[Fot] Fot Digest, Vol 104, Issue 19

[robert bownes]

I'll second the suggestion for having your mobile about, though I'll admit
to having had a cell phone on my person when I tore my achilles tendon in
half working in the shop last Labor Day. However, the 10 on 10 pain kinda
took over and I totally forgot it and hopped/limped/crawled to the house
(after probably 5 minutes on the floor)  to get the spouse because I didn't
even think of it. She thought I was having The Big One for a few seconds
until I managed to blurt out what had happened.

Now, nearly 5 months later I'm walking normally, still in PT, and have a
really nice scar to scare children with. ;)

Bob



On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 9:40 AM Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Hi John, we got one for my 97yr mother in law who lives next door. They
> work, she fat fingered the call button one morning while putting it on
> (bracelet model). I was making coffee, looked out the window and saw two
> cops pounding on her door (she's about a deaf as you can get). I went over,
> cleared things up but now she's afraid to put it on again. I installed a
> couple of phones on each level of her house directly on the floor. She's
> fallen, and can't get up  (cliche but true) but can make her way to the
> floor phones and call us for help.
>
> Not the best solution but something she'll use.
>
> So related to the call button, don't roll over on it while under the car
> (Like I'm always doing with the remote alarm on my car keys).
>
> I have an Echo smart speaker (Alexa, play Deep Purple) in the garage for
> music. I set it up to work as an intercom so my wife can call me back to
> the house. You can tie it into your phone and use it to call for help (or
> call anyone) hands free.
>
> mike h
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 7:00 AM John Davies via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Lots of good advice!
>>
>> On eye protection, I prefer to use a visor.  Same sort of thing as a
>> welding
>> helmet, but clear, protects the whole face.
>>
>> On rusty nails and tetanus, good idea, but it's not the rust, it's where
>> the
>> nail has been!
>>
>> And lastly, I'm now on my own, widowed.     I've wondered what I could do
>> if
>> injured/disabled in the workshop, beyond struggling to the phone, so
>> carry a
>> mobile in the overalls.    But there are personal alarms that the disabled
>> elderly can carry, usually on a necklace.   Press the red button, and the
>> call centre can speak to you, as you lie there!   Anyone used one?
>>
>> John
>>
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