Knocker uppers and candle clocks: How people woke up before alarm clocks
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From candles that drop metal nails to the knocker uppers of industrial Britain, people devised plenty of cunning ways to ensure a timely wake-up before alarm clocks came along.
  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    If you were the last of the family to get up on Pentecost, my mum would call you basically a dumbass.

    I’d tell you to get orchestrate a scheme where the entire family wakes up before her and everyone gets to call her a dumbass but you guys might end up with shoes shoved up some uncomfortable places after…