Amazon Scout robots take to pavements in Washington State

Amazon is experimenting with delivery robots, starting with a little truck called Scout which is taking to the pavements in Washington State.

I can see the local hackers giving them a hippy paint-job and reprogramming them as 'follow-me' lunchboxes.

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... and the dumb crooks of the week go to:
Watch: Burglars can’t fit flat screen TV into stolen car, so they return it to home

Video (embeded in article) shows the men attempting to place a large flat-screen television in the backseat and then the trunk of the Jeep Cherokee.

After failing to fit the TV inside the car the suspects return it to the residence.

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Canada and us border runs thru towns of :

Stanstead, Quebec, Canada and Derby, Vermont, U.S.A

Part of the Library is in Canada . . . and . . . Part of the Library is in ___ U.S.A. ___ LOL ___ :_)

Here is the U.S. and Canada Border outside the Library LOL

OMG whole towns with no Wall or anything beyond a paint stripe, it's like Swiss Cheese up North. /s

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That's neat.

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I once stayed in the Hotel Arbez, on the Franco-Swiss border - where the international boundary (and hence EU outer border) passes through the dining room.

Has anybody ever been to the equatorial border?

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Good question Gordon I will do a search see if I can find something.

here is an other photo of USA and Canadian border that runs right thru the Library,
to the left of the blue line on the floor of the Library is the USA territory,
to the right of the blue line on the floor of the Library is the Canadian territory LOL ;-)


below is the border line on to street USA and Canada LOL . . . next to the side walk is the official boundary marker Canada and US.

Stanstead, Quebec, Canada and Derby, Vermont, U.S.A

Cheers,
. . . byron

My first instinct would be to say the building was there before the boundary line. Why would they build across it?

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My first instinct would be to say the building was there before the boundary line. Why would they build across it?

Built in 1901

My first instinct would be to say the building was there before the boundary line. Why would they build across it?

And you are correct, the Oregon Country was claimed by both the US and the UK.

The Oregon Treaty of 1846 ended disputed joint occupancy pursuant to the Treaty of 1818 and established the British-American boundary at the 49th parallel (except Vancouver Island).

Oregon was a distinctly American term for the region. The British used the term Columbia District instead.

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My first instinct would be to say the building was there before the boundary line. Why would they build across it?

Built in 1901

Hmmm... Well, I'm perplexed, then.

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Wikipedia says:

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was a gift from Mrs. Martha Stewart Haskell and her son Col. Horace "Stewart" Haskell. ... The Haskells wanted Canadians and Americans to have equal access to the Library and Opera House and so they chose to build on the border. Construction began in 1901 and the Opera House opened in 1904 and the Library in 1905.

Wikipedia says:

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was a gift from Mrs. Martha Stewart Haskell and her son Col. Horace "Stewart" Haskell. ... The Haskells wanted Canadians and Americans to have equal access to the Library and Opera House and so they chose to build on the border. Construction began in 1901 and the Opera House opened in 1904 and the Library in 1905.

Wonder about the building codes ...

Trevor who some of you might remember for having made a charming appearance in Tinks's pigeon thread, is, like Tinks is, rather a bit of a lot, no more either sadly :(

Who wants to be the first to try this?
The New Cheetos Chicken Slop From KFC

KFC lovingly describes in a press release: “Made by coating a juicy, hand-breaded Extra Crispy chicken filet with special Cheetos sauce and placing it on a toasted bun with mayo and a layer of crunchy Cheetos, the Cheetos Sandwich will give you a blast of craveable Cheetos in every bite.” In this manner, KFC doubles up on the Cheetos-ness, providing a Cheetos sauce (the mind reels) as well as actual Cheetos in the sandwich.

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Who wants to be the first to try this?
The New Cheetos Chicken Slop From KFC

KFC lovingly describes in a press release: “Made by coating a juicy, hand-breaded Extra Crispy chicken filet with special Cheetos sauce and placing it on a toasted bun with mayo and a layer of crunchy Cheetos, the Cheetos Sandwich will give you a blast of craveable Cheetos in every bite.” In this manner, KFC doubles up on the Cheetos-ness, providing a Cheetos sauce (the mind reels) as well as actual Cheetos in the sandwich.

I'd try it, though it's a real shame the KFC in Barstow went out of business a few years back.

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KFC is desperate. That sounds like a sad attempt.

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