They only get played at wedding receptions so the old people have something that they remember haha. I would have taken the money while that audience is still alive! It's probably the other half of the demographic who would go to the Shift classical music festival.


Apparently not, I guess those royalties are still pretty lucrative or they actually hate each other that much. Nice chatting!


Im doing great now that the server is back up. How are you?


You and me both haha. I'm doing well myself! Have you been to many concerts?


i used to go to concerts when i was younger. dont have the time or money now. LOL You?


Haha same here! What's your favorite one that you remember?


I saw Rush a couple of times. that was great. they were so good live.


I bet! Can you believe Linkin Park did 324 concerts in 2001 alone?


I cant imagine having that much energy. they must have slept on the bus. how could they do that?


Pure adrenaline probably haha. They could have been like the Ramones touring for 20 straight years. I wonder how many concerts they put on?


Probably over 100 a year, so about 2000?


It looks like 2263 in total! You were close! At least they weren't as bas a Creed doing concerts lol.


Is Creed a christian rock band? it sounds religious.


They were some terrible rock group in the early 2000s. They were sued once for putting on a terrible show!


Wow, i guess they should have rehearsed a bit before touring. that is terrible. i wonder if the fans won their suit.


I hope they did because they were really bad haha. Do you play any instruments?


I used to play the guitar. i dont play much now. You?


I've been getting into the piano. I didn't realize it's only been around since 1700.


Yeah, it is a complex instrument. it has a lot of moving parts.


I want to see the piano used by both Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney sometime! That would be awesome.


I bet there is some magic in those keys. You could write a hit song! Anyway, great chat!


I hope so lol. Great chat as well, have an awesome night!


Did you know there is a company that has robot dogs for sale?


It's Boston Dynamics and the dogs can do things like open doors and empty the dishwasher.


Oh, I have heard of a German company that is making a dog like robot  called Spot Mini.


Hm. The one I mentioned can haul 30 pounds and may be used to work in dangerous environments like nuclear clean up.


That would be great! It sounds like Spot Mini that is 66 pounds and 2 feet 9 inches tall.


Wow.  I heard it can also move on surfaces that wheeled robots cant.


It sounds useful. I've also heard it can haul a 30 pound payload.


Yes.  Did you know Michael Jackson planned to build a 50 foot robot to roam around the desert near Las Vegas?


Yeah and robots can be controlled by rat brains?  It will change personalities with the change of brains.  Wowl


Wow! I know robot movement is so precise that they can debone a chicken with surgical precision.


That precise yet the military uses Xbox controllers to disarm and ID IEDs.


Really? Wow! I wonder if they learned that skill on Youtube? Especially since users can upload, share, view and rate videos.


Probably... Why not?  Police have "BluTube" to share videos.


I have never heard of that! Do they share law enforcement videos?


Yep.  Did ya know YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the internet?


I am not surprised. I know Netflix and Youtube combined make up half of peak internet traffic in north America.


Yeah, computers have changed things a lot.  A far cry from 1936 when the Russians built a computer that ran on water.


I never knew! Gangam style got so many views they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Hey thanks. You were an excellent chat partner!


I think they are pretty fascinating, actually the term robotics was invented by scifi writer Issac Asimov.  What about you?


Even Michael jackson took deep interest in robots.


Robots can be made to look human or not, which do you prefer?  I don't really mind them taking human form but in the end they are just machines.


I know so I am not sure why the need for them to look like humans


Apparently Boston Dynamics is making a 4 legged dog robot named SpotMini, so now they are creating a market for pet robots too.


cool. they have trained robots to debone a chicekn with surgical precision


There are clips on YouTube about SpotMini.  It is a bit special since it is not wheeled it can move across all kinds of terrain,


That is so cool maybe I should check it out to see what it is all about


That is the joy of computers because we can access all this information.  And now they are controlling all kinds of industrial and consumer devices!


True. the us military uses xbox 30  controllers to control theur eod robots


That is awesome.  I believe that robotics can help those who are handicapped, for instance a robotic arm a person could control with their thoughts.


Exactly. ANd now they make exoskeletons that can help people stand up. so cool


The scary part will be when a robot starts to think on its own instead of what has been programmed.  We don't want a real life Megatron!


That is true. Do you weatch lots of videos of robst and other on yoututube ?


Sometimes I do.  Youtube basically has any topic you can think of.  The very first video was a guy talking about an elephant if you can believe that.


And now they have everything in there. it is the largest search engine on the net


Well yeah they ended up getting bought by Google in 2006 and added the power of Google's search engine so that make sense for sure.


yeah. originally they had a lower view count but were forced to upgarde it after gandnam style song


Now all kinds of networks like CBS, BBC and Hulu use it for their content.  But you can always watch Bob Ross instead.


I love Bob Ross, what a legend. It was nice chatting with you


I love fish, looking at them and eating them also


Did you know a seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


that is so interesting, I wonder why they declared that a fish if it is the only one with a neck


Eels are scary, I always remember the little mermaid when I think of eels, lol. What do you think about them?


Not much. Did you know there is a jellyfish that is immortal?


I would not want to cross paths with that. I think there has to be something that could kill it.


I'm not sure, I don't think that can be real, can it?


I don't think so, maybe I will look it up lol. One thing I wouldnt cross either is the black swallower fish, have you heard of that one?


Me either. What about shoes, any interest?


I love my shoes! I like nike mostly, how about you


I'm more of an adidas fan, but I have some Nikes.


Did you ever have the stephon marbury shoes back in the day?


Nice, I love air jordans. The marbury shoes were sold at Steve and Berrys for like 15 dollars each. They both don't exist anymore


Wow, that is pretty cheap, is that on an inflation adjusted basis?


I am sure they are more costly now on ebay since they are so rare. Marbury promoted them when he was a star NBA player and never took a dime to endorse them, pretty cool


Yeah interesting. Well, I didn't know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986, did you?


I did not know that, that would be some cool clothing to wear, I think I may go check it on ebay. It was so nice chatting with you!


Yeah, pretty funny right? Well, nice chatting!


Hi there did you know that the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years?


I think I heard about that! And then one day Richard Nixon broke it LOL he truly is the master in the art of ruining things LOL


To Funny! Apparently the Senate set up a rule that the Sargent of Arms could round up missing members and carry them into the Senate chamber.


Wow that's interesting. You know what I want to do though? I want to raid the candy desk that's in the Senate, they have a lot of good stuff like milky Way's and Mars Bars and jelly beans lol those are my favorite


Right, haha! It's a shame that women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor. At least not until 1993, wow!


That is insane! I'm glad that they fix that because that seems really silly, also I like Michael Jordan's quote. he says that he won't endorse a Democratic candidate because"Republicans buy shoes to"I wish more celebrities would follow in his footsteps


That's some kind of sentiment, kind of confusing, why not just say he's a Republican, lol!


Haha that's true. How often do you vote by the way? Did you know that astronauts vote from space?


Wow that's pretty cool. The indian Government set up a polling booth in the forest, it was full of lions.


Well that's cool. And they did that all for just a single voter too! Did you know that in the United Kingdom, not every man could vote until 1918, that's not a long time ago


Wow i didn't know that. Also a shame that 34% of black males have been permanently unable to vote in Alabama.


I agree that is sad. What makes me laugh though, is that the citizens in Texas voted to rename a garbage dump in Austin to"Fred Durst"that's definitely a diss on him haha


Yeah it is. You know there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a republican or Dem since the mid 1800's.


No I didn't know that. I think it would be interesting to have more political parties in the United States though. Another interesting thing, is that every president with a beard has been a republican, I wonder why that is haha


Wow no republican has been elected with out a bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928. That sounds oddly weird to me.


That is really weird. Although I think that information is old, because Trump was elected and he's a Republican. What is really crazy to me, is that the red and blue colors for Republicans Democrats only started in the year 2000. That seems like it's been that way my whole life, but apparently not


Yeah you would think it's been a lot longer than that. At least to my relocation.


Yep I agree. Do you remember Harry Truman? He was president in 1957, and a Democrat, and so he wouldn't get his picture taken with Dumbo because Dumbos an elephant aka a republican lol


How ridiculous! If didn't want a picture with dumbo so what how does at 60-70 years old. haha!


Haha I know right! does that mean that a republican shouldn't get a picture with Eeyore because eeyore is a donkey LOL I mean anything is possible now


Right! There have been 16 US republican President. Apparently that's the most from any one party.


That is interesting. Also interesting is the evolution of the two parties. it's even crazy that the Republican party started back in 1854, and before that they were known as the Whigs


How does America make collective decisions.  By voting.


Do you know the difference between the United States Senate and House of Representatives?


One difference is 2 per state for the Senate while the House has 435 districts.  Those who are elected call the people who are represented "constituents"


Yes, and the Senate is considered more prestigious  and more deliberative. They're both important in for presidential votes, I think.


Yes.   The senate has certain rules where 60 votes are required for many bills.  I think that forces more deliberatioin.  They used the same gavel for 155 years until Richard Nixon cracked it.


The only fun think I've learned about the Senate is that they started the candy desk tradition. I remember my teachers always had candy drawers in their desks.


I have one in my office too.  One needs supplements if your blood sugar drops for no good reason.  Apparently Pennsylvania is the source of the candy right now.


Was that because of the Hershey factory there? Did you know they let astronauts vote from outer space? I think that's a good thing.


The astronaut voting sends a strong message about how important voting is.  I like that too.  For some reason, the candies are Mars bars and Milky Way rather than Hershey.


I'd think they'd have expensive candies from local shops. I wonder why the Senate used to have a rule that women were not allowed to wear pants until after 1993?


I suspect that women set the dress code in years past so they would look professional. Michael Jordan would not endorse a democrat because "republicans buy shoes too"


I heard that about Jordan but I really didn't understand what he meant. I also don't understand why Republicans started out with ideals more like Democrats today and then switched.


Jordan has his own line of shoes made by Nike.  It is a separate brand and he does not want to offend almost half of the market.  But the GOP has always been small government and low regulations.


I get it now! Well, Jordan was smart for that as far as business goes, it seems. It's also interesting to me how the Republicans are associated with red and Democrats with blue.


Yes.  I remember one election where one network had those colors reversed.  But the color code is solidly established now.


It seems like it's been so since long before 2000, but that's the year it started, I guess. I think it's funny that Truman wouldn't be photographed on a Dumbo ride as to not be associated with Republicans.


That is amusing.  It is also odd that all Presidents with a beard have been republicans.


Do you think a party besides Republican or Democrat will ever actually have a person elected as president like Independent or Green Party?


Ha Ha.  I think it is possible that one party will collapse because it is too narrow and a third party will become the second party.  It seems that the democrats are growing, particularly with immigration swelling their ranks, so the GOP is most likely to collapse.


Even though I don't fully agree with either major party, it does make more sense if Republicans faded before democrats because they seem to have the most restrictions that keep things fair. Maybe Republican's numbers with the attitude of the strong survive is fading?


I understand.  However, I believe in free enterprise which has created the wealth of America.  I am not optimistic that dems will stay on that track.  Too many socialists.  Nice chatting.


I do sometimes. What about you though? I do read a lot of old Epic tales like the Epic of Gilgamesh


I've never read that one. It sounds fascinating though. I read more classics like the Iliad.


Yes I read that too. They're very interesting I think. We should put more effort to read those kinds of books in our school system


I totally agree. Poetry and its word choices and writing structure makes it something that encourages creativity.


Yes and the interesting thing about the word poetry is that it drives from a Greek term, the term is poesis which means making


That makes sense since when it comes to poetry you are definitely making something. I don't think it is as appreciated as a writing form as it could be.


Yes I agree. No one really writes poetry anymore. It's interesting how in Javanese, the alphabet will form a phone when it is read in order


Oh that's really neat. I love when poems do cool things like that. Like the depressing poem that you are meant to read backwards so it becomes a happy one.


Yes I'll have to check that out. It makes me sad that Edgar Allan Poe only got $9 for the poem "The Raven" that's actually a really amazing poem


You would think that his family estate is getting royalties on that. I bet the person that paid him so little was kicking themselves when he became popular.


Yes I agree. Did you hear about the 224 palindrome poem? It was created by Demetri Martin, that sounds interesting


224! That is a huge amount of palindromes. I'm not even sure I can think of that many let alone that many sentences that could be palindromes. Talk about talent.


Yes I agree! What do you think about the Sun by the way? It's amazing that the diameter is 109 times that of Earth's diameter that is so huge


That is really huge! And to think it is still only 1 billionth of the size of the largest star ever seen in our galaxy. Makes you really feel small.


Yes I agree. Also I never knew that the sun is actually white, only the atmosphere makes it seem yellow, I wonder why we don't learn at school


You would think that would be something they would teach. I know that we covered the lightening bolt being hotter than the sun at some point. That is one of the random facts that sticks with you.


Yes that is a surprising fact. Planets are so interesting though. I never knew that Venus didn't tilt and that it also doesn't have any seasons


I did not know that. That is way different that uranus which roles because of how much it tilts.


The name Uranus always makes me laugh haha. I wish that we had another planet in our solar system no. Jupiter's moon Ganymede could actually be considered a planet if it orbited the Sun instead of being a moon


I miss pluto being considered a planet. It is hard to remember them because we can't use the first letter memory trick anymore.


A little, I know people are up in arms over Kavanaugh's Supremo Court nomination.


Yes very much so. That was quite the rough battle. Did you know that they had the same gavel for 165 years?


I heard that and then old Trick Dick broke it.


Yes he did. Were you also aware that there is a candy desk in the senate?


Sounds about right is there anything good any it?


Yes, it's supplied with candy from Pennsylvania including milky ways, mars bars, and jelly beans.


Well i guess sometimes you need a snack. Did you know that women until recently could not wear pants on the Senate floor?


That's very upsetting. Do you know how recently?


It wasn't until 1993 and two women had to be defiant to get their point across.


What?! That's far too recent. I didn't realize sexism quite that blatant was so recent. Very upsetting.


Yes it is. In India the government set the polling booths in the forest full of lions.


That's extremely accommodating. I knew that astronauts can vote from space which is also impressive.


Especially when there are so many people who would like to vote but can't, like 34% of black men in Alabama.


That's absolutely horrible and unacceptable. There seems to be a decent amount of suppression going around.


Yeah and it's all unfortunate. Wow apparently Austin Texas doesn't like Fred Durst much. They wanted to name a garbage dump after him,lol.


Ha ha! That's hilarious! I wonder if they let them.


No president that was a republican did not have a beard. Sounds funny must be including trump.


That's very interesting. How odd. I do know that with the exception of Trump the last time a republican was elected president with no Bush or Nixon on the ticket was 1928!


Strange...I didn't know that Mormons were mostly republicans. There have been a total of 19 republican presidents.


I did not know that either. I wonder how many have been Democrats for comparison?


Hi, how are you? What do you know about the White House?


I know that there are identical versions of it in Ireland and France


That makes sense. The US has had close relationships with those countries for years.


Their versions probably don't still use floppy disks for storing like ours does partially


I wonder if that is for security purposes. Strangely outdated tech. Hm.


That was my guess too. I find it interesting how many times the White House has undergone renovations. The West Wing wasn't created until 1901, and it was expanded only eight years after that


It was a modest residence. The guest house is bigger, I hear. I wonder when that was built.


Who knows? I'm surprised Trump hasn't made any changes to the White House. Solar panels were put on the back by George W. Bush, and I've heard that's not the first time they've attempted solar power


Carter put them on first. Oil shock and that. Reagan removed them. Clinton did nothing.


At least none of them banned Christmas trees like Teddy Roosevelt did


Teddy was a conservationist. He did like destroying nature. Unless they were animals with heads for trophies.


Think he made clothing from fur? I wouldn't be surprised if he did


He probably did. I guess he thought he was being manly by killing wild animals. Seems senseless. There are other ways to prove your toughness.


True, though I'm sure it was good insulation in the winter


Yes, that's true. He was an interesting guy. Larger than life.


I wonder if he would have had an iPhone if he lived in this decade. Women are more likely to own them than men, but maybe he would have preferred Apple


I think he would have hated technology like that. He was an outdoorsman.


He might have tried the game "Send me to heaven" by throwing his into the air. He wouldn't have minded a shattered phone if he won


LOL. Probably not. Anyway, thanks for the chat!


He definitely wouldn't have bought anything from Apple's clothing line. Yes, good chat!


It was a thing back in the 80s. It likely died in the 80s as well


Hey. Did you ever get jealous of the kinds of clothes your friends had when you were a kid?


I totally did!  They were just bragging today about "shoes"  apparently they go on feet to comfort and protect them.  Bunch of snobs, I think.


I remember wanting the trendier clothes my friends wore, and once or twice getting made fun of for wearing hand me downs.


I hear ya there.  One of my friends is wanting to do a clothing line for fish.  I keep telling her that fresh water fish drink through their skin via osmosis.


That sounds more complicated than my aunt buying clothes for her dog! Some fish drink water via their mouths, but the ones that soak it in through their skin would need clothes that wouldn't block that.


This is so true.  I think that's why I like Jack Purcell canvas shoes.  The dog never gets them dirty when we go for a walk.


I wonder if dogs ever get "jealous" of other dogs with clothes. Can dogs even make fun of each other like kids or adults sometimes do?


I'm sure they do.  If crows understand economics, trade and barter, then dogs pretty much have to understand jealousy.


Hopefully that won't lead to anything like the coat ban in some schools to try to stop kids from teasing others for their clothing quality. Can you imagine being banned from the dog park because your dog's Jack Purcells are too nice?


You have a good point, but my dog only wears Patagonia, so I'm not too worried.


I didn't know Patagonia made dog clothes too! They have really nice human coats (that's funny to write), and they're usually less expensive than some designer brands. Some of those get up to $955 or more!


I know!  Moncler coats cost more than my first car did.


I don't think I've ever spent more than $40 on a coat, but I have a hard time not being cheap about clothes, plus I live in the desert where I don't need them much! I've never bought anything like a Moncler.


Poverty Shaming seems like it would take so much energy.   You always have to try and be original or it just starts to turn into a meme


It's really sad how petty or troubled of a person you have to be to do it too. People put down others because they haven't learned to pick themselves up any other way, and it's indicative of deeper problems.


Oh totally!  They would be better off spending their time buying clothes for their dog.


Maybe people should be more like dogs sometimes. Dogs aren't going to make fun of other dogs for not having smartphones or nice coats like people do.


You do make a really valid point, but dogs also eat burritos off the ground, so it's a trade off really.


On the other hand, dogs don't waste food that way! It's a money-saving method that I don't know if I have the stomach to adopt.


Alright, you're right!  Dogs should be more like people!


hello,  do you vote?  did you know Indian government puts their polling booth in a forst full of lions?  That is crazy!!


That sure is crazy and yes, I do vote. DO you? Astronauts are so cool, they vote from space


It sure does. In the UK not all men were able to vote until 1918


Thats weird.  I wonder why that was.  Did you know the us sante used the same gavel for 165 years!


Yeah until Nixon broke it. I wonder if they were mad at him for that


haha,  maybe he just had to pay for a new gavel.


Maybe. In Alabama sadly a large portion of the male balck population cannot vote


Wow,  permanently too.  I wonder if thats due to people in jail?  Maybe?


I think that is what it is. On the other hand in Texas seems people are more interested in voting to change the name of the garbage dump


That seems so dumb to me,  are there not more important things to vote on?  Also,  that is so negative towards that person,  arent we voting to make things better,  for positve outcomes.


Yeah go figure. In Senate women were not allowed to wear pants until lately


Yikes they must have been cold!  I wonder why the topic of women wearing pants is such a big deal in that time.


Well, it is about equality and they must have opposed it until those two senators decided to protest by wearing pants. Good for them


Heres a fun fact,  Every us pres who had a beard was republican lol


Cool. And we have either had a republican and democrat president since 1853


Yeah thats interesting!  Looks like Truman refused to take a pic with Dumbo when he was at Disneyland so it wouldnt be associated with republicans.  Why does dumbo related to republicans?  do you know?


Yeah the Republican logo is an elephant and Dumbo is a baby elephant so I guess he did not want to be associated with that


I know right? Go figure. Did you know both parties adopted the blue and red as late as 2000


Yeah,   i thought that had been around forever lol I guess not.  Have a good one!


Do you take much interest in the first lady, now or in the past?


Some, I always try to pay attention to whats going on in the world.


I always feel that the first lady is in position by chance, not act.  I know people like to know what they are wearing and stuff, but it seems trivial to me.


Very true, but no matter what they must conduct themselves with dignity, and their past all of a sudden becomes more in the public eye.  I never care who/what/where people wear.  Id rather see their actions.


The first lady is damned if they do and damned if they don't, get involved in policy that is.


It is sadly true.  Supposedly Melania wore a Jacket saying "I dont care.  Do U" to the boarder separated children


Probably not the best choice, but I'd hate it if every choice I made was monitored by hundreds of people every day.


Very true, It is hard to make any statement without a certain base of people hating on it.


The thing now that everyone has iphones and can take pictures of you every second of the day.


That does make things so much harder.  In the past, you might have to worry about some secret cameras, but mainly only got photographed  at big events.  Now it can be at the store.


The only place they can escape the constant media is in the White House, or any other private residence they may have.


Very true.  If they did sneak photos they might catch her using floppy disks.  The white house still uses thos for storage


That would be scandal, they'd accuse her of being a technophobe. In the days of iphones I thought floppy disks would be non existent.


It really would.  A laughable one at that.


At least they are advanced enough to have solar panels on the building, Bush put them back after Reagan took them off.


I heard that, I wonder why Reagan took them off.  Solar is such a great benefit!


Probably making a political point.  usually everything Presidents do is to make a point.  Can't see any other reason.  Unless the reflection was getting in his eyes.


True, It was like good old Teddy banning Christmas trees, because he was a conservationist!


It makes sense if that is your belief.  Can you imagine the uproar now if a President did it today, the media would be full of their assault on Christmas and Christianity.


It would, unfortunately.  People just read into a situation only what they want to see.


Well I need to go and get some clothing on, have a good day.


I've always like them since I was a kid.  Did you know that freshwater fish only "drink" water through their skin via Osmosis?


I had no idea. How do salt water fish do it then?


They ironically drink through their mouths.  Weird.


Yeah. The black swallower fish seems legit. And also has a big stomach!


That must be why it can eat prey twice it's own weight and 10 times it's weight?


10 times its weight is crazy! I weigh 245 and cannot imagine eating something that weighs 2450 pounds!


LOL  Did you know that the seahorse is the only fish to not have a neck?


No but I do rememebr seeing a cartoon with Aquaman using the seahorse like a regular horse and it made me happy and laugh!


That's right! lol  There is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.  That's kind of neat.


I would like to know his secret! Maybe not immortal but give me until 125...


I hear you there!  I hear people say they don't want to live long all the time.  I'm the opposite.  I would love to live to a long time.  There must be some immortality in shoes as they say 5000 year old shoes perfom better than modern shoes.


That's some old shoes! I will get a pension in a few years and I want to live a long time to build wealth!


lol Speaking of shoes.  My feet stink really bad and they make my shoes smelly.  Do you know how I can get rid of the smell in my stinky shoes?  lol


HAHAHA... A really self-depricating transition but I appreciate the work! Either tea bags of trash can...


Nice!  I will have to try that before I get a rash or something. hahaha  Did you know that professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week?


I wonder how much ballet shoes are? That seems really expensive.


I'm not sure.  But that's what I was thinking as well.  They must get paid pretty good or the ballet companies must buy them.


Are there shoe contract in ballet like in basketball?


I'm not sure.  Be curious to find out.  I have to get going.  It's been a pleasure chatting with you!  Hope you have a good day.  I have smelly shoes to take care of!  LOL


I sure do. Did you know CLint Eastwood is also a huge fan?


Yes. A woman in harlem hosts free concerts in her apartment every day


Yes for 20 years now and many people stop by there


Yeah. Do you know who has the best jazz orchestra in the world?


Yes that is Pakistan, strange a bit but good for them


I know. Do you know why trumpeters have a goatee?


Yes because it is more comfortable when they play


I sure do, they also have a room where only celebrities are allowed in


Yeah. Did you know RObin Williams was the voice of Aladdin?


Yes and he started that trend of celebrities doing voices


Yeah. Did you know LeBron is the only one that makes more than JUdge Judy?


Yeah. Carol Burnett was the first celebrity on Sesame Street


Yeah. Did you know Texas elected their first female governor when some others statements had not even ratified the amendment?


Yeah. DO you know the songs Come Together by the Beatles?


Yes it was written for a California Governor's campaign in 1969.


Yeah. Do you know where Schwarzenegger lived when he was governor?


Not in Sacramento, he travelled everyday there though


Did you listen to Led Zeppelin?  There's a new book out about them.


I was not aware of that. Have you heard it?


It's a book.  They do have many good albums.  I remember Houses of the Holy the most.


I know they were hugely popular. They were a bit before my time. I do kind of like "stairway to Heaven".


That song got sooooo much airplay and some their best didn't.  This last book actually is actually from the remaining 3 members.


I enjoy books like that. It is interesting to get insight into great bands.


This one may be good.  It has a diverse set of photos from all kinds of sources.


Very cool. Have you ever tried to play the guitar?


I tried but I wanted to play well immediately and it made my finders hurt.  I'm no Jimmy Page...


I tried to learn many years ago. I just didn't have the patience. My daughter has taught herself the ukulele.


No patience here either... The guitarist from Queen uses coins for pick. Maybe that would have helped...


Have you seen "Bohemian Rhapsody"? I think it would be interesting.


No, but I used to be a Queen listener.  I don't know much about Linkin Park but they have the best selling album of the 21st century call "Hybrid Theory."


Growing up I was a little indifferent to Queen, but now I really like a lot of their stuff. Which band do you think is beater, Queen or Led Zeppelin?


Different styles but I'd go with Led Zeppelin since they were more prolific. They named the song "Black Dog" after a dog that hung around the studio.


Yeah, That is interesting. I guess naming a song can be a challenge.


Naming software is the same way... I'm surprised that Led Zeppelin helped fund Monty Python's "The Holy Grail"... Classic...


That is also interesting. Have you seen "The Holy Grail" lately?


It's been a while... I've seen it many times.  Funny, two identical twins in Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 in 1992!


I prefer to watch that in scenes because the whole movie is a bit boring. Could you imagine raping when you are 100?


I can't imagine breathing when I'm 100. Thanks, you were a great chat partner!


Hello,  how are you doing?  Did you know There is a programming language in which the programs are written in musical composition, and functional programs have jazz-like harmonies.


That's interesting. I guess there is a reason some jazz trumpeters have goatees. It provides comfort when playing.


hmmm didn't know that. Clint eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist, and scored several films, including million dollar baby


Speaking of celebrities, Pixar has a secret room that is often visited by celebrities. I wonder what is in it.


thats awesome! Robin williams in aladdin was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.


And apparently we even need celebrities in our kids tv shows. Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear in Sesame Street.


Thats interesting.  Judge judy makes $123,000 per episode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after lebron james.


Some celebrities try to do noble things with their fame. Ethiopia has a tv chef that thinks he can combat the country's hunger


Speaking of celebrities wanting to do things for greater causes, did you know that the Beatles song "come together" was written for a campaign?


It was for Timothy Leary's 1969 California governor campaign.


Good to know! Ralph lawrence carr was the only governor to oppose the internment of japanese americans during ww2


I know right. Texas elected their first female governor, the second in the nation, before some states even ratified the 19th amendment.


Well, that is kind of encouraging. Did you know that in 1934 North Dakota seceded from the US because North Dakota's governor declared martial law?


Interesting. When schwarzenegger was governor of california, he never lived in sacramento. instead he commuted 3 hours everyday... by private jet.


That seems like a long time to have to travel each and every day though.


yeah I know right.  Good talking to you.


Hello there, I sure do, it's such an expressive form of music.  How about you?


Do you know where jazz first originated?


I guess the United States, but I don't know where in the US, do you ?


Yeah you are right!  It was way down south in New Orleans!  Back in the late 19th and early 20th c.


Oh so New Orleans music could be considered as Jazz ? It is very upbeat. Do you like that style of music ?


Yeah I would definitely say that it would be jazz!  I really like that style myself, how about you?  Have you ever visited New Orleans?


No never, is it worth it ? It seems that every city has its style of jazz even Kansas City.


That is very true, Kansas city jazz is much more hard-swinging and bluesy, so cool how different regions have different styles.


Do you think gypsies have anything to do with Gypsy Jazz ? I have never heard of any gypsies communities on US soil.


I am not sure, that sounds more like an eastern european type jazz with the musette waltzes, very interesting though.


But I a more interested in "challenging" jazz styles, the less "dance-able" the better it is for me.


Interesting, did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is super popular?


Yes, I have heard of it,  if jazz is new to them, they have 100 years of jazz music to play to their audience.


That is true, there also is a women in Harlem who has been hosting free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years, wonder how her neighbors all feel about it?


Yeah, and it is a weekly think, I tolerate a party once or twice per year, but every week, I would start to complain. And you what do you think about this ?


I think that they all must really like jazz and like her, because 20 years of every sunday is a crazy amount of jazz concerts to hold!


It must be on the lease of the neighbors, "must love jazz". And "not be afraid of people with goatee".


Lol, good call!  Yeah I was very surprised to read that those goatees started as a functional thing, not just looking cool.


I wonder how they found this, was it a guy who had already a goatee and did not complain or a guy that complained a lot and grew a goatee in last resort.


Lol, hey that's like the chicken and the egg thing.  Anyways, it's been fun talking with you, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


I do! I didn't know they were formed in 1968 though! Do you?


I listen to them every now and again. Did you know they partially funded monty python and the holy grail?


I didn't know that! That's awesome though! Do you know how "Black dog" got its name for a song?


It appears there was a dog wandering around the studio! Interesting, I never knew that! Speaking of recording songs, NWAs straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without a major tour.


That is so cool. That means it was really good haha. Did you know Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best-selling album of the 21st century?


That's actually pretty surprising! Two twins in Japan released a rap album when they turned 100. It's never too late I guess.


Well said! I would love to hear it sometime haha. The Dark Side of the Moon was still one of the top albums in 2014, 40 years after release!


That's pretty awesome! Reel big fish had to rerecord all their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label. Ouch.


Well at least they could remember how the songs went haha. That is crazy how that could happen!


Yeah, that really sucks.When eddie van halen recorded the solo for beat it he set the speakers on fire!


That would have been a sight to see lol. He must have been rocking hard!


Yeah, that would have been insane! Queen's guitarist has a Ph.D. in astrophysics!


He looks smart haha. He uses coins as guitar picks too. That must take talent!


Yeah, he's a pretty interesting guy. Pink Floyd turned a house boat into a floating recording studio!


I wonder how that would be on the drums lol.


Muse's guitarist holds a record for most smashed guitars on tour!


I wonder how many! Well great chatting with you!


Hey, did you hear about the Disney fans who got married in June?


No I did not.  But I am a huge Disney fan.  Did you know that "The Lion King" was the first Disney film dubbed into ZULU.  That was for it's African release.


Really? No, I didn't know about that. Did you know that Wreck-It-Ralph was took three decades to create?


Really, no, I did not know that.  That is crazy.  I did know that Frozen was directed by a women.  It was the first animated Disney film to do so.


That is awesome! Hopefully she didn't use any recycled frames from other Disney movies.


I was glad to hear that.  Also, the toy industry gets involved very early with Disney movies.  Usually before the film even begins production.


I bet. Did you hear about Mrs. Lambert? She passed away a few years ago.


No, I did not here about that.  But I am a huge animal fan.  Did you know that dogs can have 1 of 12 different blood types?


Yeah, I did. I also heard that there are actually dog blood drives.


I heard that also.  That is great.  Dogs can see color, just not as many as humans can.  A lot of people think they are color blind but are not.


That's good. Dogs are pretty amazing. I especially love how they are attuned to human behavior.


I wish the US was like Istanbul.  They have a vending machine for dogs that will release food and water for the strays in the city in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


That would be great. Maybe since Google is a dog company, they'll start something like that.


I am more of a cat person.  I have 5 indoor cats.  I remember reading that Google actually says in there code of conduct that they are a dog company.


We are DONE talking, lol.  Speaking of hockey, Canada scored 132 goals and only let in 3 during the entire 1924 winter olympic games.  That was the first Winter Olympics by the way.


Lol. Did you know that an ice hockey rink can be found under basketball courts. They just leave it there when stadium sports change.


Yes, I did now that.  Honestly, my wife and I were talking about that last night.  She didn't know that.  Also, baseball may be American's national sport, but Canada is the only country with two, Lacrosse and Ice Hockey.


Maybe I should start playing hockey. If I became a professional, I could lose up to 8 pounds in a single game.


May, I need to play that also.  A hockey player that went on to win 4 Stanley cups was traded in 1993 for $1.  That is crazy.  Someone is kicking themselves.


They have to be. I have to go, great chatting with you.


did you know that a hockey player can lose up to eight pounds over the course of one game


Hi! No I didn't know that, are you a hockey fan?


kind of, I'm watching the superbowl right now though haha, I guess Canada's national sports are both hockey and lacrosse, I would have thought it was just hockey


Ahah 100%, and that is weird yeah I would've thought it's just hockey by far. It's obviously much bigger in Canada than here though. I know the U.S. Olympic Women's team lost to a New England high school team once.


ya Canada is really good, I guess one year at the Olympics they scored 132 goals and only let in 3!


God I can't imagine the other team's disappointment. That must be how Bulgaria felt when their women's team lost to Slovakia 82-0.


that is crazy, are you a dog or a cat person?


I'm definitely more of a dog person, and yourself?


yes I like dogs a lot more, did you know that Google is officially a pro-dog company? haha


Wow, I wonder how they even chose that! Although it makes sense, dogs are intelligent, they can actually learn over 1000 words!


wow that is wild, did you know that dogs have over 12 different blood types?


Definitely more complex than humans all of a sudden. They can also be just like us though, some dogs have even learnt how to use the subway.


ya they're so smart, also I always thought that dogs were colorblind, but they actually just can't see as many colors as a person can


That's interesting, dogs are certainly more than we give credit to. Dogs even have eureka moments, just like we do!


that is crazy! also, only dogs and elephants respond and understand pointing, no other animals do!


Haha I guess elephants are intelligent too! On another note, are you a Disney movie fan?


yes I am, one of my favorite movies is Dumbo, speaking of elephants haha


Right on cue haha. Disney values their older films like Dumbo a lot, they actually used a special camera to make those films more realistic.


wow I didn't know that I guess the movie Frozen was the first disney movie to be directed by a female


That's surprising, you'd think a huge company would be more progressive. Maybe they value celebrity stars more, the original vultures in the jungle book were actually supposed to be voiced by the Beatles.


wow that would have been cool! did you know that the lion king was dubbed into zulu for its release?


Hello, what do you think about Lane Lambert and the peculiar day of the wedding?


That is a bit different, I guess his daughter ate Lucky Charms out of the cup during this thing.


I think there was a lot of support in social media, from both sides of the family and that is just great!


Yeah I can support that myself.  Are you a big hockey fan in general?


I do like hockey, you know ice hockey rings are actually basketball courts when they are not in use!


Yeah isn't that so interesting, I have seen time lapse videos before of them being changed and its so cool.


I agree, its a nice thing to watch, you know there was a player that was traded for $1 and then won four Stanely Cups! isnt that crazy! Someone definetely got fired over that decision


Yeah imagine the scout and guy in charge of making that decision, I'm sure they didn't last.


Yeah, hockey sure is a hard game to play, you know that a player can lose 8 punds per game


Wow, that is a ton, but I guess they wear a lot of gear and don't stop moving around the whole game when they are on the ice.


Its a demanding game for sure, you have to be in a good physical shape, there are many types of hockey, thats I fact I didnt know about


Yeah I guess our hockey isn't the most popular version around the world, I din't know that.


Yeah apparently bandy, field and ice hockey are 3 of them and apparently there are more versions of the game


Really interesting, do you have any idea of what kind of hockey bandy is?  And did you know Canada is the only country with 2 national sports, hockey being one of them.


I have no idea either,  I guess thats why they have a pretty good hockey team, I heard the Canadian olympic team of 1924 was a great team


Yeah I heard that as well, I think they only gave up three goals the whole tournament!


Yeah and they score more than 130, that is a humilliating loss for the other team


Oh yeah the other teams all got humiliated sounds like.  Do you know if the first winter games was in Canada?


I do not know that although its something worth googleling, I think its an interesting fact to know,


Whoops, I hate when I do that.  Do you have a favorite hockey team?


I dont have a favorite team, I like to watch the game and support the US team but thats about it.


I recently learned that the earth is the densest planet in the solar system.  I wonder if that helps it to support all of the water on it.


That is one possibility. Water is a very important resource that helps give life on earth.


Yes it does and the earth's surface is covered by about 71% of water.  The polar regions are covered in ice but that is just frozen water so-more water on the earth's surface.


That is true although I am not much into the science of earth. However I do appreciate the facts about the environment.


Do you like planets in general?  Have you seen or noticed the five planets in the sky at night that can be seen by looking at them?


I like planets. And yes I have been able to see them when they are noticeable. I love It when I can see the stars so bright and clear. It's a shame that there aren't so many areas where you can see them due to Earth's atmosphere being affected.


I agree with you on that.  It's extremely unfortunate that more than 80% of our planet's forests have been destroyed.


It is very devastating. Hard to believe that so many years ago there was so many trees and other living creatures we can't even see alive today anymore.


I know.  It makes me wonder what the planet was really like originally.  I know scientists say that in the beginning a day was on just over 5 hours long but I'm not sure they can actually know that.  So, I still wonder what all happened here long ago and what life was like.


Yeah I know what you mean. It doesn't seem logical that it was only 5 hour days. Although if they believe that then their time table of billions of years is very flawed.


Good point!  What do you think about all of the helium going to be gone from the planet by the end of the century?


I am a littler concerned because who knows how it will affect the planet. I mean Helium is used for a few things. For all we know it may even affect gravity somewhat.


You're absolutely right.  We don't know exactly what will happen.  It may cause us to lose other things.  The steady depletion of the helium will probably create problems as we go along.


It most likely will. I also wonder why the Helium is depleting so much and why it will be completely gone. I mean it just makes me think as to why this resource is really going down.


I hadn't thought about that the reason why it is.  That is interesting to consider.  I mean, is it because of forest depletion or something else?


It could be because of forest depletion or it could be because of all the pollution. Plus with the billions of people, resources are being taken and hardly being created.


I wonder if it's a chain of life sort of thing too. I mean, if an animal becomes extinct that can change the population of another animal species and so on.  Could it be that elements have that kind of effect on each other?  If so, what did the planet lose that is causing helium to go away?


That is a lot to think about and to consider. I mean our planet Earth took a huge change in environment during the era of factories and iron and metal industry taking off.


Yes it did and now it will change with artificial intelligence.  As machines become more "intelligent" and there are more of them I wonder what that will do to the environment.


Artifical Intelligence is definitely something that is on the rise. I have seen videos of robots cooking food. The possibilities of robots does make one think life could be easier but at what cost?


How far will they go too?  Facebook is trying to develop one that can understand emotions.


I do like to read. Mostly mystery thrillers and sci-fi. How bout yourself?


I do, mostly non fiction books, there are also great books about trees, they might sound boring but they can be really interesting


I don't know if I could ever just read about about trees. I could read a book that was more about the Earth as a whole. The cosmos are fascinating.


I agree, the cosmos is fascinating and earth is too, so many planets out there, all the wonders they hold


I like to think about everything we don't know. Like astronomers possibly detecting building blocks for life in a planetary system 455 light-years away.


I think thats a real possibility and waht about that planet that has glass precipitation, hostile planet


It's so mysterious. And everything we see when we look is how what we are seeing was millions of years ago. It just takes the info that long to get to us. Who know what they are like now.


Yeah, maybe a lot more different, we wont be alive to find that out though,


Nope. I'm kind of hoping we develop AI further soon and maybe that expedites how we are able to see and travel through the universe


I hope that too, AI can be the sollution to many problems


AI is really an interesting topic that should discussed more in politics. It's going to open up so many possibilities, but it will also lead to a large loss of employment and could even be dangerous.


It can, it can surely affect the economy, dangerous in many ways,


Just throwing some ideas out there - we may either have to come with a universal basic income. Or the AI will just get rid of a bunch of us lol


Yeah like in the movies, AI can beat our brains they even crushed all human records on a game called the puzle game 2048


Yeah, Chess and Go as well. Did you see the movie Ex Machina?


It's about this guy who wins a developer competition and gets to spend a weekend with the CEO on this remote island. It turns out the guy was meant to be the human component for the CEO's AI testing.


Interesting plot I have to watch that one, did you hear about Facebook and the AI the company is developing?


Yes, kind of scary isn't it. It's like Zuckerberg is building a catalog of all of us through AI and what we post on Facebook


It is scary, the AI will understand emotions, identify objects and predict actions,


Not bad.    Do you know anything about Henry David Thoreau?


I know a bit about him, he is a environmentalist I believe, right?


Yes, but he was also an author.    Lots of others were inspired by his example.


I get his point though, I mean 80% of the earth's forests have been destroyed already


Speaking of the earth, how old is the planet?


As far as I know, I think about 4.5 billion years ago


That is a long time ago.    How much of the surface of the planet is water?


I believe it is about 71%, I was always told 3/4ths when I was younger


That makes sense.     Do you know what the core is made from?


It is essentially iron and heat, so hot most of it is liquid, and that is what causes volcano eruptions


Interesting.     Did you know the earth is quite a bit more dense than the sun!


I did not know that actually, but I guess it kinda makes sense since the sun is mostly gas


I know there are some other names people call our planet.    Do you know any of them?


No, I am not too familiar, what other names do people call it?


I've heard of GAIA and Tellus, but there probably others.


That is interesting, is GAIA an acronym?


No, I think it is from mythology.     Do you know why no mission to Jupiter is possible?


No, why is that? I know it has a huge moon though


Something about radiation, but that may just be something I heard.


Huh, we luckily we will probably never need to inhabit it at least


Yeah I think she is fascinating. The movie she did with Bradley Cooper was great.


I haven't seen it, but I do like that song from it! Her name came from the predictive text glitch that changed radio to lady! Interesting!


Very interesting. A star is born is good you should watch it. It was Bradley Cooper's directorial debut.


I will definitely check that out! Her favorite band is Iron maiden, I wouldn't have guessed that!


I wouldn't have guess that either. She apparently has a 11.4 million followers on Twitter.


That seems more assumable! She was also asked by the lapd to tweet them about some roadwork once!


Oh wow I have never heard of followers being used like that. Elton John chose Lady Gaga as his son's godmother. I didn't know they were close.


I didn't either! Do you remember the show boiling points on MTV? Lady gaga was on it before she was famous.


Yes I vaguely remember that show. I will have to look it up. She's one of the best selling music artists in history now. I bet she reminisces on those boiling point days.


Absolutely! Speaking of famous artists, Queens guitarist has a phd in astrophysics!


Yeah I remember that from the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, did you see it? He also uses coins as guitar picks.


I didn't see that one either, i'm really behind on movies it seems! The guitarist for muse hold a world record for most guitars smashed on a tour!


Yes I recommend that movie as well. Wow that must be a lot. Eddie Van Halen set a studio speaker on fire once!


That's crazy! Pink floyd turned a grand houseboat into a floating recording studio. That sounds awesome!


That sounds very awesome. I bet the river Thames has never seen such a party!


I bet! Linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.They must be busy people!


Wow very busy indeed. It must be nice to have such a successful debut album.


Yeah, they were pretty popular in the early 2000s. The ramones have played a total of 2263 concerts!


That is also a lot of concerts. I like going to concerts but the loud amplified sound of the electric guitar is very deafening. Thanks for talking with me this afternoon.


Yeah, it can get pretty loud! It was nice chatting with you!


Have you seen the movie a star is born yet?


I have. It was wonderful. Bradley Cooper did a wonderful job playing the part.


What did you think of the drugs and alcohol in the opening scene


I thought that it was a great way to catch viewers attention and it also set the stage for what was to come.


What did you think of Lady Gaga in it? This was her first major picture


Lady Gaga did well. When she went onstage for the first performance, her voice was hard to ignore.


She does have an amazing voice. I really felt like their chemistry was good for this film as well


It was. It seemed like she was learning from him. Did you think that there were any choppy patches during the film?


I felt like her own backstory was rushed and not put together well


Lady Gaga's real name is Stefani, I did not know that.


Oh I did! I am quite a fan of her actually I love her poker face song and her crazy artistic clothing


She is definitely an artist of her own. She once bought $1000 worth of pizza for fans waiting in line for her, what a nice gesture!


I did not know that! She really does love her fans though!


She was also on MTV's show "boiling points" before she was famous, I think that is interesting.


Wow what is that I have never even heard of it! You seem to know a lot of personal knowledge about her! that is awesome


It would be awesome if they somehow did a sequel to the movie.


I do not think that will happen. I am not sure how they could progress the story into that. What do you think it would look like?


I don't know what it would look like. I just liked the movie so much. Bradly Cooper played the part of a "washed up" boy so hard, which I thought would be challenging for him.


I know! He is so clean cut in real life that his ability to fill that roll caught me off guard!


I often wonder if there is truth behind stars having to take pills or alcohol to make it through a concert like in the movie.


I think a lot of rock stars become overwhelmed with the fame. I can't imagine it is easy to have no privacy and so much demand on a person so I think it does happen a lot


It is not all that it is cracked up to be.


Yeah I think it is a harder life then people imagine


It is good that they show on the big screen that not even stars have a perfect life.


I enjoyed the part when they stopped in at the little nightclub.


Hi, I do like movies.  Do you?  Have you seen the new A star is born with lady gaga and bradley cooper?


No I have not yet but I am watching it next week with friends. How about you? It rose to fame tso quickly


I haven't seen it yet either.  I heard it's good and that Bradley Cooper directed it as well as stars in it.


Yeah there is a lot of buzz. And then you have Lady Gaga on the other hand, they seem to make a great duo.


That's what I've heard.  They say she is not as good an actress as she is a singer but due to editing the movie makes the most of her singing.


Yeah, I guess. Apparently she got her name Lady because of a text glitch, from radio.


I didn't know that. I always wondered where it came from.  I like that she takes care of her fans.  I heard she bought a thousand dollars worth of pizza for fans waiting in line to see her.


Nice. Even LAPD work with her asking her to tweet that there is road work upcoming because she has so many followers.


That's pretty cool.  Speaking of cool, did you know that the Foo Fighters played a concert once that was so loud it showed up on new zealands seismic monitors?


Wow that is amazing. There is an ancient roman amphitheatre in crotia that can still be used for concerts. I wonder if theyhave played there.


I don't know but it would be great if they did.  That story about lady gaga buying pizza had me thinking about relations with fans.  I heard that a lady on her way to a dave mathews concert stopped to help a cyclist who turned out to be dave mathews!  I bet she got back stage tickets!


Wow you never know really. Do you attend music concerts much?


i use too.  Do you?  I would have went to the ABBA reunion tour concert but they turned down a billion dollars to do it.


I do from time to time. I know some bands do a lot of concerts, like Linkin park did 324 in 2011 alone.


Wow, they were some busy people!  I'd like to go to this concert I heard about that was held for dogs.  Back in 2010 a man and his wife held a high frequency concert just for dogs that were around.


That is very different. And Creed, apparently their concert was so bad that people sued them.


Hahaha! That's awful and so sad for them!  The band Deep Purple had people pass out due to the loudness of their music. I wonder which would be better to pass out or endure Creed.


Go figure. Do you have a favorite instrument?


I like the piano and the saxophone.  I've tried to play the guitar before but the strings hurt my fingers way too much.  Do you have a favorite?


I think the violin for me. Speaking of the guitar though, Eddie Van Halen set the speakers on fire when playing the guitar for 'beat it'


I wonder if he could play the world's smallest guitar. It was built by some people at Cornell University.


Yes, musically and as an actress. I just heard a new extended version of a star is born is coming out. I can't wait to see the extra footage.


I have not seen it at all but I am interested. It got a lot of acclaim. Do you know that Lady Gaga is the godmother of Elton John's son?


Yes, shes tweeted about him a lot. You should follow her on twitter she has well over 11 million followers and posts all kinds of neat stuff.


I just recently followed her so I missed a lot. Speaking of, did you also know that the LAPD asked her to tweet her followers about some upcoming roadwork?


I guess they have a lot less followers. Smart idea! She's come a long way since she was on boiling points.


I forgot that show existed. I had no idea she was on that. I'm sure she's a bit embarrassed about that now.


Maybe, you know it's funny I love her music but she's not really what I'd consider typical to what I listen to. Then I find out her favorite band is Iron Maiden and it makes sense.


I didn't know about that either. I usually prefer rock as well but I'm not against some catchy pop here and there to get my day going or to work out to. It has it's place for sure.


I just wish she'd tour more. I have seen a few of her concerts but there are not that many opportunties.


You would think she would since that's a lot of the income for singers now. Do you enjoy going to concerts?


Yes, how about you? I think Linkin Park is the band I've seen the most. They play a lot of shows. Or at least they did :( Sadly there will be no more.


I used to like it a lot but I don't enjoy the crowds quite as much anymore. I did hear that Linkin Park played 324 concerts in one year. That's insane!


Yeah I'm really going to miss Chester. They played some really great venues, I wish there were more dvds. In Croatia a roman amphitheater is still in use, I'd love to go there.


That would be an amazing place to attend a concert. The pictures, the sound, the memory. I would love to do that too.


I'm glad I got to see Linkin Park so many times when I did, since you never know when it will be over. I'm sad I never got to see the Ramones though. Before my time. They played over 2000 shows!


I would have seen the Ramones. They have very catchy music and I'm not even a fan of much punk. I had no idea they played that many shows. I know they played at CBGB's a lot so I wonder how many of those were there and how many were tours.


I think there used to be a sign at CBGB's how many times they played there. Of course like the Ramones that place is long gone now too. I'm glad Roger Waters still tours but it would be nice to see Pink Floyd again.


It's sad that it's gone. It was such a relic of a cultural movement. I would love to see Pink Floyd. Did you know that they filmed a concert with no audience?


Yes in Pompeii! I have the DVD. I believe it was just to have a chance to play in that historic roman venue.


I'm glad they were able to do it then. It was very nice chatting with you. You have a great day.


Great.  Did you know Ugg Boots were invented by surfers to keep their feet warm?


Surprised to hear that. I wonder how the surfer would fare with 5,000 year old shoes.


They would probably make them into sandals and put dry tea bags in them to remove the smell.


Ah, yes, but what kind of tea? Free-range organic tea? NFL player Steve Smith leaves his cleats on the field after every game. He hopes to raise awareness of homeless people without shoes. I bet he doesn't put tea in his shoes.


I bet they get stolen.  So many of these rich football people and their "caring."  The need to put their money where their mouth is like Norway.  They gave $1B to save Amazon rain forests.


I wish the US gov’t would do something like that.The US gov’t owns 86% of the land in Nevada. I want to know what secret activities they’re engaged in there. Have that many aliens landed in Nevada? Is that their refueling station?


Most of that is BLM land leased to ranchers.  That other 14% must be Vegas.


A man in France pretended to be a government official, and sold the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice. Maybe he could sell the land in Nevada for the US government and then the proceeds could go to the Amazon.


Sounds like a plan... He could get in the business of selling used ballet shoes.  They can go through 4 pairs a week.


Four pairs. I wonder how they would do with the 5000 year old shoes though.


Their toes much suffer too.  Maybe there should be ballet boots.  If they fall, they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps.


Maybe Stephon Marbury could make an inexpensive line of pointe shoes.


Another great idea... Or use the boots that the turkey movers do in Norfolk.


Yeah, farmers used to walk turkeys from Norfolk to London in the 18th century.


That sounds like a pleasant excursion. Giant squawking birds for miles on end.


Yeah, it only marginally beats out starvation or selling the Eiffel Tower.


Well, hey man, I had a groovy time chatting with you this evening. I hope that you find the shoes that suit you, whatever you choose to do. (turkey mover)


Same here -- nice chat.  I sure won't be ballet...


Hey, don't sell yourself short! Turkey ballet!


I'm great! Are you interesting in government?


I am interested in some government things. I saw that Wikileaks published the government's plan to destroy Wikileaks.


Wikileaks is not going to be outsmarted by the government. I'm not sure how the gov't could destroy Wikileaks anyway. Too many sites, too many backups.


I agree. Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?


The gov't must be up to something in Nevada. Maybe Wikileaks knows something about this.


That's where Area 51 is located so I'm sure there are lots of secret bases in that state.


I think Area 51 is in New Mexico, but I'm not sure. Lots of open space in Nevada.


Oh yea you might be right lol. In 2006, the US passed a bill that would protect the government employees from being charged for violating the geneva conventions.


I think that is wrong, but probably there to protect military contractors and stuff. A lot of war going on in 2006. Probably a lot of liability.


Yea, I was deployed to Iraq for the war back in 2005-2006 and then again in 2007.


Hm. I guess that you would be protected under the law. You made it back safe and sound I trust? The gov't has no plans to send you again?


Yes, I made it back safe and sound thankfully. I was infantry so had some close calls. No plans to deploy again. My enlisted contract ended back in 2008 so I'm finished and 33 years old now.


Your gov't service is done! The government has actually shut down 17 times over the past 37 years. it happened 3 times in 1977. During the recent shutdown, most of the military got paid, if I remember correctly.


Oh wow I didn't know that. That's good the military stills gets paid during the shutdown. Do you like boots?


I don't wear boots usually. I think they are useful for some kinds of work and for cold weather. You?


I always wear boots. Especially when I ride my motorcycle.


That's good! Stay safe. Dress for the slide, not for the ride.


Haha yep. The Ugg boot was invented by surfers to keep their feet warm after leaving the cold ocean.


And now it's a fashion statement. I don't think the boots are stylish, but what would I know. I don't wear boots.


Hi there. Have you ever been to the White House?


i have never been to the white house. i would like to go some day. have you been?


I haven't. But if you ever go to Ireland or France, you can see it there, too! Evidently there are twin White Houses there.


I bet that it would be a good replica too. i guess i could start there, maybe try out the oval office, see how it feels.


Haha. Did you know George Bush had solar panels put back on the White House?


yeah, carter put them on, reagan too them off. what about trump? what happened to the panels?


I'm not sure. They should keep them there. It's good for the environment! I'm surprised Bush was an advocate being an oil fan.


I think that he did that for PR reasons. i think that it would look bad for an oilman to do that. i would love more solar in the country.


Teddy Roosevelt was quite the conservationist, as well. He banned Christmas trees from the White House during his day.


Teddy always went out hunting wild animals. i dont understand his thinking. no trees, but animals, yes?


Maybe he was only hunting the animals that were overpopulated and bad for the environment?


Maybe, that is true. i just thought that he would want to leave the animals alone. He was behind the national parks too. great guy for conservation.


Yeah, but there are some animals that can become a problem if they aren't hunted, unfortunately. Just the circle of life.


True. Maybe he was looking to maintain a balance. The white house still uses floppy disks in part for storing files. I wonder if they used those in Teddy Roosevelt's day? LOL


Haha. I would think not. Though, I bet his documents were transcribed and put onto a floppy disk!


The white house is an interesting specimen. something of a relic, a kind of time capsule. like a museum. strange how far behind govt can be.


I would imagine they still use a floppy disk because it's the most secure way to store data.


I guess, but i wonder about encryption and stuff like that. isnt there better tech out there? do they not have the budget for it?


I'm sure, but almost all storage seems to require an internet connection these days, so who knows? Well, it's been nice chatting with you.


It has been nice chatting. Have a great weekend.


I did. Do you know how they elected people in ancient athens?


Yes they were elected by lottery, pretty awesome


Yes and it worked for them as they believed otherwise it would lead to oligarchy


Yeah, In Nevada you have the option to choose, none of these candidates


Yes I like that, it should be applied to all the other states as well


Yeah. Maybe that will help increase the voter turnover over 63%


Yeah that is a good point. Did you know the taller candidate seems to win usually?


Yes that has been the case since 1990 for 75% of the time


Right. Did you know the international observes were banned from nine states to check on the polls?


Yeah. Did you know the white house has twin buildings in other countries?


Yes those are in Ireland and France as well


Yeah. ANd they still use floppy discs to save stuff


Yeah. Did you know Roosevelt did not allow christmas trees in it?


He was that big of a conservationist so I guess that makes sense


Yeah. Bush was the one that brought the solar panels back to the house


Nice. Did you know the white house was shot in November 11, 2011?


Yes and it took them four days to figure that out


That is long considering how much security there is in that building


Exactly. Do you know who was the first president to live in it?


Yes that was John Adams in 1800. Nice chatting with you today.


That is a really strange salutation but no, I am not a skin head.


Neither am I.  I apologize I have just read some distressing material about skin heads.  Did you know skin heads opposed antifa activists?


No problem. Just a strong first sentence. I did not know that. What is the antifa?


I am not exactly sure what Antifa is either.


Just looked it up and it is a left wing autonomous militant group


Ah I see seems natural they would oppose them.


Agreed. Mind if we switch to a lighter subject for the sake of this chat?


Sure did you know that shirts encompass many different types of attire for the upper body?


I did not.  That makes a lot sense. I use mine to hide my shame.


Haha me as well shame is well hidden in shirts.


I would have fit in well during the chinese cultural revolution. They layered!


Yes they had some quite interesting clothing.  It is very generic all over the world nowadays.


I had no idea the difference between a button down and a button up. Who knew!


Me neither it is insane how much we do not know.


I do not know a lot more than most people. I just shake my head and smile. It has gotten me this far...


Sometimes we must accept our inability to change things much greater than us.  We are like a trickle of water against stone.


Speaking of water, teddy roosevelt was a conservationalist.


Harambe would be happy to eat pancakes in heaven.


With Prince... Seems like a fitting tribute to both...


Hi there! I'm not sure about you, but I have recently learned so much about politics!


Me too, a lot of cool facts like how the red and blue colors of republicans and democrats started in 2000


That is crazy considering how tightly aligned they are now! There has not been a US President since 1953 that was not a Democrat or a Republican.


Really since 1953? the other parties should really step up their game


Oh darn it, no I meant 1853, so it's been even longer!


Oh that's surprising, maybe one day a president from one of the other parties will win. The last election was a joke I didn't like either of the candidates


I guess every US president until recent that has had a beard is Republican.


Seems like you know a lot about the Republican party any cool facts about the democrats?


I'm not sure. I feel like I know more about Republicans. What about you?


Not many, but 15% of the tea party movement identifies with the democratic party as well


I would never have guessed that at all. I like to look up information a lot on YouTube. It is so handy. I'm not surprised the search engine is the second largest.


Yeah the second largest after Google and its also owned by Google so there is a monopoly in that field.


I just can not believe that Google paid $1.65 billion for it!


Sounds like a great deal, YouTube must be worth a lot more by now. Google bought the company back in 2006


I can not even imagine its value. Police share law enforcement videos on their own YouTube called Blue Tube.


That sounds like a really useful service I bet all kind of cool videos are shown in there, kind of boring for the normal user though


I wonder. I imagine its for training, so probably yes. I've never been a registered user, so I can only view videos, I can not upload any videos on You Tube.


Did you watch that video called Gangnam Style? that was a funny video


I did, but I never really got into the hype. I know it was really popular though.


Yeah in fact they had to upgrade their count integer to 64 bits, it received more view than the site could handle at the time


I am shocked. I would think they would just take the video down.


Well the video did make them a fortune so that was not a choice, anyways its been interesting chatting with you.


Do you like tennis ? The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.


Wow.  That's a long time. I haven't played since I was in college...and even then I stunk. lol  I much prefer table tennis which is also called ping pong.  lol


pIng pong is fun. did you know that a A black man won the 1st us open tennis title in 1968 and no black man has won it since


I had no idea.  Maybe it was Arthur Ash?  I remember him from when I was a kid.  Up until 1978 a tennis player could use any object as a racket.  That would have been interesting to see what some might have used.


I was thinking Arthur Ash. I love the Polo shirts


I used too but am more of a tshirt guy now.  lol  Did you know that some consider grunting before a shot to be a form of cheating?


I never know that. I did know that They used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 us open


That would have dried them fast.  Tennis generates good money, but not as much as soccer which makes more than all of the other big popular sports combined.


Roger Federer is a good player Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles


Wow.  Since beginning his career in 1998, that has to make him one of the best of all time?


He has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks


Holy smokes!  I wonder how much money he has made?  Novak Djokovic has more career earnings than Federer.


I love Netflix.  During Christmas we had the hour long fireplace video Netflix has on there on a loop at our house.


Wow. did you know that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth


That surprises me.  Who rents dvds through the mail anymore?


I thought that had went away years ago. lol. I know Blockbuster is mad for not accepting several offers to buy netflix for $50 million


Me too!  lol  That wasn't too smart of a move for sure!


Netflix and youtube is taking up most of the the peak internet traffic


I believe that.  People love videos.  Netflix employs a team of taggers who are paid to watch Netflix and tag the content.  What a job to have.


Not that much. If they still used a Helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts like they did in the 1969 open I would watch.


What if they did that while they played? It would increase the degree of difficulty.. would you watch?


Haha that would be funny and kind of scary! The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days. That would bore me for sure.


I remember that. It was a Jon Isner match in like wimbeldon. They had to stop due to the darkness and exhaustion.


The Roger Federer of paddle tennis wasn't that great apparently because US Open quarterfinalist Gael Monfils beat him within days of learning how to play.


Huh... No black man has won the us open since 1968 when arthur ashe won.


Wow, wonder why. Federer has one 20 grand slam singles title, the most ever for a male player.


No, he was drawing a bath for his daughter in 2016 and tore it. It was the worst injury of his career.


Whoops, how ironic! I wonder if it slowed him down much? Since 2000 he and a couple of other players have accounted for 56 percent of men's grand slam titles.


I do not think so. He was gifted 2 cows though. What does one do with cows?


EAT THEM! No? That is odd though. And he has also been honored with an official stamp.


I am fine with eating them but who butchers them? Can you see him doing it?


Haha, no. I do wonder what he really did with them.


Did you see the match where he competed on half grass and half clay?


I didn't see that. That's so interesting. Wonder why they competed there and why the court was like that.


It was a challenge between he and nadal. Who was better, Roger on grass or nadal on clay...


Ohh, that sounds cool. I would watch that match, though I do prefer watching Netflix.


Hey what do you think about tennis? I used to play in high school


I watched it a lot when I was younger. It is the sport that brought us the Polos


Yep you're right! People think that the polo was created by a polo player but it was actually created by a tennis player haha. How weird


I know, Rene made history with those shirts so many people prefer them now


Haha I like how his nickname was the "crocodile" and now polos have crocodiles on them. That actually makes a lot of sense haha.


Yes it does  and there is a whole brand named Lacoste. What an invention


Yep he's a genius haha. Another genius is the guy who used a helicopter to dry grass tennis courts back in 1969


Talk about innovation, wow. Do you know how long the longest game in tennis took?


Wasn't it like 3 days. But the game was only 11 hours but still that's a ton! Do you think it's weird that only one black man has won the US Open?


Yeah I find that weird too. Do you know Roger Federer, who he is?


I do know Rodger Federer. He's actually really awesome at tennis. I can't believe that one guy beat him after learning how to play tennis only a couple days earlier. In fact that is astounding to me


Yeah that is cool. And he once competed with Nadal in a field half of which was clay


Wow I didn't know that. I guess he was also gifted two cows for winning some games. I can think of a lot better prizes personally haha


And he is the only person in Switzerland that is honored with an official stamp


That's cool. One funny thing is that he did a stretch that was too wide and apparently tore his meniscus period and that was drawing a bath for his daughter LOL


Wow, you never know. Do you like watching anything else on TV beside tennis?


Well I do have Netflix. I watch a lot of stranger things and also Glow. what about you. I actually don't have cable I just watch netflix and youtube


Nice, well those two make up half of the internet traffic anyways in north america


Yep I like how they started off being worth 50 million when Blockbuster was going to buy them. And now Netflix is worth about two billion dollars. That is so insane. I bet Blockbuster is super mad about that. Do you know if they are out of business already?


Oh they are out of business alright. They could have made millions if they took that opportunity


LOL you're right. I kind of miss them though. I like going to the store to pick out movies. But the fees is what actually started Netflix in the first place LOL. It was a copy of Apollo 13


Yea, I like the horror films that have macabre and supernatural themes the most


Apparently Stephen King thought Bambi was a horror movies.


I guess King was scared when Bambi's mother was killed, or doesn't like deers


yeah, I can't remember the story to be honest. What about google, do you use it a lot?


Yea, it's crazy a single google search using more computing power than the apollo moon missions


Interesting, I didn't realize that. How does google calculate traffic?


I guess it uses data from peoples phones to calculate traffic, that's pretty unsettling


That is pretty cool. Did you know they have goats cut their lawn?


I've heard that, you figure they would just use lawn mowers unless they were broke after they started in 1998


Yeah, did you know when google went down for 5 minutes it took 40% of web traffic with it?


Yea on august 16th of 2013, I wonder if I was trying to go on google that day


What do you think of cats, are you a fan?


Yea, I'd love to visit the cat cafes in Japan or Taiwan and get some drinks


That does sound pretty cool. Did you know there is a cat that is a mayor?


No, I have heard of a cat that was a coauthor on a physicist study though


Well the town of Talkeetna, Alaska has a cat that is the mayor.


That's pretty cool even though when a cat turns 15 it has spent 10 years of its life sleeping


That is hilarious, they must be well rested. I wonder why they sleep so much?


I don't know, I wonder if feral cats sleep as much as house cats


I'm not sure, that would be interesting to find out.


I'm not sure. i never really gotten to play.  Do you?


I do, Im really bad at it but I think its a great sport, it can be played among two people which is a great advantage. Do you like the sport?


I do like to watch some games.  It looks like it can be a lot of fun!  I've heard though that the longest match in history was 11 hours long and lasted over 3 days.  That i'm not so sure i would like.


That is a really long game, they must have been exhausted and the fans bored out already.


Probably so.  But tennis is very competitive so the players though exhausted most likely kept fighting.


Do you like polo shirts? cool fact about them but they were actually created by a tennis player


I do and I had no idea about that! I assumed polo players wore them and they became a fashion thing.


They were invented by Rene The Crocodile Lacoste, it was adopted later by polo players but it seems they stole all the credit lol


Yep they did!  Hey, do you watch netflix?


I do like to watch Netflix, a lot of interesting content for a small price.


I agree.  It's weird to think that it started back in 1997 though.  I guess because it is focusing on streaming now it just seems like a newer company.


Its worth $2 billion dollars by now, so yeah, I wonder if the service will be around much longer


Two billion dollars and to think it all started because Reed Hastings was mad about a forty dollar late fee on a vhs movie!


Yeah a $40 late fee and the movie Apollo 13, I wonder if theres a tennis documentary on Netflix, maybe Roger Federer appears on it.


I bet he does. He's ranked number 3 in the world currently and held the number 1 spot for a record total of 310 weeks.


He is a great player, I do like him, he is a legend just like Nadal and Djokovic.


The three of them have made up 56% of men's grand slam singles titles over the past 18-19 years.


That is impressive I think its the first time in the history of the sport, Federer is also the only living person in Switzerland to be honored with an official stamp.


Oh and oddly enough, he's been gifted with two cows over his career!


I'm guessing that's a lot of them? no idea about that, anyway its been great chatting with you.


I don't know but he got them for winning the wimbledon in 2003 and the swiss open in 2013.  It's been great chatting with you too!  Have a great day!


I love horror movies and always have. I just read that Stephen Kings first horror movie was "Bambi" of all movies to be terrified of ? lol


I love horror movies as well and yeah I dont see running for my life if I see bambi lol


So all this time i have been watching horror films , i have actually been burning calories. It is said that you can burn more than 180 calories. Wow. Must be because of the adrenaline pumping?


Im going to watch a bunch then lol, I heard that if you see abstract art before a horror movie you will enjoy it more.


Thats cool. You know the movie the Shining? Well, the little boy Danny didnt even know he was acting in a film till way later, that was a good idea i think because the Shining is super scary


I know! I also craped my pants when I watched it, I thought it was pretty good and Danny sold the part. How can you not know its a horror movie though.


He was so young so i guess he didnt see the scarier stuff. As i am thinking of horror , the movie Cats Eye came to mind. I love cats so i got the best of both in that movie..horror and cats..lol


I love cat too, I have one, I learn this fact lately that when it reaches 15 years of age they have span 10 of them sleeping.


Did you know there are over 70 breeds of cat and they are usually either indoor or feral. i had an indoor persian cat. She slept a lot too..


I didnt know that, and what was the name of your cat mine is Camaleona.


My cat was Priscilla. Check this out !!! Once a physicist actually used his cat as a co author while writing a book , so he could write using first person and not be judged harshly


Thats a cute name, and I didnt know that, thats an interesting fact I heard that a town in Alaska has a cat as its mayor.


Lol. I bet if we used the search engine Google we could find lots of interesting facts and pictures of cats. Google has been around since 1998 and it we typed in "cat" that single google search requires a lot of computing power just like what sent men to the moon


I know, there are a lot of cool facts, like the cat that was in the opening scene in the godfather 1.


Oh yes in the Godfather movie that cat was actually a stray they found. What about on the topic of horror movies again, that cat from Pet Sematary? Now that was a scary cat which wasnt valued for companionship any longer. Lol


Yeah, it was scary, I used google to get a better glance, I think google is a great company, has interesting apps.


Yes Google is amazing.  You know Google is so popular that in 2013 when Google went down for 5 minutes it took 40 % of the web traffic with it !


That crazy, we depend on google a whole bunch, 40% is a lot of users.


Yes we rely on Google not only for a search engine but for cloud computing, software, hardware, maps and online advertising. i am sure the creator Larry Oage and SErgey


I must have at least 5 google apps on my phone, did you know that google maps calculates traffic using android devices.


yes i use google maps all the time. I love Google its americas top search engine and i really love the other two topics of the horror movie and cats. Its interesting to me to be able to talk with you about all 3. i will be googling some more scary movies later with cats in them. lol.


I think I will do that as well lol, in going to use google to browse for a horror movie and usually they have cats in them.


I'm doing pretty good, how about yourself?


I'm doing good too. Do you like horror films?


I do, I need to watch a marathon today. They say that watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories!


Haha that's funny! If you watch a horror movie before you look at abstract art, you will enjoy the art more apparently.


That's interesting. Did you know Danny from The Shining did not know he was acting in a horror film until several years later.


Oh wow I didn't know that. Pretty interesting he didn't know.


I've always wondered if they tell young kids what kind of movie they're in while filming. Did you know that Stephen King was terrified when he saw "Bambi" as a child?


I saw that - pretty funny he was scared of Bambi. Do you use Google?


I do, it's like my best friend. I ask it everything.


Haha same here. A single Google search requires more computing power than it took to send astronauts to the moon.


That's crazy how far technology has came. I heard that Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.


Wow that's amazing. Google maps will tailor its maps whenever there is a disputed border.


That's pretty neat. I wish I worked at their headquarters. Instead of hiring people to mow the lawns they once used hundred of live goats. I would have been playing with the goats all day. Haha


Haha that would be fun. Do you like cats?


I tolerate cats is more like it. I have a Maine Coon that is a barn cat that is a terror. She's only nice at feeding time. She's almost 15, and they say that once cats reach that age it has usually spent 10 years of it's life sleeping. I'm not so sure about her though.


That's cool. I can't have any animals with fur because my wife is allergic to them.


Bummer, maybe you could go to a cat cafe in Japan or Taiwan. You can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks.


That would be kinda fun to do. The cat in Godfather part 1 was actually a stray.


That's cool. I wonder if it got a good home after the filming? There's a town in Alaska called Talkeetna that has had a cat named Stubbs as it's mayor since 1997.


I like it as well Juan Martin del Potro is one of my favorite players glad he too the U.S. Open home


He is from Argentina, his hometown is called Tandil


I love how he treats his friends and has their backs. I would want to live like that.


I agree thats a great trait to have, he is 29 years old and I think this is the first time winning a US Open, his had a lot of skilled oponents over the years


did you know the polo shirt was invented by a tennis player?


No didnt know that, I guess tennis players also used polo players to play


I guess it was invented by Rene "the crocodile" Lacoste. Hence the name of the brand and crocodile shirt.


Interesting, Lacoste is a brand that I like a lot, do you know how long the longest game on tennis history lasted?


it lasted over 3 days!!! thats a really long time


I bet Jon Isner was involved. That guy plays the longest matches. Do you like Federer?


Yeah Federer is another one of my favorites, the Swiss pro player


Did you see that he tore a meniscus when he stretched too far while drawing a bath for his daughter? What a freak accident!


That is a harsh way to get injured, it was one of the worse injuries in his career in fact


At least he has the honor of being the first living person in switzerland to be honored with a stamp.


Yeah, and has also won many ATPS, US Opens and about every tennis comptetition out there


He has been gifted two cows too! I mean what the heck is he going to do with 2 cows?


2 cows really? what does that have to do with Tennis lol, hopefully we will see his life in a documentary in Netflix one day


Yeah, that would be an interesting watch. It was great chatting with you!


I'm doing great! How are you doing tonight?


I am doing well, thanks! Do you like tennis?


I don't really know the sport well. I know that it can earn some people lots of money.


Well, let me inform you! They once used a helicopter to dry the grass for the 69 us open!


A helicopter? Well, I guess rich folk have all kind of resources at their disposal. Never needed to do that again, I guess.


I would have just had to tried to blow it dry with my breath. Would have taken forever!


They know how to think big in tennis, that's for sure. The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days. I wonder if anyone watched the whole thing.


They would have been sleepy after! Like I am after binge watching some netflix.


Netflix has fostered so much binge watching. People spend weekends immobile because of Netflix.


I know! hey have 137 million subscribers worldwide! THat's crazy!


The cash flow must be solid. They are expanding all the time, but still pay a lot in postage. I wonder why.


I wondered that too! They do make up half of internet traffic along with youtube!


That's intense. People love video. The origins of the company are funny, though.


After racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of apollo 13, reed hastings was inspired to start Netflix. Reed got angry, and started a new company that put Blockbuster out of business.


What a dumb and inefficient way to make $40! That came back to bit them in the rear!


Yes. Blockbuster underestimated the value of Netflix too.


Yeah! They were off by quite a bit. Like $2B!


I think BB imagined that they could copy Netflix easily. It's sometimes simpler just to buy a turnkey operation.


I do! did you know there are 20 quintillion animals on earth?


Wow.  I didn't know there was that many.  It's estimated that over 1.5 million living animal species have been described.


That is a lot. What is your favorite animal?


Hahah my favorite animals are frogs.  Been fascinated with them ever since I was a kid for some reason.


Interesting! Did you know under provisions of the 1912 Scottish protection of animals act the lochness monster is a protected species? hahaha


That's funny!  The Netherlands is constructing special bridges for wildlife in order to connect habitats and keep animals from being hit by cars.  That's a good idea.  In the fall where I live the roads are peppered with dead animals.  I think they try to get on the roads to get warm at night and that's when they get hit.


Intriguing! Crazy that humans have lost their body hair 240,000 years ago.


Interesting. lol  There's a lawyer in Switzerland who represents animals in court.  That's a different kind of lawyer job.


So weird. I would sue humans if I were an animal.


lol  yes.  They sure have gotten the short end of the stick that's for sure.  Do you like horses?  I had them while growing up.


I love horses. Never had one. I heard humans domesticated horses around 4000 bc.


I believe it.  95 percent of all modern thoroughbred racehorses can trace their Y chomosome to one horse named Darley Arabian.


Interesting! Did you know Clint Eastwood was allergic to horses?


lol No.  That's interesting since he starred in so many Western movies!


Seriously. Hopefully he got over that allergy by now.


Yes.  I'm not sure.  Did you know that horses, sharks, and orangutans are all ticklish?  lol


That is funny. I also did not know that germany became the first country to universally give animals constitionally legal rights.


I didn't know that either!  The length of a horse hair is strongly related to the amount of sunlight it gets. Interesting.


I didn't either.  I also just learned that once an Icelandic horse leaves Iceland, it can never come back.  I had a good time chatting with you!


Yes I like Walt Disney a lot. Did you hear about the Lion King remake that they're coming out with though? Is it live action or not?


I was a big Lion King fan, have you seen it?


No they haven't come out with the Remake yet. But I did see the stage show and I also saw a movie which are both great. Julie Taymor directed the Broadway musical by the way


They made it dubbed in zulu for african release, that was nice of them


Yes I agree. I also like how revolutionary Disney was with their use of multi-plane cameras, that really adds to an animated scene and they used it in Bambi


For sure, it is amazing what they can do. Frozen was a good song, ever seen it?


Yes I did like that movie. I think it was the first Disney movie to be directed by a woman.


For sure, that is a good stat. They need more women directing disney movies


Yes I think so. What do you think about the movie Big Hero 6? That was actually decent, it's not my favorite but it is impressive they used a 50,000 core computer to render it


Wow, I did not know. I liked that movie and it makes sense.


Did you ever see the movie Up by the way? Apparently it would take 9 million balloons to actually lift the house LOL that's insane


Lol, that would be so many balloons, and so much helium! People would be talking funny for days if they all popped.


Haha that's a good point. Do you think anyone has ever attached so many balloons to themselves that they floated away LOL


For sure! Do you have a favorite animal?


Yes my favorite animal is the dog! Dogs are so awesome and that they love humans makes me happy haha what about you


Me too. I love dogs so much! There are 20 quintillion animals on planet earth. So many!


That is a lot! What school is that you know how humans have a dominant side like you're right-handed or whatever? Apparently dogs have a dominant paw side too LOL


Just like humans, that is awesome. Good chatting with you!


Yes you as well, make sure to check your dog for a distinct dialect though, apparently depending on where animals are from they will sound different


hi,  do you like animals?  did you know the loch ness monster is a protected species?


I did not know that. That will come in handy once we find one. Also,Germany was the first country in the world to universally give animals legal rights that were constitutionally guaranteed. This was in 2002.


Sweet!  hmmm domesticated animals develop a white patch,  I wonder if that is only towards horses or all animals.