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Drones

Snoopp — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:11:30 GMT

After reading the Secret Shower thread, I was thinking about drones overhead while being outside, sunbathing or whatever. Have you ever had a drone fly over your yard while you were outside? I have never seen a drone that I know of. I sure wouldn't want one hovering nearby either.

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:15:22 GMT

A realtor once used one while photographing a house the next street over. I didn't give it much of a thought.

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Lali1 — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:18:54 GMT

There are laws in place that you have to get permission form local airports everytime you fly one. If you see one you can report it and find out if the people have permission to do so.

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GenXmuse — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:59:43 GMT

I have never seen a drone anywhere

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germanshepherdlove — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:12:28 GMT

My husband has one. Here's the thing. They take a skilled person to navigate and there is definitely a learning curve. He has crashed his to the ground more times then it stayed afloat.

I was not happy when this thing was delivered. It scares the animals and it makes an annoying noise. You can hear it before you see it. Initially, he was flying it inside the house. Yes..........I know.

I told him I was going to grab it and destroy it. But, eventually the novelty wore off and he hasn't played with it for many weeks and I'm sure if it will take another learning curve again as they are not easy to navigate. Have to clarify this is not a toy. I told him not to use it around our neighbors.

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ROMARY — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:16:43 GMT

'Gee', just the other day (maybe yesterday?), I was thinking that I haven't seen any drones flying around lately.

I thought 'What happened to the drones?'. Haven't seen them advertised lately, too.

One youngster asked me if I had seen his drone in my back yard. Years ago.

I'm not completely sure if I would have given it back to him, had I found one in my yard (lol).

But, no, it wasn't in my yard, just in case you're wondering.

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SharkE — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:30:26 GMT

Harry and Meghan have been having trouble with them while out by the pool with Archie.

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Lali1 — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:33:28 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
'Gee', just the other day (maybe yesterday?), I was thinking that I haven't seen any drones flying around lately.

I thought 'What happened to the drones?'. Haven't seen them advertised lately, too.

One youngster asked me if I had seen his drone in my back yard. Years ago.
I'm not completely sure if I would have given it back to him, had I found one in my yard (lol).

But, no, it wasn't in my yard, just in case you're wondering.

It's because of the restrictions. It's a pain in the behind to even fly one anywhere.

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wildcat fan — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:37:03 GMT

Most of the times I've seen them were when I was at a park. I've seen photos taken by drones on various online real estate listings. One of the neighbor boys down the street has one. I've seen him flying it, but never out of the perimeter of his yard.

My dad has some model airplaines, and I actually considered getting him a drone as a gift. However, I've read the good ones are $1000 and up, and I'm not so sure he'd use it that much for that price.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:46:27 GMT

@germanshepherdlove wrote: I'm sure if it will take another learning curve again as they are not easy to navigate.

LOL. I bet not, especially if you have ceiling fans.

No, I've never experienced one but from reading the NextDoor app and reports on people who've lost them, I know they're around.

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Mz iMac — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 21:11:31 GMT

@Snoopp YUP!

The township PD has been using drones for years. You really do not notice them until you actually look for them. The PD drones fly very low if doing surveillance.

I live in a 55+ community. If an ambulance comes here, you can bet your bottom bibby that a drone will be hovering nearby.

All my grands have drones. Q sells them too!

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silkyk — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 21:42:29 GMT

I was out on the deck one day and one flew over. It did a slow circle over our place and then over 4 or more of our other neighbors. If I would have had one of those paint ball guns that nosey drone would have been a gonner. I tried to see where it "went home" but it was too far down the street. It surprised me because it was not noisy at all. Real quiet.I only noticed it because it looked like a UFO at first. I can see where these could become a big problem with invasion of privacy and home safety and security.

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ROMARY — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 04:07:50 GMT

'One thing I have to say about drones'...........I'd like to see more of them during LE car chases.

Much safer for citizens, imo.

Less chance of speeding, etc.

Just have a few quiet drones following them to their destination; Monitor and call ahead to LE and intercept the perps at their destination.

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J Town Girl — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 02:30:59 GMT

Our neighbors were a military family with two young children. One day the wife came over and asked my husband if she could look into our yard for their drone that her young daughter was flying. She found it alright, it was over 75 feet in the air stuck in a large tree in our backyard. There was no way that anyone could climb up to get it down.

She called an arborist and he wanted $400.00 to get it down. There was no way that they were going to spend that much money to get what was probably a $200.00 drone.

After the arborist, she called our local fire department and the chief came over as a courtesy to them and he told us there wasn't anyway to get it down due to the power lines. He lauged and said that the drone will probably come down eventually.

Well they moved from our area over three years ago and that darn drone is still hanging by a thread up in our tree. It has survived wind storms, snow storms and the errant squirrels who runs by it daily.

I told my husband I wish we had kept in contact with them, they would be shocked to know that their drone is still in our tree.

They were such a lovely couple and I felt so bad that they lost their drone but letting a 5 year old fly a drone wasn't such a bright idea.

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colliemom4 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 03:05:42 GMT

I've only seen people at parks with them. I read someone had them fly over their yard continually and they shot it lol. I can't even remember where it happened.

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Chi-town girl — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 03:47:08 GMT

Drones are an important tool to survey/photo residential rooftops. Used to gather key information -dimensions, identifying obstacles such as pipes and chimneys in order to develop customized layouts for installation of roof based solar power systems - renewable energy.

It saves $$$ and less risk to estimators bc they don't need to climb onto rooftops to survey them. Of course, this is only done with permission of the homeowner (by appointment)

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Silver Lining — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:45:15 GMT

My master bedroom has a sliding glass door to the covered patio. One day I walked out and was startled to see a drone hovering nearby. It really gave me the creeps. I can't prove it but I think it was from the president of the HOA who lived next door. There's a privacy fence and shrubs separating our backyards plus I have a pecan tree and a huge fig tree. When I bought the house this guy was constantly ringing the doorbell or leaving notes "suggesting" what he thought I should do. I stopped answering the door so I think he was spying on me with that drone. I was very relieved when he and his wife sold the house and moved.

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KaySD — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 06:08:08 GMT

So creepy.

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Snoopp — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:36:52 GMT

@Mz iMac is that a PD drone or a nosey neighbor drone watching the ambulance?

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Mz iMac — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:54:12 GMT

@Snoopp

It's the po-po. Their drones are clearly marked.