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apostates in olden times had no alarm clocks to speak of ~

many apostates found it difficult to wake up without alarm clocks because they would rather be in bed ~

they were not excited to wake up for seminary or other church activities their loved ones fostered upon them ~

some city-dwelling exmos may think that these old-time apostates could have used roosters or something but this is incorrect ~

roosters do not serve as very reliable alarm clocks for many reasons which can be covered in another thred ~

however ~

there are many other methods these apostates could have used ~

such as ~

drinking a lot of water b 4 bed ~

leaving the window blinds open ~

sleeping with a sweaty snoring old person ~

sleeping with a sexy person ~

but mostly ~

b 4 alarm clocks apostates just had to hope they woke up on time ~

He was quite the fundamentalist, didn't allow apostasy on the milking line.

I often wake up with the dawn and go back to sleep. It is a bit early just now.

Cities used to have people who were soecifically paid to go round people's houses to wake them up. I forget what they called them, but I saw an old black and white photograph of one. She had a kind of pea-shooter which she would use to tap on people's windows. It's a trade which ie almost forgotten now.

The title made me giggle.

But I have had trouble sleeping all my life and have never been a morning person. If I have to be up and present somewhere at a specific time, I usually set my clock and my cell phone alarm as back-up. So afraid I may oversleep. Even after years of teaching, I still needed an alarm to get up for work. I never became that person with the internal clock.



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My grandmother was Presbyterian and lived in a small town in Texas, right across the street from a Catholic Church. Early mass was like 0600 or maybe 0630. She didn't need an alarm clock either.

>> roosters do not serve as very reliable alarm clocks for many reasons which can be covered in another thred ~

I disagree. I wake up before my alarm everyday, which is set for 5:00 am. If the roosters out back across the creek aren't crowing, I know its too early to get up. If they are, I know the alarm will be going off soon.

I wake up to roosters and wild bird songs everyday at just about the same time.....4:30 - 5:00.

They also start crowing about the same time every afternoon....around 4:00 pm.