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Our Old School Technology — They Can Still Wake Us Up

Alarm Clocks, Intercoms And Radios | They Aren’t Dead Yet

Barb Ann Johnson
2 min readJan 7, 2022
Color photo of an old silver and blue Emerson Solid State radio.
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The last time I was in one of our local thrift stores, I was amused to observe an older gentleman rummaging through a box of old tools and gadgets. He was pleased to be able to find a few replacement parts for his old school technology among what is commonly considered useless rubbish.

Our Old School Technology — Can Still Wake Us Up, Communicate And Entertain Us

They can still wake us up, check on us and give us the latest news, trends and soothe us with our favorite era tunes.

Just because we have all this new technology doesn’t mean all of our old technological gadgets have stopped working. If someone is still holding onto an old school alarm clock, intercom or radio that’s still working, they’re probably still using it.

Grandpa still has more than a few remnants of old school technology around — They’re still working until they’re not

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