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Catlady · 12-07-2016, 01:48 PM

What happens when the bulb burns out? Or the cat knocks it over and smashes it?

tubemonkey · 12-07-2016, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

What happens when the bulb burns out? Or the cat knocks it over and smashes it?

You throw it away and buy a new one. You're made out of money, right?

ApK · 12-07-2016, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

What happens when the bulb burns out? Or the cat knocks it over and smashes it?

LEDs are not going to "burn out" in the traditional sense.

As for other failures, what do you do when any other appliance breaks?

jswinden · 12-07-2016, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

What happens when the bulb burns out? Or the cat knocks it over and smashes it?

Get a new cat!

Just kidding. I've got two cats and they both stay in near constant trouble! Both love to chew on iPhone charging cables. They never developed a taste for normal, less expensive USB charging cables, just the pricey iPhone cables. Thankfully they don't chew on electrical cables or they would likely use up all nine lives in a hurry.

Purple Lady · 12-07-2016, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

Get a new cat!

Just kidding. I've got two cats and they both stay in near constant trouble! Both love to chew on iPhone charging cables. They never developed a taste for normal, less expensive USB charging cables, just the pricey iPhone cables. Thankfully they don't chew on electrical cables or they would likely use up all nine lives in a hurry.

My one kitty chews on everything. But since he has no teeth, it's not much of a problem! Or he probably would have used up all his lives. He also eats dry cat food.

Catlady · 12-07-2016, 06:28 PM

Seriously, that lamp looks a lot more fragile than one of the Echo devices. Forget blaming the cats; I could see myself knocking it over.

Secondly, that lamp would absolutely not fit in with decor that isn't fairly modern. In my home, it would be completely out of place--I need something with a lampshade.

And third--talking to a lamp? I feel silly enough talking to a Dot!

jswinden · 12-08-2016, 10:23 AM

Probably already mentioned in this long thread somewhere, but I just learned that you can say "Alexa play white noise" and she will play the sound of a natural river flowing. Pretty cool.

ETA: It actually plays Natural White Noise: Mountain River by Mute Button. The track/album is only 1:14:00 long, so be sure to click the Loop button otherwise it will stop playing in 1:14:00.

Hamlet53 · 12-08-2016, 11:50 AM

Alladin thought of it first. And a Jinn was much better than and Alexa. That's one ugly looking lamp. Looks like a towel ring to me. I played the video and my Dot woke up and started playing a Bob Dylan song.

I discovered last night that that I can say Alexa, "play sound of the ocean" and it will. Now I need to figure out how to make it do that for a set time interval so it will shut off automatically after I fall asleep.

tubemonkey · 12-08-2016, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Alladin thought of it first. And a Jinn was much better than and Alexa. That's one ugly looking lamp. Looks like a towel ring to me. I played the video and my Dot woke up and started playing a Bob Dylan song.

I discovered last night that that I can say Alexa, "play sound of the ocean" and it will. Now I need to figure out how to make it do that for a set time interval so it will shut off automatically after I fall asleep.

"Alexa, play sound of the ocean"

"Alexa, set a sleep timer for 30 minutes"

Hamlet53 · 12-08-2016, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

"Alexa, play sound of the ocean"

"Alexa, set a sleep timer for 30 minutes"

Perfect.

tubemonkey · 12-08-2016, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Perfect.

Just be sure to set the timer to stop before the tide comes in and sweeps you out to sea

Yolina · 12-08-2016, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Just be sure to set the timer to stop before the tide comes in and sweeps you out to sea

Upside: could find some tuna

issybird · 12-08-2016, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

Alladin thought of it first. And a Jinn was much better than and Alexa. That's one ugly looking lamp. Looks like a towel ring to me. I played the video and my Dot woke up and started playing a Bob Dylan song.

I discovered last night that that I can say Alexa, "play sound of the ocean" and it will. Now I need to figure out how to make it do that for a set time interval so it will shut off automatically after I fall asleep.

For the life of me, I can't get her to play "sound of the ocean."

tubemonkey · 12-08-2016, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Yolina

Upside: could find some tuna

jswinden · 12-09-2016, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

For the life of me, I can't get her to play "sound of the ocean."

Try "Alexa play ocean sound". That gives me actual ocean sounds. Saying "Alexa play sounds of the ocean" made her play a sample of an instrumental with a bit of ocean sound in the background.

12-08-2016, 10:23 AM	#1282
jswinden Nameless Being	Probably already mentioned in this long thread somewhere, but I just learned that you can say *"Alexa play white noise"* and she will play the sound of a natural river flowing. Pretty cool. ETA: It actually plays Natural White Noise: Mountain River by Mute Button. The track/album is only 1:14:00 long, so be sure to click the Loop button otherwise it will stop playing in 1:14:00. Last edited by jswinden; 12-08-2016 at 11:35 AM.

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Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,419 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	What happens when the bulb burns out? Or the cat knocks it over and smashes it?

12-07-2016, 06:28 PM	#1281
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,419 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Seriously, that lamp looks a lot more fragile than one of the Echo devices. Forget blaming the cats; I could see myself knocking it over. Secondly, that lamp would absolutely not fit in with decor that isn't fairly modern. In my home, it would be completely out of place--I need something with a lampshade. And third--talking to a lamp? I feel silly enough talking to a Dot!

12-08-2016, 11:50 AM	#1283
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Alladin thought of it first. And a Jinn was much better than and Alexa. That's one ugly looking lamp. Looks like a towel ring to me. I played the video and my Dot woke up and started playing a Bob Dylan song. I discovered last night that that I can say Alexa, "play sound of the ocean" and it will. Now I need to figure out how to make it do that for a set time interval so it will shut off automatically after I fall asleep.