Alarm Clocks

vAnt826 · 11-09-2007, 12:54 PM

So I set the time for 6:20AM today for the IPO of NPD, but I never woke up.

That mistake alone cost me thousands and now I need an alarm clock that can wake up my neighbors.

Any suggestions?

Brunotheboxer · 11-09-2007, 01:04 PM

sue everyone.

vAnt826 · 11-09-2007, 01:11 PM

I wanted to do more then that when I woke up 30 minutes ago.

gonzo · 11-09-2007, 02:41 PM

Plug it in.

jhv · 11-09-2007, 04:13 PM

thats weird, the same thing kinda happened to me today. i set my alarm for 6:00am but i never heard it. i wound up missing my classes for the day.

MoreCowbell · 11-09-2007, 05:53 PM

Move to the east coast

AndrewAZ · 11-09-2007, 07:47 PM

I have one that is a 7 day alarm clock.. You can set a diffrent time each day.. really helps out when I have classes some days at 9:30 and others at 10:30.. I always have been able to get used to alarm clocks and sleep with them blasting but not this one.. Turn it up all the way and put it on radio so you dont get used to the tone and it BLASTS in the morning sometimes I jump up in a panic. I have it about 10 feet away form my bed btw..

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/788e/

TiAg335i · 11-09-2007, 08:47 PM

set your cell phones alarm clock, put it on vibrate and put the phone on a hard surface. the loud vibrating is bound to wake you up.

JayeJaymes · 11-09-2007, 09:17 PM

get an iphone, and set as many alarms as you want, and to make sure you get up set an alarm every ten minutes lol...

Neurorad · 11-09-2007, 09:19 PM

In the past, when extraordinarily sleep deprived, I would set 2-3 alarm clocks, when I absolutely didn't want to miss something important.

ska///235i · 11-09-2007, 11:17 PM

if its that important and would cost you thousands like you claim...then dont sleep at all

wuufer001 · 11-10-2007, 04:59 AM

always put it far from your bed so that you have to wake up walk and switch it off. before i have an alarm clock right next to me and it turned out to be a habit that i just stretch my hand and just switch it off.

Put it on the other end of the room

jhv · 11-10-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wuufer001

always put it far from your bed so that you have to wake up walk and switch it off. before i have an alarm clock right next to me and it turned out to be a habit that i just stretch my hand and just switch it off.

Put it on the other end of the room

i never thought of that! thats an awesome idea thanks wuufer

Expired · 11-10-2007, 04:31 PM

Have mine about 10ft from my bed.
I turn the volume all the way up and set it just off a latino channel to where there is spanish with a bunch of random loud static.
Works every time, and annoys the hell out of me.

-Nathan

stooken · 11-10-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Expired

Have mine about 10ft from my bed.
I turn the volume all the way up and set it just off a latino channel to where there is spanish with a bunch of random loud static.
Works every time, and annoys the hell out of me.

-Nathan

+1

then you're forced to get up and shut the damn thing off.

wuufer001 · 11-11-2007, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by stooken

+1

then you're forced to get up and shut the damn thing off.

then go back to sleep

Kiemyster · 11-11-2007, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wuufer001

always put it far from your bed so that you have to wake up walk and switch it off. before i have an alarm clock right next to me and it turned out to be a habit that i just stretch my hand and just switch it off.

Put it on the other end of the room

yeah. i get up, turn it off, and find myself jumping back in bed. but then i think: oye. im sober. and thats a problem. so the idea of knowing that i can be high when im not, forces me to get up and roll a joint. works great for me

SoYank · 11-11-2007, 02:52 AM

There's an alarm clock that, when it goes off, will move about the room. Then the sleeper has to get out of bed, find the damned thing, and shut it off. Of course, the sleeper can then go back to bed.

vAnt826 · 11-12-2007, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by J.Rob

get an iphone, and set as many alarms as you want, and to make sure you get up set an alarm every ten minutes lol...

Its funny you mention that... Guess what device I was using?

Alpine · 11-13-2007, 12:17 AM

I set 3 alarms every day. Alarm clock, Cell Phone, and iPod in a sounddock. Yes, I have slept through them, too. I'm awesome.

NaTuReB0Y · 11-13-2007, 12:21 AM

my clock is set 20 minutes forward.....

so i will have 20 minutes extra to sleep in or get to work on time.

plus....i have a 9volt battery as back-up in case of a black out.

btw -- i always snooooozed(10 mins.) twice before waking up.

SoYank · 11-13-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by NaTuReB0Y

my clock is set 20 minutes forward.....

so i will have 20 minutes extra to sleep in or get to work on time.

plus....i have a 9volt battery as back-up in case of a black out.

btw -- i always snooooozed(10 mins.) twice before waking up.

There's only one problem with setting the clock ahead like that. You know when the alarm goes off that you CAN snooze. What you need is for someone to set it to an arbitrary amount of time ahead and not tell you and position it so you don't see the face/numbers as you go to bed (you'd soon realize how much forward it really is). Then when it does go off you don't really know whether you have zero, ten, twenty, or something in between, extra minutes of slumber.

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jhv Lieutenant General 1695 Rep 17,304 Posts Drives: G80 M3 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (1)	thats weird, the same thing kinda happened to me today. i set my alarm for 6:00am but i never heard it. i wound up missing my classes for the day.
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MoreCowbell Lieutenant Colonel 490 Rep 1,700 Posts Drives: 24 i5M60 23 X740 23 Vette Z06 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Westchester, NY iTrader: (0)	Move to the east coast
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AndrewAZ Major 137 Rep 1,243 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	I have one that is a 7 day alarm clock.. You can set a diffrent time each day.. really helps out when I have classes some days at 9:30 and others at 10:30.. I always have been able to get used to alarm clocks and sleep with them blasting but not this one.. Turn it up all the way and put it on radio so you dont get used to the tone and it BLASTS in the morning sometimes I jump up in a panic. I have it about 10 feet away form my bed btw.. http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/788e/
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TiAg335i Trance Life 315 Rep 4,706 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (4)	set your cell phones alarm clock, put it on vibrate and put the phone on a hard surface. the loud vibrating is bound to wake you up.
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Neurorad Major 87 Rep 1,224 Posts Drives: 2017 340xi Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Location, Location iTrader: (0)	In the past, when extraordinarily sleep deprived, I would set 2-3 alarm clocks, when I absolutely didn't want to miss something important.
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wuufer001 Colonel 375 Rep 2,348 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 M/T Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: DFW, TX//Taiwan//South Africa iTrader: (5) Garage List 2006 325i [9.34]	always put it far from your bed so that you have to wake up walk and switch it off. before i have an alarm clock right next to me and it turned out to be a habit that i just stretch my hand and just switch it off. Put it on the other end of the room __________________
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Expired Fanatic 99 Rep 175 Posts Drives: N/A Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Houston, Tx iTrader: (0)	Have mine about 10ft from my bed. I turn the volume all the way up and set it just off a latino channel to where there is spanish with a bunch of random loud static. Works every time, and annoys the hell out of me. -Nathan __________________ People only know what you tell them. ►Only in ROFL Copter.◄
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