I think that is a great shot. And, I know the feeling on the luck part.

History speaks for it self, I am not the only one that believes in what you call fanciful using Jet streams to travel. You make it sound like they have to enter the Interior of the Jet stream where I am sure yes you will need more than a robotic balloon more like a very powerful drone to verify that and I am sure there are skeptic that want more proof in this theory and if scientist could strap a tracking device on the ladybugs legs to track them they would have already done that. Plain and simple logic it makes sense in a short period of time one fines large numbers of ladybugs gathered in large numbers in the high county where I believe they hibernate and from there in a short period of time they are all gone from that very same spot. Which leads to believe they do use the air currents perhaps jet streams the outer currents to get around? I am sure some would believe that the photos were photo shopped or manipulated I believe man walked on the moon. If you can prove other wise or have a better theory I am listening?

Interesting mix. Amar Bose, my classic music collection really appreciates him. Rose Bird's quotes I really appreciate, especially "My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it". Could have done without Mallone.

Yes. I failed to type the E. So far I like it. Remember, I was going to buy the upright and ended up with the canister. I came very close to buying both. But, common sense prevailed. I just bought the canister. You won't find these at Best Buy or Wal-Mart. You have to go to a professional cleaning store. I support small business when I can. I watched some videos on YouTube about the upper end vacuums before I went to the store. It came down to the two units manufactured in the Germany, Miele and SEBO. Anything manufactured in China simply won't last as long or do the job I require. And, none of them are HEPA units. I don't believe in buying cheap and throwing away. I hadn't heard of SEBO before. I saw it on the YouTube video. My vacuum store carried both. I had experience with the Miele and was generally satisfied with the exception of having to buy two replacement hoses and the loss of electrical contact on the retractable cord real that mysteriously affects the power to the motor over seventeen years. As time went on, I was not happy with the power head. It just wasn't doing the job on the pet hair. I clean my own house. I don't have a service cleaning. So, this matters to me. One of the comparison videos by a vacuum shop highlighted some of the flaws in the Miele upright engineering, cheaper plastic parts and poor design. I thought he had some good points on the video about the Miele upright. The dealer at the vacuum store agreed with the other shop's assessment. I asked the dealer at the vacuum store about his repair experience. He told me that the most common repair was someone damaging the power cord. Of course, that isn't specific to a particular brand. That's an accident. He said other than that, they don't see the SEBO's in the shop for repair very often. They see the Miele's on a regular basis. He also said that the SEBO repair parts are a lot less money, if you do need a repair. The prices were similar for similar features. They would both do the job. That was not the final determiner. It was a judgement as to which would last the longest. The fact that I could remove the beater bar and clear off the accumulated pet hair was very compelling. You cannot do that with the Miele. Actually, the Miele is set up so can't take it apart to clean the bar. It requires a servicing in order to do that. With the SEBO I can easily take it off, clean it or replace it. The self-drive mechanism on the power head is taking a little getting used to. It's like a self-propelled mower, it keeps moving forward with very little assist. I'm used to the Dyson where I had to use all of my shoulder to move it forward. The power to the power head is adjustable at the top of the hose. It's very quiet. I love the longer power cord. I don't have to unplug and move the plug as often. That makes vacuuming faster.