Not a telephonic solution...but:
  1. Buy (or find) old style, windup alarm clock
  2. Buy (or find) motion (or sound: aka mic) detector
  3. Wire output of detector to amplifier
  4. wire amp output to solenoid adequate to open a valve on a compressed air tank
  5. Acquire airhorn (see your local junkyard or consult a railway) - disused Fire Engines are a great source.
  6. Connect airhorn to compressed air via the solenoid-controlled valve
  7. Install completed contraption at the foot of your bed
  8. Roll out on or before the alarm clock goes off (to save your hearing and sanity, if any)
  9. Program something useful (for some undetermined value of same)
    :<})

In reply to Re: Placing a Phone Call (alt awakening machinery) by ww
in thread Placing a Phone Call by Sprad

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