Re: A flying warehouse over your head - Page 5

Martin-O2 · ‎12-01-2017

Hey guys,

Amazon have recently filed a patent for a "flying warehouse". The idea is to have an airship at around 45,000ft which would be sent to areas where demand for goods is expected and then dispatch drones from the airship carrying the individual deliveries.

It's hoped this system would help with the issue of the relatively short range of drones, which are limited by the size of the battery they can carry. Smaller airships could then be used to restock the larger warehouses and even transfer staff.

What do you think about this? Are you happy to have a flying warehouse servicing your area or is the idea a bit much?

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Anonymous · ‎13-01-2017

Awww guys (including @Cleoriff) ... forgot El Supremo @MI5 & my forum heart throb @Bambino ... it's an age-related thing ... my dear dad said many years ago he had a short retentive memory & it's the same with me... & ... you guys (including Cougar Gal) are sooo generous & patient with me when I ask damn daft questions & patient & informative with people generally on the forum ... = ... I just arn't afraid of making an idiot of myself ... gonna get some pink post-it notes & plaster Google Is My Friend all over the laptop screen

Cleo' as regards the size of Amazon eco-friendly packaging excepting the size of the box, which goes into the blue bag paper / cardboard re-cycling council scheme ... I do get your point ... in my post above ^ ^ ^ there was only a small pink box of a purple / silver 18" necklace = bought in memory of my dad as he loved the colour purple ... sad to say the fastening on the chain is too fiddly for my chubby fingers ... = ... should have got the matching earrings but wanted to see the item of jewellery ... bracelet is useless unless it's elastic for the same reason = too fiddly to fasten

btw Avon are more guilty than Amazon ... I don't want an Avon lady calling at my home, but I do like their lipsticks ... non-eco friendly tape & a large box for 1 item rattling around in said box

Marty is not a cardboard box or toy oriented cat unless it's his catnip banana which is now a mucky shade of green / grey from his slobbering all over it

Martin-O2 · ‎16-01-2017

My little lady is obsessed with the latest cardboard box! I dare not throw it away as she's having so much fun with it

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