Does any else have an Amazon Echo device? It allows me to take Alexa with me when I
travel. I own 2 of these devices. One is in my golf cart so I can stream music to a
portable Bluetooth speaker, and one is in the Motor Home.

It's great to be able to select the exact type of music you like listening to when travelling.

I used to own a Garmin device that had Alexa built-in. It had 3 good features: it acted as
a webcam so it would record everything while you travel, it had Alexa, and because it was
a Garmin product you could ask it for turn-by-turn navigation.

It didn't always work, and it blew away while using it in the golf cart. I miss it, but won't
replace it.

Mike Dippel
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On 3/25/2021 12:19 PM, Nelgin wrote to Mike Dippel:

We have 2 Amazon Echos and an Amazon Show. My tablet has built in Alexa and I
have the app on my phone. So yes, I'm being listened to all the time.

It's great to be able to select the exact type of music you like listening to

when travelling.

I use a skill called MyMedia which allows me to stream the music collection I
have on my Linux box. It costs $5 a year to the basic license, this is because
it has to be streamed via their server. Alexa security and network separation
and all that.

Ain't life grand! What did we do years ago? We listened to AM radio from an electric
device with limited stations. We listened to music in our cars on an 8-track tape. We
listened to vinyl in our room on a player of some kind.

Now, we take music with us everywhere for a small subscription fee.

Mike Dippel
http://hobbylinebbs.com

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On 3/25/2021 4:45 PM, Nelgin wrote to Mike Dippel:

You might have listened to 8 track. I'm not that old ;)

I did have some records and more so now. In fact I just took delivery of R.E.M.'s Out of Time on yellow vinyl. I have some other colored vinyl records
and a few rare Record Store Days released including A-ha's Hunting High and Low The Early Alternative Mixes (6000 copies), Peter Gabriel Rated PG (2000 copies), Queen Bo Rhap 2x12" picture disk and Bo Rhap/I'm in Love with My Car
7" (2300 and 2500 released). I've also got a Jean Michel Jarre RSD release of
which only 75 were available.

I've got hundreds of 7" singles and thousands of CDs. I'm actually trying to sell the CDs so I can buy more vinyl :)

Now, we take music with us everywhere for a small subscription fee.

It's just a matter of which one to choose.

I AM that old! 72 almost 73, but who's counting?

Mike

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Mike wrote:

Does any else have an Amazon Echo device? It allows me to take Alexa with me

when I

travel. I own 2 of these devices. One is in my golf cart so I can stream

music to a

portable Bluetooth speaker, and one is in the Motor Home.

We have 2 Amazon Echos and an Amazon Show. My tablet has built in Alexa and I have the app on my phone. So yes, I'm being listened to all the time.

It's great to be able to select the exact type of music you like listening to

when travelling.

I use a skill called MyMedia which allows me to stream the music collection I have on my Linux box. It costs $5 a year to the basic license, this is because it has to be streamed via their server. Alexa security and network separation and all that.
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Mike wrote:

Ain't life grand! What did we do years ago? We listened to AM radio from an

electric

device with limited stations. We listened to music in our cars on an 8-track

tape. We

listened to vinyl in our room on a player of some kind.

You might have listened to 8 track. I'm not that old ;)

I did have some records and more so now. In fact I just took delivery of R.E.M.'s Out of Time on yellow vinyl. I have some other colored vinyl records and a few rare Record Store Days released including A-ha's Hunting High and
Low The Early Alternative Mixes (6000 copies), Peter Gabriel Rated PG (2000 copies), Queen Bo Rhap 2x12" picture disk and Bo Rhap/I'm in Love with My Car 7" (2300 and 2500 released). I've also got a Jean Michel Jarre RSD release of which only 75 were available.

I've got hundreds of 7" singles and thousands of CDs. I'm actually trying to sell the CDs so I can buy more vinyl :)

Now, we take music with us everywhere for a small subscription fee.

It's just a matter of which one to choose.
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BY: Nelgin(954:895/3)

I've got hundreds of 7" singles and thousands of CDs. I'm actually
trying to
sell the CDs so I can buy more vinyl :)

I've got a ton of .45s and LPs from my younger days. I worked at a Radio Station in College as a DJ, and when they sold the station and the format was being changed, they were going to get rid of all the rock and roll records, so they let me pillage.

Also have a couple of hundred if not more CDs. I recently digitized all of my CDs and put them on the computer.

-Craig

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Morgul wrote:

BY: Nelgin(954:895/3)

I've got hundreds of 7" singles and thousands of CDs. I'm actually
trying to
sell the CDs so I can buy more vinyl :)

I've got a ton of .45s and LPs from my younger days. I worked at a Radio

Station in College as a DJ, and when they sold the station and the format was being changed, they were going to get rid of all the rock and roll records, so they let me pillage.

I did a short stint in hospital radio back in the UK in Winchester but I lost my job and moved across country and never picked it up again until I met someone who worked at a smaller station here in the Dallas area and got a show with a co-host and fellow Brit expat. We called it The British Invasion (of course), did that for a couple of years - was fun but the station also was changing formats and I have no interest in "Americana".

Also have a couple of hundred if not more CDs. I recently digitized all of

my CDs and put them on the computer.

If you want some more, I'm selling at a resonable price :)
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Re: Re: Amazon Echo
By: Morgul to Nelgin on Thu Mar 25 2021 22:09:22

I've got a ton of .45s and LPs from my younger days. I worked at a Radio Station in College as a DJ, and when they sold the station and the format was being changed, they were going to get rid of all the rock and roll records, so they let me pillage.

If you ever want to get rid of your vinly, I'll pay for shipping :)

Also have a couple of hundred if not more CDs. I recently digitized all of my CDs and put them on the computer.

I've got several thousand CDs. I don't have the time or disk space to do all those!

I did pick up a bunch in a batch that I wouldn't want anyway.
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