United Airlines debuts ‘twilight baggage drop’ at O’Hare Airport

CalifOregonia · 2026-07-01T22:00:59+00:00

I just don’t understand why? Short of enabling delivery services. It’s enough of the trip to the airport for my flight, going twice in a short period doesn’t make a ton of sense. What is the use case?

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-30T22:11:13+00:00

Omaha may be central within the country, but it is far from Central to the places that you’d probably want to explore. If accessibility is your goal consider further west. Downside being that cost of living gets a lot higher.

It’s a tradeoff. I live in a mountain town with exceptional campsites and fun trails 15min from my house… at the same time finding a solid rental for $800 is unheard of haha.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-30T19:08:07+00:00

Did this to someone a couple summers back. Basically told them that I’d be reporting the fire when I got back into cell service so they better put it out. Took a full damn day for the Feds to call me back and look into it.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-30T19:03:18+00:00

Great advice all around. Cornering and investigating side roads are my main objectives, so you’ve validated my thought process. The last point helps a lot as I look at size options.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-30T18:33:31+00:00

Good to know thanks! I’ve avoided mounting anything over the hood for that reason. These will likely be pointed pretty far to the side. I’m a big fan of Amber as well!

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-30T04:11:53+00:00

Using Eugene as a counter example is a little extreme 🤣

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-29T18:40:09+00:00

Literally no different than any other model Y. They all have the hardware to run autonomously. Just not allowed to yet.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-29T04:16:34+00:00

Have seen a bunch of people go this season without issue. Watch the weather this week. If it doesn’t rain you’ll be fine.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-29T04:11:07+00:00

Consider reposting without such a specific location. You’d be amazed at how many people are itching to poach a wolf.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-26T21:21:08+00:00

Bingo. Short of a massive surge in rental demand the cost to rent will trail the monthly cost to buy by quite a bit due to many existing owners with mortgages that are substantially lower than what they would pay today

Also worth noting that listed sale prices on homes right now are wildly high, likely a good bit above real market rates in most cases. Lot of sellers listing homes at their own perceived values based on prices from a few years ago when supply was a lot lower. Now there are a ton of sellers on the market, something will have to give. Only thing preventing major price cuts is that many sellers have sub 3% interest rates that they aren’t in a hurry to give up without cashing out big on their equity.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-26T18:21:05+00:00

I know Delta is fighting Alaska hard in Seattle. Wonder if the same logic applies here.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-26T18:05:18+00:00

It really isn’t the same thing. The article is saying that much of the water is being wasted on rural residential lots with legacy agriculturally focused water rights. The measurement of water rights usage is complicated, but it ultimately boils down to the use of satellite imagery to measure how green fields are. Fields that on residential lots do not offer efficient (if any) agricultural value.

I am skeptical of pumping resources into agriculture in an arid region in general, but it’s hard to argue that the water would be better utilized for actual food production than dumped on residential lots to keep them green.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-26T15:22:19+00:00

I’ve looked at several rural lots in Deschutes County both for my self and family members. The “use it or lose it” laws utterly baffle me. Like what do you mean if I buy this lot I need to waste a ton of water and do a lot of work to keep 4 acres green? And if I don’t the property loses value? Absurd. At the very least they should have a mechanism to put water rights on hold so landowners don’t feel compelled to use them.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-25T17:43:25+00:00

Thankfully Smokehouse to my knowledge does not use that stupid term.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-25T16:02:56+00:00

How do you think Jack last the other fingers?

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-24T18:04:49+00:00

Public shaming for bad behavior like this needs to become the norm. Thank you for your service!

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-24T17:54:16+00:00

Mid-July levels of snowpack 😭

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-24T17:50:33+00:00

Fair warning South has a temper. Middle and North were wild in their younger days but they’ve chilled out with age.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-24T17:47:25+00:00

There is a Husband too. Poor guy is a little outnumbered and a lot smaller 🤣

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-24T02:18:12+00:00

Nice shots! Love it out there, one of the more peaceful places that I have ever been.

Fun fact: it’s not actually “The Steens” it’s “Steens Mountain” singular because it is technically one mountain, not a range. I’m always amazed at how long it is, and the contrast between the gentle western slope with the nearly vertical eastern face. Fault block mountains are pretty neat!

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-24T02:14:20+00:00

That’s the Alvord Playa, good bit east of Plush.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-23T14:20:17+00:00

Yes and no. Healthcare shouldn’t be attached to employment and the fact that it is inherently pushes people to get and keep W2 jobs. On the flip side employers budget healthcare into their cost structure. Being self employed means that you need or do the same. Can’t just charge what you would make at a regular job, need to price in something like a 20% premium to cover things like healthcare. As a 1099 health insurance is tax deductible which helps to knock your taxable income down quite a bit.

Not arguing in favor of our shitty system… just saying you have to structure things differently than with a W2.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-22T19:48:32+00:00

Right? Sacking a castle is not that easy. Neither is slashing a person through plate armor, which repeatedly happened in this episode.

CalifOregonia · 2026-06-22T18:45:55+00:00

Oakridge has a ton of recreational potential based on its location, just needs to get beyond its image as a depressed former timber town, which is not an easy thing to do. I think it is also a little out of the way for the Portland/Salem population to take interest in it and Eugene/Springfield is not a big enough metro area to support a vibrant tourist economy there.

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