When I had my first and only colonoscopy a few years ago, the man who performed the procedure was named Dr. Tull. The last thing I remember before I lost consciousness was singing, "Eyeing little girls with bad intent . . . " One of the nurses burst out laughing, but that probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do to a man who’ll be poking around your nether regions.
I got an Alexa a couple of months ago thinking I could use it as a bedside speaker and clock radio. The radio part works. For music I ended up buying some cheap computer speakers to bring the sound up to the level of a $30 Bluetooth speaker. Oh, playing the music I own. Had to install Plex on my NAS because it’s the only free DLNA server Alexa recognizes. I have to run Plex in the browser on Alexa because verbal commands are useless unless you know the exact name of everything you want to play. Plex is a bug ridden abomination. The Echo 8 isn’t strong enough to run Firefox properly. Thank heaven I got the not very smart device for half off. I’m 74 and hate it when technology, which I love, makes things harder. That is not why humans use tools. I’m going into V-fib.
I really don’t understand the appeal. A device that constantly listens to, and possibly records, everything you say in its vicinity must be a security nightmare. And there’s nothing that I’ve heard that it can do that I can’t manage just fine without it.
Plus, pet birds that talk have been known to place expensive orders through such devices! And another reason to stick with cats and/or dogs.
Doctor Toon over 3 years ago
In the shuffling madness of the locomotive breath…
Michael G. over 3 years ago
You know, nothing is easy …
kuklared Premium Member over 3 years ago
I tell my Alexa to play me Tull all the time. The Jethro Tull Christmas album gets me through the holidays every year.
PrairieFlower over 3 years ago
Everything about this is me. We were clearly separated at birth.
Melki Premium Member over 3 years ago
When I had my first and only colonoscopy a few years ago, the man who performed the procedure was named Dr. Tull. The last thing I remember before I lost consciousness was singing, "Eyeing little girls with bad intent . . . " One of the nurses burst out laughing, but that probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do to a man who’ll be poking around your nether regions.
Judeeye Premium Member over 3 years ago
What’s this now? I feel thick as a brick. :)
katina.cooper over 3 years ago
Was the joke about a pirate named Mike?
willie_mctell over 3 years ago
I got an Alexa a couple of months ago thinking I could use it as a bedside speaker and clock radio. The radio part works. For music I ended up buying some cheap computer speakers to bring the sound up to the level of a $30 Bluetooth speaker. Oh, playing the music I own. Had to install Plex on my NAS because it’s the only free DLNA server Alexa recognizes. I have to run Plex in the browser on Alexa because verbal commands are useless unless you know the exact name of everything you want to play. Plex is a bug ridden abomination. The Echo 8 isn’t strong enough to run Firefox properly. Thank heaven I got the not very smart device for half off. I’m 74 and hate it when technology, which I love, makes things harder. That is not why humans use tools. I’m going into V-fib.
sew-so over 3 years ago
I really don’t understand the appeal. A device that constantly listens to, and possibly records, everything you say in its vicinity must be a security nightmare. And there’s nothing that I’ve heard that it can do that I can’t manage just fine without it.
Plus, pet birds that talk have been known to place expensive orders through such devices! And another reason to stick with cats and/or dogs.