Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Ping anim Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:07:04 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <20240409160832.00005336@example.com> <1782814550.734460645.097495.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:07:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c3b6ab70527320bf05aca14f80f7825a"; logging-data="1237468"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18yCu0BZRU81zX2IvuBgWySO94ULmJ6A4c=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:zcgUrwLEHUXiociFBfEDQTbAWsY= Bytes: 3827 On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:55:54 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: >In article ><1782814550.734460645.097495.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>, > anim8rfsk wrote: > >> Rhino wrote: >> > One of my friends just shared a video with me touting the features of >> > the latest Tesla FSD (Full Self Driving) software and I was surprised >> > to find that it was made in Scottsdale. It's essentially the first >> > video footage I've seen of the place. >> > >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX4kekZ2Fps [25 minutes] >> > >> > I've always found it interesting to see places I've never been. They >> > always seem to look different than whatever I've anticipated. This is >> > no exception. I suppose I was expecting more sandy desert and cactus and >> > fewer boulders and scrub grass and palm trees ;-) >> > >> > Anyway, anyone curious to see what the area looks like might find this >> > an interesting video. >> > >> >> Thanks for the post. I found it an interesting watch. >> >> It does confuse me on several points. >> >> The bashes he went to (supermarket) isn’t even in Scottsdale. It’s about 15 >> miles to the south in another city. Bashes supermarkets are all over the >> place. There are literally half a dozen between the one he went to and his >> friends house so I have no idea why he did that. >> >> The cheesesteak place he went to, I’ve never heard of, but it’s very near >> my old office, and only a couple miles from where I live. >> >> Most of what you see in the video are freeways, industrial areas, shopping >> centers. That is what those things look like but if you drove around >> through neighborhoods people live in, you would see a lot more lawns and >> greenery. Traditionally people move here from back east to get away from >> their allergies and bring with them everything they were allergic to. >> >> Yes, palm trees are everywhere! I have had several. They are actually >> rogue. They just appear in your yard one day and then decades later are 50 >> feet tall. I have had several removed because they were too close to the >> house and were going to take the roof right off as they pushed on the eaves >> from below. > >Yes, L.A.'s ubiquitous and signature palm trees are not native to >California, either. They're an invasive species (actually several >species) that people just happen to find attractive for landscaping. > >I've read that palms are also technically not trees. Don't know if >that's true or not. So it is just like the tumbleweed. We associate the tumbleweed with the old west and palm trees with Los Angeles/Hollywood and neither one actually belongs there.