I see.  I would recognize clint eastwood I think lol I found out he is alleric to horses lol


How would that even work!? So many of his films are westerns. It seems like he would constantly be around them.


Probably a lot of non drowsy benadryl or claritin lol


Given how he comes across it is entirely possible he just toughed it out through all the reactions.


Its been good talking to you,  have a good one.


I do, I am a fan of the genre, it was originated in the 19th century, so its a genre with a lot of history


Did it originally come from African american communities in New Orleans?


It did yeah, its roots come from those communities, jazz is a mayor form of musical expression


Wow that's amazing. Are Jazz and blues the same or two different forms of musical expression?


I guess they are different, but had similarities, jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes


It began in new Orleans in the 1910's. they used brass band marching, right?


Yeah it did, cool jazz however developed by the 40s


Oh ok, i thought it might have something to do with what they call the roaring 20's. I hear Clint Eastwood was a fan.


He was, he actually played the piano in the movie Million Dollar Baby, so not only a great actor but a musician


Yeah I loved that movie, I don't remember that scene though. Apparently there is a Harlem women who has free jazz concerts at her apartment.


I thought that was a great movie as well, and that must be awesome, listening to Jazz music for free,


Yeah she done it every Sunday for the last 20 years and sometimes top performers stop by.


Awesome, her neighbors must love her or hate her if they want to sleep, so whats with jazz players and goatees!


Something about comfort but i don't get it. They say cool jazz didn't really start until the 40's, what do you think? earlier or later?


Later I would say, and yeah apparently they provide comfort to players while playing, they look weird though.


Wow! Hey did you know that there is a programming language and the ones that function have jazz-like harmonies?


No didnt know that, so jazz has a big influence on computers as well!! interesting


Apparently it's big in Pakistan as well. Have you heard about the Orchestra that they have there?


I have its a really good orchestra, they are topping the charts right now.


I do, the Wizards are my favorite team, do you like the sport?


Yeah I am, and I think the Wizards are doing great!


I think they have to improve a lot, John Wall hasnt been able to make improvements on the team, at least their 2017-2018 was irregular


What do you think of Kareem abdul-jabbar? The dunk was banned in college basketball because of him!


It was banned? I think that sucks, the dunk shot is like the ultimate move of the game, seems like you are a fan of the game?


Absolutely! Not only was it banned, but it was for over a decade!


Oh thats a relief, I dont watch college basketball that much but still, you know that Shaq has recorded only a 3 pointed sscore in his entire carreer.


That is really cool. I wonder how many people use the basketball court in the us supreme court building, apparently it's on the top floor.


Theres a court there? wow, so its not all boring cases and lawsuites,


So do you also like Jazz? I think its a great music genre, so relaxing, so peacefull


I liked the more upbeat jazz that you can dance to.


Have you watched Breaking Bad? apparently theres a Jazz musician caller Walter White that has an album named Breaking Good


No I haven't, that is so cool. Do you like Clint Eastwood? He absolutely loves jazz.


I do, I think his a great actor he also loves jazz? thats great!!


Want to know something wholesome? A woman held free jazz concerts in her apartment every sunday for 20 years!


Thats sweet, I bet she had a lot of followers or maybe she had unhappy neighbors, hopefully she was a skilled player


I'm sure she was skilled, a lot of top performers would stop by.


I see she had great skills then, Tupac was also a Jazz lover, he studied Jazz, Poetry on the Baltimore School of Arts,


That's really cool I didn't know that. Well it was nice talking to you. I've got to go now. Bye! :)


Hi there! Who is your favorite president?


I have to go with Lincoln for mostly succcessful saing the union. Why did you choose Hayes?


It's just a fun name to say. He was terrible as a president, commparitively, but Rutherford is a great name!


I was going to say, his name flows. Just sounds cool


Yeah. But the whole saving of the union is pretty impressive.


Someone had to do it! I also see Hillary was the president of the young republicans in college.


College does that to some people (also, affiliations have changed over time anyway).


Agreed. Plus, when she campaignedd in the south, she adopted a southern accent so she is easily manipulated.


I think that might be partially intentional too, and people's accepts do change.


She also won a grammy for best spoken word album for her book. I had no idea.


Probably the content of the book she read, which still sounds good - it takes a village.


Exactly! I am learning a ton about her. Middle name is Diane? Who knew!


Obama too.. the google maps picture of the white house has obama!


Hopefully it has the secret service on it too! I find him interesting too! Code name Renegade!


They were probably mad at him for going somewhere hard to secure, like a basketball game and just yelled it out and it stuck.


HA! makes some sense. Obama vetoed only 2 bills.


How would you like to be in charge of removing the coconuts around his hotel, "just in case"?


Did you know President Obama was an attorney?


Yes. Did you know Hillary clinton was president of young republicans in college?


I actually had no idea she was the president of young republicans. I also didn't realize she was a lawyer until recently.


I heard she had a grammy because of an audio book, but to be honest I never listened to it.


Me either. It's called "It Takes A Village".


I can't say the title sounds very interesting. I'd rather look at Google Maps to see President Obama at the White House.


You can do that? The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


Yeah, you can see Obama if you zoom in on the white house. I didn't realize the president of Inodnesia was a singer. That is interesting yet strange.


Yes, sometimes, presidents become celebrities and vice versa. Speaking of vice, until 1805 the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Yes, I knew they did that. I am very happy they got ride of that rule because it really would be a problem today. Hillary and Trump would butt heads often.


That's true. While campaigning in southern states hillary clinton would adopt a southern drawl.


Yeah, she is a bit of a chameleon when she was campaigning. I think it's interesting that she did a lecture with Steven Hawking.


Interesting.The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson.


I'm actually surprised that JFK was one of the richest presidents. The again there was a president in Zimbabwe called President Banana so I shouldn't be surprised.


That's funny. The Kennedy family is still very rich.


Yeah, I thought you would find that funny. Another funny fact is the indian governemnt removed all the coconuts from the trees surrounding one of Obama's destinations just in case.


That's silly. Even sillier a dictator can be called president.


I agree, I think dictators are one of the reasons America has been in a perpetual war for 17 years. It's like Afghanistan will never end.


I don't see what was so "good" about it. By 2014 most Americans didn't think it was worth the cost and I agreed.


Very sad. Nice talking with you. Take care.


How's it going, have you ever played the guitar? I always found it difficult to fret the cords


Good morning, no I have never played, because my fingers were way too fat, but I always wanted to.


I'd would of loved to be in a band like Pink FLoyd, their guitarist turned a houseboat into a recording studio!


That's a cool way to cruise and make music at the same time.  Talking about craft, Brian May of Queen once built a guitar out of fireplace parts and his mum's knitting needle!


Brain May is an eccentric guy, he was able to use coins as guitar picks


It's hard to choose, so many great albums have been released. I like Dark Side of the moon, it's still a best seller even after being released over 40 years ago


Yeah, that's a classic, for sure.  My favorite is Michael Jackson's Thriller.  That's my childhood!


Thriller was good, I also liked Straight Outta Compton, the first album to go platinum without airplay or a major tour to promote it


That was also a good album.  Did you know that Walmart only sells "clean" versions of albums?


Lol yea, as a kid we would never buy albums from walmart because of that


I didn't know that was still going on.  How are they making any money off of that?  lol nobody wants that and you can hear far worse stuff by switching on the TV.


It does seem like an outdated policy, I wonder if Walmart sold a clean version of the rap album released by the Japanese identical twins when they turned 100


I wonder if it was in Japanese, we wouldn't be able to understand if we listened!


Yea, I don't think touring or airplay would make the Japanese twins' album go platinum


Just curious, do you have a landline, cellphone, or both?


Just a cell phone, I got rid of my landline like a decade ago, it's nice to have more computing power than the US nuclear ICBM deterrent inside your pocket


That's cool, I'm too nostalgis I have both.  Just can't bring myself to get rid of the landline for some reason.I still remember party lines and the old rotary phones.


I've only used a rotary phone once in my life, I never knew New York's area code was 212 because it was the fastest to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah, they got the choice pick of area code numbers. lol  I hear the inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker who was convinced operators were routing his calls to his rivals.  What?


Lol. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


I watch it occasionally, because it's so popular with my friends.


awesome.  So you like basketball,  did you know the us supreme court has a basketball on the top floor?


I didn't know that! What does the basketball there mean?


Im not sure what you mean or what your question is.


I was wondering if the basketball in the Supreme Court is a symbol of something, or if it is just there for fun.


Oh,  I dont know,  I think its just a basketball court to play on,  like on lunch or after work or something.


Maybe it's a little joke comparing the Supreme Court to a basketball court.


It is a little joke,  because the us supreme court is considered the highest court in the us,  but literally the basketball court is higher,  on the 4th floor.  so now that is physically the highest court lol


Oh, that makes sense! Haha, even the government has a sense of humor about sports.


Do you think any of the people in the Supreme Court watch basketball? I've heard that it has become a very "millennial" thing for younger people lately.


hmmm probably if their team is playing,  I dont know really/.  Did you know that 39 out of 50 states the highest paid employee is college football or basketball coach?


I had no idea! What kind of salaries do you think they get paid?


probably an absurd amount just like the players lol They probably make more than mechanical engineers.


It takes a lot of training to do what they do, just like engineering! One is a really physical job and the other is a really mental job.


I think it's great that college basketball gives a chance to young people to advance in sports and get a chance at that kind of life.


I agree.  Do you like cats?  I hear there are cat cafes in Japan where people pay to play with cats and have drinks!


I like cats, even though I've never owned one. I'd love to visit one of those cafes!


Hi,did you know out of all the 50 states 39 of them has a basketball or football coach as the highest paid state employee?


Thats interesting! Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade.


Yeah, officials are scared players might be hurt. I agree with it.


James naismith, the inventor of basketball, is the only losing coach in the university of kansas's history


I find that a bit ironic considering he invented basketball. Did you know there is a team called "tall blacks"? They are in new Zealand.


I think it's interesting the supreme court building has a basketball court known as the highest court in the land because it's on the top floor of the building they work in.


Yeah me too.  Did you know New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


Yes, actually I did know that. I didn't know that it was impossible to separate two phone books that have their pages overlapped though.


I never tried lol The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


Makes you wonder why we haven't lost internet yet with all that water. Unicef will donate a day of clean water to kids in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


An iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


I know, it's crazy how far technology has come. Its almost like phones didn't need to transmit via cables and other channels at some point.


Do you like cats?There are cat cafes in japan and taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!


I love cats. Its funny if they reach 15 years of age, they literally have spent 10 of those years sleeping.


A physicist published his cat as a coauthor so he could write using first person plural without being criticized.


That is hilarious! There is actually a cat mayor in Alaska, so I guess a cat author isn't so surprising!


haha thats funny. The cat in the godfather 1 opening scene was a stray that was found on set.


That is amazing. That cat must have had a lot of talent. He must have been a woodland cat. It's the most domestic cat.


I used to play guitars back in my college days a little but never had time to practice so I quit eventually. How about you?


Oh I see , no I do not know how to play it. At least not as good as to set the speakers on fire like Van Halen did


Yeah, Eddie was awesome back in his day. I saw him in Van Halen on his Jump tour back in 1984 so I am up there!  I didn't know Eddie played "Beat It' though.


Yeah that is pretty cool. And Brian from Queen's is actually a scientist too


Yes, Queen's lead guitarist is an astrophysicist ... that's wild. No wonder they are so GOOD.


Yeah go figure, good for him, a PhD at it


Yes, and what about Pink Floyd's floating recording studio called the Astoria.  That is wilder than something Frank Zappa would do!  Personally, I love music and cannot imagine my life without it.


Same here, totally agree. Speaking of music, do you have a favorite album?


That's a question. I have a new one everytime I listen to a great one. Ha, ha. It changes with my mood, I guess. Today, I was in Bob Dylan mood. Yesterday, it was Bowie, the day before that it was Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon is still a favorite album of mine.


Yeah that makes sense, music cravings change so often. I also like Hybrid Theory but did not know it was the best seller of the century


Me too. I like Linkin Park but haven't heard it for a while. They have some good songs out on YouTube. I have to look up the "Straight Outta Compton" album and listen to that. I haven't heard it for a while.


Yeah I guess there is so much music everywhere now. DO you use your phone to listen to music?


Yes, I do.  I download to my phone and then put my songs on my iPod or another MP3 player and listen while I go for my daily walk in the neighborhood (except it's too cold now, lol).


Hahaa yeah it is cold here too. Well it is a good thing we are over the rotary phones now otherwise it might have been pretty difficult


Yeah, they would have been heavy to carry on my walk, lol.  Now, I've heard that an iPhone has more pure computing power than the US Nuclear ICBM deterrent.  That sounds unbelievable. It must be the new iOS on the iPhones.


Yeah I guess phones do so much nowadays so they must need all of that. Did you ever use a rotary phone or a phone book for that matter?


When I was a little kid I must have used a rotary phone although I don't remember doing it. I probably saw it but was too young to use it. I do remember the big phone books they used to have. They were huge.


Yeah and sometimes I still see them around. I heard that if two books get stuck together there is no separating them


That's true, you could not tear them in half either because they were way too thick for that!. Did you hear that the phone cable that transmits phone and internet data is only 2.7 inches big in diameter?


I wonder how that manages to stay in water for that long and be only that thick. Must be of high quality for sure.


Hello, did you know The Us supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor


I was not aware of that. I wonder how many employers actually use it.


me too. The new zealand basketball team is nicknames the tall blacks, I wonder if they find offence in that


Depends on where the name came from and the context. I am curious to know. I love animals and especially cats. Do you?


Dogs more but I like a lot of animals. New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest on a rotary phone


That is interesting. I am sure there are a huge amount of phone numbers in NY. There are cat cafes in japan and taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!


interesting. The cables that live in the ocean carrying data are only 2.7 inches in diameter


That's fascinating. You would think that would be too thin. I would imagine the salt would be corrosive and they would need more protection than that.


thats what I would think also. I did not know unicef will donate clean water just for not using your cell phone


Huh. I wonder why they would do that? I can't see the connection.


me either. an Iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent, scary


That is extremely scary. Seems they need to update their tech. I know it's off subject but I have another cat fact for you. The cat in the godfather 1 opening scene was a stray that was found on set.


wow thats awesome. a 15 year old cat has spent about 10 years of its life sleeping


WOW! I knew they spent a huge amount of time sleeping but I did not realize it was that much. That's why they're more my speed I think. They just want to cuddle and sleep and play randomly.


i can understand that. I like the cat who has been the mayor for a while in an Alaska town


Ha ha. I would love a mayor cat. There are cat cafes in japan and taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!


I heard about that. There are more than seventy cat breeds recognized by different registries


I was not aware of that. I would have guessed around 20 and been way off. I will have to look into that more.


I agree. interesting to learn that a physicist published his cat as a coauthor


What a strange thing to do. I wonder if it was a joke or just a weird character trait.


He did it so he could write using first person plural and not be criticized


The guitarist? Yes, I am a huge fan of his work!


He says that he has a new batch of songs that he is ready to turn into a finished project


Yes, I can't wait to hear his latest songs. I can't believe that he has had the opportunity to work with so many amazing artists.....Springsteen, Neil Young, Bono! What an incredible career he has had already.


Yeah, and his 2014 work Face the Music, has received accolades from Young, Springsteen, Bono, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello and more


His career is so unique, in that he sings and writes his own songs, in addition to playing with all those big names. I think the fact that he embraces being a band member instead of a band leader speaks to what a team player he is and also shows his versatility as an artist.


Yes, he is glad he has been able to thrive in both roles and says one role helps the other


I love that his mother attends his shows too. Can you believe she is 91 years old?


That is cool that she is still up for that!


I'd love to go to his upcoming show at The Birchmere!


Yeah, the price seems reasonable. He will also play with his three younger brothers


I'm sure the show will be incredible. just love the sound of acoustic guitars. I tried learning to play the guitar once but I wasn't coordinated enough to get both my hands cooperating at the same time.


My hands were not big enough for the guitar we had and my parents did not want to get me a different one. :( Must be nice to be like Matthew Bellamy and to have a lot of extra guitars on hand. He has the world record for most smashed guitars on tour


No kidding! When I tried learning to play we didn't have a guitar pick around so I tried to use a coin like Brian May from Queen.


Interesting! Did you know that Brian May has a PhD in Astrophysics?


I would not have guessed by looking at him! Speaking of crazy antics by guitarists, did you know that Eddie Van Halen set his studio speakers on fire when he recorded beat it?


Another crazy thing is the grand houseboat that was turned into a floating recording studio by Pink Floyd


I guess when you put out such successful albums, as these bands have, you can afford to do whatever you want! I wish I didn't miss the vinyl days. Growing up in the audio cassette and CD era just wasn't the same.


Speaking of successful albums, do you like Linkin Park? Their album Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century


I'm more of a Pink Floyd fan. I think the fact that Dark Side of Moon was one of the best selling albums of 2014, 40 years after its release, speaks to the pure gold that the album truly was.


That is pretty cool! I'm more interested to listen to album from the 100 year old idential twins from Japan.


i do.. big into storys that hold deep connections to the way we live in the world as well as sharing information. INto sci fi?


That's cool!  I am not much of a reader at all, but i do like scifi!


I found it interesting just to know that starship troopers  the book was on the reading list of branches in the military


That is for sure... would of never guessed! Apparently so was Enders Game too!


Enders game was a good read I would say everyone should read that one. I actually started reading it on my ipone. love my phone. so happy to know how many iphones have millions in apps


Oh.. i can sooo not read on my iphone... i like the feel of the paper in my hands while i read!


i understand that. I just always need my phone. I most for the videos I shoot, which I know thye have great camera for. You use an iphone?


Oh yeah... i use my iphone all the time!  What kind of videos do you shoot?


mostly music and of my car.  love my cadillac. Its a classic detroit car because of who it as founded after, and me being from detroit


That is cool!  Love Cadillacs!  What year and model is it?


1979. Drive in to Mcds drive through all the time with it.


WOW... nice car!  I think you should equip it with flame throwers!!! hahahaaa


yes, its jsut cool to learn the drive though was freshly invented in the 70s


i worked in a mcdonalds drive thru!  lol


nice, if only we could order Mcds from our iphones. Im sure the tech can make it happen


you can now and just pick it up in the drive thru!


ohhh cool. Love that. Love my phone. Makes sense about the fact of women being the ones more likley to have an iphone. spoiler alert I am a woman


I still think it's so cool you drive a classic caddy!!!  i am a dude! heheeee


Do you like reading books? I think its an important habit that is getting lost


yes, for sure. have you ever read starship troopers?


Yes I have, I think its a great book full with tips that can come in handy in real combat or at least it seems that way.


I guess that is why it is on the reading listof three of five military branches


Yeah I heard Enders game is another of the recommended books, I thought the movie was good, havent read the book yet.


she is the woman that holds the speed reading record


There is a record for speed reading, that is a new one of me lol, whats her record?


Wow that is really fast, I wonder how they meassured her speed, I might have to look for that info later,


yeah not sure about it. imagine, there was a moral panic because people were reading novels


That seems like a silly idea to have a panic for lol, do you like cars?


yes, i do actually. do you know how the drive thru came about?


No not really, how did the idea started?


soldiers were not allowed to get out of the car in their uniforms


Oh I see so thats why the drive-thru service was created, do you know what food chain came up with the idea?


It was a great idea indeed, you know that you can equip flamethrowers on your car in South Africa and it will be totally legal!


i guess they really need to protect their cars. do you know who jann mardenborugh is


a professional car drivers. guess how he got the title


He learn how to drive at a young age and he was a natural?


he just beat many people on gran turismo. nice chat


Would Marty Allen be someone you are familiar with?


No I'm not too familiar with him, I just know that he passed away at 95 though, that's a long time to live!


He is new to me, although it appears he was quite famous, with many remember him for a joke about the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.


Yes he had a long history though, he started his comedy career back in the 40s


I can't picture him, but he maybe one of those people where I say his face and say, "oh, him!"  I think I know faces better than names.


Speaking of Comedy, did you know that comedy started as a Greek genre?


I did not.  I wonder what they thought was funny.  I know different cultures find different thing to be comedy.


Yes I think so. Kind of like the movie Kung Fu Hustle, it's made in China and bill murray loves it, but I didn't really like it


What kind of comedy was that.  Slapstick, parody, satire?  It's funny how people need to label comedy and categorize it, why can't it just be funny.


As I think it's almost a bunch of those, it's really weird have you seen it?


I don't believe so.  Is Bill Murray in it, that is usually a sign that a movie is good?


Well he's actually not in it, he just thinks that the movie is"the Supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of Comedy"but I have seen the movie and I didn't like it


Maybe he was just trying to be funny?  Is that what they call ironic?  I guess I should ask Alanis Morissette.  What do you consider to be a funny movie?


Well I love Bill Murray movies from the 80s like stripes and Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day is also really good, so I would try to trust his opinion but like I said I didn't like the movie Personally, what about you?


I just watched Ghostbusters over the weekend with the kids, I reaaly like that one, I found myself saying some of the lines before they were said on the television.  Caddy Shack is a good one for him, even if he's only in it a bit.


Yes I forgot about Caddyshack that is a good one too. Do you ever watch Comedy Central? I think that channel used to be good, but isn't very funny anymore


I cut my cable a couple of years back, just use Prime and Netflix for my TV.  The only things I watched on Comedy Central were South Park and The Daily Show, but there are other ways to watch them


Yep I agree with you. Comedy Central cancelled a bunch of shows I like to, apparently they've cancelled 100 shows since 1989 when they were started, I definitely believe that


I'm guessing some of those shows they cancelled should probably no have been made in the first place.  Speaking in show numbers, Pokemon and 750 episodes, that strikes me as the opposite of comedy.


Yep that's definitely not a comedy show. I did watched as a kid though, what about you? I also watch Thomas the Tank Engine as a kid and that was narrated by famous people like Alec Baldwin


I used to live in England, when I was a kid it was voiced by Ringo Starr of the Beatles.


That's pretty cool! Did he do any other TV shows? I know that South Park roasted the  Beatles one time did you see that episode


Hey there I watch TV from time to time. I Like The Simpsons a lot what about you


I used to like the simpsons. They do not do much for me now. I prefer South Park. When South park aired its Family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the Simpsons crew


Yep I remember that's a great episode! I Do you remember the old episodes of The Simpsons too, for instance in the first four hundred episodes Homer had like 200 different jobs LOL


I guess he needs to have a job for the jokes. He sure can screw things up. LOL There is only one episode of "the simpsons" where Bart neither appears, nor is mentioned. I don't remember that one.


No I never saw that one either. Do you ever watch the show Shark Tank though? Apparently most of those deals are fake which makes me sad


I guess the deals are just not good enough. Most of the TV is smoke and mirrors. I expect that people don't care. They want the fantasy.


Yep they just want to be entertained, kind of like the Weekend Update section of SNL, it's very entertaining, and it teaches you about what is going on in the world, and it's also their longest-running skit


I suppose that South Park does the same for me. I learn about the world through Matt and Trey. Maybe there are lessons in Pokemon though. There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


That is impressive! I used to watch that show as a kid, what do you think about the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes? Apparently Daniel Radcliffe did a parody of Twilight and played Edward Cullen on that one episode


Every celebrity wants their chance on the Simpsons. It is a badge of honor. Or horror. I forget which.


Haha I'll have to remember that. Speaking of The Simpsons, did you know that Fox News threatened to sue them?


The Fox News people take themselves too seriously. They drew MORE attention to the Simpsons for that. Maybe that was the ploy?


It might be because I think Fox owns The Simpsons don't they? It's amazing that Fox News has a


Fox owns a lot of stuff. I guess the news part is quite separate. I don't know how they woluldn't know that though. Funny. Still, Fox news is watched more than cnn and msnbc combinded


Yeah that doesn't surprise me, what does surprise me is that opinion news on Fox is only 55% while at MSNBC is 85%, 85% seems really high


Yes, I don't know how they calculate that. Maybe a talk show is opinion? I don't know.


Yeah I think that's how they do it. Also, Fox News tried to make your own version of The Daily Show but apparently only lasted 13 episodes


The conservatives are not so good with the humor. Anyway great chat!


Thank you, and make sure to check out some country music, apparently the Fender Stratocaster was created to be used only with country music in mind


It is hardly ever used for that,though, right? I think it's arock guitar. Anyway, great chat!


No people use Fender stratocasters a lot, I actually own one and I use it for rock music


I can not wait to see the "space jam" sequel


It should be fun.  LeBron is going to be criticized for all his off the court activities if Lakers don't start winning soon


I agree. He does have three NBA Finals MVP Awards. He need to get some more


I think Lebron needs to get better teammates this off season but i am not sure if many of the stars want to play with him anymore.


True. At least he does a lot for charity.


And he is a smart business man,  Did you know that Lebron turned down a $10 million offer from Reebok when was 18 and less than a year later accepted a $90 million dollar offer from them.


I did not know that. He also comes in 2nd to Judge judy in salary


I think it crazy that Judge Judy makes so much money.  The few times i have seen her show she is rude and enjoys being a bully.  I do not like her or her show.


It time for her to retire lol. Why dont more player shoot granny style. I would go for the points and not the look


I agree.  It seems like the granny style is simpler than the regular way and being simpler means less thing can go wrong.  I would definately shoot granny style from the free throw line


I love my jordan shoes. They were banned upon introduction by the nba


Did you know that Spencer Haywood chose $100,000 over a 10% stake in Nike which would have been worth $8.62 billion?


well allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000.


Iverson was smart because in the NBA 60% of the players are broke 5 years after retirement


I guess they don't change their lifestyle when the money stops rolling in.  It s tough for any 20 something to be handed millions of dollars and expected to make great decisions


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


That is interesting.  Do you know anything more about that?


A gamer?  Did you know that a Canadian entertainment company will be searching an infamous atari video game landfill for a documentary?


I still have my original nintendo entertainment system from like 86


I used to have an Oddessy2 video game system when i was kid.  If you don't know what that was, it was a lessor known system at the time when most kids had Atari's


I had a atari 2600 woodgrain. have a good night


I definitely do not follow it,  but I like the warriors,  so anytime they play I try n watch it.


well they are a great team, historically great. Speaking in great teams, I like Duncan from the Spurs


Yeah,  didnt he retire recently?  Hes been playing forever,  since I was in high school.


He did, when he played, he sacrificed money for his teammates to stay, which is a very rare move


what do you mean he sacraficed money for his teammates to stay?


There is a limit to how much money a team can spend on players, and he was worth a lot of money, but did not demand it


Oh I see.  That is very nice of him.  He also stayed in college for 4 years instead of going straight to the nba.


yes, that one I do not personally agree with though


Well it is off topic, but I think college basketball and football are finely tuned machines to make money for schools and pay no money to the athletes who risk their health and well being


right.  Did you know new zealand has a team called the tall blacks?


I did, that seems sort of insensitive these days


I found it interesting that the losing-est coach in U of K history is the inventor of basketball, talk about a run of dominance


I know right,  thats kinda weird.  Maybe its true,  if you cant do...teach.


that is true, and sometimes you are just too good, Like Kareem getting the dunk banned in college basketball


Yeah!  Thats kinda messed up,  but I guess to even the playing field.


I suppose so, some may see it as neutralizing skill though


i recently read some fun facts about humans,  did you know we can regrow a rib that has been surgically removed?


I did know that, very interesting that it takes only a few months as well!


yeah i play hoops. great exercise, unless ur kareem...then u can just stand there and dunk


Haha that's true. I heard that the NBA actually outlawed the dunk for about a decade. If it happens again I definitely would not watch basketball anymore would be so boring haha!


crazy. i would like to see granny style shots make a return


Haha would they make a return? Because I don't think I've ever seen a professional player use them haha for instance I don't see Allen Iverson ever doing that haha


its for the big guys who cant make free throws. but they refuse to do the technique that would work...looks matter i guess


I guess looks matter. NBA players say they won't do it because it would look stupid. But I would do it because it would be the best way to shoot haha


yeah. i wonder if scotus justices do it on the highest court in the land


Haha I bet they settle certain court cases on the court. I wonder why that isn't bigger knowledge. I never heard of that


yeah...brings a whole new angle to roe vs wade


Haha. Yes they should settle that in the"highest court of the land" with Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the point guard LOL


Notorious GGB vs (dwayne) Wade. Sounds better than a Creed concert


LOL that's hilarious. It sure sounds better to me than the New Zealand basketball team that's nicknamed the "tall Blacks"


what would mexico's b-ball team call themselves?  Definitely no dunking going on there


Haha nope no dunking. Did you hear that the inventor of the game basketball is the only losing coach in his University's history


interesting.  but was he the highest paid state employee?


I bet he was. 39 out of the top 50 highest paid employees from states are either football or basketball coaches


They can definitely afford a lot of Air Jordans


On another topic, what do you think of humans and body hair? Apparently we lost our hair about 200,000 years ago


Well, some people certainly did. I can't get rid of mine. Grows back like a rib


Haha. It's weird that you can regrow a rib actually. It only takes about three months. Why have I never heard of that before?


No, not really, sorry. I do like U2 though. It turns out that they opened for themselves one time, disguised as a country music band.


Thats hilarious. Did you know the fender Stratocaster was meant for country music?


What is a stratocaster? Country music legend George Strait and Jeff Bezos who is the wealthiest man in the world, are cousins.


I have no idea. HA. I did not know George was related to bezos. Thats crazy


In 2009 in the US, country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre for the evening commute, and the second for the morning commute.


Thats usually what I listen too on my commutes. Did you know country music was originally derived from celtic music?


Interesting. And now it is a blend of all sorts of music like Irish, Celtic, English ballads, cowboy songs and musical traditions from European immigrants.


No, I try to avoid all news when I can. I find it depressing. I find it interesting that Fox News is more watched than CNN and MSNBC combined.


I agree. They also threatened to sue the simpsons!


On the other hand they discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons. I guess it was a love hate relationship.


Right! Simpsons is great! Homer actually held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


And there is only one episode where bart doesn't appear and isn't mentioned. I wonder why they did that in that one episode.


A little, I was more into Yugioh. Did you like pokemon?


I used to yeah but each episode seemed quite similar to one another. Apparently other people were much better fans than I was-there are over 750 episdoes!


Thats a lot. I like Shark tank. Its funny how most deals made on the show are never enacted.


yes actually... my grandfather liked him, how about you?


i have never heard about him , kind of interesting story how he made his career as a comedian


Even though I knew of him, I learned quite a bit. What do you think about learning that The Green Lantern was originally meant to be a comedy, and was to star Jack Black?


i learned that reading this article , do u like pokemon?


Not really, but I thinks it is crazy that there are 750 episodes! It doesn't seem like it has been going that long.


i have never thought it was interesting , theres even a game i think about it and it got really famous


Ive never played the game either. Did you ever watch That 70's Show? I never knew there was a remake in the UK.


oh ... me neither , i used to love that tv show but it wasnt that good after 4 seasons


I also thought that it was interesting to learn that there is 1 Simpsons episode that didnt star or mention Bart. I dont think Ive ever seen it. Have you?


nope , i havent seen that one either , do u like the beatles ?


Love them! I never knew that they had the best selling album of the 2000's... I didnt realize that many people still listen to and appreciate them.


omg i didnt know ringo was illiterate for most of his childhood and that he was really sick


I knew he was illiterate in his childhood, but I was also shocked to learn he was sick. I was also surprised to learn that none of the Beatles could read music.


i know , that tells u how brilliant they were they had to teach themselves to find a way to create music without knowing how to read music


Right! I also didn't realize they had to take leave to touring for 3 years because their equipment couldn't amplify over the fans screaming. That's just a crazy amount of screaming lol


i know , i didnt know either that they expermineted with hard rock , to me all that sounds very melodic not hard at all


Agreed, but I guess it was pretty hard compared to other music from that day and age. Im still surprised to learn that the song Come Together was written for a political campaign, I would have never guessed.


me neither , im from another time but i think their music is very melodic and soothing , great lyrics


So, do you watch Comedy Central? I didn't realized that it was created in 1989


After being a station for almost 30 years.... 100 cancelled shows doesnt seem like much to me. What do you think?


Comedy shows seem to have shorter careers, so you would think that a channel thats has so many shows, would have had more cancelled shows. I guess they just have a good record lol


me too , thats an understandable number considering the time that the channel has been out , well it was nice talking to u , have a good day !


Hi, are you a basketball fan or player? I thought it was funny physicists proved "granny style" is the best technique for free throw shooting. I remember Rick  Berry used it and was the best shooter, but looked odd.


I don't play basketball, do you ? As a scientist, I would approve the granny style, it is the most efficient way to throw the ball.


No, I lack height, coordination, speed and only dribble with one hand so it wasn't a sport for me. I do enjoy March Madness as I went to Kansas and they're usually winners early in the tournament. Funny Air Jordans were banned by the league, but Jordan himself wore them anyway. Nike couldn't have paid for that much press had they not banned them.


Yeah, I never followed basketball much, but I remember that time everybody had a Chicago Bulls hat or jersey. Nike could not a picked a better spokesman.


What do you think of the idea of post-40 year old Kobe Bryant coming out of retirement to play with Lebron James on the Lakers. I think after 40 he'd be better off counting his money on the sideline, I doubt anything good would come of Kobe returning to the game at that age, just embarrassment and a quick re-retirement.


From my experience in hockey, it is never a good idea to come back from retirement. And it would not benefit Lebron.


Are you a history buff? Interesting when Caesar invaded Britain he noted the local population bred chickens for what I assume was cock fighting instead of food. In the lean years they probably could have used the extra food.


I like history, as for breading chicken for fun, if you got bored, you could have fried chicken, it is always good.


Humorous too, Ronald Reagan was rejected for a movie role  because he didn't look "presidential enough". I wonder what that producer thought in 1980?


But in the 50s, a president did not look like a movie star, therefore a movie could not have look like a president. It is more understandable if you take in account the time when it was said.


Yes, I agree. With Eisenhower at the helm and a more conservative society, your right, standards were different. Can you believe Judge Judy is the second highest paid celebrity after Lebron. That gives one pause too.


Yeah, I would have thought it would be a movie star, it must be her stable income, how much episodes do you think she makes per year ?


I think it's $123,000 per episode, justice isn't cheap. Did you ever play Nintendo, it considered primitive because  only had 54 colors. I'll date myself but when I was young I played Pong on our old TV and it only had 2 colors.


Yeah I have played the NES, but I never thought it would be only 54 colors. I think  my imagination at the was used to improve the graphics.


That good, expand the young mind and imagination, maybe they have too many colors today. I think on the flip side, Tim Duncan staying in school 2 years to graduate should be commended and a role model. Give the brief professional career and getting used to spending the big buck more pro athletes would benefit from that and a couple year's maturity might help them.


Do you what he studied ? But, you are right, I think every athletes would benefit form more maturity. I think too many young players lose their will to win once they have heir big contract.


I don't know what he graduated in, but seems like a heady thing to do. Did you see where Bill Nye, "the science guy" got his break in entertainment winning a Steve Martin look alike contest, that ironic to me, I don't think he looks like Steve Martin and his show science based is about as far from comedian/actor as any on TV.


But does Bill Nye have any scientific diplomas ? I always thought of him as an actor in a scientific show.


I think he does, not sure. The bow tie and his personal is kind of vaudeville to me but my kids thought it was entertaining and learned a few things so that's good. My kids like "Space Jam" too, I see where Lebron signed a new deal for a sequal, since they're now post college thankfully I think I'll miss that sequel.


Do you think it could be any good ?  I think, Lebron should stick to being a pro-athlete, few athletes are good actors.


I have no idea, at least in Cartoon animation, they don't have to really "act". Voice over a cartoon character is the least acting possible. Thanks for the discussion. I enjoyed it.


Hey there I do like basketball. Do you think that Kobe Bryant should end his retirement and play basketball with LeBron James by the way?


I don't think so. I think Kobe wouldn't cut it.  He was pretty rough his last year in the league.  LeBron should try to win with Lonzo Ball.


Yes I think he would probably get blown out but it would be cool to see, what do you think about Tim Duncan staying in college instead of going into the NBA immediately?


It would be cool to see.  I'm sure they would play well together.  If they both were at the top of their games, hands down they would be awesome.  I tip my cap to him for passing up all that money to go to college.


Yep that was a brave thing to do. It's shocking that 80% of NFL players go bankrupt after retiring for only two years


Wow.  I don't know how they can burn through that money.  Ex-NBA player Allen Iverson will never have to worry about that after he signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Reebok.  He gets $800,000 a year until he reaches the age of 55 to where at that time he will receive a lump sum $32 million dollar payment.


That's very impressive! he'll never have to worry about money, do you think that NBA games should be on Christmas day? I don't think that the coach stan van Grundy should have been fined for suggesting that


I don't mind them and kind of like it.  I agree he shouldn't have been fined.  But, at the same time I can see his point of view.  Him and the players would probably want to be home with their families.  Physicists proved that shooting granny style is the best technique to use at the free throw line. lol


That is really crazy. I want to see LeBron James and Kobe Bryant doing a granny shot shootout LOL


lol  LeBron signed a new deal for a "space jam" sequel.  Curious to see how that will hold up to Michael Jordan's original one.


Yes hopefully Michael Jordan makes a cameo in that movie. He is smart at business though. He rejected a 10 million dollar offer from Reebok only to accept a $90 mil dollar offer from Nike a year later


He was only 18 then I think?  When LeBron was in high school some of the games would attract 1750 fans and the tickets cost from $100 to $200.


Crazy! People were wanting to pay for tickets to see him even back then, I think it's funny that people marked his posters down and sold them for $17.41, because that was the year that Benedict Arnold betrayed the United States LOL


lol  After the decision!  He raised 6 million dollars for charity by televising that.


That was nice of them at least. He seems very smart too, he has a photographic memory apparently and can remember exact in game scenarios


I believe that.  Switching topics....Did you ever have the Nintendo system that could only display 54 colors?


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that the e in Chuck-E-Cheese stood for entertainment LOL that's really weird


I never knew that!  Interesting!  Bill Nye the science guy got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.


That is impressive! Did you ever hear about the famous Atari video game landfill? Apparently there's a Canadian company that will be Excavating it and then creating a documentary about it


Hmm...that is interesting. I will have to look that up.  It was nice chatting with you!


Hey! How are you? Do you listen country music?


I'm good thanks for asking.  As a matter of fact I do listen to Country music.


I didn't know that there are only 2 African Americans in the hall of fame. But yes, it could be true.


Yes, I can think of Charley Pride, I'm not sure who the other person is.  Do you?


I was thinking about Charley Pride as well. It's quite obvious for me. But I have no idea who the second is. Btw, I've read opinion that country music needs more politics, not less. Do you agree with it?


No, I don't agree.  I just want to hear good music, not somebody's political views whether I agree with them or not.  JUST SING!


lol True! I agree with you. I always was thinking is country music is the best in terms of reflecting the United States. It's something special. Rock, pop, etc. are everywhere. But country music is trully American.


Did you know Country music was originally inspired and derived from Celtic music?


I knew that Celtic is part of it, but I had no idea about things like English ballads, for example. I even cannot imagine how it sounds.


The origins of Country music are the folk songs of working class Americans, who blended various different tunes, ballads,songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrants.


People in Texas will add "cowboy songs too" lol... Really nice mix!


True and don't forget Texas swing.  I love the subgenre, well.  On a side note, did you know the Fender Stratocaster was originally intended for Country music.  Isn't that hard to believe?


Yes, it's hard to believe. Just want to change topic if you don't mind... Do you watch TV?


No problem, I watch a little tv, as well.


I honestly even don't have TV home. All comes from laptop for me. Btw, I didn't know that Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


No tv, that's kind of unusual, don't hear of that much.  Most people have at least 5 at home. Lol Yes, I can believe Fox News is very big, alot of people are sick of the anti Trump message that CNN and MSNBC spew continually.


True. My best friend has exactly 5 TV home as you said... I also didn't know that President Nixon had something to do with creation of Fox News. I didn't know that.


I din't realize that Tricky Dick had anything to do with the creation of Fox News, how interesting!


That's interesting. Well, it was to chat with you here. Have a good day!


I've enjoyed chatting with you, as well, friend.


I like reading it but not writing it.  How about you?


I do as well. Did you know there is a poem when read normally is depressing and when read backwards is inspiring?


I have read that one before.  It's pretty cool.  The history of poetry is interesting as well.  I like that Vikings were considered warrior-poets and that poetry was once an Olympic sport.


I would like to read that one too. The Javanese alphabet forms a poem when recited.


Really?  I did not know that.  I like classic poetry that has stood the test of time.  Even though they are difficult reads, I enjoyed the Illiad and the Odyssey. So much to learn from those epics.


Those are very good reads. The Hobbit character names are mostly taken from an old Icelandic poem.


I didn't know that either.  I've read the Lord of the Rings series once, but I didn't get into like some people.  Tolkien is definitely a giant in his field.


I saw the movie which was really good. Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.


Wow, that would be difficult.  That's why I leave the poetry writing to others.  I don't have the talent or the patience to do it well.  I feel the same about music.  I like going to live concerts, but I can't play or sing to save my life.


I do the same. I love going to live concerts. Linkin Park played 324 shows in 2001.


They put on a good show; I saw them about 15 years ago.  Have you ever seen the Dave Matthews Bad live?  That's a real good show.  DM seems to be a good guy.  I've read that a fan once picked him up on her way to the show after he was stranded on his bike.


I have seen Dave Matthews twice live. Very fun to watch. The Ramones played 2263 concerts in over 20 years.


That's a lot of shows!! It's hard to imagine how they have time for anything else.  Maybe that's why ABBA turned down a billion dollar offer to do a 100 show reunion tour.


That is a ton of shows! Croatia has an ancient Roman amphitheater that is still used today for concerts.


Oh wow! Going to a show there would be an awesome experience.  So much history in that place.  I wonder what kinds of shows they have there today: classical, opera, rock?  If the Foo Fighters played there, they might rattle the walls with their loud concerts.


I think so too. I bet they play all kinds of music there.


Speaking of, do you like opera?  That's one kind of show that I have never seen.


I do not like opera at all. No desire to watch it either lol.


I'm afraid I have to agree.  It's just never interested me.  Give me the Foo Fighters any day.  Or, for that matter, ABBA if you have to.


That would be cool. Good talking to you. Have a good day.


Yes, I love to read! Do you like to read?


I do when I have the chance. Luckily it's not the 18th century where there was a fear of the spread of reading of novels. It was a moral panic.


Isn't that scary! I'm glad its the modern times. I know getting free time to relax and read is hard to get some times.


Yeah, it is, but maybe I would have more time to read if I could speed read like Anne Jones, who can read 4700 words per minute.


I know that is unreal. How can you understand what you're reading at that speed?


I know, I wonder how they verified that she was actually reading. Perhaps comprehension questions?


Could be, that would be alot of them. Have you read the Ender's game book? I think there was a movie. I have not seen it though. Its on the read list from the military.


I have not read that. Starship troopers is also on the reading list of some military branches.


Yes, that looks like a good read.  I wonder why Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the bible?


I'm not sure. I wonder how he thought about kids learning the bible at school.


I don't know? Teddy Roosevelt and John Adams are the only two presidents that did not use the bible for swearing-in. I think they used the constitution instead.


Interesting! I wondered about Jefferson because before 63 it was not uncommon for students to be required to read the Bible as part of their elementary education.


That is interesting. Apple in latin is called malus.


Yes, I didn't know that! Its good to know there is 3g cell service on the top of Mt Everest!


Ha, so I guess it is difficult to escape from technology. There is also a copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


Yes, That's a good idea! I believe its true that only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product.


I am too, they make it so long and difficult to read. Who knows what's in there? Scary. Did you know the menu button is also called the hamburger button?


I have never heard of it being called that!


hey there I'm good, what do you think of the Human race?


I tolerate them. Love me though! What about you? How do you feel about humans?


haha ya they make lots of mistakes but they are good more often than not, interesting how they migrated from Africa to populate the world


Do you think we are related to KOKO the Gorilla?


haha we have similar DNA I think, but humans became their own around 50k years ago so who knows


Koko is smarter than some of the people I know. She could comprehend 2000 words and could sign 1000. That's impressive.


lol that is interesting, can she synthsize vitamin c? I guess thats something humans cant do


Cause were weak flesh bags... We are so weak even our body hair left us.


haha ya I think we lost our hair almost 300k years ago apparently


I wonder if there is a sound frequency that scares away hair, like there is for humans.


ya I do wonder that, also weird that humans can regrow their ribs, it only takes 3 months!


I cut a finger off. I wish that grew back...


oh im sorry to hear that, what is wild too is humans are one of the best long distance runners of all the animals


We could just drive. McDonalds added a drive thru in 1975. Seems like it hsould be been around before that.


I would have thought so, i'ts nice that they built that to accomodate soliders in uniform though


Yeah. That seems like a really nice thing to do. At least our trunk situation has imprved from some wooden box...


ya that seems like a fire hazard, kind of like putting a flame thrower on your car haha


I wonder who the idiot would be to blow himself up with that...


haha ya I mean I get that its legal in south africa but that seems insane


Fine. What about you? Internet is the biggest medium which connect all the part of the world. It make all of them in single handed.


I'm good, thanks for asking.  Yes, I agree the internet is big.  Do you use the internet alot?


No, The internet is the global system of inter connected  computer networks that use internet protocol suite to connect the device world wide.


Ok, yes it is.  The constant clicking licks can cause addiction that you can measure in the brain!


Some of them using for the educational purpose, business and entertainment. It is useful if you have a purpose otherwise it drain all your time and make useless.


Yes, I agree the internet does have its good purposes.  Did you know that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?


Yes, The people buy the products through online make the internet more valuable. Which reduces the time spent on shop and make more comfortable.


Yes, actually I do!  It's very convenient.


By the use of email, we lost our postal system. Internet give way to emerge of new technology which are useful to the modern life.


Yes, that's true.  I understand the current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case it burns down.


Very interesting news! There are so many blog, web feeds and online news website which are more useful to know the current news in the world.


Cool!  On a different note, do you own a bible?


Yes. It is make our life very peaceful and happier.


It is considered to be the best selling book of all time.  It has sold 5 Billion copies!


It make all our life self-discipline and shows the way to make the life happier.


It does.  All US presidents have used it for their swearing in ceremony, except two.


Its Teddy roosevelt and John quincy is that two.


Yes, you're Right!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


Yea, it's pretty awesome how many applications are available on the world wide web


that is true, there is so much that can be done on the internet, even at mt everest there is internet


It's funny Mt Everest can get 3g internet and I can't even get service in my basement


right lol, I wonder how they do it. Maybe since it is open air, I don't know lol. Do you read terms of service ever?


No never I can't see how there are any people at all that have the time to read 50 pages worth of terms of service


right! only 7% of people actually read the terms. I am part of the 93%, I am sure I sold my soul to the devil and don't even know it!


Lol, I hope the Library of Alexandria doesn't save those in their copy of the internet


I heard that, in case the internet burns down lol. How would that happen


I don't know, maybe like how the tower of babel was destroyed in Iraq


That is crazy to thing the middle east is where all of the bible stories originated. It is crazy to think also the bible was part of the reading elementary school kids were required to read back in the day


Yea, It's pretty cool that Jefferson made his own bible by cutting out the parts he didn't care for


that is kind of funny. I wonder if that is anywhere to be seen


They sell the Jefferson Bible online I've never checked it out though


no way, I need to check that out. Do you read many books?


Occasionally, it's pretty shocking that novels caused a moral panic in the 18th century


me too. I read starship troopers once, talk about crazy sci fi


I saw the movie, it's pretty cool it's on the reading lists of US military branches


I think 3 out of the 5 branches are required to. Crazy awesome movie also lol! It was very nice chatting with you!


Ender's game was on the military reading list too, Have a good one


I love dance. DO you know which dance EMilia Clarke did when the auditioned for the GoT?


I have no idea, was it something funny or silly?


You can say that, she did the chicken dance and the robot dance


Haha that is awesome. Bruce Lee was a great dancer too and a cha cha champion


Wow nice. In one episode, Mr Rogers learns to breakdance


Nice. Ballet dancers go through about 4 pairs of shoes in a week


That is a lot of shoes and money. Did you know parrots can dance in tune?


Nice. Babies are good at that too when they hear music


Nice. The first moonwalk was by Bull Bailey and not Jackson


Nice. Tupac was a ballet dancer and was part of the nutcracker production


Yes all the time. Do you know why the NY area code is 212?


I do not know that but do you know who invented the dial phone?


I do not know who invented it but the area code is because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


Cool. It was invented by an undertaker who thought his calls were being redirected to his competitors


Wow cool. Did you ever use a phone book?


Yes sometimes. Did you know also that Hedy Lamarr helped with the invention of the cell phone?


Nice that is cool. If two phone books are stuck together there is no separating them


Wow that is neat. Nice chatting with you


Hello, good thanks. Do you like to watch live dance performances?


Not really. Apparently there is a board game inspired movement by the Ragamala Dance Company.


Interesting. Cool to think that even Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won a dance championship.


That's cool, I did not know that. Tupac is another person who I would not have expected to be a dancer. He did ballet in high school.


I know. I guess we all have some sort of hidden talent that does not match what we are best known for. Babies apparently seem to be great dancers too as they love the music.


I wonder why as we get older, some of us are not that great at finding the beat in music


Must be something with the brain and the connections that are made later in life. Apparently Michael jackson has a patent on a device that helped him achieve his dance moves.


Not that much. I wish we could go back to simpler times. I remember having a rotary phone. DId you know that NY's area code is 212 because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary phone?


That is just so cool. I mean they were kind of fun but a hassle to make a call really. I wonder how long the cables that carry phone and internet data are?


I loved dialing numbers on the phone. Now phones these days, specifically the iphone, have more computing power than an entire us nuclear icbm deterrent


That is mind blowing. UNICEF actually donates clean water when you don't use the phone. I wonder how much they donate. Everyone seems to be on their phones.


That is interesting. I wonder why they don't want people to use their phones?


Not very sure, maybe because we spend so much time with our phones and do not socialize as much, I don't know.


I find it scary but also fascinating how much we have progressed in the last century. It's pretty cool that phone and internet cables are on the ocean floor.


I know, that must be miles and miles of cables. On another topic., do you like jazz music?


I do! I love going to listen to jazz live. I don't really listen to it at home. I never knew that Jazz trumpet players grew goatees in order to provide comfort when playing


That is just so cool. Hey, it was really nice chatting with you.


Yes I do. Did you know that they offered to sell to Myspace?


Yes for just $75 million and they did not take the chance


Too bad, they could have been making millions now


Yes it is because Mark is green red colorblind


Yeah. In parts of Germany, the like button is illegal


Yes and I wonder what prompted them to do that


Me too. Did you hear why Iceland is using it for?


Yes they are rewriting the constitution that way


Yeah that is pretty transparent. Have you seen the movie frozen?


Yes I loved it. Did you know the director is the first female director for a DIsney movie?


Yes and the film made more than $1 billion in the box office


Yeah . DId you know Elsa was supposed to be the villain?


Yes but when she sang the song and it was too uplifting, they changed that over


Yeah. Did you know Disney changed over many names for movies that were too feminine


Yes that is too bad though. They renamed Rapunzel to Tangled because of that


That is interesting. Did you know that Alan Tudyk has had a role in many disney movies


Same here and keep up with the DIsney movies, there are more to come


I like the sound of their music. They have been around since 1700!


Yeah its a beautiful instrument,  i wish I could play.  That is interesting that there was a piano at the top of the highest mountain in britain lol


Good question.  There is a song for testing pianos and it is unplayable by humans lol called the circus gallop.


Thats pretty neat! I like piano music, but I also like dance music. Do you like to dance?


Yeah I love music and dancing.  Did you know pro ballet dancers go through like 4 pairs of shoes a week!  That is crazy,  and it must hurt their feet lol


Wow! Those are some solid shoes, too! Ouch!


I also read recently that babies like to dance.


My kids always like to dance in the car. I can't believe cars have been around since 1886!


Yup,  and now we cant live without them.  It is funny that the trunk is named trunk because old cars used to carry trunks in the rear.


That's interesting to imagine! In South Africa, you can put a flame thrower on your car to keep from getting carjacked!


That seems very extreme!  I wonder what you put on your bike to keep from getting it stolen.


Haha. Excellent question! Did you know the McDonald's drive thru has been around since 1975?


That is great,  one of the best inventions


It was made so soldiers didn't have to get out of their car in their uniforms!


Yes.  Also,  good idea.  now it is so convenient for moms and disabled etc.


Sure is! Cars look a lot different now than the first ones sold in 1908


definitely!  and more roomier!  been good chatting!


Then you'll love this! I just heard of a play called "Two Trains Running" that has a main character that's not a person - it's a jukebox!


That is great, I heard the creator loved music. He had another play called "the piano lesson"


It really seems like he did. All of his plays seemed to deal with music as a theme. Pianos are so gorgeous to hear, I think I'd really like to see that play.


love pianos too! do you know when it was invented?


That is true , It is sort of believed that is was around the 1700's in Italy.


Of course it was probably Italy! Pianos are everywhere it seems, even on top of Britain's highest mountain! Which begs the questions of how? And why?


wow that is amazing and so artistic. You know? I love the Beatles and found so interesting that Freddie mercury used the same piano to record bohemian rhapsody that Mccartney did used for Hey Jude!! so cool


That's insane! I had no idea! Music and dance go hand-in-hand for me, even if it's just bobbing my head when I drive. I personally believe it's human nature since babies dance when they hear music! What about with you?


I believe so!  babies smile too when they hear music. I found out that bruce lee is a great dancer. Hidden talent!


Not only do they smile, but they smile MORE when they hit the beat, How cool is that? I had no idea that ballet dancers can go through up to four pairs of pointe shoes in a week. That sounds like it would be really hard on your feet!


That is a lot! And about dancing I also loved how Michael jackson danced and leaned.


I can't believe he has a patent on the device that helped achieve the extra lean in some of his moves. I get why, but now that I know there's a device... that seems like cheating.


maybe but I sill like that move very much. I was telling you about Bruce Lee before, did you know he even won a HK cha cha championship in 1958?


I did not! It's not as surprising as Tupac dancing ballet to me, but that's a close second!


Yes! and Tupac acted in the nutcracker as the mouse king!!


That's super cool honestly. Wish he was still around. I thought that projection of him from a few years back was creepy.


He was way different back then.. I learned about an aluminum piano that weighed only 356 pounds


Have you seen the viral photo of a six year old who was comforting his dying sister?


I did, that was a really sad picture, poor kid,


Yeah his sister had DIPG which is super rare. I'm not sure I'd even heard of it.


Diffuse Intrinsic Pontic Glioma, that sounds like a rare disease, at least  he got to say goodbye, so sad and unfair


Yeah, it shouldn't have to be like that for kids but unfortunately the world can be cruel sometime. The brother didn't leave his sister's side while she was dying.


I bet he loved her with all his heart, I have a sister and cant imagine my life without her, he had no sleep and stayed by his sister side, his parents myst be heart broken as well


They said that she passed faster than they thought she would but at least she did not have to suffer for too long.


Yeah, the last phrase he said to his sister was I love you, breaks my heart, she was his partner in crime, his play mate and best friend


So sad. The symptoms to the illness were strange, they noticed she was swinging her leg instead of picking it up and planting it on the ground but it was not really too apparent that something was wrong till she got worse.


Jackson didn't want to leave her side and his parents said they just could make him, she died with her family by her side, with a lot of love surrounding her


I think it's beautiful that at her funeral they did not want people to wear black. Instead they wanted friends to wear bright colors or Addy's favorite colors.


That is a good way to say goodbye, it must have been frustrating to her parents knowing that the tumor had no cure and even more that the disease is uncommon


Yeah, they did try. She went through a bunch of radiation treatments and even experimental treatments in Mexico.


So sad, but anyways lets change the topic, its really getting to me, do you have a Facebook account?


Yes I do though I try not to waste too much time on it. How about you?


I have an account, allows me to keep up with news from family and friends far away, crazy how MySpace turned down the offer to buy the company for $75 million


Interesting! I find I spend too much time on FB. Too bad Burger King doesn't seem to have the promo where if you unfriend ten people on FB you get a free whopper.


That sounds like a great promo, I need to clean my facebook friends list and if I can get a free whooper in the process then thats great


Haha, I know right. Maybe if we used FB like Iceland does, to do useful things like rewrite the constitution, I would be more of a FB fan.


I think its a great initiative, ask people for their opinions, their though, we do live in a society so everyone should have a say


Yeah, but I wonder why FB's like button is illegal in one German state!


Hi there my friend. Do you like dramatic movies?


I do, I also like Hugh Laurie the actor.


I do too I can't believe he made $700,000 per episode when he was doing house


Yes that's real! That guy is definitely not worried about money. Do you know who Michael Caine is?


Yeah, he played Alfred in batman, apparently he went to acting school to chase girls. LOL


That is funny. What makes me sad is that Jim Carrey won't do dramas anymore. He only wants to do comedies to promote positivity


Yeah, I don't think I've seen any of his dramas to be honest, which one did you like?


I really like The Truman Show. It does have some comedy but it's mostly a dramatic role. I think he's too goofy when he's in a comedy personally


Oh yeah, I thought the Truman Show was more comedic, but I suppose it was a drama.


Yep it was supposed to be more drama I thought. Do you watch Netflix by the way?


I do, but I just canceled my subscription. I used to love the show Billions.


I have to check that out. I did hear good things. Pretty crazy that they have 60 million subscribers in the United States


Yeah, that is a lot. Did you know smoking near apple computers voids their warranty?


I heard that. I think they call it a Biohazard? If it were possible would you upload your mind to a computer? People that would do that are called transhumanists


Yeah, it might be. Is it the same for iphones?


Are you saying you would upload your brain to an iPhone? Haha maybe that is possible we'll have to see. It could be the new Apple big thing


Well, the old Space Shuttle just ran off of 1mb of ram, why not load the brain to an iphone! Hilarious!


I like the way you think! Especially if the Russians can make a computer that runs on water back in 1936 we must be able to put our brains into iPhones haha


I don't believe that is real, how is it possible, unless it is like a dam.


Yes I'd have to look it up. Have you ever played Minecraft apparently someone 16-bit computer in that game


I like drama tv as well, one of my favorite shows is House, have you seen that one before?


I have not seen House before, but I have heard it is very good. Hugh Laurie makes $700,000 per episode on House.


He is Dr House in the show and yeah apparently he's the highest paid drama actor


That's a lot of money. Did you know Jim Carrey won't make dramas anymore because of his belief system?


I respect that, he is a great actor and drama can bring a lot of negativity into your life, he is a great comedy actor


Yeah another great actor is Michael Caine, funny how he began his career as an actor


That is funny he began that way. Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper.


I love Ellie Kemper's role in The Office, I guess Jon Hamm was a great teacher,


I do I am one of the 137 million subscribers, what about you?


I have a free account through T Mobile so I use it from time to time.


Wow nice, I pay for mine, crazy how Netflix accounts for 33% of the bandwith in North America from 9pm to 12 am


That's a lot of bandwidth. Netflix and Youtube make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.


Both are industry giants so I guess that makes sense, do you know how Netflix got started?


I'm not too sure. How did it get started?


It got started because of late fees, Reed Hasting had to pay $40 in late fees because of the movie Apollo 13, he was so mad he started the service


I agree. It was great talking to you - take care!


did you know that the space shuttle only used about 1mb of ram?


That's shocking. It's amazing how far we have come with technology. Speaking of computers, the first algorithm was written by a woman.


ya that is true, what do you think about the computer that the russians made that runs on water


That is amazing. I wonder how they did that? The first google computer as Stanford was housed in Lego's. It's amazing what people can do with them.


wow I didn't know that, I did find out that Netflix spends twenty times more on postage for shipping its DVDS than it spends on bandwith, technology is crazy


Netflix is a powerhouse at this point. They now have 137 million subscribers!


ya and they use up about a thrid of all internet bandwidth, they are a serious player in internet usage!


Yes they are. They even have almost 150 movies with a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.


wow that is crazy! I remember going to Blockbuster and they were put out of business by netflix! Blockbuster could have bought netflix at one point for only 50 million!


That was a horrible business decision on their part. Did you know that they employ taggers that are paid to watch and tag content? I would love to have that job.


ya that sounds really easy, do you have an iphone or an android phone?


well apparently Apple made a new rule that if you smoke near your phone or computer then that makes it a "biohazard" and they will void the warranty


Wow! I have not heard about that. Did you know that Captcha stands for completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart?!


oh wow I didn't know that, technology is crazy, I guess there are people called transhumanists who want to upload their brains to memmory sticks and use them on computers


That's some Black Mirror subject matter. Perhaps they watched too much of it. In 1968 a manual cardboard computer was given to high school students to teach them how they work.


wow that is weird, also crazy is the person who made a working computer out of minecraft blocks, like how is that possible!


That must take some real talent. Did you know that the number one video game in 1995 for PC's was Doom?


no I didn't, I did like that back in the day as a kid though, maybe I can upload my mind to a computer and play Doom on PC all day haha


I loved it. It was actually the most downloaded software in 1995 with Windows 95 in second place.


do you watch movies at all, do you know who Michael Caine is?


How's it going, do you watch youtube much? It was started in 2005


Hi there.  Not very much.  They offer quite a variety  though


It's pretty crazy that a year later in 2006 google bought youtube for 1.5 billion


Wasn't aware of that.  Between Netflix and youtube, looks like the marked is pretty much covered


That's crazy but youtube is the second largest search engine


I wonder if we can view blutube? Or if it's exclusive to police.  Gonna google that one  lol


I wonder what they're most disliked video is, on youtube it's a Justing Bieber song


I'm sure there's quite a few.  Makes me want to go search on it later to see if I an find some Hulu material.


Maybe you can find it on facebook. It's crazy how much stuff is on there now since it was founded in 2004


And to think Myspace turned down an offer from facebook.


It's nuts myspace wouldn't pay 75 million for facebook


LOL  Burger king offering a free whopper to unfriend 10 people on facebook


I've unfriended 10 people on facebook but have never gotton a whopper for it


I probably have too!!  If we lived in the german state of schleswigholstein we wouldn't have a llike button


Well that's better than rewriting the constitution of facebook like Iceland


For sure.  What a way to use the internet.  Kinda redefined it.


Yea but only 7% of people read the terms of service on the internet, they shouldn't be writing a constituion


They might as well be at the peak of mt. everest with 3g cell service.


Hopefully those are not saved in the Library of Aleandria's copy of the internet


The Iceland constitution will be there.  Nice chatting wtih you


I didn't know it was started by 3 former paypal employees.


It really is.  Did you know that google in 2006 for 1.65 Billion.


Just by now.  Do you know youtube is the second largest search engine on the net


No, but I heard that one of Justin Beiber's  songs "baby" is the most disliked on youtube.  lol


I will definitely watch the song.  Do you that police have their own youtube called blutube


It was started my Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.  It was originally for Harvard students only.


ohh. I see.  Do you know Mark zucerburg is a red-green colobliness


no I did not.  I find it interesting that in Germany, the like button is illegal in Schleswigholstein.


Yeah, also, myspace had a chance to by Facebook for 75 million but turned it down


I think that amount was not enough, hahaha


Itps funny that Burger King offered a free whopper if you unfriended 10 people for one of their promotions.


Iceland is even rewriting their constitution on Facebook so that public can make suggestions.


oh, I see.  Facebooks worth is 104 billions


i am very much like to use facebook. what abt u?


Yes, but did you know a third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained 'facebook"? So many people use it.


Facebook LIKE button is illegal in the german


That's odd. 30 % of american adult people use facebook as their primary source of news! That's a lot.


how many years of facebook use exp. u have?


I've been on there for a bit over 8 years. How about you?


That's good. Did you know there are more people on facebook than there were in the world 200 years ago?


Oh, physics is interesting, too. Valve handed Portal 2 to schools that wanted to use it to show physics and critical thing.


hmm.. i like physics very intersting subject, I some of thing i don't understand..


Yeah. Like turbulence. It's a mystery but Van Gogh was able to depict it in his paintings.


hmm.. Wolfram alpha creator received phd in phy. at the age 20


That's very interesting. Stephen Wolfram is intelligent.


Yes. Speaking of physics, one thing is motion, and cars are a good example.


hmm yah.. Car what a Invention.. I like car but i don't not drive a car.


Me either. Now they have self-driving cars, though.


i want to learn drive a car. but i don't have a time to do that. But soonly i do that.


That's good. It's illegal in Ohio to warm your car up. That's strange.


No I don't. I just know some facts about it.


Yea, I started using facebook shortly after it was started in 2004, you?


I did, too. Back before kids as young as 13 could have one, and you needed a school email address. Can you believe it was only worth $75 million back then?


$75 million is still pretty impressive considering Facebook was only a year old at the time


That's true, but hardly anything compared to the $104 billion it grew to be worth in just 7 years.


Yea, myspace has to be kicking itself for not buying it in 2005


Yeah, especially since they inevitably couldn't compete with FB's popularity, I guess. Facebook has kind of taken over.


Yea, in Iceland they are using facebook to help rewrite the constitution, that would never happen on myspace


Haha, I'm not sure if it should be happening on Facebook, either! But I guess it gives the public more accessibility, and it is a very small country.


Yea but it's hard to take it seriously when such things as a promotion to unfriend 10 friends for a free whopper occurs


I know. Can you believe that? It sounds like a sick social experiment.


I've unfriended 10 people for free, I never knew I could get a whopper lol


Haha, yeah. Did you know there's a part of Germany where the "like" button is illegal?


Yea, in Scleswig-Holstein, I have relatives there I should try and find them on Facebook


Haha, well, they won't be able to "like" anything you post! Or I wonder if you can't "like" what they post? I wonder if it's just completely illegal and absent from the platform altogether.


I don't know but I don't want to get them arrested lol. Speaking of crazy laws, it is legal to equip a flame thrower onto you car in South Africa


They must have a super serious problem in South Africa for that to be a law!


Yea, good thing car trunks aren't made of wood anymore lol


No, that definitely wouldn't work well with the flamethrowers! Anyway, it's been nice talking to you today!


You too, I'm gonna read up on Jann Mardenborough and figure out how he bacame a professional drive from playing Gran Turismo


Enjoy! I heard they beat out 90,000 people in that game!


I do not. I detest the color blue, unlike the colorblind creator of FaceBook.  You?


Really? I like blue since it is calming. Why don't you like blue?


I hail from the German state of Schleswigholtein, where we are indoctrinated in the dogma of the color wheel. We have also outlawed the "Like" button... th color blue is


We have adopted another button, the "I think this is acceptable, and may even prefer this option" button.  I may join Facebook anyway, just so I can unfrind 10 people and earn a free Whopper. That I would like.


I wonder what beef they have with facebook


I still have my old, "Where's the beef?" hat...I loved that commercial...  I think they are trying to subvert citizen involvement in writing of the Icelandic constitution, which is being done on FaceBook.


It is amazing how dominant facebook is in social media that a country is using it to change their consitution


Would not have been possible had MySpace purchased FB when they had the chance.  Apparently, MS did not think FB was worth the $75 mil proposed.


I mean 75mil isn't a small sum, but neither is several billion lol


But that is the what the world values these days. They think money is made from thin air. The truth is that, according to modern physice, the entire universe could have been created out of nothing... Personally, I think pizza predated the cosmos.


Well there is still some hope for humanity. When a teacher talked about her low income students, a kind passenger gave her more than 500 in cash for funds to better teach them


Sure! The world has a lot to offer. Just think of Pixar, the world famous entertainment company. They spent three years studying the physics of hair to give bounce to the hair of Merida from Brave. Now those are great priorities!


Sure. They give me hope for a humanity that legalizes flame throwers for cars in South Africa..


Well if they are using flame throwers against large wild animals, then I accept.


They use them to prevent carjacking, a common threat posed by hyenas and elephants in their region.


Oh, carjacking animals lol. On a more serious note, there should be something better than flamethrowers for that


We should consult one of the greatest minds of our generation for answers..perhaps a noted physicist like...oh...say maybe... Kim Jong-un?  Any guy that can get a hole in one every time he swings a gold club should have all the answers we need..


Indeed. In any case, thanks for your time and for the pleasant chat.


hahaha I do!  Do you remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?


Of course, he used to do the hook shot, right?


Yes!  He should have had a patent on that!  He also was known for dunking the ball in his college days and he used it so much that the dunk was banned in college basketball for over a decade.


Yeah, I know. That was a stupid rule, that wouldn't last long nowadays.


No.  When I was younger I remember guys shattering the backboard with the dunk.  In 39 out of 50 states either a college basketball or football coach is the highest paid state employee.


Yeah, do they not do that anymore? Why not?


They still dunk.  They just changed the rims so they breakaway when they dunk to prevent it from shattering the backboard.  The US Supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as the "highest court in the land".  I need one of those where I work to shoot some hoops.  lol


Oh yeah, the breakaway. That sucks. On the high court, I know, I've been there.


Neat!  Here's an interesting stat...the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas wass the guy who invented basketball James Naismith.  How ironic.


Interesting, I suppose he wasn't good at the game. Hilarious!


Funny!  lol  Warner Brothers and LeBron James signed a deal to make a Space Jam sequel.  Wonder how it will do compared to the first one?


Interesting, I didn't see the first one so I don't know. But I do know that Michael Jordan is better than lebron.


Yes.  I agree.  LeBron rejected a 10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was just 18.  I couldn't even imagine being offered that amount.  I would have been like "sign me up!"


I'm not a LeBron fan, more of an MJ, what about you.


I'm an MJ fan.  I live not far from where LeBron is from so all I've heard for years now is all about LeBron.  Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA but Jordan wore them anyhow as Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game.


I know, that was one of the greatest marketing ploys ever.


Right?  Do you know about the big endorsement deal that Allen Iverson signed with Reebok?


Yeah, it was for like $32 million, ridiculous. Well nice chatting with you.


Hi there ! Looking forward to chat with You !


Not as much as I used to... I still love to play ! Why ?


Jimmy Butler's future with the Timberwolves is going to be discussed with Coach Tom Thibodeau


Is that a positive thing for him ? Not sure what is going on in NBA universe... ;) sorry


cool beans ;) I've heard that in 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


Also, about 30 years ago nba legend Haywood chose $100,000 upfront over a 10% stake in nike.  If he would have gone with Nike, he would be worth $8.62 billion today.


I bet he is having nightmares about that till this day... ;)


I would.  Space Jam is the highest-grossing basketball movie of all time.  I haven't seen it, but it looks cute with Cartoon characters and basketball stars


Space Jam ;) I loved that movie.... You can't go wrong with Bugs Bunny And Michael Jordan ! Wait - there was more famous players in that movie as well, right ?


I don't know exactly.  Did you know that Shaq has only one recorded 3 pt. score throughout his basketball career?


I mean I knew he sucks with 3 point shots but I didn't realize he stopped trying ;) lol, that's funny


Lebron James rejected a $10 million offer from reebok when he was 18 and less than a year later was offered a $90 million offer from nike


wow... can You imagine being comfortable enough to reject $10 million ?  I would do basically anything for 1 million ;) lol


Really confident I guess too.  When James left Cleveland for Miami in 2010 they marked down his posters to the price of $17.41 references the year of traitor Benedict Arnold's birth


cool stuff ;) hey ! Warner bros and lebron james have signed a new deal for a "space jam" sequel ! That's freaking awesome ;)


That is funny!   Did you know that Lebron James has a photographic memory and can remember exact in-game scenarios


Wow - an NBA genius ;) I wonder how often he is using that "gift" ;)


I guess he have lots of lines to remember in a space jam sequel! Maybe this will boost his ratings as he had been hated back in 2012 and even a captured al-qaeda member wrote letters of disgust at his decision to go to miami heat


The letter said that "Lebron James is a very bad man and should apologize to the city of Cleveland"


I am a huge football fan but have recently been wanting to get more into Basketball. Lebron James has some interesting views.


Yeah, he lets his 14 and 11 year old have wine. What do you think about that?


Hmm....I don't think its a good idea to mess with growing brains. Sounds like a bad idea to me. What are your thoughts on it?


I think in moderation it could be okay. IN France is is common for kids to have small quantities. This just probably would not be the case in my family since I do not drink alcohol. I do not like the taste.


I don't really like the taste either. Yes, other cultures have traditions and I respect those but for us here in america. Its the opposite of what we teach our kids.


My parents let me try beer when I was little. I didn't like it. In my case though I felt like it not being taboo didn't make me want to drink it like some of my friends in their teenage years.


I can see that point of view and respect it. I heard the Lebron James had six bottles of wine open with his family and the value was about 3k. Thats wild to me.


Yikes. There are some studies that show that small quantities of alcohol as adolescents can have adverse affects on developing brains. So maybe in a household where wine is consumed every day it's not a good idea.


Yes, that is the way I was raised believing. I also can appreciate the study that says small amounts can sort of inoculate teens against the dangers of drinking.


It isn't always clear if teens who drink a lot would have done so anyway even if their parents didn't. Maybe more research needs to be done.


I agree completely. I odd study was done proving that throwing a basketball "granny style" is he absolute best technique to score points consistentl..


I would love to see the pros use that technique!


Yeah, me too but they say that it looks too stupid and they refuse to do it, thats funny. I know that Reggie Miller was a great basketball player and MIchael Jordan was too of course.


Many regard Lebron James as one of the best too. He has a photographic memory and can remember exact in game scenarios


Wow, that would be a cool ability! I read that once Reggie Miller sister out score him after he thought he was the one to break records in the family. They are talented.


How funny! Lebron james knew how good he was from early on. He rejected a $10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was 18. He thought he would get a better offer from Nike. A year later, Nike offered him $90 million.


Yeah, but he wasn't always so loved. In 2012 even a captured Al-Qaeda member expressed disgust at Lebron's' decision to go to the Miami Heat.


Yeah, that was intense for everyone. I learned that Lebron James is gonna star in the Space Jam movie. That will be cool


Also, his posters were marked down and sold for $17.41 in reference to the year the American traitor Benedict Arnold was born. Haha. I'd love to see that Space Jam movie. I liked the original.


Yeah me too, I would like to take my kids to see a game and the movie!


The original Space Jam is the highest grossing basketball movie of all time. I think I will rewatch it before watching the second!


Hi There ! Looking forward to chat with You !


Did you hear Steve Kerr compared Zion Williamson to Lebron James?


Apparently he meant Williamson was going to be the next great basketball player.  His dunks are described as thunderous.


Interesting... Nba player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000... Jesus Christ... those numbers are depressing... I won't earn that much in my lifetime... will You ?


Me neither!  I guess that is the free market for you.


Maybe communism was not that bad of an idea... lol ;)


Apparently, the college basketball once banned the slam dunk because of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


...and what did Kareem did that was so bad in Slum Dunk ? ;)


I do not think it was bad.  People were just jealous!


aha ! Usually it's how it works :) What do You think of "granny style" as a hoop shooting style ?


Apparently it is the best way to shoot, but players are too embarrassed!


Yeah, but did You EVER see anybody using it in the game ?


I believe a guy named Rick Barry used to.


I would love to see that :) I'm surprised nobody blocked him ;)


Apparently, Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode.  She is the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James.


I was always curious... is she a real Judge... ? Are those real cases ?


Yes they are.  Lebron rejected a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18!


wow... can You imagine being in a state of mind to refuse $10 million... sorry, I can't...


Me ether.  He ended up getting $90 million from Nike though.  So it was a smart decision.


I guess that's why they need agents :) lol


I guess that's why his high school games had tickets that cost more than $100!


Who's your favorite basketball player? Mine is Lebron James, probably the best in the world.


Nah, it's all about LeBron. He's the highest paid celebrity in the world, and he earned it.


Is he better than Jordan was?  I heard his shoes were banned but Nike paid the fines.


I don't know about better, but he got picked for a space jam sequel, so he's at least the next wave's equivalent.


Yeah that crazy that he was only born in 84!


And Reggie Miller was already playing high school ball at that point.


Dang.  Iverson gets 32 million from reebok when he turns 55 and 800k a year until then.  What a deal!


There's big money in basketball! Even the college coaches are the highest paid state employees in many states.


I wonder if James Naismith ever was the highest paid one for Kansas. Even though he invented the game he was the only losing coach they ever had!


Thats ironic.  He needed Labron then.  4 time mvp


Seems like I might be convincing you about LeBron! Even his high school games had 1750 people there sometimes.


Yeah Curry has to share with 4 other potential all pros on the same team though but I cannot deny the truth.  Lebron even has 3 gold medals.


And he's the all-time top scorer for the NBA playoffs.


I think he is a nice guy too everytime I watch him.  I will call him Raymone though if I see him.  I bowled next to Colby Bryant one night.


Wow that's wild! I know they say it's supposed to be easier to shoot granny style, even though it looks dumb. I wonder if that's true for bowling too?


I am sure it is.  Maybe they should make it 4 points and they would not think it is stupid!


It could happen! They're always changing the rules. Kareem abdul-jabbar got dunking banned in college ball for more than a decade he was so good at it.


Maybe that is why he got so good at the sky hook!  10 feet high is no fair to a 7 footer!


Speaking of "high," the US supreme court has a basketball court all the way at the top of the building so it's the "highest court in the land" what a fun pun.


I am going to research that.  Thanks and have a good night