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Jean Poitiers · 11-22-2019, 07:57 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by savoche

Ooh, brilliant cropping!

Congrats, Jean!

Merci bien.

Yeah, I can't wait until the post-festival party/reception at this theater next Thursday. I will get to see all my headless friends again ...

**CharLac** · 11-22-2019, 08:49 AM

Originally posted by rod_grant

I don't know what the dame (am I allowed to write that?) in my Toyota is called but she has no idea who I want to call on my phone.
I same something like 'call home' (Home is listed in my mobile (cell) phone) and she comes back and says something like 'do you want to call Richard Kaa?'
Now I ask you. She has no idea of elocution, pronunciation, or anything else.
Maybe once in six tries she might get me the number I ask for.
I've never tried Alexa, and the only time I tried Siri was an experiment which proved that my son's voice and mine must have some similarity as I could ask Siri questions on his phone and be understood and answered, and my grandson couldn't.

Did you do the voice recognition exercise?

**CharLac** · 11-22-2019, 08:54 AM - **2 Likes**

Good morning all. Yes, a shocker, here two days in a row! That is certain to start a row. Yes, english rocks

robtcorl · 11-22-2019, 09:21 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by CharLac

english rocks

Good old Missouri rocks:

**CharLac** · 11-22-2019, 11:38 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Good old Missouri rocks:

Racer X 69 · 11-22-2019, 11:56 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by CharLac

Did you do the voice recognition exercise?

Exercise?

Like, sit ups, push ups, jumping jacks, and leg lifts?

**savoche** · 11-22-2019, 12:11 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by CharLac

Did you do the voice recognition exercise?

Ye mien loch thes?

You Tube

**microlight** · 11-22-2019, 12:12 PM - **2 Likes**

Mrs Micro didn’t like having Alexa in the house, I think she felt threatened. So I had to change Alexa’s name (and therefore personality) to ‘computer’. I miss Alexa... 🙁😜

Racer X 69 · 11-22-2019, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by microlight

Mrs Micro didn’t like having Alexa in the house, I think she felt threatened. So I had to change Alexa’s name (and therefore personality) to ‘computer’. I miss Alexa... 🙁😜

You Tube

dbs · 11-22-2019, 01:21 PM

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Merci bien.

Yeah, I can't wait until the post-festival party/reception at this theater next Thursday. I will get to see all my headless friends again ...

Hi Jean

So the photographer at the newspaper. is in title only.you don't actually have to be a photographer or did the story above exceed its lines...?

Dave

dbs · 11-22-2019, 01:30 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Jean Poitiers

Bonjour les mecs ...

Oops, I did it again.

That is to say to make it into the newspaper. Monday, we installed the winners of the bi-annual photo festival in the lobby of the theater. Here's the article and I am on the far right with a bad hair day in action.

And yes, that is how the group photo was cropped. Jean, Christophe, Daniel and Jean-Marie are headless ...

https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/vienne/commune/saint-benoit/le-grand-pri...r-fait-la-hune

Hi Jean

The four gentlemen are in the witness protection program.............yes.............no.........

Dave

Jean Poitiers · 11-22-2019, 02:39 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by dbs

Hi Jean

The four gentlemen are in the witness protection program.............yes.............no.........

Dave

Bingo! We have a winner!

Yes, no, maybe ... I hesitate to ask any of them ...

**rod_grant** · 11-22-2019, 05:50 PM

Originally posted by savoche

Ooh, brilliant cropping!

My thoughts exactly -

OTOH the croppist (? - new word) might have been told to only show the images.

I posted before seeing Jean's post above.
(But my alternative (OTOH) may have been more accurate than I thought)

**rod_grant** · 11-22-2019, 05:57 PM

Originally posted by CharLac

Did you do the voice recognition exercise?

I scanned the manual and found no mention of training Mrs Toyota.
Perhaps I only had a man's look (?).
But then, the car was manufactured in Australia (The Aurions and Camries were the last Toyota models to be so) so "she" should have recognised an Aussie accept straight off; the training should have been completed in the factory, surely.

**rod_grant** · 11-22-2019, 06:07 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by tim60

gets women a job in that big building on the banks of the Thames in London, for life.

Yes, she drops in to see us from time to time, although more often than not now she sends one of the family.
I'm quite pleased to have her as my liege lord (?) - better than any goofy ex politician that we would get under any republican proposal that has been raised.
(MODS: please forgive my bordering on the political - my brain couldn't stop my fingers, and even my fingers were not being partisan; everyone who had an opinion in the matter had brain dead ideas.

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11-22-2019, 07:57 AM - 2 Likes	#72256
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Originally posted by savoche Ooh, brilliant cropping! Congrats, Jean! *Merci bien.* Yeah, I can't wait until the post-festival party/reception at this theater next Thursday. I will get to see all my headless friends again ...

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CharLac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Ottawa Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,419	Originally posted by rod_grant I don't know what the dame (am I allowed to write that?) in my Toyota is called but she has no idea who I want to call on my phone. I same something like 'call home' (Home is listed in my mobile (cell) phone) and she comes back and says something like 'do you want to call Richard Kaa?' Now I ask you. She has no idea of elocution, pronunciation, or anything else. Maybe once in six tries she might get me the number I ask for. I've never tried Alexa, and the only time I tried Siri was an experiment which proved that my son's voice and mine must have some similarity as I could ask Siri questions on his phone and be understood and answered, and my grandson couldn't. Did you do the voice recognition exercise?

11-22-2019, 08:54 AM - 2 Likes	#72258
CharLac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Ottawa Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,419	Good morning all. Yes, a shocker, here two days in a row! That is certain to start a row. Yes, english rocks

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robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by CharLac english rocks Good old Missouri rocks:

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Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,078	Originally posted by CharLac Did you do the voice recognition exercise? Exercise? Like, sit ups, push ups, jumping jacks, and leg lifts?

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microlight Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,129	Mrs Micro didn’t like having Alexa in the house, I think she felt threatened. So I had to change Alexa’s name (and therefore personality) to ‘computer’. I miss Alexa... 🙁😜

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dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,568	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers *Merci bien.* Yeah, I can't wait until the post-festival party/reception at this theater next Thursday. I will get to see all my headless friends again ... Hi Jean So the photographer at the newspaper. is in title only.you don't actually have to be a photographer or did the story above exceed its lines...? Dave

11-22-2019, 01:30 PM - 1 Like	#72266
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,568	Originally posted by Jean Poitiers *Bonjour les mecs* ... Oops, I did it again. That is to say to make it into the newspaper. Monday, we installed the winners of the bi-annual photo festival in the lobby of the theater. Here's the article and I am on the far right with a bad hair day in action. And yes, that is how the group photo was cropped. Jean, Christophe, Daniel and Jean-Marie are headless ... https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/vienne/commune/saint-benoit/le-grand-pri...r-fait-la-hune Hi Jean The four gentlemen are in the witness protection program.............yes.............no......... Dave

11-22-2019, 02:39 PM - 1 Like	#72267
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Originally posted by dbs Hi Jean The four gentlemen are in the witness protection program.............yes.............no......... Dave Bingo! We have a winner! Yes, no, maybe ... I hesitate to ask any of them ...

11-22-2019, 05:50 PM	#72268
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Originally posted by savoche Ooh, brilliant cropping! My thoughts exactly - OTOH the croppist (? - new word) might have been told to only show the images. I posted before seeing Jean's post above. (But my alternative (OTOH) may have been more accurate than I thought)

11-22-2019, 05:57 PM	#72269
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Originally posted by CharLac Did you do the voice recognition exercise? I scanned the manual and found no mention of training Mrs Toyota. Perhaps I only had a man's look (?). But then, the car was manufactured in Australia (The Aurions and Camries were the last Toyota models to be so) so "she" should have recognised an Aussie accept straight off; the training should have been completed in the factory, surely.

11-22-2019, 06:07 PM - 1 Like	#72270
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	Originally posted by tim60 gets women a job in that big building on the banks of the Thames in London, for life. Yes, she drops in to see us from time to time, although more often than not now she sends one of the family. I'm quite pleased to have her as my liege lord (?) - better than any goofy ex politician that we would get under any republican proposal that has been raised. (MODS: please forgive my bordering on the political - my brain couldn't stop my fingers, and even my fingers were not being partisan; everyone who had an opinion in the matter had brain dead ideas.

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