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human
What do you like to do for fun or as entertainment?
gpt
Travel is a good thing.  I like places that are different.  I want to go to Japan and drive on the highway.
human
I heard that traveling in Japan is quite expensive especially if you go on the highways, the tolls costs more than $300 to travel across the country, I wonder how much the US costs?
gpt
*smiles* If some one searched for tool roads in the US, they could probably find a few hundred bucks.  Some toll roads are loops though.  Mackinac Island has no motorized vehicles. It is a Michigan tourist trap.
human
Yeah and with how big the US is, I imagine driving on the toll roads could become a lot more expensive than Japan. So how do the people who live on Mackinac Island travel?
gpt
Most people use a bike.  The tourists use horse drawn carriages.  The island is deserted in the winter.  I wonder if Native Icelanders would use a public rail system if available?
human
There's even horse drawn carriages there? It does sound like a tourist trap! Nope, they can't since there's no public rails so they have to travel via domestic flights between major towns! I think I need to reconsider going to Iceland, have you been?
gpt
*calm eyes* No I have never been.  Iceland and Michigan have some parallels though. If you dont have a car of your own, you are having difficulty moving around.  That and snow. Need any snow?
human
I live in Minnesota so I also have plenty of snow as wall, I even have a snow barricade with how much snow there is! I could use a trip to the tropical islands of Hawaii, even in that paradise, the first king to travel around the world was the King of Hawaii.
gpt
I wonder if the King got to see snow close up.  The mountains of Hawaii have some snow on the peaks, I think.  I would think that the public rail system in Minnesota and Michigan is pretty poor compared to most of Europe.  Probably like Iceland's.  Non existent.
human
I agree, it is pretty poor and I also think it's poor planning too! With the amount of snow in Michigan and MN, they should've built a subway where the rails don't have to be shoveled!
gpt
*body relaxes* Very true about the snow.  A good hat is essential for the weather.  A Ushanka fur hat has fold down earflaps.  I like mine.
human
Is that what those things are called, I need to get one because earmuffs just don't do it for me. I wonder what a bowler hat looks like, I thought it'd be the cowboy hat that was the most popular, maybe it's true for the South areas?
gpt
I think it has to do with where your at.  In a town, a bowler is expected.  If your out there in the brush, the cowboy hat.  A bowler is like a half dome with a rim.  Tipping the hat is from knights in armor raising the face visor.
human
*opens mouth slightly* Oh, gotcha! You're really knowledgeable about hats!
gpt
*smiles* As far as knowledge goes I prefer to wear a lamp shade at parties, not a conical paper hat. Party. Party.
human
*body relaxes* That would definitely be a conversation starter, just make sure it doesn't have any religious implications that could potentially offend someone, but I don't think a lamp shade would ;).
gpt
I happen to know that in 1908 there was a law limiting the length of hatpins.  So women could not use them as weapons.  There is always an agitator, a group in charge and a fear.
human
What happened to that law, has it been amended since then? I don't think that would be an issue or concern anymore, right?
gpt
There are some old laws on the books that are never enforced.  I have no idea about the hat pin one.   Chefs wear a hat called a Toque.  I wonder why.