Unwanted solicitors

[pomtzu]

Karen, Ellie, don't let go of your land line. 911 depends on them. If you have an emergency where you cannot speak, like a heart attack, stroke, or some falls, a cell phone cannot instantly give them an address where you can be found. A land line does. All you need to be able to do is knock it off the hook and hit 911 - and they can find you. With a cell phone a) reception depends on where in the house you are at time, b) if you cannot speak clearly enough for them to understand your address, they have no idea where you are. Yes, eventually they can triangulate the signal using cell towers, but while they are getting that coordinated, and all the companies on board with it, irreparable harm may be happening to your heart, brain or both.

Be safe. Keep the land line, okay?

Karen - this is what a rescue alert system does, and you don't even have to get to a phone to call 911. You remember the commercial "I've fallen and I can't get up"??? All you have to do is push the panic button that you wear and it rings the response center. They in turn place a call back to you and you can tell them what you need, or if they can't reach you, they notify the contacts you have on file with them and also call 911. You don't have to be able to reach the phone to talk to them either since the call they make back goes to a monitor that is hooked into the phone, and it has a speaker. I could fall in my bedroom, and I could talk to them even tho the monitor is hooked to the phone in the kitchen. It has a 600' range, so I could even activate it if something happened outside in the yard, tho I wouldn't be able to hear a call back from them. In about 5 minutes I'd hear the paramedics siren tho!!!
Unfortunately I didn't have this system when I fell outside 3 years ago and broke my hip. It's because of that, that I got it in the first place, so I probably will keep it. Like I said - with my luck............


ETA:
Moe - the reason I don't want to deal with the religious callers, is that I know what sect they are, and their beliefs are just not in line with mine. I know they mean well, but I'm just not a believer that one has to peddle religion. My departed father-in-law made the mistake of listening to a group of them one time that came to his house, and then they were forever perusing him. Once they get that proverbial "foot in the door", then you had better be prepared for frequent visits.