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Waking up

Posted: Monday, March 31st, 2008 @ 9:51 am in Living, Web | No Comments »

I always wondered how people managed to get up in earlier times. I mean, before they had alarm clocks. Even with an alarm clock, I can hardly get up. But, Mental Floss to the rescue, they had knocker-ups.
In British towns of yore, particularly those with a mine or mill as the center of commercial […]