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I think gray water systems require quite a lot of work and/or investment, unless you are doing a teardown and rebuild. You have to plumb the different fixtures differently (bathroom sink/shower/washing machine good; toilet bad), and there is a …

Now I'm going to be singing 'Way down, below the ocean...' all day! ;-)

Looks like there are lots of companies out there encouraging people to be Airbnb "investors" and helping them do it.

Geeeez. That is really bad. I remember a few years ago in Los Altos some high school kids rented a home that was being listed on Airbnb for a party. Got out of control, as high school parties, do. Lots of the residents' cars on the street were …

I would love to see this sometime. Hope it does go to streaming!

Seems to me that humans have borrowed from other cultures probably since the Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans and whatever other hominids were around then discovered each other and started sharing living spaces. I understand the part about …

Yeah, I think the black ones are Cardigans, and the typical orange ones are Pembroke. The dog rescue place where we got our dogs thought Soda Pop might be part Corgi. Some times I can see it. Sometimes I think Border Collie. Markings are similar; …

Me, too. Loved Hugh Laurie. Was never so crazy about the woman who played his boss, though.

I don't take great photos, but enjoyed seeing this one - I really enjoyed visiting the Paris Catacombs! My husband was a little creeped out, but my daughter and I thought it was weirdly beautiful, and actually very respectful of the dead.

I've used Airbnb many times. Generally only rent entire unit - an apartment or studio - rather than a room in someone's home. That just seems a little creepy to me. Most of the time, the units appear to be specifically set up as rentals; once in …

I saw my first Waymo tractor-trailer on 280 last week. Driving home from Half Moon Bay and I saw a white truck ahead with what looked like the Waymo "W" - I thought I must have been mistaken. We got close to it, and sure enough - Waymo truck. My …

Sorry, I know this is an old thread, but I just read it and wanted to weigh in. My first reaction was: $30K a year for tuition, books and living expenses is a bargain! That is pretty much the average in-state tuition (including all fees like …

I'm thinking "Christian" is capitalized because Christ is considered a proper noun (maybe?) Not sure about Monsignor.

We Tivo everything we want to watch on cable. Skip all the commercials.

My reason is the Warriors. We had TV problems during one game and had to watch using the NBA app on the iPad. Uggh. They showed ONE - THE SAME ONE! - commercial every time there was a break in the action. I thought I would scream, no way to skip …

I don't mind shows that follow a formula, if the stories are interesting and - especially this - if I really like the chemistry of the cast members. I can forgive a lot of "formula" if I really enjoy watching the cast interact. We used to watch …

And yes, I was watching Elementary for a while, but I think I only got into maybe Season 2... I tend to watch these things with my older daughter when she's home, but she's rarely home anymore. Off doing archaeology and grad school stuff, so when …

I think my daughter bought it on Amazon Prime, maybe?

So funny, actually, how differently people react to this! You find this so cool, but I do find it more than vaguely creepy. I really don't want people to be able to find out what I do and where I go by doing an image search and having all my …

Okay, I believe that. But still waiting. I did get that voice voice coming out of the one in the rental - something transmitted itthere - and that family described in the news story apparently did have a conversation recorded and sent to someone in …

And now the news that Amazon is selling facial recognition software to law enforcement (WaPo article). Again, I am not a technophobe. I tend to NOT be an early adopter of anything - I like to wait til at least most of the bugs are worked out (and …

So, I read something that made me say "oh, yeah..." the other day. Amazon says Alexa doesn't listen until you say the activation word. But how does it hear the activation word if it's not listening? Meaning, the microphone has to be "active" in …

I think that's why I like it, too. We are also watching Killjoys, about some futuristic bounty hunters, and while I enjoy that one, it's definitely not as "serious" a show. Hard to call it light and fluffy, because there's quite a bit of violence; …

I want to clarify here that I do not necessarily think that Amazon, Google, Apple are deliberately allowing the devices to record surreptitiously. It just sounds to me like the security on them is not 100% yet, or they mistakenly hear something as …

I'd forgotten about that scene! Yeah, wasn't my favorite either. Tell her that was sort af an aberration, the rest so far doesn't have that type of thing. My daughter has been reading the books and she is very happy with how they have been adapted. …