It's been a while but I remember they were being considered as endangered because of a virus or something that was causing tumors on their faces. Did they get that sorted out? (Sorry, I should just look it up but thought you might know)

I'm thought it was cute and funny. I like house cats and they make great companions and are fun to watch but if they're outside they're fair game. All feral cats should be eliminated.

Well, I would have to think about it. My life is going to be much simpler if I can grab my carry-on bag. My wallet, money. credit cards, passport, drivers license are all in there. You may also have expensive stuff that you didn't want to expose to TSA thieving. In their defense, the airplane wasn't on fire yet, just smoke in the cabin. It did get a lot more serious very quickly after the engine explosion but... I would be mostly concerned about going down the emergency slides, there are enough injuries on every deployment without the hazards of banging bags. If the flight crew is still in control they will stop you from trying to get to your luggage.

well done

We've had ours for a year or so and really enjoy it. "Alexa" gives us weather reports, responds in different ways to compliments and thank yous, will tell you jokes (dumb jokes) and can, as previously said, control your house and appliances. We don't have any talking appliances, so we don't use that feature. Probably use the music, timers and alarms the most. I'm sure we will laugh about the crudeness of this early AI in the near future. Amazon sends us an email telling us about new functions they have added and new/fun stuff to get the Echo to do. When our grandkids are here I'm sure Alexa gets nuts because of all the overlapping shouted commands but she's pretty patient and the kids love it.

They were probably Bloomberg calorie cops checking for large sodas.

If you put it in at 350 degrees it will cook and only a little juice runs out the side. Ha

Well his next trip should be OK; he will be going up-stream.

Well that turned into nearly two hours of enjoyment and inspiration. Thanks for posting.

This trip is on my "never gonna happen" list. Now I don't have to go, I've seen it all on your slideshow. Wonderfully well done photos. Thanks for taking us.

Now this definitely rings a bell at my house ...

If they really want to wring this system out they should have a couple of 13 year olds as the pilots. In a week they would have the AI on it's knees.

I'm not a snake guy but it is similar to one I had in the yard last week. I ID'd mine as a three-lined boa. It was the same blue/grey look as yours but not quite as sharply defined. Maybe a new skin versus old? The snake is a little too far north if it was taken around Crescent City.
I'll try and post a photo of mine.

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Can only speculate that the "cut off bits" are a small percentage of the previously discarded quantity.
Funny to see your post since early this morning the laptop has been on the kitchen counter and my wife and I have been reading/answering geek questions to each other. That's a significant number of questions with only the occasional duplicate. Fun site.