True, they should not be biased, I agree with that statement


Dogs are smart though.  They understand pointing.  Which is something only they and elephants can do.


that is an interesting fact. I think a lot of people think they are color blind, but really they don't see as many different colors as we do


I didn't know that.  I did know that they have 12 different blood types.  And there are dog blood drives.


wow so many interesting facts! I like playing catch with my dog with a soft baseball. Do you like baseball?


My grandmother loved it.  I don't like it as much.   I'd rather play than watch.


For sure I played in college, it was fun. Coaches wear uniforms becasue they can technically play if the need arises.


I didn't know that.  I don't think the need arises often.   And I don't think most coaches will be scoring many runs.


In my semi pro team the coach did sometimes when we were short players. He was like 50 so it was interesting to watch!


Sounds like fun.  Do you usually go to games?  I know some people do, like that couple who went to all of the games in a year.


I got to maybe one per year. I go to a Cubs game even though I am not a fan. Maybe get some baseball cards signed. You?


I don't go, no.   I do know that baseball cards can be valuable, though.  Not so much for the newer ones, because so many people collect them, but the old ones, like from the 1900s, can be worth millions.


For sure, some guy found some in his attic worth like 3 million dollars, insane!


Yeah, that's a lot of money.  I've heard that the game is really popoular in Japan.


I have heard too, I liked Ichiro from Japan


I don't watch baseball often enough, I don't recognize that name.


He was really good and short, good chatting with you!


Good morning! Did you know they have doggy blood drives? That would be so cool to see, the next time I donate myself.


Good morning!  No, I didn't know that. I would love to take my dog to one and see all the other dogs there too!


Dogs are so awesome. Google thinks that way too as they state in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.


I am impressed that they do that.  I love dogs and google is one of my favorite sites so I like knowing that they love dogs as well.  Talking about the blood drives earlier, did you know that there are 12 different blood types for dogs?


I did know that, because one of my own had to have blood several years ago. That was also when I found out that dogs aren't truly color blind, they just can't see as many colors as we do.


I've heard that before and i believe it. My dog loves to watch tv, especially baseball games so i know they can see things.  if you don't mind me asking, how where they able to match your dogs blood type?


Mine watch t.v. too. They keep waiting for one of the celebrity chefs to drop something on a cooking show. My vet has a daycare/boarding facility. When  you sign up, they type your dog and stress how important it is for them to be donors ...as it is also an emergency clinic.


i wish our vets around here did that.  I also wish that we had vending machines like in Istanbul. Those give out food and water for stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles.


I live out in the country, so they see a lot of accidents, unfotunately. I would like to see those here, as well. I'm always amazed at how many new "jobs" they find for a dog each year, they truly are our best friends.


It seems like the vets in my area are still living in the past where dogs are not cared about and just get standard care so i've never even been asked about typing my dog.  I know what you mean about the jobs.  Dogs can do so much and they love so much that they are just wonderful!


I think it helps that my area is full of farmers and ranchers, so the vets here stay current in the advancements of veterinary medicine. Some of these ranches have working dogs, and their pups are pricey, since they come from good stock. It's interesting that the direct ancestors of the dog is extinct, since they are so adaptable.


That is interesting.  I know dogs have been selectively bred over the centuries and even though they are no longer closely related to wolves I think there is still a little wolf in all of them.


There has to be, even though they were the first domesticated animal, there is still something a little wild in them all.


I agree. You know elephants are supposed to be highly intelligent so I really think it's interesting that them and dogs are the only animals that can understand pointing.


I love elephants! Have you seen the video of the one picking up trash in a nature preserve? I follow so many elephant pages on Facebook, that if I were in Germany I would be more than a little annoyed I couldn't "like" anything, as it's illegal there.


I've heard that about Germany! I can't believe they would outlaw the like button!  I mean, what's wrong with liking something?


Some countries have the weirdest laws & customs. Like Iceland, they are actually rewriting their constitution via facebook.


Are they really?  That is weird. I mean, facebook is great and all, but to write your country's constitution based on it?  I wonder if they know facebook was started by some college students.


Probably not. It's unreal that Myspace turned down an offer to buy it. I kinda miss myspace.


i never used it.  You're right about them turning it down though.  Facebook is now valued at $104 billion.  Just think, they could have had it for $75 million back in the day.


Now, we are stuck with blue everything, due to Zukerburg's colorblindness.


i always wondered about that. So, he's colorblind and that's why it's blue?


I love dogs. It's hard to remember sometimes that they come from the wolf family.


I love dogs too.  I can see how they could be used for therapy.  They have been used to help sports stars like J R Smith...


Oh yeah, the player from the University of North Carolina baseball team!


Have you heard of "Paws for People"?  I guess they train and place therapy dogs.


I love that organization. They're actually trained by inmates, so I think the dogs provide a lot of different types of therapy, whether they know it or not.


Cool.  I guess the dog that helped JR was named REMINGTON and has about 100 commands... Also known as REMI.


I love that they consider Remi a member of the baseball team, and seems to help everyone with their anxiety.


Yeah.  They say if you pet a dog for 15 minutes, it will change your lookout on the day.


Therapy isn't the only jobs dogs can have, they can also assist police and military.


Yeah.  It's wild that dogs have 12 different blood types.


I know, isn't it cute that they can have little doggy blood drives to help each other?


Yeah and they deserve it.  I'm relieved that dogs aren't color blind.  They just see fewer colors than humans.


Or that they're able to understand a human's point!


I guess they have that in common with elephants.


They're definitely very superior creatures. Google even has it stated in their Code of Conduct that they are a dog company instead of cat company.


I like cats too but not as much.  Did you ever play kickball?  It's called soccer-baseball in Canada.


I did growing up, and I'm a big baseball fan now.


Japan is too.  They are surprised that it's America's national pastime.  I guess it's theirs too,


I want to start watching college baseball more now that I know about JR Smith's therapy dog.


I wonder if Remi has a Facebook page?  Did you know Zuckerberg has colorblindness?


I didn't know that. So I guess that 2.2 billion users includes dogs, too!


Netflix hulu movies mostly i listen to audio books. How about you?


I love playing nintendo still, do you ever play?


Not for a while, i don't get the time to. Look how far we've come though. Nintendo had only 54 colors.


For sure, think about how good we thought the graphics were back then. They just stopped making them in japan in 2003


Wow that's a long run for Mario, haha! Did you know that Ronald Reagan was turn down for movie role because they said he wasn't presidential enough.


That is too funny! If only they could tell the future lol. Do you know julius caesar?


Apparently he went to Britain and saw chickens being used as entertainment and was mind blown


Um i like my chicken fried with hot sauce, that about as entertaining as it gets. Have you seen or read starship trooper?


lol me too! I have not read it but have seen the movie, you?


Yeah but i think i blocked it out, lol! Apparently it's required reading for 3 out of 5 of our military branches. They must know something i do not.


wow, I should check it out. Did you ever read enders game


No but i saw the movie are we forcing our military to read that as well?


I would, it may be needed for the new space force coming lol


Right and will let the children save us all! do you consider yourself a speed reader?


I am such a speed reader, it gets me in trouble, how about you


Please 10 minutes later i have to start all over, lol! You know what the speed reading record is?


I don't, what is it? I am interested and probably won't believe it lol


The world record for speed reading is held by a young lady named Anne Jones for reading 4,700 word a minute.


hey there, do you know much about the sun?


Hi! I do know a bit! For one, I know that it's mass is comprised of approximately 73% hydrogen and the rest is mostly helium. Are you interested in the topic?


Yes very much so. Did you know it is actually white and not yellow?


I heard that...something about atmospheric scattering that gives off that impression. It's amazing how something we see (almost) every day can still be so unknown to us. I just learned recently that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the largest star ever discovered in the galaxy, and I always thought it was one of the larger components in space!


And it is so hot we technically need only one second of it's energy to last us for 500 000 years


So fascinating. I really enjoy reading interesting facts about every day things. Are you an avid reader?


I sure am, I read quite a bit. Do you know there is a woman that holds the world record for fast reading?


Yes, 4700 words per minute! I don't know how many I can read in a minute but it is nothing close to that! I heard recently that in the 18th century there was actually a "moral panic" because of the widespread reading of novels. Hilarious!


It is hilarious considering now we have the opposite crisis, where people are not reading enough. So strange


That's so true. I love to read. Recently I have been doing a lot of reading about the ancient Olympians. Did you know that Aristotle spoke with a lisp?


No I did not know that, wow. DO you know Tolkien and CS Lewis?


Are those the people that would read really bad poetry and have a competition about who could last without laughing?


haha yes. good for them, that must have been such a fun game to play


You were talking before about how people don't read that much anymore. Sometimes I feel sad for how were are evolving as a culture. The American culture has become one where people want more and more things.


Very true and definitely sad. Have you ever read Ender's Game


I remember learning about it in history as it used to be recommended reading for many military organizations, but I have never read it myself.


Yeah, a very recommended and popular book for sure. How about starship troopers?


No I haven't read that one either. As I mentioned I am more interested in the Olympians. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers was fascinating.


Nice,, I do not think I have read that one, maybe I should consider doing that.


There is so much we can learn from ancient philosophers. We too often forget that worry about things that are beyond our control. I am really interested in the theory that perception is reality. As Hamlet said "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."


Yes, I mean it all started there, we need that foundation. Nice chatting with you.


Are you a fan of the Star Wars franchise?


hi I am, my favorite movie is Empire Strikes Back, what about you?


I like the Return of the Jedi better, although Empire Strikes Back is also one of my favorites, I dont really like the new movies though


nope I personally hate all the new movies they're horrible, I just pretend they don't exist, I definitely won't be paying money to see episode 9


I agree, I feel like the essence of Star Wars has been deleted, theres no more Jedis and the plot is absurd, I hope they fix this


yup, the plot is dumb and they ruined luke as a character, I also don't know why they translated star wars into navajo in 2013 that seems like a limited audience haha


I agree lol, you know Fox convinced Gerge Lucas to take merchandising rights instead of a 500k fee, they didnt have faith in the franchise, they sure were mistaken


haha ya they lost a lot of money and he became a billionaire, kind of crazy that James Earl Jones was only paid $8 for the voice of Darth Vader in the first movie too


He was only paid $8 he was ripped off for sure lol, he was paird in total $7500 still he got ripped off


ya that is definitely a ripoff for an iconic role! I think Lucas' wife is the unsung hero of star wars though, I know she did a lot of crucial editing to make that first movie as good as it was


Yeah it seems like a big part of the franchise success is due to her, she even won an academy award for edditing, something Lucas wasnt able to achieve


nope I bet that bothers him too, do you have an iphone or android phone btw?


well apparently the iphone has more cpu computer power than the entire USA nuclear deterrent system, so I guess thats good? Or scary haha


I think thats really scary, I didnt know I had that much power in my pocket lol, smartphones are an amazing tech creation, I still cant get around how you can talk with others even at thousans of km away


ya the technology is very impressive, also crazy is the cable that runs across the atlantic ocean with phone and internet service is only about 3 inches in diamter, you'd think they'd use satalleties for that these days


I agree, that cable must be crazy strong though, imagine resisting all that pressure, its a really important cable and 2.7 is a really thin diameter.


Ya I agree, like what if a boat crashes into it or something? It seems so precarious, did you hear about the trick with a phone book?


No, can you tell me about that trick please!


well so if you overlap each page of two phone books, apparently  it is physically impossible to separate the two! must be all that friction


Wow I wonder why that happens, you know Unicef will donate a day of clean water for every minute your cellphone is without use! what a great campaign!


Hello, so what do you think of Dwyane Wade returning to the Heat?  I think it's good for the team probably.


I think it is a good idea because he will be retired as a Miami Heat


Plus if the fans still like him, even though he's declined recently, it should still be good for the team, right?  And the team's ratings.


I concur.  Also, there is no other team that he won championship with and played a considerable amount of time


Yeah so it makes sense for him to retire from that team, I agree.  I mean, what led to his decline?  Just aging? .


aging and injury, in my opinion.  All of the players go through this aging process so I am not surprise to see his declining.


I guess that's just the natural cycle of life.  Well, maybe he adds some depth to their mix of talented young players and veterans, I guess that is good for a team in general.


I agree. Btw, did you know that about 78% of nfl players have gone through bankrupt or financial issue after retired


No, how fascinating.  You would think with all that money they would be set for life, but I guess some people just don't know how to manage it properly.  NBA players are the world's best paid athletes.


They make a lot of money but not necessary responsible spender.  So it makes sense to me


Yeah clearly not the most responsible spenders.  If you invested correctly you could live off that 12 million for life.  I see that some players like Iverson then get contracts with companies like Reebok paying them a tremendous amount of money for life, so they should be set if they work things right.


I've heard of him, what team does he play for?


He used to play for San Antonio Spurs.  He decided to stay in college and sacrified money instead going straight to the nba


Well that's admirable.  What college team did he play for?  I feel like his name is really familiar.


I believe it was something about Forest, not so sure.  But he truly is  a decent athlete and individual


Wake Forest.  Yep, that's what I thought.  It's an exceptionally good small private university in the south.  Well, that's definitely admirable and unusual.  I find it fascinating that the veteran's minimum pay is $2.4 million for the Heat.  That seems low for a ball player, but I guess as they get older they aren't as valuable to the team.


Yep, it was Wake Forest.  Older players lose their values because they are only playing a certain efficient game minute


Yeah, that's kinda what I assumed.  I mean there's no way a 36 year old man is playing at the level as a 22 or 23 year old player, I wouldn't think.


Exactly, especially the game that requires continuous running and jumping for a sustained period of time


Yeah, I mean the human body as far as bones and joints and all that just isn't built to endure that same level of athleticism for years and years on end.  That's a lot of wear and tear on the body.


Hey, how are you?  Yes, I use it a lot.  Can't believe it has come the 2nd largest search engine on the internet!


I'm good.  Yeah, but there are people who believe YouTube has negative consequences.  Proliferating vulgar content that can be easily accessed by children for example.


Yes, my daughter watches it a lot and that scares me.  With more than 400 hours of content being uploaded each day it is hard to police well.


In theory it is a good idea to allow such an easy and convenient platform.  Maybe the argument is whether vulgar content is being enhanced or merely just opening our eyes to vulgar content that is already there.


That is an interesting point.  Since any unregistered person can watch videos on the site, maybe they should change that policy and force everyone to log in to watch or upload.


That is an interesting idea.  If only registered users can watch content, then children would only watch it when with the family and thus have supervision, also children wouldn't be so devoured by internet as well.


Yes, I agree it would be a tough change to make though.  An amazing stat I learned is that Netflix and YouTube make up about half of peak web traffic!


Yeah.  Police have their own youtube, which is interesting.  I think having youtube more user specific can enable it to be more regulated.  Use of the platform that wanders from the normal and is potentially dangerous can be better noticed, monitored, and prevented on a user specific platform.


Yes, that is an excellent point.  I honestly just use YouTube for sports videos and music.  Do you like basketball?


Awesome!  I am a Bulls fan, but live in Florida now so I watch the Heat quite a bit.  A little sad this is Dwyane Wade's final season.  At age 36 though with three championships, what else is there?


Yeah, from what he says, he sounds happy with all that he has achieved.


Yes, plus he has not been too good the last few years.  Although in the postseason he has shown flashes of himself which probably keep people thinking he has more left in the tank.


He was such an outstanding player in the Heat's history.


He certainly was.  Jordan is my favorite player of all time.  Funny enough at one point Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA and Nike gladly kept paying the fines for Jordan wearing them!


Yeah, I suppose the fines were worth paying so they could have Michael Jordan advertise their sneakers.


Yes, it was a tremendous investment for Nike!  I once heard that the Air Jordan brand was worth more than the entire Adidas company!


Basketball has always been my favorite and I grew up looking at Michael Jordan as a role model.  I can see why.  He is so powerful that a major corporation was able to get rich off him.


Yes, the NBA growing up was a big part of my life during the 90s in Chicago.  I think it is crazy the NBA was only founded in 1946.  That is nothing compared to baseball!


Yeah.  Well it was nice chatting.  Have a good day!


Thanks, it was nice chatting with you too!


I don't really know much about traditional dance. I'm a basketball fan though. Tell me something about dance!


There are many types of dances. American Rhythm. Bolero. East Coast Swing. Mambo. Rumba. Bachata. Cha Cha.


That's great! I was never much of a dancer. I think that people are attracted to dance from an early age.


Yes, From a young age, they learn dance and are good at it.


I've heard that Bruce Lee was a good dancer. i'm not surprised. He had tremendous body control.


Yes, cha cha. Perhaps we have this early training in Latin dance to thank for the grace and poise of his martial arts style.


I wonder how many pairs of shoes he went through while learning dance. I've heard that ballet dancers can go through a number of them quickly.


Sorry i don't know about it. Do you like Basketball?


Much more than dancing! Do you have a favorite team?


Sorry, I don't know about it. Which is your favorite team?


I like GS Warriors. Have you ever seen a player shoot free throws granny style?


Player throws the ball underhand from between the legs. It looks silly, but scientists say it's the best way to shoot free throws.


Oh! that's nice. Who is your favorite player in Basketball?


I have to go with Steph Curry. He has a pretty shot.


I think he is an American professional basketball player. Is it right?


Yes, he has been the MVP in the past. He went to college and then the NBA. Do you watch YouTube?


Yes i was. I like to watch You Tube videos.


Did you know that Justin Bieber's "Baby" video is the most disliked on YouTube?


Yes, "Baby" is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. It was released as the lead single from the latter half of Bieber's debut album.


Are you a fan of those Star Wars movies?


Yes, I am.  Guilty as charged, I have loved them since I was a child.  How about you?


More so when I was a kid, I saw the first movie five times in the theater.  The second set, or prequels, soured me somewhat.


Oh, you're telling your age! I still can't believe 20th Century Fox was convinced that Star Wars was going to flop.


There's always stories like that, like the person who rejected the Beatles, or Blockbuster not taking the chance to buy Netflix.  It turned out well for Lucas though.


Yes, it did, made him a billionaire after he decided to forgo 500,000 dollars to direct in return to keep the licensig and merchandising rights for himself.  Smart man.


My son is the big fan now.  Last summer I took him to an outdoor concert to watch the movie while an orchestra played the music.


Oh, how cool was that! You sound like an awesome parent.


We have an outdoor concert venue near us, we're just lucky to have the opportunity.  It amazing that a 40 year old movie can still inspire kids so much.


Yes, that's great.  I was shocked to read that James Earle Jones wa only paid $7500 to record all of Darth Vader's lines for Star Wars.  He's such an icon for the franchise.


I once heard that the man in the Vader costume, David Prowse, was upset they didn't use his voice.  He has a strong regional British accent, it just would not have sounded the same.


Agreed! I read somewhere that in 2013, Star Wars was the first film to be dubbed in the Navajo language.


Shows you how big of a movie it is.  Do you like the spin off movies?  I really like that Rogue One movie, I found it more gritty than the newer ones.


Really, I like anything Star Wars. You know Star Wars holds a Guiness World record for most successful film merchandising franchise?


I used to have these collectors cards from 1977 that came with chewing gum, a full set.  I learned over the telephone a few years back that my dad had thrown them out while organizing the house.


Oh man, what a bummer.  Sucks for you! That could have been some bank.


I don't want to look it up on Ebay since I'll be very upset.  I think that is where Lucas made all his money, in merchandising.


He has lots of money, that's for sure! On a side note, been to any concerts, lately?


Not as many as I used too, that Star Wars concert in the park was the last.  I used to live in DC where there were a lot more venues, where I live now is kind of isolated.


Sadly, me too.  I rad somewhere that the Ramones had played a total of 2,263 concerts, they toured almost non stop for over 20 years!


Fair play to them, committed to the cause.  My wife is a big Pink Floyd fan, saw them play in London once.  Not in a roman amphitheater though.


I love Pink Floyd, too. Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to get to work, now.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


I do, dogs are my favorite by far, what about you? out of the 7 million species which one is your favorite one


I love dogs, they are amazing. There are 20 quintillion individual animals. Do you own one?


I do own one, his my best friend, and that is amazing, didnt know they were so many of them.


His name is Spoty, do you have a pet? animals that are domesticated develop a white patch in their foreheads


awww I had a dog named Rocky, sadly we had to put him down after 16 years. Haven't got one since though. i never knew about the white patch, i wonder why


That is sad, that must had been really painful Im sorry for your loss, and I think its like an evolutionary thing.


For sure, i still miss the little rat terrier, but great memories! Have you heard how hiccups formed?


No, how were they formed? I do hate them wish we wouldnt have those.


They occurred over time when early land animals had both gills and lung


Thats interesting, we sure live in a cool planet, crazy how the earth got formed over 4.5 billion years ago, its been a long time since then.


Right, that is so crazy to think. When it first started there was only 5.5 hours in the day


It is crazy, the earth has changed a lot since then, I wonder how it will change in the future. Human are abusing the planet and that really worries me.


Right, I heard that like 80% of forests have already been destroyed sadly


Yeah 80% of the, and we only represent 1 min and 17 seconds of the history of earth.


wow, that is crazy to think about. They need to do more to protect the last 20%


I agree, the earth will also be helium free by the end of this century I wonder if the human race is also responsible for that.


Wow, what will they do about balloons lol. It was nice chatting with you!


I know right many kids and clowns will be disappointed at us and our generation, it was great chatting with you as well have a great night bye.


How's it going, do you like drama shows? I love House, Hugh Laurie got paid 700,000 per episode


Hello,  yes I like drama shows.  I have never seen that show but I hear its really good.


Do you like Michael Cain? He broke into drama in high school in order to meet pretty girls lol


lol thats cool, guess he had it all figured out,  it definitely worked for him.


Yea that was a great idea, pretty girls do tend to take drama classes lol


True,  everyone wants to be an actress lol I wonder if any pretty girls attend Patrick Stewarts master class for drama in the UK


I'm sure, I know you'll never find Jim Carrey there, he doesn't make dramas anymore due to a conflict with his belief system


yeah something about dramas not being positive.  Thats ok,  I have always liked his acting in comedy anyways.


Yea, he'd be great in radio dramas though with all the voices he does. Theres a cool website that streams radio dramas for free


Oh nice,  yeah Ive heard of it, I dont think I have ever used it though.  Any good?


I'm sure it is, I haven't been able to find the websites names but radio dramas are good to fall asleep to


I think its called Radio Relic or something.  There are others as well.


Nice, it would be nice to listen to if I ever use the 160mph commuter bus the Dutch are designing


That would be really cool to have a bus like that in the states.


Yea but you won't find it on Mackinac Island since they ban motorized vehicles


I don't know, maybe they prefer using bikes and horse-drawn carriages on Mackinac Island


Oh wow,  I cant imagine commuting on a horse lol


Sounds like commuting on a horse would be a lot stressful


Yeah,  its goes poop a lot too!  Just something else you would have to worry about lol


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I am a Gen X'er and I love beer. I knew Britain loved it's beer as well, but I had no idea they had over 50,000 pubs currently open. That is a ton of beer to serve.


Tons of customers though.  Some parents bring their kids to the pubs.


I am not sure how they can all afford it though when bottles can be selling for $6 each.


Gen X drinks less.  The pubs would go out of business.


I think pubs manage to stay in business now because they no longer serve the garbage foods like pickled eggs, I mean who wants to eat that? Gourmet burgers and such will help draw in business.


The pubs owners appear to be smarter now.  They even sell sushi.


I think some were always successful, some like Ye Olde Fighting Cocks have been around since the 11th century. Certain people can find a way to make it work.


the fighting cocks owners modernizes their pub and recognizes the trend.  That's why it has been in business for a long time.


Tofalli the owner of the Fighting Cocks is going to open another pub, I think that is unwise with so many pubs already open. It's like bringing sand to the beach at this point.


Perhaps he knows what he is doing.  Perhaps he is aiming at different types of clientele.


Maybe he will do all right, time will tell. Have you ever been to Mackinac island? I live in Michigan so I have been there a few times. There are no motorized vehicles on the island so it's kind of interesting to see.


It's a very small island, maybe a hair over three miles total. Population around 500 people.


In that case, it is possible to go around the island using bikes or horse drawn carriages.


Yes and that's the only way you will get around, besides foot. You can do a lot of fishing there as well. Did you know freshwater fish only drink water through their skin ? I did not know that.


I did not know that.  I know that saltwater fish drink water through their mouths.


I am taking a trip to Europe in September for three weeks, and plan on doing a lot of sightseeing. I wonder if the Dutch will have their commuter buses up and running by then that travel at 160 mph. With that kind of speed I could cover a lot of ground.


I will be too afraid to ride a bus that goes that fast. You are brave.


Well I would also like to visit Iceland, but they do not have public rail service so I probably won't be making that trek.


There are lots of domestic flights you can take.


Alright well I would like to thank you for chatting with me today. Looks like our work here is done.


Hey there! I never knew gentrification of pubs affected the UK so much!


Me neither. I have never travelled to the UK. Have you?


no i have not. I want to next year. the netherlands too. i hear they are creating a commuter bus that goes 160 mph. that's wild...


That's a fast way to get around. And you skip the tolls of driving yourself. In Japan, it costs $300 in tolls to travel from one side to the other.


I traveled to Japan last year and only stayed in tokyo for that reason. Iceland does not have rail service either.


I heard that people there sometimes have to take planes from one place to the other just to get errands and things done.


i dont know what is crazier that or that on Mackinac island in michigan most travel is by horse and bikes.


I couldn't live somewhere where I couldn't drive around if I wanted to. I wonder what kind of transportation King Kalakaua used when he travelled around the world? Probably not horses or bikes.


hahahahaha imagine the fish he saw sailing around the world. fish are pretty amazing... i love sea horses. they are so unique, the only fish with a neck!


I didn't realize sea horses were fish! There is one type of jellyfish that lives forever which is pretty cool!


its crazy to think that fish are so diverse...even the way they breathe is different from eachother between fresh and salt


Yeah, that's true. And they drink differently too. Only saltwater fish use their mouths to drink.


i wonder what kind of fish they served at those pubs in britain... the ones that keep getting shuttered


Some kind of fish and chips, I would imgaine.


a lot of pubs are doing gastro eateries now with burgers and even kids menus.


I guess there are enough people that bring their kids to the pub to require a kids menu?


for sure, it is a family thing there. i bet hugh laurie would know. he played an american on house but is british he made 700000 for an episode


I think he was the highest paid actor in a TV drama per episode.


tv dramas are great, its come a long way from radio dramas. i like to listen to the old radio dramas online for free.


Yeah, I heard there is a website where you can listen to a bunch of episodes! I will have to check that out myself.


i have heard that jim carrey doesnt make dramas anymore because he doesnt want to put that out into the world. i dig the positivity.


That makes sense. His comedies were better anyway! Thanks for chatting. Have a nice weekend!


Have you heard about Beer Day, celebrated in Britain?


Have I?  It's like a second Christmas, Uncle Dave spends six months a year planning for it.  His insurance won't even cover him anymore.


In Britain there are more breweries operating today than in any time since the 1930s.


I believe it.  Craft brews have gotten so popular. People really like drinking beers with pictures of bicycles or horses on the label.


And this is thanks to the influence of the United States


Well... We do like our craft beer too.  I would like to think we kicked off the movement of hoppy, zingy brews.


Craft beers have helped to bring new life to some pubs that were "dumps" before.


True, but craft beer does cost a lot more than those house malts.  Some of those dumps lost so much character.  On the upside, there is more on the menu now than just peanuts and pickled eggs.


Yeah, and in the old days anyone could go to the pub. Now it's more of a treat, a luxury.


True, but in those old days, you could drink all night for ten quid.  Now, ten quid won't buy you a burger on a brioche bun.   Pubs are pubs in name only now.  Half of them may as well be named bistros.


Ten times better.  You can only be so creative with crackers and a bag of Quavers.  Now, the fish and chips in some pubs is better than at a normal restaurant.  There are pubs with Michelin stars now.


Now, it's not just male patrons. There is stroller parking and a kids menu.


True.  The one thing that really changed for the better is, for a long time, you might see a given street with 6 or 7 pubs on it, and the only difference is that the glasses might be cleaner at one over another, now, you have pubs that are serving good food, or that are family friendly.


Some people think toddlers and their millennail parents need to be banned


I agree with those people 100% too.  They should all be packed into trucks and shipped to Ohio.   They should be forbidden from pubs entirely.


That is funny. Speaking of traveling, in Japan all of highways are tolls. To travel cross country, you would have to pay $300.


Everything is expensive in Japan though.  The best way to go to Japan and make a small fortune is to start with a large one.


Yes, that is true. I'd still like to go to Japan and around the world for that matter. The first king to travel around the world was Kalakaua of Hawaii.


I wonder if he ever traveled to Mackinac Island.  Nobody pays tolls there because there are very few vehicles allowed on the island.


That's interesting. I hear that they still use horse-drawn carriages there.


I enjoy drama in plays, operas, movies, etc. I am not a fan of drama in relationships. LOL Drama can be quite negative at times. In fact, Jim Carrey gave up doing drama because he wanted to avoid productions that do not project positivity.


I guess thats a decision that I can respect, having a positive mindset is important to a healthy life, too much drama can be bad for your health


True. You know what actor is exceptional with drama? Hugh Laurie, the star of the series, House. The dude pulls down over $700k per episode!


He is a great actor.  I guess he earns every last penny of those $700k. That sure is a lot of money though. He must be like the best paid drama actor.


I would think so. Another great actor: Michael Caine. Whether it is a drama or comedy, he really does a great job! Did you know he originally went into acting because of the girls? Apparently he fancied the girls in his drama class. That might motivate me too...


I guess thats as good a motivation as any. It sure worked out for him, as he must earn a lot of money as well, probably not as much as Hugh Laurie but I bet he gets by just fine.


Yeah, and I have not seen him misbehaving like so many actors do. Either they are going into rehab or trying to save the planet somehow. Not that saving the planet is bad, just they often live with such passion that they overdo it sometimes. Are you into saving the earth or it's animal population?


I am into both, I feel sad because 80% of our natural forests are already destroyed, our planet is dying.


The good news is planet earth will be helium free by the end of the century. No more annoying helium voice gags!


Who knows, maybe after helium is gone you will miss those voice gags lol. It's a good thing earth has an alien ambassador, we never know when extraterrestrial life might be contacted.


An ambassador to the aliens? Does Trump know about this? The wall would have to be pretty high to keep out those kind of aliens!  Well, I'm an optimist.  If the entirety of earth's history were but a single day, humans would inhabit only 1 minute and 17 seconds. I am confident we have plenty of seconds left.


We should keep it as a secret, the wall is going to be expensive as is. We don't want Trump getting the wrong idea, and wow, a lot of history summarized in only a minute and 17 sec. I guess every second counts


Yes it does. In ancient Greece, when a person died, people would ask only one question: Did he/she have passion? Making each second count is living with passion! Of course, when the earth was formed, a single day was only 5.5 hours long. So, we seem to be getting more seconds every day!


That is a great thing to ask. I bet many of them worked hard to have passions in their lives. Animals are also amazing and a nice topic to talk about!


Passionate about animals? I must be. I have 3 cats, a dog, 7 chickens, and a snake. Not all in one room though!  The earth has 20 Quintilian individual animals and 1/3 of them live with me. Another third stick to my windshield as I drive to work.


Wow almost a complete zoo at your home, you know that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution stages.


I don't get hiccups. I'm still evolving. But my beliefs about animals are not changing. You know, in Germany, animals have constitutional rights!  I don't know how they handle that pesky carnivore issue, but it is going in the right direction!


Wow they do? I think they should have constitutional rights in the US as well, afterall animals are defenseless, I wonder in what other countries this happens as well.


Few, if any. Although in Scotland, the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species. So, maybe this will coax old Nessie out of hiding?


Could be. Maybe Nessie is just waiting for the constitutional rights to kick in.


Good. I just read a lot of information about the rapper Drake. Do you know of him? Any fun facts about him?


I do! The rapper drake graduated high school on october 2012 at the age of 25.


I never knew that. I wonder what made him graduate so late, he seems pretty smart. Do you know why?


I am not sure. The rapper drake visited drake university in the middle of the night after students gave up trying to get him to visit during a tour stop.


That's a fun fact. Do you know any music by him? I only know of one or two songs


I do not know any of his songs. I have listened to him but could not list any songs.


Did you know Drake's real name? Would you have a different name if you were famous?


I would have, my last name is not entertainment friendly... You?


I think I would too, just so I could remain anonymous. Do you see Drake dance a lot or does he just rap?


I am sure he dances but I have not seen him do it. Have you?


I have not. I was surprised to find out rapper Tupac was a ballet dancer. I guess rappers have more than one talent. Do you know any fun dance facts?


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


I wonder if that is accurate. I feel like they were invented because of the car hops and people sitting in their car and having food delivered


My guess is to keep the soldiers safe post vietnam protests.


That is a good guess. I never knew that information. Could you imagine having a flame thrower on your car?


Jann mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo.


Weird that a game could be so lifelike. Would you want to be a race car driver?


No, I do not have the need for speed... You?


I do not think I would ever want to be a race car driver. I would rather just play the video game


Hello - my kids like Drake, I don't get the appeal, auto tune and everything.  How about you?


I am not s huge fan either but he has become so popular, it is crazy


It's amazing how an ancillary think like the #In MyFeelingsChallenge can go viral and make the song/artist even more popular!


and also have some very dangerous consequences with that, that whole car dance


Right!?!? People getting run over and run away cars and emergency room visits - I'm so thankful my kids don't drive yet!


it is just so scary, I do not get the point of that. I am glad it is starting to fade away


Humans are very strange when you break it down and social media has exaggerated the behavior and put in on display for everyone to see and copy.  Song + Dance + Car + Instagram = Death.  You couldn't make this stuff up 20 years ago!


very true, and so unnecessary really. did you know he graduated high school age 25?


What?  You mean like his GED right - he wasn't still physically in high school at 25, was he?!?!?!


yeah GED. better late than never I guess


He didn't have to with how popular and rich he's become, but still a good think I suppose.  If you can spend obscene amounts of money on first edition children books, I guess you should at least know how to read!


exactly. did you know the beat in hotline bing is actually samoled from another song?


Unfortunately, I don't know either song to have an opinion on it and I'm OK with this!


I really enjoy watching Formula 1 and sometimes NASCAR, but I'm not that into normal cars per se.  I do appreciate them as a for of transportation but some people go way overboard on customizing them - like flame-throwers to prevent carjacking!


cool. do you know how the drive thru came by and why mc donald's put it in p;lace?


Something to do with soldiers who couldn't enter civilian buildings wearing their uniforms?   That's really supporting our troops!  Sometimes, I think it's faster to park and order takeout inside rather than waiting in the drive thru line.  I think they also invented "thru" as a word


Yeah that was the main reason, for sure. do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


I know the English call it a boot, but didn't there actually be a luggage type trunk strapped to the back of automobiles?


yes that was the reason, the name stuck then. it was nice chatting with you


Sometimes. I might need a drink or two to loosen up first. How about you?


Sometimes I do. Did you know that Bruce Lee was a great dancer?


I did not know that. I only knew that he was a master martial artist.


Yeah, apparently he won the Hong Kon Cha Cha Championship.


That's impressive. I know a lot of high level athletes use dance and yoga to help with flexibility.


That they do. Apparently professional ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week?


I imagine the wear and tear on them would be insane. I wonder how much those shoes cost.


Yeah, I'm not sure. Did you know Tupac was a ballet dancer as well?


I did not know that. Tupac and ballet seems to be an odd pairing.


Well, I know he was also a back up dancer for Digital Underground.


I did not know he started his career that way, that makes a lot more sense.


Yeah, he did. What about cars, do you like cars?


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


I do remember seeing that because carjacking is a big problem there. It looks pretty James Bond-ish when they are ignited.


Yeah. It seems pretty weird to be honest. Did you know the trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on them?


That's interesting, I couldn't imagine having a wooden trunk today.


Me either, it seems really weird. Well, nice chatting with you.


It was nice chatting with you as well, have a great day!


I read that humans are among the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom. That surprises me cause even in my prime I would have trouble going a block.


Too Funny! We are pretty resilient apparently we can grow a rib back equally if not stronger than the previous one.


Why not other body parts I wonder? It's amazing that we have changed as a species so rapidly, geologically speaking. Most of our present traits happened in less than 200,000 years.


I heard that, pretty interesting, stuff. Apparently fear is a frequency.


Yes, I think it's called rap music. That sound always send me running! Who would have ever thought that we, as a race would develop so strangely?


Yeah and it aint over, technology is not slowing down at all. You know why we can't synthesize vitamin C?


I have no idea. It's probably a corporate plow initiated by the orange growers assoc. They probably know more over at Fox News.


So I hear. They do have high cable ratings due to the fact that they are the only conservation tv network. I watch Fox News Sunday just to get their slant on the week's happenings.


I really don't ever watch Fox but they are watch more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


So they claim. I personally deplore their bias, far too far right for me. But a significant portion of the citizens actually listen and take it as gospel. It cracks me up that they threatened to sue the Simpsons.


You know they wanted to sue the Simpsons?


I remember that the Simpsons made fun of them very often, especially the more outrageous hosts.


Which is weird because i thought Fox own them. Apparently they try to create a channel exclusively for the Simpsons.


I know strange, huh? I grew up in the days of radio. We didn't have TV until I was about 12 or so. It was a totally different world then.


Yes it was my friend. Two republicans created Fox.


They felt the need to get some type of positive feedback, it's about the only place they do.


Both named Richard one a former President.


You must be referring to 'Tricky Dick'. He was pretty paranoid and need to feel that everyone trusted him and thought he was great.


Yeah old "Trick" and a Republican Media Strategist name Richard Ailes.


Nixon was actually an effective Pres other than the obvious Watergate fiasco. He did open up China for trade and managed to run from Vietnam.


Before my time my friend. Hoiwever i thinks it's kind of cool that Canada set a law making 40% of music played be in house.


Yes, and we complain about Trump's nationalism Canada does have some good musicians though.


There is a website that you can listen to thousands of classical radio drams for free.


I remember many of them because of my age. My favorite was The Shadow and a SciFi show called X-1. Radio was great cause you could do anything else and still keep track of what was happening.


Now i do remember the Shadow. It later became a movie played by Alec Baldwin. nice chatting with you.


Yes, I'm old enough to have listened to am radio when it was entertainment, not political opinions or music. Though interesting,  I didn't know you could hear Jupiter s storms on am. Do you like it?


I guess, did you see the shooting in New Zealand today? tragic, shows the anti-immigration movement isn't just here in the US aligned with President Trump.


Yeah, that is pretty crazy. What do you think of the classic radio website?


I've never heard it, it's just radio drama's from the 20-30's? Have you heard it ever? I see where it is a law that in Canada they have to play 40% Canadian artist, I guess with the US Media they have to do that to keep them employed.


It doesn't sound that interesting to me. Have you ever been to canada?


Yes, I spent a week in Toronto. Speaking of that anti-immigration terror, did you know Richard Nixon was one of the founders of Fox News. They keep that quite.


I didn't know that. I don't watch Fox, do you?


No, not at all. Though they have more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined, that scares me a little.


Interesting. Why does that scare you? It's pretty popular.


I'd like to see the three equally balanced, there a lot of anger on the right. Did you see where Fox News sued Fox network "The Simpsons" to stop them parodying their anti-democratic agenda? That's funny and ironic.


Yeah, it shows the station is separated. I think fox is democratic, just slanted to the right, just like cnn, nbc, abc, msnbc are all very left.


Ironically, in-spite of that criticism they talked about creating a cable channel that would only air Simpsons, doesn't seem they were too displeased. Do you watch the Simpsons? I did 20 years ago and thought it was funny,  I've watched a couple episodes recently and didn't find them funny at all.


I used to when Conan wrote for them. I haven't seen it in a long time though. Do they still make new ones?


Yes, but the series seems like it's run out of gas. Speaking of radio, did you know there a frequency that causes fear in humans? I wonder if the army has tried to make an audio weapon out of that.


Really, they still make them? No I didn't know there was a frequency, do you know what it is?


No, just saw the fact and it didn't mention the frequency. Also, did you know most animals synthesize their own Vitamin C, but human's can't because of a defective gene. I wonder is in the future genetic engineering will correct that and the orange juice industry will take a hit.


I wonder if that is what happened to the U.S. diplomats in Cuba that were attacked with a frequency? Interesting facts about Vitamin C. Well, nice chatting!


Yes, pleasure was mine. Have a good weekend and yes, with all those diplomats in the embassy having medical problems it makes one wonder, good point.


Yeah, my friends wanted to go to Cuba. I told them I'm not going under any circumstances. Have a good day!


I like the odd rap track that I've heard over the years, but I definitely would not say I was a fan.


Did you know Tupac has music in the library of Congress?


I suppose if it has cultural significance it should be there, whether I like it or not.


I'm curious as well. Eminem actually wanted to be a comic book artist before becoming a rapper.


Based on his success I'd say he made the right choice.  Do you listen to rap yourself?


I listen to a little bit. Busta Ryhmes is the voice of Reptar in the Rugrats movie.


I recall him, he always seemed to be a bit of a comic figure, I can see that making sense.


Did you know Korean rappers invented a type of freestyle called a compliment battle?


I guess they are just more polite over there.  I just can't see that catching on in the urban locations here.  Anger seems to be the prevailing sentiment on most rap albums I hear.


I think so too. I saw a judge in Michigan once delivered her ruling to Eminem in a form of a rap.


That's good, I like it when people in authority don't take themselves too seriously.  Just because you are a judge doesn't mean you can't entertain.


Exactly. Do you like listening to music albums?


Not so much now that I have Spotify.  There are  a number of albums I go back to over and over, especially when I have a long drive.


For sure. Did you know Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory album is the best selling album of the 21st century?


I wonder how many albums that sold?  I thought Adele was breaking all kinds of records with her album sales, but maybe many of them are digital now.


I bet a ton of albums sold. Did you know Reel Big Fish re-recorded all of their albums because they lost the rights to them with their old record company?


I guess you have to do whatever it takes to keep the royalties rolling in.  The royalties keep rolling in for Pink Floyd.


I guess so. There are two identical twins in Japan that released a rap album at 100 years old.


Somehow I doubt the quality of that music.  I can't see it selling as much as Dark Side of the Moon.


Me too. Well, it was a pleasure speaking with you. Have a good day.


Hey buddy guess what? I just started getting into rap post grammy show! Crazy right?


What?? I dont know rap. I am more interested in melody and harmony


Hmm, I like that too. rap is more about the rhythm and delivery. It has a pretty large history in culture.


it does have cultural significance. it is just not my genre. who do you like?


I like Tupac, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem..basically those with cultural significance. Tupac's music is actually in the library of congress for it.


Tupac deserves the distinction. he was an artist in many ways. I never really knew his music though.


I see, since people's attention is held by different thing - what else do you like for entertainment nowadays?


I used to play video games. I dont play now. Used to love them, but I ran out of time. too much online chatting to do LOL


Same here, Nintendo? You prob played back when it was only 54 colors XD


I played NES a bit. the tech was not so good, but the games were great! Great design, challenging levels.


SNES mainly. Man, I remember those nights of playing all night


I played SNES and Genesis. Madden football. lots of fun.


I remember back in 2014 when pink floyd's dark side of the moon was one of the best selling albums. We used to stay up playing to that soundtrack. Now my entertainment interests have evolved to RPG lol


Yeah, i wish i had time to play games. they have changed so much in the interim. Dark Side remains a favorite though.


That was around the time Dr Dre was big into his producing. The following year he actually had a lawsuit with a gynoclogist over his name XD


What? LOL that is great. He lost to an OBGYN? i guess he dont got no more street cred.


yeah, Dr Drai who wrote "20 things you may not know about the vagina" and thought ppl would associate him with Dr Dre and cause "confusion"


Yes, Dre knows the vagina like no other rapper, but still he cannot write a book, so theres that. LOL


Yeah haha, we can definitely agree on that. His arguement was he "earned the right to become a doctor" unlike Dre


Me too - I drive while listening to my favorite radio station.


do you know that there is a radio station that translates sun's activity into  sound


No, I did not. I heard that Jupiter radio storms can be picked up by an AM radio.


recently there is huge news coverage on immigration hurting US workers in radio have you heard those


I heard a little bit about it.  Please tell me more.


They have this study "Migration and Economy" where they are stating Immigration actually keeps economy up by 15%points


I am not sure if I understand various conflicting news.  I tend to avoid politics.


immigration has been there for more than 50000 years.  human s
 in primitive form moved from eurasia to Africa and other parts of world


I did not know that.  Thanks for the info!  On another topic, I was surprised to know that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original one within 2 to three months after having it surgically shortened.


yes fingers are contorlled by muscles in the arm and palm pulling the tendons


It makes sense.  Apparently, there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


may be . Even we cant burp in zero gravity


That was an interesting fact.  Another fact:  humans may have lost their body hair as recently as 240000 years ago.


goosebumps  is a trait to make the animal appear larger . loosing hair has reduced it effect in humans i guess


You are probably right. I heard that humans cannot synthesize vit c while almost all animal can synthesize their own vit c.


would have been one less job for us . we have to now eat fruits . but we can breathe and swallow at the same time animals cant do that


That was interesting!  I need to learn more about humans, animals and their differences.  I've got to run now.  Have a nice day!


Good morning!  Do you know anyone that still has a rotary phone?


Good morning.  No, the last person I knew with one was my grandmother and she has been dead for 26 years, now! Do you know anyone?


I don't know anyone either.  Be curious to see if anyone else out there has one still.  My grandparents had one as well.  Did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


That's cool! didn't know that.  I'm old enough to remember phone booths and party lines.  Most kids now only have a cell phone.


lol  I remember the party lines and phone booths too.  We must be around the same age.  Now they have iphones, which only one of them has more computing power than the entire icbm US nuclear deterrent.


We must be!lol Technology is amazing.  I hear though that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute that someone doesn't use their cell phone.  Wonder if they have donated any yet?


I'm not sure, but I am going to look it up.  I wonder how they know just how many minutes you stay off your phone?  I like the idea!


I like the idea, too.  I just don't see them donating that much, because everytime I look around everybody is always talking on them, texting, or surfing the net.  There's no eye contact or face to face communication, anymore.  That's a lost art with the youth today.


I agree with you 100 percent.  Sometimes I wish we could go back to the days of the party lines.  I think that's when I had the most phone in my life.  lol  I don't like seeing everyone now with their heads buried in their phones like you described.


So true, technology sure has its advantages and disadvantages.  Interesting note, I read somewhere that the cables used to carry phone and internet data across the oceans is only 2.7 inches and they just lay it on the ocean floor.


I wouldn't have wanted that job laying those down.  Talk about a project.  lol  It's impossible to seperate 2 phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together.  I wonder if a lot of the kids now even know what a phone book is?  lol


I doubt they know what one is.  Just curious, do you still have a landline?


We do but only because we have to have one with our internet package.  There's no option to not have it either.  We never use it.


That's me too! Getting back to those cables on the ocean floor, they must be wrapped in some heavy duty stuff, because being only 2.7 inches, in my mind a crab or lobster could break that!


Ha!  I never would have thought that.  VERY interesting point.  They have to be made of something tough.


Maybe kevlar or something like it.  Anyway, on a different note, do you like to read?


Me too!  I can speed read, but nowhere near the world record of 4,700 words per minute!  That's impressive.


If I could read like that, I would be able to read a lot more than I do now.  lol


I hear you!  Have you ever read Ender's Game?


I have never read it.  I think I've seen the movie.  lol  I see that it's suggested reading for many military organizations.


I had heard that it was suggested reading for them.  I'm curious, I want  to read it, now! lol


The movie was pretty good!  In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of reading novels!


I haven't seen the movie, either.  I can't believe there was a moral panic, boy they should see it nowadays!  Talk about moral panic, anyway, it's been so nice chatting with you this morning.  I really enjoyed it.  I hope you have a blessed day!


Hi!  Do you ever read columns like Ask Amy?


Sometimes, if they catch my interest.  Like this one about hoarders.


That sounds interesting to read. Do you know much about the telephone?


Some odds and ends, but how they work still baffles me.


Same here. The inventor of the telephone was actually an undertaker.


I heard about him.  he thought operators were directing his business elsewhere.


Yep lol. Dolphins can communicate over the telephone which is really cool.


That is neat.  I wonder if they know which dolphin is on the other end, like they recognize their "voice"


They are very smart animals so that's a possibility.


I also wonder if they ever mess with the phone cables just laying on the ocean floor?


I imagine that could happen. There is a luxury phone maker that hires the London symphony orchestra to record ringtones.


I wonder if that was before or after the iphone, or if that is for a landline phone.


I am thinking before the iPhone. The 1930's actress Hedy Lamarr helped to invent the cellphone.


Wow. I didnt know that.  Thats pretty cool.  It was in the process long before it became mainstream then!


I agree. There is almost no correlation between cell phone connection quality and bars of service.


That one struck me hard.  I always thought there was!  Little do I know.


I didn't know that either. Do you like wrestling?


Its not my favorite sport, but yes.  I think it is neat that Lincoln was an amazing wrestler.   I never would have guessed that!


I think it's interesting to watch. Never would have guessed that about Lincoln.


Plato was a professional wrestler before becoming a philosopher too!


Very cool to know. Well, it was great talking with you. Have a good day.


Same here.  I only catch a few games on tv.


I know. Do know anything about Bradley Beal? In 2014, Bradly Beal had never competed in an NBA All star Weekend three-point contest.


Yeah I did read about him.  Have you heard of Allen Iverson?


No. But I do like Bradley Beal. I do like his game attitude, by him saying that it was a contest rookie mistake and he is more knowledgeable now, than he was in 2014, make me like him a little.


Thats cool,  he learns from his mistakes.


Yes. for sure. I like Bradley Beal attitude on putting his name up on the list,NBA.


Yes. Did you know that coach Stan Van Gundy was fined for saying NBA shouldn't be playing games on Christmas day?


Yeah thats crazy,  just for saying it he gets fined.  They are really strict.


Yes. Also speaking about NFL players, 78% of them have gone bankrupt or under financial stress,  only two years after retirement.


That is very sad.  Knowing this, they should provide some financial savings classes for them so no more players go bankrupt.


Yes, agree. Hey, do you like rapping? Today, the term rap is so closely associated with hip hop music, that many writer use the term interchangeably.


Thats cool,  I like listening to rap.  Did you know korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle rap called " compliment battle" ?


No, but it is cool. Even big brands like Mcdonalds payed rappers $5 for every time they referenced big macs in songs.


That is cool,  cheap advertising for them!


Yes, indeed. Do you watch You Tube? There is this You Tube celebrity Jenna Marble who makes $346,827 annually from her channel?


Wow,  no I dont know her.  That is a nice paycheck,  what is her channel about?


Girl stuff. Speaking about celebrities. Paris Hilton was in the 2007 Guinness book of world records for "most overrated celebrity".


lol thats kinda weird,  I didnt know the guiness book tracks that kind of stuff .


Yes, right, I know. Thank you for chatting. have a nice day.


I enjoy going to the games! so exciting! Nike made a lot of money with the Air Jordans.


They sure did.  You know, they were banned when they first were introduced to the NBA, but Jordan wore them anyway, because Nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


Yes, and still made a lot! Players refuse to do the granny style, think it looks stupid! lol


It does, but physicists have proved it's the most absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line.


I know they should use it more.  Korean rappers do a freestyle called, "compliment battle" .


I never heard of that style of rapping. Do you like rap music?


Some of it, do you? Tupac's  music is in the Library of Congress!


Yes, I love rap music and Tupac Shakur's music is the best, I'm glad it's in the Library of Congress. I rad somewhere that Eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.


Another art form. His favorite super hero  was Spiderman!


That's cool.  Do you know that rapper Busta Rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie?


No, had no idea!  Robin Williams was the first voices in animated films.


Robin was the best! Miss him so much. He was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities.


I do too! He had such a tragic ending! very upsetting. Loved his movies too!


Did you know Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode?


No, That's alot!, Highest paid celebrity after Lebron James.


Hard to believe but Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.


I know, so long ago!  Eating diverse foods combats hungry problems. Great chat!!


That's cool!  Nice chatting with you as well.  I need to get to work.  I work the night shift tonight.  Lucky me.  Talk to you later, friend.


Yes I do he is a good player. Is he your favorite player?


Yes he is, he decided to finish college and then go to the NBA


He is a great player but his sister was always better than him


Wow really? Did you know most players go bankrupt after they retire?


Wow that is sad. Yes she is so good she once scored 105 points and broke 8 national records


Wow that is amazing. Yeah 75 % of them have some kid of financial difficulty


That is a lot of them. Do you like rap music?


Some of it. DO you know who the fastest rapper is?


I have no idea but I am assuming it is not Tupac or Eminem?


No ti is not. It is noclue at 14.1 syllables per second


WOw that is a lot, Tupac's music is in the library of congress for cultural significance


Wow that is cool. Do you know how Childish Gambino got that name?


I have no idea, was it something random?


Yes it was from and online wu-tang clan name generator


Oh wow. Did you know Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


Wow that is a huge career jump for him. Nice chatting with you


Have you watched the series Black Lighting?


I have not but I have heard a bit about it. I like regular TV, also known to some as telly.


I watched it but don't really like the show, I wouldnt recommend it, what shows do you like?


I really like Shark Tank. Although most of the deals made on TV never are enacted.


I havent heard of that show before, do you like The Simpsons by chance?


I do. In fact Homer held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


That is so funny lol, Homer cracks me up and Bart is another great character of the show.


Yes, they are both fun to watch.A parody of Twilight's Edward Cullen on the episode Treehouse of Horror XXI was voiced by Daniel Radcliffe.


That sounds like a funny episode to watch, so do you like superheroes?


I like some. I know Stan Lee was planning to change careers when he was assigned to come up with a new superhero team.


Seems like things ended up well for him, his one of the icons of superheroes, he even wrote 15 DC comics


Wow! That's a lot. In order to trademark the names super-hero and super-villain Marvel published a generic comic book.


That is a smart move, and yeah they could buy all the characters for only $25 million but decided to buy only Spider-man at $10 million, I bet they regret that decision big time.


I bet they do too. Did you know who tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990's?


I didn't know that, did you know about the dispute Marvel had in court about X-Men and toys?


The person trying to buy Marvel was Michael Jackson! What was the dispute about?


Michael Jackson? What? good thing he didnt lol, and it was over mutants not being humans, Marvel won and won millions


Good for Marvel! Have you heard about the special super hero they created for a little boy?


I havent heard of that hero, what is his name?


It was Blue Ear. He was created for a little boy that needed hearing aids and didn't want to wear them because as he told his mom superheroes don't wear hearing aids.


Blue Ear must be a great hero, I think its great how Marvel helped that kid out anyway its been great chatting with you today.


I agree! It was nice chatting with you too!


There is also a comic book about collateral damage done by heroes, nice chatting, have a nice day bye.


ya I watch it, I would like to watch all the players only doing shots granny style, that is scientifically the best way to shoot!


They should give it a try, if I earned as much as Allen Iverson I wouldnt care about looking stupid, I would care more about results.


oh I agree, that guy will get 32 mil when he hits age 55, thats amazing!


Its a big payday for sure, $32 million is a nice retirement fund for sure


oh ya, that plus his salary plus the 800k a year he gets from reebok too, he is VERY relaxed haha


Yeah and he must also get a really good salary, add all that up and he does alright lol, did you ever used the Air Jordans?


I did! They're actually really comfortable but I don't think they're worth the price, did you?


I liked them and apparently a lot of people bought them, the NBA banned them but Jordan still used them


ya, they were apparently banned from the NBA, but Nike just kept paying the fee so Jordan would wear them, that was great exposure!


Yeah I bet Nike made a lot of money out of the shoes and they can always pay fines, the company has a lot of money


oh definitely, just seeing how much Reebok pays Allen Iverson, Nike probably paid MJ even more than that!


I agree, Michael Jordan was a much better player so he probably got a better deal, Nike pays their players a lot, like LeBron, he has a sweet deal with them


ya Lebron is the highest paid celebrity, and apparently Judge judy is number 2!


She makes about $123000 per episode right? thats a lot of money


ya I wonder how much moneyCarol Burnett got to go on sesame street, or maybe nothing? Do celebrity guests on there get paid?


I guess they do, thats actually a great question I might have to Google that later, do you know about the secret room at Pixar Studios?


I've heard of it, do you think Robin Williams got to go inside before he passsed?


I think he did, he was the voice of Aladdin so that might have earned him a ticket, he is an icon of our culture so yea


oh I hope so, and ya he also started the trend of celebs doing animated voice roles


Yeah he started an important trend I guess its too late to ask him.


How many people play association football worldwide?


About 250 million, in over 200 countries.  Pretty crazy right?


That is a lot!      What do they call the surface they play soccer on?


Typically in the US we've always referred to it as a field, but formally it is called a pitch.  Do you know why they started calling it soccer?


I heard that it was originally just a slang term for association football.


It is.  What really gets me is despite the popularity of football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined soccer still makes more money.  That must be a lot.


Absolutely!    Still, I think Jon Stewart made more money going into television instead of following his soccer dreams.


Probably true.  It is great to see some of the great work the players are doing, like Ozil donating his world cup bonus to give 23 children surgery.


That is good.     Perhaps more of the world should adopt the 3-team variation of soccer, so there would be more players.


I wonder how that works, it would be an interesting thing to watch.  The rules to that must be crazy.


Definitely!     I wonder how Lionel Messi would fare under those rules.


He might even have more goal opportunities, if he had more goals to be able to score in.


Despite his popularity, I heard that he was almost let go.    Do you know why?


Finances.  I mean how well can you be doing if you write someone of that statures first contract on a napkin.  That is mow probably the worlds most expensive napkin.


Probably so!    I heard that they passed a law making it illegal to name a kid messi in rosario, Argentina.


It's true.  I guess in a way its a good thing, being always compared to a famous soccer player is a  lot to live up to.  It is like all the kids who were named Michael Jordan.


Yes.    I also heard that Messi had some kind of record for consecutive Balloon d'Or awards.    Know any specifics?


I think it was 4 in a row, and 5 total.  Plus 5 European Gold Shoes.  I  have never seen him live, but Ive seen several of his world cup games with Argentina on TV.


I saw one of his nine La Liga title games.      Makes Tom Brady pale in comparison!


It really does, I dont know if people consider Tom Brady to be one of the best players of all time like they do Messi though.


All this from a kid with a hormone deficiency!


For real!  I wonder what he would have become if his parents hadn't chose soccer in Spain because of it.


He might have been one of those kids who watched the 750 episodes of Pokemon!


That is a lot of Episodes, like 50 a year for 16 straight years.  It is hard to keep anything going that long and keep it creative.  hats off to them.


Certainly more than the UK remake of That 70s show!


Cancelled after 10 episodes.  Not a huge success, but Im not totally surprised..  Not like the Simpsons which has been on forever, and only has one episode where Bart isnt seen or mentioned.


The Simpsons producers are good guys though.    They sent Trey Parker and south park producers flowers.


Wow.  That is a real stand up sort of thing to do.  Not many people do those sorts of things these days, especially not someone that you can view as a competitor.


Well, it was because South Park parodied Family Guy!


I didn't know that.  I know Family Guy was always accused of ripping off the Simpsons.


Personally, I think they ripped off Thomas the Tank Engine with George Carlin and Alec Baldwin.


I can't believe they each narrated 52 episodes each of that show.  Especially Carlin, after his comedy sketches dealing with the vernacular usages of the F word.


Well, I need to go,    there's a television program on right now!


I'm good, thanks for asking.  Yes, I watch some tv.  My favorite show is the Walking Dead.  How about you?


Oh I love the walking dead!  i am not caught up on the recent season though.  I also like game of thrones,  westworld,  homeland,  the flash.


Cool, need to catch up, it's getting good again!  Ever watch the Simpsons?


I used to watch when I was younger, quite a bit.  I hear there is an episode where Bart is not seen or even mentioned.  I've thought about it and I can't ever remember seeing it.  Do you?


If I did I probably didnt notice it lol Thats really interesting.  I hear that homer had over 180 jobs lol


I didn't realize that, I always thought the Nuclear plant was his only job. lol


me either.  I also read that daniel radcliffe voiced a parody of twilight scene on the simpsons lol


I don't remember that either.  Wow, I wasn't very observant, apparently.  lol


Me either,  I dont think I wouldve noticed Daniel Radcliffes voice though lol


I enjoy watching the games, but I do not keep up with it at all.


Me either, it's so popular in the rest of the world and somehow barely gets mentioned in America.  It makes more money than a bunch of other sports combined.


I know right, insane.  More than football, basketball, hockey,  tennis and golf!  Crazy!


I was shocked to learn that Jon Stewart played soccer in college and was pretty good at it.


Awesome!  did you know that the superbowl is smaller than soccers 3rd biggest event lol


Also,  on average,  soccer players run 7 miles per game!


Wow, that's alot of running! Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


did you see how fast that dutch bus can move


its almost as crazy as how much judge judy makes. i knew it was high but not that high.


If I could make as much as her, I would do one episode a year.


i would do as many as they wanted for that price


at that point id pull a robin williams and go work for disney doing voice work.


I was looking at that, too. I could be a lot of fun.


i know its supposed to be hard to get into that line of work, they keep to their normal list of a listers it seems


Well, If we were as famous as Robin Williams, we may make the cut!


the bar is lower than that im afraid, i forget his name but the guy who plays walsh on firefly is a huge voice actor now,


I am not familiar with that one. How about Bill Nye getting His start in a Steve Martin look a like contest?


interesting fact there, bill nye doesnt hold a degree in science. that should have been their fact of choice for him


I though I heard on TV that Bill Nye is a bona fide scientist.


nope he is actually a reported, his degree is in scientific journalism. thats why hes so good at comunicating the information


Well, that goes to show, you can't believe everything you see on TV.


especially when it comes out of only 54 colors like the NES could do.


When it came out, that was pretty good for the technology at the time.


i know i had one, i didnt believe they still made them until 03.


Yes, and I remeber playing the original Pong game, speaking of limited technology.


atari version of pong or the orignal verson made by magnovox cause if you played the magnivox id be amazed


i didnt get to play much with the eary atari, outdated by my time since the NES was king


Well, it has been a nice exchange of information. Thank You.


Glad to hear it. I just had a baby and don't look as good as Kate Middleton when she walked out of hospital.


congratulations on having a baby!!! doesnt everyone wish they would look as good as kate middleton. lol


Yes, but if wishes were horses! Besides, I suppose if I had a staff of makeup artists, hair stylists, and wardrobe nannies, I'd look great, too! Her life isn't normal.


There is so much pressure on Kate to be everything to the public, but I imagine she just wants to get home to a comfy bed. The UK does have a short post birth hospital stay policy, though.  Do you think they threw her out?


no, defiantly no. honestly why would they throw her out


Just kidding.  Most women just want to get out of a hospital after having a baby. One American woman in Germany had been brainwashed by her mother that birth was easy.  She walked five blocks to catch a bus home in the freezing cold.  Ended up sick as a dog.


really?!  you don't walk out right after having a baby!


yeah, well ... idealized superwomen sucked into the be everything to everyone on Facebook mode. People make themselves so public these days and they want to look good I guess.


yeah, i haven't used facebook in the longest time


I've never used it.  Too scary. Did you know Burger King had a special deal where if you unfriend 10 people you get a free whopper?


Yep, that's what I heard.  I don't like Facebook, but Iceland is using it to get public input as their government rewrites its Constitution!


I think Facebook has destroyed in-depth reading, though.  Reading is complex and emotional.  It requires as much from the reader as the writer.  Facebook seems full of throway messages.


yeah but i find it help make new friends


Friends?  Really?  Acquaintences, maybe.  Of course, I don't use it so I can't criticize. It certainly took off until people found out they were selling private data.


yeah but there is also some reall idiots on facebook that like to cause problems


I guess if Myspace had purchased Facebook in 2005 when it had a chance things would be different for everyone.


I'm surprised Facebook never came out with a clothing line, like Apple did in 1986.


I do like a good drama.  I think anything with Jon Hamm is going to be good.


Jon Hamm is a very good actor. Did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama for his work on House?


I had no idea Laurie made so much.  I thought it was a good show.  I know that the Olsen twins have a billion dollar company.  Not bad for who they are.  How is your billion dollar company?


I wish I had one. I'm not that surprised. It seemed like they had their hands in everything for a while. I like Michael Caine. Apparently he only became an actor because he joined drama class because all of the prettiest girls in school were in that class.


I totally understand Caines logic.  Drama is a broad term that is everywhere.  Think of a hockey game series.  Play seven games.  The drama build as the first games are played.


That is very true. Apparently Jim Carrey has stated that he will not appear in dramas anymore due to his beliefs but that new show his has on Showtime looks pretty dramatic to me.


I have no idea what Jim Carrey is up to.  Is a successful actor / comedian about luck or talent.  Its like in a hockey game.  In the beginning the score is 0-0.  You might win, you might not.  Luck takes the puck.


Luck does seem to have a lot to do with success in entertainment. I know at one point the height of entertainment were radio dramas. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of these old dramas for free but I wonder if they hold up.


I think all entertainment holds up well.  Aristotles play Poetics still entertains.  The human has not changed, the language has.  Drama is built on what it takes to be human.


I agree. Did you have a Nintendo system in the 80's or early 90's?


Well, I played with a friend. It was a fun thing.  Looks dated today, but still fun to play galaxia.  I know that atari games that sold poorly are buried in a land fill.


Yes, infamously the ET game. I enjoyed the NES as well. Did you know that it could only display 54 colors?


I had no idea about 54 colors.  Games have come a long way.  Blizzard entertainment gives its long time employees swords and shields. Presumably for the zombie apocalypse.


Wow. I did not know that. Yes games have come a long way. Nevertheless, the NES was not discontinued in Japan until 2003!


2003.  Haha.  I enjoy the old games every once in a while.  Hey, here is a fun idea.  The greek word for "drama" comes from "action".  In video games what it is... action.


That is interesting. Are you a fan of Bill Nye?


Bill Nye is a human.  As such he has flaws.  Did you know that the Dodgers have lost more world series championships than anyone else.  They are a nonhuman and are flawed.


I did not know that. That's an unfortunate stat. By the way, Nye became famous when he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest which is strange because I don't think he looks anything like him.


Steve Martin, wow.  It might have been mannerisms, voice and actions that won the contest.  We all seem to like contests.  We get invested.  The song "Royals" was banned from the radio in 2014.  It has nothing to do with baseball, but the fans made it happen.  Lorde is a good singer.


Maybe it was mannerisms. I wonder why the song was banned. She is a good singer.


Hi! I couldnt believe IHOP pulled such a stunt by changing its name to IHOB just to remind the world that it also sells burgers. What about you?


I felt like an American tradition was dashed.  IHOB doesn't have the same ring to it.


Agreed! I understand change is necessary - like McDonald's adding a drive-thru for soldiers who couldnt get out of their vehicles wearing fatigues - but don't change the name. Do something else. I was so upset with them!


Yeah, I agree.  I would be OK with McDonald's selling Bumpkin pie, but we don't have to rename McDonald's.


Exactly! Speaking of which, I wouldn't mind trying a bumpkin pie one day. I don't know the ingredients, but I know it's a popular dish in the backwoods!


It sounds like that's where it belongs.  Like a trunk actually belongs in a car's trunk.


Absolutely. Hey,  did you know trunks got the name from old cars because they actually had wooden trunks in the back?


Yeah, makes sense.  I suppose glove compartments were once for gloves?  Non Sequitur alert... I learned that dogs are not colorblind.  They just can't see as many colors as humans.


That's interesting! I wasn't aware of that! It's a good thing Google prefers dogs over cats then as the dogs won't be distracted by all the vibrant colors at Google, right?


Also makes sense... They also won't have as many blood types to puzzle the vet.  Dogs have 12 different blood types -- cats have only 3.


That is wild! I bet when dogs donate their blood at doggie blood drives, it's a nightmare trying to sort out all the different blood types!


Yes, I bet the stress runs high as it does for hard working spiders that have their webs stolen by hummingbirds.  Hummingbird use them for next building materials.


Oh, wow! Hey, I wonder if Hummingbirds also fly without sleep from Alaska to north Mexico during migration?


I wonder if they ever sleep ever.  I also don't know if they chirp.  I'm sure, unlike some wild birds in Australia, they don't mimic chainsaws.


Isn't that crazy? Australian birds can also mimic cameras and car alarms. Imagine thinking your car alarm is going off and you jet outside to discover it's only a wild bird! Ha!


Hee. I'm a little glad the Dodo bird is extinct.  They were related to pigeons.  Can you imagine the mess around park benches and sidewalks?


You are right. It would be a nightmare. Wonder if their bones were as hollow as most birds to the point where the feathers weigh more than the skeletons. Since they're extinct, I suppose well never know, unfortunately.


Maybe it was all the ancient park custodians that made them extinct. They didn't live up to the birds reputation of being the most numerically successful class of tetrapods.


Maybe so. Crazy some birds have evolved for swimming and all birds' digestive/respiratory system adapted for flight, yet the Dodo went extinct.


Poor Dodo... Maybe if they understood pointing like dogs and elephants, they would still be alive.


No kidding! Or if even Istanbul had put out vending machines for birds instead of stray dogs where you could trade recycled plastic bottles for treats, they'd still be here as well! Ha! Nice chatting with you today!


I love cars. Got a new Merc c3004matic. rocks. I believe Benz made the first car, not Ford.


Nice, good one. Did you know how the drive thru was invented?


Something about micky dees and wwii, iirc.


Yeah the soldiers were not allowed to step out of the cars with their uniforms back then


Ahhh.  I wonder if wwii soldiers who were part of d-day had a fondness for Cadillac...given that it has a french origin.


I am not sure actually. do you know who cadillac was named after?


some french guy. they love cars too. i hear even that girl who gouged her eyes out on drugs was trying to make money in order to buy a car.


that sounds so painful. yeah it was antoine de la mothe.


yeah...she was on drugs then she hallucinated.


oh my goodness. Do you know who jann mardenborough was?


was she someone who used a flame-thrower to fight off car jackers?


No not that one, I know they do that in south africa though


yeah. its legal there. hopefully their trunks aren't still made of wood. so who is this jann?


He is the guy who became a professional car driver by beating 90 000 people in gran turismo


yeah...and i dont even work for google...which officially has declared itself a dog company.


I really like that actually. did you know they have 12 types of blood?


cool. do u like elephants too. because they have something in common.


yeah apparently are both species that understand pointing.


Oh cool. I can't believe cars were invented in 1886. I thought it was in the early 1900's.


In 20th century only cars come to human uses. Firstly for the Military uses next only for civilian uses.


They were rapidly adopted in the US, and it took longer in Western Europe to be accepted.


Yes. In US only large number of people have cars compare to other part of the world.


Did you know that the car brand cadillac was named after french explorer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac who found Detroit?


Yes. In the middle century cars reached biggest change due to technology like navigation system, air conditioning and parking alarm.


That has been so nice! I remember having to get around without a navigation system, it was so hard! What kind of car do you own?


I own a Jeep. I think it's crazy how it is legal in South Africa to put flamethrowers on your car!


I think it's the way to protect the car. The cars are propelled through internal combustion engine which have fossil fuel to run, but it create so much pollution.


It really does! Did you know that some birds navigate from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping?


It is very interesting. There no trees or any building to have shelter.


I'm sure they find a way to make it work. Have you ever been to Australia? There are some neat birds there.


Crows is the most intelligent birds, and sometimes it imitating human speech. Do you know ?


That would be awesome to see! I know some birds like to mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws. I bet that messes with people!


Surely. Parrot is also good and Pigeon race competition is held.


That would be fun to see! Anyways, it was great chatting, have a good day!


I am but not as much as I used to be. It has surely made its way in the divorce filing paperwork


Hm I am not sure of that. It is a catchy color?


Actually it is because Mark is colorblind and cannot see green and red


Ohh that is brilliant on his behalf.. 1/3 of adults in the US use it as a primary source of news


Wow I myself do not rely on it as much, not sure if it is trustworthy


Yeah I agree there with you. The like button was supposed to be called the awesome button


Wow cool, maybe they would not have banned it in that part of Germany


Yeah maybe. There are 56 custom gender options in there now plus female and male


Wow that is very accommodating for everyone. Did you ever use MySpace?


I used to , wow that was such a long time ago. Why do you ask?


Well they had a great chance to buy Facebook for $75 million and passed on it


Yeah that was not smart, they could have been making billions now but a little too late


I love it. Do you know who invented Braille?


I actually do not, do you know? Have you read Starship troopers?


I have actually and it is pretty good So Braille was invented by Louis Braille who perfected it at the age of 15


Wow what a talent it has made a revolution for many people now. Do you know who is the person that reads the fastest in the world?


Hmmm I do not think that I do. Did you hear about that teacher that took out desks and out in reading bicycles?


WOw, did not hear about that but this woman that holds the record can read 4700 word per minute


Are you a tv fan?  Did you know that there is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears nor is mentioned?


i have heard that. and also that the simpsons crew sent flowers to southpark after its family guy episode


The 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk and cancelled after 10 episodes


I wonder why it didnt do well in the Uk and did so well here?


Good question.  Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated Thomas the tank Engine for at least 52 episodes


yes and there are 750 episodes of pokemon. how did they come up with so many stories to tell?


Hard to tell.  Did you ever hear of the variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time?


No I have not. What kind of field do they play on? Is it a rectangular field?


I wonder that too.  Did you hear that volleyball and basketball were invented at the YMCA?


Nope I did not. Did you hear fed ex returned a vollyball that washed up after a tsunami? Do you think it was Wilson? lol


Maybe Tom Hanks ball haha;  The best female volleyball player in the world is called "game over"  I wouldn't want to play her!


And the womans net is shorter than the mens net


Did you know that kicking in volleyball is legal. You can use any body part.


So you can actually kick the ball?? Thats wild


I never knew that before.  On a kind note, German soccer player Ozil generously donated his eur300,000 world cup bonus pay to pay for surgeries for 23 children in Brazil.


John Stewart was a soccer player and represented the US


Apparently, soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined.  That must be a ton of dough.


I would have never thought that. Football isnt considered a sport its considered entertainment, and I totally wouldve thought that made more money


I wondered why Americans called soccer that but everyone else called it football.  It says that was so because soccer is slang for association football


I was wondering how that was even slang for it. It doesn't seem to have any association


Have you seen any of the 750 episodes + of Pokemon?


Man have you heard of the story of a  LA kid who was washed away in a maze of drainage pipes


Yes, I can't believe this kid was so irresponsible.


He is lucky that they located him on the camera at a maintenance hatch.


Yeah,  because I was assuming he died.  He's very lucky.


A camera was able to actually reach 300 ft. down in one spot.


yeah I heard it was like a maze and they didn't know actually where the drain pipe goes to find the young boy.


Apparently the water is 2 ft. deep? So I guess he would be okay? I thought the physical impacts were the most dangerous parts, like the fall.


yeah that's what I was thinking. Did he every speak to any of his family?


Yes, he called to speak to them. Looks like they reunited.


That's good. I know he won't be playing around near Los Angeles' Griffith Park anymore.


Haha. I think this kid learned his lesson.


yeah, and I'm guessing no firefighter was hurt trying to get him out of there right?


I don't think so. At least they sent the experts in to help him. I think the maintenance people should be thanked as well.


oh okay that's good. Hey how old was the kid anyway?


He was 13 years old. Do you know what ethnicity he was?


Good to know. I was thinking if the water was moving at 15 MPH it would be enough to push him around, right?


I was thinking the same thing, but he's lucky he was stuck. Who knows where the water would have taken him.


Yes, that is true, especially for someone of a smaller size.


Yeah because he  traveled over to the 134 freeway right?


Hi, how are you? Yes, I've seen the Simpsons.


Do you like The Simpsons, you know there is an episode without Bart in the series


He was in every episode except one. I wonder why he wasn't in that one episode.


Maybe the writters wanted to change things up, I wonder if theres an episode without Homer or without Marge in it.


I bet there are. I don't think they could make a British version of the show. That 70's show was remade verbatim in the UK but cancelled after 10 episodes.


Im not surprised, remakes are usually pretty bad although I did like the origial show a lot, I thought it was so funny.


I bet they could do a remake of Pokemon. There are over 750 episodes of "Pokemon." Never seen the show, but there are lots of episodes to choose from. About 50 a year for 16 years straight.


I used to love Pokemon, I think the 150 Pokemons are the best ones, 750 is too much and 16 years is sure a long time.


The demand is there. The kids love it. Do you follow sports at all?


I do, I like soccer, what about you? do you follow any sports?


I try to watch the World Cup. The sport is so popular! Soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined.


The World Cup sure is a popular event, it was played in Brazil in 2014 and a player from the Winning team (Germany) donated his whole bonus so that 23 children could have surgeries.


That was a tremendous gesture on his part. More professionals should follow his example.


I agree with you, they do earn a lot of money so they can do it, do you like to play or watch any other sports?


I sometimes watch football and baseball. Do you watch volleyball at all?


I do like Volleyball I just to play it in highschool, what about yourself?


I've played it, but I'm not very good. Both volleyball and basketball were invented at the YMCA. Gym sports are popular at the Y.


I see, another interesting fact is that the volleyball woman play with is 7 inches shorter than the on men play with.


I guess the net makes a huge difference in the dynamic of the game.  It's legal to use any part of your body in volleyball. Even kicking in volleyball is legal.


Really? I thought that was against the rules, the best volleyball player in the women's category is called Game Over, isn't that like a crazy name of nickname


She must be a monster! Anyway, thanks for the chat!


I agree she must have some crazy skills.


hi. i didnt know that drama was basically considered the same genre as poetry


I think it's "a" genre of poetry.  There certainly are dramatic poems, just like there can be comedic poems as well.


I guess that makes sense, the two greek masks represent comedy and trajedy.


Sure.  Have you listened to old radio dramas before?


Yeah! i just heard there was a site where i could listen to old ones! i will be checking it out!


I'm interested as well.  I used to have a cassette tape of a comedy show, "Who's on First" but I lost it.  I'd love to hear it again.  I also like C.S Lewis' radio broadcasts.


I think you might find those on youtube tonight if you look. did you know that hugh laurie made 700k an episode for house?


yes, I've heard that.  But I also heard that each of the Big Bang Theory actors makes over 1M per episode.  Comedy seems to pay more than drama.  Do you think it should?


i dont think it should but that is why big movies pay more. i brought up hugh because i too, thought the "friends" actors made a lot more too?