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'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915 (media.piefed.social)

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'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915

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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Where's the snooze button?

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[–] markz@suppo.fi 4 points 1 year ago

One well aimed brick will do the trick

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