4. Alarm clocks
Before the development of alarm clocks, roosters signaled the beginning of a new day. Now a tiny device called ‘the smartphone’ wakes us up. But I can strongly affirm that it is not doing its job as alarm clocks once did.
Nothing comes to the sound of old-fashioned alarm clocks. They could have wake even the dead from their graves.
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Do you still have a vintage alarm clock in your house? And, more importantly, do you still use it? Please answer the question by leaving a comment down below!
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YES, I still have a “clock radio” by my bed with an alarm.
I am so sick of technology taking away all we have grown up with and replacing it with a “smart” phone” that is for the young people, not for us seniors. I was just told that my landline is no longer a landline but connected to the WiFi! AND that means that my alarm company has to up my bill!?
I still have a landline because I am always miss placing my cell phone!!
I don’t miss any of them ! I’m 90 years old and who cares lol
MOST PROGRESS AND CHANGE ARE GOOD, BUT WE MUST NEVER CHANGE LOVING ONE ANOTHER AS THE WAY WE LIVE. THERE IS A BOOK ADOUT THAT…THE BIBLE. YOU CAN STILL BUY ONE ON PAPER.THROUGH A COMPUTER; OR ON THE RADIO; ETC.
AGAPE GWL/MD (Ret)
Yes I use a clock radio everyday for alarm.😁 No plans on getting rid of it.
I also have a clock radio, which is set to music to wake up to. Also two battery-run alarm clocks which are sometimes used instead. Don’t have any plans to get rid of them, Only use my cell-phone alarm clock when I travel.
Yes, I use an alarm clock.
For people who have large homes, landlines can be a necessity. Older people do no carry their cell phones with them when they are in their homes. So a cordless phone in almost every room is logical.
sure I still use a vintage alarm clock even if only to see what time it is. Wouldn’t want to be without ! I also don’t have a smart phone as I am now completely deaf and can’t use a phone without captions. It is just really bad that most people never think of those among us who can’t use a smart phone because we can’t “hear or understand” people on the phone nor TV nor video . . . etc.
still use them. cordless ones all over the house
use my trusty ole finger pusher every day
being a biker, we all kept a paper map every time we went on a cross country trip.
viva de harley
I did get rid of the landline. However …As to pay phones they are already all gone. There in ONE left in all of NYC! I have a massive CD collection. I listen to them daily and still order new ones all the time (I also have all my favorite movies on DVD – because it’s hard to find anything worth watching on tv most of the time). And yes, I have a beautiful retro electric alarm clock and I do occasionally use a cute little calculator. And lastly, my old car is full of paper maps and no GPS. 🙂
I still use alarm clocks, no longer wind-up, instead battery-run.
I have several calculators which I use often. Do not use a c-phone unless I am away from my home. Do not use the built-in calculator., as I prefer the non-technical ones. I have a ‘dumb’ phone, not a smart phone.
I prefer paper maps which I use often, both within my home and when I used to drive. Depending with whom I’m riding in a car with, I still prefer paper maps. I can see far more on a paper roadmap than I can on any GPS unit. In years past, long Before GPS units, if I was traveling somewhere within a state, I would buy County street maps.
I still have LP (long playing) vinyl records, the stereos to play them on, and CD’s and CD players.
yes and yes
STILL HAVE LANDLINES WITH 1 HAVING THE LONG CORD WILL STILL USE REGULAR CALCULATOR