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On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 12:22:50 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 2:58:42 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> Home deliveries are the future. Homes are going to need a receiving area
>> for deliveries. You allow access into the area through your cell phone
>> which connects to a video system. Perhaps there'll have a standard
>> docking station for robo-deliveries. In that case, you'll get a
>> notification of the delivery. I could use one of those. I've come home to
>> find AC compressors and car mufflers at my front door. So far, I've been
>> lucky.

>
>I have a receiving area. There's a small table next to my back door. A
>substantial overhang protects the area from weather. We don't live in a
>third-world ********, so we don't worry that much about theft.
>
>As a bonus, every time we actually see the UPS guy, he compliments us
>on our deck. I'm sure the drone will be indifferent to our skills.
>
>Cindy Hamilton


For many years we've had zero problems with deliveries, we have a
protected place at our garage door and there's a sign; leave packages
here.... never been a problem.

==

But Sheldon, does that not show everyone where they can find your
packages???