Oh well. I wondered if she stayed in tennis in some way or just disappeared from the scene entirely.  I think she wasn't American. I wonder if she moved back to her home country.


With it being a lot different time back then she probably had to find some other form of employment to make money. I doubt they had big prizes or marketing campaigns.


That is a really good point.  Tennis is important to some people though. I've heard that back in the 1960s a helicopter was used to dry the tennis court for a us open match.


I'd imagine that it's way more popular worldwide than it is in the United States. A lot of the top players these days are from countries other than the US.


You are probably right.  Wimbledon is the biggest match that I know of and I think it is England.  Supposedly, it's a huge deal to play and win there.


Yes and it's full of a lot of age old traditions. To compete at Wimbledon you have to basically wear all white. People have been fined and suspended for breaking that rule.


Wow, that is very strict.  Perhaps the powers that be of Wimbledon are trying to keep with traditions set long ago.  Did you know that tennis matches can go on for days?  I heard that the longest one lasted three days and over a period of 11 hours.


Yes I remember there being a recent match that went on for a long time. They kept having to suspend the match because it got late in the day. That would be crazy to participate in and watch.


It really would.  i guess a person could do a lot of reading in between matches.  It would be ironic though to read at Wimbledon. There are no laws with reading.


That might help you get through the 11 hour long matches though!


That's true enough! Unless you are a speed reader like anne Jones. She set the record for speed reading by reading 4700 words a minute.


She could get through a whole library during that time! It's been fun talking tennis with you, hope you check out Wimbledon sometime.


Perhaps i will.  I'd like to learn more about Maria Bueno and other tennis stars.


There are also other great tournaments like the US Open, French Open, and Australian Open.


Hi there ! Looking forward to chat with You ! ;)


Hi, you as well.  Were you a fan of Maria bueno, the Brazillian tennis star?


I love table tennis, but I must say I don't know much about Mrs. Bueno...


I love table tennis too. Did you know that in regular tennis a player could use anything as a racket up until the year 1978?


That's really cool ! Imagine media coverage if Mrs. Williams would come to play with a cooking pan ! lol ;)


I know!  The funny thing is I've never heard of anything odd being used before.  I would like to see some film footage of early games to see if they used strange items.


You know how people were in old times.... everything needs to be proper and serious ;) I don't think there was many players that stood out ;)


That's true. I didn't think about that!  You know, back to table tennis for a moment, I always thought it was called Ping Pong. I had no idea until recently that that was the name of a company!


Ping Pong was a name of the company ? I didn't know that... we call it ping pong for fun, but at the club we use proper name - table tennis ;)


I've always called it Ping Pong.  What kind of club do you go to?


It's a Bohemia Table Tennis Club in Long Island NY. I actually have all my gear with me today at work and I go right after ;)


That is very cool! We don't have any table tennis clubs near where I live. I wish we did!  Do you watch much television? I've been a fan of shark tank for a while but never knew that a lot of the deals made aren't actually carried out.


I never knew what that is till recently where it's always on when I'm on a gym. What's the main thing You like about it ?


I like that people who have dreams can get the help they need to make their dreams a reality, or at least I thought they were getting that help.


Sure, but those three... judges - take a huge cut from their ideas...


Sometimes they do and sometimes not.  I guess it's a win for the people regardless because they can get some publicity for their products.


Yeah I guess You're right... but some ideas are so ridiculous - it seems like they just want to be on tv...


I suppose so at that.  What do you think of Shakespeare?  Did you know that all but one of his plays has been made into a movie or tv show?


He can be a little dramatic ;) lol - Really there is still one they haven't use ?


I was surprised to learn that too. I have to wonder though, why not use it. It's called the Two Noble Kinsmen.  Maybe people nowadays are more interested in shows like the Simpsons. Do you watch that?


Wow - people should use it and make a movie based on that :) I used to watch Simpsons ;)


I agree. I'd like to see what it is all about.


There's an annual tournament near my house every year. I wear my Lacoste shirt in honor every year.


Sounds great. Would love to go to tournament to see Roger Federer play.


Yeah, he's pretty awesome. Gael Monfits once beat the Roger Federer of ping-pong after just learning.


Whoever the ping pong guy was! Heard the longest tennis match ever went for 11 hours! Whew!


Yeah over like 3 days. That's a long match!


I believe the 1st Black man to win the US Open was Arthur Ashe.


Yeah, I think you're right. I enjoy reading also. You?


Yes. Not a speed reader, though. Love fiction, especially historical fiction. You?


Science Fiction a lot actually. Love classics like Starship Troopers.


Sci-Fi? Did you know Starship Troopers is on reading lists for 3 of 5 US military branches? Wonder why?


I had heard that. Also Ender's Game too.


Think I saw the movie on TV. Were you ever a fan of CS Lewis or Tolkien?


Read the Rings trilogy. Great to imagine the unfamiliar places and the languages of different clans. Takes a refined approach to reading to understand Tolkien's complex plots, though. Agree?


Definitely. His stuff has started a whole line of scholarship. Interesting considering that there was a moral panic over the spread of novels back in the 18th century.


Yes, considered "shocking". If only they could have seen some of the lurid novels popular today!  But, to each his own, eh?


Do you have a favorite TV show or series?


I loved the SImpsons as a kid. Probably the 1st three seasons of Arrested Development though. You?


That was a great show! Miss The Carol Burnett Show, actually. Wonderful comedian!


Oh, yeah watched that with my parents when I was really little.  Anyway, nice chatting.


TV has expanded so much since the '70's! Nice chat, thanks.


Hi! I love TV! In fact, The Simpson's is my favorite show. However, there's an episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned that I still want to see. I bet it's weird never seeing Bart! What about you?


Wow, I wonder why. I like Simpsons as well. When South Park aired its Family Guy episode they got flowers from the Simpsons Crew.


That was very nice of them! Did you ever watch the 70s Show? There was a UK remake but sadly it only lasted ten episodes.


I really liked it. I think those in the UK should have just watched the original.


That is a good point and they should. It just amazes me Pokemon has over 750 episodes yet the 70s Show remake only lasted ten episodes. That's a head scratcher!


I used to watch Pokemon when I was younger. I also watched Thomas the Train. Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have all narrated for at least 52 episodes each.


Really? That makes me want to rewatch it just to see if I recognize their voices. Ha! Maybe I can find old episodes on the internet. Speaking of the internet, did you know the Library of Alexandria saved a copy of the internet in case it ever burns. I bet that's a huge file!


Oh, what would i do without the internet? Hopefully I won't ever have to be without it. Even if I climb Mt. Everest there is service up there!


That's crazy, isn't it? Like why would the summit need internet? But what's even crazier is only 7% of the population reads the full terms while buying a service/product online. That's a little scary, actually!


Right, I might be guilty. Ironic because I think I have a clicking addiction. That is a real addiction.


I should be tested for it, then. Ha! On a related internet note, did you know the three horizontal line menu on websites and apps is actually called the hamburger button?


I never knew that! Do you like to watch YouTube?


I do, actually! In fact, I watch a lot of stuff about the Canadian rapper, Drake! I also found out he graduated high school at 25 years old. That's unbelievable!


Well at least he finished. He seems to be into education though? He spent an insane amount of money on first editions of children's classic books.


Yeah, it's good he gives back like that! He also visited Drake University one night during a tour stop just after students gave up trying to get him there. That was a nice surprise for them!


That was cool of him. Do you like the song Hotline Bling? That is actually from the 1972 hit Why we can't live together.


Was it really? That's pretty cool! I know that song also earned him a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung performance as well as best rap song also!


I think the song God's Plan is quite catchy.


Agreed. I also think it's cool that Kanye cancelled appointments and took two days to rewrite his own after he heard Eminem's verse on Drake's song Forever!


I think I'm going to go listen to some Drake's song Forever right now. Have a good night!


Yes I love country music. It originated back in the 1920s.


I like it too.  In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute in the USA.


Oh wow that is really cool. Must be some feel good music for people just getting off work. The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s.


That's neat!  I really love the old style country music the older I get from back then.  They call it deep southern music.  lol


Ha ha that is very funny. Country music was originally inspired and derived from Celtic music


I guess since I like that style it makes me a hillbilly.  lol lol I didn't know that but I can see the resemblence with the fiddles, etc.


Yeah very good point. The fender stratocaster was intended for country music!


Nice guitars!  Did you know that George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins?  I never knew that.


That is very surprising. Cool. NFL players even got in on the action on an album in 1996!


Nice!  There are only 2 African Americans in the Country Music Hall of Fame.  I wonder who they are?  Maybe Charley Pride is one of them?


Yeah and Darius Rucker maybe? I like watching tv sometimes too. I watch SNL occasionally and the weekend update skit is the longest running skit on the show!


Maybe!  That's right!  I love SNL!  I also like the Simpson.  There has only been 1 episode ever where Bart neither is mentioned or appears in.


Oh wow I didn't think there was any you such a popular character why would they take them out of an episode? He has held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


Wow.  Sounds like quite a few people I have known through the years.  lol


Ha ha. I was sad to know that most deals on the show Shark Tank or never actually an enacted.


I didn't know that.  I used to watch that show alot.  Have you ever watched Pokemon.  I only have through my kids but there are over 750 episodes of it!


Yeah I watched it a few times but I can't believe there are that many episodes. Only one of Shakespeare's plays has not been adapted for film or television. His stuff is so popular.


I agree!  Did you know that they remade "That 70s show" in the UK and called it "Days Like These"?  It only lasted for 10 episodes.


Kind of a weird choice to remake in the UK I think. In one of the Simpsons episode Daniel Radcliffe was the voice of the cartoon parity of twilight's Edward Cullen. I would like to see that.


That would be interesting.  I didn't know that.  Do you use Facebook alot?  I only check it a few times a week now.


Not that much anymore. Facebook make most of its revenue from the public and I think that annoys people now.


Yes.  They were valued at $104 billion when they held their first IPO in 2012.  Crazy.  I actually think it's a total waste of time to go on there.  I just jump on to say hi to friends that live far away and that's about it.  Anyhow...It's been fun chatting with you!


Did you know myspace turned down $75 million dollars to buy facebook?


Well I guess we can see who easily won that social media battle


As of 2012 Facebook was valued at 104 billion!


Have you ever seen the videos of Mark Zuckerberg at a bbq behaving like a robot?


He is a little socially awkward. I watch some of his hearing with congress


I feel like people like mark and elon musk their mind operates on a different level


Mark Zuckerberg does suffer from red-green colorblindness. Thats why facebook is primarily blue


Well he chose a color that is very visually pleasing, He definitely has an eye for aesthetics


Yes but only because of one artist that went on joe rogans show his name is Wheeler walker Jr do you know who he is


Take a look at his episode of the joe rogan podcast when you have a chance the man has a vast knowledge of music and he's hilarious


Will do. Henry for help make country music popular by financing it because he was scared of jazz music


Since when has country music been around?


In the early 1920s. In 2009 it was the most listened to rush hour radio genre


What is your favorite country music artist?


The dalton brothers from galveston tx. They opened for U2 in 1982


I am unsure but i know hes getting up there in age. I know he did a song recently that had a lot of controversy


Just like the 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame


Remember David Hogg the kid from the Parkland school shootings?


I do.  I have friends who life in that area.


I thinks these kids were used and discarded by a liberal press that is a gun control lobby.


They really were.  They did have every right to be upset and advocate, but a year later they are off the scene.


Yep.  I guess there were some inconsistencies in Hogg's defense of the local deputy sheriff... I don't remember that being reported?


Neither do I.  I just remember them being outraged and asking people to help fix our gun laws, and the other side being afraid someone was coming for their guns.


Same ol' story... I think we need to start thinking deeper than that.  It's not a simple problem.  I goes into our very violent culture in general. Movies, internet etc.


I agree. There are so many factors that we need to address.  Violence in society in general is a problem.  Hatred, bullying, it all needs to be addressed.


I totally agree.  Did you know constant clicking links on the internet can cause a real addition that is measurable in the brain?  Maybe something can be learned in that?


I do, I think it is hard to sometimes shut off the internet, social media.  People replace a like with actual social interaction.


I agree again.  Socialization skills have suffered among children and even many adults.  Not surprisingly, only 7% of people read the terms when buying something on the internet.


I dont think I have ever read a terms agreement.  I wonder what sketchy things I may have unknowingly agreed to.


I am one of the 93%.  You can almost count on them sharing your info to some degree. Did you know there is a 3g cell service at the top of Mt. Everest?  Why?


So you can post it to facebook, duh.  If it is not on facebook, it didnt happen.   Everyone knows that.  LOL.  But seriously, I don't know...


Oh, what was I thinking?  It's just that it would get a lot of use would it?  I think it would go over like "The 70's Show" did in the UK.


Probably, but I dont plan on making it to the summit of everest, so it makes no difference to me either way.


I guess in the very unlikely event I would survive that, I would want to brag to someone.  Have you heard of a rapper named "Drake".  I thought that was a duck.


I guess he didn't graduate HS until he was 25.  What's the story behind that?


I don't know.  He's from Canada.  I wonder if it was like getting a GED.  I know he was in Degrassi, maybe he put off his studies?


Hello there, do you play or watch golf at all?


Hi!  Yes I do both.  Did you know that if you combined all the golf courses in America they would take up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware combined?


Wow, that is pretty wild, imagine all of the water used keeping those green during the summer?


It's incredible.  An average American course can consumer around 3112,000 gallons per day!


Holy crap that is a ton!  It sounds like in Dubai they have one that needs 4 million a day!


Wow.  They must have one heck of an irrigation system.  Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer.  That's surprising to know.


That is interesting that is one golf fact that I definitely never knew about.


I just learned about it.  Samuel Jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production.  Wish I could work with that kind of benefit.  lol


That is an awesome clause, sounds like a very smart guy to me.


I agree!  Speaking of smart...I wonder how smart the president of Indonesia is?  He released 3 pop albums while in office.  He must have had a lot of free time on his hands.


Wow, I bet he sold a ton of albums though.  I would be a bit upset if my press that much free time on his hands lol.


I know right?  lol  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.  Hilarious!  I wonder if he got razzed a lot over his name?


That is pretty funny, I bet he did, but I think his actual name was banana lol.


lol I wonder if he ever visited the US presidents guest house?  It is larger than the White House.


Isn't that funny, I wonder what the guests from other countries think when they come to stay?


I was thinking maybe they did that to treat the guests good?  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential election automatically became vice president.  Could you imagine that happening now.  As if the fighting was bad enough already between political parties....


That would be pretty crazy if they went back to that type of system.  It would be a reality show for sure.


For sure.  The top 3 wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  Although I think Trump is in the top 3 now.


I didn't know that.  I wonder if Trump is, or just thinks he is.


I think I read somewhere recently where he is the richest president ever.  I could be wrong though.  Did you know that the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France?  I don't know what they are used for.


No that is interesting though.  It's been nice chatting, I hope you have a good day.


hey did you know that Babe Ruth was also a famous golfer?


I didnt, so not only a baseball hall of famer but also a famous golfer, I guess he had sports running through his veins


haha definitely! kind of like Michael Jordan! do you play golf


I dont, I think its a boring course, my dad used to play it, its a popular game indeed theres a golf course even in Antartica


ya I think it's boring too, I guess there is a course in Saudi Arabia that needs 4 million gallons of water a day, it seems like a waste


Wow that much water!! that seems like a big waste of resources. You know the military has about 234 golf cources around the world?


wow I didn't know that, but I do know that in the USA all the golf courses take up more space than delaware and rhode island combined!


That is a lot of land!  you know there is a golf course in Australia that has sharks living in one of its water hazards holes, that must be really scary.


wow that is scary! speaking of other countries, did you know that the white house has a twin building in ireland and france?


I did not know that. I wonder how they are different. There is also a replica in Atlanta but it was built as a private home


oh wow thats cool, also cool is that GWB put solar panels on the white house during his term


Yeah apparently Jimmy Carter had them installed on the White House then Reagan had them removed and then it looks like Bush put them back up


haha oh weird, also weird is they still use floppy disks for storing files in the white house, like how outdated is that


I know its ancient tech for sure, maybe they used them because they cant be hacked unless the hack occurs from the inside


ya that is a good point, do you like teddy roosevelt? I think he was a great president


I do, I think he was a great president as well, did many important things I also liked Jimmy  Carter


do you know who the top 3 wealthiest presidents were? i'll give you a hint, Trump isn't on the list


Im guessing JFK was one  of them, maybe Obama and Carter?


so it was JFK, washington and Jefferson! it must be adjusted for inflation I'd imagine, but still thats crazy


I guess it is, I forgot to put Trump on that list,


ya, have you heard of Zimbabwe? I guess his nickname is president banana


Do you ever play golf?  It can be a fun, but very challenging sport.


Yes, I do, but not very often. The cost of playing is prohibitive for me. I don't have a private golf course like Trump, nor am I a millionaire like many of our former presidents.


I understand the cost issues!  Since there isn't any standard equipment, people can spend hundreds of dollars on just one club - that you might use 8 - 15 times per game!


Yeah, and all that use might be on one hole, in one sand trap! At least that has been my experience! You know who the wealthiest three presidents were?


I don't.  I would guess Trump is one, but don't know who the other two are.


Trump doesn't even make the top three! THey were Washington, Jefferson, and JFK.  Hard to imagine George Washington playing golf...


I find that amazing!  Not what I would have expected at all.  But it is also true that not all wealthy people want to spend their free time chasing down a little white ball.


True. But these days, even though the White House is considered the workplace and residence of the president, I would bet that a lot of his work, including making deals with politicians and foreign dignitaries,  is actually accomplished on the golf course...


I guess that sort of thing is the reason folks talk about "privilege" and how some people can be at a disadvantage if they are not part of the good old boys network.


My sister-in-law is a doctor, and she spends tons of time on the golf course.  She may be privileged, but she is not an old boy, LOL  The US has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined, so it is a pretty popular game here in the states...


That's great.  Do you know the most popular board game is Monopoly?


That is because it takes so long to play one game that it seems people are playing it all the time! LOL I wonder if the President plays Monopoly? His life was spent as a developer, so he would be great at it!


I don't know that real estate skill would really translate into Monopoly prowess.  I read a great book about the odds of landing on each square and which properties to buy, etc. - I would think that works a bit differently than real life.


Yeah, you a probably right. You know who else was "right


Teddy Roosevelt! He was so conservative that he banned Christmas trees in the White House!


Are you sure that was from being conservative and not from his naturalist ideals?  Or could he have been worried about a fire hazard?


Who really knows who these Presidents are on the inside? Like, would you have guessed that George W Bush restored the use of Solar panels on the White House? That would mean that the Clinton regime did not use them.


You are right.  I guess everyone is an individual, just like us.


Yup. Just like the President of Indonesia, who released three pop albums while in office. I wonder if they were rap albums?


I bet the first president of Zimbabwe knows, the honorable President Banana!


I know some stuff . Do you know who the three wealthiest presidents are?


Yes that is JFK, Washington and Jefferson


Yeah. Do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?


Yes I wonder if that means something else in their language too


Good point. Did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


Yes I guess they get a lot of guests there and need the space


Yeah I guess so. Do you know how the VP used to be elected back in the day?


yes that was the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah I think that is fair as they put a lot of work into that as well


True I agree,. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Yes and he has already released 3 albums while in office


Yea. Did you know that congressman take separate subway lines?


Yes that is how they move safely between the capitol and the house and senate


yeah. Both major parties play a game of baseball each year since 1909


Yeah and the republicans are actually leading in that game by 3 points


Yeah. Did you know Elmo testified in front of the COngress?


Yes and that makes Elmo the only non-human to have testified there


yeah. Did you know women were elected in Congress before they were allowed to vote?


Yes some things just seem really backwards. Nice chatting with you


What do you think about Kevin Durant? Do you think that the media really hates him?


I think thats just excuses, I dont really like him as a player, if you dont win dont blame the world about it


Yeah I think it's an excuse to. He should just concentrate on playing good basketball. I also didn't know that the Warriors have won the past two NBA titles


He did win the award of MVP both times but the team has a lot of talented players,


Yes I agree, he's so good he has held opponents to 38% shooting before which is insane


That is insane, well maybe the media has something against him, winning the NBA tittle twice is no joke


No I agree with you. How often do you watch the NBA by the way? Did you know that they have 30 teams in the league


I did, 29 belong to the US and only 1 belongs to Canada


The one in Canada is the Toronto Raptors right? Interesting that the NBA merged with the NBL back in 1949 too


Yeah thats the one, there should be more Canadian teams, the league would be more interesting that way


Yes it would give Canadians another team through for which I think would be good, have you ever shot a basketball granny style by the way


I do, I find its the easiest way to score at least for amateurs like me


I'm an amateur too. It's funny that professionals won't try to do a shot granny style though, it's the most accurate but it definitely looks the dumbest


That is funny, NBA is full with funny facts like how coach Stan Van Gundy got fired, did you hear about that case?


No I didn't what happened? I just think it's funny that they banned Air Jordans and then Nike just kept paying the fee so that Michael Jordan could keep wearing them LOL


He got fired only for saying NBA shouldnt be played on Christmas day, thats a crazy reason to get fired


Yeah that is a really dumb reason. What do you think about Allen Iverson? I think he's so good at basketball and I'm glad that he makes 800,000 dollars a year just from Reebok alone


He got a sweet deal, many pro players do, they do earn a lot of money, sadly most of them end up broke, 60% of them actually


Yes that is very sad. Also sad is that Reggie Miller sister was probably better at basketball van him lol I would be sad if my sister were better than me at a physical sport


She was? Reggie Miller was like one of the all time best players of the game, his sister must be really skilled


Yep she was amazing! He would come home from school with some record, and she would come home with two or three similar ones LOL


Hey how's it going. I think animals are so fascinating and I love learning about them. Did you know there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth?


That is how many zeroes ? Does it count insects ?


I don't believe it counts insects. But yes a lot of zeros. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described.


By definition animal are multi cellular and eukaryotic, so it includes insects.  I just remember. Which is your favorite animal ?


Oh nice good call. I love wolves. I would like to know more about them. Apparently the study of animals is called zoology.


And they have a long history, there are animals on earth since 542 million year ago.


That is amazing. They are of all shapes and sizes to ranging in length from 8.5 millionth of a meter to 33.6 m.


Yeah, Whenever I have hiccups, I think about the fact that is from the time that animals had lungs and gills.


Yeah pick ups are so annoying. I wonder when evolution will finally released their hold on us LOL.


Yes perhaps. I like how some countries protect animals. Scotland even protects fantasy animals like the Loch Ness monster.


That is funny, but more seriously Germany gave constitutional  right to animals, do you think they went too far ?


I think animal should be protected but I think it's kind of funny that they were given rights. That happened a while back in 2002 I wonder if anything has changed since?


Maybe they when back to when animals had no rights because it created too much drama, do you like dramas ?


Yeah I love dramas! Aristotles Poetics were actually the earliest work of dramatic theory.


Humans like to listen to stories, you can even listen to old radio dramas on the web, have you ever listened to one ?


Oh nice. I never have but it sounds like there are thousands to choose from!


There are really good and relaxing, it is less engaging for the eyes than watching a drama on TV.


Yeah and perhaps more stimulating. Michael Caine became a drama actor to get close with all the pretty girls!


Jon Hamm taught drama in high school, I hope it was not because of the pretty girls.


Haha maybe it was too. He taught Ellie Kemper who acted in The Office-a great show! Well it was great talking with you today! Hope you have a good rest of your day.


Hey! Trump has been having a tough go lately. Especially back when implemented a zero crackdown on immigrant families.


Yeah, more and more Republican are against him, do you think he will change his policy ?


I think he will an order to please more Americans. He is just trying to secure the border along with the Department of Justice.


Btu even evangelicals were against the separation of the children from their parents. That policy has little to do with the border.


Well not entirely. By enforcing this roleIt would Make families less likely to try to cross out of fear of being separated. But it is interesting that they are transferred to places, essentially tent cities.


I think there would be more constructive alternative than to separate families. They could do  something more effective for an economical standpoint. It would be more Republican.


Yes I agree. Well said. They are for two at the grand old party and they were founded by anti- slavery activists.


But at the same time, I would welcome more parties, it always been  republicans or democrats since 1853.


Yes I think more parties other than Democrats Republicans would be better. Also maybe not use red and blue so much, although that only started in the 2000's.


That is strange, in Canada is has been this way since like forever, priests would tell that people who voted red would go to hell.


Really? That sounds very authoritative. Every US president with the beard has been a Republican oddly enough.


In Quebec, religion was really powerful until the mid-50s.  Do you think you will have a bearded president soon ?


Oh wow interesting. I'm not sure I don't think so. It will be interesting to see especially with the Congress currently. Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the US Congress.


He was hairy, but it does not have a beard. It is funny to think that a woman was elected before she had the right to vote.


Yes that doesn't make sense to me! 1916 must have been a weird time!


It was an another era it shows that a government can change for the better. Have you heard about the subway exclusively used by congressman ?


No I didn't even know they existed. I didn't know there was one let alone three.


Yeah, it must be really small, so it cannot be used for the general population, I wonder what it looks like.


Yes I wonder as well. Kind of cool they get their own subway. They also play a Republican first Democrats baseball game annually since 1909. I would like to watch that. I really enjoyed talking with you today.


Me too, I want to see who is  fit enough to play. have a good day.


Have you heard of Chelsea Hodson before?


No, haven't heard of her who is Chelsea Hodson?


She has written a book, a collections of essay's called Tonight I'm Someone Else


She seems like a really smart person do you think she likes animals? there are 20 quintillion in the planet so maybe she does


I'm guessing she likes some animals, but not all 20 quintillion of them.


Yeah there is a wide variety, 7 million species, I like dogs personally and also lions.


We have a dog, but no lions in this house.  My daughter likes to study animals, zoology I  believe it is referred to.


She must know a lot of cool facts about animals, maybe you can ask her if its true that animals develop white patches on their foreheads once they are domesticated


I believe that to be true, I think it is the same with dogs and floppy ears, wolves ears are rigid.


Could be, dogs have evolved a lot over the years we have as well, do you know hiccups are a hold over from early evolution stages


I wonder what the purpose was even back then?  I always get the hiccups during really tense scenes in dramas, ruins it for everyone.


It does, I  just hate hiccups, Germany is the first country to give animal constitutional rights, wonder how laws are affected by that.


I'm sure it just means you can't mistreat them.  The Scots have something similar for the Lock Ness monster, that might be taking it too far.


If Nessi is real, I think its a myth, they should send an exploration team and find out the truth about the Loch Ness Monster, truth or myth? what are your thoughts


I am going to put my money on myth, I'm sure the whole protected species thing was a publicity stunt.


Yeah I would think that is a safe bet looks like a lot of drama surrounding Nessie, do you like drama films, novels?


When the kids are in bed I like to fire up Netflix and find a ten part drama to keep me going for a few weeks.


Yeah I get the feeling, do you like the show House?


Back in the day, my wife liked it more than me, it was appointment television for her.


I see, well you must know the leading actor then, Hugh Laurie he gets paid $700,000 per episode.


It's amazing that they could pay him so much, you'd never think TV drama could have that kind of money.


I know right apparently drama TV moves a lot of money around, its been great chatting with you by the way.


Same here, have a good rest of the day. Bye.


Have a nice day and thanks for all the cool facts about animals and drama, bye.


I sure do. Do you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yes I love the guy he is so good but did you know his sister is even better?


Yes she broke 8 national records once by scoring 105 points


Yeah what a family with so much talent in it for the sport


I know. Did you hear of the deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yes he is making $800 000 a year from them till he is 55


Yes and then he gets $32 million after that


Yes the guy is pretty much set for life I think


Yes he sure is. Do you like the granny style shot?


Yes it is so good but players think it looks stupid. Do you listen to the radio?


Yes I do. Do you listen to Canadian radios?


Yes I do but they play a lot of canadian music though


yes they are required by law to play 40% canadian music


Yes. Do you know how soldiers made foxhole radios back in the day?


Yes they used pencils and razorblades to do that


yeah so cool. Do you listen to radio dramas?


Yes I do as there is a free website to listen to them


Yeah. In Norway there is a radio station that gives the news in latin


TOo bad I do not speak it too. Nice chat


Same here and give latin a try just in case


Wow...did you know why McDonald's initially added drive thru's to their restaurants?


I heard soldiers could not get out in their fatigues, good response by them. REading this, I kinda wish my trunk was still actually a wooden trunk.


Yes exactly!  I think it is so interesting that drive thru's were created just for soldiers to not have to get out in their fatigues. It would be funny to have a wooden trunk now.


Might not be as safe, though  not nearly as fun a being in south africa and having a flame thrower mounte to your vehicle


I did not know that Detroit was founded by Antonie de la mothe Cadillac.


Didnt know that either. Do you travel often?


I do travel every other month for work.  I usually take my kids on two vacations each year too.  I love to travel.


Cool. I don't travel alot out of the midwest, though I want to do so with the kids. I had no idea Japan charged around $300 to travel across country.


That is crazy! You could probably fly across the country cheaper.  They must have the best roads at that cost.  Have you ever been to Mackinac Island?  I can't imagine an island with no cars or motorcycles.


People must really like bikes there. I dont thik they have the best roads, just so many people they have to limit traffic.


Oh that makes a lot of sense.  I didn't think about it that way.  Have you ever been to hawaii?  I did not know they had a king.


Had no idea they had a king. Explains King's Hawaiian rolls (not really)


I love all kinds of music.  Music is so important to me.  I mostly listen to hip hop or country.  I like when the music has a story.  I can relate to so much of it.  How about you?


I like old school rock. I was one also that bought Linkin Park's Hybrid theroy, which is the best selling album since 2000


I did not buy that album but I do like Linkin Park.  It is surprising to learn that they have the best selling album since 2000.  It's also surprising to learn that Pink Floyd's dark side of the moon was one of the best selling albums in 2014.  Their music is timeless.


Certainly is. I listen to them all the time on the radio/


I need to hear this rap album made by the two twins from Japan at 100 years old.  Sounds hilarious.  I am learning a lot about Japan today!


I hope to be able to speak still at that age!


Absolutely let alone make a rap album!  Impressive.  Did you ever listen to Straight Outta Compton?


Good morning!  It's a snowy day here and I was thinking of spending some time with a movie.  Do you like dramas?


I'm more of a comedy person myself, but I understand that drama is traditionally the middle ground between comedy and tragedy.


I am with you.  I don't know that I will choose a drama, but the wife may have final say.  It's interesting that Jim Carrey won't do dramas now because they don't promote positivity.  It's a little weird, but he was always better in a comedic role.


That is surprising.  Patrick Stewart is a good dramatic actor.  He played a pretty good Macbeth and was awesome on Star Trek. :)  I guess he also teaches drama, so he does it all.


I wonder if he initially got into for the girls like Michael Caine did?  LOL!


Perhaps! I've heard that a lot of women find him attractive.  Maybe it's that Yorkshire dialect of his.


Maybe!  Beyond the pretty girls, it can make you a wealthier person as well.  Hugh Laurie was making like $700 K an episode while he starred in House.


Wow!  That's a pretty good gig.  I wonder what ancient dramatists like Aristotle would think of today's fare.  The genre has evolved so much since 335 BC.  It's interesting to think it's been around that long.


I agree or that its roots were more in poetry whereas today it's a lot different.  You might consider checking out a website that contains over 1,000 classic radio genres for your listening pleasure.


Oh wow, that's a lot of choices!  Radio soap operas are awesome.  I always liked the way they kept a listener hooked and waiting for the next episode.  The soap manufacturers that sponsored them in the early days knew that was where the money would be.


LOL. Despite all this talk about dramas, I bet I will just watch some show about animals.  With over 20 quintillion individual ones on the earth, there is bound to be something interesting!


Yes, you might find one or two interesting things. :)  Maybe you can find a reality show about the Swiss lawyer that represents animals in court.  That could be fun.


Not sure about Switzerland, but I know for sure that animals have legal rights guaranteed by the German constitution.  Maybe a Judge Clifford the Big Red dog themed show?  LOL


That would be outstanding!  He could hear cases from all kinds of species since animals have complex interactions with each other, much like humans do.  I would watch that for sure.


There would be no shortage of cases!  Even the loch ness monster is protected per Scottish law.  You could just imagine a little cryptozoology cases that Clifford would hear as well.


Cases involving animals that can theoretically live forever would be intriguing as well.  I'm sure that a "biologically immortal" lobster could file a number of curious civil cases.


Wow!  Unfortunately for that lobster, a lot of the animals it would bring cases against might be long gone!  Also might be tough to get some 110 foot animals in the courtroom.


This idea has so many possibilities.  Even in animated form, it would be outstanding.  Zoologists could be creative/expert consultants, as could actual attorneys.  We may be on to something.


We might be in the wrong line of work!  There could be real debates and learning opportunities, like where do hiccups come from?  Are they really based on evolution and animals that had gills and lungs?


Yes!  And how can animals that speak different dialects still communicate?  How can dolphins communicate over a telephone?  We could really provide an entertaining and educational service to so many.  That would be fun.


Really great chat!  I hope you have a great day!


Unfortunately, at the Youth Peace Center in Chicago a person spoke of being shot six times in the back of the head. "It was like Iraq", the person said, but he hasn't been in Iraq.


What a sad day. Also the day of the Parkland, FL shooting. WHat is wrong with people these days?


I'm sure it's complicated and also a reflection of the broken mental health and social systems as well.  Scary that there are war zones right in America.


I think some of the gang activity is to blame. Gangsters can elevate issues quickly and result in years of problems.


Chicago itself had 650 murders in 2017 and they say that number is down.  Scary!


Hopefully they continue to improve. Gangsters need to move toward reconciliation instead of retaliation.


When Chicago's high-rise was torn down that caused gangs to move to other neighborhoods and smaller groups engaged in chaotic block-by-block warfare.


They should all get in their cars and go elsewhere where it's safe. Thank goodness for 20th century inventions of transportation!


Social media also is more prevalent and can cause major disruptions over minor provocations.


Very true. Social media has changed the world. I enjoy coming across rap music on social media though. I love the rhyme and street language.


It can be very emotional as well and deeply touching.  BAM was created to employ a form of group therapy to keep young men from going off track.  The students can share personal struggles, building a kind of brotherhood.


They are also assisted in getting jobs and a career. It's a great program!


Also they have older mentors for the younger men giving a father figure to many who don't have fathers.


Growing up without a dad is rough. My dad wasn't around.


That's great that men are volunteering to help these young men.  Some of the young men in the program have young children themselves like M. who has a 4 month old.


Arne Duncan deserves praise for all his hard work and dedication to helping the young men.


Yes, people like him make a huge difference.  Ironically, Billy Moore who was in prison 20 years helps and coaches at IMAN to help reclaim lives, but his own son was shot and murdered shot 16 times.


Very sad. Too bad he couldn't have gotten into sports as a distraction.


Speaking of sports, did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dunk shot was banned from college basketball for over a decade.


I did not! I follow shaq closely though and he only had one 3 pointer ever!


Hard to believe!  To end on a funny note, the us supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land"


Hi.  I don't know what I'd do without a telephone.  Did you know an iPhone has more computing power that the entire U.S. nuclear deterrent?  Wow.


Yes, that says a lot about both things doesn't it?  I agree, my phone is my lifeline as well.  It's funny how vulnerable they seem to be.  The cables carrying phone and Internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


Must be fiber optic... Did you know that the NY area code is 212 because it was easier to dial with rotary phones?  Is that lazy?


Might have been back in the day!  How about Unicef?  They will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


Mighty nice of them!  It is said to be impossible to separate two phone book with their pages overlapped.  Really, not even with two big tractors?


Good point.  Do you do Facebook?  I am an avid user and goto my FB page everyday.  It started back in 2004 and I've been on it ever since.


Yeah, I use it to stay in touch with people.  It has many uses now.  Iceland is using it to re-write their constitution.


Yes, can you imagine?  And Burger King gives a free whopper to anyone who unfriends 10 people.  Gee.


Why would they do that?  Do they hate Zuckerberg?  I guess he suffers from red-green colorblindness.


Yes, but that's not reason to hate.  I found it hilarious when Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-holstein.  What's up with that, lol?


I have do idea.  I wondered the same.  So do you like to go to concerts?  I guess the prolific Linkin Park did 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Yes, I am a concert goer.  I love to hear that live music being played in the big venues like the sports stadiums and amphitheaters.  Now, that's entertainment!


Cool for you.  I guess the Ramones toured constantly for over 20 years and did 2,263 concerts.  I now know why they wanted to be sedated.


Hmm, me either. That was one of their biggest hits, too.  Yes, concerts are held in a wide variety and size of settings from private houses and small nightclubs to the large multipurpose buildings.  Some of them are indoors and some of them are held outdoors.


I guess Lana Del Rey has a stalker idiot that was going to kidnap her at a concert.  Have people always been this crazy or is this a recent thing?


No doubt always been this crazy, there's just more people now.  Back in 2002, a Creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.  What did they get, I wonder?  Their ticket money back?


Good point, more people... Sounds like a frivolous thing to me.  As for people with mental health issues, we need to be more proactive... This guy gave plenty of clues, concerning videos, locked up 5 times...


Yes, our justice system has a few loopholes in it I would say. ARRESTED: Michael Hunt, for aggravated stalking & attempted kidnapping w/a weapon.  Clearly something more should be done about people like him.


Yeah, the cops did a good job once they got a tip but there should be some kind of database where they wouldn't need a tip.  It's the same way with these school shooters. Oh well, hard to do without creating a police state.


Yes, every viable solution seems to have its big drawbacks, doesn't it?  If you are a celebrity and in the spot light, you have to put up with a lot and Lana Del Rey is certainly no exception to that rule.


Yeah, it's a deep and complex problem.  I want to thank you, you were an excellent chat partner.


hey what are your thoughts on Pink Floyd?


pretty cool, as cool as to play a concerts in an ancient amphitheatre without an audience?


haha that is cool, I hope they recorded it though I bet it was a great show, do you like any other artists?


ya I don't mind them, crazy that they played 324 concerts in an entire year, thats almost 1 a day!


I know they are so amazing, too bad about what happened though


what happened? I don't know much about them


oh that is sad I didn't know that, did you see that on Facebook? Or how do you get your news


It was all over the news but yeah I saw it on facebook do you use it much?


I have facebook but I don't use it much no, what about you, I guess it's valued around 104 billion dollars


Too bad for myspace who did not buy it when they could


haha ya 75 million to buy them back in 2005 would have been a bargain


exactly, their loss. do you know why facebook is blue?


well I think it's because Zuckerberg is colorblind? did you know there's a state in Germany where the like button is illegal?


Yeah that is it. I wonder why it is illegal though and how they control people


right it is very strange, did you do the burger king facebook promotion back in the day?


Yeah defriend 10 people and get a free whooper? what was that about?


ya that would happen, and it would message your friend and say that you valued them less than 1/10 of a whopper haha


yeah. On the other hand Iceland is using it to rewrite the constituton


ya I don't know how I feel about that I'd be scared personally, do you still have a landline phone in your house?


No that is gone for a while now. nice chat


Avidly, but not a fan of vindictive, blistering comments. You?


Not really. I think we have similar sensibilities... well, let's see. What are you thoughts on the president?


Guess I'd have to agree w/a guy named Jeff Talman, a NY artist, who said, "Trump (was) a vile candidate, (is) a vile president, a vile man." How about you?


WE DO AGREE! I have such reverance for the office that his presidency will be seen as a stain on the history of the USA. I do not mind talks of walls or economics but the way he has done it has divided this country and caused such unnecessary anger.


Absolutely. Trump is not presidential, doesn't come anywhere close to Lincoln or FDR, who both responded to our needs.


Yeah. I was so turned off by the "Grab them by the *****..." comment. I am not sure there is enough secret service if he were to repeat his actions


Good point. Trump's not a thought-FULL man, like, say, W. Wilson, our only Pres. with a PhD.


Agreed. He's not even in the top 3 wealthiest presidents!


We don't know that for sure!! Yes, JFK had daddy's money, Washington & Jefferson were both rich, too, but partly because of the profits off their cheap slave labor. Trump's wealth...not just real estate, I guess...


he got more than $400M from his dad... I read an article recently that at 8%, the average american could have done the same ROI as trump.


Yes, and Trump's father built NY apts where "C" (colored) were excluded. Lincoln must be rolling over in his grave! Did you know he was 1st. pres. to be photographed for inaug. - and - J. W. Booth was in that photo!


I had no idea. That's crazy! When was it?


Think it was his 2nd inaug. in March, 1864. Sadly prophetic photo.


Correction: 2nd Lincoln inaug. was March, 1865. (elected prev. Nov.). Yes, like some country music. Who's your favorite artist or group?


I am just now getting into it but like george Strait and a few new artists. Strait is cousins with Jeff Bezos!


Didn't know that. Did Strait ever sing with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton?


there are a few singles but I am not sure if they did a lot together.


When Lynn 1st came on the scene, country music was still called hillbilly music, I think.


I had no idea. It was really nice chatting with you today!


Hi. Wouldn't it be funny to be watching a soccer match and have a dog on the field save a play?


I heard that happened at a soccer game in Juventud Unida de Gualeguaychù. But where was the goalie?


I believe the goal was unattended at the time. Funny, they didn't penalize for too many players on the field. ;)


In that country, more households own dogs than in any other Latin American country. I wonder who the dog belonged to


Good question. It could even have been a stray. I understand that can be a problem there. Anyway, he is a hero. "man's best friend."


Maybe the reason the team wasn't penalized was due to the fact that it was in a third division league


I understand there is a bit of rioting over soccer in Buenos Aires. You know, soccer players make more money that football, basketball, etc.players?


Is the the players themselves that make more money or the sport in general? Because it is an sport played in over 200 countries


It is definitely the biggest sport in the world. Personally, I like American football, but parents of young children prefer their children to learn soccer, since it is safer that American football.


Plus soccer requires less equipment. I wonder how the game would work with three teams playing at once


That would be interesting to watch. I wonder how the newscasters would cover that on the airwaves. Trying to keep three teams in perspective would be rough.


True, but I guess use of colors maybe. It would still be less confusing that picking up a Jupiter storm on the AM radio


Ha. what would that sound like? Pure static. Might be better than listening to classical Latin, if you listened to a Finnish radio station back in 1989.


I think that radio station still has a news program in Latin, which must have enough listeners to still be on air


Either that or there's enough other entertainment to encourage listeners to stay with the station. I never learned Latin. How about you?


Only certain schools teach it since it's considered a dead language. Canadians, on the other hand, speak English, so it wouldn't be so bad to have to listen to stations required to play 40% Canadian music


I don't know if I would like that station. Listening or reading, it's good to understand the language. Reading a foreign language take lots of work, since reading requires understanding.


True! I do love to read though. I'm glad that the spread of novels is no longer considered a "moral panic" like it was in the 18th century


Depends upon what one reads ;)  There's some pretty racy stuff today, too. It is good to read some deep stuff to exercise the brain and to improve your reading speed. Can you imagine reading 4700 words a minute?


I wonder how many of those words she retains. Though, I have heard those with a photographic memory can read quickly, so I wonder if she falls under that category


Oh, good point. Well, it was nice sharing with you. Have a blessed day.


Dogs are my favorite pet so I guess I do, what about you?


They are man's best friend and our unique associate allow us to be closely attuned to each others behavior


I agree with you there, did you know dogs are the only animals with elephants to understand pointing


I'm sure pointing is a vital means of communication when dogs perform a large range of roles from protection to assisting police and military


They do, they also provide joy to sick kids, I guess thats why Google prefers them over cats, a dog can save you a cat would just ignore your call of distress


Personally, I think that dogs have better personally than cats, but then again some smaller dogs are crazy. I guess I am open to most animals, but what really depends is their personality


They sure are loyal to its owners and loved ones that is a trait I repect and like about them.


I was surprised to learn that dogs have 12 different blood types and they can donate blood to eachother. I wonder why I never considered it before


That is suprising, I have a dog and wasnt aware of that fact I might take him to a blood drive so that he can make a small difference in the life of other dogs.


I mean even istanbul has a vending machine to release necessities for the city's strays for recycled bottles. Does the us have lots of strays?


That is a great inniciative, clean street, happy dogs, happy citizens, I guess everyone wins.


When I walked my dog, I tend to wear boots since I sometimes run with my dog and have bad experience with sandals


Yeah I can see your point its better to wear shoes or boots you never know if you will need to chase them, strange fact but boots were invented by surfers


Can you imagine life before boots? I heard farmers used turkeys to walk back in the 18th century


Didn't they put little custom boots on the turkeys like the little shoes on dogs today?


Yeah they did, poor turkeys they sure suffered a lot, 250,000 defenceless turkeys


They had a 3 month walk. Tough enough for the farmers and much worse for the turkeys themselves.


I agree, in 1838 a man stood still seven minutes on the street and ended up being the firs man photographed by accident


I didn't even know that! In any case, thank you for the interesting chat.


Yea I like to read although I wish I could read 4700 words per minute like Anne Jones


Right i wonder how they judge that. Why is Starship Trooper required reading for our military...have you seen this movie?


Yea I saw the movie as a kid but I've never read the Starship troopers books


Nothing i can recall would lead me to believe that our military needs to read it. They must know something i do not, lol!


The US miltary also has Ender's game as suggested reading, maybe something is up


Well the only thing i can think of is that they're going to let the kids run the military.


You can argue there is one running it now. Did you know novels caused a moral panic in the 18th century?


Stop it my sides hurt!! On a different note did you know that storms on Jupiter can be picked up by AM radio?


Yea that is pretty cool, I wonder what am stations you have to tune to to hear the radio storms from Jupiter


Me too i'd like to know what that sounds like. I think its pretty cool that Canada created a law that thirty percent of there music played has to be in house.


Yea it's also cool that there is a website that streams classical radio dramas for free


Yeah that is cool. Radio technology is cool when the radio waves strike an electrical conductor, the oscillation fields induce an alternating current.


Wow, I didn't knew that. I'd like to try to make a foxhole radio out of a razor and pencil


Yeah now that was pretty cool they did that back in world war 2 right?


Yep. THeres a radio station in finland that broadcasts a program entirely in classical latin


Wow that's awesome!! Switching gears do you like soccer?


A little, it's amazing Soccer makes more than baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined


Right, i think it's because it's played by 250 million ppl in over 200 countries.


That's crazy, I'd love to play the variation of soccer with 3 teams facing each other


Yeah that sound highly confusing. Do you know why we call it soccer?


Because soccer is slang for Association football. Well I have to go, nice chatting


Hello! Are you interested a lot in politics?


I sometimes follow politics. How about you?


I do but not very often! It seems that President Trump is very prone to freaking out at his staff.


I'm not surprised. Watch him on the Apprentice and in interviews. He's got a temper. I'm surprised he's not one of the top three richest presidents.


I am as well! The U.S. president's guest house is larger than the actual white house, I'm sure his ego must have taken a hit from that.


He could rent out the place. Just put up a Trump sign and then it's a hotel.


Oh absolutely, don't give him any ideas haha. To be fair a lot of presidents do seemingly unpresidential things. The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums in office.


He probably wants everyone to buy his albums. He can get a law passed mandating the purchase. I would be a hoot to see the old presidential election system in place. The one from pre-1805.


For sure, I hear it used to be that the runner up in the presidential election was automatically vice president, I'm sure that would never work today.


It would be fun to watch though. Clinton and Trump sitting at the same table every morning trying to run the country. Classic!


Ahaha I can imagine. I think the whole Senate would be a disaster with the two of them. Although it's had its issues in the past as well. Women couldn't even wear pants until after 1993.


Really was a boys' club. Times are changing though. I wonder how many senators take candy from the candy desk.


Haha I'm sure even senators are kids at heart. There was a senator that once had to be dragged by his feet into the senate chamber after trying to leave.


They can be a sneaky bunch too. I think it's funny that Richard Nixon broke the senate gavel.


It definitely seems that he'd be the angry type to do that haha. Speaking of animals, do you have any pets?


Neither do I! But I'd be interested to, maybe in other countries that treated them better. In germany, animals have legal rights by the constutution.


I guess they are big on rights in germany. I wonder who would represent the animals in court.


Maybe animal lawyers haha. There's over 20 quintillion individual animals, I bet several of them have their own courts of law somehow.


I don't think human beings would fare well in those courts. There are over 7 million animal species and we are just one. I guess the loch ness monster is also a species.


That seems impossible but I guess every country has their own beliefs. I wonder if you could domesticate it, maybe it would develop a white patch like other animals that become pets


I have not developed a white patch, so I guess I'm not a pet. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


Haha let's hope it stays that way. Nice talking to you too!


The president is a common title for the head of state or government.


Good morning! Yes, it seems to be a universal term. Even in Zimbabwe although they referred to their first president as President Banana.


The US president guest house is larger than the white house. President is the executive head of the nation.


Wow. I wonder how the President feels about that? Do you know who the wealthiest three Presidents of the US were?


JFK, Washington and Jefferson. They are played important role in the improvement of the nation.


Yes, you are right, that was who I was thinking of. I agree they were very important in history. In the US the runner up won the tile of VP automatically until 1805! I'm glad it is no longer that way.


If it happens in current years it very difficult to handle the situation and the nation also suffers.


Yes, I agree. I wish it were more easygoing like Indonesia. There the President released 3 pop albums while in office.


It very interesting. The study of animals called zoology. Animals are help to maintain the balance the eco-system.


Oh I love animals. On earth there are about 20 quintillion  on Earth.


Germany became the first country in world to give Constitutionally guaranteed legal rights. This shows how they affection towards animals and Dog was the first domesticated animal by man.


Many of the animals species are lost  by hunters, they hunt the animal for skin, nails and valuable things.


Well, then I am glad dogs are domesticated. Did you know domesticated animals have white patches on their foreheads?


Yes, now I have to look at my dog! Early land animals had both gills and lungs and hiccups are a holdover from this early evolution.


But today water animals only have gills and lungs, In land animals have only lungs. Some of the different can live in both land and water. It's our duty to preserve it.


That is interesting. Around 1 million living animal species are insects.


Totally 7 millions animal species all over the world.


Yes, and the can be as big as 110 ft long to as small as 8.5 millionths of a meter. I imagine there are ones we never even notice.


Yes, it was nice chatting with you as well.


Hello there, do you watch many baseball games?


Not really bout i'm familiar with the sport.


Did you know the rule on baseball managers and their uniforms?


Is it because they are technically able to play.


Good call!  I never knew that, I think that would be so cool if (barring a major injury) a manager had to bat one day.


Yeah and run his own basses. ha! Kickball is also called Soccer-kickball in Canada.


I think that is so funny, I wonder why they didn't come up with something different, that's such a long name!


Right! Apparently there was a married couple who scheduled 2430 major baseball games.


That is an incredible feat, I wonder what ever got them that job in the first place?


That is awesome.  Did you know a man once found a 3 million dollar baseball card collection in his grandfather's attic?


Wow! why can't stuff like that happen to me. Apparently Japan feels like they invented baseball or something.


Yeah Japan has always been passionate about the sport.  I think a lot of young people growing up thinking they did invent it.


Yeah I am, I always think of that movie Mr. Baseball when I think of Japan and that sport.


I never saw that. Did you know trump does not rank in the top 3 wealthiest precedents.


Yeah I read that, I didn't know that those other 3 were, maybe JFK i did.


Yeah him Washington and Jefferson were the wealthiest.


Yeah that is a pretty interesting fact I must say.


Apparently the president of Indonesia has 3 pop albums.


Yeah they must have sold really well too!  Nice chatting, have a nice day.


It's hard for me to sit and watch it because I would rather play the game. Even the coaches are dressed in uniforms in case the need arises for them to play for their teams


That is so cool actually. do you know what kickball is called in Canada


Soccer-baseball? It really is like a combination of those two sports


Yeah I guess it makes sense. do you know who did the scheduling for major baseball leagues games?


I heard it used to be a married couple. I'm not sure who does it now


Not sure either but what a career for them, 24 years is a long time


I wonder how many of the games they attended themselves. Although it's known as America's pastime, it's so popular is Japan that the term may apply to them better


yeah and they cannot believe that it is just a pasttime here


For some, it's just a pastime until the NFL season starts again. For others, they hide 3 million dollars' worth of baseball cards in their attic only for the grandson to find it 50 years later


Yeah , lucky grandson that found it and made three million dollars of it


I don't know what the odds of that are, but the odds of dating a supermodel are way lower than that of winning the powerball jackpot


Well there you go. Do you know who the wealthiest presidents are us history?


Washington and Jefferson both had a lot of money, and I'm not sure how it would compare in our economy now


yeah same with jfk too. did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


I wonder how many people the guest house could hold in comparison and where it's located on the property


Yeah I wonder too. do you know the president of indonesia is also a pop star?


I heard he's released three pop albums. Now the real question is if they're actually good


Yeah I wonder about that too. and do you know what the president of zimbabwe is called?


President Banana is a strange nickname that definitely needs some context to understand


I never knew that the reason a baseball manager wore a uniform was so that he could play if needed. Did you?


I did not know that at all thats a cool thing to learn


I've never seen one play though.  Do you watch baseball?


I dont anymore i use to play in my younger years i loved playing it.that really neat that a man found baseball cards worth millions of dollars


That is cool!  I didn't know that a married couple was scheduling all the games either.


Yeah i like to learn new things like that.ho w about the guest house being bigger then the white house i wonder why its built like that


I don't know.  Maybe they wanted to show a degree of humility or humbleness back in the day.


yeah i guess so and did you read about the president of indonesia releasing 3 pop albums what is up with that


It is interesting.  I am surprised that Trump did not make the list of wealthiest presidents.


I think it is because its from american history trump is not part of that yet


Possibly.  I do like Zimbabwe's first president being called president banana.


yeah that is a great name i am going to have to look more into some of these things they are very interesting and i want to know a little more about certain things i read about in this article


I never knew Martha Stewart had been a model before. DId you?


I know me either.People say you learn something new everyday and i definiley have today


As have I.  I learned that I should have collected baseball cards!


LOL right could be rich .I did not know that about the mona lisa


I didn't either.  Why would Norman Rockwell apologize for rosie the riveter's size?


maybe he made her to fat and it was unbecoming for her as a model to be represented like that


I've seen it and thought it was size appropriate for the time period.  Strange.


I suppose.  Hey, did you know that kickball is called soccer-baseball in canada?


All the timer. Do you know why it is blue?


Yes because Mark is green red colorblind


Yes. DId you know the like button is illegal in parts of Germany?


Yes but I wonder what prompted them to make it illegal


Yeah me too. Did you ever use MySpace before Facebook?


Yes I did. They had a chance to buy Facebook once and passed on that


Yes for $75 million back then, they could be making billions now


True,. Do you know what they are using it for in Iceland?


Yes they are rewriting the constitution that way actually,, pretty cool


I know, I have nor heard of another country that is that transparent


Yeah I know, Burger King had a promotion where you get a free whooper if you unfriend 10 people in Facebook


Wow wonder how that went. Do you listen to the radio?


Yes sometimes. Did you know in the AM radio you can listen to Jupiter's storms?


yes. Do you listen to any of the Canadian radio channels?


Yes but they play 40% canadian music as they are require by law


yeah. Do you know how soldiers during WWII made foxhole radios?


Yes they used razorblades and pencils, pretty creative


Yeah I know . There is a radio channel in Finland that gives the news in latin?


Yes and I wonder how many listeners they have


What do you think about Trump's economic advisor?


Hello, I think he is pretty good. What do you think? I also like Trump though.


I think his numbers are a bit off, but I do like Trump one of the best presidents ever


For sure. Did you know the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


No, I didnt know about that, I wonder who lives in them?


Not too sure on that. Roosevelt banned Christmas trees at the white house because he was such a conservationist.


That doesnt sound like a good policy, many people like Christmas and respect the tree tradition,


I agree. The white house uses floppy disks for storing files still.


That tech seems kind of primitive I wonder why


I agree. I think floppy disks are very secure though and hard to hack.


Oh so maybe that why, for security reasons they must keep really sensible data in them


Bush had solar panels put back on the white house.


I wonder who took them away? solar energy is the future so its a great thing he placed them back


I forget what president took away the solar panels.


I see, well did you hear about the incident the secret service  had?


I did. Hard to believe it took them 4 days to figure out it was struck by bullets.


That is a huge mistake, I bet someone got fired over that, how can it take you 4 days you are like the elite of the elite


Crazy to think. Did you know the top 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


No didnt know about that, so no Trump in that list?


I bet he will be. The first president of Zimbabwe was named president Banana.


That is funny, how can you name you kid after a fruit lol, anyways the chat has been really interesting, thanks a lot for your time


Haha that is funny. Well, it was good chatting with you. Have a good day.


Hello, have you ever been to the white house?


no i have not been to the white house. id love to go some day. You?


I haven't been either. Did you know there are twin buildings in Ireland and France of the white house?


i heard something about that. i wonder who built them and why. are they an homage?


I'm not too sure on that. Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the white house because he was such a conservationist.


he respected nature but then went out and hunted animals. strange hypocrisy.


Very strange. The white house uses floppy disks for storing some of their files.


the govt is so woefully behind the times. many govts use machines from decades ago.


I agree. Bush had solar panels put back on the white house which is pretty cool.


carter put them on, reagan took them off. if you watch the movie Vice, you'll see that happen.


That's interesting. I saw it once took the secret service 4 days to figure out the white house was struck by bullets.


a permanent mental govt shutdown? what was going on there? hm. i guess the president is pretty safe in their hands.


I think so. Do you follow Congress at all?


i try not to for the sake of my mental health. it is a depressing mess. you?


HAHA - me too. There are 3 subways lines that are only allowed to be used by congressmen.


i guess they need to get places pretty quick in order to serve special interests in a timely fashion.


I think so. There's an annual baseball game between the republicans and democrats in Congress.


that would be fun to watch. what's the over-under on that? LOL i bet they could get a lot done at those games, more than elsewhere.


I think so. Did you know there is a Fantasy Congress league?


i heard about that. i guess there are nerds for politics. how much money can you make from that hobby? I wonder. Anyway, great chat!


I bet lol. Elmo is the only non-human to testify before Congress.


Elmo probably needed to teach those guys about budgets. Have a good day!


How's it going, did you know an AM radio can pick up Jupiters radio storms?


Good morning, I did not know that. I wonder what they sound like?


Me too, I'd rather listen to that than the all Latin program Nuntii Latini broadcasted in Finland


It's cool that they have a program dedicated to an ancient language, but that does not sound like my sort of show.


No, I'd rather listed to the website that streams classic radio dramas for free


Could you imagine if the radio was still the main source for entertainment? It would be cheaper than cable!


Yea but I probably wouldn't enjoy it if I lived in Canada since by law the radio has to play at least 40% of music played by a canadian


That's a good way to help promote local artists. I get tired of hearing the same songs all the time.


It's pretty cool that a radio can be made from a razoblade and pencil, I might try to make one some time


It is amazing how versatile of a technology it is. I am sure it had helped people out of some tough spots.


Yea but it's not all good, like when facebook came out in 2004


I remember when it started and was limited to college campuses, it was fun then. Once they started collecting and selling data, it all went downhill.


Yea I stopped enjoying it when they started to let 13 year olds on back in 2006


It's too much misinformation these days, I wish people would take the time to research something before blindly re-sharing ti.


Yea, it's a shame myspace didn't buy facebook back in 2005


I think social media was always headed down this path. The amount of money offered for data collection was probably always going to be too much to resist.


Yea, Facebook is valued at 104 billion from all the data it collects


It could have been used for fun promotions like that Burger King one where you had to unfriend people for a free Whopper.


I wonder if data collection has any influence on make the like button illegal in Schleswig-Holstein


I was wondering if it was a case like that or if in some different cultures hand gestures have different meanings and it could be seen as offensive.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Good morning!  Do you use facebook?  Can you believe it was launched back in 2004?


Yes I do! It is very hard to believe wow. I remember when I first got mine. Don't use it so much anymore. Hard to believe a third of all divorce filings in the USA in 2011 contained the word "facebook"


I didn't know that!  That many people are getting divorced over facebook?!  Maybe that's why a state in Germany has the like button banned,made illegal to use.


Yes they must be. Oh wow that is surprising. Maybe Germany is on to something...Another crazy thing is that there are more people on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Seriously?  That is something that really makes you think.  Practically everyone in the world is using a site that was started for harvard students by harvard students.


Yes exactly. Now Zuckerberg is one of the richest in the world! A worrying thing is that 30% of Americans use facebook as their primary news source. No wonder the Russians want to exploit that.


That's true.  I admit that I am one of them but I use multiple news sources to compare and contrast.  As for zuckerberg, facebook had a value of $104 billion in 2012 alone so you can imagine how rich he is.


Wow that is incredible. One odd thing is that Facebook has 56 gender options. That seems excessive.


That does seem excessive. I can't even imagine what all of them would be.  Did you know that Iceland is rewriting their constitution via facebook, allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations?


Very progressive of them. It is amazing how far technology has come. I remember when people just listened to the radio for fun. There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen to the sun's music!


I didn't know that! I would like to listen to it. I have heard that you can hear storms on Jupiter on the radio though.


I would like to listen to that as well. One of the most popular radio acts in the 1930s was a ventriloquist-which understandably baffled critics!


That's funny! Speaking of the 1930s, there's a website where you can go to listen to old radio dramas.  Maybe you can hear the ventriloquist!


Oh that would be cool! Also I bet you could hear a lot of Bing Crosby-his recordings filled more than half of the radio time in 1948!


I like Bing Crosby, especially the movie White Christmas.  I wonder if they play his songs in Canadian in Canada.  Canada has a law where at least 40% of music on the radio must be in Canadian.


Oh yeah good call, great movie! Interesting law seems a bit extreme. Do you remember that song MMbop? An alt-rock chicago radio station had a Hanson song be the most recorded because the DJ didn't reveal the band!


No I don't remember it.  So, the song was good enough to be on the station but because it was by Hanson listeners wouldn't have paid any attention to it so the dj never said who it was by?


Exactly because Hanson isn't exactly alt-rock it is more Pop. I also like the actor bill murray. He voiced the human torch in the 1970's fantastic four radio show.


I like Bill Murray too. I never knew he did that.  Radio is so versatile!  You can listen to music, hear the news, and even learn a language.  There's a radio station in Finland that broadcasts the news in classical latin every week.


That would be fun to listen too. Latin is a very unique language! Amazing how far we have come from Radio to Facebook with 56 gender options and a marriage killer apparently!


So true! And we all stare at blue facebook pages without question all because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind.


Did you hear what happened with the legislator from Minnesota?


I hadn't until today. Allegations like that can sure change your career path. Not surprised no charges were filed though.


Yeah, if your own daughter accuses you of that then that means something, he must be guilty and if his not guilty people wont vote for him after that


However I have personally known a family where the daughter made similar allegations because she didn't like her parents telling her what she could and couldn't do and it sure made a huge mess. Situations like that really mess up a family though.


I agree, of course Jim Knoblach denied the accusations, he said she was trying to end his campaign, but she ended up ruining his reputation


True! Are you into social media like Facebook?


I am, I am a subscriber since the year 2011, what about you? do you  have Facebook


yes I have been since 2008 but I think I prefer instagram


I prefer Instagram as well, its  a lot more simpler than Facebook, but I guess Facebook is worth a lot more like $104 billion by now


Yeah and to think it was started by some Harvard college students.


Yeah along with Mark Zuckerberg was Eduardo Saverine and others, it was first intended for Harvard students and then it got expanded.


I didn't realize it got its name from the face book directories given to US university students.


Sometimes simple names are just better, did you hear about that Burger King promotion?


Yeah that's crazy. I bet that could cause quite a stir among Facebook friends and all over a free whopper. :)


Its not a harmless promotion, but who cares its a free whopper lol


Yeah, did you know Facebook makes most if its money from ads that appear onscreen?


I didnt but it makes sense, they do make a lot of money out of advertisements- do you know why Facebook is primarily blue?


Yes because Zuckerberg suffers from red-green colorblindness. I didn't even know there was such a thing.


Yeah, I though it was because of marketing strategy or something like that, well blue is a great color


Did you ever use Myspace? They turned down an offer to buy facebook back in 2005.


I did, I had a Myspace account around that time, I bet they are regretting that decision now.


Not much, do you? I get so tired of hearing about Republicans and Democrats fighting.


I do just to stay informed. The use of red and blue actually only became consistent in use in 2000.


I heard of that, and think it's ironic because of the colors from the Civil War. Did you know that Bill Murray was also in radio shows besides being a movie actor?


I did not, but I guess his comic delivery carries over from film to radio pretty well. He probably didn't get a lot of play on Canadian radio, though; laws there require that at least 40% of the music played be Canadian, and I bet that carries over to shows, too.


I guess it's good to keep it local! Did you know that in the thirties the most popular radio act was one with a ventriloquist! Mind baffling!


That seems illogical, but people do like to listen to some odd things on the radio. For example, there's a weekly Finnish news program that has been conducted entirely in Latin since 1989.


Very interesting! Back when Bing Crosby was in his heyday in 48, I hear his songs accounted for over half of all music played!


Sounds like he dominated the airwaves back then. And to think that in WWII there were soldiers making simple radios using razorblades and pencils just a few years earlier.


Ah yes, foxhole radios...those are really cool! I heard that there was once a radio station who played a Hanson song without revealing the band name, and it became really popular. Surprising because Hanson is usually only liked by preteen girls.


I guess people just like what they like when there aren't labels attached! speaking of liking things, did you know that facebook's "like" button is illegal in a German state? Seems a bit odd.


That is very strange, I didn't think Germany was so strict. I think it's very fascinating how radio waves work.


Yes, it's kind of crazy to think that sounds is translated into electromagnetic waves that we can't hear and then translated back into sound.


Do you like to use FaceBook, much? It's crazy how much it's worth today. I heard that they almost called the like button the awesome button.


Not much, actually. "Awesome" seems like hyperbole you'd see in advertising, which is actually where most of its revenue comes from.


Was it Facebook that used to have a dislike button also like YouTube does? I think the stopped using it.


I think people would use Facebook less if it became an even more hostile environment than it already is and could dislike other people's opinions with the click of a button haha. At least some people use it for political good; people in Iceland can make suggestions for alterations to their constitution on Facebook.


I guess we'll see soon if Iceland has a good idea or not! Facebook already has a bad enough reputation for being mentioned in many divorce filings.


I guess that would make sense given the amount of drama people can cause so easily! Even though the company might be valued at $104 billion, there's still got to be a couple hundred million that are padding divorce lawyers' pockets now that they wouldn't have other wise haha.


I just recently read about how Facebook actually started out for Harvard students only! Then they included membership from other ivy league schools and then the public. Isn't that funny?


I remember being a freshman in college and people not being able to find their friends whose schools hadn't been added yet...those were the days before it became a playground for fake news and baby pictures. Anyway, nice chatting!


Hi there, looking forward to chat with You ! ;)


Hi, did you hear that one of Paul Manfort's accountants said she went along with falsifying tax records because of fear.


ok no.... how does that work ? how do You falsifying tax records because of fear ?


She didn't want to confront a longtime client and tell the client her boss was a liar


Lots of money involved it seems. She had saved Manafort $400,000 in taxes


But she falsified the records... didn't they got caught ?


Well, Manafort is fighting bank and tax fraud charges saying he failed to pay taxes on millions of dollars he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukranian political party


...so he has a case in court... is that recent news ? I wonder if he will be punished... like... financially...


Sounds recent.  Manafort could not afford his taxes so he wanted to report a loan from an entity in Cyprus


holy crap... I wonder if they come up with ideas like that by themselves or do they have like trained accountants to advise moves like that...


Probably had someone tell him that.  Laporta said she didn't believe such a loan existed


That's what I thought... people giving that kind of advises have knowledge that could make a regular person a millionaire within a week probably... ;)


Probably with enough crookedness they can do that.  Did you know that the top three richest presidents have been jfk, washington, and jefferson?


I've heard it somewhere... that was before they were elected a presidents right ? I don't know what professions they had...


I don't know, but probably Washington got money from all his quests for the king of England


What "quests" were those ? Sorry I'm from Europe...


I just mean when he led the British as a colonel in the British army


oh ok, did You know that pilgrim clothing was full of color. they only wore black for special occasions ?


that is interesting.   There is a store in alabama that only sells clothes and items found in unclaimed baggage at airports


lol...I wonder what are they doing when they find Gucci bag :)


I guess they make out pretty good!  In China during the cultural revolution, gang fashion included laying as many shirts you could while popping the collars.


It's crazy times when it comes to fashion... back in my days nobody cared that much about it...


Official business attire in hawaii is the aloha shirt not a suit and tie.  I think that i'd like that


Yes, mainly the President and actions taken by Congress.  Lately, I was surprised to know that Trump wasn't one of the top 3 richest presidents.


Yeah considering he has so much money that is surprising. Imagine how wealthy JFK, Washington and Jefferson must have been


Yeah, obviously adjusted for inflation... Also, the President's guest house is larger than the White House?  Maybe Trump should accept pay.


they must get a lot of guests. And then you have presidents who are music stars


I can't see many of them being musically inclined.


there is a store in alabama that sells stuff that is found in unclaimed baggage in airports.


I wonder if I have anything there.  More like Atlanta... Maybe a polo shirt or two...


Yes, it's like IZods with the gator named after tennis player Rene Lacoste.  I think Hawaii has the best shirt policy with aloha shirts.


I agree, I like that they do not care for a suit and tie.


I thought button down collars and ties were going to go away by now... Business casual on Fridays is all that happened...


I know, too bad they are not that comfortable. Even chinese gangs favored polos and flipped the collars to look tough.


I think that's more preppy than tough.  I think the Presidents and politicians should lighten up and start wearing polos or tie-dyed t-shirts. I can see the president of Indonesia doing that...


Yeah I agree. Even Apple had a clothing line a long time ago.


I thought they still did... I'd rather buy clothes from them than Rip Curl from N. Korea


Yeah I guess, so strange they seem so isolated. Do you know how fashionistas can tell if your clothing need to get tailored?


Something about gaps in the collar.  I think its interesting that the English have a more formal definition for a "shirt."  It must have a collar so t-shirts are out.


Yeah that. Do you know the old system of presidential elections in the 1800's?


Yeah, can you imagine Trump and Hillary working together?  I can see how that only lasted to 1805.


Oh my so true. It was nice chatting with you.


Hey there what are your thoughts on Elton John?


Elton John? Is that guy still alive? I thought that he died or something.


Oh no he's alive. He was born in 1947 actually. He sold over 300 million records to. He's one of the best-selling music artists around


I guess he deserves to stay alive then, seeing as how he sold that many albums.


Yeah I hope he never dies haha. Even his single Candle in the Wind sold over 33 million copies around the world. Do you like any of his songs?


I've heard some of his songs. He's good. He seems to have a generous heart.


Yeah I think so. I can't believe that Can You Feel the Love Tonight was almost cut out of the Lion King movie. And that song won an Oscar


Yeah, the people at Disney sometimes don't understand Sir Elton. The man is a genius, and genius is really smart.


Oh I totally agree with you! I love almost all of his songs. Also he failed an ad in a talent search apparently. Obviously that did not handicap his career haha


He blazed a trail for many to follow, including that Ed Sheeran fellow. The guy is a ginger, but he sings good too.


I used to, but then I got old, and the music got too loud.


I went to Lollapalooza last year. I loved it it was awesome. Some bands tour so much. Like Linkin Park played 320 concerts in one year


Linkin Park found a cure for sleep. They stayed awake and played continuously.


Haha good point. I don't think I could do that many concerts though. Also the Ramones must have discovered that too. They played 2000 concerts in 20 years


The Ramones are now mummies, preserved for resurrection when their music makes a comeback.


Haha I like the way you think! What do you think about Creed? I guess they got sued because their concerts were so crappy


Creed should change its name to Crappy. That would help avoid lawsuits. No false advertising.


Haha you should have a comedy show. What are your thoughts on Pink Floyd? They did a concert in an ancient roman Amphitheatre, to no audience for some reason


Floyd wanted to avoid lawsuits. No audience, no suits.


Haha that's true. I just hope that they recorded it so that I can see it haha. Well watch out for creed don't ever go to their concert because it is horrible haha


hi how are you? do you like this planet of ours?


I do like Earth. Did you know that Earth is going to be helium-free by the end of the century?


that would be a tragedy for every birthday party on the planet. we must do something, but what?


There will still be helium I think. Just not in the atmosphere. Maybe they can create helium


I figure that a fusion plant could do that. probably require serious energy.


I heard that 80% of the Earth's forests have been taken down. What are we doing?


We are taking the lumber and clearing space for people to live. soon there will be nothing left. tragic.


Did you know that the UN appointed ambassadors just in case we meet aliens?


I guess that is a really important job. what does that guy do all day? How can i get that job?


Yeah I was wondering the same thing. Do you enjoy reading?


I love to read. i spend most of my days reading. You?


I don't really read anymore. Did you know there was a moral panic in the 18th century because people were reading novels?


Yes, they loved poetry. they thought that poetry was pure. novels had all sorts of terrible influence.


I didn't know that. I heard CS Lewis and Tolkien used to read terrible poetry to each other


Those guys were great authors and loved language. i would buy a ticket to that contest.


The fastest reader was a woman named Anne Jones. 4,700 words per minute. But what's her reading comprehension?


Yeah, and her retention? give her a test a week later and see what she remembers.


No, I'm not. i dont have a car right now. i do like cars though.


I'm not either, but I play racing games. Jann Mardenborough became a professional racer by playing Gran Turismo


I know that we have destroyed more than 80% of the forests in it


Yes sadly. Do you know how long the days were when earth was formed?


Yes they were only 5.5 hours long, that is way too short


I know. Do you believe in extraterrestrials?


Somewhat but it seems the guys at UN are convinced that they exist


Yes and that is why they appointed an ambassador to them


Yes. Apparently we will be helium free by the end of the century


Yes no more funny voices and fun balloons for us


Yeah too bad. Do you know what we represent if the history of the world were 24 hours?


Yes we are only 1 minute and 17 seconds and yet have done so much to the earth


I love cars. Do you know who invented the drive thru?


Yes the soldiers were not allowed out of the cars in their fatigues so they accommodated them on that


Yes that was nice for the soldiers but also good for them for business too


True. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes the old cars used to have wooden trunks so that stuck around


Yes. Do you know how cadillac got its name?


Yes after the founder of detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac. It was nice chatting with you


Fine, thanks for asking.  As a matter of fact, I do like golf.  Do you play?


Yes, I live on a golf course. I know how they use a lot of water!


Yes, they do.The average American golf course uses 312,000 gallons of water per day.


Yeah, I hear it uses 4,000,000 gallons per day.


Unreal, Didn't know Babe Ruth was once most famous golfer.


Yes, apperently was once America's most famous golfer, in fact.


Great to have in your contract during film production.


Like Samuel L. Jackson does?  He really loves golf to put it in his film contracts.Lol


It can get addicting, But, you have to play alot to stay on your game!


That's so true.  I read somewhere that golf courses in America make up more land space than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.


Yes, I am surprised there aren't a few more small states added. Golf can be good exercise if your walking.


On a different note, do you watch any television?


I use to, I am more on the internet now.


That's cool.  Do you know the current Library of Alexandria has a copy of the internet, in case it burns down?


I saw that, Lets hope it doesn't, lol we all wouldn't know what to do!


Lol, talk about being lost.  Do you realize that only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet?


I believe that, they make them so long and hard to read. Good to know Mt. Everest has cell service. Great chat!!


I wish I had cell service as good as Mt. Everest!  Mine sucks.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I'm heading out to the movies with my kids, I'll talk to you later, friend.


Yes, I am entertained by magic. I especially enjoyed the movie with Hugh Jackman about magician, though I forget what it was called. Do you?


Oh that's right! Have you seen the movie? I really enjoyed that movie, I have not found a TV series that captures my attention quite like that movie but really surprised to find that most deals on "Shark Tank" are never followed through.


I did watch and enjoy the movie, The Prestige. Christian Bale made a deal with his brother, and Hugh Jackman made a deal with himself. But they both went through with their deals, unlike Shark Tank. I loved the mix of science and mysticism, not unlike many of the early 20th century magicians.


Those are very good comparisons. I also like that mix of science and mysticism as well. I am absolutely terrified of horror films though, I can not manage to watch any horror films.


I can watch, but I get bored by the predictability of many modern horror movies. I prefer classic horror films, like Bambi, which Steven King claims to be the first horror film he remembers watching.


Bambi is considered a horror film in King's eyes? Well then, I think I may be able to stomach horror films after all. However, I did not know that Christopher Nolan meant for inception to be a horror film.


That IS interesting, or should I say, that WAS interesting, or maybe that WILL BE interesting. In any event, it has been said that watching a horror movie can burn up more than 180 calories. And a bad horror movie can help you lose your lunch.


Oh my! I wonder if that diet trend will ever make it big like I see some of these other diets. But horror films also overlap with fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres so ET was originally scripted as a horror movie.


Really? Maybe the original script had some heavy breathing on the telephone call ET made when he phoned home. I was mesmerized by ET. Some say watching a horror movie will help you enjoy Art more.