"Usenet User" <usenetuser@hotmail.co.uk>typed


> I wonder how many people have died for not carrying a mobile phone at
> all. How did the last generation survive in an emergency without
> mobiles? Or before that without phones!

One little old lady in this area burned to death in her home a few
months ago. She had one of those 'care line' alarms round her neck.
Unfortunately, the careline people did not pass on a message that her
relatives were away on holiday so tried in vain to contact those
relatives. By the time they'd contacted anyone useful, her house had
burned down.

If she'd had a simple mobile phone round her neck instead, she might
have had a chance of survival.

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Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk
Edgware.