Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

That situation looks very tricky.

Lynn

In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>
>That situation looks very tricky.

Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

(How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
died ten years ago, darnit.)

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>
>>That situation looks very tricky.
>
>Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.

>(How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>died ten years ago, darnit.)

Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.

That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

On 10/29/2021 2:25 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>
>> That situation looks very tricky.
>
> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>
> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
> died ten years ago, darnit.)

I was really hoping that someone would comment on my title which is a
play on "The Dragon and the George". Oh well. I guess that there are
not many Gordon R. Dickson fans here.

Lynn

In article <sljtnh$pdj$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 10/29/2021 2:25 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>
>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>
>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>
>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>
>I was really hoping that someone would comment on my title which is a
>play on "The Dragon and the George". Oh well. I guess that there are
>not many Gordon R. Dickson fans here.
>

I noticed it, but I didn't really have a comment to add.
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
> > https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
> >
> >That situation looks very tricky.
> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

Tail?

> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
> died ten years ago, darnit.)

Maybe best not to ask where they came from.

I think this won't end well.

The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
on sale, not yet anyway.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:

>On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>> > https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>> >
>> >That situation looks very tricky.
>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>
>Tail?
>
>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>
>Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>
>I think this won't end well.
>
>The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>on sale, not yet anyway.

Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
Husqvarna has 15 different models.

In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
><rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>> > https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>> >
>>> >That situation looks very tricky.
>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>
>>Tail?
>>
>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>
>>Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>
>>I think this won't end well.
>>
>>The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>on sale, not yet anyway.
>
>Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>Husqvarna has 15 different models.

Bolos have to start *somewhere*..
--
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>Heydt) wrote:
>
>>In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>
>>>That situation looks very tricky.
>>
>>Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>
>Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.
>
>>(How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>died ten years ago, darnit.)
>
>Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.

Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
than Vallejo.

>That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
>and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.

Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
of Vallejo, city of too many hills.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 10/30/2021 2:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>
>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>
>>> Tail?
>>>
>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>
>>> Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>>
>>> I think this won't end well.
>>>
>>> The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>> called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>> on sale, not yet anyway.
>>
>> Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>> Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>> Husqvarna has 15 different models.
>
> Bolos have to start *somewhere*..

+1

The first upsizing should be LAV sized.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV-25

Lynn

On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:09:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
>Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>Heydt) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>
>>>>That situation looks very tricky.
>>>
>>>Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>
>>Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.
>>
>>>(How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>
>>Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.
>
>Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
>of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
>summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
>every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
>than Vallejo.
>
>>That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
>>and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.
>
>Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
>of Vallejo, city of too many hills.

I'm a gadget freak from way back and lazy besides. I've never wanted
a Roomba. Too much effort keeping a path clear for it.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:38:03 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 10/30/2021 2:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>>
>>>> Tail?
>>>>
>>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>>
>>>> Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>>>
>>>> I think this won't end well.
>>>>
>>>> The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>>> called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>>> on sale, not yet anyway.
>>>
>>> Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>>> Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>>> Husqvarna has 15 different models.
>>
>> Bolos have to start *somewhere*..
>
>+1
>
>The first upsizing should be LAV sized.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV-25
>
Here's a goal. Create a robot that can compete in a tank biathlon.
Note that it has to be able to load itself from ammunition boxes.

In article <crkrng1mbckbm721j8n9rkeibdlha517or@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:38:03 -0500, Lynn McGuire
><lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 10/30/2021 2:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>> In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
>>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>>> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tail?
>>>>>
>>>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this won't end well.
>>>>>
>>>>> The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>>>> called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>>>> on sale, not yet anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>>>> Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>>>> Husqvarna has 15 different models.
>>>
>>> Bolos have to start *somewhere*..
>>
>>+1
>>
>>The first upsizing should be LAV sized.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV-25
>>
>Here's a goal. Create a robot that can compete in a tank biathlon.
>Note that it has to be able to load itself from ammunition boxes.
>

I'd settle for a robot that can pick up a book, scan its title
and author, and put it in its place on the shelves.

And a Hired Girl Mark 2, that not only can pick up dust and other
stuff from the floor, but categorize the other stuff as
Recycling, Composting, Miscellaneous Trash, and Ask the Human.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:48:34 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>In article <crkrng1mbckbm721j8n9rkeibdlha517or@4ax.com>,
>J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:38:03 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>><lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 10/30/2021 2:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>> In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
>>>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>>>> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tail?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think this won't end well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>>>>> called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>>>>> on sale, not yet anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>>>>> Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>>>>> Husqvarna has 15 different models.
>>>>
>>>> Bolos have to start *somewhere*..
>>>
>>>+1
>>>
>>>The first upsizing should be LAV sized.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV-25
>>>
>>Here's a goal. Create a robot that can compete in a tank biathlon.
>>Note that it has to be able to load itself from ammunition boxes.
>>
>
>I'd settle for a robot that can pick up a book, scan its title
>and author, and put it in its place on the shelves.
>
>And a Hired Girl Mark 2, that not only can pick up dust and other
>stuff from the floor, but categorize the other stuff as
>Recycling, Composting, Miscellaneous Trash, and Ask the Human.

Yep. I would pay for one of those.

On 10/30/2021 6:20 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:09:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
> Heydt) wrote:
>
>> In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
>> Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>
>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>
>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>
>>> Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.
>>>
>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>
>>> Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.
>>
>> Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
>> of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
>> summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
>> every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
>> than Vallejo.
>>
>>> That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
>>> and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.
>>
>> Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
>> of Vallejo, city of too many hills.
>
> I'm a gadget freak from way back and lazy besides. I've never wanted
> a Roomba. Too much effort keeping a path clear for it.

Plus, the doggie poo and cat vomit stories are hilarious until it
happens to you.

Lynn

On 10/30/2021 7:11 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:48:34 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
> Heydt) wrote:
>
>> In article <crkrng1mbckbm721j8n9rkeibdlha517or@4ax.com>,
>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:38:03 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/30/2021 2:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>> In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
>>>>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>>>>> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tail?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>>>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think this won't end well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>>>>>> called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>>>>>> on sale, not yet anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>>>>>> Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>>>>>> Husqvarna has 15 different models.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bolos have to start *somewhere*..
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> The first upsizing should be LAV sized.
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV-25
>>>>
>>> Here's a goal. Create a robot that can compete in a tank biathlon.
>>> Note that it has to be able to load itself from ammunition boxes.
>>>
>>
>> I'd settle for a robot that can pick up a book, scan its title
>> and author, and put it in its place on the shelves.
>>
>> And a Hired Girl Mark 2, that not only can pick up dust and other
>> stuff from the floor, but categorize the other stuff as
>> Recycling, Composting, Miscellaneous Trash, and Ask the Human.
>
> Yep. I would pay for one of those.

But would you pay $10,000,000 ?

Lynn

On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:05:55 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 10/30/2021 7:11 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:48:34 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>> Heydt) wrote:
>>
>>> In article <crkrng1mbckbm721j8n9rkeibdlha517or@4ax.com>,
>>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:38:03 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/30/2021 2:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
>>>>>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>>>>>> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>>>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tail?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>>>>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think this won't end well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>>>>>>> called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>>>>>>> on sale, not yet anyway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>>>>>>> Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>>>>>>> Husqvarna has 15 different models.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bolos have to start *somewhere*..
>>>>>
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> The first upsizing should be LAV sized.
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV-25
>>>>>
>>>> Here's a goal. Create a robot that can compete in a tank biathlon.
>>>> Note that it has to be able to load itself from ammunition boxes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'd settle for a robot that can pick up a book, scan its title
>>> and author, and put it in its place on the shelves.
>>>
>>> And a Hired Girl Mark 2, that not only can pick up dust and other
>>> stuff from the floor, but categorize the other stuff as
>>> Recycling, Composting, Miscellaneous Trash, and Ask the Human.
>>
>> Yep. I would pay for one of those.
>
>But would you pay $10,000,000 ?

If I had that amount of disposable income, yes.

In article <slkq2h$2tk$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 10/30/2021 6:20 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:09:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>> Heydt) wrote:
>>
>>> In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
>>> Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>>>> Heydt) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.
>>>>
>>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>>
>>>> Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.
>>>
>>> Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
>>> of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
>>> summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
>>> every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
>>> than Vallejo.
>>>
>>>> That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
>>>> and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.
>>>
>>> Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
>>> of Vallejo, city of too many hills.
>>
>> I'm a gadget freak from way back and lazy besides. I've never wanted
>> a Roomba. Too much effort keeping a path clear for it.
>
>Plus, the doggie poo and cat vomit stories are hilarious until it
>happens to you.

We don't have dogs. I can't remember the last time a cat vomited
on a carpet, and linoleum is easy to wipe off. What we need to
get up off the floor mostly dust, which a Roomba can handle, and
shed human hair, which it can't.

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Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

In article <slkq5j$2tk$2@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 10/30/2021 7:11 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 23:48:34 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
>> Heydt) wrote:
>>
>>> In article <crkrng1mbckbm721j8n9rkeibdlha517or@4ax.com>,
>>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:38:03 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/30/2021 2:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <jn7rng5309eemjcob4mkb74aat8gugmdua@4ax.com>,
>>>>>> J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
>>>>>>> <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Friday, 29 October 2021 at 20:35:02 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In article <slhcgj$ck8$1...@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That situation looks very tricky.
>>>>>>>>> Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tail?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
>>>>>>>>> died ten years ago, darnit.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe best not to ask where they came from.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think this won't end well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The company - iRobot - designed a "Roomba mower"
>>>>>>>> called Terra, but they decided last year not to put it
>>>>>>>> on sale, not yet anyway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Probably recognized that that niche was already well filled.
>>>>>>> Home Depot carries at least 4 brands of robotic lawn mower.
>>>>>>> Husqvarna has 15 different models.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bolos have to start *somewhere*..
>>>>>
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> The first upsizing should be LAV sized.
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV-25
>>>>>
>>>> Here's a goal. Create a robot that can compete in a tank biathlon.
>>>> Note that it has to be able to load itself from ammunition boxes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'd settle for a robot that can pick up a book, scan its title
>>> and author, and put it in its place on the shelves.
>>>
>>> And a Hired Girl Mark 2, that not only can pick up dust and other
>>> stuff from the floor, but categorize the other stuff as
>>> Recycling, Composting, Miscellaneous Trash, and Ask the Human.
>>
>> Yep. I would pay for one of those.
>
>But would you pay $10,000,000 ?

I wouldn't, because I don't have that much, never have had, and
never will have.

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Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/