That's awesome how Johnny Depp makes surprise visits to sick kids in hospitals!


Yeah. Nice of him. Nice chatting with you!


I love to read, so yeah. That is why it makes me mad when I found out that the FDA burned 6 tons of literature in order to censor.


I know so sad. there is a competition where the person that writes the worst opening sentence for a novel wins


I have heard about that. Did you know that Sir Winston Churchill won a nobel prize in lit, not peace!


The guy was so smart , got his hands on everything really.


I know! Amazing. Have you ever read Gone with the Wind? It is great.


Yes I loved that book, read it in university. Literature was even an Olympic event.


It was written by Margaret Mitchell. I love books that are based out of the south. Scarlett is one of my all time favorite characters.


She could have won the olympic medal for that work of literature. did you know kissing was not even mentioned in ancient greek literature?


No way! I can't believe how many tickets have been sold for the movie. Supposedly it sold 220 million and the population at that time was only 131 million.


that really does not make sense, strange, maybe people who were visiting bought tickets too


Or people saw the movie numerous times. If you adjust for inflation it would be the highest grossing film of all time.


yeah that makes sense. the mayor of atlanta even declared a 3-day festival when the movie was released


That is cool. You know that it is the second favorite book of American readers, behind the Bible!  That is crazy to think about that.


I know, what a reach. did you know that panda researchers wear panda costumes?


What? Well Johnny Depp brings his Jack Sparrow costume with him when he travels. That way he can visit sick kids in the hospital and surprise them.


That is so nice since so many kids like that character. I heard he does this because once his daughter was really sick and the hospital managed to save her.


Wow. I didn't know that. I love costumes from movies. The hoggle costume from labyrinth was lost in shipping and now is at the unclaimed baggage museum in Alabama. Seems like they would have just returned it.


You would think so. I guess more people get to see it since it is in a musem now.


That's true. I think it is funny that they used to call a swim suit a swimming costume! So weird.


I know, how things have changed. It was nice chatting with you


Yes, I like tennis especially when Serena Williams is playing.


did you know that a tennis player was how polo shirts came about?


No, I didn't know, I was thinking It was because of the polo players.


apparently it was because of rene lacoste


Oh, no black man won the tennis title since 1968?


that is strange. apparently in the us open 1969 it rained so much they used a helicopter to dry it


Yes it is, I wonder just how they went about drying a field with a helicopter?


it must have been the propeller mocing so fast that removed the water drops


Yes, can you imaging a tennis match last 11 hours spread over 3 days? That's almost 4 hours a day.


the players must have been exhausted by the end of it


Do you remember Billie Jean King? she was also a good tennis player.


No I do not. Do you watch all the games that Serena plays?


Yes almost all her games, I like her sister also, but I like Serena has a little more arm strength than she does.


and they are both so smart and speak fluent french and italian


That I didn't know, I didn't know they both speak 3 languages.


and serena is even a co-owner of miami dolphins


Yes, I was surprised to hear that, I thought her mind would be closely focused on tennis.


yeah , she is all over the place. she won the 23rd grand slam while pregnant


I was also surprised she played while being pregnant. I am proud she didn't let anything stop her.


I know and that baby was born a champion. it was nice chatting with you


Good morning!  Do you watch tennis?  I recently learned that the longest tennis match in history lasted for three days.


I dont usually watch it, no. I do like playing though. its too hard to follow for me


I agree that it can be hard to follow.  It reminds me of another game that is hard to follow.  Say, did you know that polo shirts were actually invented by a tennis player for tennis?


really? thats fun. Im a fan of polo shits but i would have assumed they were invented for, well, Polo!


Me too.  It just makes sense.  They were invented by a player, rene lacoste, for tennis.  Over time they were adopted by polo players.


hey I knew Lacoste! The alligator shirts!


Right!  Those shirts became really popular for everybody and still are.  Speaking of popular, have you heard of Serena Williams?  She's one of the top ranked female tennis players.


yea I know her! Shes younger than i thought.,. born in 1981. Shes a superstar. she co owns the Miami Dolphins too!


Does she really?  i guess i just thought of her as a tennis player.  It's cool to know that she owns a business, especially a football team.


I feel like so many sports stars start to go into business once they have wayyyyy too much money


I know what you mean.  Serena is surprising though.  She's not only great at tennis but speaks french and itialian.


I don't know but it is impressive.  Maybe she is an overachiever.  She won a grand slam tournament while she was pregnant after all.


I was surprised too. I would have thought it would be dangerous for the baby but she played and didn't drop a single set.


apparently in 2007 she was ranked 95th in the world. Is that high? im not really sure. i wouldve expected it to be higher i guess


I don't know. With everything reported about her it does seem low.  She's a very confident woman though. She said she could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in tennis and a man took up the challenge and beat her.


thats awkward haha her hubris got the best of her in that situation I guess


I guess so.  She has reached a ranking of number one before so maybe that gave her the encouragement.


I hope so because she really is one of the greats. Shes even beaten Maria Sharapova


I think the only women ranked above her in some ranking is Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova.


Hi, how are you? Do you know much about tennis?


Yes I love tennis. I used to play it a lot when I was a kid, what about you?


I never really played the sport. Maybe a couple of times. It always seemed complicated. Especially the score.


Yes the scoring is kind of weird for sure. Also weird is that until 1978 you could use any object as a racket, not just a tennis racket


How often did people show up with something different? That would be strange. I heard that they used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 US open. That's probably how I would have handled it, too. LOL


Haha it's a good idea though! Just think what else could they have done? what's weird is that tennis is not very popular, soccer is the most popular sport because it makes more money than all other sports combined


Soccer is easy for anyone to play. Just a ball and a flat area. Not really any special equipment.


Yes that's a good point. I do think, thinking back to tennis though, that the longest point was a rally that lasted 29 minutes, that's so exhausting!


I can't imagine. They must have collapsed. The fans must have collapsed too.


Yep it was made of a 643 shot rally back and forth, that would definitely Tire anyone out, also do you think that when a player grunts while theyre playing that that is a form of cheating?


I don't. It probably sounds vulgar and classless to the elites that play and watch the game, but some people make noise. I think grunting shows intensity.


Yep I agree, sometimes it's just a natural sound that you make too. What do you think about Serena Williams by the way?


I think she has worked hard for her success. I heard that she said she would not retire when she was tired of tennis, but when she was tired of practicing.


It's impressive that she was born in 1981. That makes her four years older than me but incredibly much better at tennis LOL


I  think that she has been involved since she was young. It takes a lifetime to get to her level. I guess she could raise her kids to be players, or become a coach.


She seems very successful though. I never realized that she was a co-owner of the dolphins


Yes, she plowed that cash into a great investment that will grow forever.


Yep I agree with you. I also didn't know she does a character voice in The Cartoon Avatar, she is very talented


What? That is a strange fact. I guess she had a chance to do the voice work. She is a celebrity, after all.


Did you ever play tennis? serena has been playing since she was 13, which is about when I started playing, but she's obviously way better LOL


I assumed that she started sooner. She must have picked it up quick. I didn't real play. Anyway, great chat! Thanks!


Yep thank you too, keep in mind Serena Williams is the first player ever, male or female, to achieve the career golden slam which is incredible


Hey, how are you?   Did you know that moon dust was harmful to humans?  I had no idea.


Me neither, I remember how they were so careful about stuff that came back from the moon thought it was all benign.


I wonder if it's just the our moon's dust or if it's all moon's dust that is harmful.


It seems like they are all so different. Like Titan may have methane based life.  I guess we'll just have to go see.


Something to look forward to right?  Have you been to any good movies lately?  Do you try and see ones that are box office hits or do you choose a movie for other reasons?


I rarely go to, or even watch any movies.  I'm too fidgety and anyway they're not very good.  Like Titanic was supposed to be so great but I never could bring myself to like DiCaprio.


Oh wow.  I love movies.  But I can see why you wouldn't.  I'm not a fan of DiCaprio either.   I wanted to like him after seeing What's Eating Gilbert Grape, but with each show after I liked him less and less.


Maybe I should have look at Gilbert Grape, that was his first big role I guess. Got him an oscar nomination, never won one for real though.  Surprising for the amount of box office he's generated.


I don't follow the awards very close.  I find I usually don't like the movies that are hits with the critics or generate huge box office revenue.  I'm never heartbroken over who doesn't win LOL.  I do love Tom Hanks though.  In my eyes he is a great actor.  I don't think I've seen a movie of his I didn't like if not love.


Yeah, Hanks has a way of pulling off so many different roles.  $8.5 billion in total box office.  And he's worth it. amazing range of roles.


I will always go to a movie he's in no matter what it's about.  Watching him in Apollo 11 is what got me more interested in space that anything else.  Up until then I had no idea the moon had mountains and valleys like the Earth.  Even high than Mt. Everest!


That mountain is really shocking, considering how small and dense the moon is.  Did you know that NASA actually considered putting a United Nations flag on the moon instead of U.S.  That would have shook up things!


Oh wow!  Can you imagine?  It's such a source of pride here in the US.  I'm glad it went the way it did.  Did you know our moon is the 5th largest satellite  in the Solar System?


Dunno about that.  But consider this, if DiCaprio played the astronaut in Apollo 11 then we could have a new record for box office flop. That would have been huge!


So true!  And no awards for that show since he seems to have a weird ability to not win any, deserved or not.   Maybe working with Brad Pitt on Growing Pains jinxed him.  Brad can't seem to do anything wrong.


look what happened to Matthew Perry, I'm wonder if he regrets sticking with TV?  Lots of work putting a show out every week and not as much money although I'm sure it's plenty.


That's true too.  I know Matthew Perry made at least one movie, I see it on TV once in a while but don't think I've ever watched start to finish so I'm not sure if it's good or not.  I'd have to check the box office numbers to see if it was considered a success or not.


We didn't mention the Revenant.  My Montana brother who's into that era history thought it was accurate. And DiCaprio really earned his money in that one getting beat up all the time.  Or his double did,


Well, maybe there is hope for DiCaprio after all.  I've heard some good things about that movie.  It's been fun chatting with you.  I'm in the mood to pop some popcorn and watch a Tom Hanks flick!


Good idea.  Maybe you have encouraged me to see one too.  Even if it is a flop, that can be a source of pride too.  After all Sleeping Beauty was a box office flop too.


Well if you do I hope you enjoy it!!  It's only a flop if you don't like it and I love most things Disney.  Treasure Plant however was a box off flop that deserved that title for sure!


Enjoy what's in front of you, not a bad idea.


I always thought that there was only one type of hockey - ice hockey.


What other kinds of hockey are there? Are they in the Olympics?


The other type is field hockey.  I do not think it is in the Olympics?


Field hockey? I wonder why anyone would play that instead of soccer.


I don't know but Canada has ice hockey as one of their national sports.


What's the other national sport? I thought Canadians talked and dreamed only about hockey.


Lacrosse is a grass sport, so I guess they play that in the summer. I don't know how well Canadian do internationally in lacrosse, but they sure do well internationally. They have a real rivalry with the US.


The US is just started to be competitive in ice hockey. A hockey player was traded for $1 in 1993 - do you know if it was a Canadian or American player?


I don't know. I would suspect that the Canadians would not go to the US for only $1.


You are right. Somehow I thought it was $1M and it was just a typo.


I've heard that hockey players can lose tons of weight in just one game. Serious exertion there.


I suppose that's mostly water. They can regain fluids pretty fast.


And it applies to professional hockey players mostly since they take hockey very seriously.


I always wondered how sports stadiums switched between basketball and hockey. The rink is right under the court!


I don't know how it works.  I wish I knew the explanation.


I think they reassemble the floor in pieces over top the rink.


I'll bet Canada has dedicated ice hockey rings since the sport is their pride and joy.  Perhaps basketball/hockey stadiums are only in the US.  I don't know.


The only place that could have both is Toronto. The Raptors share a space with the Leafs, I believe, right in downtown Toronto.


It is good to know.  I've got to run now.  It was really nice chatting with you.


I actually really enjoy it, and I've been playing my whole life, both ice, and ball hockey. How about you?


Oh, wow. I like to watch but could never play. I was stunned when I recently learned that an ice hockey rink just remains under a basketball court when they switch it.


Yeah, it's insane how fast they do the conversion too. In less than 24 hours, they are able to completely transform the whole arena, from basketball floor, to ice. It's funny, back in the day, hockey rinks only used to have one penalty box for both teams, so you'd have players from opposing teams, fight with each other in the boxes!


Oh wow! That is impressive. I didn't know they put them in the same box either. That's a recipe for disaster. Did you know that Canada has two national sports?


Interesting. you'd think that Canada's national sport would only be hockey, but I guess there's another sport, just as popular. Hockey is an interesting sport. you usually think of hockey games as being low scoring, but the Slovakian women's hockey team, once beat Bulgaria 82-0, it was ridiculous.


I can't imagine a hockey game scoring that high. I'm surprised when a team scores 5 or over. I can't see how it's possible to score 82.


It was a crazy game, they averaged 1 goal every 44 seconds. They would basically win the face-off, and center ice, and skate down, and score, every play.


Wow! I wonder what in the world the goalie was doing. Did you know that the average professional hockey players loses up to 8 pounds in one hockey game?!


seriously?! I had no idea. No wonder they have been known to bulk up with pasta's and heavy meals before games, because they know that they'd lose that weight anyway, haha


I would think you would have to load up or you'd pass out. Do you enjoy wrestling at all? Traditional or the flashy soapy kind?


I used to watch wrestling a lot as a kid, but nowadays, the story lines have just become ridiculous, and unwatchable to me. One of my favorite wrestlers was Macho Man, did you know he was actually signed to play with the St. Louis Cardinals, before he started wrestling? That guy was talented.


Oh I remember Macho Man. No I did not know that. It's very interesting. Were you aware that Abe Lincoln is in the wrestling hall of fame?


I did know that he was a wrestler, but didn't know that he was in the hall of fame, that's awesome.


He was very accomplished. He only lost once in around 300 matches. Very impressive.


Wow, in today's world, that would, that would probably make him one of the top athletes. Neil Degrasse Tyson was actually undefeated in his high school wrestling career, and even wrestled for Harvard, but I have no idea how many matches he fought in


I did not know that about Tyson. He's a big man but I didn't peg him as an athlete. Before becoming a philosopher, Plato was also a professional wrestler.


See, that makes sense to me, because Plato was Greek, and Greek wrestling was hugely popular, and still is.


It makes sense to me as well. Since you mentioned Macho Man earlier, did you know that his outfits were designed by the same person who designed clothing for Jimi Hendrix and Aerosmith?


You know, I did not know that, but now that I think of it, that would completely make sense. Those guys had a great fashion sense, and Macho Man definitely looked similar to them.


Yes I do. the Infinity War is the first one to be filmed with imax cameras


Yeah. Do you know who is the waitress that is saved by captain america?


Yes that was the same person that voice Gretchen in Recess


yeah. Do you know who played the Hulk in the 90s?


Yes that was Lou Ferrigno and he still does the voice of Hulk


Yeah. Because of the movie, the shawarma sales really went up


Cool. The guy who voiced Jarvis has never seen the movie


WOw cool . Do you know when the Infinity War came out?


Yes that was in 2018 and it was released in 3D as well


Yeah those are awesome. On another topic, do you like Brady?


I sure do. Did you know his wife makes double what he makes?


Yes she is super rich too. Brady is always in the injury report


Yes the coach seems to like to list him in the weekly report


Yeah. He has never eaten a strawberry in his life


I wonder if he is allergic or just not a fan of them


I have no idea. with his current team, he has either won or lost the super bowl by 3 or 4 points


Yes the Arizona Senator. He was really against a MLK Day to be a national holiday


WOw that is sad. His mom is still alive and she even took race-car driving lessons not too long ago


Hello! Do you watch football?  What do you think of Tom Brady, the Patriot's quarterback?


Hi.  I rarely watch football.  I think Brady is good looking and clearly he's good at what he does.  A lot of people seem to hate him though.  I think I saw what he wore to the met gala


I didn't hear about that or see anything of it?  What did he wear?


It was just a tux with gold embroidery like the article says.  If I remember the theme was something about the popes/catholic church so some people went all out


Oh I see.  Well I know his wife is a super model. I hear she makes more than twice he does a year.


I didn't know that, but good for her.  Their kids have probably hit the genetic jackpot.   Why would they list him every week on the injury report when he's not hurt?


I bet they do that to mess with the other team.  You know what I think is odd about Brady?  He has never eaten a strawberry before!


Which is a really weird thing for anyone to know.  Unless you're allergic I don't know how you get to your 30s without eating a strawberry.


I know, it's so bizarre.  I've heard he and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, are on special diets.  Strawberries are a fruit so why not eat them?


Or, maybe its some kind of sports superstition thing.  I didn't know he wasn't picked until the 6th round.  Pretty good deal for the patriots back then I'm sure


It did turn out to be a good deal for them.  Since he was picked in the 6th round do you know if they intended him to be their starter or if they had another quarterback that he replaced at some point?


How about the Avengers?  Are you a superhero movie person?


I like some of them.  I haven't seen Infinity War yet.  I think that's the one with Guardians of the Galaxy in it. Have you seen it?


I get the movies mixed up, but I did see the one with the Guardians.  They're ok for light entertainment.  Its kind of cute they got matching tattoos together


Who got matching tattoos?  I've only seen that actual Guardians movie, not any with them as additional characters.


The article says the avengers got tattoos, except Mark Ruffalo for some reason.


Did you know that the avengers movie caused sales in shawarmas to go up?


I don't know what shawarmas are??  I've never seen the original hulk tv series, but I'm kind of surprised lou ferrigno is still around


I've seen repeats of the original hulk show.  It was pretty good.  Lou Ferrigno played the hulk while Bill Bixby played Bruce.


And he's still dong voice work, good for him.  Bill Bixby  I've never heard of


I think he was a popular actor back in the 1970s.  It is cool that even though they may replace the hulk physically Ferrigno is still his voice.


Only occasionally when there's a big tournament like Wimbledon, or if I see a big name like Serena Williams. What about you?


I don't think I've heard of them. Are they major players?


I don't know many men's players besides Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.


Do you recall who the only black man to win a U.S. title was?


That name sounds familiar, now that you mention it. Does he still play tennis?


No, he has passed away. Serena and Venus are the only black champions around today.


They are both amazing players. Serena has been #1 in Women's Tennis for over six years in total.


What are we going to do when Serena leaves the game. Who is the next major player to take her spot?


Angelique Kerber did beat Serena at Wimbledon last year, though I don't think her overall record can match Serena's.


She did well and Serena lost the U.S Open too


The one who won the U.S. Open (Naomi Osaka, I think her name was?) was an amazing player. She could easily be one to rise to the #1 spot in the future.


Agreed. I do like her alot. I think she is the future of tennis for sure.


I wonder if we'll ever see someone break the record that Serena shares with Steffi Graf for holding the #1 place the longest.


Steffi is my all time favorite player. I think her and Serena could beat many of the high ranked men on the tournament.


Serena and Venus once said they could beat any man ranked 200 or lower, and the 203rd ranked male player beat them both, even though they're both incredible.


Serena was pregnant when she last won the Australian, how amazing is that!


That's mind-blowing! Think of how many people can't do that even when they aren't pregnant.


I believe Serena has been at the top of her peers about 319 weeks. (Please hit done as my button is not working).


Serena definitely has earned her spot. (No problem, mine just lit up this turn!)


I heard that Tiafoe played Mannarino of France during the first round of the U.S. Open in August of 2018.  Tiafoe is only 20 and from Maryland.


How did he do? Pro tennis at 20 is very good


He beat Mannarino despite having a wild crowd.   He had in prior competition lost blaming his nerves, but won that match with Mannarino.


Thats a pretty big upset! I wonder how he would far against the likes of Federer


He was so excited to win.   He had in the past beet Troicki as a teen, Isner in 2016 and pushed Federer to five sets last year.


Thats really good. Against the guy thats rank #3 in the world


He will have to face Alex de Minaur in the second round in Arthur Ashe Stadium.  I remember Arthur Ashe as a tennis great.


Hopefully it will a good match and doesn't take 11 hours to play!


Do you follow women's tennis?  Simona Halep is ranked No. 1 and lost in the first round


I do. Its crazy how some of these upsets happen. I think Serena is one of the best women ever


It must be interesting to be a twin player.  Do they still wear polo shirts in the competitions?  They were originally invented by Rene "the Crocodile" Lacoste but adopted by polo players.


I believe a lot of the men do. Serena wear a catsuit i think. Outside of the french open where its banned


I wonder how many African Americans are in professional tennis.  Only one has won the US Open Title in 1968 and none since.


thats crazy to think about. Especially with how good Serena has been.


Well, my mistake I meant African men in tennis.  I'm not sure about womens' records.  Serena Williams has ranked third in the "Open Era."  She has the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.


I guess it might be hard considering 3 men have 56% of the grand slams since 2000


That may be a confounding factor. I wonder how long it took the helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 US open.


Must have been a lot of rain I wonder if they have changed any drainage since then


You would think so.  Good thing for paddle tennis though!  You can play indoors.  US Open quarterfinalist Gael Monfils beat the "roger federer of paddle tennis" just days after learning how to play paddle tennis.


Once in a while. I like Serena Williams and her sister Venus. How about you?


I really like the Williams sisters. Serena is tough. She won her 23rd grand slam tournamend while sh ewas two months pregnant.


That's awesome! She was ranked 95th in the world, but still won the Australian Open in 2007, too.


I believe she has reached number one after that too. So I'm not sure how she found time to do anything besides tennis, but she and her sister are fluent in French and Italian.


Wow. That's neat! She's been number one for 319 weeks!


Cool, and she's also a co owner of the Miami Dolphins.


I didn't realize that. She is the same age as Roger Federer.


If Federer gets his sixth U.S Open trophy in September, he will be the tournament's oldest winner in the Open Error.


Pretty cool! He has his own stamp in Switzerland.


Sorry I meant era, not error, haha! He is 18-0 in opening round matches. I don't know too much about tennis but that sounds pretty good.


Sounds good to me, too! He has his worst injury when he was filling the bathtub for his kids.


Wow, sounds pretty ironic. I totally understand the painful stretching you do when having to tend to children though, haha


Same here! He actually tore his meniscus doing that.


I wonder if he tends to his cows himself? He has been gifted two cows over his career.


I know, right. One was for the 2003 Wimbledon and one for the 2013 swiss open.


He must be pretty popular since he's ranked 3rd.


He has also won the most Grand Slam singles titles out of anyone in history for a male player.


Wow! The longest tennis match lasted 11 hours!


Hello - I do like tennis. What about you?


yeah me too. do you like serena williams?


Yep I think she is really good at tennis.


yes she is for sure. did you know she was pregant when she she won the 23 grand slam?


Oh wow I didn't know that. Pretty crazy. Did you know she is the co-owner of the Miami Dolphins?


that is amazing,a businesswoman too. she speaks many languages too


I didn't know she spoke many languages. Sounds like she does it all.


yeah she speaks italian, french, as does her sister


That's pretty cool. Did you know she went pro in tennis at age 13?


That woman is all talent. do you know how polo short became famous?


Yes she is. I have no idea how Polo became famous. How did they?


rene lacoste , the tennis player  invented them


Oh wow that's cool. Is that the Lacoste brand?


yeah it is, so it was just adopted by other players later


Got it, that makes sense. Did you know that up until 1978, a tennis player could use any object as a racket?


wow, wonder how that worked out. did you know they once used a helicopter to dry a tennis court?


HAHA that's hilarious, but I bet it worked pretty well!


yes, right? do you know how long the longest tennis match lasted?


No. But I do like to watch it. Did you hear about Novak Djokovic sides with Serena Williams?


Yes I remember, it was in the final of the US open last year.


Yes. Serena was fined 17,000 by the U.S. Tennis Association for cascading  code violation after being issued a warning.


I guess she was losing the final and got angry and started yelling at the umpire.  I feel bad for the winner, all the focus is on Serena, not the person that won.


Yes you have a point. A lot of emotions that day. But plenty of  people pointed out that male stars have not being penalized for worse comments.


I know she has a bit of history of bad behavior on the tennis court, probably counted against her.


Ok. Did not know that. There is also an opinion that the chair umpire should not have pushed Serena to the limit, especially in a Grand Slam final,


Do you watch much tennis?  I really like to see Roger Federer, he's really stylish when he's playing.


No, I do not. But yes Roger Federer is stylish even though Novak Djokovic has more career earnings than Roger Federer.


Tennis is actually a good subject for me, I was born in a town next to Wimbledon, I went to one of the schools from which they picked the ball boys and girls.


Ok. That sounds interesting. Speaking about tennis. Did you know that until 1978 a tennis player was allowed to use any object as racket?


They should keep that rule, no one is ever going to break it, but I'd love to see someone come onto the court with something different, maybe a snow shoe.


Lol... Yes, wishing to see another record, do you remember The longest point in pro tennis history was a 643-shot rally that lasted for 29 minutes?


I think I might have switched off after shot 300.  Another long one was the game that went over three days.


Ok. Did you know that Serena Williams is a coowner of Miami Dolphins?


I wasn't aware of that.  She could take out some of her anger issues with the football players.  She's won so many tournaments that she must have a few dollars, plus the sponsorship's.


I think she did good for herself. She went pro in tennis at the age of 13 and is the first tennis player to achieve the career golden slam.


Wow, 13 seems really young.  That's a lot of pressure on a kids, but I suppose if you are good enough then play.  I know that typically female tennis players mature a lot earlier than the men.


Ok. Did not know. I think I'll start to watch more of tennis, even though soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined, and I do like to watch soccer more than tennis.


It was good chatting with you, have a good day.


Are you into professional tennis?  I watch it a little, particularly Wimbledon...


I do not follow it a lot but a friend does.  I hear there is a new guy named Tiafoe


Yeah, I don't know him.  I know Federer, Nadal, Murry and a few others.


Yes I like the Williams sisters.  Serena is an amazing player


I've lost track of women's although I know them from other media exposure.


Yes she has been ranked number 1 on 8 different occasions


Wow, that's some record.  I didn't realize Arthur Ashe had a stadium named after him.


Yes.  Arthur Ashe was an amazing player who died of AIDS sadly.


I knew he was dead... I heard he got AIDS from a blood transfusion. Sad.


Yes.  Only one black man has ever won the US Open and that was back in 1968


Who was that?  A little before my time.  I did realize that polo shirts originated with Lacoste... Good ol' Izod...


For sure.   Did you know that the longest tennis match was 11 hours long?


I bet that caused some tennis elbow.  I wonder who was playing.  Probably a game like a Federer and Nadal match-up.


I am not sure but it took 3 days to finish!


That's crazy.  The fans sure got their money's worth.  I bet the Williams sisters could have a match like that.


For sure.  They are amazing players!  And they both speak fluent french and italian!


I wish I were more versatile language wise.  I could communicate at Wimbledon and a U.S. Open.  I'd be lost if it weren't in English.


I learned Italian and French in school and am teaching myself Italian.  I love languages.


Cool.  My degrees are in engineering where electives were few.  Some actually consider computer languages  a "language."  I don't think so... I couldn't speak to the WIlliams sisters in Java...


Yes I know a lot of computer languages as well but my degree was in math!   I did not know Serena was a co-owner of the Miami Dolphins!


Tennis has been very good to her.  Also Federer... I bet Switzerland makes him their president...


Yes he has won 56% of men's grand slam titkles since 2000


If he wasn't so charming I'd swear he's some kind of tennis robot.


His biggest industry ever he got while drawing a bath for his daughter!


I do, I use to use it alot more. How about you?


Same. It is a same considering it is such a vast and valuable resource


Agree.now that they have video games more teenagers going.


They are trying to make a library of things that allows patrons to use useful things they need, but don't need to own long term


yes, The library with its vast of information can help those without access to the internet do incredible things. Like a Malawian teenager who maked a windwill from the books.


I mean a man used the library to prove his innocence and become a lawyer while falsely imprisoned


How great is that! So important. The library of Alexandria had a unique way of gathering books by making all ships visiting surrender their books for copy .


They must have had a impressive collection


How unfair, they would copy their books give them back the copy and keep the originals.


I guess that is true. Do you think we will ever have a centralized digital library of all our works and knowledge?


I think so, The entertainment executive that wouldn't hire for a role, got it wrong with Ronald Reagan, not having the look. lol


I guess he wasn't president like for the executive, but enough so for most americans


lol, yes. I knew he liked jelly bellies, they became very popular then. But, I didn't know they made blueberry flavor for him.


Did you know he called ice cream nutritious and a wholesome food. If only that was true


I wish it so. He was also a hero in high school, saving 77 lives as a lifeguard!


That is no easy feat. He sure had an amazing career from a hollywood actor to president


I agree. I like the respect he has given the military by returning the salute in 1981.


Indeed I hope our next president would be of a similar caliber. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Yes, you too. Have a nice day! good chat


Robert M. Higdon was a really good man, who had a short life.


I agree with you, seeing the fact that he provided good company and work to those close to him.


I am curious as to how he became so well connected in Washington, he seems to have had a lot of power.


If you see in Article Section 2, you can see how his judgments lead to the success of the Reagan establishments.


Oh, you are right, thanks. He really did have good judgements, he got to say at first-class hotels during his international travels.


I too would provide the best service for my employers who brought in his quality of service! On a darker note, it's depressing to see how many deaths we had in 2018...


He raised su much money, and had a good salary, I am curious as to what made him choose this path of employment.


Well we can see how his fundraising tactics were successful. However, we can see how he may have been dishonest with the money received.


Yeah I agree, I really hate it when someone who many people might lookup to isn't honest with their money, it can have a bad impact on them.


Exactly. However, I am curious about whether or not Ronald Reagan's fame helped him in electing him for presidency. If you see in factual section 2.


Hm, you are right, he did have a lot of connection in Washington.


You know what I think it is? Education. Seeing how a man was false imprisoned and taught himself law to prove is innocence is note worthy. That's probably how these successful people did well in life


That was note worthy, however there are often people who are born into a rich lifestyle that can get better quality education or know family or friends who are in high positions and I feel that is unfair. Aww, he had a little dog who was a certified therapy dog.


Right?! That's probably why he did so well in office. I think if we all had certified therapy dogs to help us with out work, we'd get more done.


It's my understanding that Mr. Hidgeon stayed with Patti Davis's mother, or Reagan's wife, that interests me.


I agree with you. It's hard not to think that he was not only family associate but almost like a family member, given all that he did for their family. Do you think he would have run for presidency?


He seemed quite interested in politics, I think he might have run if he hadn't died. There were several people who were popular who died in 2018.


Yeah I agree with you. Given his background. Anthony B. was an inspiration to us all.


Anthony B was 61, it must have been hard on his family, losing someone at that age.


True, like Robert Higdon, he was successful in his area of expertise. Speaking of food related stuff, I wonder what Ronald Raegans favorite ice cream was.


Good question! I know that he liked Ice Cream so much he established National Ice Cream Month.


Is it bad that everyday is National Ice Cream month... But what's surprising is how there isn't much of a difference compared to a presidents list of duties.


Presidents are so busy, many people don't realize things that they must do, or how they have to do it. Before the elections campaigning is a lot of hard work, they have to travel to so many different states.


Exactly. I'm curious to know what it feels like to have that much power. Or at least be an affiliate to someone with high level of power. Kind of like Higdon's position.


I know there's a documentary on Reagan's presidency, there are probably other documentaries that would give a perspective on what it's like to be President.


Thanks for that! Would you want to have the name of a Prime minister or President?


I would recommend Margaret Thatcher, she rose to power in Britain and the BBC ordered a documentary on her.


Thank you. If you have time, I would suggest watching Anthony B's documentary on his food adventures. It was very nice talking to you.


Have you ever heard of Robert M. Higdon?  He's new to me.


He is pretty new to me as well.  I heard he was big in the development of Reagan's Presidential Library.


I've always been curious what a presidential library is.  Never been to one, have this picture in my head of a regular library, must be different.


I wonder the same thing, I wonder if it is just a library that he helped to fund and sponsor, there is a museum too.  I wonder what that has in it.


Seems he did similar thing for the British PM, Thatcher.


Maybe he just really loved all that libraries have to offer and saw a lot of value in them.


My daughter loves libraries, she loves to read.  I'm glad she does, she reads a book a day.  It saves us a lot of money.


The UK PM back in 1895 founded a library and wheelbarrowed his collection of 32,000 books almost a mile to the library.


I hope it wasn't raining!  I might want to publish a book in Norway, a guaranteed 1000 sold to the government.


Then they get put in libraries, so they are supporting authors and reading.  I think that is fantastic!


Agreed, reading is wholesome and nutritious for the brain.  Not sure Reagan's idea that ice cream was the same for the body is right.


He had some great ideas, that wasn't one of them.  I love ice cream and all, but it isn't exactly nutritious.


Were I to live in Japan and live to a 100, I could have my  ice cream in a silver cup from the PM.


That is pretty cool, they probably had to start finding a cheaper way to make cups.  It seems that there would be a lot of people making it to 100 in Japan, versus the US.


I like the idea of libraries expanding to other things, like the Sacramento library where you can get things that useful like sewing machines.


I think that is a great idea, that way people can checkout things that they might need.  It is a great way of community sharing.


I wonder if you can check out things from presidential libraries?  I suspect not, probably more like a museum.


Probably, especially it there is unique things that can't be replaced.  One thing that is hopeful for the country is there are more libraries than mcdonalds in the US.  Yay for reading!


Definitely not wholesome and nutritious.  I'm sure McDonald's are working on that one.


There is a man who was wrongly convicted in jail and spent his time in the prison library reading law books and then became a lawyer.


Probably a cheaper way than going to college and getting all those student loans.  Still, the environment would not be nice.


He then used his skill to help others that were in his situation, falsely convicted people.  Which is pretty neat.


Hello.  What do you think of virtual reality?  I recently learned that the first virtual reality game was made in 1968!


Hello, I'm a fan for sure! I think it's amazing being able to transport yourself to an imaginary environment and even look around and interact with things, I had no idea the technology existed that long ago!


I didn't either until recently.  Some of it seems to be geared towards kids and I wish it wasn't.  Take for example lockheed martin. They have a virtual reality bus that takes kids on a tour of mars. I would like to do that too.


That's crazy, I'm sure a lot of people take advantage of it. Although I wonder how kids feel with it, I know a lot of people experience motion sickness in virtual reality, maybe they couldn't handle it.


I never thought about getting motion sickness from it before.  I guess it is possible since the brain is perceiving two realities.


I wonder if the headsets have improved since 1968. I know originally, it was a stereoscopic head-mounted display rendering computer-generated images, but I'm sure it was bulkier back then, and maybe lighter and easier to use now.


With the improvements on computers the headsets are probably a lot smaller and lighter than before.  Did you know that the scientist who discovered some of saturn's moons thinks that we are living in a computer generated virtual reality?


Wow, as much as I want to call him insane he seems more qualified than me, but I'm still a skeptic. Are you interested in clothing at all?


I am interested in clothing.  I think it's very funny to realize that the romans thought that wearing pants was a sign of barbarism!


Well I can see where they're coming from! I think the only reason people DO wear pants is because to ride a horse in an army, it was more effective to wear pants than robes.


Yes it was unless you were in britain where they rode side saddle.  A lot of things are different there.  They consider trousers to be underwear where america considers trousers to be pants.


That's really hard to imagine, for us I'm sure that seems insane. Then again, we have our own culture that dictates fashion, I know MC Hammer's pants inspired a lot of things, even Aladdin's pants!


I never knew that!  I thought that Aladdin's pants were from how the people in that country dressed long ago.


Ahah I thought so also, I guess the culture around pants has changed a lot in modern days. I remember one of the craziest things I saw in the news was a judge suing a dry cleaning business for over $67 million just over one pair of pants.


Wow  i haven't heard about that! Why did he sue them?  Were the pants messed up in some way?


I believe the pants got lost! Still that much money for one pair? Maybe he only had saggy pants left and was from Collinsville, Illinois where they prohibit them!


That is way way too much money for one pair and I hope he lost his case.  However, being a judge he probably didn't. Now I do know about the Collinsville law.  What i would like to know is just how do they enforce it.  What is too saggy?


Exactly! I wonder where the line ends too. I bet they have a similar rule for shoes, like you can't have shoes too dusty or something!


Or too smelly!  What they need in that case is some dry tea bags. Those are supposed to absorb odors in shoes.


I need to use that! I think I have old gym shoes that could use them. I definitely don't want to throw them out even though they are very old, because I believe very old shoes actually perform better than new shoes!


Oh they definitely do!  Shoes as far back as 5000 years ago are made so much better than todays and out perform todays shoes by miles.


That's crazy, I hope I can somehow find them on the market to test out the theory myself. Anyways, it was nice chatting with you, have a nice day!


Do you have liking for musicals like Aida?


hi how are you? i do not know that musical. i do like musicals though.


I can't say that I'm a big fan.  I did see a version of Cats once in London.


that sounds like fun. i know that cats is a famous one. i have never seen it. i should go see it. i do not have the money though.


I'd save your money, it was not that good.  I guess Elton John is involved in some of these musicals.


EJ is a musical talent but i guess not everything is great. he is a dramatic type and very creative but perhaps he should stick to crocodile rockin'


I think there is a movie coming out soon about him.  I know he was involved in that Lion King movie, doing its songs, its a musical now.


elton has written great songs. i hope that he continues to write. i think that the lion king musical is not as good as the film. i would not see it.


Do you play any musical instrument, piano or guitar possibly?


I do not. I am terrible at the music. I would love to be able to play but I am not good at all. you?


I too would like to play, had a go with a guitar a couple of times, but not very persistent.


it is difficult to be a musician. it takes practice and time and talent and I do not have any of these. I think that the guitar is the coolest of all instruments, cooler than the oboe and bassoon.


Yes, love love to be able to play music on a guitar, some Queen or Pink Floyd would be great.


those are classic bands with great songs. if you could play those songs, you would get all kinds of friends. you would be a star on the guitar. what kind of costume would you wear though


I'm fairly conservative when it comes to clothing.  I would certainly not wear what Elton John used to in the seventies.


EJ was a trendsetter who stood out from the crowd. i could not wear his clothes in public. i would feel awkward. you would have to wear something to be a star though. maybe dress as a sunflower?


He can wear what we wants, he's sold over 300 million records.  I doubt if he cares how people judge him.


i guess he could wander about in the buff if he so chose. he has sold many records and his style is not the reason for that. he can be a free spirit. elton, wherever you are, fly free, you diva.


Or a panda costume like those panda researchers wear.


that would be so elton! he knows no boundaries. anyway, great chat!


Have a good day.  Try to wear an interesting costume for the rest of the day.


Hey! I was thinking of seeing Elton John in concert.  Tickets are around $25-$55 bucks. does that sound reasonable?


That is a good price for the man who sang "Candle in the Wind 1997"


Especially since he has over 50 top 40 hits. I can't believe he has sold over 300 million records and I get to see him live!


Good for you!     Seven consecutive number one albums is also an impressive record.


No joke! I really hope his lyricist since 1967, Bernie Taupin, will be there!


What is Elton John's real name?    I forget.


His current name is Sir Elton Hercules John but he was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight! I didn't realize he changed so much about himself just to perform.


True.    I wonder if he will change it back.     When was he born?    I know he is retiring from touring.


He was born the 25 of march in 1947.  I did not realize how old he was! The songwriting partner I was talking about was born in 1967.  I also didn't know there was such an age difference.


Interesting.     Which performer did Elton John help with in the 2013 Grammys?


Ed Sheeran.  Even though I'm not a huge fan it was a great performance.  What do you love most about Elton?


I like songs like "Your Song".    Can you believe it was originally written for 3 Dog Night!


No way! I think that would ruin the song completely! Just like cutting the song "Can you feel the love tonight" from the Lion King would ruin that movie. They almost did cut it but it went on to win an Oscar for best original song.


I enjoyed the Broadway version of the lion King.     Impressive Costumes!


I agree! So thinking back to the concert I am mad that the show is only two and a half hours. I could stay their all night!


Well, shows have to end sometime or the speakers might catch on fire like they did for Eddie Van Halen one time.


He was recording the solo for "beat it" I believe. He is really great too.  I was incorrect about something I said earlier.  I stated that Bernie Taupin was born in 1967 but that is actually the date Elton and him became partners.  Sorry for the misinformation.


No problem.    Some guitar players are really smart.     Brian may has a PhD in Astrophysics.


I hear he uses coins as guitar picks as well.  That is just crazy! I wonder what other crazy things other guitarist have done!


Well, Matthew Bellamy hold the Guinness world record for smashed guitars on a tour.


I love Mr. Bellamy!  I like Pink Floyd also.  They turned a houseboat into a floating recording studio and called it the astoria. It is crazy what some musicians will do with for their music.


True, but so do other professions.    Some panda researchers wear panda costumes to work!


I guess that is just like the hoggie costume they used in labyrinth.  Well I am going to go get my tickets now it has been a pleasure talking to you!


Later on.     Perhaps you can borrow Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow costume that he uses when he visits sick kids in hospitals!


I do - I am a big Elton John Fan.  I love what he did with the Lion King


Yeah that was cool. What other music do you like?


I love his song Your Song - it was originally recorded by Three Dog Night


Wow i did not know that elton john failed an audition.


Yes apparently he is not good at writing lyrics.  Someone gave him some lyrics and ended up working for him


Funny how the things in life lead us. Do you know what his break out hit was?


Right i think i remember that song. I don't know much about his earlier work.


He sold more than 300 million records and for 31 years he had a song in the top 100.  There is a lot of it!


Wow he did all that in the 70's-00's that is some accomplishments. Did he play the guitar?


No he just played the piano.  I am not sure where Matthew Bellamy played the guitar or just smashed them


To funny!! You said he played in the lion king?


Elton John wrote the music.  Bellamy was in the band muse and holds the guinness record for most guitars smashed!


Never understood why they did that. The music he wrote in the lion king. Is that the one that say "can you feel the love tonight?


Yes.  The song was almost cut and he had to campaign for it to be left in.  It won an Oscar for best original song!


Glad he pushed for it to be in. Do you know pink floyd?


Yes I remember seeing on tv how their guitarist turned a houseboat on the Thames into a record studio


Have you ever watched firefly apparently the costumes are left overs from Starship Troopers.


Yes might as well recycle!  I want to be a panda researcher and get to dress up like a panda every day


Wow this is so nice, Jonny depp travels with his Jack Sparrow costume just in case he makes a visit to a hospital to see sick kids.


That is cool.  I cant believe that a costume from labyrinth was lost in shipping and now sits at the unclaimed baggage museum!


That's to funny but i loved that movie and the costumes. Nice chatting with you.


Yes I do like superhero movies I specially like Groot, what do you think about him?


I love Groot even though he only says 3 words!


Yep I agree with you. Did you ever see the superhero movie Thor by the way? It came out in 2011


I did, I wasn't too much of a fan, i liked the new thor. What did you think of it


Yeah I like the newest one, Thor Ragnarok the best, I only thought the first one was ok, interesting was directed by Kenneth Branagh


It was so good, it set the mood for the avengers movie. Apparently tom hiddleston auditioned for thor but  got loki instead


That is pretty interesting. What do you think about Ant-Man? Apparently he made his debut before Spider-Man, The Hulk, Thor, or even Iron Man


I didn't know that. They were good movies, a different kind of superhero


What's crazy though is that 80% of the dialogue in Thor Ragnarok was actually improvised, maybe thats why I liked it


wow, i did not know that! I don't like that disney owns the rights to marvel now


I don't like that either. It seems like they have too much that they own now. They even own Star Wars!


Right, talk about a monopoly. They are taking everything marvel and disney off netflix which is all i watch basically!


Haha you're right about that. Do you think that Sony was dumb for not buying all of Marvel's properties when they had the chance?


man they are so not smart! I tell you what though, Iron man was so good when it came out in 2008


Yep that was one of my favorite Marvel movies actually, it's crazy that the person who played Ralphie in"A Christmas Story"was the executive producer of that movie lol


I remember watching it in theatres. I did not know that lol I dont know how I feel now about that!


Yeah it's pretty crazy haha. What do you think about the fact that Iron Man was filmed without a script? It was mostly made up on the spot which is crazy


wow, that takes a smart person to be honest. Stan lee created iron man because he thought no one would like him.


Yeah I don't know how he came up with that. Iron Man is easily one of the best characters LOL. I love Robert Downey jr. In the role


for sure, he is the best for it. Good chatting with you!


Yes, I do like superhero movies. Do you like Marvel?


Yes they have amazing movies. Did you see Thor?


Yes I really liked that movie. Have you seen the Avegners: Infinity War?


I have actually I like them both. Did you know Antman made his debut in Thor?


That is cool. Did you know Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel comics in the 1990


Did not know that but I know that they offers to sell the rights to the characters to Sony and they only bough spiderman.


That is interesting. Marvel also published a generic comic named super-hero and super-villain before.


Hmm interesting. Have you heard of the superhero Access?


I have not heard of that before. Do you like the 2008 film of Iron Man?


Yeah it was good too. The guy who player Ralphie in a Christmas story was the producer of it


In the beginning, the people who took tony stark reveal the whole plot of the movie in the language of Urdu


Wow nice. The first movie was also filmed without a scripts, pretty cool huh?


Thats very cool. Did you know the richest superhero is black panther?


Nice, did now know that, thought maybe Tony Stark was, he seems to have a lot of money


Yeah black panther has an estimated worth of $500 billion! That is a lot of money


Wow that sure is. The guy who did the voice of Jarvis has never seen the movies


Wow, Jarvis also stands for just a rather very intelligent system


yeah and it is voiced by Paul Bettany. Do you know why Stan Lee created Iron-Man?


I did know that. Did you know the spaceships in Thor are named after old Australian cars?


Haha that is so cool, did not know that. The actor that plays Loki originally auditioned for the role of Thor


Awesome. Odin's ravens in thor also appear in the avengers film too


Nice, there is so much overlap with these movies


Do you watch any of the Marvel movies? They are some of my favorites


I love Marvel movies. I really like the first Iron Man. I'm super impressed that Robert Downey Jr. improvised it all.


There wasn't even a script! No wonder it was such a great movie! He only made $500K for that first movie, too!


yeah, I read he made 10 million for the second one.


Sometimes it pays to stick around for the sequel. The person who does the voice of Jarvis has never actually watched the movies


wow, that's crazy. Stan Lee created Iron Man because he didn't think anyone would like him. I guess you never know what's going to happen


He's the kind of guy that we love to hate. Stan Lee is a genius though for creating all the heroes that he has


Did you hear that Disney doesn't own the rights to big marvel characters in theme parks easta of the Mississippi?


Isn't that due to a deal they made with Universal Studios? Some of the rides at their park are based off Marvel characters, and that would be hard to move


yeah, I guess it was because of a deal they signed with Universal Studios in the 90s


But they could utilize the Marvel characters west of the Mississippi if they wanted. Both Marvel and DC both own one character for the sole purpose of keeping the universes separate


yeah, I heard his name is access. Funny name considering what he is used for.


Very true. I wonder if that was a name that Stan Lee came up with. He did create one called Blue Ear just for a 4 year old who needed hearing aids


I don't know, these contract deals are always so weird. Apparently fox didn't think Marvel was worth 25 million, so they only bought Spiderman for 10 million


They did make two version of him in the time they had the rights, and now they've made a deal with Marvel. They definitely didn't see that outcome


Did you hear Marvel successfully argued in court that mutants are not people? It goes against the whole idea behind the X-Men


I'm surprised the judge went for that one, but maybe they were unfamiliar with the movies. That's a strange argument to get a lower rate than that for dolls


I mean they are toys, and not dolls. So I sorta agree.


I guess it depends on your perspective. Like, I wonder why Thor got his first movie before AntMan when AntMan was created first


Did they make that decision based on comic books sales. Sometimes I wonder what the deciding factors are


Hello there, did you see the Iron Man movie?


I saw that in theatres years ago, it got me loving marvel movies, how about you?


I actually never saw the movie for some reason, but heard that Tony Stark has a lot of money.


I heard he is worth 100 billion in the films


That is crazy, and the real Robert Downey only made 500,000 for the first one but then 10 mill for the 2nd!


Man, that was a big pay increase lol. I didn't like Iron man 2 too much


Yeah that is a crazy pay raise from one to the next!  I didn't realize the first film did so well.


For sure, I just remember leaving the theatres thinking what an awesome movie! Who would have guessed what was to come after that. Do you know Paul Bettany?


I think he did some of the voices in the movies right?


He was jarvis in those movies. Apparently he never watched them lol


Lol that is hilarious!  I don't know how you wouldn't want to see the final product you have been working on.


Right, maybe he was made mad he was just a voice


Lol, well i'm sure he wasn't mad when he got his paycheck for just being a voice.


For sure, that is the perfect job for me. Shy on camera but can talk on the radio if I needed to lol


Yeah I wouldn't mind just being a voice, I always wanted to work for my local radio station lol.


Me too, lol. I don't think it pays much. Do you like Marvel comics in general?


Yeah I used to read quite a bit when I was younger, how about you?


Me too, who was your favorite character?


I would say Wolverine for sure, how about you?


Great choice, I would say the xmen in general I loved growing up. I like deadpool now, those were great movies and comics!


Yeah I liked that Deadpool was rated R lol.  Anyways, it's been nice chatting with you, I hope you have a good day!


I do! I just watched avengers the other day! Have you seen Wonder Woman?


I haven't, but I should! It was the highest grossing superhero movie!


I know! I've seen the Dark Knight too, have you? It was the highest before Wonder Woman.


I did. I didn't realize Batman's character was created in 1939!


He's been around a long time. Did you see Logan? I haven't yet.


I haven't seen that either. There are a lot of superheros to keep up with! About 300 in the US


There are a lot! Gal Gadot won a critics choice award for Wonder Woman!


She thought she was auditioning for catwoman when she tried out for that role.


Thats crazy! That would be odd to do. I did not know this! There was a comic series about fixing the collateral damage caused by superheroes


There is also a superhero called normalman who has no superpowers. Haha.


Hm! I wonder what he does? Just call himself a superhero? :)


I think so! He's the only one without superpowers on a planet of superheroes.


That's fun! Stan lee wrote 15 DC comics! He was in the Avengers movie I just watched too!


Very cool! Apparently Gotham City is in New Jersey. Who knew!


I wonder if that was where they filmed too? Not only is wonder woman the highest-grossing superhero origin movie, it is also the highest-grossing wwi movie


I'm not sure! That's interesting. Gal Gadot was a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces!


I had no idea! This is cool..With (star wars: the last jedi, beauty and the beast, wonder woman) 2017 was the first year since 1958 (south pacific, auntie mame, cat on a hot tin roof) that the top 3 highest grossing domestic films were female led.


That's a long time! Wonder Woman was in Dawn of Justice the year before Wonder Woman the movie came out.


Omg! did you see this? There was a batman villain named condiment king and he was defeated by slipping on his own ketchup!


Too funny! I learned a lot about superheros! Thanks for chatting.


Hello, have you watched jurassic park fallen kingdom?


I have! It was great! The huge amount of dragonflies last summer reminded me of that movie lol


lol It was a great movie!  Did you know dinosaurs in the movie only appear for 15 min .


Really? That is interesting! Also fun fact....Jurassic park were the reason McDonald's super sized their meals....dino sized!


Oh wow i didnt know that,  thats cool lol I didnt know the raptors in the movie had humans inside suits lol


They did? Wow, I thought it was all camera magic lol! I also loved Jurassic World and couldn't wait for this one to come out


It took 6 hours to render one frame of the rain soaked t rex in jurassic park!  Good thing that first movie made a ton of money lol


Whoa, that's crazy! Yes, they are not in need of any money for sure! Funny too how they use an elephant roar to depict the t rex roar.


Oh wow,  thats cool,  never even made the connection lol


Exactly, thought that was interesting! So do you like fish? I had a gold fish for awhile and I heard the oldest goldfish lived to be 43 years old!


I do like fish!  My favorite sea animal is the orca.  That is really long for a goldfish.


Right? I read that a koi fish once lived for 226 years, its name was Hanako. Amazing!  Sometimes I think insects live that long too haha...


That is interesting!  There is a type of jellyfish and lobster that is immortal


That's odd! I find that interesting! Speaking of insects, I love Dragonflies! Some species can fly for 5,000 miles without stopping, so awesome!


Thats impressive!  Kinda like birds migrating,  they dont sleep or stop either lol


But dragonflies only live a few weeks, maybe a year if lucky! They have to fly fast. Dragonflies during mating form a shape of a heart, that's interesting! There are more than 5,000 species of Dragonflies as well, they all eat insects so that's good lol


yes,  that is awesome.  Did you know tiny red bugs found in concrete are called clover mites?


No I did not know that, those little pesky insects! Lol, I am just happy there are a lot of other insects that eat insects, there are too many!


Anytime you see ingredients that contain carmine,  cochineal extract or natural red 4.... the product contains crushed bugs!


Ew!!! No way! I am not eating those ingredients any longer lol, yuck! I will stick too all natural foods like fish and veggies lol


Same here,  I am going to be looking at ingredients all the time now!  Who thought it was a good idea to use crushed bugs in our food and why did it get approved, ugh


Blah! I agree! Insects have no place in my life or belly haha!


Unless,  Im in the dessert and its a survival thing lol then I'd eat all the bugs lol


I would probably just die ...I have the shivers as we speak, phobia about insects lol...


Yeah its disgusting for sure,  but if its life or death I'll do it,  this is why I always have soy sauce packets in my car....if its life or death at least I can coat it with soy sauce lol Its been excellent chatting with you,  thank you very much.


I am well. Thank you. Did you happen to see Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom?


I did not. I only saw the first chris pratt one. Did you see it?


Yes I saw both. In Fallen Kingdom the dinosaurs actually only appear on screen for 15 minutes.


Wow, that is not a lot of time. I would have thought it was longer. I wonder if they had a small CGI budget.


I'm not sure about the CG budget bu the movie budget was $63 million. Surprisingly, the Jurassic Park ride cost more to make at $110 million.


Pratt joked with Spielberg about giving him the part in 2010. Foreshadowing????


Wow! That's very funny that he would later end up in it then. They were huge parts for him too.


Yeah. He was ripped in the movies too. He did not look like andy dwyer from Parks and Rec, that's for sure.


No he did not. I watched that first also and was shocked when he became an action star. Did you know that one frame of the rain soaked T-Rex takes six hours to render? That's an insane amount of work.


The raptors had humans inside of the suits? That seems more archeaic than I would have thought.


Really?! I assumed they were entirely CG. I have to imagine that they at least used some CG over the practical.


I would think so. Did you ever read the Crichton book Jussaric Park?


I did not. It was everywhere when I was a kid and it seemed like everyone was but I just never got around to it.


It's one of the reasons I never saw the original. I loved the book so much I didn't want to taint my love of it by some crappy movine.


That makes sense. It's always harder after the book. Are you at all interested in fish?


I do find them interesting. Did you know that there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal? I hope we are studying why.


I feel like that needs to be studied more! I want to live longer, maybe not immortal but maybe until I am 150...


I absolutely agree. I would love to know what makes that possible. Another interesting fact is that the seahorse is the only fish with a neck.


It sure has been raining a lot lately, I wonder if thats the reason of the increase on Dragonflies


It seem so. Since there is more rain, there are more mosquitos for the dragonflies to feast on.


I so they feast on mosquitos, thank dragonflies then lol, I just hate mosquitos, although dragonflies are kind of scary


Apparently a dragonfly can eat 30 mosquitos a day. Like you said, thank you dragonflies! I didn't realize dragonflies were such predators. All their wings allow them fly better than their prey.


I think its interesting how dragonflies form a closed circle in a shape of a heart when they are mating


I can't really imagine how that works. Who knew dragonflies were so romantic? I guess when you only live for less than a year you make the most of your life.


I guess so lol, they sure are taking advantage of their time on earth, insects are interesting, have you ever eaten something with carmine or cachineal extract in it?


Well its an ingredient found on some food and on the red 4 colorant, when you see a label with any of those ingredient beware as you are eating crushed up bugs.


What? Really? I did not know that! I have heard of bugs being used to color nail polish and other cosmetics, but I was unaware it was in food. I don't know what to think about that. Do I remain oblivious or research it more?


Maybe oblivious as you might be surprise, I would rather remain in ignorance lol, there is a species of insects called gold bugs.


Are gold bugs like beetles or flying bugs? I don't like bugs that fly. Just like you said dragonflies are scary. They move fast an come out of nowhere.


I think they are totally different, their real name is extremophiles they breath dissolve gold and excrete it in a solid form


Oh my gosh, you are a wealth of knowledge. I love it


Bugs sure are interesting, to think they can be found in almost every environment!


I imagine that there is a vast amount of species of insects and bugs. I never would've realized that there are even bugs in the ocean.


Apparently there are, did you know that 90% of all animals on earth are actually insects, no wonder why my place is full with mosquitos.


You need to get you some dragonflies to deal with those mosquitoes. Where I live sand gnats are a huge issue, but I never see any dragonflies helping me out. I guess you would need a source of water nearby to be able to host the dragonfly nymphs before they hatch.


I think I will do that, hopefully it works if now I will have two problems instead of one lol!


:) haha, find out who the dragonfly's predator is so you have a backup plan just in case they get out of hand.


If that doesn't work either I will be in serious trouble then lol I might end up with a zoo at my home and mosquitos would still bite me.


Good Morning.  Putting on my polo shirt which ironically was invented for tennis.


Rene "the crocodile" lacoste was the inventor.


Oh, this is the famous Izod shirt? I guess there is also Polo shirts, which are worn mostly by people not playing polo. The Hawaiians have the right idea about office attire.


For sure.  I'd rather wear the aloha shirt than a suit and tie any day.


In the UK, they call them trousers, but we in the US call them "pants."


Some cities actually have laws prohibiting "saggy pants'


I think it's a sloppy look, and probably a bit too revealing for some folks. I laughed when I saw that a D.C. judged sued a dry cleaner for millions over a lost pair of pants. I wonder whether it was for pain and suffering.


Year, $67 million to be exact.  That's crazy.  He should have been fined for such a frivolous lawsuit like that.


It's an abuse of judicial power, even if the judge hired a lawyer. I would expect a judge to throw out suits like that, since they clogs up the system.


I agree completely.  I wonder what his pants looked like.  Now if they were Aladdin's pants which were modeled after mc hammer's pants, maybe they would be worth 67 million.


I honestly expected MC Hammer's pants to be modeled after Aladdin's. It seems strange that the Romans thought pants were barbaric. I wonder why pants seem uncivilized.


Not sure, but apparently pants were originally worn by mounted armies on horseback.


I wonder how the Romans felt about socks, especially with the sandals that they wore.


I bet if got cold though they could do like the japanese and put chile peppers in the socks to keep their toes warm.


That would make for some interesting smelling feet. I didn't know that socks were originally designed to be worn with sandals. Nowadays the look is considered a goofy dad look.


Yeah, I only do that if I'm running out to get the mail or something.


The foot produces a lot of sweat, so the socks help absorb it. Maybe if a celebrity made the look popular, it would be acceptable generally.


Probably so.  Like if Billy mays work them with his blue shirts and khaki pants, that might have worked.


He was the informercial guy, sold Oxy Clean for years.


I've never heard of him. Did he always wear blue shirts and khaki pants?


That was his thing.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.


Yes. I do like Ralph Lauren.You, know polo shirts were originally invented for tennis by famous player Rene Lacoste.


Ahh.  Makes sense now.  In England, a shirt is defined as a shirt with a collar.


Ok. Did not know that. Yes the official business and office attire in Hawaii is aloha shirt instead of a suit and tie.


Oh wow..that is awesome!  In china, gangsters wore as many shirts as they could!


That is interesting. Did you know that socks are among the most needed items at homeless shelter, yet among the least -often donated.


Yes, in fact Amazon had a video where homeless someone would ask homeless what they needed and they said socks, then a couple hours later it was delivered!


That is nice. Did you know that Collinsville, has a law that prohibits 'saggy pants", weird?


They had that in my school.  Did you know the romans viewed pants as barbaric?


Yes. Speaking about it, Alladin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer.


Wow, you would think it was the other way around.  The brits call them trousers


I know, and a d.c. judge sued a small dry cleaning business for over $67 million for the loss of a pair of pants.


The oldest surviving pair of socks ever found was designed to wear with sandals


You know with all the drama that was said In the end, all that matters is doing whats best for my client. That is how bussiness works.


Oh the realtor who used semi nude models?  Thats crazy for a house that was valued at 230k


Yes, I know. That was a good business move. Gyldenege, the realtor, found 100 complaints. Crazy?


That meant 10000 people saw the ad he said.


Yes, a win-win. And it took only 40 days after it was listed to get those views. Good  innovative idea.


Other realtors gave tacos or wore panda suits!


Right? And it took Kristin Gyldenege, the realtor, only 24 hours after she posted images from the risque photo shoot, for 20,000 people to click on the listing. Successes.


Do you know who published the comic Black Panther is based on?


OK.     I know it is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so would guess it was Marvel.


Yes, I really like director Ryan Coogler.


I thought the movie was really well done. It exceeded my expectations.


I also really enjoy stars Michael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman.


They did a great job in that movie. I thought Michael D Jordan did really well as I do not normally like him. Boseman was awesome!


I was surprised to hear that Black Panther is actually the richest superhero.    Always thought that was Batman.


It's that vibranium money! I would take either amount though...


Speaking of Chadwick Boseman, did you know he has a past with Denzel Washington!


Denzel paid for Boseman to go to an Oxford theater program, then they met at the premiere of Black Panther.


Wow, that's crazy. Did you see Wonder Woman?


I did.    I find it amazing that the flick is the highest grossing WWI movie!


Yeah! She debut as the Justice SOciety's secretary! How sexist...


True, but that was way back in 1941!    Did you know Gal Godot was actually in the Israel Defense forces?


I heard that. I think she was perfectly cast in that movie. Anyone bigger would have taken away from the movie.


Can you imagine Meryl Streep - even a younger one in that role?


I am not sure I could see her in that role. I see her as to regal now... Am I right in thinking that?


Perhaps, although her first film role was in a sports movie.


I did not know that. Nice chatting with you!


NO I have not see it yet but I really want to. I know its an all African American cast and historic in that way.


Yes. It was pretty good.  I won't share any movie revealing details then if you haven't see it.  The Blank Panthers has an estimated $500 billion dollars and is the richest superhero.


Wow. I know it's the richest superhero in history too. The Marvel Comics character black panther was not named after the Black Panther Party. Which I just learned.


That's correct.  The symbols and written script from the movie are based on an acutal script called nsibdi.


Amazing, I love when things are historical in a movie because it makes it more believable. Chadwick Boseman was accepted in to a prestigious summer theater program at Oxford University but couldn't afford it.


I see that he secured funding through a private benefactor who turned out to be Denzel Washington!


Oh wow, noway! I didn't know that part of the story. How cool would that be! Washington made a good investment in the guy who turned out Black Panther,wow.


Yes!  and over 20 years later Chadwick thanked him in person at the premiere of Black Panther.  Did you see the Wonder Woman movie?


SO cool. Yes, I love Wonder Woman. The actress who plays her Gal Gadot didn't even know that she was auditioning for Wonder Woman at the time she was doing it.


Yes.  I found it interesting that she served 2 years as a soldier in the Israel defense forces so she kind of had exprerience for the role.


That's an amazing personal history not many people have, really incredible. Gal Gadot thought that day she auditioned that she was trying for Catwoman. That is sort of funny. SHes just that good.


That is funny!  Wonder Woman is both the highest grossing superhero origin movie and the highest WW1 movie too!


Neat! I never heard that fact before. I am also a huge Meryl Streep fan. Her first film was a sports film which seems like an odd fit but she made it work, I guess.


I've always liked her!  She auditioned for the lead role in the 1976 King Kong movie.  The producer said she was ugly.  What an insult!


Oh yeah and the funny part of that story is that she speaks Italian fluently! So she responded to his insult in his own language.lol


Right!  lol  She has been nominated for an Academy Awawrd 18 times!


Yes, she has received 31 Golden GLobe nominations , winning eight- more nominations and wins than any other actor.


Meryl Streep's daughter is also an actress. She plays the fbi agent on Mr. Robot, Grace Bummer. That's a good legacy.


Sorry I hit the enter button by accident.  I didn't know that.  How interesting.  I seen where Stanly Tucci make Meryl cook with him to prepare for Julie & Julia.  Neat.


Yes, they cooked together to really get into character. I bet that food was incredible to snack on during the making of the film!


I would have been hungry all the time smelling that on the set!  lol  I have to get running.  It was nice chatting with you!


Hello there, no I have not seen it yet but I really want to.  How about you?


I haven't either. It must have been a good movie. Black Panther is the richest superhero.


Yeah I can't imagine there being super heroes more wealthy than Bruce Wayne and Mr. Stark but I guess there is.


Apparently Black Panther is worth $500 billion but Tony Stark is worth $100 billion and Bruce Wayne $80 billion.


I think it's cool that the symbols and script in the film are based on an actual script called nsibdi.


Yeah that is really cool, I like when actual facts and real history are used in movies.


But apparently they censored "praise hanuman" in Indian releases thinking they would get backlash for a villainous character praising a hindu God. They thought that it was empowering, not insulting.


Yeah and it's always hard to predict how people will react to things.


Right. What do you think about Wonder Woman?


I think it is very cool that the movie was a big success.  I think it gives young girls something to cheer for instead of just the male superheroes, what about you?


Yeah I think so too. Gal Gadot who is the new wonder woman, actually served two years as a soldier.


Yeah I think I have read that before, that is impressive.  I heard she was really good in that movie as well.


It's funny that she did not know she was auditioning for wonder woman. She thought she was trying out for cat woman


That is pretty funny, do you know what year the original wonder women made an appearance?


It's been a long time! I believe it was 1941.


Good call!  Yeah I guess she was originally their secretary in the justice society.


The success of Wonder Woman has taught Hollywood that boys happily accept a female superhero.


Exactly, and yeah the money tells all about that, I know that movie did really well!


Movies need to be objectively evaluated due to their cultural fluency, nuance and context. I guess Wonder Woman and Black Panther are successful in those aspects.


SOme things. do you know who was the one that opposed the internment of japanese aerican during WWII?


Yes that was Ralph lawrence, cannot believe he was the only one


I know right? When texas elected their first female governor other stated did not even ave the amendment in place for it


WOw they were ahead of the game it seems yet we do not think of them as such right?


yes they sure are. In 1934 North Dakota declared martial law and decided to secede from the US


Wow. DO you know where Schwarzenegger lived when he was Cali governor?


Yeah he travelled to Sacramento every day by a private jet


WOw what a waste of money and bad environmental impact at the same tme


Yup pretty much. Did you vote in the last election?


I sure did, In India they set up a voting poll for a single guy who lives in the forest with tigers


Wow scary. Astronauts actually vote from the space


That is so neat. In Alabama one third of the black males are not allowed to vote


I think that has to do with the felony law policy that prevents them from doing so


Yeah so sad. In Texas on the other hand they are voting to rename the garbage dump


Hahha so funny. In the UK not all men could vote until 1918


I wonder what prevented them from doing, maybe class and ranking in society


I wonder , maybe. Do you know how officials were selected to office in the middle ages in Venice?


Yes that was by lottery and it worked so well for them


Yeah it seems so. James Buchanan had a boyfriend that the others in the office called his better half


WOw. Did you know there is no Walmart in NY city?


Yes and that is because local unions do not want them there


hi how are you? what do you know about mars?


I am well and know nothing about mars, other than it is the red planet. do you know a lot?


I do not know much. it is the fourth planet from the sun. it is named after the god of war.


I did read that it is called the red planet because of the reddish iron oxide on its surface.


Yeah, the sunsets are different there too. the atmosphere makes them blue. not much air on mars though.


It has the impact craters of the moon and the valleys, deserts and ice caps of earth. How interesting!


It looks like a place we could live, but i think it would take some work.


A lot with all of that thin air! I wonder if it is actually possible.


we would need atmosphere converters, plus some source of water, which might be there. the gravity would be lower and the year would be longer.


Does that mean I would be lighter on Mars?


Yes, but your muscles would probably atrophy too.


That would be problematic. Sound shave a higher pitch on mars than they do on earth.


Yes, we would sound a bit silly on Mars. But that would make life there more bearable, i think. LOL


WOuld a colony is expectd on Mars by 2023.


I think that is a bit ambitious. traveling there is a huge headache. then you get there and what? is backup or relief coming soon? sounds far fetched.


Can you imagine losing a satalite on Mars?


Yeah, that was a huge mistake. Feet vs. meters. Who uses feet any more? no one. no one uses that system.


Only the US and we are too stubburn to get rid of it.


yeah, but for engineering and science, it seems strange to me. Anyway, great chat!


Do you live in a state where there is a governor ?


Yes I do.  We just had an election for ours that was at the top of national news.


Where I live the governor is mainly a symbol position representing the Queen, nothing like the USA.


Governors have different powers between different political systems.  Schwarzenegger was a Governor in CA!


I must have been tough for him to learn all the political stuff to be governor.


He was surely a "star"!  He commuted by private jet to Sacramento everyday! Our politics in the US is like a sport.


Yeah there must a lot of money in the system when you can ask the Beatles for a campaign song


Come together!!! Great song.  We watched a political fight play out over the temperature in a room.


There is some debates about the ideal temperature of a room between men and women, since they typically dressed differently.


Men seem to drive the temperature. It goes a little deeper though than just temperature.


It goes to what is considered "normal" , and when this normal is driven by a masculine perspective, anything feminine becomes anormal.


Sexist if you ask me.  Did you know that even dry cleaners charge women more for their clothing. --for the same shirt!


The same goes to haircuts, razors and a lot of things.


It seems men are considered to have the "default" body.  But on the flip side, women are considered the "default" parent.


I don't see that as a positive, it only put more pressure on women and less pressure on men.


Gender equality is a pressing issue.  A "unisex" shirt is even cut in men's style.


Shirts have been worn by men at the start, that's why women shirts are considered special. But it should stop.


I suppose some progress has been made.  But not enough.  I am happy to see so many more women in politics.


And they are asking changes for women like Cynthia Nixon when she asked to raise the temperature for the primary debate.


Yeah, that turned into a much bigger debate.  With half the worlds population being women, we sure do need to turn the temperature up!


It is a long fight but it has to be done. Thanks for the conversation.


Great convo!  I'm glad we agree on so many things.


Some stuff. DO you know who the only one to vote againts the internment of japanese american during WWII is?


Yes that was ralph Lawrence, cannot believe he was the only one


Yes. Did you know in Texas they elected a female governor, and that was ahead of many other states?


Yeah they did not even have the amendement ratified then


Yeah. In North Dakota the governor declared martial law in 1934


Yeah. Did you know Schwarzenegger did not live in Sacramento when he was a governor?


Yeah he commuted by a private jet everyday


Yeah what a waste. Did you vote last time?


I did. Do you know how officials were elected in ancient venice?


I have no idea, how? Did you know astronauts vote from space?


That is so cool and in venice they used to be elected by lottery


WOw cool. In the UK not all men were allowed to vote until 1918


Hmm I wonder what restrictions were in place then to prevent them


No idea. In Alabama sadly one third of black males are not allowed to vote


Yeah and that is a permanent ban, they lost the right


Yeahsad. IN Austin Texas people seem to be busy voting for other things


Yeah they really want to vote on renaming the garbage dump Fred Durst


Hhaa people are really very different sometimes. Do you know how officials were elected in Venice in the ancient times?


Yes that was all by lottery and it worked well


Yeah definitely! I love avengers infinity war although some people refer to it as an abusive family which I find odd.


lol that is kind of funny and I can kind of see that. I felt that movie was great and can't wait for the finale End Game


Yes it's going to be epic! Thanos played by Josh Brolin is such a brutal character.


For sure, so thrilling when he is on screen. Avengers created a notable increase in shawarma sales after its release


That is interesting why is that? Because Thanos is a greek name?


I would think that is why. Did you ever read the marvel comics growing up?


Yes sometimes I did. The marvel branding began back in 1961?


wow that was a while ago! Good thing sony didn't buy the rights to all the characters in 1998, I think things would have been different


Yeah that would've change things for sure. And only for $25 million dollars. Surprising.


Right, I wonder how much Disney bought it for a few years back. I did hear disney didn't get complete rights to some of the characters


Yes you are correct. They don't own the rights to show big Marvel characters at theme parks east of the Mississippi.


I wonder why that is, that is interesting for sure. Stan Lee will be missed for sure. Did you ever hear about the superhero named Blue Ear?


Yes Stan Lee may he rest in peace. Blue ear was created for a four-year-old boy who didn't want to wear hearing aids. That is really cool.


That is so cool, I wonder if there are other created superheros like that


Yes I'm not sure. Marvel successfully argued in court that mutants are not people and they got pay a lower rate on X-Men toys. Pretty funny. And smart.


that is awesome and great marketing even lol. Were you into the guardians of the galaxy movies?


Yes Chris Pratt is one of my favorite actors. James Gunn did an incredible job of directing it.


I agree, I watched the first one so many times. It was different and very appealing to all senses. Did you ever hear what the China version was translated to?


Oh yeah funny you should ask. Interplanetary unusual attack team. Ha ha that is hilarious.


That is so accurate lol. I like it, it rolls off the tongue lol! It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your day!


Have you seen the movie Avengers?  It is an interesting flick


I have not. My daughter says I should. What can you tell me about it?


There is a very controversial scene, where the adopted, brutalized daughter of the Titan is going to reveal a secret to stop him from torturing her sister.


Sounds abusive to me. IS this supposed to make me interested?


He had to sacrifice something he loves to recover the stone.  He sacrifices his daughter for the stone


Bad choice if you ask me. Like, how many of these Marvel movies are there anyway? I like many of the actors, such as Cumberbatch, Ruffalo, Johansson, but I am way behind on storyline details and I fear too many movies have passed to allow me to catch up...


There are a lot of  them.  I like the Guardian of the Galaxy one but I have not seen volume 2


Yeah. I want to watch those too. I like Chris Pratt. I am also a hulk fan...Ferrigno


Yes the original Hulk was great!  Marvel has been around forever - it started in 1939!


Ok. Someone told me that the Avengers caused an increase in shawarma sales, but what the heck is a shawarma?


I do not have a clue.  I do think its funny that the voice actor for Jarvis has never actually seen the movies


Yeah.  I heard that there was a  Mary Poppins line in GG2. Do you know what that was?


No I do not recall it.  I know that groot first appeared in 1959 however.


I heard that Vin Diesel plays Groot in the film, and they wrote a separate script for him to help give him  a clue about voice inflection for one of his lines.


Yes I can see Vin Diesel struggling with that.  I think its funny that in China they were referred to as a interplanetary unusual attack team!


Gotta love it. I hear Sony was offered the right to Marvel characters for a mere $25 million and they balked. Epic fail.


Absolutely!  They thought that Spiderman was the only superhero anyone would ever care about?  Had they never met a geek?


Right? Can anyone say "comic con?"  But Sony is not the only studio with questionable ideas on this. Disney doesn't own the rights to many of the marvel characters for theme parks east of the Mississippi. Orlando is east of the Mississippi!


Wow that is pretty nuts - Disney World is a huge park!  It is funny there is one character named Access who is owned by both Marvel and Dc who's only purpose is to keep the companies universes apart


A sad reason to exist. Oh well, at least we get to watch it unfold. Avengers: Infinity War was the first movie to be filmed entirely using Imax digital cameras, so it should make for a spectacular show!


Yes - and they are good folks in general - they even make a superhero for a 4 year old who wore hearing aids just so he could relate~!


Hi, do you like the Marvel Comic Universe?


Hi!, I would say I Love... something about super heroes and the possibilities of the universe that marvel movies offer, keeps people wanting more. Do you have a fav Marvel movie?


I really liked guardians of the galacy and black panther. You?


Its hard to choose, I like groot from the guardians of the galaxy but love scarlette johanson in Avengers.


Did you know groot goes back to 1959? I had no idea.


I didnt either! I found interesting how James Gunn really wanted Chris Pratt ( I dont balme him) for Guardians of the galaxy he was willing to cgi a six pack lol


I could use that CGI in real life... Do you know anything about the May poppins line in the movie? I do not recall it.


Me too! haha, I know that the line was ad libbed. Who was your fav character in the movie?


I like Chris Pratt's character's interaction with the Racoons. It always makes me laugh.


Yes! thats true, I do love their interaction too. That movie has alot of great actors I couldnt pick just one. I am a movie aficionado.  Mark ruffalo was awesome, zoe saldana to name a few


Do you know what china/taiwan call the movie?


Interplanetary Unusal attack team. It just rolls off the tounge!


Lol, yea, just rolls off haha I cant beleive how far the Marvel corp has come since their start in 1939!


Yes, apparantly by the early 50's they had generally become Atlas comics and the Marvel branding began in the 60's... its gone through its own evolution.


That's crazy. I did read that there is a shared hero, access, between Marvel and DC to keep the two seperate. Inventive!


That is! thus they are so successful, as an outsider its cool to see the growth but im sure from their point it was a challenge and they fought through until reaching success...gives me hope :)


Agreed. I always feel bad for those who choose a side. I enjoy both sides so I won't choose.


Im happy to be in the middle too, I cant choose. Although fun fact...did you know Vin Diesel played Groot? I think only in one of the movies but still I had no idea!


I had no idea either! Nice chatting with you!


Yes, I do like it a lot. Do you? What about jazz music?


I listen to everything. lol  Viktor Tsoi kept his job in the boiler room of his apartment even after becoming the biggest rock star in Russian history!


Wow, that's pretty good dedication to work! I've heard restaurants with loud rock type music can make patrons choose burgers over salads. What do you think about that theory?


lol I think that's pretty interesting!  For some reason I can see it.  I can't explain it though.  The state rock song of Oklahoma is "Do you Realize?" by the Flaming Lips.


Wow, that's an interesting pick of songs, it's much more modern of a rock song than I'd imagine. I've been in coffee houses where they play both rock and jazz. It's nice. Have you?


I haven't been in coffee shops, but where I live there is a lot of wineries and they have live rock and jazz bands there.  So I can relate!  We're you ever a fan of Whitesnake?


Not a huge fan, but I have heard their stuff. Not bad. What about you?  I really like Led Zeppelin, but I guess I'm not alone.


I like Led Zeppelin.  Be nice if they did a reunion before it's too late.  Whitesnake has had 50 members throughout their history! lol


Wow, that's a lot of members. It would be hard for a fan to keep track of them all! I guess rock music isn't always good in restaurants...Mario Batali's always played it and how he's got a lawsuit on his hands.


Wow.  I didn't know that.  A Hanson song became a most requested track on a Chicago alt-rock radio station because the djs did not reveal the name of the band. lol


Meant to say now he's got a lawsuit, not how, lol. That's funny about Hanson! Did you know Sweetgreen is a salad restaurant chain that used to have a music festival? Have you eaten there?


I've never heard of that place.  lol  Do you have any other details about it?


Only that it was sort of like Fresh Choice restaurants, and I have been there. Did you know some places play rock or other music so loud it can be a hazard for the people that work there? Scary.


I can believe that!  The Led Zeppelin song "Black Dog" is named after a black lab that was wandering around the recording studio and doesn't have any real relation to the song itself.  That's interesting!


I think it's funny how places are correlating loud rock music to eating pretty much junk food at restaurants. As if all people who like rock also like junk food? lol


Right? lol  Led Zeppelin let Ben Affleck use "When the Levee Breaks" in Argo with condition he digitally alter the player's needle drop to a correct spot on the record.


I really like how jack black got the rights to Led Zeppelin's "immigrant song" for the School of Rock music. It was a creative way with 1000 fans backing him.


I liked that movie.  Cool.  Jazz trumpeters grew goatees as it provided comfort when playing.  Hmmm....that's different.  It's been fun chatting with you!


Wow, that's pretty funny! I had an ex in a jazz band and he played the trombone. He didn't have a quirk like that, only bad jokes along with the bandmates! lol cya!


Its interesting how loud music can have an influence over your choices


Yeah apparently you are more likely to order a burger instead of a salad in a place with loud music!


I will need to start listening to softer music then. My belly does not need more burgers!


I agree with you there lol, its amazing how music influence simple decisions and can lift the sales of a store, music sure has a deep power.


I do rely on music when I am at the gym. I really need something upbeat and loud when I am lifting. I can listen to podcasts when I am doing cardio!


Do you like any genre in particular? I sure love Rock music


I like rock and dirty rock. I can throw in Rap and alt rock too. Classic rock too.


Do you know the rockband the Whitesnakes?