Posted: Yesterday 2:51:17 PM EDT
Who didn't see this coming. Drones buzzing back and forth all day. Neighbors have had enough. Texas Neighborhood Fights Back Over Amazon Prime Air Drones |
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Originally Posted By realwar: I think the Walmart drones lower a long cable that has the package inside of it. It keeps the drone high above to lessen the noise. Zipline runs those drones for WalMart if I recall. It works rather well and I expect it to prove viable. Amazon's drone program has been an absolute shitshow. They basically have nuked and restarted it several times, and each iteration has been a cluster fuck. Not sure how a company with infinite money has been so bad at something a tiny startup has successfully done. |
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Originally Posted By Aimless: Yeah they sound annoying. The angry neighbors just want the drones to fly higher over the houses [shrug] I would imagine there's probably a limit on how high they can fly; don't want them up where the general aviation traffic might be. |
I don't know what will happen, or if anything will happen. But if something does, I'd rather be the guy with a gun than the guy without one.
Everyone please read this carefully. Eric802 is correct. - DK-Prof, 1/27/15
Everyone please read this carefully. Eric802 is correct. - DK-Prof, 1/27/15
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Originally Posted By User55645: Walmart+ is superior to Amazon. We get 1hr delivery (we're not really "local" to one) and have a hard time getting next day from Prime. Originally Posted By User55645: Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: why, so i can drive to walmart and buy my stuff there? Walmart+ is superior to Amazon. We get 1hr delivery (we're not really "local" to one) and have a hard time getting next day from Prime. i've used wallieworld for delivery as well - i refuse to actually go in the store  they're great for truck batteries - same day for the past three i've had to buy |
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Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: i've used wallieworld for delivery as well - i refuse to actually go in the store they're great for truck batteries - same day for the past three i've had to buy Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: Originally Posted By User55645: Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: why, so i can drive to walmart and buy my stuff there? Walmart+ is superior to Amazon. We get 1hr delivery (we're not really "local" to one) and have a hard time getting next day from Prime. i've used wallieworld for delivery as well - i refuse to actually go in the store they're great for truck batteries - same day for the past three i've had to buy Are you just writing off the core charge? |
| Always see these going back and forth over I-70 in KC Kansas and wonder what happens here soon when all the starlings gang up in their pre-winter shotgun patterns. We also have guys out here that run those prop driven paragliders and are plenty low enough to collide. |
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Originally Posted By M855Bukkake: Are you just writing off the core charge? Originally Posted By M855Bukkake: Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: Originally Posted By User55645: Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: why, so i can drive to walmart and buy my stuff there? Walmart+ is superior to Amazon. We get 1hr delivery (we're not really "local" to one) and have a hard time getting next day from Prime. i've used wallieworld for delivery as well - i refuse to actually go in the store they're great for truck batteries - same day for the past three i've had to buy Are you just writing off the core charge? pretty much for those truck is dead in the driveway go inside, order from walmart log in to work, do things delivery happens install battery finish work day from home tell self, 'self, we're gonna charge that old battery and do something with it, otherwise we'll drop it at the oreillys later this week' two years later, still sitting on concrete block outside it's only like $20 on a $200 battery so, meh, whatever eta: if i had the forethought to plan for when it's gonna go bad, i'd drive up there and swap it out in the parking lot but the convenience of my driveway is worth a lot these days |
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Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: i've used wallieworld for delivery as well - i refuse to actually go in the store they're great for truck batteries - same day for the past three i've had to buy Nevermind. Already answered. |
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Originally Posted By JamPo: Nevermind. Already answered. Originally Posted By JamPo: Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: i've used wallieworld for delivery as well - i refuse to actually go in the store they're great for truck batteries - same day for the past three i've had to buy Nevermind. Already answered. i feel like if i tell you, you're just gonna be disappointed 
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Originally Posted By realwar: I think the Walmart drones lower a long cable that has the package inside of it. It keeps the drone high above to lessen the noise. Walmart uses multiple companies. The Walmart supercenter in my town uses zipline. It has a big drone which lowers another drone via cable which opens up and poops out the package. I've seen another WalMart delivery company that has a little parachute and they just dump it out while flying over your yard. Unfortunately, I'm in an older neighborhood with heavy tree coverage in my yard so I'm not able to try it out. But I have heard them flying overhead a few times when I'm outside. They do fly high enough that it's just a very low sound, makes about as much noise as someone running an electric lawn mower 200 ft away. |
Froot Loops are all the same flavor. They just taste like froot. Whatever the heck that is.
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Originally Posted By User55645: Walmart+ is superior to Amazon. We get 1hr delivery (we're not really "local" to one) and have a hard time getting next day from Prime. Originally Posted By User55645: Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: why, so i can drive to walmart and buy my stuff there? Walmart+ is superior to Amazon. We get 1hr delivery (we're not really "local" to one) and have a hard time getting next day from Prime. Yep, the majority of my Walmart plus deliveries are same day as long as I order by 2:00 p.m. |
Froot Loops are all the same flavor. They just taste like froot. Whatever the heck that is.
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Originally Posted By realwar: I think the Walmart drones lower a long cable that has the package inside of it. It keeps the drone high above to lessen the noise. Even the Walmart ones aren't that quiet. Not that I give a shit. If you live in Texas, there's a good chance someone will host a live mariachi band in the backyard after midnight. Oh no, the buzzing of drones and leaf blowers. For fucks sake. |
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Originally Posted By Nefarious1: PULL! I'm all for this. The walmart in town does drone delivery, and the stupid things are everywhere. During the day it's not to bad, but when everyone gets home from work, you can look at the walmart and it's like a freaking airport. At least 12 drones flying around all the time. |
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Originally Posted By Shazbat: Can't speak for him, but I just toss 'em with bald tyres onto an old mattress, light the whole mess on fire and send it down the river. Originally Posted By Shazbat: Originally Posted By JamPo: Nevermind. Already answered. Can't speak for him, but I just toss 'em with bald tyres onto an old mattress, light the whole mess on fire and send it down the river. how do you float the matress long enough to get it a good ways down river? stealing styrofoam from random john boats outside is getting more and more difficult |
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Originally Posted By M855Bukkake: Zipline runs those drones for WalMart if I recall. It works rather well and I expect it to prove viable. Amazon's drone program has been an absolute shitshow. They basically have nuked and restarted it several times, and each iteration has been a cluster fuck. Not sure how a company with infinite money has been so bad at something a tiny startup has successfully done. I imagine it’s because no one at Amazon actually gives a fuck. |
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Originally Posted By HeavyLeadFoot: how do you float the matress long enough to get it a good ways down river? stealing styrofoam from random john boats outside is getting more and more difficult I hoarded daily Dunkin Donuts's styrofoam cups for years, in a few lawn bags they do a decent job. |