Out in the country the Schwan's man would put stuff in our freezer on our back porch.
Best Regards, Chuck McCown McCown Technology Corporation 8401 N Commerce Dr Lake Point, Utah 84074 801-250-9503 Office 435-830-4306 Cell www.mccowntech.com<http://www.mccowntech.com/> www.microtrench.pro<http://www.microtrench.pro/> www.terabitnetworks.com<http://www.terabitnetworks.com/> ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2026 1:40 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - business idea https://www.walmart.com/plus/inhome/ From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Cameron Crum Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2026 3:34 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - business idea While they are not there? On Thu, Apr 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: And yet people let Amazon and Walmart stock their fridge. From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Cameron Crum Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2026 11:05 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - business idea Put an out of band management device or power relay...something that works off cellular to powercyle your router. The issue with allowing someone access to your house unattended is theft/damage or accusation of theft/damage. It sucks but it is the world we live in. I'm sure the people who do this would need to be bonded and insured probably making the cost prohibitive therby making the profit on the service to low for any real business to succeed. Do you really want just anyone in your house, espcially if it is something like an internet outage where they know cameras and such will be offline. On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM David Hannum via AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Most phone apps are either/or . . . . On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Doesn’t that phone app require Internet though? Or is it cellular? From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of David Hannum via AF Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 1:50 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: David Hannum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - business idea Newer door locks have a phone app so you just have then holler at the camera when they arrive and you hit the button on your phone and the door unlocks for them. Actually, when I grew up, way out in the country, nobody even locked their doors. I'd go over to the neighbors and just walk in and feed the fish and change which lights were on in the house so it looked like somebody was home! On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: In the olden days, when we went away on vacation or for the winter, we left a key with a neighbor. Now everyone assumes they have their smart home devices, their cameras, their robot lawnmowers and snowblowers and vacuum cleaners and pet feeders. But what happens if there’s a storm or power outage and maybe someone just needs to power cycle the modem or router? Or reset a circuit breaker or GFCI? Without Internet, all those smart devices are offline. Seems like we need a service that you pay monthly and give them a key, and if necessary they will send a human out to your house. Actually so many people have a door lock where you just punch in a combination, you might not have to give them a key. This seems to go with rent-a-human type services to close the door on Waymo robotaxis, or help your food delivery robot cross a street. I’m old enough to remember when you’d pay a neighbor kid to take in your newspapers, mow your lawn, feed your fish. But of course there are no newspapers any more. And nobody pays kids to mow lawns any more. Do most kids never have a part time job until they graduate from high school (or college)? That seems like an abrupt transition. Especially if all the jobs are remote now. Who is your mentor, ChatGPT? -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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