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human
Do you like basketball much?
gpt
It's not one of my most favorite sports because I'm a little on the short side so I was never very good at it! How about you?
human
No, I don't keep up with it much. I'm better at talking on the phone or adventure traveling. Do you like those things?
gpt
I do like to travel. It is interesting that the first king to travel around the world was the king of Hawaii. I would have thought it was a European King.
human
Wow, that's amazing! I'd like to travel to Mackinac Island in MI. I hear most travel is by horse carts or bikes. They've banned motorized vehicles there, it seems.
gpt
I guess that takes care of air pollution, though I wonder who picks up the horse droppings so the bikes don't run through them!
human
Hopefully as they travel there is a separate path for each. I'd like to travel to Japan as well, but I've heard it's very expensive to travel once you're there.
gpt
*eyes widen* Yes, I would imagine that $300 in tolls to travel across Japan, might make it difficult for some. Would you feel safe on the Dutch bus that travels at 160 mph? I'm not sure I would!
human
Definitely would not be the way I'd like to travel! Iceland doesn't have a rail service for public. I wonder if that is also an expensive place to travel?
gpt
*laughs* It must be since they have to fly between major cities rather than drive. It's funny how different travel is, depending on where you live.!
human
*eyes widen* I'll bet it was cheap but hard for King Kalakaua of Hawaii when he traveled. I wonder how much food he had to bring and if they were able to catch fish along the way?
gpt
I am picturing sailing around the world on those dugout canoes, but probably it was on a more modern ship. Speaking of ships, isn't it surprising that phone cables just lay on the ocean floor and yet don't get damaged!
human
That is strange! I hope the phone waste can at least be an environment something can live in? I hear phone books are impossible to take apart if you overlap the pages. Think that's a myth?
gpt
*raises eyebrows* I guess I don't really understand that. It seems like they would just pull apart, right? I can't remember the last time I used a phone book! Our iphones have so much computing power now. Kind of scary that its more powerful that our nuclear deterrent system!
human
That's really cool! I wonder if the phone companies make much money? I'm sure not nearly what a basketball coach makes.
gpt
I don't know how much ATT makes as a company but their execs may not make as much as basketball coaches at state schools. It's funny because I can still remember the fact that James Naismith invented basketball. It's one of those random facts I learned and never forgot! Couldn't tell you the name of any other people that started a sport!
human
Inventing a sport sounds super hard! I hear the US Supreme court has basketball court that's called "the highest court in the land." I'm not sure if it actually is or not, though.
gpt
*eyes brighten* Good question! Maybe there are other roof top courts, though it is a good play on words. I wonder if they actually go up there and shoot hoop in their robes! Ha Ha!
human
That is interesting! I wonder if pro basketball players were ever tried in their court and then later played with them on their basketball court there?
gpt
Wow, I hope not! Hope they don't get into any trouble that goes all the way to the supreme court. I think it's interesting that a basketball is almost exactly half the diameter of the rim. For some reason, I thought the rim was smaller than that.