What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Diogenes Jan 2021 12:46pm, 6 Jan 2021 56,391 posts	0 Diogenes Valerian Ismael is the manager of Barnsley FC
GordonG Jan 2021 12:48pm, 6 Jan 2021 8,422 posts	0 GordonG that on my Android phone I can say via the Google Assistant thingy "Alexa, what's the time?" and Alexa will answer because Google directs my request to the Alexa website. [i see no particular use for this, but it's a thing!]
stilldreaming Jan 2021 1:39pm, 6 Jan 2021 479 posts	0 stilldreaming [Gordon G - but if you say "OK Google, What's the time?" your phone will answer won't it? Goes off to try the Alexa thing on phone ;-)].
Fitz Jan 2021 2:06pm, 6 Jan 2021 2,340 posts	0 Fitz That St Peter's Way is a 45-mile walk (or run!) from Ongar to Bradwell in Essex. [Files it away, with a collection of other long-distance routes I'll never get around to running. See also LOOP, Capital Ring...]
GregP Jan 2021 2:07pm, 6 Jan 2021 124,618 posts	0 GregP Not to be confused with the Essex Way that goes from Epping to Harwich. St Peter's Way is a pilgrim trail - St Cedd and all that. [this is from memory and may of course be untrue]
GordonG Jan 2021 2:09pm, 6 Jan 2021 8,424 posts	0 GordonG stilldreaming - yes it will, which is why there's no advantage to be able to link in to Alexa!
Dvorak Jan 2021 2:29pm, 6 Jan 2021 21,698 posts	0 Dvorak (I found out yesterday that Alexa will give a drum roll on request. I wonder if it gives a full drum solo?)
mulbs Jan 2021 2:31pm, 6 Jan 2021 13,919 posts	0 mulbs That squirrels will pretend to bury nuts if they know they're being watched, while hiding them in their armpits until they think it's safe to bury them for real
WtnMel Jan 2021 5:45pm, 6 Jan 2021 1,931 posts	0 WtnMel That you can join a zoom call from a landline. No excuse for not knowing - had just never bothered to consider it until someone asked me the question and I trawled through the settings and help info.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jan 2021 8:41pm, 6 Jan 2021 6,468 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain That Lincoln Cathedral spire was the tallest manmade structure ever built from 1311 until the late 19th century. Even though it collapsed in 1549.