he saw.


is very interesting to read about the car history and many different trivia about it , for ecxample to know that macdonalds added the drive thru because of the soldiers who were not allowed to leave theur cars while wearing their fatigues


Very neat and patriotic. The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


i wasnt aware that in southafrica u can equip ur car with falme throwers to prevent car jacking


Country music legend george strait and the wealthiest man in the world jeff bezos are cousins.


country music is a mix of different sounds like celtic and irish with traditional english ballads


I enjoy country music.  Real country music like George Jones is my jam.


what about U2 disguising and play in texas 1987 as the dalton brothers


Haha, that's cool.  I don't know much about U2.


i love them ! i wasnt aware that there is only 2 african american men in the country music hal of fame


Yeah, me either.  Probably one of them is Charley Pride.


oh ok  ,well , it has been nice talking to u


Hello,  do you like music/?  if so,  what kind?


I od like music. I like all kids but lately ive been into 90s and 00s alt rock. Also country. I am not sure where the country came from but I am listening to it. What about you?


yeah I like all kinds of music,  I just listen to whatever sounds good.  Did you know The Dark side of the Moon was still best selling album of 2014?


Really? I love Pink Floyd so I know the greatness of that album but I also know the entire catelog is good


hmmm I dont know lol I actually never listen to that album,  only a few songs.


Save your time... Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


Hahaha thanks for the tip!  I do love Linkin Park!  They make good music.  Very sad what happened to Chester bennington.


Yeah, that was a huge bummer. I listen to that album working out all the time. It's great front to back.


Yeah great music.  Linkin Park did 324 shows in 2001.  That is a lot of concerts!


That's a lot of hotel stays. I bet they have a lot of Marriot points. Since artists make most of their money on shows, strike while the iron is hot!


yeah,  must be hard living out of suitcases for so long.  But the shows and partying was probably fun!


I can only imagine. Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label. So petty and I love it!


interesting. Did you know the Ramones did 2,263 shows !  Omg that is insane.


oh true, I didnt even think of that,  I just thought how tiring lol


I look at stuff like that little jaded, I guess. In croatia, there is an ancient roman amphitheatre that is still in use as a concert venue Kinda like red rocks...


Well if you think that is interesting... Bruce Lee was also a great dancer and he won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


I did know that,  and that is pretty cool!  Pro ballerinas go through 4 pairs of shoes a week!  I hope they get a frquent buyer discount lol


HA! I know how expensive sporting shoes are so I really hope they're cheap!


How are you? Been to any concerts lately? I went to one at a park but want to go to one at a sports stadium one day


I haven't been to a concert since Hanson, ha! I used to like Creed but I'm glad I never went to one of their concerts-a lawsuit was filed against them for a concert being so bad!


Lol, I'm surprised it was just one lawsuit filed against Creed for a bad concert


The Ramones must put on better concers. They have played over 2000 concerts, and have toured non stop for 20 years.


That's a lot, much more than linkin park playing 324 concerts in 2001


But that is crazy that that wasv only in one year, must have been exhausting!


Linkin park was very popular, hybrid theory is the best selling album of the century so far


Another popular album is Dark Side of teh Moon. It was released more than 40 years ago but was still a best selling album in 2014.


Yea, Pink Floyd was pretty popular, they played in the roman ampitheater with no crowd back in the day though


That is very eerie, but very cool. Speaking of ancient roman ampitheatres, there is one that is still used as a concert venue in Croatia.


That's pretty nice, I wonder if Lorde ever performed in an ampitheter, she did recently sell out the Anthem in Washington


Apparently a 6000 capacity venue is smaller than she is used to.


Apparently she and her dancers were pretty nervous during the concert


Seems like a pretty cool show. She used her own heartbeat as the dance rhythm in one song.


That's pretty neat, she also requested a drink from the audience, I'd do that to if I had to put on a concert


She also connected with the crowd by using humor.


Her melodrama tour and song are getting some good reviews, might have to catch some clips on youtube to see if it's good


I do not believe I have actually listened to her music. I like how her concert made her seem really human, emphasizing her joys, fears and mistakes.


I'm not a big Lorde fan myself either, I do listen to Tupac though who also did ballet in high school


That is interesting! I wonder if he did pointe? Ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week.


That's crazy, I wonder how many shoes Bruce Lee went through when he danced in Hong Kong


I never knew Bruce Lee liked to dance, but that makes sense. I want to see if there is any footage of him doing the Cha Cha!


I like some of them. DId you know KIng thinks Bambi is super scary?


I wonder why though , I guess the part where the mom is killed can be scary


I guess so but still. Did you know you burn more calories watching them?


Yes you burn 180 more calories, quite a bit


True. Also is a good idea to watch it before you go to an art gallery with abstract art


Yeah. Do you know how they make those creepy noises?


Yes they use an instrument called a waterphone


Yeah it sounds so creepy and adds to the scary effects


I sure do. DO you know when the drive thru was invented?


Yes that was by McDonalds way back in 1975


SOldiers were not allowed out of their cars in their fatigues


Yeah. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yeah. Do you know how cadillac got its name?


Yes after the founder of detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac. It was nice chatting with you


Yes and it is pretty fitting , the name. Same here.


I sure do. DO you know why the managers wear uniforms?


Yes because they can play if the team needs them to


Yeah. Do you know what kickball is called in Canada?


Yeah. DO you know why used to do the schedule for MLB?


Yes it was a couple who did it for 24 years


Yes and they scheduled 2430 games each year


THat is a lot of games, what a career for those two.


I love it. Did you know the Dutch are working on a bus that can go 160 mph?


I have not but I hear they have lots of tolled highways


Yes it will cost you $300 to travel around the country


Yeah. IN Mackinac island there are no motorized vehicles allowed


Yes that has been going on for 100 years now, they have horses though


I do and like to go when I can, and you?


Me too. Did you know LInkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


THat is amazing. The Ramones also toured for 20 years in a row


Hello. Have you ever been laid off or let go from your job? Not fun, but sometimes these kind of situations can have hidden blessings.


Hello! I have been laid off, it was not a fun time


Three times for me. All very different situations and never due to personal performance. It can make one feel like a loser, even if you had nothing to do with some high-level bureaucrat making an uninformed decision. Still hurts though.


ya, i totally get that feeling. How do you do most of your daily commuting? Personally I drive, but have been reading about how other countries do it lately


I work out of my home, so commuting is simple. I used to bike to work.By choice. I don't live on Mackinac Island, where motorized vehicles are banned. How do you get around?


I drive 95% of the time, but in the summer i tend to walk a bit more to close things around me. I was reading about going to Japan this summer and learned that all there highways are tolls, which is crazy to me. we have no toll roads here where I live


Nice. Ever take the bus? The Dutch are creating commuter buses that will go 160mph.


I haven't rode a bus other than a field trip with my kid in over 10 years, it's just not a common thing where i live. Iceland has no public transit system, they have to fly between major towns, could you image the bill?


EEK!  Planes are nice to travel the world, but not the neighborhood. I heard that the first king to travel the globe was King Kalakaua of Hawaii. I don't think he took a plane either.


That's crazy! Do you like music? I love concerts! Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


Now that would require a bit of traveling!  It reminds me of the Ramones, a group that played over 2000 concerts, but that was over the course of 20 years.


in 2002 at a creed concert four people filed a lawsuit because the concert was so bad, makes me want to know more


That kind of performance would drive away the crowds! You know, Pink Floyd  once recorded a live concert in an empty amphitheater?  I can't recall where that was. Do you?.


I think it was in Pompeii, I remember hearing about that from someone! Someday i want to go to Croatia and see the old ancient roman amphitheatre


Oh, nice. Would have to wear a toga? They say a concert is a live music performance, but in a place like that, there might be a few ghosts!


Did you know baseball managers wear uniforms because they can pay for the team if the need arises?


They would have to be pretty desparate to put one out on the mound, but who knows.... I heard that baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are shocked to find out that it is considered "America's game"


Canada? O wonder if they have soccer-baseball cards too. I once heard of a guy who founda stash of old baseball cards in his attic, and it turned out that they were old cards from the 1900 worth over three million dollars!  Makes me want to clean my attic!


Wow! we have a bunch in the garage i should look one day! baseball evolved from a game in england in the mid 18th century, that's crazy to think it's that old


Nice. Well, thanks for the chat. Cherrio!


Good afternoon. Do you like the movie avengers infinity war? I thought Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios did an incredible job.


That movie was fantastic. It was the first movie to be shot with digital IMAX cameras and I feel like I noticed a difference.


Yes I did too. Hope they make more movies like that in the future. The movie even caused an increase in shawarma sales. Very influential.


One of the actors who offered his voice to Jarvis in Iron Man and the Avengers has never seen the films. He is missing out!


Yes I agree with you. I wonder why you don't want to watch them? The waitress Capt. America saves in the avengers voiced Gretchen in recess. Did you ever watch that show?


I did but I can't seem to recall the character. I like that the original actor who played the Hulk, Lou Ferrigno continues to offer who voice to the character for decades.


Yes he was such a good Hulk actor. The 1970's seems so long ago especially for him I bet.


Marvel has the best characters. I think I like them better than DC. Sony could have purchased them all in 1998 for $25 million but they only wanted Spiderman for $10 million.


I'm surprised to think that they only thought people would want to see or care about Spiderman.


What a mistake that was. I find it fascinating that DC and Marvel co-own a character whose sole purpose is to keep the universes separate.


Yes I wonder if that character who is named Access will ever have a movie himself?


Probably too many license issues. Disney does not completely own the big marvel characters east of the Mississippi due to previous contract signed with Universal.


Oh that is kind of interesting. Have you heard about Blue ear? He was a superhero created to put the anxiety of a four-year-old boy at ease.


That is fantastic. I heard the boy did not want to wear his hearing aids because superheroes do not wear them, so they created a character for him. How wonderful.


Exactly and I think that is so wonderful too. Do you like watching television? I can't believe there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon.


Wow. That is a lot of episodes about 50 a year for 16 years straight. That is almost a new episode every week!


I bet Pokemon fans love that. Can you believe they made a UK version of that 70s show?


I guess the show was too Americanized because it only lasted for 10 episodes. And I really enjoyed the American version.


Yes me too. I think it would've been more successful if they didn't remake the show verbatim. I really had fun talking with you today.


You too. Keep enjoying tv and movies and be so excited for the next Superhero film.


good morning.  i think in the USA we take the process of voting in elections for granted.


hello, I agree, what do you think about Afghanistan's parliamentary election ?


holy smoke it sounds like a wild, scary situation.  it's a positive situation that they accomplished the mission and a lot of courage was shown by the voters.


yes it is... Kabul police said, a suicide bomber attempted to enter a polling station on the northern outskirts of the capital, then detonated his explosives when police tried to stop him, killing at least 10 civilian voters and five police officers, can you even imagine how people live like this?


when i try to imagine it i'm just thankful that by pure luck i don't have to go through such a mess in order to cast my vote.  amazing.


oh me too, it was awful... So there More than 8 million voters had registered to choose among about 2,500 candidates running for 249 seats in the lower house of parliament. The long list of hopefuls included 400 women, clean-cut young men in business suits and bearded older men in turbans...


i'm proud of all the people who made the effort.  it shows me that they value the process of voting.  they knew it would be risky but they took the chance and went out to vote.


yes definitely! And plus Many who managed to cast votes described scenes of frenzied confusion and disorganization, with ballot boxes missing and names recorded wrong, how can this even be possible...


incredible.  this is a whole new thing for them; a new process; but people showed great patience.  it was critical for them not to be deterred.  a real  learning experience for them.


The head of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan, Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed, said the monitoring group was pleased that people wanted to come out and vote despite the security threats, but we were disappointed to see the lack of preparation by the election commission staff and the threats by local power brokers in some provinces that influenced people to vote for them, what do you think?


i can't really blame the election commission staff.  this is a whole new thing for them and they knew that they were at risk.  if and when something like this happens again they will surely be better prepared.  amazing.


yes i guess i agree with you, and plus Many voters expressed strong enthusiasm for the election, which they described as a chance to bring fresh faces and new ideas to the political arena


and compare that with the U.S. where so many take the whole process for granted.  if we want to, we just go to the polls, vote, without any thought of risk or threats.  it really makes me think about all that we take for granted here.


Yes, I absolutely agree with you... it is frustrated. So Women voted at separate sites... can you imagine


women voting at separate site is another example of the difference between the USA and other countries that do things so differently.  but on a positive note, women DID vote.  even in our country it took way too long for them to get that right.


unfortunately yes, there was a lot of struggle for women's votes but right now it is good for our country.


it certainly is.  i think about history a lot.  i'm not an expert but i do find it very interesting how things have changed.  some change has been for the good; of course some not so good.


Yes but as for women's votes, the changes has been for good. Also one more thing to add, In Qarabagh, a town north of Kabul, voters blocked the highway in protest after election materials failed to arrive by midday.One joke circulating on social media suggested that more people would be deprived of voting in so-called safe areas than in regions under Taliban control, where the danger forced hundreds of polling stations to be shuttered in advance.


hopefully one day people in that area of the world will look back and say "wow we've come a long way since then."  very important to stay hopeful.


yes that's for sure. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Did you participate in the last elections?


i'll be honest with you.  i did not.  sad to say i have become very disillusioned with the political scene; it's a long story.  but that doesn't change the fact that i recognize voting as a crucial, valuable process.


I totally understand You. It was nice to chat to you about elections and voting.


Are you a Marvel Fan?  Avengers Infinity War is the first film ever shot entirely with digital imax cameras


Yes I am. its also being compared to a television season finale


The actor who played hulk in the 70's series has been voicing the character for decades up until and including every appearance in the mcu up to avengers: age of ultron 2015


game of thrones has a budget of $15 million an episode. thats insane


That sure is a lot of money!  In 1998 Marvel offered cinematic rights to almost all characters to sony for $25 million but sony rejected only getting rights to spiderman for 10 million


I bet they are kicking themselves now. lol. disney doesnt own the rights to show big marvel characters east of the mississippi, which makes sense because I live at disney and you dont see any of them


Disney is gaining in entertainment in a lot of other ways though.  They have added Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar to their list of acquisitions


I really thought they always owned pixar so that's interesting. marvel made a superhero who wears hearing aids for a boy who didnt think superheroes wore them


Wow that is really special!  Expanded universes are popular now.  Marvel tv shows are including Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.


I love agents of shield. They expand the smaller characters from the movies and also reference the big characters.


Do you enjoy "the Simpsons"? There is only one episode where bart neither appears nor is mentioned


Yes I did know that, I wonder why? That 70's show was remade in the UK but it was quickly cancelled


Gretchen from Recess was voiced by the same waitress that Captain America saved in Avengers


I never watched recess. Jarvis has never actually seen any of the avengers films. If I were an actor I'd want to see my work!


Especially those movies!  Avengers caused a great increase in shawarma sales


It wouldve been nice to have been given more backstory about Thanos before they introduced him as the big bad evil


Do you remember Thomas the Tank Engine?  Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin all narrated it for at least 52 shows


Thats alot of episodes of Thomas. I wonder how they got so many stars to do the voices?


Pokemon must have been popular with over 750 episodes made which is 50 a year for 16 years straight


What do you think they could have possibly wrote about for 750 episodes?! I have seen quite a few and they arent that intresting


Not sure why all the appeal either.  Avengers Infinity War interestingly was the first film shot entirely with digital imax cameras.


Hi, I'm fine thanks. Do you follow soccer?


Not too much. If its The Unites States playing, I may watch.


Ah, I see. I'm not too big a fan myself, but I do know that it's called football in most other areas of the world, but it's called soccer in the US because soccer was the slang word for association football.


Yes. Its Very popular all over the world. But Basketball, baseball and the NFL dominate sports in America.


Yeah, and it's kind of funny because soccer actually pays more than all those sports.


Yes. Its crazy money that sports people make these days.


Yeah for sure! It's good that some of the players donate some of their earnings though, because I heard that German soccer player mesut ozil donated his eur300,000 world cup victory bonus to pay for surgeries for 23 children in brazil.


Yes. I had heard about that. That was great.


Yeah for sure! Anyways, do you like to travel? Have you ever been to Japan?


Yeah, my parents went there last year and they said it's a very beautiful country, but it's so expensive though. It is said that all of japans highways are tolls, and it costs more than 300$ to travel across the country. I like traveling, but not that much.


I am more of a Virginia beach kind of person. I like the water.


Yeah, I love the beach also! I like going to Hawaii when I get the chance (even though I haven't gone for a few years). Did you know that the first king to travel around the world was king kalakaua of hawaii?


Yes. I had read that somewhere. That is what I call travel.


Yeah for sure! It's kind of funny because the US has a lot of interesting history. I heard that Mackinac island, mi has banned motorized vehicles for over a hundred years. most travel by horse-drawn carriages or bikes. Now, that's history for you.


Yes. They do that on a lot of islands that tourists frequent. I think fire island is another place.


Oh really? That's cool! I heard that Iceland also has no public rail service and that most icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns.


Yeah, but I think Iceland must have quite a booming economy due to all the tourists, so they must be able to afford it. Well anyways, it was nice talking to you. Hope you have a good night!


Thanks for the conversation! It was quite stimulating! Have a good night!


I do enjoy watching the world cup matches although I am no expert in FIFA


I'm the same way. I'm looking forward to seeing the next World Cup when they have it in Qatar.


Im surprised that nearly 50 percent of the global population watched the fifa world cup in 2010. Soccer sure is popular


It's amazing how popular it is, but it is practically the only sport that has a global following. Some players can go to completely different countries and be recognized, like Wayne Rooney.


I heard there is a variation of football with 3 players in stead of 2. Sounds chaotic, but in a good way


That sounds like the football version of four-way chess! I played that once and it was a mess. I bet professionals handle a three-way sport match better, though.


In any case, soccer is an amazing sport. It is too bad Greenland can't join fifa since there isn't enough grass for a soccer field


Really? That's hilarious. You'd think they'd add some astroturf if they really wanted to join.


Maybe fifa doesn't allow fake grass for fields? in any case, fifa is incredible popular and has amazing players, not only as soccer players but also people. Didier Drogba singlehandedly stopped a civil war in his home country


Wow! What country's team did he play for?


I wonder how many more people know about FIFA than about many of the countries that play in it. I know some people who didn't even know where Qatar was until they heard about the next game there.


I guess that is true. Not many people really care about other countries other than their own. Especially if they aren't heavy hitters


That's a good point. Most people also only pay attention to the later games, so they don't really hear about countries unless they win like France did last time.


Also weren't new zealand undefeated in 2010? Otherwise, I don't know when else I would think of new zealand


I didn't even know about New Zealand's standing in FIFA. To me they were mainly the home of Middle Earth from Lord of the Rings.


Too bad the actors got paid in advance so they didn't get as much of the benefits for the success of the movies


That's a shame. That probably means they got paid less for that than football players do for a game. Sometimes those bonuses get up to 300,000 Euros or more.


Well soccer is a big game. The super bowl is smaller than the 3rd biggest soccer event.


That's probably due to the Super Bowl being a mainly U.S. thing, rather than an international one


That makes sense. After all nfl games only have 11 min of gameplay while for soccer, players run on average 7 miles per game


Both sound exhausting. The NFL has so much physical contact that they have to endure in shocks and bursts, but running so much is a whole different kind of endurance.


I don't really like soccer to be honest with you. I think it's really boring. What about you?


I actually like. Did you know it is the most profitable sport?


I think it's soccer right? Apparently it makes more than all other sports combined? What do you think about soccer though?


Well I like the game itself and really enjoy it during the World Cup. Do you ever watch it


I've tried to watch it. I just find it so boring. I think the one with three different soccer teams playing at once though could be interesting. What about you


Yeah I actually have never seen that but would like to


What's weird to me is that soccer is called soccer because that was slang for association football. I don't watch soccer but I do think it's weird that Americans are the only ones to call it that. I think the name football makes a lot more sense. What about you?


Yeah it makes perfect sense so go figure, seems like the word football can take many meanings depending on the country


Yeah I agree with you. Have you ever watched the FIFA World Cup before? Apparently there have been 21 and its total history


Yeah and now I am concerned about the upcoming one since the city does not even exist yet


That is really concerning. I guess it's going to be in 2022? I don't even know where Qatar is on a map haha.


We'll have to wait and see. And the countries that host have no economic gains


Nope that's what I heard. So I don't even know why they do it. I do like knowing that the USA got third place back in 1930. That was the time of the first World Cup


Yeah that is interesting and now the women's team is actually much batter


Heard that since 1991 the women's game hasn't placed below 3rd. That is impressive. I wonder why the men's team is not as good LOL


Yeah I do not know either. DO you have much interest in cars?


Not really. I used to be a lot more interested but now I really use my car just to get from A to B. What about you? How often do you drive your car


ALmost every day, I need it to get to work. DO you know how Cadillac got its name?


I think it was from an Explorer right? He was French and he actually founded Detroit?


Yeah and his name was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac hence the name. Nice chatting with you


It is so funny you mention that I was just at Dulles Airport the other day and a large group had gathered for some soccer players.


Apparently there are lots of Manchester fans in the USA.


I did not realize that there seemed to be a group of 100 or 150 people holding signs I think with the name Rooney on them.


Some people even didn't go into work so that they could see Rooney.


Well if Rooney was the gentleman I saw he was about 32 years old and was taking pictured and signing autographs he seemed very down to earth


That is cool, even though he is a global superstar and signed a $13 million dollar contract.


That is crazy it sounds like he would have to be the highest paid player in the D.C.  United History. He must be really good.


He stopped for every request fora selfie in the Wundergarten. That's so nice.


That is nice. I had just read an article recently that soccer makes more money then football, basketball, baseball, gold, tennis and hockey combined. I would of never thought that.


It's certainly a popular sport. More than 250 million people play all around the world.


I think this year I might try to watch the world cup. I will probably drive my car somewhere to watch it.


Maybe a bar I am not sure yet. I love driving my car, The other day on the radio was how McDonald's added there first drive thru in 1975. Do you know why?


Well it was to accommodate solders because they were not allowed out of there cars wearing uniforms. I thought that was very interesting.


That is interesting. Speaking of cars, do you like car racing? Jann Mardenborough beat 90,000 people in Gran Turismo and because of that he became a professional race car driver!


That is just crazy that you could do that but anything is possible in South Africa you can put flame throwers on your car to stop carjacking so I know anything can happen.


That is interesting. It's crazy to think that cars have only been available to the masses since 1908.


That is car and I know in 2014 that there were over 1.25 billion cars on the road which is just crazy


I hope we do something about pollution soon.


Hello,  do you play fantasy sports? I hear people even fantasy spelling bees lol


hi how are you? i dont know how to play fantasy sports.


Do you like entertainment?  The nintendo entertainment system was discontinued in 2003!


I think it is amazing that it lasted that long. I didnt really play it much.


I think that the games were of high quality. great design, mediocre hardware.


It was enjoyable when it first came out.


Yeah, i preferred later system. I liked the genesis and the SNES more.


The nintendo entertainment system could only display 54 colors.


It was fairly weak. so was the gameboy. it had four palettes of four colors. terrible.


I loved the gameboy. It was so convenient taking it everywhere,  the games were simple back then anyways.


Yeah, i think that nintendo always designed great games for their hardware. they knew how to squeeze performance out of it.


So do you like reading? i try to read a lot.


what kind of stuff do you read? fiction? non fiction?


I like fiction,  sci fi,  mystery.  How about yourself?


I like non fiction mostly, though sometimes i read sci fi. Who is your favorite author?


Too many. I read so many books. Did you know the fastest speed reading is 4700 words per minute?


I cant imagine that the person retains all that information. i guess it is good for the general idea. Anyway, great chat!


Hello there, I do like cars, I think classic cars are cool.  How about you?


I love cars as well. I like motorcycles better though.


Do you know when the first car was ever made?


I read that it was in 1886 by some German inventor.


That's a good man right there. Did you know the trunk of a car got its name because older cars used to have wooden trunks?


I think I have read about that before, not much of a safety feature lol.


I agree. Cadillac was named after a French explorer.


That is true, I think he ended up founding the city of Detroit as well if i'm correct.


Did you hear what it's legal to have attached to your car over in South Africa?


I saw a flamethrower is legal. Apparently, to deter carjacking.


Lol yeah that's right! Sounds like real life Twisted Metal if you ask me.


I do like to, but don't get to do as much as I would like, how about you?


I love traveling, but I'm in the same boat with having a family now. The Dutch are creating a bus that goes 160 mph.


That just sounds very scary, I don't know if I would ride in that.


I don't think I would either. Too fast for my liking.


Yeah way too fast to be moving on the ground anyways.


No I have not but i have heard that it is all hills.


I think its a great place, it has some historical neighborhoods that have a cool architecture


Yeah I don't know much about it other than what was showed on full house when I was a kid and watched that show haha. I would like to go to California one day though.


Full House? I like that show lol, well its the home to the 49ers


I have seen pictures of cars parked on the side of hills in front of house, makes me wonder how they are able to even park like that.


Yeah I do. Did you know it is legal in South Africa to the equip your car with a flame thrower?


That is insane! how can the govenment allow that lol, we would be in so much trouble if that were to be legal in America


Apparently it is to prevent carjacking, plus they do a lot of crazy stuff in Africa, including using kids in their armys.


That would make people think twice about stealing a car, did you hear about the pro driver Jann Mardenborough?


Yeah I think it is crazy how she became a pro racer by playing and beating people in grand turismo.


I know right, becoming pro by playing a video game, wonder if his one of the best


Well to be fair, grand turismo back in the day was actually pretty realistic to race car driving, I used to play it a ton. Did you know the trunk of a car is called that because old cars used wooden trunks on the back?


No always wondered about the name so thanks for filling that void, cool fact, do you like the brand Cadillac?


Yeah I love cadis, They are named after  french explorer Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac, the guy who founded Detroit.


Yeah the French explorer sure left a big legacy behind, I hope I can afford one, one day


Did you know McDonalds added a drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues?


No I didnt know that, good thing soldires werent allowed out of their cars, McDonalds made a great invention thanks to that strange rule


I think his a real icon of our culture, he was born a long time ago and his work stil influence us


Yeah I love the Tom Sawyer book, read it at least a couple times a year, the movie with JTT is not really that great in my opinion though.


I like both, in fact I think im going to finish reading one I had already started, its been great chatting with you


How's it going? Did you know internet addiction is a real biological condition?


It's pretty crazy how humans react to the internet, only 7 percent of people read the full terms of their purchase agreements


Pretty unfortunate how reliable people are on the internet and the Library of Alexandria having a saved copy


That is so ridiculous. hahaha A saved copy hahaha


Yep and even 3g cell service on top of Mt Everest


I guess Mt Everest needs to upgrade to 4G now, huh? hahaha


soon there will be cell service everywhere, even in the 71% of the earth covered in water


WOW, i wonder if there is cell service at the bottom of the ocean?


Maybe one day, on a 24 hour scale humans have only been on earth for 1 min and 17 seconds


That's interesting to hear and they think that An earth day was only 5.5 hrs long when the Earth was formed.


I wonder if the days were 5.5 hours long due to the earth rotating faster when it formed


That's possible but of course we will never know for sure since man wasnt around yet to watch the earth be created


No, it's a shame that man has destroyed 80 percent of the Earth's natural forests already


Yeah it is but luckily man knows how to plant trees to help restore it all.


I wonder if humans are the reason the earth will be helium-free by the end of the century


Well, i'm sure other animals dont have the capacity to know how so i am sure we will be


Maybe extraterrestrial would know and tell their ambassador to the UN


Good. Just checking my facebook account for the 19th time today...lol


yes i love facebook too , there are alot of interesting facts about it


I was one of the first to have an account in 2004 but I am about fed up with their antics as of late


yes they do have a lot going on. MySpace turned down an offer to buy facebook for 75 million in 2005


I am sure they are kicking themselves over that missed opportunity now


I think it needs to be a digital platform for 13 year olds now and thats about it.


yes i agree. it makes most of its revenue from ads as well.


Did you get in on the initial IPO in 2012?


no, but i did see that it was valued at 104 billion  the largest validation to date for a newly public listing.


A good majority of divorces have a correlation to facebook as well in some form or fashion


right i so do agree, and did you know that burger king  had a promotion where if you unfriend ten people on facebook you get a free whopper


That would be a few free ones for me and I do love my whoppers!


yes indeed. ! also iceland are rewriting their constitution  via facebook, allowing the public to make alterations. ! thats crazy !


There are more people on facebook today there than there were even people two centuries ago


wow! thats astonishing, facebooks like button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


As many people in the world there are today, only 30% are on facebook


yes  i think people are getting tired of it and using snapchat, twitter and instagram


I still don't get why there is not a dislike button if there is a "like" button


well i guess people just don't respond if they don't want to hit the like button.


Well let me get back to my facebook account and see who posted what.


Yes I do, I was told only old people have facebook accounts.


No not really, 13 year olds are allowed to have an account so I disagree


My 16 year old son said nobody that age is on FB now.


I guess most of them use Instagram do kids use Myspace anymore? you should ask him that


They use Instagram, I told him Facebook owns Instagram


It does? I didnt know that, the company is valued in $104 billion dollars, that a lot of money


Mark Zuckerberg has tons of money and wanted to fight off snapchat so a couple of billion is nothing compared to the income coming in.


Yeah, I guess the company makes a lot of money, did you hear about Iceland and how they are using Facebook over there?


Of course, so they are rewritting their constitution using Facebook, they allow the public to make suggestions and alternations


That is pretty cool I have to admit, just didnt think Iceland would use such an american company.


I know right, but I guess its a good thing they take peoples opinions into account, do you like the Fox News channel?


I don't really watch it or cnn, not sure what to watch these day. Do you?


I do, its one of my favorite channels, often abbreviated FNC, its seen in 86 countries


Is it supposed to be left leaning or right leaning, I never get that straight.


One show that I like is the Simpsons, FNC wanted to create a channel only for the SImpsons


I have been watching the simpsons since they were on Tracy Ullmans show. Forgot they were on Fox, but not their news channel.


Oh thats right not their news channel, they wanted to sue the show one time.


Because the parodying of its anti democratic party agenda, I wonder how that ended.


Hello - do you know if the length of the day on earth has changed between when the earth was first formed and present?


When the earth was formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long apparently.


Interesting, that is very short. They are 24 hours now.


Another fun fact - the Dutch are creating a commuter bus to travel at 160 miles per hour.


I don't think I would ever ride on that, would you?


Doesn't seem safe to me. Has a Sandra Bullock/action movie feel to it.


LOL, yeah. Plus what highways would it be allowed on?


Great point - seems more like a missile than public transportation.


Not sure if you're able to finish your thought without me responding first... you were saying?


So I'm not sure what the purpose of that bus actually is?


Yeah, good question. Maybe just to supplement air travel but accommodate shorter commutes?


Hmmm, did you know all of the highways in Japan are tolls? Seems weird, right?


That does seem weird. Good way to generate road maintenance revenue - wonder if they also pay fuel taxes?


I'm not sure. I've never actually been to Japan. Have you?


Nope, never been anywhere in Asia. Lots of U.S. travel, European travel but never Asia.


I've never been to Europe either. Only South America, kind of a shame. How was Europe?


Very cool. I only speak English so some of the places I visited were pretty intimidating to navigate without being able to read or speak the language. South America is still an interesting place - I've never been - how was it?


It is very cool. Plus everything is dirt cheap down there. Makes the vacations really a lot funner.


Great talking to you - thanks for chatting!


Hi, Do you think Facebook is useful for everyone?


I think it is useful but also good and bad. It depends on how you use it and who you connect with.


People are all in this together. But this is good and bad.


It is. On the bad side, 30% of all U.S. divorce filings in 2011 contained the word Facebook.


Yes, i think  The social network was implicated in a third of all divorce filings last year.


I'm not surprised. Here is a very upsetting fact, 30% of all American adults use Facebook as their primary source of news. I see people share memes as news all of the time and they are obviously untrue but they don't fact check anything.


Of course this is a sad thing. But they are interested in disseminating themselves on social networks.


It is. I have actually informed people that they are spreading false information and if they continue to do it I have unfriended people. On the inclusive side of Facebook, they have 56 custom gender options.


This is true. But this should explain to those who spread misinformation.


I agree. I have explained and always have been polite about it. But if they are going to continue I don't have to be a part of it. Here's a shocking fact, there are more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Yes, But this was the result of the change of time.


Yes, I'm just so shocked that a social media site would have so many people. Did you know that you have to be 13 years old to register for Facebook? I didn't know there was an age requirement.


I think this is a best game in the world.


Glad to hear it. Did you know that the Washington Generals played the Harlem Globetrotters over 13,000 times and only won 6 times?! That's a terrible record against a team.


I think, The Washington Generals are an American basketball team, best known for their spectacular losing streak in exhibition games against the Harlem Globetrotters.


That is correct. I just recently discovered that basketball and volleyball were invented at the YMCA. That makes those sports newer than I thought or the YMCA older than I thought.


Oh! that's interesting. The Globetrotters don't tone down their defense.


No they do not. They are an impressive team. I was surprised to learn that Shaq only recorded one three point score in his entire career. For such a big player I thought there would have been much more.


Do you know anyone who you would describe as a "wet blanket"


Haha and, I can only imagine to how different psychologists would react to people asking questions about how to deal with them, they are so annoying


I agree.  It is hard to see it sometimes when you are in love with someone like that.  You make excuses for them


If I could see that, by the way do you ever watch Netflix with the people that you love


I agree, it's crazy that Netflix takes up about one-third of all internet traffic in North America though


They even employ taggers who watch and tag content.  Where do I apply!


Haha that sounds like an easy job! I want a job to watch YouTube though, I usually watch YouTube and Netflix and apparently those two together can use up half of all bandwidth in the United States


Yep that's what I heard. Do you ever have your Netflix DVDs delivered or you just stream these days


I just stream.  Blockbuster must be kicking themselves now for not taking that offer to buy Netflix.


Yep I agree with you. They had a chance to buy them for only 50 million dollars, what a bargain!


Netflix has everything including an our long show of a fireplace.


Wow that is pretty cool. Why do you think that Blockbuster did not purchase them though? They're worth 2 billion dollars now which seems like it would have been a bargain if they had bought them back in the day


I think Blockbuster thought they could out do them, this was all before streaming was a thing.


Yeah you're right, they should have been prepared though, did you hear how Netflix was started? With the $40 late fee?


Yeah.  I need something to make my genius emerge so I can make a few million, or billion.  I wont be picky.


Haha you just need a good idea, and yes it was Reed Hastings who is charged that $40 for turning Apollo 13 and late LOL what a good idea


It has done well for him.  Many go out on a limb with no success.  Good for him.


Yep I agree with you on that. Do you ever go traveling by the way? I want to go to Denmark and ride the bus that goes 160 miles per hour LOL


hey do you have Netflix, I don't but people tell me I should get it


Yes, I do.  My family watches it a lot of the original material.


well did you know that netflix takes up about one third of all internet traffic?


I believe it.  I can see my internet use at my house go up when someone is using Netflix.


ah nice, well then it makes sense that netflix uses about 20x more money on postage for dvds than on its bandwidth costs


Block buster blew it.  They could have bought Netflix for fifty million dollars.  Now it's worth billions.


ya they definitely made a mistake, from what I hear yes they are worth about 2 billion and blockbuster is bankrupt, isn't it?


Netflix saw the tide turning in 2007, when they started their streaming business.


yes its impressive they have about 140 million subscribers, with about 60 million of those in the USA alone


It all started when Reed Hastings was upset about a $40 late fee for not returning Apollo 13 on time.


haha, that is a good movie! they also have some impressive exclusive content, they started making it in 2012, I personally love Stranger things


My family watches those Netflix Originals.  I don't watch much TV at all.


if you don't watch tv I take it you don't watch baseball? I personally think baseball is boring


I watch baseball a little bit.  The game has been around in some form since the 18th century.  But I'm not quite that old.


haha well it is interesting that baseball managers can actually play for the team, I never knew that


That's why they dress in uniforms.  But I don't recall ever seeing one of them play.


and I guess soccer-baseball is what canada calls kickball, that seems like a dumber name haha


ya I heard they are shocked to find out that it is America's national pastime and think that it originated in Japan


Baseball cards are very popular.  Someone found cards worth millions hidden in his grandfather's attic.  We recently had to clean out my parent's house... no such luck for me.


haha that is too bad, do you go to any concerts at all? I went to lollapalooza last year


I saw a couple of dinosaur groups last year... Dead&Company and Elton John.  There were a lot of people at each.


ah I like Elton John a lot, I also like Pink Floyd it's crazy they did a live performance to no audience in Pompeii


Probably better than seeing a Creed show so bad that lawsuits were filed.


Good morning. How are you? Don't you just love the Internet? It is actually addictive with measurable changes in the brain.


Based on that little bit of info I'm not sure that I do love it.  Not sure I could without the internet though.


Yes it is very important. It carries a vast range of information from documents and applications to electronic mail and file sharing.


When using the internet I find myself on Youtube most often, watching more videos than I really should


I love youtube. Created back in 2005 it wasn't always so big but sure is now!


I guess it's the whole thing of having videos on demand.  I even find myself watching concert on Youtube.


Oh nice I've never watched a concert on YouTube. Although I did watch Justin Bieber's baby video on YouTube and it is the most dislike video on there.


I suspect that is more to do with people being jealous of his popularity than a dislike of that individual video, I seen far worse than that.


True. I was surprised to hear that YouTube is the second largest search engine on the net, I wonder what the first one is? Google?


I would assume you a right there.  There seems little you can't find on Youtube now, I wonder just how many cats videos have been uploaded to it now.


Yes cat videos are definitely more popular than dog videos! Police actually have their own YouTube called blue tube.


Never heard of that one, can't be that popular.  I typically stick to music videos, and concerts.  I rarely get to go to concerts so Youtube is the next best thing.


Concerts are a lot of fun. I prefer the smaller concerts and nightclub as opposed to big arenas or large parks. It is more intimate.


I totally agree.  It's nice to get up close to the person or band you want to see rather than being hundreds of feet away.


Exactly. In Croatia there is an ancient Roman amphitheater that is still in use as a concert venue. That would be a cool place to see a concert.


Yes, there are some really cool places that bands have played in the past.  I not sure how I feel about paying money to watch a hologram sing though.


Yeah I probably wouldn't want to pay money for that either it's basically watching a concert on the screen. The Ramon's played a total of 2263 concerts. They toured almost nonstop for 20 years. Must've been very tiring.


That's a lot of shows.  It's impressive for people but not holograms.  You would ave to just press the repeat button and it would keep on playing night after night.  Could play in multiple places at once too.


Yes that's a good point I bet that will happen more in the future. Did you hear about the Creed concert in 2002?


Is that the one where people sued to get their money back.  Maybe Creed should just make a hologram of their best concert and replay it and not take the chance of upsetting their fans.


Yes it must have been a bad concert! Not like The Ramones or Linkin Park! Well it was great talking to you this morning!


Same here.  I'll be logging into Youtube to see if I can find that Creed concert and see how bad it was.  Good bye.


Hello,  how are you? Due to the success of their debut album, linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Hi! I am good thanks! That is very interesting! I love concerts and wish I could have seen Linkin Park.


Yeah me too.  They are a great band! The ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts...they toured almost non stop for over 20 years.  That is a lot of concerts!


Wow! that's awesome!  A woman going to a Dve Matthews concert actually stopped to pick up a hitchhiker and it was Dave!


Omg thats awesome! In croatia, there is an ancient roman amphitheatre that is still in use as a concert venue


Whoa, that's cool! Deep purple broke the record for loudest concert ever! 3 concert goers were unconcious!


Wow thats crazy! In 2002 a creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band


Hahahaa, that's horrible! Poor guys.  foo fighters played a concert so loud it showed up on new zealand's seismic monitors!!!


Nice!  In 1972, pink floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii...with no audience.


What! crazy lol.......Did you know that astronauts have better internet in space than we do!


Thats awesome! The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


That's funny hahaaa, Ya know if you Google yourself online it is called egosurfing lol


really?  wow.  never knew that. The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


Wow, doubt that ever happens but that's cool! Do you ever watch YouTube at all?


Isn't it! Did you know youtube was a dating site at first? Too funny!


Nope,  never knew that either!  Psy's gangnam style got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Wow! That is crazy!   Google bought YouTube in 2005 for over a billion dollars! wow!


Thats a good investment,  Im sure its worth way more now! Police actually have their own youtube called blutube, where they share law enforcement videos.


Yep, youtube has to be worth billions! Oh really? That's pretty smart idea!


Good morning! How are you today? Do you like to travel?


Did you know that Mackinac island island, MI has banned motorized vehicles for over a hundred years?


I didn't but sounds like a neat place to go visit.  I would like to get on one a commuter bus that the Dutch have created that goes 160 mph.


Oh, now way, not me. It sounds like it is costly to travel on the highways in Japan.


I wouldn't be able to afford the $300 in tolls it would cost to see all of Japan.


Yeah, that's way too much! But I guess it is better than Iceland.


With no rail service available to the public, I would have to hop on one of those planes that most Icelanders without cars do and fly from town to town.


I can not even imagine how expensive that would be!


Too much probably.  I would like to like be like King Kalakaua.  He was the first king to travel around the world.


Well, lucky him! So, do you like drama performances?


Yes.  I like to hear the stories about such as how Michael Caine became and actor because all the pretty girls in his school were in drama class.


That is hilarious. Can you believe Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for TV drama?


If I made $700,000 per episode like he did, I would be the fastest retired person in my neighborhood.


I would too!! I think it's cool that there is a website where you can listen to old radio dramas for free.


That would be like candy for my ears.  Jon Hamm was a high school drama teacher.  He taught Ellie Kemper, who played Erin from the Office.


Mine too! Have you heard about Jim Carey's latest?


I haven't heard about him lately.  What has he been up to?


He is no longer making dramas because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.


He has a good idea.  There is too much negativity in the world.


There is that's for sure! It was nice chatting with you!


Hello, how are you? Do you like to travel?


I do too! Isn't it interesting the dutch are creating a commuter bus that travels 160 mph.


That's crazy fast. Iceland needs to learn from them. They don't have a public rail service and have to use domestic flights.


Yes, very interesting. Very expensive in Japan to travel, more than $300.00 to travel across the country!


That is expensive. The first king to travel the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii.


I love Hawaii, Very cold in D.C. in January. Do you use an Amazon Alexa device. Good for  getting the latest forecast.


No I don't have one, but I heard Jeff Bezos built a clock in a mountain!


That should run for 10,000 years! Do you shop at amazon?


I do too! I bet the amazon warehouse workers get a lot of exercise each day with 7 to 15 miles a day!


That's a lot of walking. Amazon's first customer got a building named after him.


I was surprised to read that too! Only spent $27.95. Good to know the US Postal service helps on sundays.


Yeah, Amazon has a contract with the usps.


Do you like to read?  Its a great way for deep exploration.


I think reading is great. Do you know who Anne Jones is?


Yes, Wow what a fast reader. I would like to do that!


Yeah I know! She can read 4,700 words per minute.


Unreal, Guess reading novels in the 18th century was a moral panic! very sad.


I bet so! Cs Lewis and Tolkien would hold competitions when reading terrible poetry to see who would laugh first!


Funny, Its interesting how the military picks books for the branches to read.


I believe I have seen that somewhere, it is interesting.


Yes, like star troopers sci-fi novel. Interesting Imdb is owned by amazon.


I know, I believe Amazon has owned Imdb since 1998.


Yes,  Do you download/stream any audiobooks from amazon?


Yes, I did not know amazon sells low-end products brand amazon basics?


Oh really, you didn't know? I've bought their baby wipes and they work just as well!


Oh really, interesting. Very scary driving in icy spots and darkness. Hazardous spots.


Yeah, very scary! It was great chatting with you, have a good day!


I do. It has been a while since I have had the chance to though.  My next destination would be Ireland, Iceland, and Greece.


I want to travel within the country (US) nowadays.  Have you heard of Mackinac Island?


I have heard that they banned motor vehicles, but that is about it.


the government intends to take care of it to make sure that the island historical symbols are preserved.


That is pretty cool.  Did you know that all of Japan's highways are toll roads, and it costs $300 to go across the country in tolls?  Im glad not all US highways are like that.


I will not be able to afford driving around in Japan.


I wouldn't either.  I'd likely have to rely on other forms of transportation if that were the case here.


The dutch is creating a commuter bus that can travel 160mph.  Do you know if the project is started already?


I don't know if it has. I'd be a little scared to ride in a bus going that fast, I wonder how it would be rated for safety (and the safety of cars on the road too).


I will research further later.  Do you know that the first king to travel around the world was from Hawaii?


No, I wasn't even aware that they had a King.  Do you know if the King is a current part of their Government?  How does that fit in with the current US systems?


There is no more king in Hawaii.  I do not know how the kingdom ended.


I have really found the more I read, the more I find out that I dont know.


Even if it is just strange facts, like Clint Eastwood, despite riding horses in so many of his movies, actually had mild allergies to horses.  Crazy


I did not know that.  Horses were domesticated a long time ago.


Even though I have nothing to do with horses personally, I live in a area where a lot of people work in the industry.  I think they are fascinating animals.


I think so.  I understand that about 50 million years ago, horses used to be really small.


Wow, I guess they have changed a lot.  Lipizzaner horses which do a lot of dressage are born black and turn white in about 6 years.  So I guess some ability to change is in their DNA


It's really amazing.  People did not use to ride horses because they were so small.


At one point two high school students rode their horses to school on a "no vehicles" day and got suspended.  That would be a sight to see.


It would be a sight indeed.  Anyway, it was nice chatting with you.


Amazon is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company which was founded in 1994.


Good morning, that is true, it's also coming to dominate much of what we do, shop, watch, and now even work.


Have a great day. They are the largest internet retailer in the world after Alibaba group in term of total sales.


I'm guessing that is because Alibaba 's market is China.   I find I use Amazon for much of what I do.


We can buy any product on Amazon from different parts of the world. All the products are  available under one single roof. They're delivering at the correct time.


That they started as a book store to become what they are is amazing.  I like to read and was aware of them early, before they got into everything else.


US postal service has a contract with amazon to deliver your packages on sunday. This shows how people are using online shopping.


I was surprised the first time I got a package on Sunday.  I'm glad I don't work in one of their warehouses, they have you walk over seven miles each day.


It is very difficult for the workers, but the company can take necessary steps to solve the problems.


I bet those worker don't get much chance for reading.  Do you travel much?


Yes. I also like Reading books, It is process of language to share the information and ideas.


I wish I could read more, I never get the chance any more, when I travel I tend to get more time with a book.


I do, it depends on my mood.  Sometimes novels and sometimes non-fiction.  I read very slowly, not like Anne Jones.


Reading is the good habit, slowly means your absorbing the content very nicely. Super habit.


I agree, I'm not sure how much information Ms Jones would be absorbing at 4700 a minute.


He had good grazing power. I think it possible by practice.


My daughter loves to read, she reads very quickly, I am always at the library getting her books, she like CS Lewis at the moment.


I love to read comics book from Marvel, Superhero subject is liked by every one. Your are a good parent also. All the best.


She loves comics too, like I say, she will read anything.  She likes Amazon gift cards as they allow her to buy any book she wants.


Delightful, we should encourage our kids reading habits that make them very alert in studies also.


We all need more time for reading and also, possibly, travel.


I like trains, it's easy to sit and read as the world passes by.  Have a good day, Goodbye.


Very nice to chatting with you. God bless.


Hello hows it going? Did you know Icelandic horses can tolt?


I just learned dalmations calm horses down.  That's so interesting!


Yes I agree and its funny that Clint eastwood, who has been on horseback in many of his movies, had a mid-life allergy to horses.


That must be touch!  I guess benadryl and claritin are apart of his daily routine!


he is in so many westerns with horses lol I wonder why he ket taking those jobs!


Maybe it was due to all them allergies. You know.


Lol yes and speaking of actors did you know Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama, earning $700,000 per episode in house


That is interesting!  I have never watched that show but I heard it was good.  That is amazing how an actor can make so much money per episode!


I know. These days its so high per episode its crazy


Its funny how Michael Caine just joined drama class to meet pretty girls lol


Men of course he would. I love dramas.Do you?


Yes,  what are some of your favorite dramas?


I love lifetime movies. LOL How about you?


lol I like tv dramas,  so more shows.  Like Homeland,  Ozark,  Vikings.


Yes they are all good shows. Its been good talking to ya.


Nope, but have friends who are. The company's recent development of Originals has been a huge success.


Yes it really has, I think they are really happy with the investment they made in them.


A cost of billions in debt, I understand, but over 125 popular original series and films to show for it. They recently announced raising another $2B to fund new programming.


I read about that.  Their stock price has done well so investors are happy about their future prospects as well.


I guess. One Netflix series, Black Mirror was about online dating. Others like Hang the DJs and The Lobster have also focused on the same theme, darkly, or with a comedic twist. Is this topic that popular, do you think?


Yes, I think it is very popular.  Anything that has to do with people using social media or other online things and then the situations that arise from it, people relate now.


I guess. Some of these series depict online dating in which technology makes all the decisions, and the people just have to show up (endure, maybe) a series of, say, 12 hour relationships or unsuitable matches. Young people relate to that?


Yes, I think they do, and young I mean people in their 20's and 30's.  I think those in major cities relate much more as well.


I'm sure you're right. Call me a cynic, but I have to wonder if, like contestants on that boring reality show, The Bachelor, ever want to just drop it, you know, and cry, "I'm well adjusted, and I'm sick of this tripe!"


I bet they do but are part of the show and are told how to act all the time.


So they expect, and are even paid for, rejection. Hmm. Still sounds dysfunctional, doesn't it?


Yeah it sure does, but that is how a lot of reality tv is, or in my opinion how it is anyways.


Agreed. Bigger picture: I guess I'm still adjusting to the massive influence of the internet on private, public, academic, business and government life and work in the US.


It is affecting every facet of daily life.  Did you know there is even 3g coverage at the peak of Mt. Everest?


I've heard about that. Even explorers, at the top of Everest, or halfway across Antarctica, can "phone home" today. Netflix and YouTube, by the way, account for 50% of peak internet use in North America. No wonder they're worth $2 billion today.


Yes, those two are internet giants.  I think Google owns YouTube as well so in essence Google and Netflix take up so much internet traffic around the world.


Yes. One library, perhaps the world's oldest, is hedging its bets on the internet, however. The Alexandria library in Egypt, repeatedly burned in conquests, has saved a copy of the internet in case IT is burned down. Could that happen?


I heard about that a while back, so sad.  I'm not sure if it could but that would be very bad I know that much.


Yes, I can't even imagine the life/death services that would collapse. Seems like everything these days has adapted to website technology. So much so that a real addictive condition, measurable in the human brain, can occur when people spend too much time on the internet clicking novel links! Messes with natural links in the brain, apparently.


That is very scary and will become a bigger problem for the young generation that is growing up with tablets or phones constantly in their hands.  Well it was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


Good Afternoon - I heard most kids today cannot read the time on an analog clock and I think that's crazy!


I think so too.  My kids were taught about it at school but it was thirty years ago though.


My kids are in 5th grade and they can tell time on a standard clock.  And I switched all of our digital clocks to military time so they have to do math!


That was smart.  Kids should know both digital and analog clocks.


With everyone having smart phones these days, there is little need for them to know how to tell time on a clock - but I agree with you - they should!  It's very important


What do you think about computers being used in the classrooms?


I'm for computers in the class room to an extent and at an age appropriate level.  My kids are learning safe searching techniques and how to type and create reports on the computer now


Apparently, the Russians made a computer that ran on water in 1936.


I've heard about this and haven't had time to research the water powered component.  Initially I thought it was powered by hydroelectricity, but others have said it actually runs on water.  I am confused and fascinated!


I am fascinated too.  Did you know that smoking near apple computers would void the warranty?  That's weird.


I didn't know about that specific warranty but I like that they are doing their part to stop smoking!  I wonder about vaping and how that affects the warranty


I don't know.  Do you consider it as "a biohazard"?


I believe cigarette smoke is a bio-hazard - it kills people!  It's amazing that Apple has it built into it's warranty - good think I don't smoke, I had no idea!


I read an article that says the space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1MB of RAM.  Is it too large or smaller than expected?


I can't believe the space shuttle ran on only 1MB of Ram - I always thought the similarities between it and the shuttle from Space Balls (movie) was uncanny.  Our smart phones have 100x the speed and memory!


Apparently, an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm detterent.


I wonder if there's an app for ICBM detection, since the phone is more powerful than the computers running the country.


I would want to google it on the internet.  I just found out that internet and phone cables just lay on the ocean floor.


I would have thought with wireless technology and satellite communication, we wouldn't need something as antiquated as cables and wires on the ocean floor!


I wonder if the info is related to under developed countries that do not have satellite connection.


Certainly could be but I would think most developed countries would have the technology in place.  Under developed countries wouldn't have the technology to utilize even a wired internet signal - I could be way off base here!


I'm still reading facts related to telephone and internet.  I want to discuss the topic further but I've got to run now to take my grand kids to a park.  Great chat!


I tried to watch black mirror on Netflix have you ever seen it?


I havent yet, is it scary.  It kind of sounds scary.


Not really its a cross between twilight zone and outer limits if you remember those shows.


I remember a bit of the Twilight Zone.  Supposedly there is this app called Crazy Blind Date?


Where you go on a blind date with someone who is crazy?


It has profile pictures that are scrambled images the app sets people up blindly based on when you say you would b somewhere.


Wow technology is both fascinating and dangerous! Netflix spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.


That is pretty crazy to thing about especially how much people watch Netflix.  It and Youtube account for loads of bandwith between 9p-12a,


Yeah about 33% right, in the entire north american area?


I believe that is correct.  Its crazy that Reed Hastings started it over a $40 late fee on Apollo 13


To funny! Thanks Reed! Did you know blockbuster had a chance to buy netflix?


Yeah, and they declined.  Looks like that was the straw that broke the camels back.  I saw one store still open last year in a remote part of alaska.


That is hilarious! 40 dollar lat fee to running a business worth 2 billion dollars.


Yup, I need to find my frustration in life so I can become a billionaire.


Well i got plenty of frustrations and i'm still broke, lol! Hey are you one of the 7% who actually read the terms and condition on your internet purchases?


Yup!  DO you know what those three horizontal lines are on the pages on the internet?


They call it the hamburger Button.  I always just called it the menu button, but  thats me.


I like menu button as well hamburger button sounds weird. So Netflix has 137 million subscribers.


I am one of them.  I cut cable, so I couldnt live with out it.


Me too. 58.46 million make up the States the rest are overseas.


Wow.    I am glad they have gone to the online streaming, and not just the DVDs.  Its been great chatting but I must go.


Did you know humans have lost their half their body hair 240,000 years ago?


Humans are adapted for hunting too, that I though was neat.


It is.  I wonder what the specific sound frequency is that causes fear in humans


I'm not sure. Is there one, and if so, I guess it is very high pitched?


It seems like a weird fact.  I wonder if we get more of a sense of unease than actually fear when we hear the frequency.


Yeah, there are lots of weird things. Almost all animals synthesize their own vitamin c.


I wonder if the enzyme was always defective or was there some point humans could produce their own vitamin C


I'm not sure. Did you know you can make a radio using a razor blade and a pencil?


No, i certainly did not.  I find that one a little to believe,  Any idea on how it works?


I'm not sure, but I know it is true because they do that in the movie Hart's War.


Wow! Sounds like something MacGyver would do.  Its incredible that we can pick the radio waves or signal from Jupiter's storms.


Yeah, I hear it is on the AM radio, I'm wondering what it sounds like?


I wish i knew.  Have you ever listened to classic radio dramas.  I downloaded a few Dragnet episodes.  It was interesting


Nice. Did you know Freddie Mercury used the same piano as Paul McCartney?


Yes, very interesting.  I wondered if he bought the piano or perhaps they were friends and Mccartney gave him the piano


I'm not sure. But it was the same one used to record Hey Jude.


Did you hear about the climbers who reached the top of Britian's highest mountain and found a piano???   I wonder if people brought it up in pieces and assembled up there as kind of a prank


I wish i knew.  I am going to search for more information about it on the internet after this chat


Nice. well it was nice chatting with you.


have you been to Hall in Springfield Mass?


Yeah I have been to Springfield, FASCINATING.


wow, what was an experience.  Btw, do you watch basketball


I am not such a big fan, but at least I know what NBA Stands for.


I am its fan.  Do you know Reggie Miller


No What Team Does he play for? Golden state?


For Indiana.  His sister is Cheryl and she is a basketball player


Ohh I see, its common for pro players to have family play like seth curry and mychel thompson brothers of steph curry played in the back court together


Exactly.  btw, did you know that Allen Iverson had a lifetime contract with Reebook, and he will get 32 million dollars by the time he turn 55 years old


omg they get paid too much, can he get paid in a lump sum?


wow that's definitely lucky, but hey, i couldn't shoot a ball the way they do in that 9.4 inches diameter court so I guess they deserve it because they got talent.


they are the best in the world.  So they deserve the money.  Also, do you know Kareem abdul-jabbar


Well its mastery and training, well you know whats strange, the guy who invented busketball By the name James, is the only losing coach in the university of Kansas's History, its crazy lol. Not Particular, who is Abdul?


I really do not know how such a coach had a losing record.  Abdul is a very famous basketball player who used to play for Lakers, and he is very tall


OMG all players are tall, I think its a requirement for them to be good at the game.


Yeah, that is the nature of the game.  Some of them are not that tall, but these are exceptions.  Also, do you know Tim Duncan


ohh Yeah that's Fascinating, Yeah I know Tim Duncan of San Antonio spurs


He is my favorite player because of his talent on the course and his personality off the course.


Yeah He seems to have discipline, I read it somewhere that he stayed in college for 4 years instead of going directly to NBA.


Exactly.  Btw, nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


Hi. Do you watch basketball?  What do you think about the players being the world's best paid athletes?


It's nice they get paid but I don't like how teams are stuck with a bad contract when they play badly, like Carmelo Anthony when he was on the Knicks and the Oklahoma City thunder


Well they can still make good money with endorsements.  Allen Iverson signed a lifetime contract with Reebok.  He got 800,000 dollars a year until he turned 55 and then a final payment of 32,000,000 dollars. That sounds pretty good!


I'm surprised Iverson couldn't get more than 800,000 a year with a reebok contract, he use to be one of the best and most popular players in his prime


Maybe they figured since he'd get paid until he turned 55 that it was fair. A lot of players just get paid while doing the commercials and then that's it.  What I like is when they hold off on making a lot of money to get their educations first.  Tim Duncan did that and look how well it turned out for him.


Yea but nowadays players can make like over 120 million in five years just by signing with a team, the Oklahoma City Thunder signed Westbrook to a five year extension recently and he's making a lot


I don't think it should be about quick money though. You always seem to hear about how these athletes go bankrupt and such later on. If they get their education like Duncan did then they have something to fall back on later in life.


Well a lot of former players get into coaching which is the highest paid state employee in 39 of 50 states


True but there is only so many of those jobs out there.  Did you know that the guy who invented basketball itself is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history?


Yea James Naismith, ironic he invented the sport and then lost most of the games at the University of Kansas


I know! It's so hard to believe! He of all people should know the game inside and out!  I mean, he designs a game with so much detail and then can't seem to win at it.


It's crazy how large the game has grown since he invented it, now teams like the Oklahoma city Thunder have payrolls greater than 200 million a year


That is crazy.  The supreme court even has a basketball court on the top floor of it's building.  Seems like everybody likes to play basketball.


Lol, i guess it really is the highest court in the land


I guess so lol!  Say, I was thinking about what you said earlier about the Thunder's payroll.  It reminded me of something.  That team is the most expensive team in NBA history.


Yea, Paul George, Carmello anthony, and Westbrook are pricey