From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   Intro: Friday night at home I tripped and fell into a confined space, on   
   my side, After trying to get up for 2 hours, I started thinking.   
      
   Couldn't call my best friends, they're out of town.   
   Couldn't call my neighbors, I don't know any of their numbers by heart.   
   (they are in the computer, not in the phone.)   
   Aha, I can call the police.  I know their number!   
      
   Wait!  What am I thinking.  I don't have a phone. (And if I could get to   
   the phone, I wouldn't need any more help.)   
      
   So the next day, I started looking. There is some company that   
   advertises but I could't remember their name I tried mini-phone but had   
   to add "for medical emergency" to find what I wanted.   
      
   5 major companies, none of whose name I remembered, despite those   
   commercials. (Maybe I've really learned to ignore commercials. I hope   
   so.   
      
   Question.  They want 29 to 40 dollars a month for the service!   I pay   
   only $15 for my cell service and that lets me call anywhere, not just   
   that one number,  I could call the police myself, for example.  And my   
   phone gives the weather, music, movies, all for $15/month.   
      
   They will say that they give personal attention when you call. but some   
   years, most people will never call them.   
     Or they will call once.  The operator will answer, promptly I hope. I   
   wouldn't want to be put on hold at that price.  She will probably know   
   who is calling and where I live but she will verify it.  She will know   
   how to call the police in every city and county in the USA, and she will   
   call them and repeat what I told her.   This all will take between 5 and   
   10 minutes.  Then she won't hear from me for another year.   
     or some will call 5 or 10 times a year, but if it's up to 10, they   
   probably shouldn't be learing alone anyhow.   
      
   I think they may expect you to pay the cellular company separately.   
      
   How come no cheaper competitor has shown his head?.   
      
   BTW I got myself out, as you can probably tell, but it took hours and   
   hours, though I slept very nicely for 4 of those hours.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)