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5spd4wd t1_jda80ej wrote

GE made awesome stuff in the 1980s.

What about giving it a good brushing and cleaning to spiff it up? Especially brush out those parallel ridges on the top. They collect everything.

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UncleSusan01 t1_jdavye2 wrote

It survived being thrown at/through a wall/door/spouse I bet.

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SimpleVegetable5715 t1_jdb9ed7 wrote

If only we had as good of radio stations as we did in the 80's and 90's

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Shepatriots t1_jdbj3eb wrote

Will definitely agree with this!

Source: both my parents had them forever!! and my mimaw still has and uses hers to blare music for her dog while she’s out of the house. Haha

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aggressive_seal t1_jdbrclz wrote

Last time I saw one of these was 2002. I was in a sketchy neighborhood and was walking to the gas station to buy a pack of cigs. Some crackhead was trying to sell it for $4.00. I don’t know how much crack you can get for four bucks but I do kinda regret not buying it. Good alarm clock radio. My grandparents had one in the spare room when I used to sleep over as a kid.

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therealrinnian t1_jdg60a6 wrote

That’s the one my dad has used my entire life. That bad boy is several decades old and going strong

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AlmostAbsurd t1_jdgevz8 wrote

Having had experience trying to wake teenagers, the "Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker" (still selling on Amazon) is highly effective at causing teenagers to literally fly out of the room.

And this was at the request of said teenager, who really didn't want to be late but just couldn't wake up the normal way.

Of course, it woke everyone in the house, too, but it was super effective.

We eventually coupled it with a medium sized pneumatic air raid horn hack on an independent clock for even more impact. One neighbor wanted the timing rolled forward about 10 minutes or so, so it could accommodate his schedule as well.

The other neighbor was an older deaf lady, so no trauma there.

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