Guest guest Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Hi Gang, I have no speech, but I carry a pre-paid mobile phone (cell phone?) that i use to send short text messages to friends - for instance sends me text " I am in area, r u home for visit? " and I text back " Great, come on over " . If ever I was in difficulty, I know I could contact help. I take it everywhere with me - when my credit runs down, I just deposit more money to buy more credit. It is a great comfort to me, and is not expensive. You must have mobile phones that you can send text messages on, they are common here in Oz, but no one has mentioned them on PLS-FRIENDS, and I wonder why. Can someone enlighten me. Confused Janet from Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hi Janet, Along with email, SMS provides me with my lifeline to the world and I use it endlessly. My wife and both daughters have mobile (cell) phones, as do most of my friends and work colleagues. Given my lack of speech and greatly impaired mobility I don't think I'd be game to drive anywhere by myself without the ability to message someone in the event of a problem. In fact with the latest phones it is possible to send emails to people who don't have mobile phones and SMS and they can send SMS messages to you from the internet if they know the right site to do it through. I am regularly on after hours support for work and if I am not home to log on and contact our operators (who don't have a company mobile phone) via computer I can email them from my mobile phone and they can SMS me via the internet. All I can say is thank God/Allah/Buddha/Fred or whoever for technology!! It allows me to go to work and function almost 100% independently despite significant disabilities. (also from Oz) Janet Monaghan wrote: > Hi Gang, > I have no speech, but I carry a pre-paid mobile phone (cell phone?) that i > use to send short text messages to friends - for instance sends me > text " I am in area, r u home for visit? " and I text back " Great, come on > over " . If ever I was in difficulty, I know I could contact help. I > take it > everywhere with me - when my credit runs down, I just deposit more > money to > buy more credit. It is a great comfort to me, and is not expensive. You > must have mobile phones that you can send text messages on, they are > common > here in Oz, but no one has mentioned them on PLS-FRIENDS, and I wonder > why. > Can someone enlighten me. > Confused > Janet from Oz -- . ,-._|\ Covington / Oz \ \_,--.x/ v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hi Janet could you please send me some info about Australia ? My wife want's to move there. My e-mail address is bthompson2@... Thanks Living alone with PLS Hi Gang, I have no speech, but I carry a pre-paid mobile phone (cell phone?) that i use to send short text messages to friends - for instance sends me text " I am in area, r u home for visit? " and I text back " Great, come on over " . If ever I was in difficulty, I know I could contact help. I take it everywhere with me - when my credit runs down, I just deposit more money to buy more credit. It is a great comfort to me, and is not expensive. You must have mobile phones that you can send text messages on, they are common here in Oz, but no one has mentioned them on PLS-FRIENDS, and I wonder why. Can someone enlighten me. Confused Janet from Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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