ICE your cellphone

footfootfoot · 07-29-2005, 10:35 PM

Being a person who remembers gasoline costing less than 40 cents a gallon, and when there were no answering machines, and cetera and cetera I often wonder how we functioned in emergencies w/o cell phones.

My contract is up in a month and I am not sure I want to continue with it. If I got better reception where I live I'd dump my land line, 911 notwithstanding.

On the other hand, even though things were different back then, they were different back then. As my friend's teenage son told me, vis a vis the internet and dial up vs. dsl,
"you don't ride to work on a horse"

While technology fascinates me, I am also appalled by its seemingly thoughtless embracing by so many people. I have a friend whose motto is "ready, fire, aim." That seems to be the zeitgeist of this era.

Anyway, if I am in an emergency and I am unconscious, then please
1. make sure I am breathing
2. stop the bleeding
3. treat me for shock
4. check me for a med alert bracelet (mine says "hypochondriac", btw)
5. when/if I wake up ask me who to call

At first reading of the post title I thought it meant ICE, as in "pop a cap in"

HungLikeJesus · 07-15-2008, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

4. check me for a med alert bracelet (mine says "hypochondriac", btw)

Ya, that's funny.

07-29-2005, 10:35 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Being a person who remembers gasoline costing less than 40 cents a gallon, and when there were no answering machines, and cetera and cetera I often wonder how we functioned in emergencies w/o cell phones. My contract is up in a month and I am not sure I want to continue with it. If I got better reception where I live I'd dump my land line, 911 notwithstanding. On the other hand, even though things were different back then, they were different back then. As my friend's teenage son told me, vis a vis the internet and dial up vs. dsl, "you don't ride to work on a horse" While technology fascinates me, I am also appalled by its seemingly thoughtless embracing by so many people. I have a friend whose motto is "ready, fire, aim." That seems to be the zeitgeist of this era. Anyway, if I am in an emergency and I am unconscious, then please 1. make sure I am breathing 2. stop the bleeding 3. treat me for shock 4. check me for a med alert bracelet (mine says "hypochondriac", btw) 5. when/if I wake up ask me who to call At first reading of the post title I thought it meant ICE, as in "pop a cap in" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs Last edited by footfootfoot; 07-29-2005 at 10:38 PM.

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