Thats really fast, that must be the fastest commuter bus in the world, I would like to be like the first king of Hawaii, he traveled all around the world, awesome thing to do


Yes that is really cool.  Now there are apps and video games which let you feel like you are traveling.


Yeah, travel has become easier and you can always use your credit card and pay for your travels later.


Ford is swearing that she told the truth.


I heard a podcast that has a lie detector that detects lies based on what people are saying. They are going to run his testimony through it. I can't wait!


That should be interesting! I guess Kavanaugh is propagating it too.


There's so many valid choices out there. Why choose someone with that background?


no idea. Did you know that Fred Rogers testified in front of the senate for PBS?


Did you see the documentary on him? I heard it was good.


I haven't, though I have heard the same. Did you know Harry Truman got vice president because he saved the gov so much money?


Wow, I did not know that. Seems like a weird thing to award someone for. The senate saved money by using the same gavel for 165 years.


Yeah, ironically by Nixon. He likes to crack government I guess.


I have 2. Both mutts. Did you know they are a subspecies of wolf?


I did not. How strange. What are their names?


Nice... That must just roll off your tongue when you call them for dinner.


:) Russia memorializes dogs that have been research subjects.


That's really kind of them, kind of shocking too! Nice chatting with you!


I watch some.  I used to watch the Simpsons.  They were pretty funny.  How about you?


Yeah, I used to watch them too. Did you know Bart was only absent from one episode?


Funny guy!  How about the 70's show?  I never cared for that, but it was popular in the US. Apparently, they remade it in UK and it only went for 10 episodes before being cancelled.


That's surprising, it seems like it ran here for years and years! Like Pokemon. I never liked that one, but there are 750 episodes!


Sounds like some people in the senate!  They used the same gavel for 165 years until Nixon cracked it.


Wow! I like the idea of a candy desk in the Senate. We need one of those at my job!


Wonder if our taxes go toward that!  Woman were not allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993.


Probably! I heard that too, but then a few female senators protested and wore pantsuits. Good for them!


Back in '88 one senator invoked an obscure rule allowing the sergeant-at-arms to arrest absent senators and bring them to chamber to vote.  When one senator tried to escape he was caught and carried feet-first back into Senate Chambers by three officers.  Funny they could do that.


He must have been shocked! I bet the rest of his 6 year term was awkward!


Either that or they all laughed about it.  Wonder if he was pardoned!


Good question! Before 1913, Senators were appointed, not elected.


They're smart animals! They understand pointing. So do elephants!


I always thought dogs were color blind, but apparently they aren't but just can't see as many colors as us.


That's interesting. There are 12 dog blood types. I never thought about that.


You can even take your doggy to donate blood if he is a generous doggy.


That's pretty cool! Google calls themselves a "dog company" in their code of conduct. I wonder what that entails?


I'm not sure but lucky for some stray dogs in Istanbul that people who recycle bottles will get food and water dispensed to dogs at vending machines


That's very cool! I learned a lot. Thanks for chatting!


Me too. Did you know Canada scored 132 goals in the 1924 olympic games


And they only let in 3 goals! They've always been a great hockey force, though they're also known for lacrosse, as well.


Yes that is true that is another national sport there as well


Did you know in most of the world, hockey is thought of to be referring to field hockey not ice hockey?


Did not know that. A hockey player was once traded for just $1


Oh, wow. Do you know what team or anything about them?


The only thing I know is that he went on to win 4 Stanley Cups


Well, that's cool. He definitely proved to be worth that dollar! Haha


IHaha I know right? Did you know the players can lose up to 8 pounds per game?


That's crazy. What a good workout! I'm sure it's all the water weight they sweat out from racing around everywhere nonstop.


I know that is amazing. On another topic, do you listen to the radio much?


I do! I'm a big NPR fan. I heard the other day there's a way to pick up storms from Jupiter on an AM radio!


Yeah that sounds pretty cool. Do you ever listen to Canadian radio?


No, I'm from the United States, so I can't listen to Canadian radio. I heard they have a very nationalistic approach to radio, though.


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


Yeah, that'll definitely make you love your country! I'm glad we don't have to do that in the US.


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


I have heard that. Imagine making a radio out of a pencil and a razorblade? Very innovative. Anyway, it's been nice chatting with you!


I don't know much about hockey. Are you a fan yourself?


No not really, I do like the Golden Knights though, they are having a great season considering they are an expansion team


I know that Canada has dominated the sport in the past. In 1924, the first Olympic winter games, Canada scored 132 goals and let in 3 in the entire ice hockey competition.


Yeah I guess Canada has a great hockey team, thats like their official sport, with lacrosse.


The only country with two national sports! Hockey is a tough sport! An average professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game. I wonder if that's true for lacrosse.


I dont know, I think hockey is one of the most challenging games both physically and mentally, you know a hockey player was traded for only $1 back in 93


A $1? They must have thought he was worthless!


I agree but that same player won four Stanley Cups after that so they learn the hard way they gifted a really talented player.


I wonder who that was. The space for the rink is used efficiently. An ice hockey rink stays under a basketball court when switching sports


I guess thats a good way to use the space available, do you listen to the radio much?


I used to listen to the radio when I was younger, but I now I just use the Internet. Youtube is my spot.


Youtube is great, although I listen to the radio on the way to work, there is station that has a classic latin program


That one  in Finland? I wonder who proposed that program and who listens to it.


Im not sure, I wouldnt understand a word though, that is a fact, there is a website were you can access thousands of free drama episodes


I wonder who listens to those shows! They're from the previous generation, who probably doesn't use the internet as much.


Yeah, I prefer to watch movies rather than listen to a drama show, changing the subject a bit did you ever play nintendo?


I never really played the NES. I did play the GameBoy a lot. What about you?


GameBoy is an icon, I had one too and yeah I did play the with the NES, too bad it got discontinued on 2003!


Did you really play the system until 2003? There were so many other great systems out there at that point. The NES had only 54 colors.


No not untill 2003 but I feel sorry because it would be nice to buy one now and play all those classic games


Good morning, yes, I watch a little tv.  How about you?


I do watch TV yeah, do you have  a favorite show or serie?


I like The Walking Dead.  What's your favorite show?


That is a great show I love it, well I like The Simpsons and also like Arrow and The Flash. I like many of them in fact


That's cool, did you ever see that episode where Bart is never seen or even mentioned?


I didnt catch that one, seems like a great episode though, I will look it over once we finish chatting.


I watched The Simpsons alot when I was younger and I don't remember it either.  I just keep hearing people talk about it every now and then.  Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I watched the show yeah, 750 episodes and many Pokemon to catch by now, catching them all doesn't seem like an option anymore


Oh my, you sound like a real fan!  I don't recall ever watching a single episode.lol


I am a fan, I used to own the GameBoy game, I got them all and then I heard there were more Pokemons to catch.


Oh my, seems never ending. I heard on the news people going all kinds of crazy places after the Pokemons.  Too funny!


Yeah people went crazy about Pokeon go, so do you like reading?


I love reading, my favorite author is Diana Gabaldon.  Do you have a favorite?


I like Cs Lewis and also George R.R. Martin. Haven't heard of her before.


She wrote Outlander.  It was made into a series on Starz.  Mixture of fantasy, history, romance all mixed together.


I watched that series its actually pretty good is the series as good as the books?


It's pretty good, the books are way more in depth, but I like the series. The books are pretty big, but I'm somewhat of a speed reader, so it doesn't take me long to finish one of her tomes. lol


I have to pick one of her books one of these days, I bet Anne Jones can read her books in a matter of minutes, she can read 4,700 words per minute


I know, that's incredible!  I'm fast but nowhere near that fast.


I know right, thats actually really impressive, its been great chatting with you by the way.


Great chatting with you as well, enjoy the rest of your day!


I hope you enjoy the rest of you day as well thanks for all the cool facts we shared today.


Ahah that's funny. I'm all about TV, I really like the Simpsons. I just saw an episode without Bart, I think it's the only one ever.


He must have gone on strike to get higher pay or something. That's what those TV people are all about anyway.


I bet, at least he has job security. Just like the people on the show Pokemon, they've had over 750 episodes!


I guess there must be a ton of interesting storylines for Pokemon! I don't know if I could contain myself and all the excitement!


I'm sure there are, there would have to be. On the other hand, the 70's show was remade in the UK but got canceled after 10 episodes. Must have definitely lacked interesting storylines.


I think it probably didn't translate to a different culture.


That's possible. A lot of universal celebrities do voice acting though. Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin have both narrated Thomas the Tank engine episodes.


Yeah, they have distinctive voices. Has Ringo been on South Park yet?


I don't think so! Are you a fan of South Park? I've never seen it.


It's a television show that features characters and storylines. Sometimes celebrities are mocked for their failures. I saw the first episode, then never watched it again. Too much poo.


I heard they aired their episode finale and got flowers from the Simpsons crew, guess they're well respected.


I think they liked the fact the SP was making fun of another show. Are you a fan of Elvis Aaron Presley?


I am somewhat! I think it's interesting that his hair was actually blonde, he dyed it black.


I guess he thought it looked better that way. What class did he fail? He failed "Irony."


Oh so did he fail music? That really is ironic. Although he clearly established himself eventually. His daughter even, has been married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage.


That's interesting! I wonder where she met MJ. On tour?


I wonder too! Nevertheless they're both respected. Freddie Mercury even wrote a song as a tribute for Elvis.


I didn't hear Elvis in that Queen song. I guess Freddie had his own ideas about homage.


On the other hand, Kurt Russell had his own interpretation too, he voiced Elvis in Forrest Gump. Anyways, it was nice chatting with you, have a good night!


Yes and there is an episode where Bart does not appear


I liked it but it did not do well in the UK


Yes it flopped after just 10 episodes, what a shame


Yes it is what happens when you remake things verbatim


I have seen only some of the 750 episodes that are out


yes they have been on air for 16 years now


Yes, they could have bought facebook for $75 million and did not


Yes. In part of  germany, the like button is illegal


Yeah I wonder how that came about though


I have no idea. DO you know what they are using it in Iceland for?


Yes to rewrite the constitution, that is so transparent


Hi, i don't see any other textboxes but am ready to discuss the issues.


Did you know that pokemon has 750 episodes!  That is crazy!


yes, it is, i've never watched Pokemon, it's a little too juvenile for my likes. I have watched many, many Simpson episodes though, my favorite is Lisa...lol.


Shes cool!  I heard that theres an episode of the simpsons that Bart doesnt appear in or is mentioned lol


The beginning intro excluded i'm assuming. Yeah, usually the whole show is all about Bart.  It's a wonder of wonders that the show is not called "Bart".


and homer,  Homer is a main character too.  I read recently that he had 188 jobs on the show lol


yeah, i read that too.  Speaking of Elvis, he was from my parents' generation and I saw some of his old movies.  I thought they were pretty funny!


Elvis?  When were we speaking of Elvis?  lol


I just thought I'd throw that in there since cartoon talk was getting old.  Did you like Elvis or his daughter? Apparently, he only failed music class, what a joke!


I like some of his songs,  I hardly know anything about his daughter except that she married michael jackson.  Thats pretty funny he failed music class though.


I agree. Also, i heard that Freddy Mercury wrote that song "Crazy Little Called Love" about Elvis in 10 minutes.  Freddy musta' liked Elvis!


Thats cool!  Fun fact,  have u ever seen forrest gump?  apparently,  kurt russell is the voice of elvis presley!


Yes, i loved that part in Forrest Gump when he was a kid and had those braces on and gave Elvis the clue to do his Elvis the Pelvis dance.  I thought that was hilarious!


That was pretty funny,  its so cool how movies try and tie in history.  lol


Yes, especially Forrest Gump.  That was a great movie. I think I'll have to dig that out and watch it over the weekend, now! Kurt Russell does an excellent voice imitation of Elvis, too.


Did you know Elvis was actually Blonde?  He dyes his hair black.


Yes, i actually remember seeing one of his old movies and he was a blonde. He looked better blonde (I thought). I heard Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.  That makes me think of Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison but I digress. I didn't think Elvis's dance was too sensual or sexual but apparently the 50's generation did!


I think they werent use to all the hip motion lol I dont think it was sexual either,  just a different type of dance lol


Elvis' first RCA single was Heartbreak Hotel,  i think I actually know that song!


All the time. Have you seen their movie Fireplace for your home?


Hmm I have not seen it, what is it about?


Nothing really, just an hour of a fireplace


Haha that is awesome. Did you know netflix uses one third of the bandwidth in the morning in NA?


Wow that is amazing. Did you ever hear of Blockbuster?


Yes they had the chance to buy Netflix for just $50 and did not


Yeah and Netflix told them to fix their online services and they laughed at them


Yeah to bad, that was a bad decision not to listen or buy them


I love the guy so funny. Do you like Jim Carrey?


Jon was a high school teacher and one of his students was Ellie Kemper.


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


Hmm I am not sure. I know he has been troubled a bit but why?


It is because they do not project positivity


I sure do. Linkin Park has the best selling album of the century


That is awesome. Legend by Bob Marley is stil number 69


Wow that is impressive, that was so long ago


Do you watch the Victoria Secret fashion show?


No, I don't usually watch, how about you?


I haven't seen them in a long time to be honest.


It sounds like you are not the only one who doesn't watch it anymore.


LOL, I'm not surprised. By the way do you like fantasy movies?


I do like fantasy movies, did you ever see any of the Lord of the Rings movies?


I've seen a few, but to be honest I could never get into them. What about you?


Yeah I have seen them all, I really like the universe that Tolkien created.


Interesting, I've read some of the books, I think I watched the first movie, but not much more than that.


Well the books are much better than the movies, there are characters that the movie never shows, like Mr. Babadill.


Are they? I'll have to take your word for it. It is pretty hard to translate a book to a film.


Yeah it sure it, I give Peter Jackson tons of credit he did really good.


That he did. What about TV, do you watch a lot of tv?


Yeah I like older shows like the Simpsons and Seinfeld, Always Sunny is good too.  How about you?


I'm a fan of the simpson, but I never watched Pokemon, even though there are 750 episodes of it.


No I have not either, but wow that is a ton of shows!


Yeah, it is pretty crazy. I've played Pokemon Go though, have you?


No I never go into that, but I do remember a few years back when it had a huge surge.


Yeah, I wonder if it is still around, do you know?


I think it is, I know a few people that still play it with their nephews.


Interesting. I didn't know that Amazon owned IMDB, pretty crazy if you ask me.


Hi, I am good thanks. Do you watch Netflix?


I do. I am not one of the 33% that make up the bandwidth but my son and daughter are. I am usually watching sports...


It is crazy that Netflix uses up so much bandwidth. Yet, they still spend more on postage.


I know. I wonder if that is still the case with no longer DVDs being a large part of their empire. After racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of apollo 13, reed hastings was inspired to start netflix


I guess he tried to sell Netflix to Blockbuster for $50 million. Blockbuster must be regreting not buying, as it's now worth $2 billion.


Blockbuster only has 1 store left and it's in Alaska!


Wow, I did not know that. Youtube is another popular entertainment service. Together with Netflix, it makes up half of North America's peak internet traffic.


If only we could harness that power for good... Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama, earning $700,000 per episode in house


A popular actor who only wants to project positivity because of his belief system is Jim Carrey. He doesn't act in dramas anymore because he can't act in anything that doesn't project positivity.


WOW, I did not know that. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


I think I would rather listen to Linkin Park. They have the best selling album of the 21st century.


Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label. That's dedication!


That is so interesting. Another group that did something unconventional is NWA. They reached platinum status without airplay or having a major tour.


Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992.


Haha, I would love to listen to that album. But I also want to listen to Dark Side of the Moon since it's so popular. It was released over 40 years ago but was still a best selling album as of 2014.


Love Pink Floyd... I think I may be the only non-drug user that likes them the amount I do. It's the only 60's band I like too.


Cool. Speaking of older music, do you still have any cassettes?


I do not. I do not think I ever had cassettes. My brother did. Now that I think about it, I did have cassettes.


I used to love to buy singles on cassettes! It was what I could afford with my allowance. I would listen and rewind over and over again. Cassettes are obsolete now but were used from the 70s all the way up to the first decade of the 2000s.


Hi there! I'm good how are you? Are you a basketball fan at all?


I'm doing great! I am! I especially like the NBA, how about you?


I do as well. Unfortunately I'm a Knicks fan so I don't watch a lot of local games. I mostly watch the good teams play on TNT or ESPN.


You and me both! Maybe they'll get better soon haha. I bet Allen Iverson can't wait until he turns 55.


Why's that? I think he's still playing in China lol


He gets a lump sum of 32 million dollars for his life endorsement with Reebok! Big money!


Wow, that's great. Especially because more than of NBA players go broke 5 years after retirement.


I believe that! He would have played longer I'm sure if he did the granny style approach to shooting freethrows!


What do you think about this Space Jam 2 that Lebron James is thinking about making?


I think I would wait until it came out on netflix lol. You can never have a better movie than the original!


Haha true true. It was the highest grossing basketball move of all time. Although White Men Can't Jump was pretty damn good.


That was great as well! Speaking of Space Jam, did you know Air Jordan's were originally banned in the league?


Well he still wore the shoes, but Nike payed the fines for him!


Spency Haywood couldn't have 10% stake in Nike about 30 years ago. He opted for $100,000 upfront instead. Ever hear of him?


I have never heard of him. I bet he keeps hitting himself over that every day lol.


Who do you think will win the NBA title this year? The Warriors?


I am hoping the Celtics actually. I'm not a fan but they are playing great ball. Who do you think?


It's hard to bet against the Warriors. I'd like to see the Bucks it though. Would be interesting with Kyrie if the Celtics make a big run.


Oh for sure! The bucks weren't even in the running at all. It will be interesting for sure. It was great chatting, have a great night!


Good afternoon. Did you see inside LeBron's new mansion.


No, I did not. I heard it was $23 million dollars.


I know, right? I like that it has a nice pool and trees for privacy. It must be so relaxing.


There's a ten car garage and an elevator too. It has natural light, which is nice.


I saw that it had 8 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms. Who needs that many bathrooms.


I guess one for each room and one for the guests. Maybe one by the pool?


He is often considered the best basketball player in the world.


It's crazy that he rejected a $10 million dollar advertising offer when he was only 18 because he thought he could do better. He was right. Nike offered him $90 million.


Good for him. I just read the highest paid celebrity after him is Judge Judy!


That is hard to believe! I'm glad Lebron helps out charities too. He once raised six million dollars for charity by televising "the decision"


That is amazing. Funny how some people won't contrubute unless a celebrity asks. His high school basketball games tickets were between $100-120.


Has the Space Jam sequel come out yet? I heard he is supposed to star in it.


No. I haven't heard that  did you know he had 2 olympic gold medals..


That's cool. That's not surprising. Like you said he's considered to by many to be the best basketball player in the world, and maybe of all time.


Speaking of suprises did you know Ronald reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look."


And speaking of looks, Bill Nye got his break because he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest.


That's interesting did you know the Nintendo system could display only 54 colors. Only? I thought that was a lot guess not


Haha, I wonder how many colors current video game systems display.


Not sure but The nintendo entertainment system was finally discontinued in september of 2003 in japan.


That is not as long ago as I would have thought!


Hello, who was your favorite US president?>


Did you know that the new budget proposed will eliminate the Arts Program?


Really? I do not think that is a good idea, they should probably keep the arts program.


I agree. It would hurt a lot of people in the ways of technology and education. Trying to save money, I suppose, but I think there are other ways to do that without hurting the arts and technology of our country


hey did you know that Bruce Lee was a talented dancer and won some dancing competitions?


I wish I could have danced with him.  That would have been amazing.  Dancing with Michael Jackson would have been cool too especially if he let me use his patented lean device!


oh wow that is a good idea! That would have been a lot of fun, I wonder who else has used that patent, I don't remember seeing other artists doing the lean, do you?


No, but maybe they couldn't afford it if they were ballet dancers considering they have to buy 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week!


haha that is true, I used to date a ballet dancer, her toes were always messed up from the dancing, like it looks very pretty when you watch but you don't think about their sore-toe aftermath!


Speaking of ballet, Tupac danced ballet in high school and was in the Nutcracker. I would have liked to have seen that.


that is wild, I bet if someone has that on video somewhere, that would be worth a fortune, I know that Tupac has music in the library of congress too, it was deemed "of cultural importance"


Do you follow basketball?  I love to watch slam dunks!  Too bad Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't get to use them as much as nowadays as they were banned for over a decade in college ball.


Can't say that I do, I don't really watch sports, I do think its funny there is a basketball court at the top of the supreme court, and they call it the HIGHEST court in the land haha


I wonder who plays on that court. I'm not sure if they would make more money or college and basketball coaches from 39 out of 50 state schools.


ya, I would love to watch a basketball game between the supreme court members! Maybe they do that if there is a tie to pick the winning verdict haha


You never know. I wonder if the ones that have been in the Supreme Court for many years shoot the with the best technique, "granny style."


haha that is funny, what's also crazy is that the inventor of the basketball if the only losing couch in the history of his college's game playing, you'd think he'd be an expert


Poor guy having a losing season, but good that he had a great game invented so not all is lost.  Do you watch college women's basketball?  Maryland sure has something to brag about with its finish in the Big 10 last year.


can't say that I do, I do know that granny style shooting is the best way to be consistent when scoring points for free throws, I just think itd be so funny if professionals started doing that you couldn't help but laugh


I wonder if the entertainment factor would be the same though.  Would the famous players still make $800,000 a year in promotions like Allen Iverson for endorsing Reebok?


ya I don't know that it would be as popular haha, I bet he's excited though when he turns 55 and gets a lump sum of 32,000,000, I wonder what he'll do with all that money


Maybe he'll relax in some Air Jordans then after he gets to be free of the endorsing.  Jordan wore them in the NBA and Nike had to pay a fine because they were banned.


haha that is funny, but when you're Michael Jordan you just do as you please I guess, also Nike could easily afford it it sounds like they're loaded


Just pay the fines and you can do what you want I guess.  Tim Duncan from the Spurs sacrificed the money though and stayed in college for four years before going to the NBA.


Ya that would take a lot of courage and confidence in yourself, one slip up or if you got injured, they would pull that offer and you'd be done, that is impressive he did that


Do you still use a library?  I do and I love it.


I have been there less and less, I have just purchased a lot of books recently


Nice.  Going to the library has saved me probably thousands of dollars over my life.  I love physical media like books, cds, and movies.  Before the days of the internet the library was my lifeline.


I also prefer to hold a book.  I think it is cool that the Norwegian government buys 1000 copies to put in libraries.


Yes.  That is pretty good for the authors of the books. There are more libraries than McDonalds in the United States.


That really gives me hope, we just got to get people to use them


Yes.  I agree.  Over half of adults have library cards.  So, they seem to be hanging on.


There is even a library of things in Sacramento.  You can borrow things like sewing machines.


Now that sounds like a really good idea.  I hate when I have to buy something expensive that I'll only use 1 time.


Yeah, or find someone to borrow it from.  Especially for objects that are a bit more rare.


Yes!   Switching gears lets talk about congress and/or the president...Did you know that in 1916 the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote in a national election.


I know.  What is awesome too is that the US congress has played a Republicans vs Democrats baseball game annually every year since 1909.  The Republicans are leading by 3 wins.   That's a neat tidbit.


That would be a funny sight to see!  Almost as good as Elmo testifying before Congress.


I dont know, but he is the only non human to do so.


Did you know that the top 3 wealthiest presidents in the US history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


Trumps not on the list?  Thats hard to believe.


I think I've read he is number 1 now.  I think what I read is outdated.  I was also reading about the first president of Zimbabwe.  They called him president banana! lol


His name was actually Canaan Banana.  So not like it was an insult.


Interesting!  Did you know that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office?


Me too!  I wonder if they are on youtube?  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you!


Hi there! Watching a bit of racing today. I love cars! Cars came into global use in the 20th century and developed economies depended on them.


Oh nice. Yeah I like cars too. 1886 was considered the birth of the modern car!


That's cool! One of the first cars accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T.


Oh nice what a classic. I also like the brand Cadillac which was named after the founder of Detroit.


I like Cadillac too. McDonalds' added drive thrus in 1975 to accomodate soldiers who could not get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


Glad they did now they are everywhere! The trunk is called that because it used to actually be a wooden trunk!


Oh that is cool. In South-africa it is legal to equip your car with flame throwers to prevent carjacking. Sounds like good entertainment.


Yeah I would love to see that. Like an action movie! I like playing car racing videos but I never knew people like Jahn Mardenborough could use them to become pro!


Amazing what people can do. In addition to cars I am a mini fan of video games. I know the Nintendo entertainment system (NES) could only display 54 colors.


Wow. I loved that system so much despite that underwhelming stat. Japan finally gave it the axe back in 2003!


I can see why. It was a bit of a dinosaur. So I like movies as well. Hard to believe that former President Regan was rejected for a movie role because he did not have the "presidential look". I guess he proved them wrong!


Yeah he definitely did. I would love to see that entertainment executives face when he got elected!


Me too. Hilarious, I'm sure. Not sure if you watch Judge Judy, but she makes 123k per episode!


Jeez that is hard to fathom is she that popular?! I find it interesting how entertainment has evolved over the years. It can be adapted to suit any scale.


I would agree. Have you heard of Bill Nye, the science guy? He got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.


Yeah I used to watch his show! Glad we have tv now. People in 50bc bred chickens for entertainment!


Oh that makes me glad to have TV. That had to have been a long time ago!


Yeah apparently that's what Caeser observed when he went to Great Britain for the first time.


Oh wow. I'm glad that entertainment has evolved and can be adapted for all!


Yes I agree. I understand the point of it is to keep an audiences attention, but they have achieved that so well. Sometimes I just can't look away.


Well nice chatting with you. Have fun watching cars which replaced those old horse-drawn carriages.


Hello there, I do like basketball, how about you?


Yes I do.  Did you know that the dunk shot got banned from college basketball for over ten years?


I think I have read about that before, I think it was one of my favs Kareem abdul-Jabbar that was the cause of that.


I think you're right.  I'm glad it's not banned any more. It really adds excitement to the game don't you think?


Yeah it sure does, and now the game is moving away from the basket and going for a lot of 3-pointers, funny how the game evolves over time.


True. I like those too though.  Have you heard about the inventor of basketball, James Naismith?


I have heard about him, I think he was a really good college coach as well if I'm correct.


Not really.  Oddly enough, he's the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history.


Oh, well I guess I am wrong then lol.  That is still impressive that he created the game though!


Yes it is. The game is technical to if you think about it.  Everything is so precisely measured and such.


That is very true, did you ever hear about the court they have on the top floor of the US supreme court building?


Yeah its nicknamed 'the highest court in the land' what makes me think is that I wonder how much $ has been bet on some of those games!


Lol! I never thought about that but I'm sure they have bet quite a bit!


Do you know what the nickname of the New Zealand national basketball team name is?


I didn't even know New Zealand had a national basketball team!  I guess basketball is global.


Yeah they do, I think basketball is no longer the US game, even in the NBA some of the best players are foreign, my fav team has the most likely MVP this year and he's not from the US.  And the name of the New Zealand team is 'tall blacks'.


Sounds like New Zealand is not as stressed about offending people as the States are.  Speaking of the nba, do you like tim duncan?


No, I don't think they have that in mind, I think it has to do with the jersey colors honestly, I know the rugby team wears all white jerseys and their nickname is, 'the all whites'.  And yeah he was one of the greats, Spurs.


i like him because he chose to stay in college instead of going directly to the nba.  It's really impressive!  Well, it looks like I've got to be going now.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Is the library one of your favorite places to go to?


I used to go to the library when I was younger. Not so much now. How about you?


I used to too! I went there because there are certain events. Now, I do not. I hardly go to the library. I rather stay at home to study.


Libraries have had such an important purpose historically. Ships visiting the ancient city of Alexandria had to surrender their books for copying. Owners got a copy while the originals were placed in the library of Alexandria.


That is true. Where is this city of Alexandria?


In Egypt. There was a famous library there that burned down. Libraries have changed with the times. Many public libraries in the US have video games to lure teenagers into a library. That certainly would have gotten me to the library. More teenagers are coming to the library and books are getting checked out more than before the gamers arrived.


Maybe, Egypt had a thing against libraries. I recently went to a library and there was an Xbox console. What is the point though of the library?


I suppose it depends on the population and the country. A Malawian teenager taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. Where did he learn to do this? Books at the library.


Are you interested in presidents? The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. Those would probably be available in the libraries in Indonesia.


Well, I do not support the president of today. I am looking forward to the votes. The Indonesian president seems like an Asian version of Kanye West.


Maybe Trump and Kanye can collaborate on dropping some mad beats yo. The US president's guest house is larger than the White House. Trump must be ticked off that he missed out on that deal.


Recently, they were talking in the White House.


I guess they could find a musical match and get some beats out. Other countries have the right idea about the presidency, I think. Guatemala has a law that close relatives of former presidents cannot run for president. In the US, that would put a damper on the aspirations of Clintons and Bushes.


They should join this app called "Tik Tok." They can be a classic duo. That reminds me of working environments. I rather work in a diverse office than with relatives because it can get a little difficult.


That's true. Five presidents have been elected while losing the popular vote. Is Trump in that group? Will he get elected next time the same way? I wonder. If he does, his relatives will still be in the White House with him. Nepotism is rife there.


Trump should be in that group. I hope he does not get elected.


The only president to earn a PhD was Woodrow Wilson. Will we ever have someone like that again? Or is it just a media circus?


Well, there should be other presidents that are way smarter than Trump. I feel that this is a joke, a media circus.


Would be great to see a prez that spoke a foreign tongue. The last president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR. Probably French.


That is true. Well, it was nice chatting with you.


Jeff Bezos, is a great CEO, Amazon has become a giant of the industry


It truly has.  And to think it started out as an online book store.


It did theres still place for improvement, Bezos can learn from shows like The Decision and make his empire even bigger


Well LeBron James made that a big deal, frankly I dont care where he plays, but it raised a bunch of money for charity.


He is one of the best paid celebrities, he's not only a great athlete but seems to be growing in the celebrity area as well


He does seem to be doing some good off the court as well, his charity helps a lot of kids get an education


I heard he raised 6 million with that show, The Decision, so yeah, an admirable person, a role model


He has been called a traitor for the amount of team jumping he does though.


I dont agree with that, we all look for whats best for us, I am exited for his upcoming movie, Space Jam


I hope it can live up to the original.  That was the highest grossing basketball movie of all time.


I hope that as well, would be nice but its hard to live up to a leyend like Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes were more popular back then or at least it seems that way


I wonder if the Looney Toons will be a part of it this time, I dont know if kids will recognize them like our generations did.


I agree, I dont think they do, but maybe they will go crazy about LeBron, you know that tickets to watch him play when he was in highschool had a cost of 100-120 dollars


That is crazy.  They must have known then where he would end up


I think they had a pretty good idea, talent like that one is a once in a life kind of thing


There will always be greats, they might not just be from your hometown.


Yeah, but not as good as LeBron, I think he's the best player in history of the game, he and MJ.


Yeah could be, both are really skilled but MJ had something else, had a magical touch no other has


Very true.  He had that star power.  His shoes are still so popular.


Yeah, the Air Jordans, never bought them though, seemed to expensive at the time.


Good. Lebron James bout a 16,000 square foot mansion in LA, that must be nice to live in.


No, not the 23 million it cost to built Lebron's mansion, I'm still working on my first million


Nice. I hope you get there. What is the best part of his mansion, in your opinion


Probably the soundproof theater and the wine cellar Lebron put in there


Yeah, I would make use of both of those, often. Good call. I would also add the cigar bar.


Lol yea the cigar lounge does sound nice with the casino air purifying technology


I cannot fathom that type of wealth and power. It would be crazy...


Lol, Nike must be paying him a lot of money if his bedroom has a private service entrance


I heard he likes to save money though. He used the free Pandora app because he didn't want to spend money on the monthly service.


I'm sure he has enough money to buy the company, his first shoe deal from Nike got him 90 million


Warner bros and lebron james have signed a new deal for a "space jam" sequel. That's gonna make him a ton of money.


Yea but I don't think it will be that great with Lebron, the first Space Jam wasn't really that good and it had Jordan


Yeah, but he's still going to get paid and probably points on the back end.


Yea, if I was him I would buy one of those South African cars equipped with a flame-thrower


Yeah. He's probably got a staff to beat people up though. So are you a Jordan guy?


Yea, I watched him deny my Knicks a championship throughout the 90s, I mean Lebrons good and I'm glad he got Cleveland a championship but he's not as great as Jordan


Lol, I remember all the old basketball games on the nintendo that only had like 54 colors


I watch it sometime but I am more into the NBA, and you?


Me too actually. Do you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yeah the NBA guy who never managed to be better than his sister


Yeah she scored 105 points once in a game and broke 8 national records


Yeah what a talent all within a single family


I know right? Do you know who Allen Iverson is?


Yeah he is the guy that signed that contract with Rebook


Yeah he is make tons of money , $800 000 per year


yeah and then after 55 about 32 million , what a deal


I know. Do you know the granny shot style?


Yea it is the best one to score but players do not use it much


Yeah because they think it is funny looking


Did you know AIr Jordans were initially banned in the NBA court?


Yeah but Nike was willing to pay the fine each time so it was all good


Yeah they must have made so much from the sales and it was nothing for them


Yeah. Did you know Duncan stayed in school first?


SMart guy he got both a career and a degree


I love it. Babies love it too since they dance to is as soon as they hear it


yes and they smile more when they hit the beat


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?


Hi! I do enjoy both Netflix and YouTube above all else. I'm part of the reason they make up half the peak internet traffic in north America! Ha! What about you?


I mainly use youtube to watch animal videos


Its the second largest search engine on the net. There are certainly all kinds of videos on the site!


It is quite surprising that justin bieber's baby is the most disliked video on youtube. I may be not a fan, but it seems quite infamous


Agreed. That is hard to believe of all the content on YouTube, one of his videos are the most disliked. Then again, PSY's Gangham Style video got so many views, YouTube had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits!


I have actually. In fact, I like to break out the old AM radio every now and again and listen to those Jupiter radio storms. What about you?


While I as interested in the applications of radio in deep space exploration, I haven't really used it much myself


If you like radio plays, you don't even need a radio to listen to them. There's a site that has thousands of classic radio dramas for absolutely no charge!


BTW how advance does a radio have to be to hear jupiter radio storms? they surely have to be stronger than the foxhole radios of wwii


No kidding! That's back when they made basic radios using pencils as diodes and razorblades. My how the times have changed, right?


Indeed, the earth and history on earth sure has changed much over the years


No kidding and it'll continue to change as well. In fact, they say the earth will be basically free of helium when the 21st century ends.


When we run out, I wonder if we would be able to artificially create it


That's a good question worth looking into! It's also sad knowing over 80% of our natural forests have been destroyed. That's something impossible to artificially create, sadly.


All this in the 1 minute that humans represents of earth's entire history


Sad, isn't it? But speaking of time, isnt it crazy that when the planet was formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long? Imagine if we had to live like that now. It'd be impossible!


Well two whole days of sleep actually sound wonderful atm


Ha! Tell me about it. But like we said, a lot has changed since the earth was formed over 4.5 billion years ago. And here we are today with 7.6 billion people living on the planet and depending on the biosphere and natural resources for survival.


In any case I hope in the next minute of Earth's history we will change it for the better. Thanks for chatting.


Im doing great, what about you? do you ever wonder about earth and all the amazing things that involve it!


I am doing pretty good and yeah I think about that kind of thing all the times


Its amazing how earth is 4.5 billion years old,


Yeah it really makes me wonder what all went all before we got here cause that is alot of time its pretty crazy that 71% of the surface is water


I  know right, I wonder how scientists can tell the age of earth, 4.5 billion years seems an exact number,


Yeah I agree with ya where does that number comes from


I think it's because of the carbon 15 test, but there's a lot of science behind that, to think we are only the third planet from the sun


Yeah that is crazy.. I still am a firm believer in pluto being a planet lol... ya know if earths history was viewed as a 24 hour period humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds..


1 minute 17 seconds doesnt seem like a lot but our histoy sure is long and with a lot of spcial characters in it, you know the earth is 4 times denser than the sun!


I didnt know that thats pretty crazy by the end of the 21st century earth will be helium free


It will? wow, I wonder if we are doing something about it, doesnt seem like a valuable element but still, do you use YouTube?


Yeah I know it is on the periodic table lol and yeah i use it to play music videos sometimes


You know that site began as a dating website!


Really that is pretty crazy!! I know the police have there own youtube called blutube where they share law enforcement videos


No, I didnt know that either, one thing is sure, Youtube is a great service and has grown a lot since it got started, even having their own service for police, that is amazing


Yeah it is really handy you can look up instructions on how to do anything


I agree, the first video uploaded to the site was of a guy talking about an elephant, that seems kind of random


That is random lol.. Now adays anyone can be youtube famous


It has become a common phenomenom YouTube is far more interesting than radio, do you listen to the radio anymore?


Only when I am in the car then half the time I have pandora playing lol. The radio used to be really popular


It used to I agree, theres a station that translates solar activity into sound, that must be an awesome station to listen to


that would be pretty cool.. jupiter has storm radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by am radio


Thats cool I would like to listen to that, Jupiter Storms must create an interesting sound.


How's it going? Did you know Amazon was founded back in 1994? I never knew it has been around that long


Wow! I didn't either! I do know it's the largest internet retailer on the planet, at least measured by revenue and market capitalization but behind Alibaba in total sales.


The first amazon customer got a building named after him for spending only 27.95, I wonder what he purchased


Ha! Well, at least we know it wasn't the clock Bezos built into that mountain that apparently will run for 10,000 years - not for $27.95.


I wonder why Bezos built a clock into a mountain that will run for 10,000 years, it seems kinda pointless


Agreed. But with that kind of revenue plus having contract with the US postal service for Sunday deliveries, you can do what you want even if it makes no sense!


Yea I guess so as long as you have the warehouse workers walking 7-15 miles each shift


That's sad. Great exercise though. Maybe he should expand those warehouses to where they can put cars in there to drive the workers around. But if that happened, let's hope the south African employees don't equip their cars with flame throwers as that's perfectly legal there in order to prevent carjacking!


Maybe Bezos can start manufacturing flame-throwing equipped cars in the US, I'd buy one


Ha! No kidding! If we were in older times, we could easily store them in the wooden trunks that cars used to have in the back, which birthed  the name "trunk" for our cars today.


I wonder if you could become a pro driver after playing Twisted Metal like Jann Mardenborough did after beating 90,000 people in Gran Turismo


Oh yeah! Was it Twisted Metal or Gran Turismo? Either way, That is one talented individual to be able to skillfully do both racing and video game racing!


I wonder if their are games that will help you to travel to new places Like Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit


Good question! Or even games that take you what it was like in 1975 when McDonald's introduced the drive-thru for soldiers who couldn't get out of their vehicles when wearing fatigues?


It's interesting that Cadilac founded Detroit yet motorized vehicles have been banned on Mackinac Island MI for over 100 years


That is crazy? Do you know why they're banned? I bet Karl Benz wasn't expecting vehicles to be banned when he first introduced the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1886!


No clue, apparently Iceland doesn't have much cars or public rail service and domestic flights are used to travel between towns


Wow!  Maybe they'll follow in the footsteps of the Dutch since they're creating a commuter bus that can travel 160 mph!


That would be cool, Japan might want to try that too since travelling across the country by car will cost more than 300 in tolls


Yikes! That's a lot of money! Heck, did you know the first king to travel around the world was Hawaii's King Kalakaua?


I had no clue. Well I have to go,nice talking with you


Hey do use Amazon? I have Amazon Prime personally.


I love amazon from Basics to eberything else


Did you know that Amazon was started in 1994 by Jeff Bezos? It's also based out of Seattle Washington


Yeah the guy has come a long way. And now he built a clock on a mountsin


Do you know why he built that though? I know that it'll last for 10,000 years but it seems like such a waste to me


I really wonder about that too. Did you know the first customer only spent less than $30


That is crazy. And then he got a building named after him! That seems like a bargain! Do you like how Amazon also delivers on Sundays now?


I love that they have that contract with the US Postal service


Yep that is saved me plenty of times haha. Would you ever work at an Amazon warehouse by the way?


COnsidering they walk so much, maybe just to keep in shape too


That's what I think haha. If I walk 15 miles a day I would be in great shape haha. Do you ever use the site imdb.com?


I do. Did you know amazon has owned it since 98?


I didn't know that. I used that site almost every day! How often do you drive your car? Cars typically at 4 tires and can transport people


I use it every day to get to work and back. Do you know how cadillac got its name?


Wasn't it the last name of a French explorer? I think he founded Detroit right? I'm from Michigan but I still don't know haha


Yeah it was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac


Did you hear about the guy that played like 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo? Apparently he became a professional race car driver afterwards. How does that happen!


I have no idea, maybe it was an exception. do you know why the trunk is called such?


I think it's because old cars used to have wooden trunks right? That sounds like such a fire hazard LOL especially if you live in South Africa where flamethrowers are legal and you can put them on your car LOL


Oh yeah, out those two together and you have a disaster waiting to happen for sure


Oh for sure haha. Do you ever travel? I travel a lot for work. Mostly I travel by airplane. What about you


Yes, Condoleezza Rice is now fixing the NCAA, helping to reform College Basketball.


She was the secretary of state.  I did not know that she was involved with the NCAA affairs.


I didn't know that was she was either, I think the best bet is using the ruling for basketball, that baseball is already using...young players have a choice to choose to go pro straight out of high school or go to college and stay a minimum of 3 years. I'm all for higher education.


So, please tell me what she is trying to accomplish?


Well I think it's restructure of the process of young athletes that go college and barely "skirt" by on their grades, it doesn't help the student at all, so the choice I described above would give the student a choice to go directly to NBA from high school and not have to pretend to like college


I'm pretty sure that Condoleezza Rice, is just now starting to work on this issue, Did you know that in the game Baseball, the manager wears a uniform at the game just in case they may be asked to play for their team?


I did not know that.  I am sure that not all managers are eligible to play though.


That is what I thought, Up until 2005 a couple that is married, scheduled all 2430 major league baseball games for each year,


I wonder why they had to be married?  What was the reasoning?


Wow, in 39 out of our 50 U.S. states, the employee that is paid the highest wage as a "State Employee" is either a college football coach or a basketball coach.


That was new to me.  Why would they (the coaches) want to be state employees though.  I would think that they could make more money doing something else related to sports.


true, also did you know that in 18th century England, people played Bat and Ball games and later the game became popular in the U.S. and was called Baseball?


Thank you for your info.  That was interesting.  I thought baseball was originated in the US.


So did I! Also NBA player Allen Iverson actually signed with Reebok in 2001, a lifetime endorsement contract that would pay him 800,000.00 per year and I big lump sum final payment at age 55 of 32 Million!


That was a lot of money.  Is Iverson retired from basketball?


Not sure, probably close to retiring. In Texas, the San Antonio Spurs team player Tim Duncun passed up an NBA contract but chose to go to a 4 year college first.


Perhaps college is more important Duncun.  I would not pass up lots of money though since the opportunity might not happen again.


Me too, Did you know that the FBI revealed that it had findings of corruptions among shoe companies and agents and a few big time college coaches, I guess some sort of money scheme to endorse or kickbacks?


That was news to me but I would not be surprised to know.  Anyway, I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


Hi.  Looks like basketball is the right choice today.


Yeah did you hear about the NCAA lately?


It is the National College Athletics Association, I think.  Is that right?


That is correct basically they are the college program  for sports and it also includes the basketball, Suprisingly the FBI revealed that there was corruption in the NCAA. Corrupt connections with the shoe companies, agents, and coaches!


Shoe companies?  Well, if you can not trust shoe companies, who can you trust.  College ball is a great place for the NBA to look at talent.


Well although theres great talent theres been some unethical decisions. And no punishment has been givne. The NCAA doesn't seem to be stopping the corruption taking place. IF they don't stop it it will get worse.


So is part of this money paid to players, who take phony classes?  There is a solution for that, the student body must get involved.  Players must take the same classes and get decent grades.


Correct, and because they haven't done anything rules have been put in place for students who have no intention of pursing their educational career. Supposably the game could be more popular if they went to college and a rule was enforced for them to study instead of getting straight into the NBA at 19


It would seem that only a few teams are made from fake students.  But rules must be applied evenly.  There are no easy fixes.  I do not want a minor league for  basketball.


Well in the past five years actually almost half of the five star recruits and more then half of the one and dones have gone to just five schools.  The NCAA could use the rule already in effect for baseball but for basketball, like the rule that a student coming from high school or entering college must stay a minimum 3 years


I would hope the student player is motivated to stay.  Education is never a bad thing, unless you're young.  And you can make millions playing ball.  What does Condoleezza Rice have to do with any of this?


I don't know what Condolezza Rice has to do with this I do know that people write to her most likely because she has the power to change the rules in the NCAA, but that last part is just speculating.  NBA allen iverson actually signed a deal with rebook to pay him 800k a year until hes 55 then at the end recieve 32 million in a lump sum! I guess you could start your own education facility what that kind of money.


I think Condi is associated with the FBI.  They are the ones revealed findings of corruption.  Thats a stunning amount of money to pay any one person.


From personal knowledge I believe shes a politician, which does relate her to this.  NBA is an active member of USAB (USA basketball) which is also recognized by the FIBA (international basketball federation)  That is a huge amount! The nba is on the most four major sports and NBA players are the worlds best paid atheltes by average salary


I once attended a college basketball game.  Its funny how the game means so much to some and almost nothing to others.  More fun to play with friends than watch.  Have you ever owned Air Jordan sneakers?


Thats true that some people really care and some don't about basketball. I've always liked jordans, but lately i've been buying them to resell. Not a big fan of the NBA, but since people are they are willing to wait in line for shoes and create bots online to try to get them. I wouldn't be suprised if the shoe companies are a part of the corruption, they are pretty unethical since they use offshore labor!


It seems likely that shoe money leads to corruption.  Air Jordans were banned by the NBA.  Jordan wore them anyway and Nike paid the fine.  Not corruption, but the league was ineffective in rule enforcement.


Oh thats interesting did not know they were banned was that a specific type of air jordan or all of them? Maybe they were a specific color, He probably made his fine back by the exposure of the shoe. Yeah i believe the NCAA needs to enforce their rules more so the FBI and governing bodies don't have to get involved/ Nba explotiation is not new i guess


I have no idea about the color.  Nike can probably make any color desired.  Maybe people like Tim Duncan could help in some way.  He stayed in school for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


So like one time people were getting killed over this specific colorway and thats why they got banned. I could get on really offtopic about jordan. If the nba followed baseball rules are learned from them, they would probably have less issues.


I see.  Well, if physicists were cool, "granny style" would be a thing.  Talk to you later.


Cheryl Miller was robbed out of a life time of earnings by being a woman.


I'm good!  Do you know many facts about the president?


I know a few.  The only president to have a phd is Woodrow Wilson.


Very interesting! Jfk, Washington and Jefferson were the three wealthiest presidents!


Nice.  I wonder if Trump is in that list now?


I wouldnt doubt it. I love that the first president of Zimbabwe was called banana!


That's great!  The last US president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR.


That is ridiculous! It is hilarious that the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house.


I wonder why that it is?  In Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president.


That is a weird law. Are you a fan of hockey by any chance?


I watch it every now and then.  I like to see the one game they play outdoors every year in the NHL.  That's neat I think!


I agree! I like hockey. It is Canadas national sport!


Yes it is!  I live in extreme Northern Ohio on the shore of Lake Erie back in the day when we still had tvs with rabbit ears I was able to pick up Canada's Hockey Night in Canada during the week.  I loved it because it was their version of Monday Night Football.


That makes sense. I did not know that players lose up to 8 pounds per game.


Yes!  That's a lot of skating and dragging all that padded weight around.  lol


Seriously! It is probably 8 pounds of sweat.


lol  In the 1932 summer olympics, India beat the USA 24-1.  Ouch.


That must have not been fun. A player was traded for $1 and ended up winning 4 stanley cups!


Interesting!  In 1930 a goalie caught fire during a game when a puck hit a pack of matches in his pocket!


Nice chatting with you too!  Have a good one!


DId you know that JFK, Washington and Jefferson are the three wealthiest potus of all time


hi how are you? yes, i have heard that. trump must be ticked off about that.


Yeah. He might be the poorest. Maybe he could record a pop album to make ends meet


Yes, those pop albums are the way to go. he could work his way up the rankings. then he would get some respect from the history books.


He'd have to have a cool album name, that would be easy for the President of Zimbabwe to come up with


Lol. maybe he can get a nobel in literarture for his lyrics...like Bob Dylan did. Churchill has one of those and Trump like to model himself after him.


I think trump is up for the peace prize? not kidding. he keeps talking about how PM Abe in japan nominated him? I dont know what is going on, but it worries me.


Oh yeah, I forgot. Meanwhile N.Korea keeps building nukes...as the US sleeps, to echo a line from Churchill...who never won the Peace prize.


Yeah, that was strange. one for literature? i guess he wrote some good books. Oh, and that war things, yeah he did that too.


Is there a Nobel War Prize? There were olympic medals for literature though.


no, but he worked hard to bring the war to an end and defeat the nazis so i figure that should get some recognition.


And he did it in a way that would make the literatti proud...or whatever the term derived from "littera" is.


He definitely deserved the presidential whole guest house when in the USA...which is larger than the White House.


How did it get so big? And why? is there where JFK and LBJ went for assignations?


I think they went to hockey games for that. Only Canadians there.


LOL. that would be funny. "Nobody hear but Canadians! We're safe!"


Yes, they had to choose two sports in canada. one was not enough. hm.


That's a lot of sticks flying all over the place. Nice chatting with you.


No, but I did read about the NBA as of lately. What about you?


I like it about the same as basketball.  I dont follow either too closely though.


Well, I've also watched sports like basketball and baseball, but never was that interested. I did play soccer when I was young.


Same here. I was never tall enough to really succeed at Basketball.


Sometimes sports are too dramatic for me too. I read about Derek Jeter disrespecting Bryant Gumbel.


It is really rude to go on another person's show and insult them


Sounds like he's bitter about his Marlins team being like $400 million in debt. How would anyone ever recover that amount of money?


Especially when you arent that good and your farm team is the worst in the league.


Jeter really must have mad what's left of his fans upset, too. He was pretty childish talking to Gumbel. Very unprofessional.


I agree.  When things are bad, just admit it.  Some stars never learn class because people have always accepted them treating others like crap.


On a lighter note, have you heard that scientists said that shooting basketball granny style is the best way but players think it doesn't look cool?


Yeah, I heard that.  Crazy.  Id be willing to do whatever got my team to win.  Even if it made me look a little silly.


The NBA is very powerful and rich, it seems. One of the players got around thirty two million for his contract with Reebok.


And thats on top of 800,000 per year until he is 55.


Yeah, and that's just an NBA player getting contracts with huge companies. Just think of the owners of NBA getting contracts.


Rarely one will sacrifice money like Tim Duncan did to get a college education.


Oh, was Tim Duncan an NBA player. I'm not sure if most NBA players go through college or not?


Some do, some like LeBron James go straight from HS to the NBA.


That's interesting. Maybe the NBA should have a class for the players so that they can manage the money they earn at an early age through sports to last their lifetime!


That would be smart!  Its been nice chatting, but Ive got to get going.


All this chatting about sports makes me want to go play something...not sure it it will be baseball or basketball...maybe just a nice hike in sporty clothes!


I am, I'm a big sports fan in general but I do like basketball. Long time Knicks fan here. How about yourself?


I don't follow the NBA close enough, but I had a pair of Jordans when I was younger.


Those are still prominent but a lot of these guys have their own shoes now. Did you hear about the guy who turned down a 10% stake in Nike?


I do, I used to play when I was younger.


I'm a Yankee fan but I'll watch any game that has some top pitchers playing against each other. Do you root for a team?


I root for the A's, but haven't paid a lot of attention last year.


Ah they usually draft and development talent well. They also have a good eye for free agents. Have you seen the movie Moneyball?


Yeah about Billy Bean and how he put together solid teams on a low budget. Great movie.


Yeah, I saw it. Did you know that Kickball is called soccer baseball in Canada?


Haha that's weird. I guess it's the  closet thing they have to actual soccer. It's probably too cold up there. Do you remember Shaq in the NBA?


Yeah, he would always get fouled at the end of the game.


Lol yes. He was a pretty poor shooter. Apparently he only one 3-pointer his entire career. He must have been pretty surprised.


They used to call it hack-a-shaq when they would foul him. It was pretty cool to see him break the backboard a couple of time.


Yeah, the hack a shaq. I remember that, it was hilarious watching him try to hit free throws. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yeah there are still some guys that can't hit free throws. Even LeBron has been pretty bad lately. Same, have a great rest of your night


How's it going, DId you know in most of the world hockey refers to field hockey and not ice Hockey?


No I didn't know that. So apparently you like you said, there are different types of hockey, what is interesting to me is that Canada has a national sport. One of them is hockey and the other is lacrosse, no one watches lacrosse though LOL


It is kinda funny lacrosse is a national sport of Canada considering how cold it get there


Yep that's true, hockey is probably their national sport because it is so cold in Canada, I can believe too that a hockey player can lose up to eight pounds in one game, both from the physical activity and the cold


Yea hockey is a very demanding sport physically but a loss of 8 pounds in a game is still a lot


Yep I agree, I wish I could play hockey because I would love to use that exercise to lose 8 pounds LOL. Did you hear about the hockey player who was traded for a dollar?


Yea and he ended up winning 4 stanley cups so he can't feel that bad about the trade


Nope I can't either! I'm also happy that instead of having to build two stadiums, you can just swap between a hockey rink and a basketball court


Yea but I hear that arenas that have both basketball and hockey teams the ice quality isn't as good when under the floor


Oh I didn't know that. Do you ever watch games on television by the way?


Yea , usually before catching South Park reruns. Did you know the simpsons sent the South Park producers flowers after the Family guy episode?


No I didn't hear about that! Did you see that episode? Was it any good?


Yea, it was 2 South Park episodes but it was very controversial because they mentioned Muhhammed in it


Oh wow that is interesting. Speaking of controversial, did you know that George Carlin actually did a narration for the Thomas the Tank Engine kids TV show


I heard that, so did Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin for 52 episodes each


Yep you're right. you said you watch The Simpsons, did you see the episode where Bart does not appear? He also isn't mentioned in the whole episode


Probably not, theres just too many episodes of The Simpsons, Pokemon too, they have over 750 episodes


Yeah I do like Pokemon though! What about concerts have you ever been to a concert before?


A couple. I would of loved to see the Ramones, they played 2,263 concerts as a band


yes I wish I saw them and I also where should I sell Lincoln Park before their singer passed away, they did about one concert per day back in 2001


Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Have you heard about the red mass? Apparently it's a special mass that they hold for the Supreme Court


Yes, held in DC at St. Matthew's Cathedral. Seems to have been controversial mass this year. What do you think?


Yes it seems very controversial especially since they were trying to confirm Kavanaugh at the time. Have you ever visited the United States Senate before


The Senate chambers? No. Never was inside St. Matthews, either. Do know Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault by h.s. classmate in '80's. Don't know where that allegation stands. Do you?


No I think they determined it didn't happen, but I'm not a hundred percent sure on that it's crazy that there is a candy drawer in the Senate with unlimited candy LOL I want some of the Milky Way is right now


Been there since '68. Maybe the jellybeans are an homage to Ronald Reagan, who kept a jar on his desk. Have you ever witnessed a Senate session?


No I haven't. I only know that there are two senators per state so there are a total of 100 senators in the chamber


Right. Powerful chamber of Congress since 1789. Did you know Nixon cracked the gavel that had been used for 165 years. Heard about that?


Haha I did hear about that that's very sad because that is a good history that the gavel had, what do you think about why Michael Jordan would not endorse a Democratic candidate? I think it was smart that he never picked a side with politics


Yeah, but savvy to say, Republicans buy shoes, too". His $$$ sponsor, Nike, must have loved that.


Yep it's better if celebrities just don't get involved, but I was shocked to learn that women could not wear pants in the Senate until about the year 1993, that seems very stupid


Agree. In 1993, 1st lady Hillary C. was occasionally wearing pantsuits. Trend change, and celebs affect those changes....Agree?


Yep I could agree with that. What do you think about the top three most wealthy presidents though? Shocking that Trump is not one of them


We don't know. He wont make his tax returns public. Fishy.  Washington & Jefferson made $$ as slave owners. JFK's wealth was built on his father's businesses, especially liquor sales. JFK submitted tax returns, though.


Yep that's true. I wonder if president banana of Zimbabwe is Rich from bananas LOL maybe we should see his tax returns


What do you think about the president of Indonesia by the way? Maybe he is Rich from the three pop albums that he wrote while in office to LOL


Heard about that. If referring to the current Pres., I don't know much about him.


Yeah I don't know much about him unfortunately, I do know that we used to have a different role for vice presidents, did you hear about the rule change back in 1805?


Sort of recall. Jefferson was re-elected in 1804, but think the runner-up may have been James Madison. Now, at least, we can vote for a ticket, Pres. & VP candidates. Better, don't you think?


Yep I think it's better this way. Emagine with President Trump and vice president Hillary Clinton, you would have so much drama


Hi there do you know much about politics?


I know some stuff about the senate, like the gavel that Nixon cracked


Yeah and it was old over 165 years, not too good for him


I know and they have a candy desk in there filled with various candy


Yeah they have candy from Pennsylvania only there though


Yeah all the good stuff like Mars, Milky Way and jellybeans, yumm


Yeah I know. Women were not allowed to wear pants in the senate until recently


Yes until those two senators rebelled by doing just that in sign of protest in 1993


Nice good for them to do so and open the door for other women as well to wear what they want


Exactly. Do you know who the wealthiest us presidents are?


That would be Jefferson, Washington and JFK


Yes Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Nice one, THe president of Indonesia is a pop star


Yeah and the guy has already released 3 albums, wow


I know. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


Yes that would be the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah and I think that is fair because they work towards that a lot too


True. Did you know congressman have separate subway lines in washington?


Yeah that is how they move between the capitol and the house and senate offices


Yeah. Did you now republicans and democrats plat a baseball game each year?


Yeah and the republicans are leading the way by 3 points


I'm great! Do you follow the US Senate at all?


A little bit. Why? what's going on with the senate?


Women were not allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993. Strange. I don't know why.


Oh that's pretty sexist! I would never wear a dress or a skirt outside! It's simply not functional! I was reading about the 3 richest Presidents and Trump did not make the list! I'm shocked!


Trump is probably going to rig the numbers to move up in the rankings. And what about the guest house there?


Oh yeah! I heard that the white house's guest house is bigger than the white house! I'd just stay in the guest house since Presidents get away with so much anyway!


Trump would probably stick a TRUMP sign on it and rent it out.


So true! I never agreed with his actions. Hey, what can you do? now hes the prez....


Until 1805, the runner up in the US presidential election automatically became the vice president. That system should be reinstated. For laughs.


Oh that would have been so GREAT!!!! Trump should be more like the President of Indonesia! Maybe release a few pop albums while in office or do a reality show. "You're fired, love Trump".


The pop albums could happen. He's friends with Kanye. He needs a nickname though.


How about "you're fired!" He fires people after all. Woah! I just found out that the first woman elected to congress in 1916 didn't even have the right to vote in a national election yet! Thank goodness that times have changed!


Now I feel like Senators get less done than in the past. Also, they have a candy desk.


Oh candy is absolutely terrible for the health of anyone! No wonder our food pyramid is so wrong it's killing people! Personally I'd like to see a complete change in our Government. I don't want to hear about anything other than all the amazing things they are doing for homeless people, the planet, us, other countries. I tend to avoid the news a lot.


Some news from Congress is interesting. Elmo is the only non-human to testify before Congress. I would listen to that testimony.


I would as well! Sounds super interesting and entertaining. I'm definitely going to google that. haha


Yup. Enjoyed the chat! Have a good evening.


I know a little bit about them. Do you know where the term came from?


Yes that goes back to the Middle Ages and originally denoted a parley


Yep and it is derived from the Latin word congressus.


Yeah. Did you know congressman take different subway lines?


I didn't know that. I guess that's to keep them safer going between the capitol, the house, and senate offices?


Yes I guess so, they cannot blend with the general public


Did you know that they have played a Republicans vs. Democrats baseball game annually since 1909?


Yes and the republicans seem to be leading the way right now 3 points


I think that would be interesting to watch.


I agree. Did you know that Fantasy COngress actually exists?


I've heard of that, I guess points are based off legislative success?


Yes and they actually draft members of the congress, pretty cool


Did you know the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote?


That just sounds so strange. Did you know Elmo once testified in front of COngress


I didn't know that. I wonder what that's all about?


I am not sure either but ELmo is the only non-human to do that


That's pretty interesting. Did you know that the senate used the same gavel for 165 years?


Yes and it was Nixon the one that cracked it after that long


I heard that in 1988 a senator invoked an obscure rule to allow the sergeant-at-arms to arrest absent senators and bring them into the chamber for a vote?


Yes they arrested one of them once and brought him feet first, crazy. Nice chatting with you


Hi there. How often do you wear shirts? I wear them everyday haha


Did you see Billy Mays funeral? I guess all the pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki pants that is so weird.


I didnt.  Do you know much about the us senate?  They had the same gavel for 65 years until nixon cracked it lol


That is funny haha. What kind of shirt do you think Nixon wore? I think it's funny that in Hawaii the official business shirt is the Aloha shirt


Probably a button down collar shirt?  I am not sure,  kinda weird to wonder what kind of shirt someone would wear.  In the us senate,  there is a candy desk.  snack time!


I could go for a snack! Do you like dogs by the way? They are related to wolves


I used to have a husky. Dogs are so cuddly and come in all shapes and sizes haha. I love that their man's best friend do you have any dogs


Yes we rescued a dog about a year ago,  shes amazing.  did you know women were not allowed to wear pants on the us senate floor until 1993?


Yeah that seems really dumb. Did you know that dogs have 12 different blood types?


I did,  they even do dog blood drives where dogs can donate blood!  Did you know that the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


No that's wild! Here's a question. Would you ever take your dog to donate blood at a blood drive?


I never have in the past,  but I would if there was some kind of emergency or call for it.  I guess im not that up to date on my local dog services. Theres a president in indonesia that released 3 pop albums!! lol


That is funny! Did you know that dogs are not actually colorblind?


i recently learned that  I always thought they were color blind lol


I thought that too! I guess they just can't see as many colors as humans poor dogs!


did you know there are 3 subway lines exclusively for congressmen to move between the capitol and the house and the senate offices?


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that Google prefers dogs over cats. It even says it in their code of conduct


yeah my friend works for Google and he brings his dog to work everyday!!!  I wish I could bring my dog to work.


That would be amazing! I want to have a pet elephant apparently only dogs and elephants can understand pointing haha


Me? Sure! I love dogs! By the way, how are you?


Good, thanks! Dogs are so smart. They are the only animals besides elephants that can naturally understand pointing.


I think dogs understand quite a few words too. smarter than chimps in many ways.


And they arent color blind as I was once taught!


I thought they were colorblind too. I guess that they see some colors, which makes sense. they have great ears and noses too.


Apparently they can see as many colors as we can. Do you think that's true?


that sounds funny. it think the visual cortex of humans is far more developed. maybe we have been resolution? i dont know.


Ah, that could be right! In Istanbul you can get food for strays by recycling bottles at a vending machine. Pretty interesting.


I think that was a clever idea. it was good to get the dogs involved in keeping the city clean. plus they get fed!


Haha, true! Dogs can also donate blood at blood drives. Not sure how I feel about that though, doesn't seem they can really consent.


True, but the dogs probably would like to help if they could. usually dogs are pack animals. they look out for each other.


That might be why we love them so much. Google even prefers dogs to cats and says so on their code of conduct.


I think that dogs are pretty good for the office. People pet dogs and their mood improves. I would love to work in an office with a dog.


I guess we have the 1908 Model T to thank for being able to commute easily. But Karl Benz was the one who invented what's considered the modern car.


Every car maker owes a debt to benz. Ford made the car available to the common man.


Cars were adopted really fast in the US though they took a while to get accepted in other parts of the world. Glad we don't have to travel by horse and carriage anymore.


Yes, there were tremendous problems with manure in cities. It was a pretty smelly problem. Anyway, great chat!


Nice chat! Time for me to take a drive, I guess!


Yes I do and remember those cathode ray tubes.  I wasvery little but remember.


lol, they are good. Did you ever watch pokemon, they had 750 episodes!


No, but I know what it is.  Wow 750 episodes?


Yes, I must have watched that many as a kid because I could not stop watching. Do you have any favorite shows?


Currently a walking dead fan, but always watched That 70's Show that I see was remade in the UK


I heard about their remake, it only lasted 10 episodes!


That's surprising. Looks like there were a lot of advancements in the last 50 years with TV's.


For sure, did you ever watch the south park where they made fun out of simpsons?


Wasn't a south park fan but still watch family guy.


I like them both. Apparently when south park made fun of family guy, the simpsons crew sent them flowers to congratulate them lol


LOL..I see that 4 concert goers filed a lawsuit against Creed because the concert was bad.  That's a new one.  If you think it sucks you can sue?  lol


That must have been a terrible concert! Apparently they can sue lol.. Have you been to any good concerts?


I have seen Pink Floyd.  But not the one at the roman amphitheater in Pompeii.  Of course they had no audience.


That would have been awesome, if anyone could have seen it lol. I saw linkin park once, they were amazing!


That's all they had were concerts before they could record the music.


It was 2001 so I believe it. I wish I could have seen it on television too after.


Never saw the ramones.  Even with them touring almost nonstop for 20 years.  Yikes!!


Man, I hope they are still touring, make it 21 years so I can see one last show. They rock!


They played almost 115 a year.  That's alot.


That is so much! Not as much as linkin park in 2001 at 324! Good chatting with you!


I love dogs.  Well, most of them.  Did you know they have 12 different blood types?


i have heard that. i guess they also have blood drives for the pooches too.


The are also not color blind as many think.  They just can't see as many colors as humans.


i figure with their eyes and noses they have a keen advantage on us in other ways.


Yes, they are like wolves in that respect.  Google prefers dogs to cats?  It says that in their Code of Conduct.


I guess dogs are easier to manage in an office environment? Cats can be a bit independent.


Cats are OK, they are just different.  I'd have one if it wasn't for the cat box thing.  Have you ever heard of the author Mitch Albom?


yes, he wrote a book called Tuesday with Morrie. he is a sports writer.


I guess his book "The Next Person You Meet in Heaven" is a sequel.


oh, that makes sense. I think ive heard of it. is it good? have you read it?


I don't know and no... I guess it's like his others in that it has flashbacks and is packed with spirituality.


ok, that sounds pretty good. it sounds like Tuesdays with Morrie. a thoughtful reflection on life.


It sounds like I might enjoy his novels.  The sequel I mentioned does have a dog in it named Cleo.


that sounds like fun! Cleo! Why is the dog important?


It apparently can communicate and answers questions like how dogs would teach a new dog in heaven.


that sounds like a fun mix of philosophy and fantasy. I should check it out.


I think I'll check out getting a flame-thrower for my car in S. Africa.  You never know about carjackings...


Yes, it could come in handy at the drive thru too. If your order isnt right, you can express your displeasure. Anyway, great chat!


Ha!  Maybe it's all the flame-throwers that's causing 80% of the Earth's natural forests to disappear...


We need the flamethrowing cars to defend the forests! A brigade of them! Have a good night!


Yes, that should do it.  Maybe it can help with our disappearing helium problems too.


We should grow forests of trees that can produce helium.


Or perfect fusion like the Sun.  We better do it quick, it'll be gone at the end of this century...


Speaking of gone, I must leave.  Thanks, you were great.


Are you comfortable talking about government?


Hi, how are you? Sure. I will talk about anything.


I know a little bit about it. It has two houses. A bicameral system.


it is a formal meeting of representatives of all states


There are 100 senators. And 435 representatives. Plus the vice president.


Did you know there is a republican vs democrat annual baseball game since 1909


That's great! I wonder who the best players are. I figure that people bet on it too.


I think the republicans have been leading


That would make sense. They have always been true baseball fans! LOL


The congress also have had a lot of interesting people to testify. Well in one case, there was a non-human, elmo, that testified before the congress. I wonder how that worked


I guess Elmo was a special guest to entertain the representatives. I guess Elmo got paid in candy or something from the special candy desk.


I know of fantasy football, but only recently learned about fantasy congress. Would you play?


I would not play because it would be boring. But I guess policy wonks appreciate that sort of nerdy pursuit. Who knows what really goes on in Congress though.


I figure there are a lot of deals made behind closed doors that voters never hear about. Do they represent us or special interests?


Not going to lie, I don't doubt what you say and they do represent their special interests. However, the current government make it so that elected officials like the president can't become an authoritarian tyrant at least


True, but it is harder to trust government when the law allows it to monitor citizens without warrant. I would rather see more restrictions on govt. Rights are very hard to come by.


Well personally I feel that the statement, people want to be protected, but don't want to know how they are being protected is quite true


Yes, unfortunately. People would rather remain ignorant because ignorance is bliss. But they are complicit if their government does it.


That is the sad but true state of things. Although admittedly there have been outliers. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Hello,  did you know the sun is actually white?


Hi! I wasn't aware of that but I do know that sunset on Mars is a blue color. I think that would be very interesting to see and beautiful!


I also think it's interesting that the sun doesn't rotate as a solid body... and the equator actually rotates faster than the poles!


Same.  its also pretty crazy that a lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun.


Is it really? I certainly don't want to be struck then. Ha! You know the sun makes up 99.86% of our solar system's mass? That's amazing!


That is amazing!  cant believe its that big!


I know, right? And on a related note, helium was the only element discovered on the sun before we discovered it on earth, believe it or not!


wow.  also, neptune completed its first orbit of the sun in 2011 since it was discovered in 1846.


That is amazing. I can't believe it took that long! There's actually a radio station that can translate solar activity into sound so you can listen to the sun's live music! I'm hoping to hear it someday!


Thats impressive,  I wonder if they actually release the station its on.


That is a good question. I love listening to the radio as it is, particularly politics. Speaking of politics, did you know Woodrow Wilson was the only president to have a PhD? Isn't that hard to believe?


That is hard to believe,  you would think more would have it.  I think he has a phd in political science.


I think so as well. But just as surprising, we haven't had a president speak a foreign language fluently since FDR. I always assumed all presidents could speak different languages.


I havent known any of our recent ones speak any.  yeah i think he spoke french and german!  Not positive though.


Maybe so! Can you also believe that Lincoln was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration and ironically, John Wilkes Booth was also in the photo? Weird, huh?


Damn,  Lincoln got photo bombed!  and by his assassinator,  creepy.


That is creepy, isn't it? So how would you feel if we implemented a law like Guatemala that didn't allow close relatives of former presidents to ever run as president?


It doesn't effect me at all.  I dont think I would vote for it though,  it makes sense that family members are immersed in the world of politics and can be a great candidate for the same position or in that vicinity.


Agreed. I honestly feel the exact same way! I often wonder if presidents have weird rituals like Darrell Green who would stuff tootsie rolls in his socks before games saying it made him run faster.


Oh wow,  why would that make him run faster lol Its been great chatting,  gotta run.


Hello, how are you. Did you know the sun is the center of the Solar System.  It is nearly a perfect sphere of hot plasma.


I was aware of most of that. I knew it appears spherical from where we are but was not sure how uniform it actually was. I do not that it is actually white and is only perceived as being yellow which is interesting.


Really, it's actually white?  That is cool.  One second of the Sun's power is enough to power the whole planet for 500,000 years.  That is amazing.


That is impressive. Solar power is such a good idea even if we just use it as reserves. I didn't think anything could be hotter than the sun but shockingly a lightning bolt is. It's roughly 5 times hotter!


I thought the sun was the hottest of all.  As big as we think the sun is, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star that has currently been discovered in our galaxy.


That is hard to wrap my head around. I can't fathom the size of that. There are many space facts that blow my mind. Like space is ever expanding but I don't understand into what. What is in the space beyond currently? Nothing?


I don't either.  That is beyond my brain power.  I guess Neptune rotates slow.  In 2011, in completed it's first full order around the sun since it's discovery in 1846.


I knew it was the farthest from the sun so it would take a while but I had no idea it took that long. That means a day is 173 years?! That's crazy!


Switching topics, did you know that JFK, Washington, and Jefferson were the 3 richest Presidents in history.


I was not aware of that. I knew the Kennedy's were wealthy. I do know that the president's guest house is larger than the white house which is interesting.


Really, that is very interesting.  President Banana was what they called the first President of Zimbabwe.


I am sure it's a funny story.  I wonder if President Trump can sing.  I saw that when the President of Indonesia was in power, he released 3 pop albums.


It's very strange that that would happen while someone was in power. Seems like something they would do before or after. I really doubt Trump can sing. The only president I can recall seeing sing ever was Obama.


Oh yeah, I remember that.  Something that I think would be useful today is that the runner up in the Presidential election automatically became the Vice President until 1805.


I was not aware of that either. That seems a little strange. They run against each other and talk about how the other is incapable and then have to work directly with that person who is then the second in line for the presidency? What a strange system.


Yes, but could be useful as well.  I am a big fan of charity and donations.  Socks are among the least often donated but are among the most needed items in homeless shelters.


Yeah I don't think I've ever seen a request for socks or know of anyone that donated them. I know that when chili peppers were introduced to Japan they were commonly put into socks to keep toes warm.


Really, I didn't know that.  The oldest pair of socks still around were designed for use with sandals.  That is pretty cool.


It is. That is not a style that is accepted now ha ha.


Well thanks for the chat.  Have a Happy New Year.


I am not a big shoe fanatic although many of my friends are always talking about these "yeezys" .What about you?


I have a sneaker, the Reebok Nano that I love, but otherwise I prefer to be barefoot.


Ah, I just wear whatever shoes are on sale at the time of be buying them.


Check out Stephon Marbury's shoes - $15.


Speaking of him, he promoted that shoe line but was not paid to endorse them.


I wonder if it was by choice?  Maybe so he could keep the price down?


Maybe. Professional ballet dancers can also go through 4 pointe shoes every week!


I wonder if they can repair/reuse them at all?  I dont know anything about dance.


I do not know the most, although shoes from 5000 years ago have better performance than shoes today,


Wow, all that fancy padding, and colors, and who could forget the PUMP sneakers!


True. Putting dry tea bags absorbs the horrible smell of shoes or gym bags.


I should definitely invest in some tea bags then.  My gym bag can smell pretty bad sometimes.


I should also stick some in my shoes as well!


Do you know why Steve Smith in the NFL leaves his cleats on the field each week?


To raise awareness for homeless people without shoes.


I respect that. That is an excellent way to raise awareness. More people should do something like that!


That is the type of statements we need, respectful and raises awareness.


Hi there, I actually do. I love watching House MD


I used to watch that. Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for tv drama ever.


Yeah the guy used to make $700 000 per episode, that is insane


Jim Carrey doesn't act in dramas anymore. I thought it was just because he did better in comedy.


Well he is good in comedy but apparently he does not do dramas because they do not convey positivity


Michael Caine is another successful actor. But he only became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.


Wow, I guess he knew what he was after. Patrick Steward also is a great actor and teaches drama class in the UK


If you're really into drama, there is a website where you can listen to episodes of classic dramas at no cost.


Oh that is nice that is good to know. Do you know how the term soap opera originated?


The dramas were sponsored by manufacturers of soap so they ended up with that name


Oh yes I vaguely remember now. Speaking of something that seems surreal, kind of like out of a drama, NFL wide receiver Steve Smith leaves his cleats on the field after every game. This raises awareness about homeless people who do not have shoes.


That is amazing that he does that, we can all contribute in our own way. Did you know Bill Nye actually holds a patent for ballet shoes, the pointe ones?


Ha. No, that sounds odd. Speaking of pointe shoes, professional ballet dancers can go through four pairs a week.


that is a lot of shoes. Do you know how many ways are there to tie shoes?


I don't know but probably a lot! Speaking of shoes, they were way better 5000 years ago than they are now!


Yeah they were certainly more durable back in the day. We need to figure out that secret


Stephon Marbury promoted $15 shoes and didn't get paid to endorse them. I wonder how durable they were though.


Yeah they seem pretty cheap. Queen Elizabeth employs people to wear her shoes to make sure they are comfy


Ha, that sounds very odd. You can put dry tea bags in smelly shoes to get rid of bad smells.


I don't. It's a little too conservative for my tastes, which didn't surprise me once I found out it was created by a Republican media strategist and former President Nixon.


You and me both haha. I didn't know they owned the website IGN as well!


Weird! And oddly enough, they toyed with the idea of creating a network that only played the Simpsons nonstop.


That would have been the only nice thing out of that haha. I can't believe more people watch that than CNN and MSNBC combined!


I guess I'm not surprised given who our president is, haha! It's weird they wanted to play the Simpsons since they tried to sue them once!


I will never understand stuff like that lol. Speaking of Presidents, I wish they showed the Indonesian president selling his 3 pop albums!


Right! Or I would have loved to see Trump's face when he realized the White House guest house is bigger than the White House itself!


lol Do you know who the wealthiest presidents were?


Haha! I know it's not Trump! It was some of the earlier presidents.


Yes it was JFK, Washington, and Jefferson!


Do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe was named?


I agree! Do you know there is a law in Collinsville IL that prohibits saggy pants?


That's crazy! Reminds me of Footloose where they outlawed dancing! Keep your laws off our pants! Haha. Apparently, a judge in DC sued a small dry cleaning business for 67 million dollars just for losing a pair of pants.


You know that judge went through pain and suffering after losing his best pair of pants lol.