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Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside)

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android, sci.electronics.repair
Subject Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside)
Date 2016-10-01 15:58 +1000
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"Horace Algier" <horatio@horatio.net> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:45:35 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> I think there is something to be said for an app that either works out 
>> when
>> you have got up and if you haven't, eventually asks if you are alright 
>> and
>> if you don¢t respond, calls the numbers you specify. That would be useful
>> for those who live alone and would hopefully catch most of the situations
>> where you say fall and can't get up and don¢t have your phone with you
>> at the time and so can't call for assistance yourself etc.
>
> I was thinking about that old American commercial, a few decades ago, 
> where
> an old lady falls down the stairs and says "I've fallen and I can't get
> up".
>
> It was perfectly tuned MARKETING fear mongering, and FUD worked as well
> then as it does now.
>
> Still, for those who *need* it, I can't possibly disagree with you, that 
> it
> will make them *feel* safe to have the app constantly nag them to ask if
> they're OK.
>
> I could even use it, I guess, when I go pot farmer hunting ... :)
>
> Pssst.... it won't help me because *feeling* safe and *being* safe are two
> totally different things ... but they might be able to locate the body for
> a decent burial.

It would help plenty who live alone who have a bad fall and
can't get up. There are a few of those on the reality TV series
and some found dead who didn’t manage to get any help too.

And it happened to a mate of mine too who was so obscenely
obese that he managed to fall down behind the bed and it took
a crew of at least 6 emergency personnel to get him up again.
In his case his wife could call them, but if he had been living
alone, it would have avoided him ending up dead.

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How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-27 22:35 +0000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 09:39 +1000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2016-09-28 12:36 +0200
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 20:56 +1000
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-28 15:11 -0400
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-09-28 20:41 +0100
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 06:20 +1000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:00 +0000
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 06:00 +1000
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 07:31 +0000
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-29 22:48 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 17:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 13:56 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 18:38 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 14:47 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-30 04:21 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:00 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-09-30 17:36 -0400
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-30 18:40 -0400
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-29 18:43 +0000
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-29 14:46 -0400
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 09:23 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 02:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:45 +1000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:24 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 15:58 +1000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 02:51 +0000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 14:50 +1000
              Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-09-29 23:58 -0700
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-09-30 00:06 -0700
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 15:24 +0000
                Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:08 +1000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:00 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-28 16:05 +0000
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 03:01 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-30 03:18 +0000
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-09-30 08:56 -0700
  Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2016-09-30 11:49 -0400
    Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:10 +1000
      Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2016-10-01 10:39 -0400
        Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 07:49 +1100
          Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 07:09 +0000
            Re: How to create an EMERGENCY folder on a mobile device (and what to put inside) "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 19:31 +1100

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