That puts an added dimension to a non-contact sport like golf, I'm surprised it not televised on Fox. Are you a football fan, my old landlord loved the Steeler's and he'd be delighted to know Ben Roethlisberger has the most wins at Cleveland Stadium even over Cleveland quarterbacks. The world would stop on Sunday for him to watch the Steelers from our condo in New Jersey. Are you a football fan have a team out there?


I do not watch football much these days. i try to catch the playoffs and the super bowl. You?


Well, I lived in Kansas City for a decade and had season tickets at Arrowhead and now live near Boston so there's the whole Patriot thing so for Chiefs i'm a fan and Patriots when the locals do well I get cheap/free drinks so I'm a fan once removed. Arrowhead is a great time, but that first NFL Playoff game in 1932 was an 80 yard dirt field inside Chicago Stadium shows just how recent football is in the US, now they don't get a 80 yard dirt track in a hockey stadium but a multi-billion dollar stadium funded usually by the local city not the owner.


yeah, the NFL has its humble beginnings. it has come a long way. now the players are stars and they make serious bank.


I get a lot of heck here in Boston as the Patriots won the last Superbowl, the Chiefs last Superbowl was when Nixon was President but I still where Red. Interesting up until 1978 tennis players could use any object as a racket, have you ever seen a list of objects used? I have to think there were a few creative attempts at getting an advantage in the early days of Professional Tennis.


i guess. i dont know much about tennis. i suppose that players could try to get an advantage but in the end it is about playing ability and coaching i would say.


Yes, I would agree with you. We talk about the budget deficit we passing on to our kids, but did you see the US Military operates 234 gold courses world-wide at a cost of $140,000,000. I'd think if we got serious about balancing the budge there's some some room there to pare back the expenses.


perhaps but the military runs on golf. major decisions are made on the course. nothing can get done without officers drinking and golfing.


Haha, yes, we might be crippled if we didn't have them. Speaking of low cost sports, I must be a luddite. Did you know the official name of the game I call ping pong is actually Table Tennis and ping pong is actually sells table tennis equipment. I've been calling it by the wrong name all these years.


i did not know that. that is a name that makes sense. table tennis. ok. Anyway, great chat!


Yes thank you for the chat, and if you take up golf, avoid that Australasian course with bull sharks in the water hazards. One errant shot and you might lose a leg.


i will take heed of the ozzie courses. that is a good tip. thanks! have a good evening.


Hey how are you doing? You going to tune in on April 28th for the Stanley Cup Playoffs?


Yeah, I will watch the Sharks since they are around the corner!


Very cool, are they having a good year this year?


I think so!  I dont watch until playoffs though I have been to live games.


Very cool, the games are fun to watch even though I don't really like hockey that much. You watch golf at all?


I have tried putting.  The courses are closing around me due to water.  Avg course uses 312000 gallons a day


Yet some people don't have access to any water in this world, Dubai's course uses almost 4 million a day!


Geez.  Did you know Babe Ruth was Americas most famous golfer!


I never would have guessed that, Samuel L Jackson plays a lot of golf too, he's got a clause in his contracts to be able to go golf!


In the middle of production.  He should do  golf movie then!


That would be cool to see. Do you watch the NFL at all?


Do you think there should be a rule that is different in the NFC versus the AFC? Like in baseball with the DH?


No, it is easier in Baseball to do that. They cant even get calls right with chips tracking the ball!


Yah, that is unfortunate. They keep chips in players shoulder pads for data too, that's pretty cool.


They should get a female.  There is no rule against.


Yah, that is a choice they could make. I always thought the NFL stood for the National Football League, did you know it actually stood for the No Fun League? I'm joking though.


Or Not For Long haha.  Average nfl player lifetime earnings is less than an engineer.


I could see that, min contract of like 2 million then done for life? I wish they would be able to get better financial counselling than a check in the box class for when they're 21.


Or then can become engineers still when retired at 25 haha.  By the way, lets hope for a better SuperBowl next year.  Bet the 1970 bowl was better than this one.


For sure, no student loans when they graduate hopefully. It was great chatting with you, I'm going to take off, have a great day!


Its a good thing our government officials are picked by an election.


yeah, in general that is good. i figure that the money in politics is a problem though


Yeah money can really influence voters and alter campaigns, still Im glad we have an election process and not a dictator ruling the country.


Yes, dictatorships are terrible. everyone suffers except a handful of people.


Yeah, like Venezuela, they are suffering a lot because of Maduro, authoritarian regimes are also really bad


Yes, i dont know what we can do there. i dont think that they will have any real elections in the near future.


Yeah I don't think so either and the dictator Maduro blames the US for all the problems Venezuela has


It is easy to blame others. What do you think we should do? Intervene?


I think we should let Maduro be, people are turning against him already, with all the economic sanctions its just a matter of time.


Yes, but how many people will suffer until then? i dont know how long it will take. the neighboring countries cant absorb many refugees. I would like to see another election.


Another election wont work if Madure is the one arraging it and yeah, its sad did you hear about the power outage? the one that lasted like 6 days


I wish that we could get humanitarian aid to them, or to their neighbors. our president could help.


Yes, elections are great when the system works. when the system breaks, we need stronger measures. can colombia help?


I think they can, if things escalate countries can join and expel Maduro from Venezuela, that would create a war though.


I dont think they want to be in a war. they might be able to give humanitarian aid if the US or the UN provides it.


I hope that gets settled soon, poor people of Venezuela they have suffered enough already.


Yes, they have. the country has oil, now it needs democracy and a real president.


Yeah the can rise from the ashes other countries have strange rulers, like the president of Indonesia, the guy released 3 pop albums while in office.


The president of Indonesia must make bank from those albums. i wonder if he is any good. Anyway, great chat!


He must be a really popular president and it was cool chatting, thanks for your time, have a nice day.


hi, did you know the us senate had a gavel for 165 years?


I heard something like that. Are they still using it?


Leave it to Nixon! Apparently the sergent of arms can arrest members of the senate who are absent when it's time to vote.


yeah that is strange and they did it one, dragged the guy feet first into the senate


I guess that what you get for not doing your civic duty. I did not know that woman were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor for a time.


that is so strange and it was actually until very recently 1993


Since the 1900 75% of candidates that were taller have won the presidential elections.


I wonder if there is any correlation there between the candidates and how we perceive them


Since we really ever see them on tv i don't know. You know Trump with all his money doesn't even rank in the top three richest presidents.


yeah that is strange but I guess we need to account for inflation. so who are the top three?


Washington, Jefferson & JFK of course the playboy! haha.


I know right! The president of Indonesia has 3 pop albums out.


talk about a star president. did you vote in the last election?


Sadly i did not, im guilty. could decide either way. You?


Well, maybe it would have been more handy if you were in Nevada where you can choose not to vote for either candidate


Same difference but thats a good option. Could you imagine Hilary and trump in the white house together? back 1805 it wold have been possible.


Honestly no, I cannot imagine, yeah back in the day it was automatic but not sure how it would work now


Couldn't be more of a reality show then it is already, haha. Well maybe!


Dogs I favorite animal by far! They are descended from wolves.


I know! I think that is so cool!  It's probably what makes them intelligent.  Wolves are pretty smart after all.


Yes they very much are. The dog has been the first domesticated animal ever!


Our ancestors knew what they were doing there.  Dogs do a lot of different things for humans.


Yes they do. From hunting, hurting, pulling loads, protection, companionship, and much more.


True. I like how they are able to help disabled people and even give emotional support.


Yes they're so helpful. Dogs can learn over thousand words and can reason better than the average chimp!


They find ways to communicate with us too which really tells you how smart they are.  They are the only animal other than an elephant that can understand pointing.


Very smart indeed. Oh that is interesting. Did you know that dogs drink with the underside of the tongue?


I think that's just the most efficient way to perform it. They have slomo videos on youtube you can watch. Some dogs are so smart that in Russia they can use the subway.


I am not surprised by that at all.  They are not color blind either though some people think they are.


Oh wow that is cool. Unfortunately people used to research on canines. There is a tomb in Russia that honors the dogs who were experimented on.


I'm glad to know they are being honored now somewhere even if it is Russia.  Google honors them by listing in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.


That is so cool. I'm not sure what Netflix thinks of dogs. But I do know that Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100 rating on tomatoes.


Did you know that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth still?


That is quite surprising. With 137 million subscribers worldwide, they make a lot of money.


Yes they do.  Just think it all started because of a 40 dollar late fee.


The one good late fee. I'm glad Netflix decided to expand with streaming in 2010 it is my favorite aspect of the company now. It was great chatting with you thanks!


i'm glad they do streaming too.  It's been great chatting with you too! Have a great day!


I am. Did you know the tower of babel is probably based on a real building?


I heard that story growing up, that is so cool, that fact is new to me, where is that building located?


Modern day Iraq, surprised a building would last that long, to be honest


It must be well built, do you follow the bible? soldiers in WWII used to carry metallic bibles in their chest pockets.


Makes sense, could also protect them and keep them out of the raina nd snow!


Yeah that is also a possibility, did you know Teddy Rosevelt and Quincy are the only US presidents that did not use a bible at their swear ins?


I did not know that. I kinda wonder why?


Maybe they didnt have a bible at hand or their religious beliefs were different from the ones on the bible.


Or they wanted seperation of church and state


That is more logical so on another subject the president of a country has a complicated job


Quite complicated indeed, since he has to deal with government.


Yeah and also deal with all the critics, I think Woodrow Wilson is one of the best presidents in US history.


Really smart man, he is the only US president to have a PHD.


Wow. He also tried to stay out of the wars.


Yeah he believed in peace so that is a good thing, 5 presidents got elected while losing the popular vote I wonder if he was one of them.


Might have. Did you know the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


I didnt know about that, I guess the president receives a lot of visits that cant stay at the White House maybe for safety reasons.


No, I own a Zepplin. Better mileage, but going through the McDonalds drive thru is a challenge...


ya its funny the drive through has only been around since 1975, I wish I had a zeppelin haha


My biggest complaint: no trunk. Cars originally had awooden trunk on the back of the vehicle, and modern cars are equipped with a rear space called the trunk. Can't fit a trunk on the back of my Zeppelin.


haha that and fear of a fire consuming it haha, watch out for visiting south africa, there its legal to put a flame thrower on your car!


Thanks for the heads up!  I hear Cadillac is going to come out with a Zeppelin, named after its founder, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. It will be called the Fat Moth..


haha that sounds awesome! have you eveer played the videogame called Gran Tourismo?


No. But I have been to Mckinac Island. You know, the one where motorized vehicles are banned. I use the hand crank on my Zeppelin when there.


lol your zeppelin can do anything! where else do you travel and would you use your zeppelin even if you had a bus that could go 160mph?


Nice. My Zeppelin only goes0.160 mph, so I don't go anywhere quickly. But King Kalakaua, the first king to travel the globe...used a Zeppelin.


haha we need some pics of King Kalakaua riding a sweet zeppelin!


You know, in 2010, the UN appointed an ambassador to extraterrestrials. He has a Zeppelin too.


ya thats cool, what will you use to keep your zeppelin bouyant when the earth runs out of helium in 2100?


Cow farts. I have been experimenting with this concept, and I have some promising early results. My bigger concern is that 80% of the earths forests have been destroyed. Cows like forests.


haha nice, maybe we cna have a race, you in your zeppelin and me in Iceland taking planes to travel between the major cities because they don't have rail services


Ok. But if I leave for Iceland today, I should be there in 2067. Good thing our days are longer than they used to be when the world was new. If I was operating on 5.5-hour days, I don't think I would agree to go to iceland.


haha yes well humans have only been on this earth for about 1 minute if you count all of planet's history as a 24 hour period haha


Is that calculated in  5.5-hr days, or 24-hr days?


ah haha that would be on a 24 hour day, Id have to do the math to recalculate for the 5.5 hour day haha


Well, according to radiometric dating, the earth is 4.5 billion years old. I don't know how they use radios to calculate the age of the earth, but my Zeppelin has a radio... So, I'm set..


haha you got it all, well make sure to recommend that mcdonalds builds a drive through for your zepellin!


Hey there how often do you read the Bible?


Hey there, I am not very religious so not that many times. But i heard it was part of elementary education back in the day


Yes I think it was. It's interesting how the Bible is made up of different parts though. One part is Judaism. One part is also Christianity. Did you hear about Thomas Jefferson creating his own Bible?


Yeah I guess he did not like this version so he cut out the supernatural parts out of it


Yeah that's kind of weird. Did you hear about the Tower of Babel? You know the history of it, apparently it is based on a real building


Seems like it is, it is somewhere in modern day Iraq. THat is pretty cool


That is cool that the idea of the Tower of Babel was based on a real thing. What are your thoughts on Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams? Apparently they're the only two presidents that did not swear in with a Bible


Well, if they are not religious then they are free to do that. Do you know why the fruit apple got that name?


I think it's because when the Bible was translated, they use the word that could translate into both apple and evil. And that is how it became the fruit in the Garden of Eden, am I right?


Yup that is exactly it. Switching topics, do you know who the three wealthiest us presidents are?


I think it's Washington and Jefferson probably due to inflation, but you would think Trump would be on there, who is the third person?


Yeah I am surprised Trump is not in there. The other guy is JFK.


That's interesting. I wonder how he got so much money. Do you know about President banana of Zimbabwe? I wonder how much money he has LOL


Besides his name I do not know much. How about the president of  Indonesia, the pop star


I don't know that guy's name. But yes I know that you made like three albums while he was in office LOL maybe Trump should do the same with Kanye since their friends haha


Hhahah good point, they seem to be besties. Speaking of Trump, did you know the white house is actually smaller than the guest house?


No I didn't know that. I'm shocked that he would approve LOL. What do you think about the old rule, about vice presidents, before1805


Oh about the runner up becoming the VP? I am not so sure how well it would have worked nowadays


No I think it would just create too much drama. Especially if you had Vice President Clinton and president Trump, just think about the dysfunction and the news stories lol


Yeah exactly, it is too much. Did you know the red and blue colors that democrats and republicans use only came into effect around 2000?


No I didn't know that. That's pretty crazy, you'd think that that had lasted your whole life, what do you think? I think that for me, it's always been that way


hey there what are your thoughts on the us senate?


I think it is a fascinating part of the us government


ya I agree, did you hear that richard nixon actually cracked a gavel that was almost 200 yeras old


No! I also did not know that the only us president to have a phd was Woodrow Wilson.


that is kind of scary, did you know the guest house is actually bigger than the white house itself


That is amazing. I would love to be that guest.


ya, I know that Trump has Kanye over, maybe he could stay in the guest house and they could make a pop album? Like the pres. of indonesia did


Agreed. I think Kanye should definitely run for president next election.


ya I wonder what would happen, did you know the runner up used to become the VP, maybe it will be president Kanye and VP Trump!


Did you know the last president to speak a foreign language was FDR?


no that is crazy, also crazy is how ancient athens would decide their leaders: using the lottery ahha


A cat named hank placed third in the virginia senate election. Hank should have won.


haha I would have voted for him, sad that american voter participation has topped out at 63% though


And 5 presidents were elected while still losing the popular vote.


yup screwy, do you think the dems should run a basketball player in 2020? I guess the taller candidate would win 75% of the time


I'm curious why international election oberservers were blocked from polling places in 2012, they werent allowed in 9 states, that is scary to me


Agreed. And all elections in Oregon are by mail. That is interesting.


ya that would help raise voter turnout, I also like how nevada has a none of the above option when voting


What is the point! I would probably pick that just to say I voted.


haha yup exactly, I like how long elections have been held, I guess that is the way most countries have been run since the 17th century, its a great time we live in


Hi, how are you doing this fine evening?


Pretty good, how about you? Do you watch South Park?


Sure! I really enjoy SP. How many seasons are they up to now? It's a juggernaut!


I like the show too. I'm not sure, but I don't think as many as the Simpsons.


The Simpsons just got renewed for Seasons 31 and 32, I think (?)


Awesome, 32 seasons! Did you watch that 70s show?


That 70s show? No, I didn't catch that one. Is that the one with Ashton whatshisname?


Yeah it was. Well, they tried to remake in the UK and it failed. Hilarious.


The casting is the problem. There is a chemistry among the members, and you can't recreate that easily.


Yeah, I think that is true. I mean there are 750 episodes of Pokemon btw.


I wonder who writes those, or if they just written by computer. Mix and match characters for battles and the episodes write themselves.


I'm not sure to be honest. Did you know that there is a breed of Jellyfish that is immortal.


I hope that it has something to think about. Just floating around like that, waiting for something new to happen? The monotony would be lethal.


Yeah. Well a seahorse is the only fish that has a neck.


It's an unusual feature. Do you get to concerts much?


Sometimes, I went to see linkin park once.


Did you catch one of the 324 concerts that they played in 2001?


I think it may be been 2002, it was great, not like Creed's infamous concert.


Creed should have practiced a few concerts to an empty amphitheater.


Yeah, apparently they are so awful they've been sued multiple times.


LOL. Why do they even bother? Well, I enjoyed chatting!


Not bad.    Have you heard about the school lottery in Washington DC?


I have not heard of DC's but I am from Chicago and we have one filled with political favors...


I can imagine.    Well, on another topic, do you know much about Netflix?


I've read a litle bit.      It is hard to believe they have made 126 original series!


That maybe why they have 137 million subsribers.


True, but they are still billions in debt and increasing the total!


They are popular though. from 9 pm - midnight, it accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.


Netflix and Youtube alone make up half of peak internet traffic in the USA.


Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth? How is that possible?


bandwidth is cheap, and dvds are heavy in bulk!   Funny that the company started due to late fees.


Yes.    Drama is a big DVD category for Neflix.


I like Dramas.    Hugh Laurie is one of my favorite actors from House.


Yes.     Money is almost as good a reason to act as pretty girls according to Michael Caine.


I agree with Caine! There is a website you can listen to for old radio!


I like listening, but also reading such stories.


Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas because of his belief system. I wonder why?


I heard it was something about him only wanting to project positivity.


Hello.  Are you aware of the situation with the public schools in the Washington DC area?


Hi, not really I know there is a school lottery but I'm not up to date on the situation.


It seems that the area engages in an open enrollment type of setup.  This allows families to choose which school the kids go to, but it also ends up causing huge disparities in school quality.


It's interesting there is such a disparity in the quality of schools, in the nations capital no less. The lottery should be fun, not like this.


The problem with a lottery, though, is that the top schools get chosen by most people, and only the lottery losers get stuck with the lesser schools.  Since the most engaged parents are the ones who fight for the better performing schools, it ends up being a self fulfilling prophecy and the lesser schools just get statistically worse.


Not sure why they don't just send you to a school based on your zip code. That way kids are not bused all over the place too and can spend less time traveling.


But, the zip codes are part of the problem as well.  If you limit a child to the school in their zip code, they may be in a school that underperforms.    Since many parents believe that the school itself is entirely responsible for how well their kid does, they start feeling like they are zip code losers and are either stuck in a bad school or need to pay thousands for private schools.


That is true, but at least where I live where you go to school is based on your geographical location. This seems like such a complex issue in DC though. Something netflix should make a documentary on.


If one was done, I could see Netflix producing it.  They seem to be spending more effort on producing their own shows recently.


The content has come a long way since they started. Remember when they used to mail DVD's out? That seems like it was so long ago.


It really does.  I know they still do DVDs on a more limited basis, but their streaming services have huge amounts of use.


Oh I thought it was discontinued. Yeah the streaming is the bulk of their business. It's funny blockbuster didn't want to work with them and look at them now.


What's really interesting to think about is that the streaming has become so big that it alone accounts for a third of the total bandwidth usage in North America.


With higher and higher quality videos that number is probably only going to increase, and of course with more stuff to watch. Last time I looked netflix had almost 150 movies with 100% score on rotten tomatoes.


That's quite a few, and with good quality streaming, I could see the bandwidth go up as well.  DVDs are smaller than HD versions, and more are being produced as HD now.  Between Netflix and Youtube, we almost need new telecom infrastructure to handle the load.


I agree 100% I think 5g is the future since everyone is mobile these days. The speeds will be in the 1000s of megabits! While it's not as cool as being a movie critic, I applied for a job at netflix as a tagger. If I get it I'll get paid to watch movies and tag the content!


That would be a fun job.  5G tech isn't all that different than the existing 4G.  The biggest difference is that 5G requires a fiber optic line to every cell tower where 4G was more of a compression algorithm for data transmission.  It won't hurt to have a 5G network, but I'm not sure how much it would help.


I could do it from almost anywhere too, well except China and a few other places. I went to China last year and was surprised to see Netflix doesn't exist there. They block all kinds of stuff but I figured there would still be a Chinese netflix since it's in most countries.


I've heard that part of the video flagging also has to do with the region it's being watched in.  So, some videos are available in Europe, some not available here, and none in China.


Yes. The regional differences are interesting at times. When I go to Canada they have all kinds of different shows and movies on there that we don't have, but they are missing lots of stuff too. You might find it silly but I noticed they don't have the hour long fireplace video.


That's an odd one to not have.  What do they have running on the tv over the holidays with family over!!  :))


Hey what's up. How do you feel about Trump? Despite everything he has done he has done no wrong in terms of the GOP support.


I think the real statistics on job growth, the GDP, more jobs for minorities and other things show he is doing a good job unlike what 95% of the democrat led press is saying.


Yes I agree with you. Facts are facts. The Democrats often get very emotional. Some would say that the party of Trump has existed for years and has just been waiting for trump to arrive.


That's true I think.  The press is suddenly concerned about the separation of families at the border although that was the standard practice during all of Obama's 8 years.


Yes true. There is a lot of fake news and propaganda going around that's for sure. Republicans and Democrats have always been divided. There hasn't been a president apart from the above 2 parties since 1853!


I'm not a GOP person.  I'm (I) but I can't believe how wacky the dem's have become.  Abortion for full term babies?  Sick.  Now is the first time in my political awareness that the GOP hasn't just bent over and is fighting back.


Yeah it is a crazy time right now for sure. I always wondered why the colors red and blue were chosen to represent the parties. Apparently it only started in 2000.


The bias in the article I just read keeps mentioning Trump's bad behavior. I don't remember him faking a racist attack, going on lavish vacations on the backs of taxpayers during the shut down, advocating violence , etc. That is common among De's.


Yeah that doesn't sound very accurate to me. They should be ashamed of Hilary Clinton. The Republican party would never accept Clinton's antics. in 1957 Truman visited Disneyland and refused to be pictured on the Dumbo ride because he didn't want to be associated with Republicans. Seems a bit extreme.


That's pretty weird of him.  I didn't realize that there's only been one president with a PhD.  It was Wilson.


Interesting. Another kind of odd fact is that every US president with a beard has been a Republican. Better be clean shaven if you wanna be a Dem!


That is funny as is the fact that only 5 presidents have been elected while losing the popular vote.


Yeah that is surprising. Definitely not a perfect system but it works. I am also looking forward to more summits with trump and Kim Jong Un. Summits have been going on a while, even back in the FDR and Churchill days!


I'm surprised with N. Korea.  I'm also surprised that Nixon proposed a minimum income.


Yeah I am too. Now a lot of liberal places are making minimum wage even higher like $15 in Seattle. Putin is kind of been at conflict with Trump too. Apparently when Putin shook hands with the PM of Canada he told him to get out of Ukraine. He is very to the point.


Yes. So much for Russian collusion... I can't believe $330B was pledged at a summit in Russia in 2010 to save tigers.


Wow that is a lot of money. Good for the tigers! Russia also gave delegates and heads of state thumb drives containing a trojan virus capable of picking up information. Very tricky Putin!


Happy for the tigers, disgusted with the Russians... Did you know Lincoln was the 1st president to be photographed for his inauguration?  If he could see us now with our cell phones!


Yeah can't imagine how surprised he would be seeing how things are now, probably not what he imagined. Well it will be interesting to see what the rest of trump presidency will bring. The president of indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office. Luckily Trump hasn't done anything like that!


Yeah, can't see him singing well.  Anything can happen like Ayn Rand being on SS and medicare.


Yes very true. Well it was nice talking with you, have a great day!


What do you think about Trump's performance at Helsinki against Putin ?


Hey! I honestly don't remember it very well. I didn't find something specific in the summit. They didn't reach any agreements, right?


I think some reproach him to be too soft on Russian issues, which goes against Republican ideology.


Right! I forgot about it. Some people noticed he didn't mentione Ukraine, etc. Well, it's true. But I've never believed that Trump is pro-Russian. How about you?


I think he is a businessman at his core, he must have seen the cold war as a waste of money, he does not see Russia as a foe.


True. I guess it's just sort of respect of politician, who is stronger than him. Trump doesn't see such people in the United States. I also surprised that Trump isn't in a list of top 3 wealthiest presidents. It's quite surprising.


Yeah and two of them are really old.  I wonder where their money comes from.


Btw, I've read that US President's guest house is larger than the White House. Do you know where is the guest house is located? I even didn't know there is the guest house


I have never been in Washington. And who would want to be in the guest house ? Hotels have a better service, but less security.


True. I have no idea who is staying in this guest house. It seems logical to say President from all around the world. But I'm sure they prefer president suite in expensive hotels hahaha


Maybe during a g20 summit in Washington, there would be a shortage of presidential suites and a president would want the guest house of the white house.


Makes sense. I'm wondering about the President of Indonesia. He released 3 pop albums while in the office. Looks like funny guy haha


Yeah, you don't often see a president with artistic talent, and he did released 3 album, the first one must have been good to warrant the others.


We don't know actually. Maybe the first album was slof out because of state people, all rich people, etc. He decided this is success!!! haha


Well presidents decide a lot of things, the first president of Zimbabwe decided that he shall be called president Banana. lol


Sorry about mistakes. Just typing to fast... Yes, I guess he is really funny guy! I didn't know all Presidents with beard were Republicans...


So Trump is not a true Republican ? It seems that McCain would have agreed with that.


Well, he is strange Republican haha I'm independent, so I don't really care, but in my opinion he is something different. Friend of mine, who is Republican, doesn't accept him as Republican


The party has changed a lot since its conception, it was a anti-slavery and pro-economic reform. Now it is an anti free trade party.


It's just difficult to believe it was actuallu liberal party. So significant transformation after 1932.


Yeah, that the game of politics interests change just to be elected.  It also became more conservative after 1964.


It was nice to talk with you. Have a great day!


Hey there do you watch television? I don't really watch TV myself


I like watching shows, but TV feels outdated. It's not on my schedule but on the TV's schedule. Very inconvenient.


Yep I agree with you. I would hate having to plan my evenings around certain shows airing at certain times haha. You ever watch the show South Park?


Yes, I really enjoy South Park. It's the best way to learn about pop culture. I don't know about singers and pop stars and the Kardashians, but South Park does.


Yep Southpark keeps me up-to-date with everything haha. Did you see the episode where they made fun of the Family Guy?


I remember that one. SOmething about manatees and balls and story lines with random elements.


Haha you're right. What's funny is that The Simpsons producers send the South Park crew flowers after they did that episode. I think it was a 2-part episode as well


Yes, it was the one with Mohammad in it. I think the controversy put Comedy Central in a difficult situation.


Yep I remember that. Did you ever watch the show Pokemon? Apparently there a 750 episodes out now. I would never be able to catch up with it


I never watched it. It's for kids, right? Probably not really my cup of tea.


It is for kids. I watched it as a kid. I don't know how good it is anymore but it would be fun for me to see what I had seen as a kid now as an adult haha. Do you ever watch The Simpsons though


I watched the Simpsons a lot for the first eight seasons. Then the quality dropped. TV has been too kind to the Simpsons. It needs to disappear.


Yelp The Simpsons has been going for too long. I think it's gotten stale myself. did you ever watch  the show Thomas the Tank Engine?


No, I haven't. Is it claymation? It's a British show, right?


Kind of like claymation. I think it's more just like stop animation because I think you don't really see the movement. Or at least it's with models. I guess I have to watch it again. I used to watch it as a kid haha


It sounds like fun. Do you spend a lot of time on the Internet?


I do actually LOL I definitely use it everyday. What about you?


I probably use the bloody thing too much. The potential for addiction is high, in my case.


Oh for sure. But at least if you travel to the top of Mount Everest you can have 3-g cell service. You can definitely do your Snapchat from up there haha


Yes, that's EXACTLY the reason to go to the top of Everest! LOL. Get that selfie. Kimmy K. would do that, trailblazer of the "selfie movement" that she is.


Haha definitely! Have you ever read the terms of service online? Like when you're on a website? Apparently only 7% of people do and I am definitely not one of them haha


pretty good. did you know that the word for a cars trunk originally is because older cars use to have an actual trunk attached to its back side.


I heard about it.  I found it interesting.


Cars names are basically the name of those that invented them Cadillac, ford ex..


I always thought that Cadillac, as a brand, was invented by an American.  I was wrong.


I believe it was a French explorer named Antonio de la mothe cadillac.


Yes, you are right.  Benz patented his benz motorwagen in 1886.


Yeah how about mc donalds drive thur was invented for soldiers who couldn't get out of the car with their fatigues on.


That was interesting.  They were the first company to have drive through.


If you were the first Amazon customer you could have had a building named after you.


The guy only spent $27.95 to have a building named after him.


I know right, i wonder what building it was. They started as an online book store and later added videos.


Jeff Bezos built a clock that will run for 10,000 years, im told.


I think so didn't really understand it. that guy is trying to take over the world eCommerce though.


He is very ambitious.  Alibaba was ahead of Amazon though in terms of total sales.


Some how he got the postal service to deliver on sundays.


It was amazing that the postal service  was willing to sign a contract.


I know but they just say no ones home. they've gotten in a lot of trouble for that.


Do you know that average warehouse workers working at amazon walk between 7-15 miles per day?


That will certainly help with weight loss. I didn't know that IMBD was own by Amazon.


I did not know either.  They bought Imdb in 1998.


Yup! 4,700 words per minute is apparently the world record for speed reading.


That is amazing!  Anyway, I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


I do not know much about cars but I do know that one of the first cars available to the masses was the Model T Ford in 1908.


Yes, the Model T is awesome. The first car invented was back in Germany in 1886.


I always thought it was Henry Ford but it was actually Karl Benz who patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen.


I always thought that too. Did you know Cadillac was named after a French explorer?


I just learned his named with Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and he founded Detroit. What a fitting name for the brand.


Very cool. Hard to imagine he also founded Detroit.


retained their horse drawn carriages and carts.


Very cool. Did you see in South Africa it's legal to equip a car with a flamethrower?


How interesting. Sorry about my last response my keyboard must have deleted everything before it. What I was trying to say was that the US adopted cars quickly where as Western Europe retained their horse drawn carriages and carts. I do not think they would have been excited about a flamethrower.


No worries - I do that all the time. Apparently, it's to deter car jacking so I imagine that must be a big problem in South Africa.


That is very interesting. We have come a long way from having a wooden trunk on the back of our car but we kept the word to describe what it currently is.


I do a lot of my shopping on Amazon which is part of why the tech giant is the largest internet retailer in the world.


I love Amazon. I order at least one or two things a week on there. Are you a prime member?


No but I probably should be with all the offers to buy. To think it started as an online bookstore and grew to downloads of videos, MP3s audiobooks, software, video games, electronicsm apparel, furniture, food, toys, everything.


It's amazing what they've accomplished. I also saw they own IMDB.


The first amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him!


Very cool! Bezos built a clock into a mountain that can run for 10,000 years.


Interesting way to spend one's money. I bet United States Postal Service made a lot of money from their contract with Amazon to deliver the packages, even on Sunday.


I agree. That's interesting. It was good chatting with you. Take care!


Yes, I love Amazon, although I am still wondering what the whole Amazon Prime thing is about. Do you use it much?


Yeah I do for sure, it is very helpful around the holidays.


How does it work? I haven't done any reading up on it yet.


Well prime is just a monthly membership fee where most items qualify for free shipping, and then you get to use their video streaming service as well.


That sounds pretty cool! I know Amazon has been involved with movies for awhile. They've been owner of IMDB for awhile, I think.


Yeah they have been, since 1998 actually.  Do you know how much the first ever amazon purchase was for?


No...I don't even know if it was high or low. It would be funny if it was for a car or something.


Actually it was pretty low, only $27.95 and it was for the naming rights to a building.


That's really cool! Did you know the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, built a clock into a mountain? That sounds like a unique idea!


Yeah that is very unique, and it sounds like a very unique clock that will run for 10,000 years!


Yes, as long as it's not vandalized, I guess. I didn't know until recently that Amazon in actually the largest internet retailer.


Yeah they are the largest and right behind Alibaba in terms of overall revenue.


That's huge. I once lived near an Amazon warehouse and wanted to work there because I heard the staff gets in miles and miles of walking each day.


Yeah that is very true, they say anywhere between 7 and 15 miles a day as part of their shift.


Isn't that a lot? It's much more than if you were stuck inside reading. I wonder if the delivery drivers get in much walking, too?


Yeah I think that is quite a bit for working inside of a warehouse.


I wonder how many warehouses Amazon has in total? Maybe someday they'll make a drive through one.


That's an interesting thought, I know they just cancelled one they were planning in NYC, a headquarters.


I haven't read about that. I hear some people can read over four thousand words a minute. Wish I could.


Yeah same here, I could be a lot more productive.  It was nice talking with you, hope you have a good night.


I do like it from time to time. I think the last movie I saw was a comedy film from India. What about you?


I like Big Bang Theory. I used to watch House.  I was surprised to know that the main character made $700K per episode.


That's excellent! I wonder how many episodes he got that rate for? I hear they made an entire comedy film off of the SpongeBob Squarepants TV show. Have you seen it?


No, I have not.  I have a CD of one of their episodes.  What do you think about their creator Stephen Hillenburg?


I am so sad to hear he recently died! He said that he wanted to raise ocean awareness and I think he did an excellent job in the form of those great comedy shows and films.


Lou Gehrig's disease is another name for it, I think. I'd hate to get that telephone call from the Doctor saying I had that disease. What would you do first?


I would not know what to do.   Hillenburg stayed with the show until the day he died.


He had a great start. Many people born in the midwest like him dreamed of coming to the coast to study marine biology. Not many did it. I wonder if he would have ever done any drama, or would have been loyal to comedy only?


I have no idea.  He attended Humboldt State University in California to study marine resources.


The ocean really is fascinating! He said he was inspired by Laurel and Hardy and their comedy films in a telephone interview, once. I like them, too! The Three Stooges are also great at comedy.


Niclelodeon's creator spotted Hillenburg's talent


He was very lucky to have that person in his social circle! I wonder if any of the SpongeBob episodes have anything about the cables on the bottom of the ocean that carry internet and telephone data? It seems very haphazardly made.


I was surprised to know that phone and internet data cables are just lying there on the ocean floor.


Yes! I didn't realize data was even sent that way anymore for telephone data, let alone internet data. Isn't everything wireless and satellite now?


I'm sure they are still connections that are transmitted via cables especially in under developed countries.


That's true. I think telephones are fairy new technology to some places. I heard 212 was made New York's code because you could enter it the fastest on an old rotary phone. Why not 121, then?


I don't know.  121 should be faster.  How did New York be so lucky to get that number?


Meant to say fairly, not fairy. I don't think fairies would use telephones to communicate! I wonder if it's true that you can't get two phone books apart with their pages overlapped together?


Hello, have you ever spent money on lottery tickets?


No but my wife spends money on the lottery every week which I support.


really, nice, As a married couple, have you ever worked out how much money you're each allowed to spend on fun without the other one's approval?


No not really. She usually just spends a couple of bucks. Hard not to play when the amount reaches over a Billion dollars


oh now I got you lol. Sometimes I also buy lottery tickets but not that much. People regularly lay down cash on things their spouses could reasonably argue are throwing it into the trash. manicures, sports tickets, car washes, smartphone upgrades lol


I could never write to a columnist to air my disagreements with wife to ask for advice especially when it does not seem like a big deal like the article suggests


Yes I am totally agree, She spends a lot of time on social media?


The columnist ended by saying that the reader quit being so petty...lol


lol do you like horror movies? which one is your most favorite?


really?? I watched all of them but for me they are not horror movies, they are disgusting, like the house of wax


Horror films can be much more than just blood and guts though


yes that's what I'm trying to say, i like mysterious horror movies, like the one with Nicole Kidman, don't remember the name of the movie though. Did you know that Watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories.?


No, that is a weird fact. They say Stephen King was scared of bambi too which is very hard to believe


My wife has an X1 I bought for her last year


I have M6 blue color, I bought it this year and it is really amazing though gas is too expensive for it lol  Did you know that Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues?


I had heard that before (drive thru). Wife's BMW has all the bells and whistles like GPS and in car entertainment


yes. did you know that The nintendo entertainment system was finally discontinued in september of 2003 in japan?


I love going to the beach but not a strong swimmer.


Yeah me either. The US is really strong in swimming apparently worldwide. We've won the most gold medals.


Maybe it is because of the swimsuit. There was one banned in the 2008 olympics because it was won 94% of all races.


I wonder if it did all the swimming for them?


Funny. I would think that it was the type of material it was made of but I'm not sure.


The real test would be to bind their hands and legs and make them swim in it to see how they do, like a dolphin.


The front crawl is suppose to be the fastest and most efficient stroke.


It is for my kids who swim competitively. My oldest is also pretty good at the breast stroke.


I do the freestyle which means anything to keep me from drowning.


Apparently the front crawl was introduced by Native Americans to  the early Brits who came over.


I wouldn't have thought that the Brits would be swimmers. It is cold there.


They are sailors so they need to swim some time.  At cornell university all students have to take a basic swim test. I wonder if they can doggy paddle?


I'm sure they can doggy paddle. I like to float on my back mostly.


I hadn't really watch football until I started dating my ex. He loves the Patriots.


Former Patriots running back Ben Jarvis has never fumbled the football. Pretty impressive.


That is wild. Must of had glue on his hands.


Something like that...lol...I wonder what it was?


How's it going? Do you enjoy comedy films? Apparently comedy films have been around since silent films


yes I do! I love Evan Almighty and apparently it was the highest cost comedy to make at over 200 million


Yea, that movie had a lot of special effects. I really found pineapple express funny, I didn't know some call it a bromantic comedy


haha Ive never seen it, I do like monty python, I guess the programming language python was named after that grouop


Yea, that and spam. Did you know 3rd rock from the sun won a golden globe over Seinfield, friends, and Frasier? That must have been a really funny season to beat those shows


wow that is crazy because seinfeld is great, have you seen green lantern with Ryan Reynolds?


No I haven't, I heard a lot of people didn't think it was too good


ya it was horrible, but I guess originally it was going to star Jack Black, who knows that could have been better, not sure how it could be worse haha


Maybe they should of tried Jim Carrey, he stopped doing drama movies because they don't project positivity


ya that is werid but to each their own, do you ever watch Comedy Central?


Yea, almost everyday, I love watching South Park, better than watching dramas like House where Hugh Laurie is paid 700,000 per episode


ya I agree, I like comedy more, sad taht comedy central cancelled like 100 shows, they always seem to cancel the ones I like


Yea shows don't last too long usually. I remember Demetri Martin had a show on there,. It's crazy Demetri dropped out of Harvard law due to boredom


haha well I can imagine that would be boring, weird taht Patrick stewart teaches masters class acting, he must not be bored with it


Probably not. Michael Caine took acting classes in high school just to meet girls


haha can't blame him there, do you like Jon Hamm? he was also a drama coach for a high school


Yea he's good. I really like Bill Murray, he things Kung Fu Hustle is one of the best comedies ever made


yup, that is a great movie, have you ever watched the show Ikea Heights?


No, never heard of it. Do you know if it's any good?


well it is shot in an ikea store with no ones knowledge, so its either really awesome or it could be horrible haha


I see. Will I got to go, have a nice day


Nice talking to you, and check out that Ikea show!


Great! How are you? The universe is fascinating! If you could fold a piece of paper in half 103 times it would be as thick as the observable universe.


I'm doing good thank you. I love hearing about the universe. I saw there are scientists that think the universe evolved through natural selection.


An interesting idea! Our universe could be the fittest one to survive...so far. Some think that the universe may exist inside a black hole.


That would be crazy if it exist inside a black hole. That all gets really confusing to me.


Yes, maybe we're stuck at the bottom of a giant gravity well. Guess I'll have to stick to this universe. LOL


LOL. There is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.


I don't mind so much. We probably could do with a few less galaxies here. The deepest note in the universe is emitted by a black hole, producing a note 57 octaves below middle c. I guess the universe is a noisy place.


Wow that's loud! I saw that the universe may be one giant superhologram.


I guess that makes us little holograms. I'm speaking to a hologram!


It is a fun game to watch. I think that the US loves the game. Do you like it?


I love football. The University of Iowa painted the opposing teams locker room all pink.


I guess they thought that would have an effect on the other team. Not likely to do much. Or everyone would do it.


I agree lol. In the 1960s, the top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars.


The golden age of bowling. Never to return. I wonder how much they actually made. Was it through endorsements? Hot dog and pizza companies?


I have no idea, but it's definitely gone down hill as sport.


They haven't resorted to pink lockerrooms or pink lanes or pink pins yet though.


Haha. The highest score ever in a football game was 222-0.


I guess one team was trying to prove a point? I feel sorry for the winners. A shameful display.


How's it going? Did you know that the spatial size of the entire universe is still undetermined?


Yeah i guess I did know that, theres a lot we dont know about the universe I like reading about it, amazing how much is out there for out discovery


Yea it's crazy that ancient Greeks and Indians even developed models of the Universe


I know right, there are scientist with crazy theories like how the universe evolved through natural selection, sounds crazy but they might be right


That and the theory the universe may be just on large superhologram


Yeah thats another crazy theory or the one of the universe only having one electron


Thats crazy if the universe only has one electron, that means I wasted a lot of time in Chemistry class


I guess we all did lol, amazing how there are starts that are cold enough we can touch them with our bare hands


That is crazy, I wonder if they get pulled by the region of space that may pull galaxies outside the observable universe


I might have to read more about the subject but its a possibility, that region seems hostile and really dangerous


¥ea, the only danger I like is watching football. Did you know ESPN won an emmy for the superimposed yellow line for the first down?


I didnt even know ESPN created the yellow first down line, I guess it changed the game forever so it was a deserved award


Yea it's a great invention. Did you know there is a RB who never fumbled a football in his career, his name is Benjarvus Green-Ellis


He never fumbled the ball!! how he must had been a really skilled player, what team did he play for? do you know?


I know Benjarvus Green-Ellis played on the Patriots not too long ago and possibly another team(s)


Oh so he was a part of the Patriots anyways do you like to swim?


Yea I like to swim when I have the time. It's insane the US has more gold medals in swimming than the rest of the world combined


It is crazy! we have great swimmers maybe they all used that banned swimsuit that 94% of the races were won using it


I never knew cornell university required students to pass a basic swimming test before graduation


I think thas a great thing, swimming is a basci skill needed for survival more universities should do the same thing, promote swimming


Well I've got to go, nice chatting with you


On afternoons like this, I sometimes just want to break out into dancing


Square dancing is hard to do by myself, but it is something I enjoy doing in a large group. I think it's something we're born with because babies by instinct start dancing and smiling when music is playing


We played Mozart and and Chopin to my wife's belly when she was pregnant - do you think that really works?


I wouldn't be surprised if it does. It's an art form that all cultures have some form of. And all of us know Michael Jackson for his dance moves


Michael Jackson's dance moves are so transcendent that he's still relevant and got the Virginia Governor in trouble!


I've heard that to get the extreme lean in those moves, he had a patent on a device. I wonder how it works


It was a slot in his shoe that hooked to a nail in the floor, creating that really cool lean effect.  Smooth Criminal was the video I think.


Wow! That's smart. Even Bruce Lee has had some great dancing back in his day. Back in 1958, he won the ch-cha championship in Hong Kong


You certainly know a lot about dancing!  I did not know that about Bruce Lee, but it doesn't surprise me because most Martial Arts are very dance like involving routines.


That's true. Tupac is another one who had a background of dancing. In high school he did ballet and played the mouse king in the Nutcracker.


I wan't a huge Tupac fan as a musician/rapper, but one of the movies he was in, Juice, is one of my favorites.  So again, it doesn't surprise me, ballet a little maybe, that he was also a good dancer.


Sometimes I wonder what shoe they wear. I know ballet dancers wear pointe shoes, and professionals can go through four pairs in a week!


That has to be painful, pointe shoes and pointeing on your tippy toes - I can't imagine.  The things people do for art and dance right?


True. Dancing is good exercise though. One of my old roommates used to watch clips from the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance"


I knew a few girls in high school and college who were ballet dancers and their feet and toes were mangled!  They all loved it tho!


Everyone has their passion. Have you ever seen any of those dancing television shows?


I know of them, but don't really watch.  I like the Simpsons, if a baseball game isn't on.  Bart is an icon and in has only not appeared in one episode in the history of the show!


I guess it makes sense since he is a main character. The crew of the Simpsons sent flowers to the producers of South Park when their finale aired. That's some good camaraderie


Small industry = camaraderie and respect.  I wonder if Pokemon in Japan is like the Simpsons in America?


There are over 16 years' worth of episodes with 50 per year. It must be popular!


What do you like to do for entertainment?


I listen to a lot of music on YouTube and read fiction. How about you?


I like playing nintendo, even though it only has 54 colors, do you ever play that?


I'm not much of a gamer. I'm happy Hybrid Theory was so popular. I love Linkin Park and groups like that from the early 00s -- they were kind of a holdover from the golden age of grunge.


I love Linkin Park, sad about their singer. I had that cd in 2001!


Yeah, I listen to it a lot now. Also the White Stripes from the same period, almost as much as I listen to the old 90s acts.


I was all about NWA in the 90s lol. They had their album go platinum without major air time or tours


I just heard some of the stuff on the radio, but they were really a formative influence on rap. I remember all the controversy.


they did, it was huge controversy. I want to hear an album that 2 100 year twins made in japan.


That must be worth checking into for the human interest value, if nothing else. Cool that they're still that active and interested in doing stuff.


yea I am sure they are dead now lol. It was 1992 I believe


That would definitely be a world record for longevity if they were still alive. Also cool that Dark Side of the Moon is so popular. You ever do that trick of syncing it with Wizard of Oz?


For sure! No I did not, what is the trick, I am so interested now!


I couldn't get it to work, but supposedly if you start the album and the movie at the same time, there are some really weird coincidences between movie scenes and songs.


wow, that is amazing. Maybe soon I will try that lol. Did you know how Bill Nye got his start?


Not until now. I don't see the resemblance at all, but maybe at the time they looked similar.


Yea Steve Martin and him I can't see it. Maybe a younger one of each could work. It is kind of like Reagan not having the presidential look for a movie role


Yeah, I'd never heard that one before. But he was a lot younger then.


For sure, if only they could see him years later lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


not yet? Well lets play some nintendo then, we can get some from japan since they only stopped making them in 2003!


Surprised that chickens were bred for entertainment and not food


i guess chickens are still with us but the nintendo system has been discontinued


Well with only 54 colors what did you expect!


i guess time changes like looks, but maybe Michael Caine got better with age so now he can get the girls without acting anymore.


With that mug I don't thing so,its just his money. What about Reagan being rejected for a movie role due to not looking presidential.


i am not quite sure what a president is suppose to look like, but if I was paid $700,000 per episode like Hugh Laurie, I would look how ever the director told me to look.


I agree, Hugh Laurie is another looker. I was surprised to hear his British accent at an awards show.


He has a very upper class accent, He also read the classics at Oxford so he may of read Aristotles poetics.


Wow I did not know that so learned and has to play a disabled drug addicted doctor on House.


The best money can afford that why he needs to be paid $700,000


I wish I could get in on that gig, I have most of the components and can fake a British Accent.


Or you could make average music like Linkin Park and have the best selling album of the century.


Nah it would go against my belief system to make average music, like Jim Carrey and dramas.


but if he did drama he could represent both masks of drama


Maybe in a remake of his hit move The Mask!


lol, talking of amusing, I must check out those 100 year old rappers.


I was just thinking that. That would make for a hilarious Youtube Video.


so would bring back chickens for entertainment, I could create a new youtube channel


Yes full circle I wonder if Hugh Laurie's relatives were being entertained by those chickens.


if they were, their descendants have gone up in the world


I need to get to a farm and watch some chicken entertainment!


still more entertaining than watching dance like they did in royal courts


Have you ever heard of Reel big fish, never heard of them.


No, or any of their stuff but i am glad the dark side of the moon album is still appreciated


Yes it is very Haunting, perhaps Pink Floyd can cover some of Reel big fish hahah.


or the NWA, it would make straight out of compton different


you are right maybe Bill Nye would be a better choice, he has already broken into the look a like business, may be this could be a new direction for him


Or he could be the new singer of Pink Floyd singing NWA songs.


or good possibilities, i still don't know who Jon hamn is,


I didn't know elie kemper was erin from the office I thought it was another person.


But strong enough to have another series on TV.


I love the Olympics. So diverse and the bobsledder from Jamaica wants kids to see someone like him.


I agree with your point there.  Olympic games have the ability to unite people together


The usoc director says they are not where they want to be quite yet.


in your opinion, the game will be better or worse in term of competition and peaceful purpose of the game


I think with all the negativity in the world. The Olympics is what brings us together. Do you like hockey?


I have only watched a handful of games.  But I like other sports like football, basketball, tennis.  You?


I like hockey. Not very many African Americans play hockey. The US hockey team lost to a highschool team 6-3


Wow, that is bad for a pro hockey team to lose to a highschool team


Yes it is. In 1930 a goalie caught fire after a puck hit a box of matches in his pocket.


What.  The puck must have traveled at an incredible speech to cause such fricition


Probably. Did you know Snoop Dogg wrote a fight song for his son's foot ball team


I heard about those songs, but I have never heard the songs myself.  These songs must be hilarious and interesting


A high school football stadium in Texas cost $60 million to build


I am wondering where that stadium is so that I want to play on that field for just 1 minute.  Hahaha


Allen, tx. The big flags at the games weigh 1,100 pounds!


It must cost them a lot of money to build such flag.  Btw, did you know that ESPN won an emmy award for the creation of the superimposed yellow line representing the first down line for the nfl games


The highest paid coach are from the armed forces teams


ohh, I see.  Btw, nice chatting with you.  Enjoy your holiday


Hey I do like some sports. One of my favorites is hockey, what about you?


I'm not really into hockey. Never understood the game.


I think it's interesting. And I like how athletic you have to be in order to play. I'm always curious though why Canada is so good at it. It's one of their National Sports


The Canadians put their kids on the ice at age two. They hope their son or daughter will be famous.


Haha that makes sense. But like I said, hockey is a very athletic game, a player can lose up to 8 pounds just from one game


That is intense. I'm surprised those guys don't just pass out on the ice. That's a lot of water weight.


Yes I bet the water turns to ice too LOL. It's always interesting to me you can transition in ice hockey ring into a basketball court too, they're about the same size


True. I guess there is insulation or the court would feel cold.


Do you like the sport of football though? I know you said you don't like hockey, but football is also a very physical sport


Football is physical. Too many injuries for my taste. The game starts and stops a lot too.


Well one thing I like about it is that you can watch on TV and the TV will show where the first down marker is with the yellow line, apparently ESPN got an Emmy for inventing that, makes it much easier to follow the game


ESPN got a little lucky there, I think. The line is a nice addition, but did it deserve an award? Hm.


I think the top Bowlers in the 1960s deserve an award though, they actually made twice as much as the top football players at the time, that's impressive enough to get an award from me haha


I wonder how much money that actually was then. Football had little money. College ball was popular.


Well the highest scoring football game of all time was actually a college game, it ended at 222 to 0 LOL talk about a blowout


That is a shame. I don't like lopsided games like that. Cruel.


Yes I would have been very sad to be on either team that day. It seems like a very unfair game I wonder if Cumberland was just really bad or if Georgia Tech was just really good


Cumberland was terrible. GT was a powerhouse. The game should never have been schedule.d


What do you think about the Patriots running back? Specifically BenJarvus Green-Ellis, he's never fumbled the ball, is he a Powerhouse as well? It sounds like he is to me


He is good. He should get a bonus. Anyway, thanks for the chat!


I agree he should get a bonus! Maybe either win an award too, I'm just glad that all teams don't paint their locker rooms pink


Hi, do you watch hockey? A professional hockey player will lose up to 8lbs in one game! lots of sweat.


I don't really watch hockey. From what I've seen, it must be hard on the body. Eight pounds sounds right.


Yes. You'd think they'd be cold too. I guess the ice isn't that bad though. Otherwise basketball players would complain when they cover the ice for them to play.


I expected tthat the court would get cold, but maybe there's insulation over something.


There must be. Since you don't watch hockey do you like football?


I do like football, but I usually watch around playoff time.


ESPN does such a good job with their football broadcasts. They even won an emmy for creating that superimposed line. Every other network copies it now.


It was an improvement, but I wonder if it deserved an award. I guess sports networks operate by a different standard.


I'm sure the guy who made it is happy. NFL is so much newer then other sports leagues. As recently as the 60s bowlers would make twice as much as football players.


I think college ball was probably the big thing in those days. And TV might not have had the following yet.


Now it's just a glorified farm system for the nfl. The highest scoring football game was a college game georgia tech beat cumberland 222-0 way back in 1916. I guess they had no mercy rule.


I think the GT coach should have put in the third string. Or maybe the cheerleaders. Why run up the score?


He's long dead so we won't be able to find out. Maybe they could make a movie about it. A disney movie perhaps.


Yes, a ragtag bunch of CUmberland players hoping against hoping. They win money on a wager and manage to save their stadium? LOL


Hey sounds better then frozen. Maybe they could get the same director.


I never saw Frozen. I guess it's popular, but not really my cup of tea. If anyone could find a story in the CUmberland defeat, it's Disney.


I didn't really like it, but I gave it a chance since it was the first disney movie directed by a woman. For a family friendly company they really are behind in the times.


Money dictates the choices in Hollywood. When the money is in being family friendly, Disney will be there.


They even reused a bunch of scenes in older movies to save money. If they did that now people would go nuts.


I guess they had the footage and thought, "Why not? Nobody will know."


Before the days of people watching movies many times. Speaking of that I think I'm going to go watch Wreck it Ralph. That is a great disney movie. Goodnight!


There's a sequel to that, I believe. Have fun! Good night!


Hello What do you think of the president?


I feel we did not have good choices to chose from.  So in my mind he was not a good choice but a lesser bad choice.   What do you think of his summit with Kim?


To be honest I dont follow it that much.


Well, it was not a success.  But that was not unexpected considering negotiations with North Korea are tricky at best.  Did you know that it's tradition for the Irish Prime Minister to visit the White House on St. Pats day?


I did not know that. I think it is a real sign of respect when the Irish spend st Patrick's day with you.


I would also think its a sign of influence of a small nation given that Irish immigrants made up a large part of early American population.  I wonder if the P.M. will ask Trump why he canceled the earlier November trip to Dublin?


Not sure. I think he probably would bring it up at least in conversation.


From the news coverage I read, protesters were ready to take on Trump the minute he set foot in Ireland, including at his golf course in Doonbeg, County Clare.  Even the Irish Labour Party was part of the protests!


Well thats not good for trump. Did you know the white house has a twin in ireland as well as one in france.


I did not know that.  But I did read that a smaller scale replica is a private residence in Atlanta.


Yeah I heard about that two. It took the secret service four days to realize the white house had been hit on nov 11 2011


That's had to give the sitting President a moment of pause.  Did you know President Carter installed solar panels on the White House only to have them removed by his successor, President Reagan?


I believe Bush put them back on. If Im not mistaken.


You are correct!  Its amazing how petty some differences can be.  It seems that each wants to leave their mark on the White House, or erase someone else's!   Given our engagement in the world, I surprised that no President has been fluent in a foreign language since Franklin D. Roosevelt.  I sometime wonder if negotiations get muddled in translation?


Im not sure about that. Did you know that teddy roosevelt banned christmas trees from the white house?


Teddy was a conservationist and the founder of the National Park System.  So, I guess he was against tree murder!


I guess he was. He could have used a fake tree. I have never had a real christmas tree in my life.


I'm not sure artificial trees were mass produced back then.  I on the other hand have only had a real one, cut from the woods at the back of my property.  Given each President's take on his stewardship of the White House, its good to see some traditions transcend each president.  Like the receiving of a congratulations card if you mail them a birth announcement.


That is pretty cool of them to do. I think the government should just go ahead and send one to every person born.


Not I.  Could you imagine the added costly bureaucracy that would create?  We have too much government as it is.  I would prefer if the White House would focus on easing international tensions.  It seems like Trump did not faire well with his first summit with Putin last July.  Perhaps its time for a do-over to try to get Russia to try to stand down with its military aggression.


Yeah I dont really know what to think about Russia. I know they are not stupid, but they have no fear. I dont think they really want war though.


Its a lot like a game of "chicken" trying to see who will "blink' and stand down first.  Unfortunately, that is high risk.  I just hope we can ease the tension before an unfortunate "accident" occurs which could lead to armed conflict.  Perhaps he needs to invite Putin to White House.


That would probably be a great idea. Well Im gonna have to run. It was good chatting with you.


Same to you.  Lunch break is over and its time for me to attend a "summit" at work, also known as a marketing meeting.  Take care...


Did you know that the runner-up for the US President used to automatically become the vice-president?


I never knew that, did you know that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while he was president? Crazy.


The presidency and fame from other sources have been merging in the last few years.


The guest house on the whitehouse property is bigger than the white house itself!


That makes sense.  It is probably a newer building.  It has more stories as well.


I haven't seen it, I didn't even know there was one on the whitehouse property.


I think it is called the Blair House.  It is where a new President resides for a few weeks before the inaguration.


Oh ok, I do remember hearing that and it makes sense now.  I see that the 1st president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana, do you reckon that was his name?


I cannot imagine why that happened.  I did read that a banana is the item sold most frequently by WalMart.  It sounds like an insult to me.  I would not want to be called that.


I bet it is the most sold item at WalMart, I go through about 20 a week just by myself, being Vegan!


It is healthy and economical.  I eat about 3 per week myself.  I am surprised that Trump is not one of our 3 wealthiest presidents.


True, I didn't know that about Jefferson, I did know he was the president to implement the National Park system, which i'm very thankful for.


I agree.  When I lived in Texas, I learned that when the country of Texas joined the US, the US would not take over the national debt, so Texas kept all of their parks.  The found so much oil on them that it really paid off for Texas.


That's where i'm at.  I'm pretty surrounded by National Forest land, which is nice and quiet!


The lack of state income tax is primarily due to oil on state lands.  You get one barrel out of every 6 for royalty where normal property owners only get 1 of 8.


yes, I didn't know that President Roosevelt was a conservationist and wouldn't allow any Christmas trees to be put in the white house, because of that.


That is interesting.  I wonder who took the solar panels off the George W Bush put back on.


I don't know, I think it's crazy that when the gunman riddled the whitehouse with bullets in Nov, 2011, the Secret Service didn't even realize it for up to 4 days! Scary.


I could understand that.  It would take some pretty sophisticated sensors to know that a bullet just passed a certain point and struck a wall.


I would think that there is armed guards outside the whitehouse though, that would hear the shots?


I think they knew there were shots, they just did not know where the bullets went.  Guess I will go now.  Bye.


Hi, do you want to talk about the White House, the President, or the Summit Meeting?


Let's talk about the White House, did you know that they have twin buildings of it in both France and Ireland? I wonder if they're the same on the inside as well


Good question. If they are twin buildings, I would think that they are mostly the same on the inside and the outside.  Since our White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, I wonder if the street names are the same in Ireland and France?


That's a good question! I wonder if they have solar panels on the roof to? That's what George Bush put on our current White House


Cool, I also heard that it took the Secret Service four days to realize that bullets had struck the White House back on November 11, 2011.


It is really scary. also scary that the White House still uses floppy disks, I don't know why they wouldn't switch over to USB by now


Yes, I agree. What's another strange thing is that Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House. Apparently he was a staunch conservationist.


Yes that is interesting, I know that you like to hunt to which is weird, do you think he was one of the top three wealthiest presidents?


No, the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Yep you're right. I wonder how rich president banana of Zimbabwe is still? You think he's as rich as Jefferson?


No, no way. but bananas are probably their main export so that's why they called him that. What about the president of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums while office? That's cool.


That is cool, maybe Trump will try to release a pop album to compete haha, why do you think the White House Guest House is bigger than the White House itself?


I don't know, maybe that have a lot of friends to pay back!  Ha, Ha, Ha.  What you think about the Summit Meeting? Did you know that a Summit meeting is an international meeting of heads of state or government usually with considerable media exposure, tight security and a prearranged agenda?


Yes that is interesting. It's crazy that they only started to do Summit meetings in 1955 with the Geneva Convention Summit, you think they would have tried to do them earlier


That is strange but now-a-days, international summits are the most common expression for global governance. Before the middle 1950s, most people and governments didn't think in terms of "global" anything.


Yes I think you're right. What do you think about Russia giving infected USB drives at a summit once?


Gee, that's bad. also they gave out phone chargers containing Trojan viruses, too. Those viruses were capable of picking up computer and phone data. How awful.


Haha yes I agree. I think that's a really dirty thing to do, have you ever played the video game Eve online though?


No, I haven't personally played that game but I know online video game championships are all the rage now-a-days. Back to the Summit conversation, I did know that in 2007 Australian satire group the Chaser successfully impersonated the Canadian motorcade to enter the secure zone of the APEC world leader's summit.


That's interesting, I only brought that game up though because it actually won an award from the United Nations, which was the world Summit award


Yes, very cool. back to the Australian satire group, well they were only caught because one man stepped out of the car dressed as Osama Bin Laden. How insane is that? Nice chatting, Bye.


Sure, I appreciate a good camera angle! How about you?


Yeah me too for sure. do you know who pioneered the use of wide-lenses?


James Wong Howe of course! Oscar-winning cinematographer if I recall correctly.  Was he American?


He was Chinese-American. The guy went through so much. Because he married a white woman his marriage was illegal until 1948 due to racism.


Sounds like a good movie script.  Did  you know that cinematographer Roger Deakins has been nominated 13 times and yet has never won? What, are there like only four cinematographers in all of Hollywood?


I know how can one be nominated so many times and not win, they must be doing something great to be nominated so many times


And yet the Academy has never nominated a woman for the category of cinematography. Now I understand why. Roger D gets all the nominations!


hahaha i guess, but yeah seems like there is not much diversity there. do you know who was the camera man for spartacus?


Yeah and he was so eccentric that he took the camera and did it himself. he must not have been pleased with the camera guy.


That's entertainment! You know, when Caesar visited Britain in around 500 BC, he noted that breeding chickens was considered entertainment there? I guess it is all relative!


exactly it is very relative. did you ever play with a nintendo?


Initially nintendo could only display 54 colors


But that was a huge advancement at the time over monochrome games like Pong!  I cried the day they retired Nintendo. I think it was in 2003, but it still brings a tear to my eye...


I know we all loved it so much. speaking of entertainment, did you know president Reagan once auditioned for a movie?


A lot more than once! I loved his performances on the Dean Martin celebrity Roasts! To which movie were you referring?


he auditioned to play the president in a movie, do not know the name. i guess he played the president anyways, this time for real


I guess the look is in the eye of the casting director? You know, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, broke into acting by winning a Steve Martin look alike contest. That is not surprising to me, because I always felt Steve Martin modeled his movie performance in "The Jerk" after Bill Nye!


Go figure right. You never know when the opportunity is going to come knocking. it was nice chatting with you.


This whole topic is really tough. Moonves just got fired for cause and lost millions!


Sexual misconduct is a very serious charge and this must really affect the entertainment industry considering his role.


Yeah. I just am so sad for all the victims. It puts them in such a bad spot.


Having lots of power it must be hard for the victims to stand up to someone in such a position.  Harvey Weinstein stories of women set the bar high


Yeah... on . lighter note, When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


That's a sweet gesture.  There are actually 750 episodes of Pokemon.  Have you seen any?


I have in passing... i have a 7 year old. How about you? Pokemon fan?


kids used to like it but outgrown I guess.  There is only one episode of the Simpsons without Bart


I did not know that... 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes.


No woman was ever nominated for best cinematagrapher academy award.


Really, that has to be strange not have a women nominated. I feel like they should have been nominated, at least.


Yes, you would think.  Cinematographer Roger Deakins though has been nominated 13 times without a win for the best cinematographer oscar


When caesar visited britain, around 50bc, he noted that its people bred chickens not for food, but for entertainment


I wonder how they entertained? Bill nye seemed to entertain and he got a break in entertainment by winning a steve martin lookalike contest.


Yeah... Ronald reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look."


That is funny!  The nintendo entertainment system was discontinued in 2003 in Japan.


Really? What about the switch. Seems weird.


Maybe that means the original?  It talks about the entertainment system only displaying 54 colors.


Entertainment like storytelling, music, drama, dance and other performances exist in all cultures


Hi,  i used to watch Netflix. Not now. Do you watch Netflix?


Yeah I watch it,  a lot actually.  Did you know they spend more on postage than bandwidth ? lol


I expect that there are a lot of people with slow internet. They can't get it online so they use the postal service.


Sure.  I hear Blockbuster passed up an offer awhile back to buy Netflix,  crazy huh.  They also tried to do their own mail dvd service,  looks like it didnt pan out.


I think Blockbuster underestimated this upstart. Netflix now rules. I wonder if another company will ever take their place.


Theres a lot of streaming that is getting popular now,  I think HBO is probably the next best,  HULU is really good too.


I know that HBO has great shows like game of thrones. They are top notch for entertainment.


Yeah its pretty good. Netflix and youtube make up half of peak internet in north america


People need their entertainment. Their lives are shallow and hollow, worst than a marshmallow, thicker than tallow. What would they do without the Internet to salve their burnt souls.


What is tallow?  I dont think that about people,  I think that some people do spend way too much time on the internet and social media,  but I think a lot of people have a good balance.


I think people are addicted, not to tallow, but to the Internet and its many pomps and devices. It is insidious, almost a drama unfolding before our very lives.


You are using the internet right now though.


It looks like I am, true, but am I using it, or is the Internet in fact using me? Where is the drama coming from, and where does it go? Is the Internet a form of entertainment, or a form of drama?


I think it depends on the person and what the persons intentions are.  I dont think the majority of people are addicted to it though.  Speaking of drama,  did you know jim carrey doesnt do drama films anymore?


Jim Carrey knows that drama plays into the hands of the Internet and its many schemes. He sticks to comedy and positivity, He avoids the dark side, the Internet.


Good for him!  Michael caine became an actor because all the cute girls were in drama class lol


He did not recognize that lack of positivity in the drama class. He chose the dark side, drama, for the girls. Perhaps he will follow Jim's path back to the light.


I feel like drama shows can also be positive though.  Do you know who Jon Hamm is?  He taught drama in his high school!


Jon Hamm was complicit in bringing people to the dark side, to drama, through his teachings. He was a master teacher. Michael Caine was merely a disciple. Jim Carrey knew these things, and shunned them.


I see,  well   It was interesting talking to you,  have a good one.


Sure, I suppose.  I like Drama's like House.  Hugh Laurie earned $700,000 per episode for that show.


Not suprised, it was a great show. Jim Carrey apparently does not do dramas because they do not spread positivity


I used to really like his stuff, but not so much anymore.  I wonder why he started acting.  Michael Caine did it because all the pretty girls at his school were in drama class.


Also to think that Jon Hamm taught drama t his old high school. He is so funny. have you seen his Skipthe Dishes commercial?


I don't think so.  Or if I have I didn't pay attention.  I'll have to keep an eye out for it.  I bet the production value is pretty good.  Better than the old Nintendo that only could display 54 colors.


He is funny in that one. Did you know there is a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free


That doesn't surprise me.  Not sure if I'll check that out though.  I might just check out something on Netflix instead.  Did you know that Netflix takes up 33% of all bandwidth in North America?


That is just crazy and mind blowing. together with youtube they make up half of peak internet traffic too in North America


And even with all of that bandwidth Netflix uses, they still spend 20 times more on postage.  That's insane!


Too bad for Blockbuster who declined to buy netflix for 50 million and now they are gone all together


Their loss, I guess. Reed Hastings was inspired to start netflix after a $40 fee on a late vhs copy.


It was of Apollo 13 I believe.  Well, he certainly made all that money back, and a few bucks more.


For sure. Speaking of Apollo and Science, Bill Nye became famous by winning a Steve martin lookalike contest.


I didn't know that.  I do remember him as the "science guy" though.  Some of those shows were quite interesting.


Yeah that is true. Did you ever play Nintendo?


I did as a kid.  I bought my first Nintendo with rolled change.  It cost me about $70 if I recall correctly.  Nintendo discontinued it in 2003, but some people still play it.


Yeah I think we all did play with it. How funny to think it could only display 54 colors.


I loved those games though.  They were a lot of fun to play.


So true. It was really nice chatting with you. have a wonderful day.


The biggest serial killer in out history, a lot of evil in just one man


This sounds just awful, Kermit Gosnell did not sound like a good person at all.


I guess some critics boycotted the movie as well.  24 felony counts of abortion, wow so bad.


I know right, I have to see that documentary, it earned $4 million so it must be pretty good, I cant believe such evil exists in the world


Yeah i'm not too sure if I want to see the film, but I agree it must be pretty good, but disturbing.


Yeah could be a bit too disturbing for my sense but Im intrigued by it, the movie will receive 270 media reviews, thats a lot of them!


Yeah that really is!  On a different subject, do you use Netflix?


I do, I used to like it more at the beginning now the content seems a bit repetitive


I don't have an account, I mostly watch sports, but I think it is a very useful product.


It is and so do 58 billion of Americans that subscribe to the service, cant believe its that many


That is amazing, and the amount of bandwidth that is used in North America during the night hours is also incredible.


Its about 33% right? thats a lot for only one site, I bet Blockbuster is regretting the decision of not buying the company for only $50 million back in the day


Yep that is a ton for one site.  And agreed!  I'm sure they are thinking that same thing.


Yeah and it all got started becauses of their unfair fees, guess they digged their own graves


Yeah old Reed didn't like being charged those late fees!  Funny how some great ideas are hatched to solve a problem!


I know right, now another problem Netflix faces are the  high fees on postage, they spend 20 more times in postage than in bandwidth, wonder why is that


Wow! I think they will do away with the physical stuff in the next few years.


I guess they will so do you like to watch drama series or movies?


I do enjoy movies quite a bit but I'm not into the drama tv series very much, how about you?


I do like dramas, I like the opera the ballet so yeah, drama is represented closely by them or they are closely represented by drama


I love it. Did you know they have a movie named Fireplace for your home?


It is nothing but an hour of a fire burning in a fireplace


Wow cool. Did you know they are responsible for one third of bandwidth usage in the morning?


Wow that is awesome. They have a job position where all you have to do is watch content and tag it


Nice I think that would be a great job for a while


I agree. Did you know they proposed to blockbuster to pay more attention to online content and were laughed at?


Wow and they had the chance to buy netflix for $50 million and did not


Wow that was a bad decision on their behalf in both cases


Yeah. Do you know how Netflix got started?


I know that it was founded by Hastings and Randolphs in 1997


Yeah. and Hastings for a late fee and was sick and tired of that. DO you like drama?


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


Oh cool. Did you ever see House MD, the show?


I like that show actually. Hamm taught Ellie Kemper drama, small world


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


Wow nice. Patrick Stewart was also a masters level drama teacher in the UK


Nice. Do you know why Jim Carrey does not do dramas anymore?


Did not know he did drama too, thought it was only comedy


He did some and does not anymore because they do not project positivity. Nice chat


hi how are you? what do you think of the presidency?


Hey I'm good thanks. I think it is a very stressful job! Being the head of the government is no easy task.


It is not easy. everyone second guesses you and everyone complains. I would not want the job.


Yes me as well. Too much stress. I wonder how banana did, the first president in Zimbabwe!


That must have been a terrible job, unless the guy was totally corrupt, in which case it was a great job


Agreed. Did you know that the guest house for the president is bigger than the white house itself?


I bet Trump is very pleased at those arrangements. He could probably rent out the guest house. Put a TRUMP sign on it. LOL


Haha I could see that happening. Fox news would likely cover that story! Fox News once thought about creating a channel airing only The Simpsons!


That would be overkill. no need for a whole channel. they could just set up a website.


Exactly. You should work for Fox News lol. The Fox News Network was created by Richard Ailes, a republican media strategist.


Yeah, he and Nixon decided they needed conservative ideas on the air. I guess it is a propaganda machine.


Unfortunately yes it is. It is broadcasted in 86 countries surprisingly.


I guess they change it around for local content but people want to hear about the US. I dont know how many people believe what they hear, but they watch.


Yes they do. They even threatened to sue the Simpsons (even though they wanted to make a Simpsons channel).


I think the right hand didnt know what the far, far right hand was doing there. LOL


Haha yeah definitely. That channel covers the US Senate quite a bit. I think it is interesting each state has 2 senators regardless of population.


Yes, they have a lot of power too. much more than representatives. 6 years, plus lots of support.


Yes well said. Richard Nixon cracked a gavel that was used by the Senate for 165 years! He must have been strong...or the gavel weak!


He was a determined man, and wanted to bust that gavel! Many had tried and failed, but he succeeded! Anyway, great chat!


Crazy that woman couldn't wear pants on the senate floor until 1993. But yes great chatting with you too. Have a great night my friend.


Hey there do you ever watch shows on Netflix?


Yes, all the time. I love Netflix that was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California.


It's funny that Netflix was created because of a $40 late fee, at least the movie he was renting was really good lol it was Apollo 13


That's is a great reason, I think because not Netflix has over 137 million subscribers worldwide, including 58.46 million in the US alone.


Yes that's an impressive number. Kind of like how Netflix uses 33% of all internet bandwidth, that's also impressive


Yes, from 9pm to 12am in North America. On top of that, did you know that Netflix entered the content-production industry in 2012?


Yes I did know that. Their first original content was the series Lilyhammer. Have you seen that?


No, not yet but I plan to watch it. Now I watch a lot of You Tube. Did you know that Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in North America?


That is very impressive. Also impressive that Hugh Laurie makes $700,000 per episode of House, have you seen that show?


Yes, I used to watch that drama years ago. Did you know that Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper who plays Erin from the Office?


That is really cool! Also interesting that Michael Caine only became an actor to meet pretty girls LOL talk about a weird reason to start acting


Maybe not too weird. After all, Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because he doesn't believe in acting in a negative situation.


You're right about that. What else you do for entertainment besides watch movies? Have you ever played video games like the NES before?


Yes, but I'm not very good at it. I liked the old school Nintendo Entertainment System that could only display 54 colors.


Yes I like that too. It's crazy that it lasted until 2003, that is such a long time I think it came out in 1985


Yes, but even entertainment system evolve and can be adapted to suit any scale.  It's also including storytelling- music, dance, and different kinds of performances in all different kinds of cultures now.


Yes I agree. I mean in 50 BC people were using chickens as entertainment LOL so I'm just glad that we have video games now


Yes, we've come a long way, baby. Apparently the British love to watch chickens instead of eating them.


Yep times are weird and they change rapidly. Like how someone thought that Ronald Reagan did not have a "presidential" Look to Him, and yet years later he became the president LOL


I guess he showed that entertainment executive a thing or two?  Did you know that Bill Nye, the science guy got his break in entertainment by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest?


No I didn't know that. I can see the resemblance though. maybe I should start doing look-alike contests to get into Hollywood LOL


Hey there. I noticed that traveling has been more difficult these days. Do you travel too?


I do like to travel, I hate it when my luggage gets lost, just ruins my day


Oh, for sure mine too! I want to visit the Mackinac island because they have banded motorized vehicles, neat huh.


That seems like a really nice and relaxing place, away from pollution and just a simple place


Yes, good point. They use horse drawn carriages and bikes. No pollution there at all. They Have done it for hundreds of years too.


Sure sounds like a beautiful place, what about Iceland? have you ever traveled there?


Never been there but I know they have no public rail service. That is kind of intimidating to me.


It is, flights are expensive I guess, so its an expensive destination kind of like Japan and all the tolls they have


Yeah its like over $300 for the tolls in Japan. Its very expensive to travel around. I was thinking about you comment on losing luggage and i recall that the airline typically wait several weeks to make sure its really lost,ugh.


That does seem expensive, I want to be like the first king of Hawaii and travel around the world


He was the first king to travel around the world, not sure whats his name but an adventorous guy


Oh that's cool. I would like to know the guy who impersonated a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel tower. He didn't do it once but twice. What a crazy interesting type of guy.


Thats funny, who would fall for that lol, I guess the phrase a sucker is born every minute has never been more correct


Yep, too funny. I learned that the Norwegian government gave and donated 1 billion dollars to help save the rainforest. That is just one more place I would love to travel. Hopefully, not losing my luggage along the way.


Yeah one can only hope, I hear some airlines will cut you checks if thats the case like Collins, he got a check of $230


Oh, that is good news. Those are good stories for such a bad situation.


Yeah they are good news I agree, at leat they recovered some cash although $230 doesnt seem like enough


That is good point. I didn't really think of it that way. The liability limit is about $1600 for domestic and over seas. So your right that is a small amount.


I think its a good thing airlines are upgrading their systems to prevent this from happening anymore.