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Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« on: June 17, 2022, 12:29:55 PM »
...and not completely hating her. Sound quality for music sort of lacks bass, but I understand there is a way to fix that. And it is convenient.
 
And I'm not really worried about her listening in - because except for adding plutonium to my shopping list, etc., I generally don't talk in my house.
 
Right now, have random bluegrass and newgrass playing...
 
https://youtu.be/BBCwix98JAs
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Re: Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2022, 12:33:51 PM »
And looking at the "smart use stats" of my new "smart" AC, it is looking like it is going to cost about $20/month over baseline to cool the house to livable during the worst of St. Louis - the old setup would have been over $60/month and that was "marginally livable." With it, I was happy with mid seventies. But this week, with over 100 degree temps, I've had it set at 68, on low fan...
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Re: Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2022, 01:22:15 PM »
Newgrass - not even once.  :P
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Re: Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2022, 01:35:47 PM »
Alexa is just biding her time until the red flag law gets passed.





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Re: Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2022, 01:56:00 PM »
Hey, bluegrass, and newgrass, are the song of my people. Grew up in Central Kentucky - had one roomie who had played with Ricky, and another who had played with Bill. Me? I carried heavy stuff.
 
Dolly's on the thing right now.
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Re: Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2022, 02:03:45 PM »
And this fellow lived a few miles from me - Give it a listen...
 
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jd-crowe-bluegrass-interview-1276383/

https://youtu.be/Pc1uftpDRYE

Not all bluegrass was The Dillards/Darlin' Boys...
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Re: Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2022, 04:48:10 PM »
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Always knocks me off my feet
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Re: Spent a few weeks with Alexa...
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2022, 11:58:34 AM »
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