Subdeacon Joe Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 "Reposting from Michael Vaughan: PSA - If you are ever lost while hiking, get stranded with a broken down car, etc and you notice your cell phone is either low on juice or has no signal, here is a tip that very well may save your life. Change the voicemail on your phone to a message that gives your approximate location, the time, the date, your situation (lost, out of gas, car broken down, injured, etc) and any special instructions such as you are staying with the car, you are walkinc toward a town, etc.... The best part of this is that even if your cell phone dies or stops working, voicemail still works, so anyone calling your phone looking for you will hear the message and know where to find you or where to send help." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: "Reposting from Michael Vaughan: PSA - If you are ever lost while hiking, get stranded with a broken down car, etc and you notice your cell phone is either low on juice or has no signal, here is a tip that very well may save your life. Change the voicemail on your phone to a message that gives your approximate location, the time, the date, your situation (lost, out of gas, car broken down, injured, etc) and any special instructions such as you are staying with the car, you are walkinc toward a town, etc.... The best part of this is that even if your cell phone dies or stops working, voicemail still works, so anyone calling your phone looking for you will hear the message and know where to find you or where to send help." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 ...... but only if you have a strong enough signal and enough battery power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ...... but only if you have a strong enough signal and enough battery power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Australia has a lot of areas/territory inland that are simply NOT covered by our cell phone network. In the populated areas, and along the Eastern Seaboard, yes. But inland, not so much. And, of course, a flat battery is no-ones' friend ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 17 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ...... but only if you have a strong enough signal and enough battery power. And only if you are not dead. But if you have any signal and any power, it could be a life saver. Worth a shot, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Just now, Subdeacon Joe said: And only if you are not dead. But if you have any signal and any power, it could be a life saver. Worth a shot, anyway. ....... yes, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 What did people do before cell phones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, Texas Joker said: What did people do before cell phones? We talked to each other GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Texas Joker said: What did people do before cell phones? What did ship captains do before radio? What did people do before maps? What did people do before a reliable compass? What did people do before GPS? What did people do before antibiotics? What did people do before (insert favorite evil technology)? Some died. Some got found. Some just disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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