LOL! We only have one timer in our kitchen and I use it for boiling eggs, potatoes or something in the owen. Oh, and also for when the washing is done, that's in cellar next door. We hardly ever use an alarm clock to get up, we have a telephone which goes beep beep for about 10 seconds (rather quiet) - but every five min. - and I hear it!! Years ago, when I had to use one of these clocks you wind up, I had to put it in another room or in a drawer, not to hear it ticking. That one we usually dig out when we have to get up real early - like when we have to be in the airport before 8AM!