Yeah I know right,  its been great chatting.


I used to listen to the radio a lot. Not so much now. You?


not really,  I listen to audio books and pandora mostly.


Yeah, I usually use Youtube. Canadian law seems a little restrictive, with the requirement that at least 40% be Canadian. What do you think?


I think that is a little too much justin bieber for me lol


Yeah, I wonder how they deal with the Internet. No way to regulate content on there easily.


I guess it would be, but they want to ensure that Canadian artists are heard and supported. But with the Internet, there is no guarantee of exposure. Would you listen to the news in Latin?


Maybe if I understood Latin.  If it was canadian,  wouldnt it be french?


English or French. But a Finnish radio station has broadcast a weekly news program in Latin since 1989. How many listeners are there in Finland for that?!


maybe a lot of they all speak Latin lol did you know there is a website that has thousands of classic radio dramas you can listen to for free?


I would like to know the average age of the visitors to that site. I can't imagine young people listening to old radio shows.


lol probably not thats probably why it is free.


I like country music,  but I dont follow it enough to know a lot aboutit how about u


I'm not really a country fan. I was surprised to learn that the stratocaster was design for country music. It really caught on in rock.


Yeah that is interesting.  I hear U use to open for themselves and dress up in costume.  thats pretty funny


U2 probably got bored with the same old music and wanted to have some fun. I understand the desire for variety. They probably had enough money.


I didnt know country musician george strait and jeff bezos are cousins that is interesting fact.


I wonder if Jeff is a fan of George's music, or if George gets a special deal at Amazon.


Hello, yes, I love the radio. What about you?


I do as well, interesting but theres a am radio station that picks up Jupiter storm waves


That is crazy. I guess the storms are so powerful on Jupiter that we can hear them here on Earth.


I guess they are, so what are your thoughts on that weird Canadian law?


I think it's really odd. Why make them play 40% of Canadian music?


I think its to support local talent but still 40% is a lot, what if don't like local talent.


I agree. Walmart sells clean versions of albums. Did you know that?


I didnt know that, do you have any favorite artists or albums?


I like the as well, did you ever listen to their album the Hybrid Theory? its the best selling album of the 21st century


I loved that album. Crazy that's the best selling album of the 21st century. I would have never guessed.


Yeah, it is, and do you also know the album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd?


I love that album and Pink Floyd. Did you know Aerosmith made more money from guitar hero than any other album?


I didnt know that, that is crazy, well that album by Pink Floyd is still one of the best selling ones to date


That's good. Led Zeppelin hated rock press.


They did? I wonder why, do you know why?


Not really sure. Do you like country music?


I love country music. Did you know the Fender Stratocaster was intended for country music?


I didnt know that, that is a great instrument anyways its been great chatting with you friend.


I like country music as well, not my favorite but i do enjoy some of it. Isnt it also called western and hillbilly music?


By some. It became popular since ford helped finance its spread out of fear of jazz


There are only two African Americans in the hall of fame for country music, so i guess it's not for everyone. still i enjoy it.


I wonder if it was a issue of talent or race


Not sure, some music just isn't for everyone. I can't do hard core heavy metal and I don't like the rap music today.


I think some rap is okay, but I agree with heavy metal. That music is just painful to hear, but hey it is a subjective topic. It is interesting how the fender stratocaster was originally intended for country music though


George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins.


What an amazing coincidence. Do you enjoy listening to music on radio or through albums?


I actually only listen through albums. I never really used the radio


Did you know there are storms on Jupiter that can be picked up by AM radio due to the strength of the storm?


I wonder what kinds of sounds you can pick up. I wonder if a foxhole radio could pick up Jupiter's storm as well


Not sure about that. Radio along with technology has come a long way.


I wonder if it is still often used in day to day life. I know there is a website to listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free, but not really sure how often people today use radios


Canada has made it law that 40% of its radio music is Canadian.


I guess that is one way to encourage the use of Canadian. Not sure how many people in Canada use radios though


I think they play wonderful music, especially their album hybrid theory


Did you know that it was the best selling album of the 21st century. wow!


Indeed that's why I checked it out. In any case thank you for the enjoyable chat.


I'm good, thanks for asking.  How are you this fine morning?


Hey Im alive. Thats all that matters. Lol. So do you listen to music much.


I sure do, I love Country music.  What about you?


I love just about all kinds of music to be honest. Country is probably my favorite though.


Great, you sound like me!  Were you aware that George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins?  Isn't that just wild?


I wasnt aware of that. Who is jeff bezos again.


He's the wealthiest man in the world and Amazon founder.


Yes, it is.  They are a very talented and successful family for sure.


Talk about succesful. Did you know that U2 used to open shows for themselves.


You know I had heard that before.  They would disguise themselves in wigs and costumes, playing Country music and introducing themselves as the Dalton Brothers from Galveston, Texas.


What a bunch of characters huh. I can imagine those guys being a fun group to hang out with.


Yeah, me too.I read somewhere that Henry Ford helped finance the popularization of Country Music.


Wonder why someone in his position would do something like that.


It was said he feared the "urban decadence" of Jazz music.


Well that just crazy. Leads me to the thought that there is only two african americans in the country music hall of fame.


I can think of Charley Pride, I wonder who the other African American is?


Im not sure. You would think by this time there woud be more than two though.


Hey did you know that the fender stratocaster was intended for country music.


I didn't realize that, how interesting.  Well, It's been nice chatting, I need to shower for work.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


I have a hard time watching the new seasons of american idol. some of the kids are super talented but most come across as bubblegum pop that won't last.


I watched last season, I think Trent Harmon was the winner, I like the show but dont have time to watch it myself sometimes


I find it hard to watch because these kids are pushed into roles that they just aren't ready for. They are trying to shape genres that they just only got to be a part of a few years ago.


I agree, the competition pushes them real hard and sometimes into roles they are not their best in although I did like the song Country by Keith Urban, he was great in that song


Country is a good example of them not understanding the genre. We have so much bro country because the history of folk and blues is lost on those who haven't studied it. It is all pickups, dogs and breakups.


I guess I see your point, what music genre do you like? I like rock, kind of like Aerosmith.


I am a huge country fan. I grew up listening to the old stuff like Hank williams and johnny cash.


Oh I see, you know that the Fender Stratocaster was originally made for Country music


I think a lot of instruments had their start in country music. There is something about a steel guitar that just can't be duplicated by a synthesizer.


I agree although country music has evolved a lot  since its creation in 1920.


I think it dates back much further than that but the 20's are when it because popular. It seems to really resonate with a lot of americans. It speaks to the simple struggles we all go through.


I see, I wonder when it was actually created then, in 2009 it was the most popular genre in the USA.


It has such a broad definition about what is considered country that I think it makes it a little easier to be the most popular because it is a catch all category. I mean they even put certain irish fiddle tunes in there.


Really? Irish tunes and country music, that doesnt seem like a good mix but I agree, theres even an album called NFL country.


I think any genre can be translated into country. Even U2 gave it a go. They were actually pretty popular.


I might have to google that later, I love U2 so I can see why that country album was popular, I might look for it in Wallmart, they only sell clean versions of albums


I think what qualifies as clean is way different than it used to be. I remember when they came with a sticker warning that it contained strong language.


A warning was probably better but I think its important to censor certain aspects for kids, you know that Bob Marley has been on the album chart for more than 914 weeks and he still like in 69th position


Some music just seems to transcend the bounds of time. It speaks to a new generation in a special way each time. That is the beauty of music.


Yeah, I can see your point, you know that Led Zeppelin didnt name their fourth album in order to confuse the press


Really?I didn't know that. I wonder what the DJs called it on the radio or if they just went with the generic "untitled album" bit.


Yeah, that must have been confusing for all.


Hello, yes I do.  I've heard that there's a way to hear the sun's activity on it.  Have you heard about or tried that?


That would be really cool. I did hear that Jupiter has such strong radio storms they can be heard on Earth.


i think i've heard that too.  Is that where you use an am radio receiver of sorts to pick up the storms?


I believe so. In Canada, it is required by law to play at least 40% Canadian music on the radio.


That's so odd. It seems crazy to have to make a law about that. I mean, songs should already be played in the country's language that the station is in.


I agree. Soldiers in WWII made radios using razorblades and pencils.


No idea lol. They used the tools to make a diode that probably received the radio signals.


That is very resourceful of them!  You know back in the 1940s, specifically 1948, radio had a huge star.  Bing Crosby's songs were played more than half the time allotted to music on the radio.


Oh wow I did not know that. Pretty interesting for sure.


It really is.  Nowadays radio plays a ton of different artists.  If you go back further, say to the 1930s, one of the most popular radio acts was a ventriloquist.


I love country music. George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins.


I had no idea about that!  That's kind of cool!


Very cool. There are only two African Americans in the country music hall of fame.


I know of one I think and he's very good.  Is one Charlie Pride?


Not sure on that. I wonder if Rucker will make it?


I don't know. He's pretty good.  He'll need to be around for a long while I think to get considered.


hi how are you? do you listen to the radio?


Yea, it's fascinating how the radio is able to transmit sounds from radio waves striking its electrical conductor


Radio is an old technology but a good one. it makes life convenient. It is useful for hearing storm on other planets.


Yea, I'd love to be able to hear Jupiter's radio storms on my AM radio, I wonder what station I'd have to tune to to pick them up


I wonder too. there is a station that transforms the suns activity into music.


That's pretty cool, I'm sure it sounds better than the the 40% of canadian music played on radio stations in Canada


I bet that the storms on Jupiter dont like that rule. Is the news in Latin in Canada also 40% canadians?


No, I think it's just restricted to Nuntii Latini in Finland, I don't think dead languages get ratings


Yeah, those Finns. they love their dead languages. that show has been around since 1989.


Kinda ironic they broadcast the news in classical latin, it's the perfect way to not inform people lol


Yes, i guess it is like a secret code for language geeks. they probably like knowing things that no one else knows or cares about.


Yea, quite pretentious and uncool, the opposite of the foxhole radio WWII soldiers made


Yes, the foxhole radio. i think i saw that in a movie once. it is pretty cool.


Yea, sounds like a nice weekend project trying to make one work with a razorblade and pencil


Yeah, i bet those guys in the foxhole were pretty motivated to get it to work. they didnt want to miss the weekly news in Latin!


I'm sure some listened to Country Music to torture the enemy, it has been around since the 1920s


Yeah, i dont listen to country, but it is distinctly american. I think that henry ford had a love for it.


Yea and Henry Ford also had a hate for Jazz, sounds like a big jackass


I think he thought it was a dangerous urban influence. i dont agree with him though. it was music.


Yea, I bet that's a big reason why there has only ever been 2 Black people in the Country Music Hall of Fame


hi how are you? do you listen to the radio?


Sometimes, usually in the car. Radio's been around a long time. You?


I used to listen to it when i was a kid. now i listen to youtube.


Right. Ever hear of a country/crossover singer named Scotty McCreery? He won American Idol in 2011. ?


Yes and no. Had a 2015 hit, but it never went to #1, so his Nashville record company ditched him. Went to to perform at Grand Ole Opry, where he sang "Five More Minutes (about losing grandpa). It racked up millions of views. Has had Top 10 singles. Co-writing songs now. Is that famous, would you say?


that is famous. he has got what it takes to make it. he will soon be back on top.


I hope so. Won Idol at age16. Only 24 now. Do you have a favorite artist or group?


i dont have a favorite. i listen to many. i was listening to jazz on youtube earlier. You?


Do you know the jazz trumpeter, Winton Marsales?


Yes, he is a great player. does classical as well.


Yes. Hosts Jazz at Lincoln Center on PBS. Extraordinary musician. Do you have a jazz favorite? Satchmo? Bird?


Probably Bill Evans on piano. Miles Davis.


Miles, yes. Great album producer, too. What's your favorite album - as in vinyl, CD or MP3 format?


Album? For Bill Evans, it would be Waltz for Debbie. That is great. very introspective.


Have to check it out. My favorites would include Paul Simon, James Taylor - they may be old rock dudes, but their songs stay in my head, you know?


they wrote great songs, hits, memorable tunes and lyrics. i figure that their music will last forever.


Hope so. Past the sounds of silence. Did you know "The Dark Side of the Moon" - album released over 40 yrs. ago - is still a best-seller? Who released it, do you know?


Pink Floyd. i dont know what they are doing now. anyway, great chat!


Pink Floyd? Of course! Classic. To hear their music played in live concert today, you can only listen to a tribute band. Nice chat. Thanks!


You, too. Listen to Pink Floyd if you get the chance!


Or - James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend". Cheers!


I am great! Do you watch the CMT awards at all?


Sometimes, I am not a huge fan but they are fun to watch. Do you like country music?


Sorry, meant to say CMA....Yes I like some country music. I will listen to it mostly on the radio, how about you? Any Albums you like that are country?


I like country pop mostly. Did you know there are only two african americans in the country music hall of fame?


I love country pop the best. No, I didn't know that! Wow! Did you know George Stait and Jeff Bezo's are cousins?


I did not know that. Small world. Henry Ford apparently was so concerned that jazz was going to take over so he out a lot of oney towards country music


Really? Wow. I love music in general. I used to have a lot of albums back in the day, miss having vinyl.


Of course I do! I love U2! i had their albums and still have them on my phone.


Yeah. Once they opened for themselves pretending to be another band.


Haha! really? I didn't know that, pretty funny. When they come on the radio while I am in my car I turn it up lol, great music.


If you turn it to AM, you might catch Jupiter's storm.


Really? That would be cool! I was surprised to learn that female country singers only make up 10% of the songs played on the country radio stations....even the CMA Awards didn't have many female nominee's! That's crazy...


That is too bad. DO you know much latin?


I don't know any latin, do you? I have heard it on the radio programs but don't know it.


I do not know it either but maybe it is workth tuning into that radio in Finland that gives their news in latin.


No, don't think so. Usually local stations. I know that canada has a rule that they have to play at least 40 % canadian music on their radio stations, I believe.


Talk about supporting local talent. Nice chatting with you.


Hey how's it going, do you know who Michael B. Jordan is?


He did, that was a good movie for sure. Did you ever watch him in the wire?


I can't say that I have.  Is that a tv show or movie?


It's a TV show, he played a character named Wallace, it's the best show ever, he did a pretty good job as Kilmonger in Black Panther though. You know who Maya Angelou is?


I've heard that name a lot through the years.  But again, I'm not too familiar with her other than the name.


She was an incredible civil rights leader and poet, she just turned 90. Do you know who Sam Barsky is?


She's still alive then?  Good for her for hitting 90.  I must be behind the times.  I've never heard of him.


There's a lot of news out there to keep up with. Did you see Black Panther? Did you know he is the richest super hero? He has an estimated worth of 500 billion dollars.


I watched it on netflix.  Isn't he the richest superhero?


He is, Tony Stark comes in second. I'm surprised they can make characters worth that much


Yes.  I guess though they have to make them like that so they can have money to do the things they need to do to be a superhero.


For sure, never thought about that. Chadwick Boseman did such a good job acting in that movie.


Don't laugh.  I don't know who that is either.


He was the star of Black Panther. Let's talk about the internet though, how nuts is it?


I like the internet.  Now that I know about.  Do you know what a hamburger button is?


I never knew what it was until I just read about it, it's the three horizontal lines you see some places. Who would have known that constant clicking links on the internet can cause real addition measurable in the brain?


Yes!  I just learned about the hamburger button too.  I could see myself suffering from that as well.  Not joking either.


I wonder if that's what made Facebook take off so much, seems like people are dependent on it.


We like to call those people sheeple at work because they follow the flock and are like zombies doing and believing what they're told.  I will stick to enjoying my internet for working and watching videos.


For sure, I do the same, no social media here. Anyways, I gotta go to sleep, good chatting and remember, don't kick the robots as Elon Musk said, AI never forgets.\


Ok.  Funny.  Nice chatting with you too.


Hopefully it's just a joke haha. Take care now.


I spend way too much time online. Do you as well?


All the time its an addiction. come a long way from dial-up though.


Yes I do not miss that. Do you know that the three horizontal lines on apps and websites is called?


I heard it's some type of food right? do you know?


It's called a hamburger button. I guess that makes sense since it's three lines.


Yeah i still don't get but what do i know. Finland gives everyone the right to the internet.


I was not aware of that. It seems very necessary now. Did you know that you can get 3G service on Mt Everest? I wonder how in the world they set that up.


Don't know but after seeing the movie i don't know why anyone in their right mind would want to go up there. " The mountain won"


I have no wish to do so. I am totally guilty of this but only 7% of people read the terms of service when buying a product or service online.


Well count me in the majority my friend. I heard that dolphins can communicate over the phone and some how know who they are talking with.


That's very interesting. I had not heard that. I can't believe that the cables that carry our phone and internet data across the ocean are only 2.7 inches around. They're not even suspended they just lay on the ocean floor!


That sounds strange seems like they would drift or corridor.


I would think that the salt would corrode them but apparently not. We've come so far in technology. There is more computing power in an iPhone than there is in the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


I'm still trying to picture a dolphin on the phone.


Ha ha. It is a funny image. Do you know why New York has the area code 212?


I heard it was the closes numbers on a rotary phone.


That's correct. I also heard that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone. I would love to sign up for that.


Please those kids must be dying of thirst. Have you ever heard of Egosurfing?


It's when you look yourself up online. "Ego-Surfing"


Emilia wrote the president criticizing his NCAA bracket picks!


That's too funny!!  I'm sure he got a good laugh about that!  Can you believe Fidel Castro wrote to our president asking for $10?!


Strange! But he had never seen American money before!


True, I wonder if he wrote to all countries asking for examples of their money or just ours?  Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana?


Funny! It's interesting that presidents do take time to read through many letters from it's citizens.


Yes, it's nice that they take the time to do that.  Well, them and their aids, who I'm sure do most of the reading.  Too bad the kids from New Jersey never got their Kids Day as a holiday!


Too bad for sure. The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


What?  I need to look that up!  Is it a male or female?  And how old??  Do you like how we vote for a VP now, or should it be like it was with the runner up in a presidential election automatically becoming the VP?


Yes, that would be interesting. The US president's guest house is larger than the white house.


That is interesting, I didn't realize the president even had a guest house!


Yes, they have so much space.Obama was the 44th president of the united states.


I guess so.  Did you know a man who was falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time in the library to study law.  He was able to prove his innocence!


Great use of time getting information from the library.


Yes, he later became a lawyer to help free other people who were falsely convicted.  What a way to find your life's calling!


There are more libraries than Mcdonalds in the US!


That's comforting!  I'd hate for it to be the other way around!  I wonder in order to publish a book in Norway if you must be a citizen?  If you publish a book there you're guaranteed 1000 sales to the government!


That's a great thing they do. The Sacramento library lets you check out sewing machines and other item.


That's a good idea.  I always feel weird checking out a DVD instead of a book, but I guess that's just the way things are now!  I'm sure William Gladstone would be upset, since he started a library to "bring together books who had no readers with readers who had no books".  Although I guess there's an argument for sewing machines for no users and users who have no sewing machines.


What an interesting idea for a library. Did you know Barack Obama was an attorney.


I did not, that's very interesting.  If, on google maps, you zoom into the white house you'll see Barack Obama!


I will have to try that. Also, Obama's secret service name was renegade.


In authority regimes, a dictator or leader of one party state may also be called a president.


I think that's a somewhat underhanded way to hide the fact that the government is in fact a dicatorship.


In politics, President is a title given to leaders of republican states.


Some presidents have some interesting hobbies, the president of Indonesia has released multiple albums.


The US president guest house is larger than the white house.


It probably has to be to accommodate foreign dignitaries and all the staff/security that they travel with.


They are safeguard people and their lives it is necessary.


Definitely. I think it is interesting that in America we used to have the runner up in the presidential election serve as Vice President. It probably led to some contentious pairings.


Its very interesting. The role of the president is more prominent, and also the function head of the government.


Yes and often times they are a wealthy individual such as JFK or George Washington.


I'm curious as to what his net worth would be the equivalent to in today's dollars.


A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources.


Often they are named after presidents in the United States. They usually have a library made in their hometown.


In US over half of adults have library cards.


A library card is a great thing to have, they're free and grant you access to a lot of necessary resources.


Sure, It make our self very discipline and very focused and learn lot of things in the library.


It can also help those who don't have reliable access to a computer. They are becoming a necessity in today's world.


I love to read, there are so many different and entertaining genres. Do you enjoy reading?


Yes, I read novels. Who is your favourite author ?


My favorite authors include Erik Larsson, Stephen King, and Chuck Pahalniuk


NIce. The government of Norway will buy 1000 copies of books and distribute them to all library.


That's a great way to support your citizenry!


I just read about this chick named Anne Jones who could read 4,700 words per minute


Thats crazy fast! I wonder how they meassure that, I heard she holds the World Record of speen reading


yeah, I don't know. What do you think she read? I bet it was sci fi. Ender's game and such. It's required reading in the military


Not sure, but that sounds like a great book I saw the movie and it was pretty good, I liked it


Yeah. Who is your favorite author? I really like Tolkien. He and CS Lewis use to hold competitions together.


Mine is George R.R. Martin, he is agreat author and think that is funny, I wonder who was the champion among those two


The competition was "you laugh, you lose". They were really good friends.


Sounds like they were or are, not sure if they are alive anymore, Starship Troopers is another great book for millitary personel


Yeah that one is on the reading lists in the military as well.


Did you hear about the moral panic back in the 18th century, crazy how books can cause caos


Yeah, reading novels getting popular in the 18th century cause such moral outrage?


Yeah a moral panic because of the spread of books but anyways do you like hockey?


no, I'm not Canadian. So I didn't grow up with it being my national sport.


I see well I love hockey and yeah it is more a Canadian sport than American, I also like lacrosse


yeah, Lacrosse is popular in Canada too, right?


Yeah Canada has two national sports one is the previously mentioned hockey and the other is lacrosse


Did you know a professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game?


That sounds like a physical demanding sport, 8 pounds in a game! I have to start playing hockey lol


yeah, I would be lousy. I heard about a guy who got traded for $1 and then went and won four Stanely cups. I would probably be a waste of a dollar. LOL


I agree lol, that must be the cheapest transfer ever, I bet the other team regretted that decision


Yeah, we're the only country that refers to our sport as Hockey. Everyone else is talking about field hockey.


To err is to be human. I guess that makes me homo ultima.


Nice, Have you seen the Broadway show Network?


No I have not. I live far away fom Broadway, I did however see the movie on which the play is based.


I read Brian Cranston is really good in it but I have not seen it either.


Brian has garnished many accolades for his acting over the years. He always brings the best to any role he undertakes. I understand that other than him the play has been panned.


It appears that he is carrying the show on his back.


That's not surprising. Apparently the show hits you on the head trying to make it's point.


Although the show is clearly in the 70's, there are several 21st century fixtures. Google was even mentioned.


I think they call that an 'Au Repoire' when unrelated terminology is introduced in a period piece. Do you use Google routinely?


I use it every day. Apparently a lot of people do. In 2013 google went down for about 5 minutes and took 40% of the web traffic with it.


Yes they are huge. It appears that they are rapidly taking over the tech field one company at a time.


I agree. I had no idea that they calculate traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on a particular road.


It is amazing isn't it. They can also track individual locations unless you adjust your phone settings.


That's a little scary! It feels like all these devices are tracking me. I think my TV may be listening to me as well.


Tvs aren't that smart...yet. Thay do it for targeted ads for the location you are in, like restaurants, business' etc.


They will be soon. Apparently it take more computing power for one google search than it took to send Neil Armstrong to the moon.


That is a scary thought isn't it. I was a young boy when Sputnik was launched and it always astounds me how far tech has advanced over the years.


I know, I can remember when Atari came out. I would play pong for hours on my little black and white TV.


Yes now the games are smarter than we are. Been great talking with you.


I do. Actually am watching it now on my new TV.  No old bulky CRT screen display for me.


Great, its better to watch things on HD, did you ever watch that 70s Show?


I did and really enjoyed it.  I know they tried it in the UK but it wasn't very popular and was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Remakes tend to be really bad so that makes sense, the original show is really funny, FES is the best,


Yeah, I really did like that show.  I liked it more than Pokemon, and believe it or not that show had 750 episodes.


Yeah 750 episodes and more than 16 years, Pikachu is still my favorite though


Yeah, my youngest liked Pikachu too.  He didn't care for the Simpsons though, especially the one episode where Bart did not appear.


Do you like The Simpsons? it used to be one of my favorite shows, now I dont watch it mainly because I dont have the time


I used to watch it all the time, but not so much anymore.  Don't have the time either.  I used to watch Thomas the Tank Engine when my boys were little as well.  Never realized there were three different narrators.


That show had great narrators, Alec Balwin, Ringo Starr, my little brother used to love that show


I think George Carlin narrated as well.  I think each of them did at least 52 episodes.


Yeah Gerge Carlin was another one of the narrators, do you also like South Park and Family Guy?


Never got into Family Guy too much, but did watch South Park back in the day.  Not sure how many episodes there were of that show, probably a lot.  Maybe I'll google it to fine out.  After all, one Google search takes a tremendous amount of computing power.


More than the computing power it took to send Neil Armstrong to the moon!!


That's crazy!  they can harness all that computing power, and still use goats to cut the lawns around their headquarters.


Its an old fashioned and cheap company lol, have you used the Google Maps app?


I have, but am a little hesitant.  Especially since learning how they tract people's Android devices.  Seems like they want to know where you are and what you're doing at all times.


Yeah that seems like a breach of privacy, Google is a giant now, its insane how the company has grown since 1998


For sure.  A few years ago Google went down and took 40% of web traffic with it.


Thats a lot, I guess it has a deeper and greater influence than what I originally though


Did you know from 9pm to 12am netflix accounts for 33% of bandwidth in north america?


That's a really high number. Along with youtube, it makes up half of the peak internet traffic.


WOW! That is crazy, I wonder if anyone ever tried to buy netflix?


Blockbuster could have for $50M. It's now worth $2B.


That was a mistake, although blockbuster probably would have ran it into the ground.


That's true. They had a story about the last blockbuster in the news yesterday, it's in Oregon..


Yeah, that is pretty cool. Do you watch a lot of TV?


Not really unless it is live sports an I can have it on in the back ground. You?


Eh, not so much anymore. I did see the series Stranger Things. I liked it.


I heard a lot of good things but haven't had the urge to watch it. What did you like about it?


I just thought that the acting out of the kids was pretty good. Reminded me of Goonies.


I heard that. Any other good shows on Netflix?


I don't really know any to be honest. LOL


Me either. I am not sure why i keep the subscription. I should cancel and renew in 6 months.


Hilarious! I just don't watch enough TV to justify it. Honestly, I watch mostly financial news like Bloomberg or CNBC.


Nice. I try to watch bloomberg but I never have the time throughout the day. Do you work during the day?


Yeah, I do. I will usually stream it from my chromebook for background noise. CNBC veers off of financial topics too often. I like following the market.


Ill have to try that. I do find myself not able to concentrate if I am listening to podcasts so I wonder how bloomburg would do? Can you still concentrate?


Yeah, I do a lot of statistical programming in SAS, R, Python. It doesn't bother me. Well, nice chatting!


Definitely, the days of dial up, emo-rock, spice girls, tamagotchi.


Yeah i think that this is when music took a sharp turn for the worse as well.


I started watching a show on Netflix called Everything Sucks!  There's definitely some heavy nostalgic things going on. Similar to the 80's shows that is currently on the air, like The Goldbergs.


Unfortunately i haven't seen either one. Netflix however  has 137 million total subscribers worldwide, including 58.46 million in the United States.


I would say the show is something worth watching if you have nothing better to do. Netflix streaming has done a good job so far with content.


Netflix has a movie that is nothing but an hour long video of a fireplace - fireplace for your home.


With 137 M subscribers, I'm certain there's some people that would tune into that show. From 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of north american bandwidth. That's a lot!


Yeah they seem to put out a new movie every couple weeks.


Well with their current Marvel deal, I can see solid subscriber base in Netflix. They also have another show called Stranger Things on Netflix. It's worth watching.


I tried to watch that but couldn't stick with it. The company expanded internationally in 2010 with streaming available in Canada, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean. I do how ever watch the marvel series it has going. Daredevil's a favorite.


Too bad they don't have simpsons or bobs burgers on netflix. Fox shows are definitely a good thing to binge watch or let it run in the background.


Yeah watching that old 90 show called NYPD Blue on HULU


Hulu hosts a lot of the FOX shows right? Damn I would like to watch these shows but I do not want to pay money to watch advertisements.


Most of the shows on Hulu are commercial free, with the exception of the most popular and then they only play a commercial at the beginning and at the end.


Oh really? They changed it? When I used it a year ago it was advertisements in the middle of the episode between scenes. No one wants that...


In 2000 netflix proposed that blockbuster should use netflix as its online service and blockbuster laughed them out of the office. They have got to be kicking themselves right about now.


Blockbuster failed to go the streaming route. They would have been the favorite to destroy Netflix. Before streaming, Netflix wasn't really great. Similar to Amazon when they only did books.


Yeah i remember i think i was one of netfixs first customers the streaming was HORRIBLE. I'm glad they kept at it though.


You gotta think of the next big thing. When you do, keep me in the loop. We can be billionaires, just like Netflix and Amazon.


Hi, how are you doing tonight? Do you watch Netflix?


Hey I'm doing well. I do have Netflix. I don't have cable so yeah mostly watch Netflix, what about you?


I have watched some of their stuff. They are willing to take risks on smaller movies. It's refreshing.


Yep I agree with you. It's very screwy that Netflix takes up 33% of the bandwidth in North America, that is so much!


People love stories. Regular TV is just not up to it. Also, people can choose the shows when they want.


Yep and even more impressive, Netflix and YouTube together take up about half of all internet traffic, I wonder if someone else will come along or if they are going to be the two juggernauts for a long time


The technology will change. If a newcomer emerges, then Google can buy them. I expect that there will be acquisitions for a while. Netflix can acquire as well.


Yep that's true. I know that Netflix makes a lot of original shows now. Their first one was in 2012 and it was called Lillehammer, have you ever seen that show


I haven't seen it. Is it good? Was it a success? I'm glad somebody is making original shows. The regular TV programming is stale.


I haven't seen it either. I mostly just like stranger things and the show glow. Do you stream Netflix or do you get the DVDs delivered?


I don't use Netflix now. I found that it was a distraction, and I needed time for other things. I used to stream shows. Easier than the DVDs. I'm amazed that Netflix still spends tons on postage.


I agree. And apparently postage costs 20


20 times more than bandwidth. I believe it. But some people probably want the physical disc. Maybe because their internet is too slow?


That could be it. Also maybe Netflix doesn't have all of the DVD shows on their streaming service? That's something I don't know. But I know that you can't get every movie that you want on the streaming service that's for sure


That could be true. Some shows maybe are only on DVD. Blockbuster certainly messed up when they underestimated the value of Netflix.


Yeah they did. They had the chance to buy them for only 50 million. And now Netflix is worth 2 billion! That's insane


I guess a lot of people underestimated Netflix. Their stock was like $10 a share back in the day. Now it's really gone up. The origins of the company are interesting to me. Reed Hastings must have been very upset!


Haha you're right. To think that Netflix started because of a late fee for keeping Apollo 13 too long LOL that is a good movie though


Great film. Late fees suck. Netflix solved that problem. People need convenience.


Yep I agree. And people don't want to pay to rent movies and then return them on time and pay the fee like you said. That would be so annoying. So I can definitely see why Blockbuster is gone out of business. Even the local video rental store by me recently went under. I think people just had enough pet business model


Yes. Too many things are available through the Internet. A physical business is going to struggle without an online presence. Can TV adapt?


That's a good question! What kind of TV do you watch?


My brother does and I use his account. I can't believe that blockbuster passed up deals to buy them for 50 million...especially cause now they are worth like 2 billy.


They gave up on the deal of their lifes, I guess the CEO of  Blockbuster had no vision and thats why the stores are almost gone


I think all of them are gone by now. I guess it is a little more reasonable if streaming wasn't popular back then and it was just the DVD service. their streaming now makes up for 33 percent of bandwith usage at night for america.


Wow 33% of all the bandwith thats a lot,well the service has about 59 million subscribers in the US only so the numbers do add up


137 million world wide. They even started making their own content a few years ago in 2012, I think that is one of their best business moves. I know stranger things is really popular and I loooved it. so nostalgic.


That is a great show, the cast is pretty food, Winona Ryder, David Harbour many great actors


david harbour is a great actor. one time he was in shakespere in the park.


He is a great actor, did you know that the show Stranger Things was actually inspired by Elfen Lied, an anime


that is interesting. I love that they use the font from dungeons and dragons too. lots of nerd stuff that i grew up with, love it. netflix really changed the way tv is consumed and the way people advertise...it's a lot harder to do mass advertising when its a paid subscription like netflix.


What other shows do you like? or used to like on Netflix?


I really like their reboot of Full House, Fuller House. I think it's a really cute sitcom. and I really enjoy their marvel ventures.


I liked those too, its a bad thing they got cancelled, Daredevil was great I also love Iron Fist


I did not like iron fist. I thought it was kind of boring and Danny's character seemed whiny. big shame about daredevil though. they have some good comedies too. insatiable was hilarious.


I never saw Insatiable did it also got cancelled?


no I don't believe so. I really hope that it gets another season soon. they have a lot of really funny british sitcoms that are netflix originals too.


Sounds like a great show, I might give it a try, how about The Simpsons do you like that show?


I do. I didn't watch it much growing up... I know they have so many episodes i have probably only seen like 10% of them.


Theres so much episodes that makes sense, I watched the show at the beggining maybe the first 300 episodes or so,


yeah it is def an iconic cultural piece of work.


They are my favorite American family although Family guy is another great show.


Netflix is really cool but also influences teenagers a lot, have you seen the serie "Everything Sucks"


I have not, interesting title though. What is it about?


I dont know, I havent watch it either, a friend recommended it and says it has about 10 episodes.


Have you seen Stranger things on netflix? I hear it's pretty good,  I just can't get into it.


I have, one of my favorite characters is Hopper, you should definetely watch it.


which one is Hopper? As of October 2018, Netflix has 137 million total subscribers worldwide, including 58.46 million in the United States.


Hopper is the character played by David Harbour, I heard he tore his achilles heel playing a character once.


I guess this is when america watches tv! From 9pm to 12am, netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.


Really that seems like a bad time as most people are at work, I wonder if YouTube has similar numbers


At work? It's the evening. Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america.


Oh I missunderstood you, that makes more sense, I heard Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix but didnt do it.


Too bad for them! Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.


That seems unreal! so what other shows do you like to watch, I used to love South Park.


I just finished both seasons of Norseman. I'm interested in Lilyhammer too.


I see, do you like The Simpsons, I didnt know this but theres an episode without Bart in it.


I've read that before. I don't know that I saw that episode. What about you?


I know I didnt watch it, I think im going to google it as it can be a really interesting episode,


I watched the 70's show too. This is wild! 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes. Did you watch it?


I used to watch that 70's show I really liked it and remakes are often bad so Im not surprised


Me too. My kids used to love Pokemon. There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight. no wonder I thought it went on forever!


I used to love Pokemon too lol, I watched the origianl 150 pokemon series and wow 16 years straight? thats a long time!


Did you know that Netflix scientists did a study and that there are actually more instances of sex violence and smoking that on network TV


That's pretty interesting but Netflix doesn't have to worry about the FCC so I can see how it has more sex and violence


Yep I agree, I remember in stranger things that Winona Ryder is constantly smoking, that probably affected their study results LOL


Yea, I guess all the smoking upsets The Truth Initiative.


Yep I agree, it is weird that different movie stars accepted money to smoke on screen, like how Sylvester Stallone accepted half-a-million dollars for smoking in Rambo and Rocky 4


Well in the 1940s and 50s they had James Dean and Marilyn Monroe smoking in all their movies


Yep smoking used to be really cool but now it's not very cool anymore, especially in today's climate, but I guess people are mad that Netflix is increasing tobacco usage and that may make a situation where it becomes cool again


Yea, I guess a lot of Netflix original dedicate a lot of screen time to smoking


Yep I think you're right. How often do you watch Netflix by the way? I watch a little bit everyday


Usually a few nights a week, I guess I help contribute to the 33% of bandwidth Netflix takes up between 9pm and 12am


LOL yes and I also contribute to that, I watch a lot of YouTube and Netflix and YouTube together take up half of the internet traffic in North America


I'm surprise with all the bandwidth netflix uses up it still spends 20 times more on postage


Yep that's a good point, I'm shocked that they even offer DVDs still, I'm also shocked that there was a $40 late fee for a copy of Apollo 13 on VHS LOL


Ironic that the $40 late fee probably put that video store out of business after netflix came out


LOL I agree with you. How often do you watch just regular TV though? Do you ever watch The Simpsons or South Park


Yea I watch South Park all the time and old Simpsons reruns. The Simpsons crew really enjoyed South Park's family guy episode


Yeah I heard about that they even sent the South Park creators flowers LOL that's awesome


It's crazy that there is only one episode of the Simpsons that doesn't feature Bart in any capacity


Yeah I agree I've never seen that episode though. I want to watch all the Pokemon episodes but they have almost 800 I will take me forever to watch them all LOL


Yea thats a lot of pokemon, it's been on for 750 episodes and Ash still hasn't caught them all


I know right! Did you like watching the show That 70s Show by the way? Apparently they tried to remake it in England


Good morning! Are you interested in cars?


I am, it is better than a horse. I have two cars. Do you?


I have an audi. I understand them. What amazes me is how they drive the economy. Can you believe that McDonalds invented the drive thru for soldiers that could not get out of the cars wearing fatigues?


I always admired McDonalds ingenuity and willingness to cater to customers.


I also did not know that trunks of cars were named that because trucks used to carry wooden trunks on the back?


It is a good thing that car trunks are no longer made of wood.


The name of Cadillac came from a French explorer who founded Detroit. That seems to be the birthplace of modern cars and motown.


I was going to install flame throwers in my car but I was afraid it might be illegal and I would get pulled over all the time


I did read that it is legal to have flame thowers on your car in South Africa to prevent car jacking. That is crazy!


I have always wanted one of the first cars made in America but they are pretty pricey


Are you interested in the internet or Facebook? It has made quite a change in society.


I am a bit disgusted at Facebook right now for violating my privacy by selling my information


no kidding. Did you read that Burger king had a promotion that if you unfriend 10 people you get a whopper?


That would be a few free whoppers for me for sure


It is cool that the Like button is illegal in one of the German states?


I still don't understand why they don't have a "dislike" button on Facebook


The do have a thumbs down! I did not know that Facebook is mainly blue because Mark Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness?


That certainly is odd. I am considering going back to MySpace


I was not sure anyone uses my space. I do find it interesting that facebook began at Havard.


I got started on Facebook about five years after they got their start online.


to change the subject a bit, Did you know that Clint Eastwood had an allergy to horses?


I did not I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan. I used to live near him as a kid


Do you have a Facebook account by any chance?


I do. Did you know that you had to be 13 to make an account? Until recently I didn't think there was an age minimum.


I just check in about once a day and look through posts mostly. It's become a little too toxic for me. In 2012 it was valued at $104 billion! That's insane.


Yeah, that's a lot! I would sell and live on an island.


I can't imagine what I would do with that much money. Apparently MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in 2005. That was a very bad idea.


It may be why they are a dying company unable to rebrand themselves. I had no idea it was blue becuase Zuckerburg is color blind.


I didn't know that either. That's interesting. It's a nice color scheme. Did you know that there is a state in Germany where the like button is illegal? I wonder why that is.


Maybe their population became too mean so they banned it. It sound rediculous but is it????


It is. I could understand if it was a dislike button maybe but not a like button. I don't understand several things places have done with Facebook. Iceland allowed the public to use Facebook suggestions to rewrite their constitution. That seems like a terrible idea.


Yes! That does sound terrible. Burger king gave away burgers if you unfriended 10 people. I wold have done it in a heart beat


I don't understand that one either. How did that benefit Burger King in any way?


They also sold $0.01 whoopers for anyone who used their mobile app within 100 feet of a McDonalds to place the order. So petty...


That is very petty. Off topic but do you like horses?


I am indifferent to them. I mean they are useful.


They are and very pretty. Did you know that Dalmatians are associated with firefighters because they would clam and protect their horses? What an odd trait.


I had no idea. I was just asked about that the other day. Now I know!


It is very interesting. I also just recently found out that Clint Eastwood had a mid-life allergy to horses. That's shocking when he did so many westerns.


I had no idea Icelandic horses have a 5th speed, tolt. Huh...


I was not aware of that either. I honestly couldn't tell you the four speeds before that.


Did you hear about that Instagram post about that student In Texas?


Yes, and apparently white supremacist incidents are on the increase.


I'm glad to see that the president of the University apologized.


A lot of students were getting really worried.


JFK Washington and Jefferson were all the top wealthiest president In American history.


If you get to be the president's guest you are really lucky. The guest house is larger than the white house.


That's interesting! Did you know that back before the 1800's The runner up the Presidential election automatically became the vice president?


No, I did not know that. I cannot imagine that happening today!


Sorry that was my bad I tried to say: Did you know before the 1800s the runner up to the presidential election automatically became vice president.  Could you Imagine if Hillary Was Trump's vice president?


That would be funny but probably not a good idea. Have you heard that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office?


No, I did not know that. I think it's ironic that Lincoln was shot and he created the secret service that morning. I guess they weren't equipped well. Maybe if he created them a few weeks before they could have prevented it.


Maybe he had a feeling it was coming or had intel that it was coming. I love his top hat. It wasn't only for style-he kept his documents in there.


He could have kept a ton of them in that big old hat! I think it's funny that all the presidents with beards were republican, starting with Lincoln.


He sure was stylish. I kind of imagine him having a deep voice as he is depicted in film. Apparently his voice was actually high pitched!


Really? I would have never guessed. At lease he abolished slavery and modernized our economy after he lead us through the civil war.


Apparently, the man who assassinated Julius Caesar shared the same name as the father of John Wilkes Booth. What do you know about Jupiter?


Its moon would be a planet, that is if it orbited the sun.


Well, at least it's not like Venus, because it rotates counterclockwise!


Uranus actually sounds kind of cute! It rolls instead of spins!


Wait, I didn't think it was still a planet by the modern day definition.


Hmm, I haven't heard that though I have heard that about Pluto!


Do you like Orchestras ? Carlos Miguel Prieto made the conductor of the year


I don't really unless it is accompanied by dance. his performance seemed like it was going to be a defeat but suddenly became delightful


I love dance as well. I knew Michael jackson did not do those dance moves on his own


Yeah I always wondered how he did that. I also thought he invented the moonwalk but I guess tap dancer Bill Bailey did in 1955.


Wow I never knew that. Big bad Tupac danced ballet in high school


Wow, that is pretty cool. I guess they tried to teach Mr. Rogers to breakdance in one episode!


Lol That would have been funny to see that. did you know that Jim carrey doesn't make dramas any more ?


I think he is better in comedies so maybe that's not such a bad thing.


his beilef system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity. I admire that


Interesting. I don't realy watch a lot of drama though I do like the melodrama called Ikea Heights. It's shot in the Ikea store without the store knowing. How creepy though.


Interesting. Well Michael caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class. It paid off anyway lol


Haha, yeah I guess it did. Funny that he admitted it. Patrick Stewart teaches master classes for drama students in the UK. That would be fun!


I love Patrick Stewart.  There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free. I would like to find that site


Interesting. That would be good for my commute.


Yes and Hugh laurie made $700,000 per episode in house. thats a lot of money for TV


Nice! Do you like Emily Clarke? She did the funky chicken and robot dance at the audition for Daenerys Targaryen.


I do like Emily Clarke. Do you like creed ? In 2002 a creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band


I used to like them. I don't really like concerts, do you?


I love them. I would like to go to croatia where there is an ancient roman amphitheatre that is still in use as a concert venue


That sounds awesome. I would go to that venue. But I don't like concerts because they are so loud and make my ears right. In 72 Deep Purple broke the world record for loudest concert and three members of the audience were rendered unconscious.


Wow.  linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Hey there my friend! Do you like dogs by the way, we used to have a dog


Yeah, they are cool but they are a lot of work so I don't have one.


I agree. You can't just leave them alone. So that would make doing vacations and traveling very full of hassle for me. one thing I didn't know is that dogs have 12 different blood types


Yeah,that is how I feel. They are really smart though. They can understand pointing.


They sure can! So can elephants, dogs and elephants are the only animals who can understand pointing. You would think that a gorilla or a dolphin or another really smart animal would be able to though


And I had heard that dogs were color blind but I guess they are not.


Nope they sure aren't. They just can't see as many colors as humans can. And I love Google even more now because apparently they are a dog company as per their code of conduct haha


So I was doing some research on Google about cars modifications one day. In South Africa you can put flame throwers on your cars to prevent carjacking.


Wow that sounds incredible haha! I could totally use that right now to melt ice on my driveway haha or to make hamburgers when I'm on a picnic


Speaking of hamburgers, McDonalds originally added their drive thru to accomodate soldiers who were in fatigues.


That is really nice of them! It's shocking that the drive-thru was invented in 1975. It seems so obvious that you would think it would have had it been invented before then haha


Well too bad it has contributed to my laziness in the modern era though haha.


Haha definitely contributed to my laziness and also my waistline haha. Did you hear about why the trunk of a car is called a trunk?


Because cars used to have actual trunks attached to the back of their cars. I wonder if there was a lot of trunk jacking?


I know right. It's just good that they don't still use wooden trunks in South Africa. That would definitely be a fire hazard with all those flamethrowers driving around haha


I wonder how far back Cadillacs date? If they had wooden trunks at one point?


That's a good question. I'm actually from Detroit and I didn't know the origin who founded it. But now I know is that French explorer and that Cadillac was named after him. That's pretty cool


Yeah that is neat. Do you like watching professional racing?


I can watch racing from time to time. I think stuff like NASCAR is boring but I do like when there are explosions haha what about you


Not really. I do think it's cool that Jann Mardenborough got recruited because he was really good at playing video games!


That is really cool! Did you ever play the game Gran Turismo? I used to play that all the time back in the day, it's amazing he got so good that he could become a professional driver haha


I dont have one, but I think they are pretty great.


I dont currently have one either. Did you know that it is a common myth that dogs are colorblind.


Yeah, I heard that isnt true.  They can see color, just not as much as we can.


Did you know that google actually prefers dogs over cats. Weird stance for a company to take in my opinion.


I agree.  I wonder how many cat lovers take issue with that.


Im not sure., but it actually states in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.


I wonder if they are going to help develop those dog vending machines that they have in Istanbul.


Not sure. It sounds like a good idea. I just wonder how many strays it actually helps. I would think that only a few would even be able to find them.


The machines dispense food in exchange for plastic bottles, so I think people feed them.


Yeah but I would think that if they just gave the money to the humane society it would probably help more animals.


Maybe they could open another dog blood drive with the money. Did you know they had those.


I didn't, it is really cool that they do though.


Yeah dogs actually have 12 different blood types.


They are really smart animals too, they understand pointing


Yeah the only other animal that can do that are elephants.


They are pretty awesome!  Maybe I should get a dog, so it could be my best friend.


They are mans best friend. A lot more loyal than most humans are for sure.


Definitely.  Good Chat!  Have a good night!


Hi!  I don't know much about it.  Do you like opera?


My grandmother really likes it. So I've heard a lot of Italian and French stuff but I did not know that conductors played such a role in the quality of the music


I didn't know that either.  I do like a little classical music.  I've heard the National Symphony Orchestra is good.


Well, apparently they debuted an older conductor who didn't go over so well with critics because most of the musicians played "sluggishly."


That's too bad.  I wonder if he had won any awards and that's why they had him perform.


He won conductor of the year from Musical America; I think that's an official award, or maybe it was just a title?


I don't know but you'd think he'd be good if he had an award or title.


I guess but I don't really see how the conductor affected the musicians' performances. For instance, one new "virtuoso" apparently stood out despite the other musicians being sluggish


I think they have to follow the conductor's direction so that may be why.  I like percussionists.  They really add to the drama of a performance.  Some orchestras have no fewer than 12.


That makes sense in context but otherwise sounds crazy excessive. I think this performance had about that many PLUS they were all drumming and blowing into conch shells


Conch shells?  That sounds definitely different.  I hope the performance was liked by the audience.


One critic said it was "great fun" and the crowd demanded an encore, so sounds like it went over well


Sounds like a good concert then.  Back in the day a concert was the only way to hear musicians play.


And even now that it isn't, they're still pretty popular. The Ramones toured for like 20 years straight...doesn't leave a lot of time for writing new material


I guess they wrote on the road.  Did you know that in Croatia there is an ancient roman amphitheater that is still used as a concert venue?


No! Do musicians perform there for actual audiences? Because Pink Floyd recorded a concert in an amiptheater in Pompeii buuuut there was no audience. Maybe the acoustics weren't good?


Hmm, I don't know.  The one in Croatia is still in use today so it must be good if people are going to it.


I would love to see an old Greek comedy or tragedy in an ampitheater like that


I would too.  It would definitely be better than a Creed music concert. I heard that one of their concerts was so bad that some of the audience sued them.


Really? What was the cause of action? That is, what exactly did they sue for? Their money back or emotional distress? lol


Probably both! It was back in 2002 so who knows.


I do, what about you? I just love live music


I think I'd like to go. I've only ever been to one concert and it was indoors so it doesn't really count.


I see, did you liked it? I went to a Creed concert back in 2002, terrible mistake, terrible concert


I did like it. It was Tori Amos. I like how Creed sounds. They didn't have a good concert?


No, in fact four concert goers sued the band it was terrible and I like Creed its a great band, they just performed really poorly that day


I've heard on the radio from time to time concerts being a no show by the performers. That would be such a ruined day for so many people!


Yeah but there are also great bands, one of them was Linking Park, they played 324 concerts back in 2011, all of that in that year, incredible right?


I do remember hearing that and I don't know how they lived through it unless they had body doubles at some concerts! Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at an amphitheater in Pompeii.


I heard that concert had no audience, Pink Floyd is one of my favorite artists, what a concert that must have been.


Yes, Pompeii is that town that had the volcano erupt on it, right? I guess Pink Floyd must know they're hot like lava to have a concert there!


I think so they sound familiar but I can't remember their songs. Have you seen them in concert as well?


No, didnt have the chance, they played 20 years straight almost 2300 concerts, but I had no luck, I regret not going to one of their concerts


I regret never going to a Static X concert. Now the lead singer is passed away. Very sad story there.


Really? what happened there? its sad how some artists die from suicide or overdose


Well, it's a huge drama of gossip, but the old bad member have said the wife who also overdosed now was the one who got the lead singer Wayne on her Rx to begin with.


Sounds like a story full of drama, do you like to watch drama tv?


Yes, and it started out as a happy drama where they met at a concert after she had a crush on him for awhile. I don't watch much drama TV, do you?


I do, one of my favorite shows is House, have you seen that one?


Yes, that is a good show. My favorite show is The Big Bang Theory, although it's more comedy than drama.


Have you ever watched The Flash on The CW?


Hey, Yes I have. It is one of my favorite shows.


I have never seen it, only just heard of it.  The are so many DC and Marvel shows on now.


There are! In fact, Morena Baccarin who voices a character on the Flash has been in 3 different super hero shows and movies.


I guess the Flash has the ability to move very quickly, anything else?


The Flash can also vibrate through solid objects, heal at an accelerated rate, and throw lighting bolts generated by his speed.


Is it still on?  I'd like to see him vibrate through solids.  Not your average drama show.


Yes, it is still on. It airs Tuesday on the CW.


Who's in it? Anyone famous, Hugh Laurie, Jim Carrey or Jon Hamm?


None of those people. Jesse L Martin is probably the most known. He was on Law and Order.


I used to like all the police procedural dramas a few years back, but then there were so many of them and they all seemed the same.  My wife used to love House.


House was a good show. I remember the first time I heard Hugh Laurie use his real voice. I was shocked!


You mean that he's British?  I heard he got a lot of money for that show.  My wife also watch Mad Men, I think mainly because she liked Jon Hamm.


Yup, his American accent was very convincing. He made like 700k an episode that's 15 + million a year.


Not bad a bad job if you can find it.  I like Michael Caine, at least he's honest that he did it for the girls.


Ha, that's funny. I suppose it is cheeper than buying a car.


It's always interesting to learn how things got their names, like the trunk of a car comes from when cars used to have wooden trucks on the back


Or that the Cadillac is named after the founder of Detroit.


I like the idea of equipping my car with a flame-thrower.  That should make the person doing 20 on a 35 mph road go quicker.


That might be legal in South Africa but I doubt it would fly in the US. Also, it would be good for melting snowy roads.


True. Well, it was nice chatting with you.


Good morning. Do you watch much drama? I think it's very unique because it's almost considered a genre of poetry.


I do, some of my favorite shows are drama, do you like it?


Nice yes I like it too. Jim Carrey used to make dramas but not anymore because his believe system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.


I think thats great besides Jim Carey is more of a Comedian, I like his comedy movies better


Yes I agree with you there 100%. A great show is house MD. Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever earning close to $1 million per episode.


Wow that is a lot of money for a single episode, do you like House?


Yeah it is an awesome show. If you like classic radio drama as there's a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes for free. Not sure the name of it though.


Would be interesting to search for it, do you like Superhero series?


Yeah I like superhero series. Never seen the flash though. It was developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff John's. Could be good.


Its a great show you should watch it 100% recommended, Barry Allen is the best


Oh wow good to know thanks. It sounds like The Flash can travel back in time. That does sound interesting.


Yeah in fact he travels back in time several times in the series, its now on the fifth season and the villains keep getting better and better


Oh nice I love a good villain. Does he have a cool car? I like looking at old cars especially the 1908 model T which was the first car accessible to everyone.


No he doest have a car, would be cool if he did though, I guess he doesnt really need one as he is the fastest man alive


Yeah good point he could out run any car. It would be cool to see flamethrowers on a car though. But all I would need to do for that is go to South Africa apparently.


Thats bananas, how can they allow flamethrowers in cars lol, that is completely insane!!


Yeah it seems like they would be very effective in preventing carjacking. Regardless I want to see it in action.


Sounds like a great way to remove snow, that could be handy in winter time, what if your car gets stolen and then the thief uses the flamethrower against you? I guess they didnt thought that over


Yeah good point. A lot of implications. The car brand cadillac was named after the french explorer who founded Detroit! Well I feel like we talked about a lot. I really enjoyed it. Hope you have a good day :)


It was? that is interesting, I thought it was like a random name, its been great chatting with you as well have a nice day.


Yes, I heard Riverdale did a musical episode recently, I don't watch that show but I did see the Scrubs episode


I heard about that too. I haven't seen either, but I remember enjoying the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Was the Scrubs episode good?


The Scrubs musical episode was okay, to be honest I'm not a big fan of musicals


I think they're a fun departure from the norm, but only when you can tell the cast is enjoying it too. I can understand not liking them, though. Sometimes they focus too much on the songs instead of the story.


I heard Grey's Anatomy did a musical episode, I don't know how they were able to pull that off


Supposedly they used more song covers instead of their own original songs, so it probably came across as more of an atmosphere enhancer for the drama than a dedicated musical that reflected on the show itself.


I see, I know Debra Fordham tailored the songs to the episode of Scrubs she wrote


That probably made it more memorable of an episode than the Grey's Anatomy one. If a Scrubs song got stuck in your head, it would make you think of Scrubs instead of whatever band the cast covered like in Grey's.


Fordham did right a parody song of "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from Les Misrables for the Scrubs episode so people probably associate the two now


Hah, now that makes me want to watch the episode. I love that Les Mis song. It makes sense to borrow inspiration from other musicals to make a musical episode.


I didn't know The Flash tv show did a musical episode too that featured the villian Music Meister


Really? That sounds like it would be hard to do in the superhero crime setting.


Since Flash was a big music fan the villain decided to trap him and Supergirl in a singsong dream world


That's a really creative way to fit the musical concept into that kind of show. Do you know if it turned out to be a good episode or not?


I think it got good reviews like most of The Flash episodes since it spinned off from Green Arrow


I considered watching it since I watched Arrow too, but I just wasn't captivated by the universe they were both set in enough. I wonder if I should reconsider.


Maybe, I know the comics Flash has done some crazy stuff like beating death in a race to the end of space-time


The comic books really like to jump the shark after a while, don't they? I always enjoyed the debates between Flash and Superman over who was faster.


The comics can get weird, like The Flash going back in time to become pure energy and give himself the powers


The weirdness and the drama it causes is part of what makes comics like The Flash so entertaining, though!


I can't believe that over a 17 year span, Tom Brady has been such a dynamic player in the NFL.


He has won so many back to back titles with the New England Patriots.


He sure has, but my Eagles beat him last year!


Yes, that's right. However, he is not the only interesting paper. Yet, his training methods seem to be very strict.


It has to be I guess, all the best athletes have strict diets and training routines


I completely agree because Peyton Manning has been in the Super Bowel numerous times.


That is true as well, they competed for that spot several times, but the Patriots were better coached


Tom Brady is a great player because he can lead offensively. That's the whole point of a quarterback player.


that is true, and he is great at it, he threw 50 touchdowns in 2007!


Wow! That is an incredible fact. He has been playing almost two decades so he has perfected his game.


he sure has, but at some point, your body is bound to go out on you


Yes, but there are so many other players like Russell Wilson who may dominate the game.


That is true, but not many reach the level of a tom brady


It's true but he made history in the game.


he sure has, not many quarterbacks do what he does


I completely agree. Some players can perform at multiple sports. Russell Wilson is that talented.


He sure is, he was also drafted as a baseball player if I recall


Yes, he was scouted by two major league teams. He must have a good arm. One that can hit a ball out of the ballpark.


He sure does, he can throw a great deep ball as well!


Do you like to watch television much? I used to watch comedy shows a lot, but I think I watch most stuff on YouTube now. How about you?


Yes, I watch TV, I like the Simpsons, Family Guy, and South Park the most.


I remember having a really old television to watch at my grandparent's house that had a huge antenna and a dial for the nob. Did yours have the same?


A really long time ago, yes.  Did you know that when South Park aired its Family Guy episode the producers received flowers from the Simpsons crew?


Wow, that's so nice of them! I think Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy used to all come on in a row at some point on tv where I lived. I know a guy who laughs like Peter from Family Guy, too!


That's pretty funny.  Did you know that Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated on Thomas the Tank Engine?  Each had at least 52 episodes.


I wonder if it was because it was their kids favorite television show? There's a show about a tractor called Tec the Tractor that's really cute, too. Have you seen it?


No.  I did see that 70's Show which was remade verbatim in the UK "Days Like These" was cancelled after 10 episodes.


I heard that too, but never did see it. I guess it just wasn't the same. I think the cast has to have good chemistry together to make a good tv show. The US version definitely accomplished that.


I agree.  Did you also know that there are over 750 episodes of "Pokemon" that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


I think I've only seen a few. They were pretty cute I can see why they're so popular. I think one of my favorite tv shows as a kid was Garfield and Friends. Animaniacs was a good one, too!


Yes, I saw most of them too.  But on a different topic, what about Elections?  Did you know that psephology is the study of the results and other statistics relating to elections?


No, I did not know that. I sometimes follow the elections on TV, but then read about it later. There's so much TV leaves out about elections!


Yes, that's true. Did you know that officials in Ancient Athens were appointed by lottery because they believed elections would lead to an oligarchy?


That's pretty interesting, but I'm not sure what an oligarchy is. I really wish to someday see no parties like Democrats or Republicans for candidates in elections.


Did you also know that Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" voting option for presidential elections?  Maybe we need some more of those options on all states election forms.


Yes! Plus, it can be frustrating in elections when you are one party and maybe you like someone from a different party..well you can't vote for them if they aren't your party, I believe.


Yes, that right. Elections are funny things.  Did you know that since 1900, the taller candidate has won the US presidential election 75% of the time?


That seems like a very superficial way to pick a candidate! I hope it's just coincidence! I think it's bad that we don't even have 75% of voters show up. Poor turnout!


Yes, I know, right?  Not only that but every US president with a beard has been a Republican.


Hmm, that's interesting. I never thought of Republicans and beards going together, but I guess it makes sense. I wonder if beards and voters have any type of correlation? I think I'll go watch some TV, ttyl!


hello,  did you know that the President's guest house is bigger than the white house?  lol


Speaking of presidents, the only one with a phd is woodrow wilson.  I wonder what it is in?


That would make sense.  Did you ever imagine taking a selfie with a president?  Lincoln was the first president to be photographed for his inauguration and in his photo was John Wilkes Booth.  Not so great, huh?


lol did he photobomb it? The first president of Zimbabwe was named President Banana.


Well our first president couldn't tell a lie and worked with Cherry Trees


Oh that's a great quality!  I am sure cherry trees were a really good business back then.


What do you think about Trump replacing the secretary of State with CIA director Mike Pompeo?


i am not very caught up on politics.  Although I think it is funny that the us senate used the same gavel for 165 year lol


Truman was apparently onto something when he found so much corruption and waste in the government (in fact 10 to 15 billion dollars that Roosevelt selected him as VP


I see.  I recently read that women were not allowed to wear pants until 1993 on the us senate.  Isn't that crazy?  Its cold lol


Speaking of fashion and styles, North Korea's Kim Jong Un cuts his own hair due to fear of barbers.  Wonder why?


probably because he has done horrible things and North Korea doesn't like him so he's scared someone will kill him.  Just a guess though lol


Speaking of North Korea, incoming Pompeo thinks that it is a threat to the United States and not just because of its nuclear weapons but from software risks.


I think its funny that Kim jong un learned to drive at age 3.  lol


I have no clue lol Maybe he just taught himself,  but I don't get how he could even touch the pedals lol


Not sure,  maybe he watched someone do it,  or trial and error, or maybe watching an educational video since YouTube wasn't around.


Well maybe he watched one of Fred Rogers videos.  Rogers passionately argued before the senate of the US in 1969 for continued funding of pbs.


Yes, it's an important topic and I'm glad we are having the discussion.


Not really. I am usually right down the middle on most everything. I may be fiscally conservative but I am socially liberal! It's a weird line to balance.


Personally I am pretty in the middle too. There are certain policies I agree with on both sides.


Agreed. Also, sorry, I forgot to ask you about your party affliation. Are you looking forward to 2020?


I usually try to look at the representative rather than just the party affiliation, though if I had to choose, I would say I am more republican


Me too. I will say I am not a trump fan though.


I agree. I was really disappointed with the last election candidates


I told a friend of mine, that with the entire nation as a candidate pool, those two were the best we could come up with. Makes me sad. We need more and better!


I am sure there is a lot of politics in just that alone


Yeah. I also do not like how the debates have devolved into name calling and grand standing. Just say what you will do without the name calling. And I am usually all for that!


Just the way politics are just makes the respective representatives just argue on certain topics for the sake of arguing


I would prefer if they put their heads together and help america. Instead they bring us down.


Speaking of unfortunate, did you know pokemon has 750 episodes?


My son loves that show so I have to watch it with him.


I see. There is worse news then. Pokemon has more than 1000 episode. Probably closer to 2K actually


WHAT! Sorry, I have not been a great chatter this time. I hope you have a great day!


I do, its been a long way since the first model was created back in 1886


Yeah,  I cant imagine how hard it was to travel before then.


Pretty hard, then the Ford model came out in 1908 for the masses, I bet not many people had cars back then


It probably was really expensive back then.  Maybe only wealthy people had cars.  They had to strap their trunks to the back of their cars,  thats how the trunk got its name.


Is that so, interesting, do you know how the idea of fast food drive-thrus was born?


Yeah the idea was born to accomadate them, McDonalds started the trend, too bad they didnt patent the idea


Have you ever been to south africa?  I guess ou can put a flame thrower on your car there lol


I havent but I might go there just to put the theory to test, awesome to have a flame thrower on my ride


You might not think its too awesome if you knew its to prevent car theft!!  They must have a really serious problem with that there!!


I agree I would think twice about stealing a car if I knew I could get torched in the act, terrible way to go


Yeah horrible.  Do you enjoy dance?  Bruce lee was a dancer,  even won a cha cha competition!


I like to dance yeah! and I guess he was not only a lethal weapon but a great dancer.


Yeah!  Who would've thought!  another nlikely dancer was Tupac,  he used to dance ballet!


Yeah I heard he used to dance  ballet back when he was in highschool, I bet no one teased him though, I would think twice about teasing Tupac


lol right.  I wonder if anyone has any videos of this,  that would be kinda cool to see.


It would, Tupac and ballet, doesnt seem like a great combo, you know that babies spontaneouly dance when they hear music! how cool is that


I did,  I have definitely seen it,  its adorable,  so cool that at a young age babies feel like they want to dance or understand that music is good to move our body to.


I guess music runs through our blood, if babies can feel it then it must mean something.


Good morning!  It's snowing where I am and need to start clearing stuff off the car, and hope the roads won't be too bad.


Yeah car and snow don't go well together, if you don't slide away, it will rust away.


Though cars really have come along way since they were invented by Karl Benz in the late 1800s.


Yeah, they still cost a lot, in maintenance, fuel and depreciation.


Good point.  It might cost even more if you are in South Africa!  It's legal there to put a flame-thrower on your car!


You have to do what you need to do to protect it  or maybe they just extended the definition of a combustion engine.


Good point. As long as it gets me from A to B and has a radio so I can dance a little, I'm good.


Do you like to dance ? A lot of people like to dance from Tupac to Bruce Lee.


That is pretty cool!  I usually associate dancing with someone like Michael Jackson who had a patent for the shoes he used on his Moonwalker video.


I understand I did not want everybody to do the same move,  since it involved a device it could be patented and nobody could reproduce it.


If they were ballet shoes, they probably wouldn't last long.  I hear dancers go through four pairs of those shoes each week!


Theatrical dance involve professionals, or at least a lot of practice. Shoes get worn and have to be throw away.  Have you seen how babies like to dance ?


I know babies seem to react to it.  What else do you know about that?


Maybe culture is in our genes ? It represent so many aspect of our live, sacred, martial, ceremonial, competitive.


Dance is like clothing in that respect.  It's interesting how connected to culture just the clothes we wear is.


Where I live, I like clothes for the insulation they provide, otherwise I would have to live in the south.


I hear you, with the snow we have falling now, I'll appreciate my heavy winter coat.


And in summer it protects me against sun and mosquito bites, it is more than a fashion statement.


Good point!  It tends to have a specific use, which is why we also have some gender-specific attire that suits different body types better.


I think looking for a collar gap it getting too far, people buy the clothes they can afford, there is no need to have a tailored suit.


Great chat!  Time to clear the car off of the snow.


Don't forget to cover your head. Fashion or not ears need protection form cold.


Nope don't have one either. I here they covered the Florida shooting. Did you hear about that?


I did! I read a few of the student's tweets, but I didn't realize teachers were involved in tweeting about it as well. Its interesting to see how younger generations are making their voices heard though


Yes it is, technology is in know way slowing down and today's youth know how to use it well.


For real! Were there any other topics you found interesting from your reading? I had a random factual section about Taylor Swift- apparently at one point she accidentally released a few seconds of white noise and it topped iTunes charts in Canada. Did you hear about that?


I read about it, makes you wonder if she did it on purpose for publicity. did you know the top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson


Yeah I wouldn't be surprised. My article said that too! I figured JFK would be one of the wealthiest, but I didn't know about Washington and Jefferson. Mine also said that the President's guest house is bigger than the White House- I wonder what it looks like


Pomp & circumstance. The first president of Zimbabwe was called banana.


Yeah...I wonder if that was a nickname or their actual name? And the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums, which is strange enough, but also while in office haha I can't imagine that


Things certainly are not like they used to be. I guess thats to be expected. In authoritarian regimes, a dictator or leader of a one-party state may also be called a president.


That's new info to me! I always thought a president was a democratic thing. Random fact: Brian May, the guitarist from Queen, has a PhD in astrophysics


Yeah did you know that eddie van halen recorded the guitar solo for "beat it" he literally set the studio speakers on fire.


I did read that- thats insane! When it says "set" though, I wonder if that means he did it on purpose or if it just spontaneously burst into flames? I'm assuming the latter haha Did you know Matthew Bellamy from Muse holds the record for most smashed guitars on tour?


Yeah i read that, i hear some crazy story from back in those days. Brian May from Queen also used coins for guitar picks.


Yep! Rock history is pretty interesting. Speaking of musicians, apparently Taylor Swift walks backwards to avoid having her photo taken...weird. And I find it a little hard to believe hah


Yeah that sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Speaking of Taylor Swift just had a birthday


Did she? I can't believe the kind of money she has for someone so young. She's got a $40 million private jet and airport hangar.


It's just no reason for the people in this country to be suffering the way they are. Not to bring up a sore topic but Kanye west did an snl skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows... 2 years before the infamous Taylor swift incident


Yeah for real. And I read about that too! I don't think I ever saw the skit, but I wonder if that gave him the idea


He was just trying to walk it back. Taylor swift removed her music from spotify because "music should not be free."


Yeah i agree, he must. It was nice chatting with you!


What do you think about Ryans message on fathers day? I think he made a mistake.


We fish, we hike we do something, and then he said we got to the store ger some benison out of the freezer and I grill a huge smorgasbord. I guess this was taken out of context.


This was a father's day message? I don't quite understand it. Are you interested in the US presidency?


I follow politics, not sure if im interested but I think its important to be updated on the latest news.


In Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president. That wouldn't work for the Bushes or the Clintons.


I guess that is a fair rule to prevent dictadors of an authoritarian regime to come to power.


The democracy is in question though. Five presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote. Something seems wrong about that.


I agree, I guess we dont have the best election system, theres a lot of flaws. Did you know the president of Indonesia made three pop albums? I'm glad our president hasn't done that.


You never know! He still has time in office! Maybe he's do something with Kanye West.


That would be funny and at the same time painful to watch lol, but I think it would be more worthwhile than building a  wall at the border


Maybe if he immersed himself in other cultures he would understand the struggles of foreign people.


I agree, he has to put himself in the shoes of others, so anyway have you ever had an IPhone or heard about Siri?


Never had a iPhone. Have heard about Siri.


Well you can ask Siri just about anything and it will usually have a responce, Siri is the virtual assitant of Apple phones, tablets etc.


Siri keeps track of me and everything I do? Sounds suspicious.


Sounds kind of fishy I agree, you know it was supposed to be the voice for Android and Blackberry but Apple bought the rights first.


Apple has the money! Technology is convenient but it can also be intrusive.


I agree with you, tech can be intrusive for sure, specially when every question you ask is send to a data base in North Carolina


Well, I enjoyed chatting with you! Have a good day!


Me too have a good day and be carefull with Siri you never know who is watching.


Hey there! Would you like to talk about Trump a bit?


Did you hear about the whole Porn star incident?


Yeah, didn't have an affair with one and pay her off to be quiet about it?


Yea, He paid her 130,000 dollars from what I remember.


Didn't he have his lawyer Michael Cohen handle all the details?


I believe so. I am pretty sure they just denied the whole thing ever happened.


I think so yea. I am pretty sure he offered Jessica Drake 10,000 to have sex as well.


That's just nasty. What's worse is how long he has denied it.


Very true. But money means power. He is pretty wealthy.


What was weird too is that it happened over 10 years ago and now its all coming out


As soon as he started to run for president. Probably some kind of blackmail.


Well he did have the help of The National Enquirer.


Indeed. The magazine offered her 150,000 for her story of the affair with  trump.


In my opinion, no one really should have been surprised by the accusations, given the many years of misbehavior and unethical conduct that has he has been accused of.


True. It did give him a lot of publicity though.


Despite all this negative press, he still got elected. Which, to me, is baffling.


It surely is! Well I enjoyed talking to you! I know who I wont be voting for in 2020!


I like Siri, only because that's what I used to.  What about you?


I have an iphone and use siri, but Alexa is cool too. If you ask siri to sing a song she sings the same song as hal 9000 from space odyssey


I just asked her and she sung me, "If I only had a brain"  from the Wizard of Oz.  Technology is so cool!


lol, I like that AI can do that when we ask. I like it in Britian because it is the voiceover guy from weakest link!


I've never heard him before. Did you know IBM outlawed Siri?


I did not know that, do you know why they did?


Apparently, every question you ask Siri gets sent to a database in North Carolina.  I guess they were scared some of their trade secrets would slip out?


I bet, they use it for data and sell it, just like Alexa. There is an mturk hit regarding alexa questions that I do sometimes, scary.


Wow!  Did you know Siri was originally supposed to be for android and blackberry phones?


wow, good thing apple took the ball and went with it! I couldn't imagine Siri anywhere else


I don't! But i am so interested in fish, do you?


No, I don't own any, but I like to eat them!


I love me some fish to eat! Just dont try eating this one breed of jellyfish, they are immortal!


I like some good blackened Mahi Mahi from our local Seafood restaurant, it's the bomb!  I live in Florida and I try to stay away from all jellyfish if I can.  Lol


I love going to Florida and trying fresh fish. I am in Iowa and we only have a few selections for fresh fish!


Yeah, you're so right, frozen is just not the same as fresh fish.  It's the best.  I read in the paper today that the zebrafish is very unique.  In the fact that 84% of genes that cause diseases in humans have similar counterparts in the zebrafish, as well.


man, so interesting! I love fish! good chatting with you!


Did you know the seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


hey there, do you know much about presidents?


Not an enormous amount, but my teenager is a history buff, so I've been learning. Did you know the only pres to have a PhD was Woodrow Wilson?


WOw, good for him. Did you know Trump is not even the wealthiest president?


I'm sure that's true, since he's been misrepresenting his net worth for decades. So who was the wealthiest? Do you know?


apparently three of them, jfk, washington and efferson


Interesting that two of them would be from the beginning. Lincoln was the first to have his inauguration photographed.


Cool,, the introduction of technology I guess. The president of indonesia on the other hand is a pop star


Are you serious? I can't decide if that's awesome or awful! Do we really want celebrities running the world? Not sure. Apparently, John Wilkes Booth (who was a celebrity at the time) is also in that picture from Lincoln's inauguration. Awkward!


Yeah and the guy has already released like 3 albums. Never heard them but good for him I guess


That's the kind of info I would usually ask Siri for. Did you know the voice of Siri (Susan Bennett) is also the voice you hear calling out your flight at the Delta Airlines terminal?


Oh what what a career she has made. Do you know where Siri send the questions that we ask?


I never really thought about it. Do you know?


It is in a large database in North Carolina


Apparently Siri was developed from a DARPA US defense research program. I wonder how it was used for defense?


I really do not know either. Did you know SIri was supposed to be for blackberry and android phone originally?


No, I didn't! I wonder if that's why Siri uses Bing as its search engine. Though, to be fair, I don't know which company makes Bing either, so...


I think it is Microsoft. Yeah Siri was bought by Apple in 2010 hence she is with Apple now


Weird that apple would use a Microsoft search engine. I worry sometimes that apple is shady. Apparently the voice of Siri in the UK (Jon Briggs) didn't even know they used his voice until he heard himself on an iPhone 4s commercial. Very shady.


Did you know in Britain the voice of Siri is a male?


Yes. It's Jon Briggs. Who I just mentioned. I wonder if Delta Airlines uses him instead of the US Siri lady at it's UK terminals?


Hi how are you doing? The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson


That's surprising JFK was one of the wealthiest presidents, I figured there were more wealthy ex presidents than him


Maybe that has changed though,  we have a new President who is pretty wealthy!


Yea I forgot about that for some reason. The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana, I wonder how wealthy he was


I don't know if it's more amazing than the president of indonesia releasing 3 pop albums though


The u.s. president's guest house is larger than the white house


That's shocking, the guests have more room than the president!


I know right!  Maybe thats where President Banana would stay if he came to visit!


Lol, I wonder if James Buchanan's boyfriend designed it!


I wish this were still in effect :Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Yea that would be nice although in Nevada you can vote for "none of these candidates" for presidential elections


I see,  I'm not sure if that's a good thing lol


I don't know, I bet a lot of people voted for none of these candidates in 2016


The success of venice during the middle ages has been credited to its system of government which selected politicians by lottery


That's interesting, Ancient Athens did the same thing


Politicians in kentucky must swear an oath that they've never participated in a duel before taking office


Lol, thats an interesting fun fact. Since 1900 the tallest candidate has won the presidential election 75% of the time


President james buchanan had a boyfriend whom other politicians referred to as "his better half"


I never knew any Presidents had boyfriends, I wonder if anyone in the public knew


Did you hear that an adult-film star was reportedly paid to stay silent about a sexual relationship with Trump before he was president?


Yes. And more than just one. Apparently "about 100 women" were also "taken care of." Sounds pretty sketchy. What do you think?


The Washington post couldn't confirm the payment , but the Wall Street Journal reported that a lawyer for Trump paid an adult film actress $130,000 before the 2016 election for silence in an incidence from 10 years ago.


Yes. What do you think about the implications?


Well Trump and Cohen say it never happened.  I don't know what to think.  Past presidents as well have had their infidelities, but I don't condone any of them.


It also raises the possibility of blackmail against the president.


It's hard to tell with people questioning the media too.


Yes, we live in crazy times. Did you know that a dog served as mayor for 13 years?