Posted by: HazyJayne | http://www.livejournal.com/users/hazyjayne | Tue Dec 27 02:08:07 2005

I'm glad objects in my parents house give you amusement... ;)

Posted by: Owen | http://addedentry.livejournal.com/ | Tue Dec 27 12:06:56 2005

You know they exist now, so it adds little to say that I owned one as a child... except that the little yellow button on top produces the feeblest light from the right of the display, oh, and time is cubic, obv.

Posted by: Adrian | http:// | Wed Dec 28 10:45:24 2005

I used to own one of these clocks too! Are they really still in production?

Posted by: gimbo | http://gimbo.org.uk | Thu Dec 29 21:00:32 2005

I had one of these. It was actually the best alarm clock I've ever owned. The volume of the beeping was just right (not so loud that I jump out of my skin every morning, like one alarm I now own), the 4 minute snooze was optimal (and infinite), it was easy to find the snooze button on the top surface (and easy to find the top surface in the dark), and best of all, you could set the alarm time very quickly and easily, because holding down the minute button scrolled at just the right rate. Somehow, it seemed to be best balanced alarm I've had, and I've been consistently disappointed with new ones ever since. Mine was a birthday present from my parents when I was about 12, I guess. I was, initially, disappointed to find that it didn't directly tell you the time all around the world (you just work it out yourself by swivelling the plastic bit on the top around), but over the years, I came to love this clock. No idea what's happened to it now - hopefully it's up in the attic somewhere. I'll have to take a l