# (Old) Alexa, start the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 20, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150 "2025-01-20T12:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/25 "2025-01-20T14:40:10Z")
Good morning everyone. It’s already afternoon here in Europe. A cloudy and damp +6 °C, but in the nights it is freezing, i.e. the worst of both worlds. That’s why I reluctantly eschew [cycling to work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-my-youtube-channel-amateurish-bicycle-handlebar-cam-footage-from-my-bike-commute/999147/10) - there are still frozen spots in the shade on my bike paths in the late morning. Cycling may be possible on Thursday. I have populated living room, office and kitchen with Echo Dots/an Echo Show during the last year, over the initial reservations of mildly technophobe **Möpsin**. My wife now enjoys watching TV in the kitchen during cooking, and I have also prepared a selection of 600+ pictures from the last decade’s vacations that cycle over the Echo Show’s screen when it’s not otherwiese occupied. One use for Alexa that was not mentioned upthread was as a tea timer - we pour hot water on the tea bag and say: _Alexa, three minutes_. Also our crockpot does not have a timer, and I have not found any good plug timer switches for switching on for a few hours, so we use an Alexa-controlled plug switch for that. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150)._