<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This has been one hell of a good thread, so good I saved it all. I’m going to swipe all the ideas for my blog. I’ll post the link when I finish. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 18, 2021, at 8:56 AM, robert bownes via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">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. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now, nearly 5 months later I'm walking normally, still in PT, and have a really nice scar to scare children with. ;)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bob</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 9:40 AM Mike Harmuth via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">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. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not the best solution but something she'll use.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">mike h</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 7:00 AM John Davies via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Lots of good advice!<br class="">
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On eye protection, I prefer to use a visor. Same sort of thing as a welding<br class="">
helmet, but clear, protects the whole face.<br class="">
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On rusty nails and tetanus, good idea, but it's not the rust, it's where the<br class="">
nail has been!<br class="">
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And lastly, I'm now on my own, widowed. I've wondered what I could do if<br class="">
injured/disabled in the workshop, beyond struggling to the phone, so carry a<br class="">
mobile in the overalls. But there are personal alarms that the disabled<br class="">
elderly can carry, usually on a necklace. Press the red button, and the<br class="">
call centre can speak to you, as you lie there! Anyone used one?<br class="">
<br class="">
John<br class="">
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