When it comes to "science", you can never really determine what they mean. They are always changing their minds. It's cool that a Koi lived to be 226 years old. I wonder if it's owner made provisions for it in their will? The way some people do with their parrots.


Yes very true.Things change all the time.That's a good question I'm not sure. A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.


That's so weird, I had to look up a photo of a seahorse to see if that is correct. A common goldfish lived to be 43 years, my kids can't even manage to keep one alive for 43 days.


Haha well I am sure they are trying! The black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and 10 times its weight.


Wow. That's interesting. Evidently, there is a fish that has a transparent head. That would be something to see in the wild.


I would love to see that. The zebrafish must be important in the medical field because 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in this fish.


That is interesting. The last president who could speak another language fluently, was FDR. I wonder if there is a common DNA sequence for languages within the Zebra fish?


Oh wow that's a good question. Maybe the Democrats will find that out one day. 15% of the tea party movement identified themselves as Democrats in fact.


Interestingly enough, the economy does better when there is a Dem POTUS.


Very interesting. Don't tell FOX News that though. They once threatened to sue the Simpsons in order stop them from parodying their agenda.


Yet, Republicans are supposed to be more educacted than Dems, and they can't recognize satire?


Yes they just can't take a joke. Consistent use of red and blue colors for Republicans and Democrats only started in 2000.


Really? Seems like it has been longer than that. I wonder if any Republicans know that Reagan was once a Dem?


I agree. Yeah I bet they didn't know. Surprisingly he actually campaigned against high corporate profits and low wages.


Do you think he was a backer of the (defeated) bill that proposed a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits?


Good question I'm not sure. I find it quite odd that there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since 1853. It was great chatting with you today.


Good morning! How cool and fascinating are fish?!


Good morning. I love fish. What about you?


Yes they are so cool! I love seahorses, they are the only fish that have a neck!


Me too. Funny they have a neck. The oldest goldfish lived to 43 years old.


That is so long I didn't know that was possible. There is a species of fish called the black swallower that can eat prey twice it's own length and ten times it's weight.


Wow that's a lot of food to down at once lol. I saw there is a koi fish that lived to 226 years old.


Yes no doubt. What is the Koi's secret I wonder? There is apparently a jellyfish that is immortal...


That is amazing they have an immortal jellyfish. Do you know how that works?


Yeah I want to know more about that too I'm not sure. Freshwater fish only drink water through their skin while salt water fish also drink water through their mouths.


That's pretty neat to know. Jellyfish are 98% water so they evaporate in the sun.


I bet they do. Have you heard of the zebrafish? 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in this fish.


I have not. That's very interesting. Do you know much about politics?


Not too much but I try to stay informed. There hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since 1853.


That's interesting. I wouldn't have guessed that. The only US president with a PHD was Woodrow Wilson.


I wish more presidents had PhD's. It is such a cerebral job. Well in some countries it's different like in Indonesia the present released three pop albums while in office.


I agree. That's hilarious. Can you imagine if Trump was a pop star?


That would be such a joke. The Democrats would have a field day. 15% of the tea party movement identified as Democrats.


That would be a joke. In Guatemala, relatives of the president cannot legally run for president.


I kind of like that rule. Did you know consistent use of red and blue for republicans and democrats didn't start until the year 2000?


Wow, I thought that was started way before then. The last president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR.


Me too. What language did he speak? Did you know FOXNews once threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying them? It was great chatting with you today.


Not too sure what language he spoke. It was good chatting with you today. Take care.


Hi, do you know much about the presidents?


Some. My favorite President was Ronald Reagan, who was revered by republicans yet started out as a democrat.


Yeah I guess you never know. Do you know who the 3 wealthiest us presidents are?


Let me guess: JFK, Washington, and Grover Cleveland?


The last one is actually Jefferson, well I guess taking into account inflation


Right...Did you know that in Guatemala, close relatives of their former Presidents are not allowed to run for president? If that were true in the US, then Hilliary would not even have been allowed to run. Unless you make the case that SHe and Bill were never "close"?


I can see why they do that for sure. Did you know the president of Indonesia is also a pop star?


Gungam style? I would like to hear Trump put out a pop album. I'm sure it would be "huge"


I am not sure actually what music he makes but he has already released 3 albums


The media and Presidents sure have come far! Lincoln was the first Pres to be photographed for his inauguration. It was a little ominous that John Wilkes Booth was in that photo...


Cool. Do you know how the vise president used to be elected?


No. Were they voted on by party officials?


Actually the runner up became the vice president


Cool. You know, the oldest Koi fish lived to be 226 years old.  That means this fish was alive even before Lincoln


Wow, that is a long time to be around. Do you know which species is the only fish with a neck?


The zebrafish? Zebras have necks... Is this the same species of fish that lives it's entire adult life on land?


Actually it is the seahorse. They are interesting creatures


Yeah. Weirdly fascinating...like jellyfish!  You know, jellies are 98% water, so they evaporate in the sun?


And a species of them is actually immortal, that is amazing


I guess the sun can end a Jellyfish's immortality like it can challenge a vampire's immortality...


Yes that is very true. It was very nice chatting with you :)


II enjoy learrning about distant lands a far away places, but I do not enjoy th e act of traveling itself. I would enjoy it of somebody took my gnome statue with them n their next rip as long as they brought it back with pictures.


That was funny.  Apparently, the Dutch government is building a commuter bus designed to travel at 160 miles per hour.  I would not want to ride on that type of bus.


I'll wait for the development of transporters...Beam me up Scotty! Fast buses are an improvement, especially since airfare these days is slower than it used to be!


I heard that all japan highways are toll.  It would cost you more than $300 to travel across the country.


I'd walk... You know, years ago, travelers on ships would release rabbits on islands the visit, to seed them for future harvest as meals for the next travelers to come that way. Since Japan is a big island, I wonder if they have a few extra rabbit you can eat as you drive across country?


No, I don't think so.  Apparently, Mackinac Island has banned motorized vehicles.


Oh, no! I was going to visit there in the spring and bring my tank... Oh, well. Maybe we can get Fox news to sue them!  After all, they'll sue anyone...they sued the Simpsons!


You can bring your rabbits.  I wonder why they would sue the Simpsons since they own the series.


Apparently,, they merely threatened a lawsuit to stop the Simpsons from running a parody of the news network. We live in litigious society!


I know.  Fox news is watched by more people than CNN and MSNBC combined.  I was surprised.  I thought that CNN has at least the same numbers of audience as fox news.


They say the average age of a Fox News viewer is 68. Ironically, that is also the IQ of the average TV news anchor on any network!


I did not know that.  Do you know that Fox also owns gaming website IGN?


I'll bet that's a money maker!  You know, there is a website where you can go to listen to thousands of classic radio dramas?  Radio is a media I can get behind!


Yes, you can listen for free.  I like free stuff.


Yup. I enjoy old radio shows. You know, in 1948, over half of music being played on the radio was Bing Crosby? Now that is popularity!


I did not know that. Talking about radio, do you know that one could hear jupiter's radio storms via an AM radio?


Nice!  I wonder if that is where they got the iea for that radio station that translates solar activity into sound, and plays it on th radio as solar music?


Probably.  By the way, fox news was created by two Richards.  Can you guess who they were?


Close enough.  Who is Peabody anyway?  Anyway, I have got to run.  Nice chatting with you.


I didn't expect Facebook was going to valued at $104 billion


Yeah, it is pretty crazy. What about My Space passing up on a chance to buy it at 75 million. I bet they wish they would have now.


Agree. it shows the confidence face book founders had


Yeah, it's a good thing they held on to it because now it is worth 414 billion


the facts provided in the articles were worth reading. For instance, Lot of folks don't know "like" button is illegal in one of the german states


Yeah that is pretty weird. I wonder why that is. I think it's pretty interesting that they government is dropping a lot of the rioting cases after the election. I guess there just wasn't enough evidence or not worth their time to try and convict all those people.


True. there could have been innocent people charged as this was group protest


That is true. It just seems pretty useless to riot in the streets like that. They didn't accomplish anything except damaging things that other people work hard for.


Strongly agree. Silent protests, submitting memorandums without causing destruction to public property is always best thing to do.


Yeah for sure. Did you know that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the U.S. government. I wonder what they're trying to hide out there.


yeah, that's is a surprise. I believe this is one of the states that has less private ownership but higher income due to its special status. Also 7% of people reading the full terms when buying products or service on the internet didn't surprise me. Would have that no body reads full terms as most of those are in many paragraphs and difficult read


I don't know if I have ever read the full terms of a disclosure. It just seems like a bunch of mumbo jumbo but I'm sure a lot of companies hide a lot of stuff in those disclosures. Have you ever read a full disclosure on anything?


True. me too never read full disclosure. Really happy to see governments donating $1 bn to save amazon rainforest. It really important that governments saving the nature and preserve for future generations


Yes it is very important. We need to make sure that we are taking care of what is around us. I wonder what they are using that billion dollars for. Seems like a lot of money to make sure that trees don't get cut down.


May be spending the money to employ more people to guard from the bad people and create facilities for rare animals and birds


Yeah that's true. I'm sure poachers and such are a major problem when it comes to rare animals.


Now a days courts and prosecutors are also reliance on internet and face book shows the times have changed and people started to believe in internet has increased


Yeah. Facebook and Internet usage in general has blown up from just 15 years ago. I'm sure that eventually though something else will come along and replace facebook. I feel like it always does.


true. its a constant evaluation. for every 15-20 years there seems to be some thing new replacing old. Next big thing could be autonomous cars.


Yeah. It seems a little scary but it feels like we are not that far away from that becoming a reality.


Agree. we have been using internet from many years but didnt know about he 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button. nice fact to know


I did not know about that at all either. Its pretty fascinating,


It depends on if it's for pleasure or a rushed business trip.  Did you know that the Olympics actually serve to divide rather than unite?  Sad.


That is kind of sad. Did you know the Dutch are creating a bus that can go as fast as 160 mph


Cool.  They need to invent a bus that can fly over traffic.  Also one for Japan that can fly over toll booths...


Yeah I guess, and maybe people can save the $300 to tour the country


They wouldn't let it on Mackinac Island unless it it horse drawn.


Yeah that place must be so quiet without cars and other motorized vehicles


...and with breathable air.  I read a rather negative article on the Olympics.  The author complained that there was little "diversity" in the snow skiing.  Whose fault is that?  Like there's a conspiracy or something.  I'm sure it's who goes out for what.  Sick of that way of thinking. Count the white people and judge.


There seems to be a lot of politics involved in everything. Do you know who the first king to travel the world is?


Yeah and I'm tired of it.  No.  Anyone I know? The king of Iceland where there is no public rail service?


Actually it is the KIng of Hawaii, KIng Kalakaua


Good for him.  I'd like to see someone travel to Jupiter where they could take in its massive radio storms.


Yeah, I have never been able to catch it on the am radio


Maybe it's because you were in Canada where they require 40% of the music to be Canadian.


True maybe I had to switch to another radio to be able to hear something less. Do you know how soldiers made foxhole radios?


I heard with razor blades and a pencil or two.  I don't think I could pull that off.


Me neither but that is very creative. Do you speak any latin?


Just a few well-worn phases.  I can't believe some people are still lamenting NE's loss in the Superbowl. Move on...


Yeah. There is a radio in Finland that gives the news in latin


I wouldn't understand much.  I was surprised to learn that IGN is owned by the same corporation (i.e., News Corp.)  that owns Fox News.


Yeah, they are so huge. Nice chatting with you :)


hey there do you watch Netflix? I don't have them personally


I use a friend's account.  Does anyone actually use their own?  I just love all their original content - 126 original series and films in 2016 alone!


lol ya I'm with you there, pretty crazy that netflix makes up about of third of internet bandwidth in north america


I know!  But I am still amazed that they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth!  Who still gets dvds in the mail?????


haha that's a good question! i haven't used a dvd in 10 years, did you know Blockbuster turned down buying Netflix back in the day?


Yes!  They could have bought it for $50 million but turned it down!  Its worth $2 billion now!!!!!


that is crazy, did you hear the story about how Netflix was started?


Yeah he had a $40 late fee on a video!  Motivation to start his own company!  Gotta love that!


haha he got his revenge! do you drive a car? I guess they were created back in 1886 originally


I did not know they were that old!  But I want one like they have in South Africa which have flame throwers to prevent carjacking!  How cool is that?


haha I could use that right now, a flamethrower would be perfect for melting the snow on my driveway!


Thank goodness I live in Texas!  We had a little bit of flurries last week and everyone was crazy excited.  Do you keep winter supplies in your trunk?  Of course modern cars don't have an actual trunk like they did in the old days.


ya they are super old, it's cool it was Karl Benz whose name later became part of Mercedes-Benz


I have never heard of him.  I do know Cadillacs were named after the french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac - that's the guy who founded Detroit.


yes thats, true, I live in Michigan and I never knew that, I live in a suburb of detroit actually


Cool.  I bet you have a lot of drive-thrus there because no one wants to get out of their car this time of year.  They were originally added by McDonalds for soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.


ya that is cool, I want to go to one now! what is weird is the guy that became a professional race driver by beating 90k people in a videogame! he must be good


Yeah you would think driving a car in a video game would be different than in real life.  Of course youtube has some pretty life-like videos nowadays so maybe its pretty real.


ya I agree, it's crazy that youtube is the 2nd largest search engine, I assume google is number 1?


Yes but google bought youtube as well!  Its probably because the vast majority of content on youtube is free.


oh definitely, do you like Justin Bieber's song baby? I guess it is the most disliked video on all of youtube


That is awful for sure!  I understand why its so hated.Unlike Gangman style where they had to upgrade the view count number!


Pretty crazy the Orson Welles and Ernest Hemingway got in a fight.


Yeah that's crazy. I heard his last film was saved by Netflix. Did you know they have a movie that is nothing but a long video of a fireplace?


I didn't know that.  I believe the film they saved came out Nov. 2


Yeah I didn't see it. They also hire of team of taggers whose job is to watch the movies and tag the content


Interesting.  Did you know that Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet bandwith in North America?


I can believe that. I watch Youtube more than Netflix myself. Netflix originally pitched their streaming idea to Blockbuster. We see how that ended.


lol.  I hear that.  I can't imagine any companies still in the movie rental business.  That's how Netflix started taking business away from Blockbuster.  But, I don't even know that many people that watch dvds anymore.


It's all digital now it seems. Netflix has around 150 movies with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Although I can't always rely on their ratings myself. Interesting still.


I think I'll have to try to check out the Orson Welle's movie just to see what it's about.


It does sound interesting. Crazy that Youtube started off as a dating website.


Yeah.  I watch a lot of live concert vids on there as well as sports, comedy, etc.  Wish youtube was around a long time ago.  lol


In 2007 youtube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000


It's the second largest search engine too on the internet.


Yeah I can believe that too. The very first video uploaded was a guy talking about an elephant.


Really?  lol  I found a lot of good new bands on there.


I watch a lot of guitar lesson videos. There are 70 full episodes of the joy of painting on the official bob ross youtube channel.


LOL  Bob Ross!  Did you happen to see the Deadpool trailer where he acted like Bob Ross?


I did. Hilarious. Love Deadpool. Google bought Youtube in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion


I like that youtube has a partnership with Hulu, etc. now too


I didn't know that. I had Hulu but decided to cancel it.


It gets expensive.  We have it, but we've been thinking of getting rid of it.  There's only so many hours in a day to watch tv.


Do you know where the headquarters of Netflix is located?


I believe it is from Los Gatos California.


Oh cool, I figured it was probably in California. Did you know from 9pm-12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America?


I heard that.    More than that, Netflix and YouTube together make up more than half of all Internet Traffic in North America.


That's pretty amazing. Netflix spends more than 20 times on postage than bandwidth which is also amazing.


That is why they are phasing out DVDs.    Can you imagine if they had partnered with Blockbuster like they wanted to!


That would have been nuts. Netflix is now worth $2 billion.


That is still probably less than YouTube, which was acquired by Google for $1.65 million over ten years ago.


Wow that's crazy. I saw that Netflix was started up by Reed Hastings because he had a $40 late fee for Apollo 13.


I like older cars, starting with the Model T in 1908.


Yea older cars are pretty cool. I'm more into trucks now.


OK.    I wonder if you can put a flamethrower on a truck in South Africa.    That is legal for cars.


HAHA I have no idea, but that's funny! I didn't know the trunk of a car got its name because older cars actually had wooden trunks.


That is true.     Cadillac was actually named after the Explorer who founded Detroit.


That's pretty interesting and cool. Did you know Justin Bieber's "Baby" is the most disliked video on YouTube?


A long way from Psy's Gangnam style, which forced them to put in a larger counter!


LOL yes! I saw that the police have their own YouTube called BlueTube lol. This is to share law enforcement videos.


Does it surprise you that most of YouTube's content comes from individuals?


Does not surprise me. It was good chatting with you!


Hi. Outer space as in the universe beyond Earth?


Right, I thought it might sound odd to ask if you like the universe lol.  Nevertheless, did you know that the exact size of the universe is still not known?


Right. Admire the early scientists, like Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, who realized that Earth isn't at the center of the Universe. You?


I do too, especially since they didn't have the technology of today and still were able to detect facts.


Smart dudes. Einstein had some wacky ideas about it, too. Wonder if, somewhere, the are forces pulling galaxies outside the universe we can see...


Anything is possible.  I've heard there are people that think the universe might just be one giant super hologram.


Whoa. That idea is over my head! Know of one cold  "star" I bet our president can imagine himself as a star in our large universe


It's probably easy to believe that when you are president of this country and as isolated as they are.  Presidents have different functions in different countries, different governments so our office of president can seem very kingly i suppose.


In the eyes of the beholder, maybe. Until now, JFK, Washington & Jefferson had been the richest presidents, but none of them thought of themselves as kings, did they?


Hmm, JFK might have, after all he was a Kennedy and they do think of themselves as an American royal family.  I don't think Washington and Jefferson did at all.


Yes, JFK was regal. Wash. & Jeff. acquired wealth as slaveholders. But none were pathetic liars, con men or outright thieves, as far as I know. They were presidential, in the best sense. Agree?


I do agree with you.  I'll go a little further and say that society has changed so dramatically over the years that we'd be hard pressed to find anyone like Washington and Jefferson anymore.  Back in the time when the white house was built they made the guest house larger than the house. I think that says a lot about people's attitudes of the day.  Now, the guest house would be way smaller.


Unless it's in Mira Lago (probably spelled wrong). People's attitudes have changed, and the office of president has, too. Presidents didn't have as much power even 50 years ago; the role of pres. is more prominent today, some say. What do you think?


I don't know. When I think back over history and remember prominent figures- FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, JFK, Reagan, and the Bushs all come to mind.  They all played very important roles in history.


You're describing men of vision, heads of state who, mostly, put the people 1st. Teddy and FDR definitely. Reagan & the Bushes got kinder, gentler as they went along. None were just ceremonial talking heads. Agree?


I do agree on the Roosevelts, Reagan, and the Bushes but not Kennedy.  If you think about it he had as much of a scandal as Trump does now.  He had a known affair with Marilyn Monroe and there were rumors of collusion with the mafia.


Ah, but the man inspired people, and the people didn't know about the affairs, because the press didn't press that stuff then. Can't compare him with Trump, sorry. Do you ever wonder if we're in a one-party state today, where the "party" is the internet?


I do wonder if the media in general controls everything and who controls them if that's what you mean.  We definitely could not go back to before 1805 and have the runner up in the presidential election automatically become vice president.


Right. If that had been true in, say, 1960, JFK would have had Nixon as his VP. Personally, im glad it was LBJ instead! Have you heard Indonesia's pres. released 3 pop albums...while in office?!


No, but I think that is fun for the president to do and maybe a good way to reach the people.


I'm worried that there is actually something wrong with Kanye West. He seems a  bit unstable lately.


He has always been quite the interesting character. That's for sure. He has some great songs. Do you like any of his music?


I don't know much of his music besides Gold Digger. Do you listen to much?


I like a few of his songs, like Coldest Winter and other not-so-well-known songs, I guess. Did you see him on TMZ?


No I didn't. Did he do something sensational?


Oh yes! He was extremely odd, and it was like watching a train wreck! He took over TMZ, nearly for the entire episode and just spewed mostly babble so quickly! I felt so badly for him, but the media didn't seem to even pick up on that as a story.


Wow that is so strange. I know that he has talked about bipolar before. I wonder if that is what is going on.


Oh yeah, I'd say so. The mania part of bi-polar fits a lot of his behavior perfectly. It was crazy seeing him meet President Trump. That entire meeting was uncomfortable for me to watch!


I don't understand why they would have a sit down in the first place. I can't imagine they thought much was going ot be accomplished.


I agree! He has his moments though. Once Kanye gave his mic to a fan who was in a wheelchair at one of his concerts. That seems like a very nice thing to do!


He does seem very sweet at times like when he is with his kids. I hope that he can get the help he needs.


Me too! This sounds like something out a sci-fi time-travel novel but 2 years before the infamous Taylor Swift incident, he was on SNL and did a skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows! How is that even possible?


It makes you wonder if the whole thing was just a publicity stunt.


Absolutely! But then again, seeing as how he is likely bipolar, I recall him interrupting award shows after the Taylor swift incident as well! And then when he basically interupted TMZ, I am starting to wonder why he gets invited to events. Unless they know he's likely going to misbehave and they are using him for hopefully what they would like to be a publicity stunt. Haha. Kanye baffles me but he is interesting to watch.


Honestly I think his meeting with Trump was a big publicity stunt too. Sad that the office of the president is now a popularity contest.


Yes, it's turned into a circus, in my opinion. I can no longer even take the presidency seriously! So sad. Oh yeah, Kanye's Gold Digger song, is one of the 10 most successful songs of all time! Wow, what a neat record to hold! Good for him!


I think it is the only one to be in a minor key too. It is hard to sing in minor key so that shows how talented he really is.


Yet another record he holds then! I agree he is very talented. He's made some great music, I just wish he would lay off the auto-tune or robotic synthesized voice thing, and just use his regular voice, I'm sure it's got to be "good enough".


I think he is probably pushed to do bigger and better things considering how many genres of music he is influencing.


Oh yeah. He has a lot of versatility and definitely a lot of influence. It speaks volumes of his talents. Which is interesting, how such a wild-character can make so much great music! Overall, I like him, even though he is always doing things that make me cringe. Haha


I think a lot of great artists are that way though. They personally might be so strange but the things they create are just amazing.


What a scene it was, President Trump and Kanye West.


I know for real.  I cant imagine two less compatible people.


It would seem that MAGA hats leave a bad impression. I wonder if the title president is really ceremonial.


I agree, you dont see rocket scientist wearing MAGA hats.


The iPlane One was kind of a neat idea.  But why is it celebrity now means political.


I dont know.  I wish we could just keep some things separate.


I cant say that I do.  He is hard to take as a whole person for me.


Entertaining on the whole, and I suppose Trump is entertaining as well.


Trump is entertaining, sometimes I think that is a detriment to our country.  People from other countries laugh at us sometimes.


I never understood why Kanye gets praise for interrupting Taylor Swift.  It was rude and a stunt.


He actually did a skit on SNL two years prior about him interrupting awards shows.  Its like he predicted it.


Predicted, or planned.  If I had to grab the spot light.  If I had to appeal to my base, what would I do. To my base I can do no wrong.


Hmm... sounds like our presidents mentality too.  But so true.


I wonder if Trump will release a album while in office.  Then he would be copying the president of Indonesia.  But what kind of music?


I don't think he'd be a very good rapper.


Really, the Fresh Prince of Key Largo.  I guess I am on board with it. The universe thinks we're funny.


It is, and we dont even know how expansive the universe is.


The geocentric model of the universe was a Greek idea.  So, if not for the rise of math and science we might never have had a real good model.


Very true, There is a theory that there are regions of space that might be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.


Yes, the observable universe is a small part of the real thing.  Good day.


I do somewhat. Did you know that the government has shut down 17 times over the past 37 years?


Oh wow I did not know that. I heard the last shutdown was the longest one yet.


I'm not too sure about that, but they did shut down 3 times in 1977.


That's not good. Did you know Wikileaks once published the government's plan to shutdown Wikileaks?


I've heard that. They wanted to destroy Wikileaks. I guess that plan didn't work out so well.


Lol I guess not. I saw 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government.


That's pretty interesting. I guess that's all the test sites and Area 51.


I guess so. The US passed legislation back in 2006 that protects government employees from violating the Geneva Conventions.


That's pretty fishy. Almost as fishy as J.P. Morgan bailing out the government in 1895.


For sure. There was once a man in France who impersonated a government official and was able to sell the Eiffel Tower twice.


I wonder who they buyer was, and how much money he made. There should be a movie about that.


It doesn't say but I find that very hard to believe they got away with it twice.


He must have been a good con man. Did you know that the US Government publishes the full names of anybody who chooses to renounce their citizenship?


Oh wow I didn't know that. Do you know where that list resides?


I wouldn't be surprised if they do. The Norwegian government once donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.


That's very considerate of them. I wish our government would do something like that. I've also heard that Monaco eliminated income tax in 1969 because the revenue of the casino was sufficient to sustain the principality's government. That would be another nice thing if our government did that.


I wish they would do things like that too more often. I feel like the world would be a much better place.


I think it would be too. We need that in this day and age.


I agree. Good talking to you. Have a good day!


Yes, I am very interested in them and the secrets that they tell the public.


Yeah the founder fled to Russia Edward Snowden.


Yeah, I bet the government wished we would believe he is "fake news". I was amazed by a recent story of guy in Malaysia who was jailed for making a Youtube video, called fake news. Wow.


Jailed wow that's terrible kind of makes you grateful for the first amendment.


Yes, very good point and I agree with you completely. I guess he broke a law about speading lies?


But were they actually lies and who gets sentenced to 1 week in jail? That's ridiculous.


Ha, Ya I know right. I guess fake new has become a global phenomenon. But Malaysian isn't haven it.


Wow your right because apparently the online provider can be held accountable as well.


Yep thanks. China is another story. Did you know that the chinese government has censored the word "censorship". Hmmm.


Well another reason that i'm thankful to be living in this country.


I agree, yes. The United States government will publish anyone who renounces our country. They list their full names also.


Wow didn't know that, i'll have to check out the list make sure i'm not on it, lol! Apparently Fake news like you said is a buzz word, shots heard around the world.


Yeah, that would be scary! lol and Fake News isn't going away anytime soon. YouTube has looks of people saying crazy stuff, for sure. In 2007 Youtube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000. I am trying to wrap my mind around that.


I know right that's a lot of power. did you know the government owns 86% of Nevada?


That sounds about right since that is area "some number". If you're gonna drive around there it would be good to get the Google self-driving car and use the option "aggressive" mode.


Aggressive mode that sounds dangerous, lol.


Yeah, I guess Google needed to create that mode. I know that when Audi cars went to India they had to create a more aggressive horn to withstand how much they use it there.


I wonder what that sounds like? I never new that Detroit was founded by a French man who invented the Cadillac.


Oh, hmm, thats neat. I heard a cool story about a man in New york who bought a property and then found tons of classic cars. The barn on his property was loaded full of them.


Why can't stuff like that happen to me? Did you know that the drive thur was not created until the mid 70's?


Oh really, that was very long ago when you think about it. Why were they created, do you know?


For our soldiers who were not allowed out of the cars due to their uniforms. so i guess for safety reasons.


That's really cool, I like honoring our military whenever possible.. It was really good chatting with ya. Have a great rest of the day!


Did you hear about the new face of fake news on you-tube Salah Salem?


No please tell me what happened I want to know all the details lol


Well he got sentenced to a week in jail for ayou-tube video he made.


What country did this happen in it sounds insane?


Malaysia,  which is at the front line leading the fight against fake news.


Did you know a new study is currently suggesting donald trump may have won on a campaign based on fake news


No , but if the goverment can get away with violating genva conventions


Do you know when this fake news law was passed?


How much was the fine that was charged to Sulaiman?


it was $2,500 and he was unable to pay it.


How much time will he serve in jail since he was unable to pay the fine?


1 month in jail but he could have got up 6 months in jail.


Do you happen to know how much of the land in Nevada is government owned?


86% of the land is government owned in the state of Nevada, that is a lot isn't it,


Yea definitely its more then 3/4 it doesnt seem to fair to the residents.


No but in 2008 Norwegian government officials donated 1 billion to help save the Amazon Rain Forest, I guess that was a good thing


Yes this was amazing I am a big supporter of saving the earth


Did you know that in South Africa you can equip you automobile with a flame-thrower, that is crazy isn't it


I saw this while watching joe rogans podcast on youtube they showed a clip of a car with flames that come out both sides under the doors, its amazing


Well its to prevent car jacking so I guess you do what you goot to over there.


Have you watched the show hosted by Murphy Brown?


I did not watch it before,but now I'm curious, because it looks there is a reunion of the cast!!


I think the cast has as fresh outlook on things and I think it can be a success, its been more than 20 years right?


That is true 20 years and they are bringing an 11th season. The total of episodes will be more than 250


Thats a lot of episodes, 11 seasons is a lot I hope the show keeps on going until it reaches 15 seasons at least.


Yes, I love good sitcoms, I am going to definitely check it out. It is neat that most of the original cast is back, that is so exciting


I agree with you, so do you like comedy shows or the genre in general?


Actually comedy, the ones that have recorded laughing, like Roseanne type of sitcom..


I see, one of my favorite actors is Bill Murray


He is really funny! I think someone really funny is Drew Carrey, do you know how he started his comedy career?


I dont, how did he start his comedy career?


He served eight years in the marine, and he spent part of those years telling jokes to the other marines, he did not waste his time there!


He served in the military? That's hard to imagine lol, and that's interesting. I bet few artists have a story like his.


I agree! talking about comedy, did you watch Evan almighty?


I did, I didnt like it, althougt the leading actor is one of my favorites


I did like it, but I did not know It was so expensive 200 million!


Wow that was an expensive production, I wonder if the investment was paid, you know the creator of the Python Programming language named it after a British comedy group! Comedy sure influence us all.


Yes, but I would like to see an important award like and academy award given to a comedy movie. It has been 37 since that happened


Wow that long I think comedy films deserve an award already! they cheer us up and contribute to society in a positive way.


About funny shows, remember the Simpsons?


Yes The Simpsons are one of my favorite families for sure.


Good. How are you? i was just reading about horror films.


Me too. Edgar Allan Poe inspired horror films.


Horror has been a genre for over a century.


Probably alot longer than that.  Did you know Stephen King was scared of Bambi, as a child?


that is kind of funny. watching horror movies can burn up to 180 calories


Wow, I need to watch a couple Horror movies every day.. lol  I heard the little boy Danny from the Shining didn't know until years later that he was actually acting in a horror film.


That is messed up. I heard if you watch a horror movie before viewing abstract are you enjoy it more


That's interesting.  I've been watching alot more dramas lately.


I love dramas. the main actor from house earns $700,000 an episode.


Hugh Laurie deserved that amount, he's very good.  Do you watch alot of tv?


I do. Mostly through internet streaming. Did you know Jim Carrey doesn't do dramas anymore because he only wants to make positive movies


Michael caine only became an actor because the girls in his drama class were pretty.


I read that John Hamm taught drama at his old high school.  Can you imagine having him as one of your teachers?


That would be cool. Do you use the internet alot?


Yes. Did you know Mt.Everest peaks have 3g cell service.


That's probably better than what my doctor's office has.  I think it's funny that 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.  So American.


That is pretty funny. Only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet. Have a good night.


I'm not one of those in the 7% it's been nice talking to you.


I am well! Did you hear about the rapping priest who got suspended by the catholic church?


No. He was a rapper? Is that why he got suspended?


No, he had a video of him rapping in the middle of a congregation


Is rapping against God and sunny Jesus or something? Puttin' the Word to a beat is against the Church, I guess.


I suppose so, according to the Washington post, he was suspended for a year from preaching


I guess he try his hand at rapping then. I wonder whether he can rap at 14.1 syllables per second, the fastest ever recorded.


That is very fast, was it busta rhymes? He was reptar in the rugrats movie too!


Noclue. Noclue does 14.1. McDonalds used to pay rappers $5 for every reference to Big Macs in songs. Maybe I could start a rap career.


That does not seem like a lot of money... I wonder if Eminem ever used the words. He used to want to be a comic book artist!


He has enough money now, he could start his own comic book. I wonder how he got his name. The name Childish Gambino came from an online name generator.


Did it really? that is super interesting, he is so well known now, what if it spit out a bad name, maybe he would never have become popular


He might have done several names and picked the best. I dunno. Did you hear about the landfill filled with Atari cartridges?


Atari produced too many cartridges and had to dispose of them, so they buried them in a landfill in the desert.


That is a shame, did they ever discover it? Nintendo did not discontinue the NES until 2003!


I gotta wonder who was still playing that thing then. It came out in the 80s!


It only could display 54 colors, I am surprised that it held its own for so long!


I guess people liked the old-style games. Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!


I love those old NES games, they are on the Switch now! Yeah, same to you buddy!


that is great.  Do you know that the Sun is white, not yellow


Yes! It emits all forms of wavelengths on the light spectrum.


How do we only perceive the light yellow color, do you know


I believe I know the underlying mechanism, but I may be shaky. It has to do with the rods and cone in our eyes that respond to specific bands of wavelengths. A specific combination will be processed by our brain and perceived as yellow. Yellow does have a corresponding wavelength as well.


I see.  It is a very thorough explanation.   I am wondering that if the Sun's energy could provide our earth's energy need for 500000 years for just one second of emitting its energy, we should invent some device to  obtain this energy


It already exists, thankfully. You can purchase your very own solar panels which convert sunlight into useable electricity. I am more concerned about helium, we are running out.


could you further elaborate on helium, its uses for example


Besides balloons, it is used in many commercial applications as well as scientific and medical applications. By the end of the century, we will have depleted our resources.


Thank you.  By the way, do you have any knowledge how does radio work


I have minimal knowledge. All I know is that it emits wavelengths on a specific part of the light electromagnetic spectrum. Can you help me elucidate the mechanisms?


I just know it works on a basic mechanical wave.  That is all I know


Ok. It appears it uses a transmitter to emit the waves, and an antenna to receive them.


Got it.  By the way, what is your major in science, if you do not mind


I am a pharmaceutical scientist. I am no longer in school.


I see.  I major in biology, and I want a career in healthcare but not sure which one.


Ok, That was my major. I will say that no matter what field you choose, you have to break in to the field first, which is a pain. Do an internship now before you leave, or you will regret it.


2nd year into my biology bachelor degree


What school? Do not be afraid to switch majors. The business degrees make more money. And you might have a better chance with a biochem or chem degree


Thank you for your advice and opinion.  Nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


Some of them. Did you know that Inception was supposed to be a horror movie?


Cool. Do you know which movies Stephen King think is the scariest?


I have no idea but the guy writes the genre so maybe something really scary


It is actually Bambi the cartoon with the deer in it


Wow did not expect that. ET was also supposed to be a scary movie originally


WOw cool. DO you know how they make the scary sounds in those movies?


I have no idea,is it not computer generated?


Actually it is an instrument called the waterphone. Do you like drama too?


I love drama. Did you know JOn Hamm was a high school drama teacher?


Nice. Did you ever see the show House MD?


I have seen some episodes. ANd Jon taught Ellie Kemper too, small world


Wow cool. Laurie made $700 000 per episode in House MD


Wow that is a lot . Patrick Stewart is also a drama teacher in the UK


Yes I do as there is  free website with tons of them online


Nice. Do you know that soap operas got their name because they were sponsored by soap manufacturers?


WOw that is so cool and certainly very fitting for the name


Yeah. Did you know that astronauts have stronger internet up there?


Hello did you kow the sun is actually white


Yes, if you view the sun from the moon, it is white. there is no atmosphere on the moon. we get it as yellow here.


Yeah I wish I learned that a long time ago lol


Yes, the sun is an interesting star. it has most of the mass in the solar system, but that is not surprising. it creates the orbits of the planets.


I like the fact that the sun can produce enough energy to meet the planets needs for 500,000 years!  How can we harvest that energy more lol


I wish we could capture and store all that energy. it would be great! we need more solar.


yes definitely!  It should be something that everyone invests in.


Yes, i think some places on the earth are ideal for solar. The suns shines there a lot.


I hear neptune made its first orbit of the sun in 2011


Neptune is a slow planet, one that is not in a rush to get places. I wouldnt want to visit neptunre,.


yeah did you know that jupiter storms can be heard on the radio?


Yeah, i think you can hear solar activity. I wonder if those storms are interesting to listen to.


I dont know,  I imagine it to sound like static sounding lol


I bet it is more interesting and informative than a news show in Latin LOL


Haha maybe!  considering I cant understand Latin,  I would prefer the the jupiter storms


Yeah, me too. Or maybe some old radio dramas. those have their own charm.


I have never listen to any of those dramas,  any good?


Some are interesting. War of the Worlds is a good one. classic.


Oh Is that a movie too?  Ive heard of it


Yes, it is. originally it was a book, then broadcast on the radio. people thought it was real, not a story. very funny.


Thanks for the info.  Its been great chatting.


I just don't understand the fascination with the bachelor. Do you watch it?


No I don't and I agree, I don't understand it either.  The show is crazy. I think I heard that in one episode the women were allowed to crash cars into each other.


It is truly cringe-worthy. I don't know how people get so invested. As the seasons go on they seem bent on picking women purely for shock value.


I agree with you.  Some of the women cry way too much and they all seem to be seeking attention at an extreme level.


I would take a good book over watching that drivel any day of the week.


So would I.  I usually just watch practically anything I can on another channel, even the weather over that show!  I don't understand why all of these women would want to compete for a man like they do.  I think there have even been fights on the show.


There seem to be some decent people that go on this show but this year's guy just seems smarmy to me. Like he fancies himself a bit too much.


All the men on the show probably do. I mean, how could they not with all of those girls clamoring after them all the time?  What gets me is that some of these women should be older and mature. They had a woman on that was a 30 year old executive assistant.  She should act way better than she did on the show.


Right!? But then you get the ones who are truly only there for their 15 minutes of fame. I mean come on..Bumper car trauma in your youth? Unless you were pinned under one suck it up and stop whinging.


I know what you mean.  A lot of them are on there just to suck up to "the bachelor" for fame and glory, possibly there own show- the bachelorette.  I'm not sure bumper car trauma is a real disorder doctors should study. To me it just sounds like a toddler tantrum or a teen tantrum.


So true. But honestly when they let the contestants say stuff like that they are insulting the audience. They are basically saying yeah the average person is dumb enough to believe this and be entertained by it.


Apparently they are because the show has been on for a while now which is very unfortunate.  I've heard that a single fold in the brain tells the difference between fantasy and reality.  Perhaps a lot of people are missing that fold.


Isn't that the truth. It amazes me how some people can get so much attention and fame for trivial things like this and then people who make amazing works of art are an unknown custodian.


I know exactly what you mean.  It's really sad how society is now.  Maybe we need to be like the people of the 18th century.  They had a moral panic because people were reading novels.  Maybe we need a moral panic due to the spread of shows like the bachelor.


Sadly I think moral panics are definitely a thing of the past. We could really use a few lately. I'm honestly struggling to name a novelist today that is as influential as someone like CS Lewis or Tolkien.


I don't know of one.  Some books are good as the military has some on their suggested reading but those books may not be widely known.


I wonder if the art of war is on that list. I think it used to be. They seem to be branching out with that list though since it now includes fiction.


Yeah, I mean I saw the movie, Ender's Game and then learned it is on the reading list for the military.  I never read the book so I don't know what was left out of the movie. It was a good movie but it was about aliens.


Hmm aliens huh? I wonder if like everything else in the military it is a contest to see who can complete the reading list the best and fastest.


You never know.  Society is so weird. i mean, a guy who writes funny fantasy books was knighted for his service to literature.


I think that is an excellent reason to knight someone. I wonder what books he wrote.


I have no idea.  Did you know that there is a fantasy congress just like fantasy football?


Hi, do you want to chat about cars, fantasy, or reading?


Well let's chat about the bachelor. Have you ever watched that show?


I've heard a little about it.  On the second week of "The Bachelor," 15 women joined Arie Luyendyk Jr. for a group date demolition derby.


That's pretty crazy. My friend is actually on that show, he didn't win though haha. I also never knew that there was a Zoolander reference in that show, I don't usually watch it myself though


I don't know much about Zoolander either but I did hear that there's a people fantasy draft about the National Spelling Bee.


That sounds really weird. I don't do fantasy sports or anything like that myself. I don't even read fantasy like the Lord of the Rings for instance haha, and apparently there's a college where you can get an actual degree in studying tolkien studies which I didn't know


I like some fantasy but I just found out that there's a single fold in the brain that makes the difference between perceiving reality or perceiving fantasy.  That sounds slightly scary if that's all it is.


Well if you read fantasy have you ever heard of the janitor from Chicago? Apparently he wrote a 15000 page fantasy novel that was only discovered after his death


Yes, I heard about that.  The hidden talent some people carry around with them.  Other people are out with it like comedic fantasy author Terry Pratchett who was knighted for his "services to literature".


That's pretty cool I haven't heard of him though, have you seen the Return of the King? Apparently it's the only fantasy film to ever win the best picture Academy Award


No, didn't see that one either.  Even back in the old days, authors had their little circles of influence though.  CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry.


Yeah that's pretty funny. Did you ever watch a Jim Henson movie? I always thought that puppets were scary, and when he made the movie The Dark Crystal, he wanted to make sure that kids did get scared because he thought that was healthy for them


Gee, Jim, I don't think so.  Back in the 18 century, there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of reading novels.  Some people are out there.


That's crazy because parents would be so trailed if there was that much reading today LOL. I was amazed that the Braille language, which is the language that the blind can read, was invented by a 15 year old


Yes, even at 15, I guess necessity is the mother of invention just like they say.  Because reading is such a complex process, it provides readers with an escape to produce their own products, introspectively, sighted or not.


Yeah I could see that. It's crazy that there was a school that put reading bicycles instead of desks and the kids scores skyrocketed, I would just be annoyed having to Bicycle all the time LOL


Yes, I wonder if it would make the kids faster readers like Anne Jones, who holds the World Record for reading at 4,700 words per minute.


Wow that's crazy! It's all so crazy to me that silent reading is a recent invention. People used to have to read out loud, that would be really annoying to library LOL


Yes, that does seem strange but reading requires creativity and critical analysis so people that read literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them.  Some people do "think" out loud and maybe that's what was going on when people read out loud.


Yeah I could see that. I can't believe there was a u.s. President who never went to school. He was Andrew Johnson and his wife actually helped him to do math and learn to read


Yes, if I remember correctly, he has some illness when he was a school aged kid and couldn't go to school but his wife helped him.  Awesome.  Nice chatting with you, have a good one.


Hello how are you doing? Baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their teams if the need arises


That makes sense. I would find it interesting to see that happen. Did you know there was a 17 year old female pitcher was banned from professional baseball after she struck out babe ruth and lou gehrig in succession.


lol no I never heard that, interesting. Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in canada


thats funny why call it by two names why not come up with one name. The dodgers have lost more world series than any other team


Omg that is amazing!  Only because Im a Giants fan lol Up until 2005, a married couple, for 24 years, scheduled all 2430 major league baseball games played each year


I wonder how much they made doing that. Since you like the giants the song 'royals' by lorde was banned by two san francisco radio stations during the 2014 world series between the san francisco giants and kansas city royals


Yes,  i remember that.  I also remember the city being flooded with Royals fans. A man found three million dollars worth of 1900s baseball cards in his grandfathers attic- hidden since the 1940s.


thats wild. thought this was interesting The albuquerque isotopes minor league baseball team was actually named after the baseball team in the simpsons


Thats awesome, I love the simpsons. There is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned


wow. Homer's job record is horrible in the first 400 episodes, he has 188 jobs.


lol wow.  well he obviously was never a great employee lol When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


lol. They even had harry potter himself  Daniel radcliffe voiced the cartoon parody of twilight's edward cullen on the simpsons episode treehouse of horror xxi


awesome,  Daniel Radcliffe is a great actor. Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each


wow. Shark tank is a good  show but did you know that Most deals made on the television show 'shark tank' are never enacted thats horrible


Thats mean.  That means all the companies are making money and not their guests or contestants.


yeah it's horrible. I just learned that only one of shakespeare's plays has not been made into a movie or television sjow. the name of the play is two noble kinsmen


wow thats interesting.  Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment and news.


all for ratings . the womens world cup has had higher ratings than the world series


Thats interesting!  Never knew that. The ottoman empire was still in existence the last time the chicago cubs won the world series.


that is interesting. When the mets beat the red sox in the 1986 world series, many yankee fans attended the parade celebrating the mets' win, saying that "anyone who beats boston is worth coming down for."


Do you remember Keith Hernandez playing for Mets?


I do not, Apparently he's wrote an article?


He was a really good baseball player a couple of decades back. Do you have a favorite baseball player?


I like the young player on Yankees, Aaron Judge


Huh. Hernandez's book doesn't seem very good.


Critics did not give it good ratings and I think it was pretty much a flop


Hernandez has more to offer. He defies the stereotype of the dumb jock. He conquers crossword puzzles and collects art and books.


Have you ever been to a live baseball game?


no, you?  he won the National League MVP award in 1979 and the World Series in 1982.


A few. Hernandez played with gary carter, another Hall of Famer.


He is at his best when explaining the years-long refinement of his style at the plate


Did you know it can be hard to tell managers and players apart because they both wear uniforms unlike in any other sport


I read that! I disagree with Keith Hernandez's writing choices.


I didn't read it but it did surpise me that he wrote a book. He did seem like a natural author to me


Hernandez matter-of-factly tells a host of stories in which his father imposes his will, all in the service of Keith's baseball career.


I recently found a bunch of baseball cards from the early 1900s in my grandfather's attic. I think they may be worth quite a bit of money.


That would be fun! The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team.


I am trying to get tickets to this years World Series games but they are pretty expensive


What are they running? The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy.


The World Series is a pretty exciting event each year.


Surprisingly, baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically allowed to play for their team if the need arises.


I think that's a holdover from an era when one of the players was chosen to manage. I'd love to see an all star game with just managers from each teams playing each other.


Ha.  That would not be pretty!  Up until 2005, a married couple scheduled all of the major league games.  What a chore with all of the stadium conflicts, home and away requirements etc.


I wonder how much they got paid. They must have used a computer. THey would have gone nuts otherwise.


It depends on how long they were doing it.  Computers have not been around forever.  Speaking of pay, a man found $3 million of baseball cards in his grand-father's attic.


Wow, what luck. I would sell some and keep the rest for appreciation. Until I needed more money.


I would sell it all and diversify.  I have been burned by having too much in one asset.  Canada calls kickball soccer-baseball.


Canada has got to be different, I guess. They have hockey. That's enough for 'em.


True.  I have heard that 70 percent of their population is within 50 miles of the US.  It is a country that is 4000 miles wide and 50 miles tall.  The World Series is baseball's championship and is called the "Fall Classic"


In the 1992 World Series, the Marine corps color guard carried the Canada flag into the stadium upside down. That would have been an embarrassment.


It sure would!  I am not surprised that the American League has won more World Series championships.  66-48


I think that's because of the NY Yankees. They have the most, and they're in the AL. The Chicago Cubs were the first baseball team to win back-to-back world series; and haven't won since. It's like a curse.


There is a mythical curse involving a goat and the Cubs.


What?! A goat? I have never heard this. Can the curse be lifted? Call BIll Murray!


Great idea!  The first World Series was in 1903.  I think that manufacturing of baseballs was not as good and the early years were the "dead ball" era.


I know that Babe Ruth hit more home runs in a season than many others teams. I wonder what changed about the ball.


I think the core is livelier.  After 1969, the play-offs were expanded so more teams are in the race later in the year.  That undoubtedly increased fan interest to more cities.


I would say so. The league is always trying to find ways to add revenue. The wild card games are another example.


Exactly.  I know one of the owners of the White Sox, (a son of the owner) and they worry about the weather being too cold at the beginning and the end of the season with the extra play-off games.


That makes sense. Chicago can be tough for baseball. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


Yes I am a big red sox fan what is your favorite team?


I don't have one.  I used to go to the Padres games.


How long ago was that, I bet it was really fun did you go in the summer?


Yes, and it was HOT, HOT.  It was a long time ago.  Once they had 'Bat Night' and they gave out baseball bats to kids and you can imagine how that turned out!


It must have been like a wild stampede. Were you ever a fan of watching the world series at all?


Nope.  I really was never into the games themselves.  It was a social thing for me.


What about Tv. What do you normally like to watch on television?


I like certain TV shows but I watch them streaming 99% of the time.


Are you a fan of any cartoons like south park or maybe the simpsons?


Well, I like the Jetsons still!  Other than that no, no cartoons.  I like the Handmaid's Tale, The Resident, New Amsterdam and that new show Manifest is good too.


The jetsons are amazing. I love watching all those classics on the boomerang channel. Did you ever have one of those old time televisions with the wood panels?


We sure did. In fact we had the whole big wood console.


I miss those sometimes, reminds me so much of my childhood. What tv shows did you like to watch as a kid


As you may recall it wasn't on 24/7.  I liked Atom Ant, Romper Room, Kaptain Kangaroo and Rin Tin Tin as a small child.


Yea that national anthem would come on after midnight lol Atom ant is an absolute classic. Did you ever like the scooby doo cartoons?


What about gilligans island did you ever watch that?


Of course as an older child and Hogan's Heroes!  Not to mention Betwitched and My Mother the Car and Dick Van Dyke Show, so many.


The dick van dyke show was one of my favorites along with the honeymooners


My parents watched Jackie Gleason!  Nice chatting with you.


How are you today? Do you like watching television?


I do. I really like That 70s show but apparently the UK did not. They created the same show verbatim but it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


That's a great show. I'm surprised it flopped over there.


I agree. Some shows are really successful like Pokemon it has been on the air for over 16 years.


I heard there are over 750 Pokemon shows.


That's a lot of Pokemon. There are probably more Simpson episodes than Pokemon although there is one episode where Bart does not appear nor is he mentioned.


Tons of Pokemon. I'm surprised he only doesn't appear in one episode. I think that show has been running for 30 years now.


Yes and they do not seem to mind competition. When South Park aired a Family Guy related episode the produces received flowers from The Simpsons crew.


That's pretty awesome of them. Do you like horror films?


I do not. I would much rather watch Bambi, although Stephen King was terrified of that film and called it the first horror movie he saw.


That's hilarious he thought it was scary. I guess maybe when the fire is in the forest.


Yes, I suppose he burned more than 180 calories. That's the amount you can lose from watching a horror film.


That's a real good way to burn some extra calories. I'm guessing because your heart beats faster when you're scared.


It is said that if you watch a horror movie before you view abstract art you will appreciate the art more.


No explanation but something in our brain probably processes the information different from the stimuli. You know it is only a single fold in the brain the distinguishes between reality and fantasy.


That's very interesting. I saw that people play fantasy national spelling bee.


And I learned there is even a fantasy congress and you receive points based off legislative success. I would be terrible at that game.


That's funny. I've only played fantasy football and baseball. What about you?


I have not played in any fantasy league. I am more of a spectator just enjoying film and television. And even though I do not like horror, I did like the Shining. It was kind of nice to know the actor portraying Danny never knew he was acting in a horror film.


The Shining was a very good movie. It was nice chatting with you. Have a good weekend.


Nope, I've never watched it. What is it about?


It is about robots that gain feelings and emotions. It is ok.


That sounds nice. Do you like watching The Simpsons?


I used to watch it all the time. Apparently there is only one episode where Bart doesn't appear.


Yeah, I was going to tell you about that. What about Pokemon? Apparently there are over 750 episodes.


Yeah, I never got into Pokemon, but a lot of people play the video game.


I thought it was a good show, but I didn't really get into it.


I used to. It is much better than Stephen King's horror stories.


I'm not a huge fan of horror, but I heard Stephen King was terrified of the movie Bambi.


That is hilarious. Watching horror movies can burn up to 180 calories or more!


I need to start watching more horror movies! haha


Yeah, me too. A single fold in the brain makes the difference between reality and fantasy.


That's cool, I didn't know that. I'm sure you have heard of Fantasy Football, but have you heard of people fantasy drafting the national spelling bee?


I have not, I wonder how one would play that? And what is the prize?


I have no idea, all I know is it's a thing.


Interesting, well nice chatting with you!


I do. There have been a lot of horror movies on lately for some reason. Do you like horror?


I actually do not. do you know whuch movie King thinks is scary?


I think it was a Disney movie, wasn't it?


That's very strange! Horror has been around for over a century.


that is a long time. do you know how they make those scary sounds?


That's pretty cool. Watching scary movies burns a lot of calories.


yeah I guess that is the upside of that but I still do not like them


Me neither! They're all about really creepy things like monsters, demons and serial killers.


No I haven't, but I heard the star didn't know it was a horror film at the time.


yeah and did not find out until a few years later


That's strange. A lot of people like the fantasy genre because it's imaginary but not scary like horror is.


yeah that is true. did you know people fantasy draft the national spelling bee?


And the congress! Boy, people are into all kinds of stuff I never even thought about!


yeah exactly. do you know what separates reality from fantasy in our brain?


Have you heard of Johnny Weird and Tara Lipinski?


I guess they were in the Olympics right? I don't know why they're important though. Do you know anymore? I think they're figure skaters though


Sorry, I meant Johnny Weir. Yes, they were figure skaters and hwo they are NBC figure skating analysts. Some say they are a great duo and others say they are just obnoxious.


They do sound kind of obnoxious haha. But if they're good then I guess they've earned it haha. Did you ever see them on TV?


They took over the commenting during PyeongChang. Yeah, I don't really remember much about Lipinski's skating but I do remember slightly disliking her haha. I haven't seen them as analysts yet.


Yeah I don't really watch anything on TV personally. Not even the Olympics. I don't have cable so I'm more of a Netflix guy myself. What about you?


Lipinski and Weir replaced someone who had been a commentator for three decades and he is said to be more measured in his on air remarks. Yeah, I like to watch Netflix!


Have you ever seen Weekend Update? It's on SNL, which I don't watch anymore, but it's their longest-running skit apparently


Yes, I have watched it before. I prefer to watch cartoons like the Simpsons though. There is only one episode where Bart doesn't appear and isn't mentioned.


Yes I've never seen that episode, have you? I do know that Homer Simpson held like 188 jobs in the first 200 episodes though. That's crazy, imagine if that was real life haha


I have not seen that episode. That's pretty funny about Homer. When South Park aired its family guy episode their producers got flowers from the Simpsons crew. I haven't seen that episode but the Simpsons crew must have liked it.


That is really awesome! Have you seen the Simpsons episode with Daniel Radcliffe? I guess he plays Edward Cullen in that episode of The Treehouse of Horror haha


I think I have seen it! I also like to watch Pokemon. There are 750 episodes!


I used to watch Pokemon a lot as a kid. Do you like Shakespeare at all? I guess only one play of his has never been adapted to either film or television


Interesting. Shakespeare always gave me a headache. Speaking of authors though, Suzanne Collins, author of the Hunger Games, got her start writing for Clarissa Explains it All on Nickelodeon.


Wow that's really cool. I definitely didn't know that. Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank? Most of those deals are fake apparently. That kind of kills the show for me


Bummer. So if you go on that show you should just expect that your deal won't actually happen? But at least it gives you publicity.


Yep I think it's all about the publicity unfortunately. How often do you use Facebook? I never use it anymore


I rarely use it. Too bad BK doesn't have the promo anymore where if you unfriend ten people you get a free whopper. I could get rid of all my friends that way and get free burgers. Ha.


Haha I would totally do that right now. I'm so hungry LOL. What's sad is that a third of all divorce filings mention the word Facebook in them. That must be a bad sign of things to come


Maybe we should make FB illegal. Facebook's like button is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-holstein.


Haha maybe they're onto something. It's crazy there are more people on Facebook then there were people at all on the world 200 years ago. That is a crazy statistic


Hello, how are you? Do you Facebook much?


Good Evening!  Doing well,.thanks!  I have a Facebook account/profile, but I don't keep up with it as much as I used to - you?


I do not use the FB. It seems risky. Not enough privacy. Plus the data issues.


Totally understand - we keep it around, mostly set on private so my family around the country can see pictures of the kids.  Other than that, I don't see much use for it any more


I am amazed at the company that did not buy FB when they had a chance. What were they thinking?


MySpace makes me feel old... probably still have a profile there too!  I wonder if they even had $75 mil in 2005?


Perhaps not, but I think they might have known some VC guys with that kind of cash.


Agree - back then they were looking for the next tech boom while still gun shy from the first dot com crash.  FB was the first to be able to monetize the adverts and also, of  course, tracking users and sending them focused adverts


That is the way to make money, but selling data without telling users makes FB look evil. I think that they need to work on their rep.


It's pretty ironic that the last presidential election brought them into the light - Cambridge Analytica was the culprit but FB was totally complicit in the data mining and sale.  Even tough I was likely affected, I find it fascinating!


I was not on FB at the time. I figure I dodged a bullet. But my data is probably out there somewhere else. Soon it'll just be a giant Hunger Games.


I didn't read the Hunger Games books, but did see the movies - great movies and tend to like those types of movies and characters.  Great analogy with FB!


I have not seen the movies or read the books. But I know the idea. We will all be pitted against each other in a contest to the death in order to get food to survive.


Seem plausible in the future with over population and limited resources - that idea has been a common theme for a while, but that doesn't make it any less interesting


It would be televised so that we could watch the end of the world live.


I will have the highest ratings of all time!  Trump will host it and it will be glorious and yuuuuuuge! /s


Yuuuge is right. Kanye is the man for spectacle and Trump is the man for Yuge. The Hunger games would start right after the inauguration.


That would be a spectacle and a definite sign of the times.   Seriously - what's wrong with humans?  Bad ideas are conflated when a large group of people follow an idea blindly...


Yes, the ideas that get mixed up lead to all kinds of horrible outcomes. I figure that every one of these chats that I have will lead to a further stage of insanity. Thanks for the chat!


Right!  Great chatting with you as well - have a great evening!


Hey there have you ever seen the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey?


Yes and I loved it. What about you? It's so hard to fathom people streamed out of the world premiere before the film was even over and 241 left early the next night in New York!


I know! LOL. I do love Stanley Kubrick movies. I think he was a massive Talent. What about you


Agreed he was. I absolutely love watching his movies on TV! Speaking of TV, are you a fan of the Simpson's by chance? There's actually one episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned that I still want to see! I bet it's weird!


That's crazy! I really need to see that episode. I also loved Pokemon on TV as a kid. They have almost 800 episodes now


That is crazy, isn't it? Meanwhile, the UK remake of 70s Show lasted only ten episodes. That's hard to believe!


I agree! I like the show in the United States, it's funny that it wasn't so popular overseas though. Do you like George Carlin by the way?


So true! I do like Carlin by the way. What about you? In fact, he along with Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr narrated 52 episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine! I kind of want to go back and rewatch it just to see if I recognize their voices. Ha!


That is awesome! Yes I love George Carlin, and I should check out Thomas the Tank Engine, each person apparently narrated at least 52 episodes of person


Agreed. Do you also like South Park? I say that because we talked about the Simpson's earlier and their crew actually sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode. That was nice of them!


That was nice of them! I remember seeing that episode and it was really funny. Do you use a computer by the way?


Oh, yes. I love computers and learning about them. In fact, I found out recently that the Russians once made a computer back in 1936 that ran on water. That is amazing!


That is amazing! I wonder how they did it, I also wonder how a space shuttle can only run on one megabyte of ram, my computer has 16 gigabytes LOL


I know, that is truly puzzling, isn't it? Hey, speaking of which, someone built a 16 bit computer using only basic building blocks from Minecraft. Ha!


That is really cool! I wonder how they did it though, do you have an iPhone by the way? Don't let anyone smoke near it, Apple will void the warranty because they think that is a Biohazard


That is crazy. But they know more than we do apparently. Ha! That's almost as wild as these transhumanists who want to upload their mindminds to both memory sticks and computers. Like, how does that even work?


I wish I knew! But it is a good idea, I will do that if it's possible LOL. What do you think about our sun by the way?


I'd be lying if I said it wasn't my favorite star in the solar system. Ha! What about you? I also found out recently that he's actually a white color and not yellow. Atmospheric scattering makes it appear yellow, crazily enough!


LOL it's definitely my favorite and most useful star. It's crazy though that a lightning bolt is five times hotter than the sun, you wouldn't think that's true


I know, right? It's also crazy that it produces enough energy in a single second to meet our planets needs for 500k years. I'm surprised we haven't found a way to fully utilize the sun!


Yeah we should learn how to utilize that energy. That would solve a lot of our problems. Also scary is that our son is one billionth the size of the largest star in the galaxy, that is a huge star LOL


Hello,  did you know the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


I did not know there was a guest house, that is interesting. I wonder what they use it for.


Probably kanye west and his entourage lol


ha that is a good point! I wonder if trump has a phd from trump university. If not, woodrow wilson is the only president ever with a phd


I am not sure, I would be interested to see, do you know?


I think it was politcal science,  dont quote me though lol


That would make sense lol. Did you know lincoln was the first president photographed at his inauguration


I didnt until recently,  thats awesome.  I wonder if he was smiling in the picture lol


I know there was one person smiling, John Wilkes Booth was in the same picture! so eerie!


Very eerie!  He was actually smiling?  People in those times never smiled during photgraphs lol


You're right now that i think about it. I wonder why not. Maybe they were scared their teeth would explode? lol


hahaha never heard that theory before!  Could be,  I think its really strange.


Very strange. Do you like learning about the moon at all?


Absolutely!  I hear that Mars' moon,  phobos,  is 1/3 hollow weird huh


that is so weird to think. The moon moves far away at the rate our fingernails grow, that is interesting.


Wow thats crazy!  The highest point on the moon is only 1938 meters higher than mt everest!


no way! that is nuts. Almost as nuts as the astronauts coming back having to declare moon walks through customs lol


lol thats uncalled for,  geez.  Moon dusts cuts through kevlar like material and is harmful to humans,  causing moon hay fever!


I want to go to the moon. Good chatting with you! It was nice!


Do you like to use google as a search engine? I use it all the time. I am even going to use it to learn to sew my own clothes.


Yeah I love Google. A single search requires more computing power that it took to send Neil Armstrong and 11 other astronauts the moon!


That's amazing! I like how Google once used goats to mow their lawns instead of polluting lawnmowers. I guess they mowed and fertilized all at once! Do you think that was a good idea?


That is hilarious and a great way to kill two birds with one stone. They always innovate. Like calculating traffic based on how fast android devices are moving on the road.


That's a really good idea. Plus it shows how popular Google maps and Android are. Did you know it was founded by Stanford student?


Oh man I bet he got an A+ LOL! Yet looks like they are about 14% of the shares.


Stanford students are known to be pretty shard, I guess! They probably don't have time to watch much television. Do you watch it much?


Agreed. Yes I do. I don't like all the commercials and advertising on tv though.


Meant to say they're sharp, not shard! lol That's true, I do hate TV commercials, too. I used to brave them to watch The Big Bang Theory, though. Have you seen it? I love it.


Ha ha no problem I understood. Oh yeah that's a great show! I also loved Pokemon but I haven't seen all 750 episodes.


I haven't seen the Pokemon show, but I've seen the cute cards. I used to watch that 70's show a lot on TV. It was one of my Dad's favorites. Do you like it much?


Yeah that show was legendary. Ashton Kutcher was the man. It really did well in the US but not so much in the UK.


I remember watching that show on TV and wondering why they kids in my high school weren't nearly as cool as the one's on the TV show. I guess that's why it's TV. lol


Ha ha yeah exactly right TV is always cooler than real life. Thomas the tank engine had a lot of celebrity voices like Alec Baldwin. Are you familiar with that show?


I do know that TV show, but my son was more into this other show called Tec The Tractor. It's pretty unique. I don't know another TV show like it. Have you seen it?


Oh wow I never even heard of that! Do they have any celebrity actors like Ringo Starr or George carlin who also did Thomas the tank engine?


I'm not sure. If they do they are British stars I don't know. It's a British show. He also likes the British kids TV show called Peppa Pig.


Yeah I guess he got off easy! I will have to Google that show later and check it out. So many people use Google it once went down for five minutes and took 40% of web traffic with it.


Well, I'm glad google is up now, because I need to google how to fix clothing. My jeans are way too big on me but I like them so much!


It sounds like you've been losing weight congratulations! But yeah I think that out of all animals on earth humans are the only ones that wear clothes LOL. It was lovely talking with you today.


Humans are definitely the only ones who put clothing on themselves, but what about all those poor dogs people dress up? lol Same to u, wish me luck with the jeans so that I don't mangle them! ha!


Its crazy how much computing power an Iphone has.


Yeah I'm amazed by technology these days, the Android Phone being used to gauge traffic? That's so interesting


I know! I heard google maps uses it to meassure speed and traffic, but just how much we depend on mobile devices? that can be dangerous as well.


Yeah for sure. I have gotten lost and put in compromising driving situations trying to rely on m y navigation apps too much. Waze is notorious for giving weird detours just to save a couple minutes.


I have gotten lost using Waze, dont really like that app, I thinik google maps is more reliable, did you know you can get 3g signal on top of Mount Everest?


NoI didn't know that but I wouldn't be surprised if it had its own cell tower sometime int he future! haha


Would be really hard to get it there though lol, we depend a lot on internet, luckily theres a copy saved of the whole thing if something were to happen.


At the Library of Alexandria...they have a copy of the WHOLE internet?


Well maybe not the whole thing but Im guessing there is a pretty big backup, it must be updated frequently.


i NEVER knew that actually. I need to read more on that. I wonder who got tasked with the job of layin gth ecables across the ocean floor for carrying data across the oceans?


That must have been a really hard job, those cables are thin they must be really resistant.


Yeah, I'm trying to fathom just how much water  must be donated by Unicef for all the minutes people aren't using their phone. I wonder how they even measure a day's worth of clean water?


It must be hard to meassure and Im guessing many people dont know about that, I would definetely stop using my cellphone as much.


Yeah I can definitely go awhile without using it, I'm not one of those people always on  my apps and in my phone. I could survive with a flip phone for a little while!


Yeah me too, I will read the service of contract better next time I purchase an internet plan, only 7% of people read the whole terms, you never know what you are signing up for.


Yes. I'm guilty of that too, I tend to just skim it and assume a lot is self-explanatory. But it is best to take the time to read your contract. Especially for end-user agreements, how much they will charge you to cancel a contract can be outrageous!


I know! I have regretted not reading the fine print a couple of times but anyway do you like the genre of fantasy?


I play fantasy basketball for the whole season, and I play daily fantasy on Fan Fuel for NFL sometimes. How about you?


I play fantasy soccer, did you know there is a Fantasy congress and points are earned based on legislative success.


I saw that, I think t hat would be really fun if you're in to politics...it's kind of like a sport or strategy game for those people, I guess you could say!


Yeah, it would be interesting, wonder what the winner gets though.


I am great! Do you know a lot about the clean air and water act?


Apparently Trump is responsible for it's success.


Yes, and the economy... and everything that is going right in the world... Except that his choice to run the office of interior, the one who controls the clean air and water act...


Apparently the choices are clean air or climate control.


Maybe he is trying to be one of the top three wealthiest presidents and not policy-driven…


Nailed It!! The Presidents guest house is larger than the white house, just not large enough for Melania.


That's gotta chap Trump's hyde... Maybe he will just come out with a pop album instead.


I hear the President of Indonesia has released three already and while in office.


He's an overachiever! I wonder what they sound like? Are they any good? I can't imagine what some of our presidents sound like...


Well trump's mouth is probably as big as the Black Swallower fish which can eat prey twice its length.


Ha! At least he is not called President Banana! So weird...


I know right! Can you imagine if like in 1805 the runner up automatically became the Vice.


Trump and Hilary would have been the least productive presidency in the history of the US. They would just be calling each other names all the time.


Yeah just when you think the reality show that has become our government couldn't get any worse. Ha! Did you know that there are breed of jellyfish that are immortal?


I did not. Why aren't we studying them more?


I would think we would be, but who knows. Of course there is no money in cures.


The seahorse is the only fish to have a neck? I feel that is wrong... but cannot rebuke it.


Yeah but whats strange is that 84% of human diseases have counterparts in the Zebrafish.


Yes, i guess i could. i was around before the internet was so big. i would have trouble without computers though.


Me too lol, I grew up at the beginning of the internet. I was born into it. I am like Bane from Batman, lol.


You were shaped by it. I figure that it will always be a part of my life. we need the information source. we are addicted.


That is true, we like the novelty of clicking. It is imprinted in our brains now.


I am too far gone to change now. I must feed on the clicks. the internet has me in its gaping maw.


for sure lol. Do you ever read the terms of service on the internet?


I do not. well, i did once. it was boring, so i never did it again.


lol me too. Only 7% of people actually read it. I think I have sold my soul to the devil a few times and I don't even know it


Well, the devil has a lot of souls at this point so you might not real get much notice from him. one soul is not worth much on the internet these days.


right lol. Did you know they even have internet now on top of MT everest


Oh, those kids and their selfies! I bet Kim Kardashian was behind that installation.


I bet she was, everyone needs their instagram fame lol. Do you know what the three horizontal line menu is on apps is called?


It is called a hamburger button lol. Fun fact for the day!


I learn something new everyday and forget it the next.


I do not own an iphone. they are too expensive for me. i am thrifty.


Me too, I am still rocking the iphone 4s, super cheap. Apparently the iphone has more computing power than the whole us nuclear missile deterrent system


Yes, and it handles text messaging much better too LOL. I guess i find the phones too much of a distraction.


lol for sure, they definitely are distracting! It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your night!


I just learned that one google search takes more computing power than for neil armstrong and the other astronauts to go to the moon. Is Google your search engine of choice?


It is. Did you know that google is so extensive that when it was down for just 5min in 2013, it took 40% of web traffic with it?


That is interesting. I believe it. Google maps must account for some of that traffic. When there is a border that's disputed, Google Maps is tailored to fit the claims of each country.


That is nice of google to go the extra mile. Did you know that google maps also calculates traffic by tracking the movement of android devices?


That is creepy. I wonder if they can do that even if you don't have locations on.


As a company that specializes in internet related services and products, I wonder if they will ever go into tv?


That is a good question and they probably should. Do you like to watch the Simpsons?


I was surprised to learn that bart either appears or is mentioned in all but one episode. I wonder which episode it was?


Yeah, I have watched quite a few Simpsons episodes but I don't remember that one. I wonder why they decided to do that and if most people noticed.


When the simpsons have very passionate fans who probably dissect every episode for easter eggs.Did you know when south park aired its family guy episode finale, the simpson crew sent them flowers?


That is interesting. I wonder why that was. Speaking of cartoons, do you watch Pokemon?


I have. I was surprised to learn that there are over 750 episodes, which are about 50 a per for 16plus years


I used to watch when I was younger. I'm glad they popularized them again with the game, which I have yet to play.


Sorry, Pokemon Go. I did play games on the Gameboy Color back in the day. Do you like tv shows that are not cartoons? How about That 70s Show?


Pokemon Go is a grind. Also I enjoyed the 70s show. It was made verbatim in the uk, but too bad it was cancel so soon, only after 10 ep.


Yeah, well I can see that. I can't see the characters being the same especially if made in UK English verbatim. What did you watch when you were younger? Did you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine?


Well I watched cartoons on 4kids. I never liked Thomas the Tank engine since cars with eyes were somehow weird. I also watch teletubies which somehow were acceptable at the time. Now I realize very creepy


Haha. I know someone with a smart car. She put eyes with eyelashes on it. I suppose you would not be a fan. Ringo Star, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have all narrated over 50 Thomas the Tank engine shows.


Wow that is impressive. I am not okay with cars with eyes and even saw cars the disney movie. In any case, this was a fun chat.


No, but according to AAA, about 54 million people did, mostly by car.


It's interesting to know.  I thought it was only 5 million people.


48.5 million by road and 4.27 million by air, according to AAA.


It is nice to know.  I live with my daughter so I celebrate Thanksgivings at home.


Just like most Americans, going by those numbers. However, AAA predicts that the number of people traveling more than 50 miles from home will increase.


Is it because people have more money and the economy is good?  I read similar stories in the past.


I think people are living farther from their families than they used to, on average, and traveling more. Did you know that you're not allowed to take cranberry sauce on a plane?


I did not know that.  What is the reason?


I'm not sure, but the TSA has a service called AskTSA where you can find the answer to questions like that.


Oh okay.  I think it is good to call the number if you are not sure.


Yes, definitely, and they also have a MyTSA app.


I would not download the app though.  I have too many apps on my phone.


You can also contact agents on Twitter and Facebook Messenger. They're making themselves very available to answer questions.


I heard that they standby on Twitter and Facebook for 14 hours a day.


Yes, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays.


I did not know about this info before.  I think they should publicize it.


They should, especially since the rules keep changing. They're now requiring all electronics to go in screening bins at JFK Airport, for example.


It's getting more complicated. They're also testing scanners that allow you to keep electronics and liquids in your bag when going through security.


I will go to AskTSA whenever I need to travel from now on.


Right on! Well, it's been good talking to you. Have a good evening! And travel safely!


What's your take on the European players coming over here to play, like Wayne Rooney?


I love that he made dc united the hottest team already.


I knew he plays for them but had no idea he's made that much of an impact - worst to first?!?!?  We don't have an MLS team here so I am not that into MLS, but I do follow the Premier League


I have not been following much the last couple years but I am more into the Italian league.


Interesting - I know the interest in the US ticks up after the World Cup, even without the US qualifying this turn.  Pretty disappointing....


Agreed and fascinating how Rooney makes 2.7 million dollars in the mls while average players probably make less than me.


Apparently you get what you pay for and he seems to be worth every penny.  I would assume it's a lot more than the average player, and he does have the name recognition as well as a pretty good WC record.  You think he's happy playing in the US?


Does not seem that way with him recalling the sweltering heat.


I suppose he's used to traveling all over the world and experiencing different places, climates, and cultures.  I'm sure it's a charmed life and wish I could travel like that!


Before wife and kids,  I used to travel abroad a lot.  These days it's more road trips and weekend stays with friends and family in different states.


Rooney has more twitter followers than all of dc's stars combined. HA


That wouldn't surprise me - his international Q rating is probably through the roof!


The video game FIFA?  I know about it but have never played - I don't even have a gaming console!


Yes the video game! Rooney plays fifa but is sad he doesn't have time to play anymore


I'm sure the time difference with his friends back in the UK is a challenge.  I don't have anything against video games like that, just never really got into the and don't have time to start now....


Time difference does seem to be a problem.


If this chat end unexpectedly - it's been great chatting with you today!


You as well. One of my better conversations!


Hey! Hope you're having a great day.  Travelling on a bus that goes 160mph would be really cool


Yeah it would.  How are you going today.


I'm good.  I didn't know I could get in a workout by watching a horror film


Yeah, me either.  That's a really awesome way to exercise!


It is.  I would like to travel to Mackinac Island.  No cars on the island sounds refreshing.


I agree that would be a nice change of pace. If you are into flame throwers on your car, then South Africa is the place to go.  Its legal there.  Crazy!


That would be a great way to deter thieves..


Exactly!  It would be like having your own Batmobile


Japan has nothing but toll highways...no thanks!


it would cost 300 bucks just to drive across the country


And with the cost of gas that would be an expensive drive.


some are pretty interesting, like how it effects how you perceive art after you watch a film


the kid from the Shining had no idea he was in a horror film, I wonder what they told him it was lol


How did he not realize with all the screaming and running he had to do?


Wayne Rooney is a legend and I bet he will change things for the MLS


Yes I was excited for the DC United when he joined their team


I bet his contribution is goint to be great, his being humble about his transfer, the whole team, the fans knows he is the superstart but he thinks himself as one more member of the team


Yeah  he played 16 years in England and then just decided to come over here.,


Yeah and he won five titles with one of the best teams the premier league has, Manchester United, hopefully he can be as good as he was in the Premier league at the MLS


Yes I think he is going to do a great job.  They are paying him 2.7 million so that should be good motivation


That would motivate me for sure lol, I wonder if he has some regrets though, its not the same playing for a club like Mancheter United as coming to play for a team to the MLS


That is true.  And he was shocked by the heat over here as well.


Yeah the envirement must be really different, lets hope he can adapt to live there and hope D.C. United can win a championship with Rooney at its side.


Yes he has more twitter followers than everyone else combined but he likes being able to go out to dinner and no one recognizes him.


I guess soccer isnt as big as a sport in the US as it is in England, I would recognize him for sure and ask for an autograph


I would definitely not recognize him.  He would be safe around me!


Yes I love to travel!  I went to Japan but took trains everywhere because it was cheaper than paying $300 in tolls


That sounds like an expensive destination, I would like to visit something local first like Mackinac Island, have you heard of the place?


I have heard there are no cars there - just carriages and bikes!


Yeah it must be a really peacefull place so I would definetely like to visit it in a near future,


Absolutely.  Quite different than the Netherlands where they will have a bus that goes 160 mph!