Is that a sequel?  If it is, who was the main actor on the original one?


Yes it is a sequel. The original actor was Michael Jordan, I bet he will have a cameo in it though


I see.  Thank you for the infor.  Lebron James is a good person.  He raised 6 M dollars for charity.


Yeah he seems like a nice guy. He also rejected an offer from Reebok for 10 million dollars, only to one year later accept an offer from Nike for 90 million, he's apparently a business genius


Yes, cars have been around for a long time. a big change cam with Ford in 1908.


A classic car that changed the availability of vehicles to the masses. soon everyone could get a vehicle and use it for their farms and businesses


Yes, and american workers got better wages and better standard of living. i figure that Ford changed the country in a big way.


Huge!  It took longer in Western Europe though


Yes, i guess things were more expensive there and maybe the roads were not designed for cars yet.


Yeah, it took the 20th century before global use


Yes, the car has been a boon and a bane to civilization. we have too many cars now and too much pollution. time for a change.


Electric cars seem to be it.  In south africa you can have flamethrowers attached!


Well, with electric cars, you could have a giant taser! that would be good for SA!


Haha,  that would prevent car jacking for sure!


Yes, and would be a great icebreaker at parties! A great drinking game!


Did you know the video game gran turismo inspired a real race car driver?


How could a person qualify for the real thing by playing a video game? seems unlikely.


He beat 90,000 people!  It must be his hand eye coordination I guess.


how long would it take to play 90000 games? Years? i am amazed. Anyway, great chat!


I watch a bit here and there. I m excited for March Madness.


One of the greats LeBron James never even did March Madness.  He skipped college and went straight to NBA


Yeah, he's often considered the best player of all time. Do you know he signed a deal with Warner Bros. for a "Space Jam" sequel?


I heard that, Space Jam was the highest grossing basketball movie of all time.  I hope this next one is good too.


Me too. I liked the first one, as well. Do you know that some of his high school games drew attendance of 1750 people with tickets costing between $100-120?


Yes, it was.  I guess people knew greatness whenthey saw himplay.  I read somewhere that he turned down a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18.


He thought that he might get more, and he was right!  Incredible deals with Nike.


$ 90 ,illion incredible.  Smart Boy, he recognized his worth!  I hear that Judge Judy makes $123, 000 oer episode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after Lebron James.


I know, i missed out on the TV judge opportunities.  Wrong career for me.


There is a stable of them judges, for sure.  You know physicists have proven that the granny style shooting is the best technique to consistently score on the line, but players refuse because it looks stupid?


Maybe if Shaq did that he wouldnt have been so awful at them.


OMG, wasn't he terrible at  free throw shots.  I watch him on his commercials for The General car Insurance and that's all I can think about! But, he's done well for himself.  NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary, so I'm sure he really don't care much.


I think in his entire career he only made 1 - 3 pointer.  But he has done well.


Michael Jordan has done well too.  You know Air Jordans were banned upon introduction by the NBA, but he wore them anyway, because NIKE was willing to pay the fine each game?


That is really hard to believe, the seem to be so iconic.  Nike has made those fines back and then some.


They have that's for sure.  Do you watch any tv?


Not too much, I cut cable a few years back.  I do catch stuff on nextlix though


Cool beans, well it's been nice chatting with you, friend.  Enjoy the rest of your evening.


Hi there. I like to watch dance but not perform! How about you?


Same here. I like to watch people dance but I do like to dance too.  Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movements. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value.


I really like Michael Jackson's moonwalk. Apparently he did not invent it though. It was invented by a tap dancer in the 50s.


Yes, even babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.


Wow! Parrots can dance perfectly in time with music, as well


Yes, even Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the Mouse King in a prodcution of the Nutcracker.


Nice! Speaking of ballet dancers, there are ballet slippers that make drawings from the dancer's movements.


Yes, and professional batllet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.


Oh, and I take back that I don't dance. I totally do the funky chicken with my kids. Emilia Clark did the funky chicken and robot dance at her audition for Daenerys Targaryen


Even Bruce Lee was a dancer. He won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha championship in 1958.


Speaking of unexpected dancers, they taught Mr Rogers to breakdance in one episode.


That's precious.  Michael Jackson has a patent on a device he used to achieve that extreme lean in some of his dance moves.


I'd love to travel around the world and see how people dance around the world.


The first king to travel around the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii.


Interesting! I guess he went by ship? In the discovery age, ships released rabbits onto islands to be a food source.


Could be. Did you know that the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160 mph?


Yikes. I think I'd rather take a plane. But now air travel is 10 percent slower than it was in the 60s in order to save on fuel costs.


If you lived in Iceland you probably would since they have no public rail service and most Icelander without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns.


I do find it annoying that when I'm tired from a flight I get off and have to walk a long way. I guess they do this so we will complain less about the baggage getting there slower.


Did you know the Dutch are creating a commuter bus that goes 160mph


I wonder when it is expected to available for use.


I would have to look that up. All Japan's highways are tolls.


Did you know that cost more than 300$ to travel across Japan?


Yes. That's expensive. Icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns


I've heard that before.  It's because Iceland has no public rail service.


Exactly. Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer?


I did know that Bruce Lee was a dancer.  He won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


My daughter wants to do ballet. Did you know they can go through 4 pairs of shoes in a week


That is alot of shoes. Did you know that Tupac danced ballet in high school?


I did know that. He played the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker


I love the nutcraker! Dancing comes naturally I think in fact babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.


That is so cool. Did you know that there are over 750 episodes of pokemon?


Yea it's about 50 a year for 16 years straight!


Cool . The Simpsons crew gave the prdocucer of South park flowers after the family Guy episode


That is really nice.  Did you know that there is only one episode in the Simpsons that bart neither appeared or mentioned.


Also the 70s show was remade verbatium in the UK.


Days like these was cancelled after 10 episodes


That's not very long at all for a TV show.


Yea for it not to last that long. Ringo star narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes.


Alec Baldwin and George Carlin did as well


That is really interesting.  I love television history. Such as the purpose of the television is to use as a mass medium for advertising.


I wonder what they did before television?


Yes it is.  It's purpose was to transmitt moving images.


Yes this is true. Do you know anything about Mackinac Island?


They Banned motorized vehicles for 100 years.


How's it going? Did you know that Astronauts vote from space. Pretty cool


Nice! The government of India also helps people who can't vote easily. They set up a polling booth for one person in a forest full of lions.


Voting is important but I think I would just stay at home one election day if their where lines outside my house lol


Not all men had the vote in the UK until 1918. That's surprising.


Yea that is kinda of strange considering the UK seemed to be more progressive on that stuff, I wonder why not all the men weren't allowed to vote


Voting had lead to some pretty weird things. Do you know Fred Durst? The citicens in Austin tx voted to rename their garbage dump after him.


Well I think we can agree that voting a dump Fred Durst is something democrats and republicans can agree on


Haha, funny. So I hear there are a record number of women running for office now.


Yea but it's a shame that things like 34% of black men in alabama losing the right to vote still occurs


That is sad. It's interesting that subscriptions to traditional newspapers have skyrocketed.


Probably has to do with opinion pieces like coverage of the NRA


Maybe more Americans are getting interested in politics. More are becoming political activists too.


Yea, politics can be interesting. Did you know the top 3 wealthiest president were JFK, Jefferson, and Washington?


Interesting. The president's guest house is larger than the white house. I'd love to stay there haha


I wonder if President of Zimbabwe President Banana has ever been in the US guest house


Or the president of Indonesia. What do you think of him releasing three pop albums while in office?


I think the President of Indonesia must of been a really good pop singer or a dictator if he was able to release 3 pop albums


Yeah I wonder how popular the albums were. In Indonesia I believe the runner up in a presidential election automatically becomes the vice president. We used to do that in the US till 1805. What do you think about if we did that today?


I think if the runner up became vice president today the white house would be a great reality tv show


Yeah I think you are right! The news depresses me. I'd rather watch a concert. I like LInkin Park a lot. They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone. I didn't get to see any though


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello, I havent last time I was in a concert it was in 2001 and it was  a Linking Park concert, what about you?


Linkin Park is a good choice. Most recently I went to a Foo Fighters concert, though I've seen Mumford and Songs and Snow Patrol live.


Foo Fighters are great, I envy you, that must have been a great concert.


They were pretty good. Dave Grohl also treats the people like me who buy really cheap seats well by playing a couple songs at the far end.


Thats a great thing to do, not everyone has the money to go up front, I went to a Creed concert once in 2002, it was a terrible performance, maybe Dave Grohl can give the band some tips.


Yea, from what I read, they were so bad people tried to sue.


Yeah I wanted to sue them as well, the concert was terrible and 4 concert goers actually sue the band.


The lead guitarist of Snow Patrol broke his guitar during our concert, and not intentionally.


I wonder how he broke his guitar, hopefully there was another one to spare.


There was, he tried really hard though to fix it on stage. Did you know Zimbabwe had a 'president banana"?


I did not know that. Presidents from other countries are just as unique as ours, you know the president of Indonisia released 3 pop albums while he was in office.


I wish I had that much time at work! Did you know the three wealthiest presidents were JFK, washingtno, and Jefferson? I assume this was written befoe Trump


Yeah it would seem that way as Trump is a billionare, I think he is actually on top of that list.


Makes the most sense. Also, the idea of the runner up for presidential elections becoming via president might be more interesting than our current system, only now there are usually only two options


It would create unity I wonder why this changed in 1805? maybe because opposing candidates hated each other and in the end opposed each other while in office


I think they feel differently about other politicians than they say on campaign.


Theres one thing im sure of, Trump and Clinton would have disagreed too much. Did you know Trumps guest house is bigger than the White House?


It would have been fun indeed! maybe Clinton would have won if the %34 of men baned from voting in Alabama were allowed to vote back when the elections took place.


Yes, I do.  It's one of the few games where the defensive team controls the ball.


Yeah it is pretty cool game. Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?


They can play for the team if needed.  I think Pete Rose might have done that.


Nice , I would like to see that happen. WOnder if they do that more in Japan where they are super serious about the game


Many Japanese are surprised to hear that it's America's national pastime.


Yeah exactly. Do you know who used to do the scheduling for the major league games?


It used to be a couple.  It's a lot of work.


It sure is. 2430 games every year is a lot to deal with


Teams have to play a certain number of games with each other.  Stadiums might have other events prescheduled.  Some teams want to play at home a certain times of the summer.  It's a lot of work.


Exactly. How about travel, do you do much of that?


Yes, on occasion.  I take some trips by car, occasionally by air. I have been all over the country.


That is awesome. Have you ever made it to Japan by any chance?


Never.  I understand all their expressways are toll roads.


Yes it costs $300 just to travel across the country by car


That's a lot of money!  On the other hand, Mackinac Island has banned cars and trucks.  No tolls there!


Yup it seems it is super quiet there, except for the horses and carriages


Yeah that is pretty nice. Do you know who was the first king to travel the world?


Yes that was him. Nice chatting with you.


I used to listen to the radio, but I don't hear so good now, so I don't. Do you like the radio?


I more or less listen to streaming music and podcasts rather than radio.


I dont do so good with the computers and i dont have an ipod for podcasts.


Thats ok.  Soldiers in WW2 used razor blades and pencils as simple radios


I dont think thats possible. How could they? That sounds like a tall story.


I don't know...will have to google foxhole radios later.


Google instructions for foxhole radios. They sure could have used google back when they lived in them foxholes.


Did you know in Canada, 40% of songs had to Canadian.  No wonder Celine Dion is so popular haha


Celine Dion should be ashamed to use up all the airwaves in Canada. Now Canada has to import airwaves from foreign countries.


Maybe she should visit Jupiter too, its radio storms can be heard by am radio


She probably couldnt get on the air there. Jupiter has laws about radio content, too.


Did you know a finnish station had broadcasted in italian since 1989!


Italian? Why? I guess they are training citizens for invsasion from Italy? I thought the war was mostly over, just little bits left here and there.


Even cooler, a website allows for thousands of classic radio for free!


That is great if you are 100 years old or something. But what if I like pictures? Maybe radio should have been more visual.


Speaking of visual, Stephen King was terrified of the movie bambi!


Stephen King was a little kid at heart when he was a kid. I suspect he never really growed up when he growed up.


haha, yeah your are right.  He gets to scare people for a living wiring horrors


He was tramatized by the movie Bumbi. I dont recollect it too good but there was a lot of blood and violence, and some weapons.


Guess I will have to re watch it again haha.  Great talking to you.  Take care


I do too. What I didn't know was that a single google search requires more computing power than what was required to send Armstrong and 11 other astronauts to the moon


If I were Armstrong, I would not trust that computer! Although it was probably really state of the art when they went to the moon. At least it was not a dumpster fire.


Technology has been developing at an exponential rate and so too has google.  It is now a dominant multinational tech company specializing in internet related services, products, advertising, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.


Yes! It was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students are Stanford University in California.


I mean the company is very innovative and interesting. They once used hundred of goats to mow the lawns around their HQ instead of hiring people to mow them.


Page and Brin own about 14% of its shares and 56% of the voting power! That's a lot!


Isn't the current CEO of google Sundar Pichai?


Yes, that is correct. Google reorganized its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet. I wonder why.


Perhaps for better organization and clarity. One aspect that worries me is that google maps calculating traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road. If they track that, I wonder just how much information Google amasses


I think they have all the data on us. Between their collection and what they buy from Facebook, we're all doomed. It's too late too. They know everything now.


I just hope it doesn't turn into a dumpster fire someday.


It will.... Kind of like typing askew into Google, it will make everything just a little off.


Did you know that dumpsterfire is now an entry in Merriam Webster's Collegiated Dictionary?


Huh... That's weird. I remember when they first started including slang. Homer Simpson is in there with D'oh!


I guess when some words become viral to the point it become over used, it becomes qualified to be recognized with its own entry


That would be my fantasy, to create a word in the dictionary.


Any word in mind in particular you want to make viral?


Something that is a verb, something hip. It won't happen becuase I am old and definitely not hip. Hell, I still use the word "hip"....


Are you sure hip doesn't already have an entry?


I watch TV pretty often. Although I cannot say that I have seen every episode of Pokemon. There are over 750 episodes.


its been more than 16 years now, a lot of Pokemons not only Pikachu by now


I am so surprised it has been on the air for 16 years straight airing about 50 episodes a year. I wonder if it is one of the most popular shows?


I think it is, my little brother loves it so yeah, I guess Pikachu is a popular guy no matter the generation


Another popular show that has been on forever is the Simpsons. There is one episode where Bart neither appears nor is mentioned.


I love the Simpsons and it seems the writters did that to confuse fans


The Simpsons crew seems great. When South Park aired its Family Guy episode the Simpsons crew sent them flowers.


Sounds like they have a good friendship thats a good thing because I love the 3 shows a lot


I really liked That 70's Show. I just found out it was remade in the UK word for word and yet it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


That show was great do you like a charater in particular? and remakes are usually pretty bad so that makes sense


I like Eric a lot. I suppose there was too much American culture that could not translate. There have been both British and American narrators for Thomas the Tank Engine. I suppose that show breaks borders.


I have to say my favorite is Fes, so funny, and Thomas the Tank Engine was my favorite as a kid, great narrators


Really famous people have narrated episodes. Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alex Baldwin have all narrated at least 52 episodes.


All of them big names, so do you use your cellphone a lot?


I do but I think I use it less than most. I would be great for UNICEF who will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute I am not using my cell phone.


That is a great and noble campaing, they must help a lot of children in need I am going to shutdown my smartphone for a while and do my part


It is amazing how powerful our phones are. An iPhone has more computing power than the entire US Nuclear ICBM deterrent.


More than the entire US nuclear deterrent!! no kidding? I am kind of worried that fact is true


We have more computing power in our phones than NASA did in sending people to the moon. It's just fascinating. Kind of like how the data we receive comes from cables 2.7 inches in diameter and lay on the ocean floor.


Amazing how tech advances that cable must be really strong, anyway its been really cool chatting with you hope we can do it again


Do you know much about presidential history?


A little bit.  Do you want me to share some facts with you?


ok. lol  The top 3 wealthiest presidents in the history of America were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson!


Wow! Do you think Trump will be on that list too?


I would imagine he would have to be on there now.  Do you know what the name of the first president of Zimbabwe was?


No idea! I didn't even know they had a president in Zimbabwe!


I didn't either.  His name was president banana!


President Banana! Was that his real name or what they called him?


I'm not sure.  I'm going to have to look that up. lol  The US presidents guest house is bigger than the White House.  That's interesting.


Really? I guess they have to put people somewhere nice! I once heard that FDR could speak 3 languages.


That's impressive!  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became vice president.  Wonder how that would work today?


I could see clinton and trump working together.


lol  They would either be forced to compromise or they would fight big time.  I kind of think that the forced point of views working together might be a positive thing because people would be upset if they fought.


It would certainly give a different point of view! Did you know Fred Rogers helped Fund PBS?


I did not know that!  There is a movie coming out about him this fall I believe where Tom Hanks plays Mr. Rogers.


That should be a good film! Senator Thurman fillbustered on for over 24 hours!


Holy moly!  Isn't that where they have to stand before the senate?


Yes! He holds the record for it! Do you travel much?


I travel regionally around my area.  I've been to Mackinac Island in Michigan where they have banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years.


I used to go there alot as a kid! I loved it. We lived about 30 minutes from Mackinac. Nice talking with you!


Hi.  Not really.  Maybe once a year or so.  How about you?


A couple times at least, mostly in the midwest. where do you go?


Last time I travelled I went to Europe, but that was a rare kind of trip.  I didn't go to Amsterdam, though.  I would love to see a bus that goes 160mph!


Sounds like a cool trip! Then theres Iceland which has no public rail sevice and people mostly fly


Imagine that! At least they don't have all those toll roads like Japan!


Yea, I cant imagine spending $300 to get across a country - just for fees!


That doesn't even include gas.  Expensive trip!  You can't travel by car on Mackinac Island, though


yea, looks like they just use horses. Would be a fun trip though!


I agree, that would be fun.  Ever been to Hawaii?


I wish! I live in the upper midwest and could use a trip there! Have you?


No, I haven't either.  It'd be really cool to go.  One of their kings was quite the world traveler apparently.


He was the first king? That's interesting considering how many kings the world has had, though makes sense with air travel available.


True, plus I'm sure the Hawaiians had pretty good boats since they were an island nation.


Wow. Apparently women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor till 1993.


Yeah, I read that!  Hard to believe it was that recent.  They had to stage a protest to wear a pantsuit!


Kind of wondering if that was a law that no one thought of before


I'd imagine it was.  I wonder if they still invoke the rule where the sergeant-at-arms can arrest absent senators


Is it possible to arrest them all for doing nothing?


lol probably not, they'd just have to be voted out of office.


Hi!  I didn't know that there was a type of soccer where three teams play at once.  Wonder how that works?


Fascinating.  I imagine the better two of the teams would just try to put it past the weakest defense.  Or maybe the scoring is different?


Yeah, I was thinking maybe the scoring would be different.  Who knows?  Could be three goals on the field


I had figured that ... like a triangle or hexagon.  I know there is 3-person chess too ... lots of variations.  For real, though group play for soccer and goal differential often decide winners among three or more teams.  I'd think they would do something similar, but just all within the same match.


That must cool to watch.  I wonder if it's played in any leagues in the world?


Not likely.  But we should get a local league to try it out!  It champions league.  People get so serious with the top level of play.


Yeah, that'd be cool.  I know those soccer fans can get crazy!


Can you believe that fans would send death threats over poor performance?


It actually doesn't surprise me.  Some sports fans can take things way too far.


Well, it happened for the recent Champions league losers, Liverpool, and specifically their goalie who made some big mistakes.  People take such things way too far.


Can you imagine what that would be like?  Not only messing up in front of millions of people but then having to deal with death threats over it


At least it was presumably the end of the season, and he got paid ... likely a bonus just for the game.  I'd go home and lay low for a while.  As long as the coach had my back, I'd be ok.  What about you?


Yeah, I'd probably get as far away form the spotlight as possible and avoid social media for as long as I could


Do you think such things happen in less popular sports too?  The threats and all?


Maybe.  I'm sure its possible. Probably not as likely since there are less people paying attention.  What do you think?


I think the crowd mentality takes over, even on social media.  If thousands and thousands of people are saying the same thing, you can "get away with" adding just your own small voice.  A good chunk of the world was likely watching that game.  With a smaller game, there's less of that risk.


At least all the threats were being investigated by the police.


What can they do?  Track people down through twitter?  And there is no way to pin anything on a "leader" when its just a mob.  What do you think of the policing coming down hard on just a handful as an example to everyone else?


Well they can track down certain individuals I guess.  How to prosecute a Mob mentality is a big question facing society in general right now.  That crap is all over the internet.  I don't have answer for that one


My tactic is to downplay the mob ... treat it like it doesn't really matter.  Online, it's all pixels.  And over the whole planet, there is no way that whole mob can "come get me." It's just too big to pose a real threat.


It effects how people think and eliminates empathy from human interaction.  That seems dangerous to me, but I don't really know anything lol


Don't be hard on yourself.  I don't think many experts have workable solutions.  And you have concrete experience, just in seeing it happen and perhaps in feeling it yourself.  We have to talk about these things so they don't weigh us down ... just don't dwell on it, like Liverpool players aren't.


I couldn't agree more!  Have a great day!


Good! Did you hear about Loris Karius having so many mistakes during the game he formally apologized?


I did hear something about that, apparently involving social media threats even. I wonder what they are considering a threat here. I know people take their sports very seriously, but "come on!'


I know! He apologized over and over, it's ridiculous how crazy people are!  His team mates are standing by him thankfully.


Yes, thankfully! And also some of his fans have been really supportive. These days though, it's hard not to let a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch. I guess people were threatening him with "death wishes" on social media. That's terrible, poor guy!


I feel bad for him too. He is only human. I was unaware that Soccer makes more money than Golf, Tennis, Hockey,baseball,football and basketball combined, that is insane.


Crazy! Who knew? I don't hear much about soccer here. I just learned the funnest fun fact! You could fit every other planet in our solar system between the earth and the moon! Cool!


Wow! Do you realize how much space that is? I like the planet Venus, it is the only planet that does not tilt and rotates clockwise, very interesting!


Yeah I wish flat-earthers would look into that! Like how do we really know it's rotating backwards. Haha. I absolutely don't think the earth is flat , by the way. Hehe. I found this interesting, alternative names for earth are gaia, tellus and telluris. I'd never heard the last two names before. Yikes, I need to study-up more!


I really find it interesting that people truly believe the earth is flat, common sense tells you it's not....Wow, I didn't even know Earth had any other names! I am the one that needs to study more lol, Like I didn't know that Astronomers have found signs of life in a different planetary system 455 light years away!


WOW! That's news to me! I'm going to read all about it later! Venus is cool to me, I haven't been able to see it clearly through a telescope, it's so fuzzy but the cloud cover makes it look so alive! in my opinion at least. Venus is one of the 5 naked eye planets, I believe the others are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. I know actually because I've seen them with my eyes! Hehe


I love the planets and stars, always have had an interest about the entire universe. That must be very cool to see the planets through a telescope! Lucky! Just like the planet they say shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4,500 mph, and the temp is 2000 degree's! Hahaha, that is scary.


Yeah that is scary! I heard it rained red diamonds. Or maybe it was rubies on some moon, either one of Jupiter's or Saturn's. Wow, My mind was just blown! Imagine having 4 suns! There is a planet that apparently orbits 4 stars! That would be a site to see!!


Wow, amazing. I would have loved to have went into astronomy in college. Crazy as it sounds, I believe there has to be some type of life out there somewhere.... not little green men, but we can't possibly be the only planet with life. I would love to know!


Oh I would go as far as to say there is 100% life out there. I love astronomy too! The telescope I had was just about $100 and this was like 18 years ago. They probably have way better ones for much cheaper these days. I figured how to use it myself, easily. And it was so rewarding! Even just looking at the moon, it was so bright, it was blinding! Truly awesome!


I have been known to be called a moon worshipper in a joking manner by my friends, I am always in awe of the moon, and the lunar eclipse's and take a lot of pictures, lol...I am always looking at the moon!!! My friends think I am nutty. I really need to get a telescope soon, that would be awesome!


Yeah, a new telescope is on my list! My original one, I kind of got sabotaged, when someone stole my lenses! And banged it around, which messed it up, since they are sensitive, it was HUGE, and I guess I'd go for a higher powered, sturdier and smaller one, this time. I too, love the moon, and just plain astronomy period! You haven't lived until you've peeked at jupiter and saturn every night for a few nights. You can see jupiters moons moving each night, as well as saturn's rings. I was reading an article the other day about how someday, Saturn won't have rings anymore! And even though I will be long gone, it made me really sad to think of Saturn without its magnificent rings!


Are you serious? You can actually see the rings? Oh, I really need a telescope! I would be outside every night! That is so amazing you have experienced all you have. I want that too! Everything changes no matter what it is and it is sad that out there in the universe it is changing as well. Nice to chat with someone who shares my passion for the planets!


Yes absolutely! I must say this was the nicest chat I've had in a while! Thank you so much! I hope you do get a telescope. It was such an amazing experience! I know you'll love it!


Thank you! I have really enjoyed this conversation so much :) The time just flew by,lol! I do plan on a shopping trip to look for a telescope. Thanks again and have an amazing evening! I need to go out and look for the moon...hahaa, have a great evening!


My favorite team is the Washington Nationals. Do you follow tennis?


I sometimes follow tennis. I watch Serena Williams due to her posture in tennis. I need to learn posture as I play tennis.


She's a pretty good player. Did you know Polo Shirts were originally invented by the famous player rene "the crocodile" lacoste?


She had a foul remark last year. However, I can't give my opinion anyways because she is way more skilled than me. Is that why they have that small crocodile pic on the polo?


Is she still alive? I didn't know that. Crazy. Did you know the eiffel tower has been sold twice.


She is still alive. Look her up or she will haunt your dreams, laughing out loud. Well, how was it sold twice? It's stapled to the ground.


Apparently a fraudster did it. I wonder who purchased it. LOL


I'm not sure, you really have to wonder if it was someone at a corporation.


He or she must have been pretty gullible to do that


I agree. Did you know that Norway donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rain forest?


Well, now we know that Norway is environmentally green.


Yeah, I was wondering if they were consuming a bunch of oil from south america or something.


Could be. Did you know that 86% of Nevada is owned by the government?


That is interesting. Is that why some purchases remove taxes?


I'm not sure to be honest. I think it is for monuments.


Interesting, it was nice chatting with you.


That is a valid choice, but I like dogs out of any animals.Google prefers them also!


Well they are man's best friends for a reason


For sure, they are so great! did you know they have 12 different blood types!


They are probably among the few animals people care enough to keep alive instead of putting down


I bet, they even have blood drives for them, so awesome!


In Istanbul there is a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's strays in exchange for recycling


that is amazing, I think they should have that in the USA for all the animals like you said. People would recycle more and animals be saved, what do you think


It is a nice idea, but I don't know how many strays the us has


that is true, I am sure its a huge problem in that area and why they created them. Did you know dogs are not color blind like we thought


It might be because I live in urban cities, but I rarely see strays


that is interesting to know, I live in a rural area and never see them either. Dogs don't see as many colors as humans


True, but humans don't see as many colors as mantis shrimp


ha that is awesome, i wonder what colors they can see that we can't. I like Disney also, do you?


Who doesn't? They do a good job making dark stories suitable for a younger audience


That is so true! like the beginning of bambi, what a scary start to a disney movie!


Ya it was quite easy to gloss over since it was disney, but if you think about it quite dark


Yea, I am thinking of so many movies that are like that. I liked big hero 6, the used a 55000 core supercomputer. It was so nice chatting with you!


Hey there what do you think about the president? And who do you think the top three most wealthy presidents were?


I think the President is probably in the top 3 richest presidents along with Kennedy and maybe Bush. Am I right?


Well it's actually JFK, Washington, and also Jefferson. I wouldn't have predicted that, but I guess it makes sense if your accounting for inflation, have you heard about the president of Zimbabwe yet?


I do not know about the President of Zimbabwe. I do know in Guatemala close relative of former Presidents cannot run for President


Well the president of Zimbabwe, his name is actually president banana haha. I wonder if he has a vice president named plantain LOL, and also the president of Indonesia released three pop albums, I kind of want to listen to those haha


Wow! Presidents around the world are very interesting! Did you know that only one of our Presidents had a PhD, Woodrow Wilson.


No I didn't know that! We should have more presidents with phds, did you know that before 1905, the runner-up would become the vice president, so you would have had President Trump and Vice President Clinton today?


I did know that! It must have been hard to work with your opponent, perhaps even harder than losing the election while having the popular vote. That happened to 5 candidates for president.


Yeah that would be hard. I wonder if that would be more or less hard and making three pop albums while in office like the president of Indonesia did?


Seems difficult to me. Also hard is learning another language, that last president to speak a foreign language was FDR.


That is interesting. Also I think it's weird that Nevada has a"none of these candidates"option when they vote, I think that could be used in other states as well, it would be useful


Wow, I wonder if we would ever have a President then or an inauguration. Lincoln was the first president to be photographer for his inauguration....with John Wilkes Booth in the photo!


Well that's very scary! Definitely a bad Omen, did you know that our top voter participation percentage has maxed out at about 63%, that seems really low to me, and that's over the last 100 years


I'd believe it, especially that a cat named Hank placed third in a Virginia Senate election. I'm not sure people take voting seriously.


No I don't think so. Especially since the taller candidate wins about 75% of the time, that's highly unlikely to be due to ideas, and instead is probably a factor of television showing the height difference


Well, he may not be tall but a dog beat two people for mayor. He served for 13 years.


Haha that's funny. I wonder what his daily routine consisted of? Speaking of Elections, did you hear that ancient Athens used to just use a lottery system? I could see how that would elect a dog LOL


In Oregon all elections are conducted by mail. I am so surprised at how different elections can be across the world!


That is interesting! do you go to any concerts by the way? They should have presidential election concerts haha


That would be great. Thanks for chatting. I learned a lot of cool new things!


I did too, and I'm going to make sure to avoid a free concert lol they were sued for having really bad concerts actually


Hello, do you know much about the presidents?


Yeah and along with Jefferson and Washington that makes the top three wealthiest presidents


If Oprah runs its game over. She got $$. However Indonesia got a dude with 3 pop albums


Yeah, speaking of music, do you go to concerts?


Yeah, I saw U2 recently. Would love to see Pink Floyd. I wonder which one's Pink.


Oh nice I have not seen U2 ever in concert. Do you know the Ramones?


yeah. they r like bob dylan. always touring


Yeah they did that for 20 years in a row


Yeah otherwise they would have been sued multiple times and not just for one concert


They should pull a Pink Floyd and do a concert without an audience


I wonder why the did that. In Croatia there is still ancient theater where you can have a concert


I would like to see a concert in the potus guest house


How about elections, did you vote in the last one?


Do you know how they were elected in ancient athens?


hilarious! that should increase turnout above what we get


Yeah imagine if that happened today. Nice chatting with you


Were you aware that an ancient shark tooth was stolen in Ausralia?


I heard it was huge. I wonder who stole it.


They still don't know apparently. It was the tooth of a megalodon and was believed to be 1.6 million years old!


Someone found a megalodon tooth in South Carolina last year. I don't even know if I would know it if I found one.


I wouldn't either but I would imagine I would assume I found something unique and interesting. Apparently few people even knew the location of the tooth in Australia. Seems like that would be hard to keep a secret.


Did you know that since a shark doesn't have a rib cage, they have nothing to support their body on land and can crush themselves? Can you imagine how much crushing power a megalodon would have?


I was not aware. That would be some massive power. I would have thought that there bodies would be more protective of their organs given that they are predators.


I think it must be part of their evolution; how they adapt to the water. Obviously we don't have too many land sharks. Sharks are found in all sizes nowadays. Again, that's gotta be part of their evolution.


That is likely true. They have changed. The megalodon was 50 feet long which is 3 times the size of a great white. It also could weigh more than 20 tons which is three times the weight of a T-Rex!


Who would when in a fight: a shark or a dinosaur? I guess it depends when and where. Sharks evolved earlier than dinosaurs, but they'll be crushed by their own weight on land.


That is true. In the water likely the shark and on land the dinosaur would be my guess. But the megalodon preyed on giant prehistoric turtles and whales so if it was an aquatic dinosaur who knows.


Did you know sharks are related to rays? I didn't!


No I was not aware of that. That's very interesting! Sharks themselves are interesting. Apparently not only dolphins rescue sailors but sharks do too.


I guess sharks get a bad rap a lot of times. Either that or they are real connoisseurs and the spit the sailors out instead of eating them haha.


Ha ha. I think they get a bad rap. There are so few shark attacks per year. Not that I wouldn't be very nervous if one was close by.


They tried to pass off a "documentary" about megalodon existing now a few years back. The scientific community was outraged.


I don't blame them. I don't like false information being spread. Another fascinating shark fact is that they can be trained like dogs to bark!


I wonder if they can be trained to fetch a sailor, haha.


Well since they can rescue them and are intelligent, possibly lol.


There's a place called the white shark cafe where a bunch of white sharks congregate; I wonder what they are doing there.


They seem capable of more thought than I was aware of. They must be communicating in some way.


How's it going, do you like comedy? I love watch standup and comedy film


I keep seeing that Bill Murray recommends Kung Fu Hustle, which makes me think I should check it out. Have you ever seen it?


No but I heard Bill Murray isn't the only person who thought Kung Fu Hustle was hillarious


I should definitely see for myself then. Are you a fan of Bill Murray?


Yea, I like his films from the 80s, so much funnier than Jack Black, so happy he was never in Green Lantern


I never saw that movie, but if Murray's in it I should. You know he likes to walk up to strangers in restaurants and eat food off their plates, and say "no one will ever believe you"?


Lol no but that sounds like something Bill Murray would do


I saw him crash a TV weathercast once in a giant cowboy hat and start doing his own impromptu "forecast," and it was hilarious.


Sounds like he's a living Monty Python sketch. Did you know that is what python programming was named after?


I only recently found out. I love Monty Python. Are you a fan of theirs?


Yea, they used to play their sketches on Comedy Central but stopped. I guess they cancelled it like the other 100 shows they cancelled since 1989


I'd have watched Comedy Central a lot back when I had cable, but for some reason always had a really snowy connection.


It's kinda crazy they never had Seinfeld, friends, Fasier, or the 1997 golden globe winner 3rd Rock from the Sun reruns on there


Agree. Seinfeld is one of my favorites -- I managed to record every episode on VHS just from reruns.


Seinfeld is pretty funny, so is the fact the White House still uses floppy disks


That's amazing. I read somewhere that before they retired the space shuttle, to repair it they had to scavenge 80s-era computer hardware from junkyards and abandoned hospitals and stuff to find parts for it.


Lol, I'm sure they find a treasure trove of parts in the White House then


I'll bet! Probably doesn't help that most politicians are they type who had their secretaries print out their emails for them to read and dictated replies. Dianne Feinstein was surprised her encounter with the Sunrise kids showed up on the Internet so quickly.


Well at least they aren't releasing pop albums like the President of Indonesia


I wonder if those were any good. I should google.


Me too. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


It's funny that That 70s Show scripts were reshot in the UK -- Sanford Son and Three's Company were literal copies of British TV shows in American settings.


They were canceled after 10 episodes. This is so sad.


I guess it didn't translate well. I loved the American version. Did you watch it?


I have not. I hesitated about watching the American series because I have school right now. I feel that I would delay my studies.


I understand that. When I decide to check out a new TV series it usually turns into a binge-watching commitment comparable to a job.


If I am only working, then I would definitely watch it. The last series I watched were Friends.


I watched that irregularly when I happened to come across reruns. I loved Seinfeld.  Also the Simpsons. I don't recall seeing the episode where Bart didn't figure at all -- did you ever watch them?


I am hesitant on Seinfeld. I will watch it if it is playing in a dental office or somewhere else. I watch the Simpsons, but I do not recall that situation, but he is always in the intro.


Any particular reason you're hesitant about Seinfeld, if you don't mind saying?


Ah -- gotcha. School must occupy most of your time, so you obviously take your studies seriously.


I do take it seriously. I have five classes.


That's a lot -- fifteen hours a week? I just found out Judge Judy is the second-highest paid celebrity -- I never would have guessed it, considering I've only seen her on afternoon TV in a lineup of cheesy court shows.


Wow, I did not realize the amount of hours at all, but sure. It is stressful and I got to though. She is almost done with her contract though.


I haven't had TV in a long time so I guess I lost touch with who's become popular.


I only use the computer to watch YouTube or Netflix. I have no time to watch the regular television. No time to sit on the sofa and surf the channels.


Yeah, I occasionally watch old shows on DVD boxed sets or stream them online. Last thing I watched beginning to end was Star Trek TNG.


I am not familiar with Star Trek but is it like Star Wars?


Other than being science fiction that features interstellar travel, not very much.


I highly recommend it when you get the time, but your tastes might be different. Nice chatting with you!


Same here. Do you like to watch television?


Yes. I watch television a few hours a day.


Spots. Comedy, Mystery, science fiction.


Oh cool! Do you like watching the Simpsons?


I can't believe there is just one episode where bart neither appears nor is mentioned. I wonder which one!


Yes, considering that  there  have been so many episodes.


No. I never got into it. Is it any good?


It was as a kid when I watched it years ago. Now there are 750 episodes. That is about 50 a year for 16 years straight!


That is a lot per year. They dont do that anymore.


No. I have never played. Except min golf.


Same here. I can't believe golf courses take up more land space than rhode island and delaware combined.


Its very popular. I have friends that play.


babe ruth was a famous golfer besides baseball player. Anyways, great chatting with you have an awesome day!


That synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh was horrid.


Yeah. I remember that and being so disgusted. Between that and the Orlando night club shooting, I am exasperated...


Trump was right when he called it a "vile, hate-filled poison of anti-Semitism".


I believe they did.  But like Trump also said, "you can't allow them to dominate what we do".


Trump isn't the richest president. That honor belongs to JFK, Washington and Jefferson. Weird.


That doesn't surprise me.  Washington and Jefferson were big plantation owners.  JFK inherited daddy's money, like Trump.


At least none of them were called president banana!


Until 1805, the loser in the presidential election became vice president.  Can you imagine VP Hillary Clinton with President Trump?


They would get nothing done. Just bicker and yell. So like congress. Do you think Trump likes being president?


Trump is on the all-time ego trip.  He has a platform for anything he wants to do.


I just think he hates it. I can see him not running again and just letting pence run.


He certainly seems to enjoy campaigning for others and getting his position out.


I do not think he is built for politics where you have to serve the people and not your platform. I can also see Michelle Obama run.


Trump is certainly an unconventional politician.  What other politician could say that the death penalty should be back in vogue?


Ones from Texas? I am surprised that astronauts vote from space, I guess it makes sense but i never thought of it.


Every vote counts in a democracy.  India even set up a polling booth for a single voter in an area inhabited by lions.


I am not that committed to voting if it means I may get mauled by a tiger. Dedicated voters!


I sure that guy lived there all his life.  I wonder about the bureaucrats who had to set up and monitor the location.


Yes I love that show! Andy Samberg is such a great character.


I agree! I find it so well written and Capt. Holt is great!


Yes he really is. The fact that it's in its fifth season shows how good it is.


I know. I cannot believe Fox let it go. NBC scooped it up in a good move by them. Are you watching this season?


Yes I'm glad they did. No I am not watching the season unfortunately. But it looks like they're featuring the same supremely funny cast.


Yeah. It is really funny. It has been a good season so far. I am really into it.


That's good to hear. I love comedies because they make me laugh and it's amusing to watch.


yeah Ryan stiles liked them so much he dropped out of HS to pursue a career in comedy.


Bold move. Did you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989?


It seems like it. Another big number is $200 million. That was the budget for  Evan Almighty.


How did they spend $200M on that movie? There's a stage hand walking around with $100M.


Ha ha yeah I don't understand that myself and you're probably right. Graham Chapman of Monty Python was a medical doctor until he gave up on his practice to concentrate on comedy. Very cool to follow your dreams.


Yeah. Seems like either career would have been successful for him.


Yeah what a lucky guy. Do you like drama? It Is actually considered a genre of poetry.


Yes I do. Traditionally, it was associated with a division between comedy and tragedy.


Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for a tv drama earning $700,000 per episode. WOW!


Wow that is well-deserved I think. I really liked Patrick Stewart and his acting in the X-Men. I would love to take his master class for drama.


I liked him in that too. It was nice chatting with you!


I think I am on the internet 24/7 so yes! lol


Lol, same here.  I may or may not be addicted.


Oh oh that is a real addition that you might have.  I'm afraid to say that I also suffer from it.  It's an addition that's caused by the constant novelty from clicking links on the interent.


Well if mturk counts a good deal, then I am definitely addicted.  I mean i wouldnt need it at the top of Mt Everest... wait they have internet there?


I wouldn't have had to have been one of the people who had to build that cell tower! lol


Ha!  I dont read the full TOS though, it detracts from valuable link clicking time!


I'm guilty of that as well.  I wonder what we would do in case the internet burned down?  I hope they have a backup plan.


They do, its in the Library of Alexandria!


Whew.  I was worried there for a minute. lol


If there was no internet, that might cause the end to humanity.


Oh oh.  You probably then would have like the Facebook promotion that Burger King had going on.  Are you familiar with it?


Yeah!  I need to cash in on that one.  I could definitely lose a few people for a whopper!


Me too!  Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook and is allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.  Kind of neat.


Yes!  I can't believe it's already been 15 years since Facebook was founded in 2004.  Time is flying.


Wow.  Im getting old....  Ive had Facebook all of those years.  Got it when I was in college.


Crazy.  Even crazier is how Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in early 2005.  Hard to believe it was worth that much after just 1 year of being around.


True.  It has been great chatting but Ive got an appointment.  Have a great day!


fine ty and yourself.  are you a philly person?


No I am not but I have been there before.


Thought it funny that Wawa pretzels are mentioned with Rocky films.  Wawa pretzels are Wawa pretzels.  They're not the Philly pretzels!!!


Yes I do.  Man's best friend and a finicky cat!!


Thats cool. Did you know the dog was the first domesticated animal?


Yes for thousands of years.  I did not know they drank with the underside of their tongue though.


Yes and lets add elephants to that list. They are one of the only animals that understands pointing.


And here I thought elephants were known for their memory.


Not as much as I used to.   Maybe it's the fans I dislike.  Or maybe the political statements from players.


Yea I think so too. A long time ago bowlers made more than football players lol


Now that's interesting.  Hardly ever see that anymore.  Don't even see bowling alleys as much.


Yea There used to be 2 in my town but it was torn down and made into a convenience store.


Never knew there was a Eagles tailgate show on local cable.  Guess I didn't miss much.


Yes nice chatting.  Find some bowling alleys  it was fun!!


Have you ever been horseback riding? Horses are odd toed ungulate mammals.


You make them sound so romantic! Yes, I have ridden the Equus ferus. You?


Just a few times in summer camp as a kid. I would like to ride an icelandic horse for its fifth speed of speedwalking.


Nice. I would like to catch one of the truly feral horses left, Przewalski's horse. Just so I can say that I did of course.


Lipizzaner horses turn completely white by age 6. That would be a sight to see!


Type slower. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe horse-related concepts, and I am a novice. Be gentle.


Have you ever seen the horse at the FSU games? Football is a fun game of kicking a ball to score points.


I have not seen the FSU horse, bt I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express. Did you know that horses, sharks, and orangutans are all ticklish?


That is fascinating! I would be scared to tickle a shark and get bit!


Let the orangutang do it and use the horse to escape... Unless you are in Iceland and on an Icelandic horse, because once an Icelandic horse leaves Iceland, it can never return.


Did you watch sesame street as a kid? My favorite episode was the one with carol burnett. She was the first celebrity to do a cameo.


She was awesome! Celebrity trivia is great too!  Here is one about Justin Bieber, a 30-year old guy who was banned from Facebook simply because he shared the same name as the famous Beiber!


Do you watch judge judy? I am not a fan. I'm shocked she is the second highest paid celebrity.


Really?  Almost as shocking as to learn that Paris Hilton was in the 2007 Guinness wold book of records for being the "Most underrated Celebrity"


Paris has the cutest dogs! Her simple life show was funny.


Cute as a Penguin? The Penguins of Madagascar, the movie, had a running joke of hiding celebrity names in the dialogue. I'll have to watch it to see if I''m listed!


That's another great movie. I miss robin williams. He was great in aladdin when he voiced the genie.


Yes, indeed. Warms my heart thinking of him. Also warms my heart to learn tha John Cena has granted more Make-A-Wish wishes than anyone else at 400!


I love to see celebrities doing charitable work.


Yeah. I wonder if Jena Marbles has done any? She makes over $300,00 per year from her YouTube channel!


Hello Im great, you? Do you like to watch series on Netflix?


I do like to watch netflix, what about you?


I love it, I  am excited about The Great British Baking Show, its one of my favorites so hopefully the new season is great.


It is. I watched all of them because it is a good show for my little ones. Do you like baking shows in general?


I do like baking shows, you know Netflix actually employs taggers who are paid to watch content.


From 9 - noon netflix is 33% of all north american bandwidth...


Thats a lot, I guess that a perfect example of how this company has grown, Netflix has 150 movies with a rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.


WOW! That many? They spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth though... Should cut down on that postage...


They should now you made me wonder how much they spend on bandwidth, must be a low charge.


I know. I am shocked by that especially since they no longer send out that many DVDs.


Yeah I guess so. you know that Netflix actually proposed Blockbuster to use Netflix as an online service of their own but they laughed at them.


Not smart. There's only one blockbuster left in the US.


I agree, I bet they are regretting  their decision right now, well they had it coming I guess.


They did. I find it funny when supposed experts can't see a tactonic shift in their industry!


It is, it sure has been a long time since TV was invented, I used to love The Simpsons.


Did you know there is only one episode without Bart? I am trying to find out which one...


I didnt know that but it would be fun to watch, I would google it as well.


I used to love Pokemon its like 750 Pokemons now right?


Yeah. I think my son has seen them all. I know he has that many cards. I usually end up washing one or two a month then getting mad at him when I am cleaning out the basin.


I think the show is really successful I like it a lot.


Yes, I think the presidency is a fascinating subject. In general, government is interesting.


Have you heard about the issues regarding Trump and the migrant caravan?


Don't really know much about the caravan. Are they coming up through Mexico?


I believe they are coming through Central America! The primary issue is getting Central American governments to create peace deals between rival gangs.


I wish there were a way that the US could help. Probably so much corruption there that any intervention would be fruitless.


Definitely, perhaps best to stay out of it. Wikileaks has sort of played a hand in exposing the true corruption of government.


Govts hate that kind of transparency.. The ultimate irony was that  Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks. Who won that round?


Ahah I'm sure the government might win the war sadly. It's not just Wikileaks that fights the government luckily. One time a man in france impersonated a government official to sell the eiffel tower TWICE.


That guy was born to be a politician! He could have sold land in Nevada to the gov't, even if the gov't already owned it!


He certainly could have pulled it off. That's a lot of travel involved from France to there too. Are you a big fan of traveling?


I love traveling. I would love to go to Iceland, though they don't have trains to get around.


I've heard that! I think I'd prefer Holland, the Dutch are making a commuter bus that travels at 160 mph.


That would make for a great morning commute! I wish the US had systems like that.


It would certainly be less clutter than in some places in the U.S. In michigan, they have banned motorized vehicles in one area, and most travel by carriages or bikes.


I wonder how they handle emergency services there. Ambulances, police and fire need to get around fast.


I'm sure it suffers as a result. I wonder if ambulances have to pay tolls in general though. In Japan, it costs over $300 to travel throughout the country because of tolls, I'd hope they are exempt to it.


They should be. I think that the highways are probably free of traffic because of the expense.


It must have been easier and less expensive to travel in older times in general. The first person to travel the whole world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii, I wonder how much it must have cost him!


And it must have taken forever for His Highness to get around.


Maybe Trump will decide he wants to take that much time to roam around the world too!


hey did you know the last time there was a president who wasn't a republican or democrat was 1853


No i did not know that! I do know that ever president that has had a beard has been a republican.


That is interesting I didn't know that, it's scary that the last president who wasn't elected with a Bush or Nixon was before 1928


Interesting facts. Well the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.


haha I wonder why? Like did he eat a lot of bananas? It almost seems like a demeaning name, kind of like the president's guest house being bigger than the entire actual white house


I'm surprised that the guest house is bigger than the actual white house. Its hard to imagine that until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vp.


Ya, I wonder what would happen if Hillary became the vice president to Trump, like that seems like it would cause so much chaos haha


OMG I could not imagine the chaos! The white house would no be big enough for that. The only thing that could possibly come out of it would be a reality TV show.


Haha somehow that is a show I would love to watch though, its just too bad it would have real world implications due to the dysfunction! pretty crazy that the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums, I would definitely listen to a trump pop album haha


Lol yes that's exactly what we need! I don't think it would end up in the library of congress cultural significance section like tupac's music is.


I don't listen to him, do you? If it's in the library of Congress I would assume its very good. But I wonder who is making these decisions? Like are they rap enthusiasts? doesn't their personal taste color what kinds of albums they would choose?


No I don't listen to him either. I have no idea who makes these selections, who ever is is probably getting paid way to much lol.


lol yes I would agree with that, also the judge who gave her ruling in the form of a rap when doing a suit against eminem was probably paid too much and had too much time on her hands lol


I agree. I'm pretty sure there are more pressing issues going on in Michigan that needs more attention and thought but instead a judge takes the time to rap a ruling.


Did you see that in Korea, rappers do something called a "compliment battle" instead of what we have here where rappers do dissing matches?


Did you ever watch Rugrats? I need to watch where busta rhymes did the voice of the reptar wagon in the rugrats movie


I loved watching the Rugrats. I have seen the movie but I had no idea that his voice was in it. Apparently Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist.


That is crazy, and that his favorite comic book hero was spiderman, I would have thought it would have been spawn or something more hardcore, but maybe that was after his time


Yes, he does not strike me as a spiderman type of guy. Either way I'm pretty sure he turned out ok. I think he has made his millions and numerous awards just fine


Yes I'm sure he's doing fine, I wonder what kind of comic book he would have made though, great talking with you btw!


hi how you doing today? would you like to talk about the presidency?


Yes I would, what are your thoughts on our current president? do you like him? share his views?


i do not share his views. i think that his election came about through unusual circumstances.


I agree, he did win while losing the popular vote so Trump started out with a divided country


it will make for an interesting election in 2020. trump says and does things that bother many people, but that was true for the 2016 election.


Do you think he will get re elected, he sure seems to think his getting another term.


i would like to see either someone else in there, or a Trump that has learned how the office work. i dont really expect the latter to happen.


I dont really, I hope people can vote better this time around, did you know his not among the richest presidents in US history!


i thought he would be the richest, but i guess JFK was very rich. his father had money.


I guess he was really rich, I would have place Trump in second place at least but apparently his not in the top 3


he could make a bunch of money by releasing pop albums. that might work.


It might, he can then reach the top 3 and if his really successful even place #1


yes, he could climb the rankings and be the richest ever. i wonder what he'll do with the money. Run for president? LOL


Lol his already done that so its hard to tell maybe go to space and be the ruller of the moon, that would be nice, having him as far away as possible


the moon is a dangerous place. oh well. he'll manage. do you pay attention to celebrities much?


I do, I am a fan of many celebrities, do you?


i dont really pay attention much. i know some people follow kim kardashian and paris hilton. i am not very interested.


I like older celebrities better like the deseased Robin Williams, now he had real talent


he is sorely missed. he was a genius and made people laugh. it is a tragedy what happened to him.


It is a real tragedy depression can really play a trick on your mind, he was the actor who started the trend of voices in animated films so he really left a legacy behind


Yes, he really broke into a lot of new areas. he was an innovator. anyway great chat!


He was an innovator the world of movies lost a lot that day, and it has been a great chat, thanks a lot for all the cool facts.


No, I also do not play hockey. There might be a relation there.  Andre Burakovsky broke a thumb playing hockey.


I love hockey, but I don't play it. The Slovakian women's hockey team beat Bulgaria 82-0 which is crazy.


It is interesting how an industry deals with player injury.  Nine games into a season, a broken thumb sidelines a player. Does that player still have value?  82-0 would be a boring game to watch.


I agree. USA's hockey women's hockey team lost to New England high school team once.


So, the game is about putting the puck into a goal with a stick. Olympic hockey team beaten by a high school team. Good for the kids.


For sure. Hockey rinks used to only have one shared penalty box, but the players would constantly fight so they made two instead.


It must be difficult for players to keep their confidence up.  Scoring slumps, fights, being traded, injuries.  Kind of a sad way to live.


I think it probably is. In a 1930 hockey game, the goalie caught fire when a puck hit a pack of matches in his pocket.


I think I would start my own team.  In 1993 a player was traded for $1.  that player went on to win four Stanely Cups.  I wonder if that guy had matches in his pocket.


That's awesome. In the summer olympics back in 1932, India beat the USA 24-1 at hockey.


Well thats interesting.  My TARDIS is down for repairs or I would travel to 1932 bet on the USA, and hand the Indian players books of matches.


No, I wrap my head with tinfoil and pretend.  So, in 1932, when the  USA lost, was there a basketball court under the ice.  The usa players could switch to basketball.


Haha. The "Weekend Update" debuted on the first episode of SNL and is also their longest running skit.


I enjoy weekend update.  Its a good bit.  The 70's show was good, but it did not work in the UK.


I'm surprised it didn't last in the UK. I think it's a great show.


Perhaps there was something lost in the english to english translation.  What for Governor, is this a bong before me or is it the sun.


Possibly. Did you know in the first 400 episodes of the Simpons, Homer had 188 jobs?


No, I remember Mr. Plow and Homer working at the A plant.  There is only one simpsons episode with no bart or bart mention.


I don't remember that one. Well, it was good talking to you!


Hi! Have you ever heard of the hockey player Andre Burakovsky?


Hello - I have not heard of him before, but I do love hockey.


He is considered speedy with a splendid shot but he broke his thumb and as a result had to miss 20 games! I wonder how he broke his thumb, hockey does seem a bit physical.


Oh wow I bet a broken thumb is pretty painful. Hockey is very physical so it doesn't surprise me.


Yeah, you are basically incapacitated to play with a broken thumb since you couldn't hold the hockey sticks. Did you know that hockey is also referred to as Bandy in different countries.


That's cool I did not know that. Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports, lacrosse and hockey.


What drastic and opposing climates for those two sports. The US doesn't have more than one national sport? Basketball and football seem to be super popular.


Yea I think that's our sports and probably baseball too.


Yeah! Though I think players are worth much more than $1 which is what a hockey player was traded for in 1993 but then he went off to win four stanley cups! Way to prove them wrong!


Ever watched Pokemon on TV? I haven't even though there's over 750 episodes!


I used to back in the day, but haven't for a very long time.


Now it's about the new era of Pokemon Go, I guess. There's even internet cables laying on the ocean floor, I wonder if there's any creatures to be caught on the ocean floors. I wouldn't be surprised if someone went that far to catch them.


LOL that would be funny. Did you know South Park aired it's Family Guy episode and received flowers from the Simpsons crew?


That's commendable and nice of them to do that. I also didn't know that South Park ended, did it end?


I have no idea if it ended or not to be honest. I never really watched much South Park.


Me neither so when it mentions that there is only one episode where Bart neither appears or mentioned, I'm guessing that Bart is a main character in the show perhaps


I'm thinking he is as well. Did you know New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


No I did not know that and to think we have come such a long way from rotary phones! I don't even memorize phone numbers anymore thanks to the speed dial and contacts features.


Haha me either. An iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm deterrent.


That's exactly why I'm so dependent on my iPhone but is it worth the $1K price tag, I'd have to think about that.


What do you think of the educational system in place in this country?


I think that teachers are for the most part underpaid.


I agree. My ex had a degree in marketing but got attracted to being a teacher so went back to school. She put in 12 hour days and earned only half of what she made prior.


I think that most teachers take it as a calling. It is difficult to read about the 52 year old mother that can't provide for her sons


Yes. I guess some states take education more seriously than others do. Education is the pathway to a better life but they don't seem to get it.


on another note, I have a second job at a shoe store. It is funny that shoes  can be tied at least 17 different ways.


Wait! It took me until 5 to learn to tie them one way. I'm too old to start over!


I think it is funny that Bill Nye the science guy holds a patent for ballet shoes! Ha


Does he? I had no idea. I guess science is a career with many outlets.


the queen has someone wear her shoes to make sure they are comfortable. Shoes are not supposed to need breaking in. They are supposed to be comfortable.


I always go for comfort over style. When I used to wear suits all the time I still worn sneakers and let people laugh at me.


Omg! I am also a TV and movie fan. the weekend update is the longest running skit. I dan remember watching it as a kid!


SNL is a great show. The first time I heard Bill Murray call someone an 'ignorant slut' in their "Point Counter Point" segment I thought I would die.


I also figured that shark tank is by and large all talk.  Some of the ideas are just not viable!


Yes. I gave up on watching that after a couple episodes. It seemed to be a platform for the Sharks egos.


I  also did not know that only one of Shakespeare's play has not been adapted for film or tv.  Amazing!


That is surprising. I used to do Community Theatre and acted in several of his plays.


How fun is that! I also cannot believe that Homer Simpson has had 188 jobs.


Homer is the man! Everything from astronaut to plow king.


I just read that Heady Lamar helped to invent the cellphone. Oh come on!


She was obviously about 50 years before her time. What part did she play?


I think she was in the Hope and Crosby movies? I also did not know that there was not a correlation between bars of service and quality of connection.


Yeah. Your connectivity is a huge factor of where you live and what service you use. I live in a rural area and only Verizon works out here.


I also find it hard to believe that dolphins speak on the phone and recognize each other!


Well that is fascinating. One never thinks of animals being able to distinguish between voices.


hey there do you know the top 3 richest presidents? like who they are


Yeah,  Trump,  Washington and Jefferson,  why?


actually it was JFK and not trump weird huh?


No its not.  There is no way.  Trump has been noted the wealthiest president of the us.


ah maybe I have outdated info, but I wonder if the other guys were adjusted for inflation, it must be


I believe they were, I think in the article I read a while ago it said that washington was worth 500 million, which is kinda ridiculous for washington's time lol


ya that is nuts! How rich do you think President Banana of Zimbabwe is?


I dont know,  I know nothing about zimbabwe lol except that the first president was Canaan Banana.  I dont even know what currency they use lol


haha me neither, did you know the president of Indonesia made some pop albums


I read about it somewhere,  that may be kinda cool,  a president who allso has concerts lol


haha ya I wonder if trump will do a concert with Kanye, that would be crazy!


ugh,  that would be annoying, and probably not good,  kanye will just end up talking the whole time,  and I havent heard of trump having any musical ability lol


haah good point, did you know thet the guest house is actually bigger than the actual white house? weird huh


That is weird.  i also recently found out the last president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR


wow that is kind of sad, did you hear that norway gave like 1 billion dollars to help save teh amazon rainforest?


Thats pretty awesome, i would love to vacation there,  I hear they have good snowboarding.


snowboarding in the rainforest? I'm assuming you mean Norway haha, idk I haven't been to either


No way I never plan on going to the rainforest,  people get lost in there or their tour guides get eaten,  and they still have undiscovered animal and insects that they have no information on.  Definitely Norway lol


haha ya thats what I figured, also weird is that the US Gov owns 86% of the land in nevada, def no snowboarding their either haha


Lake Tahoe is actually half Nevada half California,  there actually is snowboaring in Nevada despite it being a desert lol and theres a snow resort in reno, nv.  But i assume its owned mostly by the government because of the military bases and government building there.


lol oh ok maybe you're right, also in nevada is the option to choose none of the above when voting, thats a good thingI think


Hey there what do you think about the government? It's a balancing act between individual freedom and tyranny


I'll admit I don't always like to vote because I don't feel it makes a difference. The turnout for us presidential elections hasn't reached 62.8 percent in the last 100 years.


That is sad. Also sad is that the taller candidate has won 75% of the time. So if the Democrats want to win in 2020 they should run a basketball player LOL


Hahaha. I think it's cool that Nevada has a none of the above option.


I do like that. They should do that in every state. What they shouldn't do is a lottery system like they used in ancient Athens for the elections


Ah, it is interesting they thought elections would lead to an oligarchy.


That is interesting. Maybe they were onto something. I like knowing that elections have been the standard since about the 17th century


Haha could have been. What do you think it would be like if we still had the runner up in a presidential election automatically become vice president?


That would be insane. You would have Hillary Clinton is the vice president and Trump is the president. That would make for a great TV show though LOL


Hah, I know, very entertaining but probably not a smart idea. Speaking of entertainment, what do you think about the president of indonesia releasing 3 pop albums while in office?


That is really crazy haha. I wonder how successfully albums were. Probably did not make him a top three wealthy president like JFK Washington and Jefferson are here though


I would never want to be too wealthy but I would love the experience of staying in the white house guest house. It's bigger than the white house!


That is shocking! Also interesting that the president of Zimbabwe is named President Banana.


Haha interesting. I guess in France some people don't have much respect for the government as one person impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower twice.


That is very gutsy! I know that I couldn't do that. Do you know who the top three wealthiest US presidents were?


JFK, Washington and Jefferson. I guess that accounts for inflation.


Yes it must. Did you hear about Wikileaks? Apparently the government wanted to shut them down and the plan to do so was leaked by them LOL


Well that is interesting. Sometimes it's good for people to stand up to the government. What do you think about the Norwegian government donating a billion dollars to save the amazon rainforest?


I don't know I guess it's their money. it went to a good cause but that seems like a lot of money to me. Have you ever been to Nevada?


I'm going to Las Vegas in March actually. Well I didn't know that the US government owns 90% of Nevada that's really wild


Hello! Are you interested in Presidents?


I love leaders of republics. How about you?


I find president history fascinating. Do you know the tip three wealthiest presidents?


JFK was one of them. I am less sure about the others.


But Washington had wooden teeth didn't he? YOu think he could afford ivory... Does the President of Zimbabwe, Pres Banana,  has his original teeth?


I am not sure. But i wonder why they call him Banana?


Maybe he has gone soft on crime?  Or, maybe it is his stage name, in preparation for release of his new cd? He has to catch up on released albums to the standard set by Pres of Indonesia


I think it is funny that he has released 3 pop albums.


That is funny. Another funny fact: The runner up in Pres elections used to automatically earn the spot of VP. Can you imagine the insaity it would create if that rule wa still in place?


That was probably crazy with opposing views.


The Gov is a crazy entity.   Did you know that 86% of Nevada is owned by the feds?


That is crazy! I wonder what they do with all of that property?


They need some of it to store the Eiffel Tower they just bought froom some impersonator of the French Gov...


Incredible!  At least the Norwegian Gov didn;t bite. They had their money tied up in a $1 Bil pledge to help save the Amazon rain forest.


I wish more people could pledge that much money


I wonder what the French dude accepted as payment for the tower?  Well, all this show of confidence is why states like Nevada are putting a slot for "None of these candidates" on the ballot for Pres...


I am not sure. I would need to do more research.


While you are researching, find out who the tallest presidential candidate is this go round... Since 1900, the taller candidate has wone over 70% of the time...


Me too ! a g20 summit sounds interesting.


Is that a ticket you can buy on Ticket Master? lol


lol. nope. Maybe it will get me closer to being the president. I would love a guest house that is larger than the white house


That would be great! Its interesting that 3g peaks at Mt Everest


That is something. I wonder if we could get internet up there


I doubt a good signal can be maintained. It would be a good experiment though.


I wonder how large is the  saved copy of the internet ?


It must be huge but considering how well information can be compressed it must all fit in one normal sized room I presume.  Do you know where the Library of alexandria is?


Not really. It sounds like it could be in Europe.


A Canadian motorcade was impersonated at the ape world leader's summit. I wonder what compelled them to do such a thing


Good question. Putin dont like the canadian prime minister very much


Thats True neither do the Venezuelan Dictator. Talking about presidents I hope what is best for the people resolves itself soon.


I agree. I would like to hear the president of indonesias pop songs


Really? I did not know that he made pop songs? That is funny. They should have a presidents singing competition


Well it may not get him as rich as jfk, washington, and jefferson


I dont know. I do want to check out the Eve-online game.


What is that? Do you like online gaming?


I love gaming. It is a game that received a world summit award


That is interesting. I recently started gaming.  What a funny name, President Banana


I love that name. He was the first president of zimbabwe. Have a good night


Great.  Who would think Trump's tariffs on China would help people who trade in knockoff designer bags?


HA! That's funny... Knockoff handbags... I think the whole idea is just weird. What a weird thing to stump on...


I know, not a designer kind of guy myself... There's another $200 billion around the corner.  It hurts businesses that have legit designer handbags.


Im not either. It hurts a lot of the american businesses too.


Yep.  Beijing has promised to crack down on the counterfeiters but I'm not holding my breath.


No... it does not benefit them to do so. like reading those pesky terms of service when buying something online.


Yeah, I never read that.  Only 7% of people do.


I always just click accept and hope for the best. I am part of the 93%. If you are on mt everest, you can read it with your 3G!


Good to know.  I'm a 93%-er too. I love the internet but use it mostly for keeping up with people, shopping and entertainment.


Are you on Facebook? I tried giving it up for this year, only when I need it, and dont really miss it.


I am but I'm mostly an observer/commenter...


When I was on there I almost only looked at people's profiles. I have nothing to add and I hated to brag about stuff I do with photos.


Did you know most countries don't have what we call a President?


OK. Yeah if you were a "President" you could go to all those summit meeting with big wigs from other countries.  That actually sounds boring.


No... I would actually wear big wigs and have so much fun. I would do the whole thing with a glass of wine.


Cool. You sound like the Indonesian President that released 3 pop albums while in office.


Ha! Are Indonesians that hungry for music?


Must be.  I don't know what genre that is... They could have a big dance party instead of a boring summit meeting.  They could network it on 3g.


Hi, I am but don't get to watch much anymore. Not a big baseball fan, don't have the patience.


Yeah, aside from the World Series I generally don't watch. It's been on since 1903. Hard to believe.


Did you know that the opposing team receives three bases if a player catches the ball in his hat.


Hadn't heard that before. That would be cool to do though. I used to collect baseball cards. I heard about a guy that found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his grandfather's attic. I wish!


I know right! Wow Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig got struck out by a 17 year old girl, she was then banned from professional baseball.


Im sure. Apparently about 160,000 baseballs are used in a season.


Do they just keep those in a big silo somewhere?  How about football, you a fan?


Yeah i like football but again i don't get to watch much. Wow the Chicago Cubs were the first team to win back 2 back world series and they haven't one another since.


Bummer for them. Every follow Japanese baseball. The sport is huge there apparently.


I don't but i hear that they think it should be there nations pastime.


Yeah, you know in Canada kickball is called soccer-baseball. Makes sense really.


The women's world cup had more ratings than the world series.


Yeah Women's Soccer. Remember the Soccer teams are countries so that makes sense. The world series even though it's called that is just in the united states.


Do you know who the Baseball team that's lost the most world series championships is?


Close the Brooklyn Dodgers. I guess that means they've probably gone more times then any other team.


Yeah I would guess. I know the national league has won more though.


I have but not very much. It seems like a fascinating sport. Do you know much about it?


Just a little, Not really any specific teams, more like trivia. Did you know that Baseball managers wear uniforms so they can play if they have too?


I didn't know that. I would have thought they would be ineligible for some reason. Most of them don't seem like they spend much time on the field playing.


No, I didn't think so too. I guess they need to practice with the team to stay in shape though.


Hmm you wouldn't think that look at some of them. It is crazy to me how expensive old baseball cards can be just for some stats on a piece of cardboard.


That used to be included in bubblegum! Did you hear that one married couple used to schedule all the baseball games for the season. Thats crazy.


I wonder if they were team owners or just some random couple that the league hired years ago.


That is a good question! I just don't know. I may have to look that up. I do know the world series has been played since 1903.


Wow that is really neat. I like to see that we have such a long standing tradition here. It brings people together to enjoy a common pastime.


It really does. It might be neat to see a game in person too. The last time the Chicago cubs won a world series the Ottoman empire was still around!


Poor Cubs. They seem like a team that is just the perpetual underdogs.


Makes rooting for them fun though! They did win back to back world series once.


Have they won any since they managed that feat?


That's too bad. It seems like sadly baseball is a dying sport in america. I think more people are getting interested in soccer or football.


That is what I have heard too. The Womens world cup has higher television ratings than the world series.


I think it is more exciting to watch which captures people's attention. Plus soccer has a wider appeal than baseball. Baseball seems to be popular only in a few countries.


That seems to be true. Soccer is so popular now. I did hear a man found $1 worth of baseball cards in his attic though!


I think I would probably have a heart attack if I found that much money in baseball cards just sitting in an attic.


Me too. It would be seriously fun though! Baseball is seriously popular in Japan too!


Not really, i check my phone every now and then.


I tend to so the same, Im not really a fan of fox news.  Too slanted.


Me either. Whats trump up to now? The president of Indonesia has 3 pop albums can you believe that?


I dont know probably tweeting and playing golf.


You know he's not one of the three wealthiest presidents?


That is surprising.  Maybe they accounted for inflation?  Or the fact he never released his tax information so we really dont know what he is worth, monetarily.


Well I'm told that the three wealthiest in history were JFK, Washington and Jefferson.


Wow.  Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana


I'm sorry know one could call me that. Can you imagine if the rule that the runner up automatically became the VP was still in effect, WOW!


I looked it up, it was actually his last name.  Not like hen people call Trump Cheeto.


Well still i'm conflicted, lol! Did youn know that the presidents Guest house is bigger than the white house?


That is crazy.  Im sure Trump is upset that he doesnt have the biggest house, the best house, no one has a house greater than him... lol


Right! Trump and Hillary in the white house together what a reality show. I do however think they should have kept the rule.


That would be amazing!  I definitely tune in for that.


Right! Hey i did not know that fox owned the gaming website IGN.


I didn't. I do know that they tried to sue the simpsons for constantly parodying them.


Right and then discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that only played the Simpson's.


Yeah i'm sure your right but would make for funny late nights. I can't believe that fox is watch more than cnn and msnbc combined, i just don't get it.


Neither do I.  Great chat!  Have a great day.


Hello, do you know much about presidents?


I have never met a real president. I know a little from school. How about you?


Yeah here and there some things. The president of Indonesia is a pop star


A pop star? Well, I guess it's a good side job. Maybe Trump could venture into pop stardom.


Maybe. Do you know who the three wealthiest us presidents are?


Not Trump, though I bet he wants his name on the list three time.


Yeah I bet that too. And the white house is smaller than the great house. Bet he does not like that either


That guest house must be cool. I wonder who gets to stay there. Trump could put up a TRUMP sign and rent it. Then become richer.


Yeah true. The president of Zimbabwe seems to be named Banana


That's a great moniker. I bet he deserved it. What name should we give Trump?


Hmm I am not sure about that. Do you like to travel much?


I do like to travel when I get the chance, which is not often. Time and money are short. What about you?


Yeah me too. Did you ever make it to Japan?


I did. It's an interesting place. What about you?


Yeah me too and I am glad I did not travel by car because it would have cost me $300


The highways are great there. Very fast, not much traffic. People usually take trains though. It's easier and faster.


Yeah that is true, the bullet train is a time saver for sure. Have you veer visited Iceland?


No, but I'd like to. I hear good things about it. It is much prettier than the name suggests.


Yeah but the only way to get around is to either get a car or fly by plane from town to town. They do not have a railway


I guess the terrain is not easy for building railways. Planes are easier. Distances are short.


Yeah that is true, more convenient I guess Nice chat


Do you watch a lot of news programs? I find that they focus too much on the negative sometimes, it can make you depressed.


I don't really watch them but I agree with you. They seem to focus on drama and making people tense and afraid.  I've watched some Fox News knowing it has a republican bias but I have found that it is sometimes more balanced and unbiased in it's approach.


I haven't watched enough of either Fox News or CNN to weigh whether one is more impartial than the other.  I wish there was an option that told it without any bias and worked in some positive stories.


I do too. I would like just straight information, no emotional content at all.  I want information that is important and relevant.  The news makes you think there are no good people or anything good happening in the world then when you come across good in real life you are totally surprised by it.  Another thing that surprises me is that fox news is watched more than cnn.


It also was surprising that they own IGN, a gaming website. I guess media companies do want to be involved in all sorts of ventures.


I suppose they do at that.  Fox News is, or at least tries to be, a serious news organization and yet they've been reported to wanting to start a channel that shows only the tv show the simpsons.


I know that the FXX network, which is owned by Fox, airs a lot of Simpsons reruns. I believe that they have done days where only the Simpsons airs. I wonder if those were test runs for that network?


It might be.  They might be looking to see if there is enough of an audience for an entire channel of it.  It seems strange to me that they'd do that.


I think they would definitely want to air a channel that solely shows something they already own, don't have to create new content, and can add in more advertising revenue.


They can save and make a lot of money that way.  However, they did threaten to sue the simpsons at one time and now they want to make a channel for them.


I never knew they threatened to sue the Simpsons before. I guess they angered them enough to push them that far.


They really did.  They wanted them to stop parodying its famoulsy anti-democratic party agenda.  It's weird to considering both the news and the simpsons are owned by the same company.


It's pretty interesting that they had no issue with all of the other parodies the Simpsons have done but they couldn't take it when it was their turn.


Maybe they thought the simpsons should show some loyalty and they didn't.  Speaking of being disloyal, did you know that a guy in france was able to sell the eiffel tower twice by pretending to be a government official?


It's amazing what some people would fall for. Not only did he pull it off once, he got someone else to believe it a second time. This has to have happened before the internet and globalization of the news.


I don't know.  You would think it does. I mean, a person can just google information nowadays.  Thanks to wikileaks people can find out all kinds of things even though our government had a plan to destroy the site.


I know some of the Wikipedia story but not all of it, certainly not that there was a plan to destroy it. I know their founder went into hiding for a while.


i heard about that too. It surprised me to learn that the government wanted to destroy the site. It seems very undemocratic of them.


I would agree that is seems undemocratic. It shows that every government has a dark side.


i guess no matter what type of government it is that balance between individual freedom and tyranny gets blurred at some point.  I wonder if it is blurred in Nevada. The government owns 86% of the land there.


I think that is more of a result of a lot of that area being used for military bases, former weapon testing sites, and state protected land. A lot of it is vast desert.


Hey there how often do you use the site reddit.com? I know that I use it almost everyday, what about you


Haha what subreddit did you go to? I like seeing the popular stuff, and also I like the fasting section


I usually go to a few different ones. There are so many.


Do you ever vote for Reddit content? Apparently only about half a percentage of the entire site actually vote in those polls


No, I'm not logged in. I just read it for information. What about you?


No I don't think I've actually ever voted in one of the polls haha. I also didn't know that there is an online magazine called"the redditor", I don't know why you wouldn't just check Reddit itself


That's hilarious. The first comment on reddit was apparently a complaint!


Haha that doesn't surprise me. That site is full of people that complain. I do like it though because you can get a lot of information from it. Do you know the Downing Street memo is? Apparently that was the first post on Reddit,  it was regarding that


No, what is that? I've never even heard of that.


No I haven't heard of it either. Do you ever watch football by the way? I know that I watched the Superbowl this year which I normally don't do


I watch football every sunday. The superbowl this year was super boring too.


Yep I agree with you. What did you think about the fact that the average football game only has about 10 or 11 minutes of gameplay? that definitely helped explain why the Super Bowl is boring haha


I'm not surprised, there are a lot of commercials and play calling.


Yeah that's true. Do you know anyone who is an engineer? I never knew that the average engineer makes more, in their lifetime, than the average NFL player, or the average MLB player for that matter


Actually, I'm an engineer, I can believe it.


Yeah it makes sense. Because players don't play their entire lives. Also they can get injured and stuff like that. If you're an engineer, what do you think about the tracking chips that the NFL uses on the field


Yeah, I'm not that surprised by it. Did you know that they use tracking chips embedded in players shoulders?


No I didn't know that. How does that work exactly? Is that even legal? Hopefully they take him off after the players leave the field haha.


I'm not sure, I think they do it to make sure players are ok though.


Yeah I guess they put tracking chips on the ball too. They can track the rotation and velocity. I think that can be useful, especially for stats and stuff like that


How's it going, did you know GOP stands for Grand Ole Party?


I did know that, do you follow politics?


Yea, it's interesting that the Republican party was founded in 1854


It's also interesting that President Truman would not be photographed with Dumbo because he's an elephant.


It's pretty funny the politicians were so petty even in 1957


I think it is safe to say that they were petty well before 1957 as well. \


Yea but it's pretty odd that red and blue have only been used for rebulicans and democracts since 200


Yeah I thought that they were always associated with those parties.