The dog tag idea is brilliant! Just spoke with my Ret. LT. COL. brother & he didn't get the idea at first. Then, he took a breath and realized I drive where phones don't necessarily work.
I got a that's a great idea!
He told me to go to pawn shops that cater to the military to get one done.
So, thank you! Excellent idea.
MaryAnn
Sandra Sue Wrote:
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> If I die in a place where no one knows me and the
> police are looking through my phone, they would
> not look at the pictures because all they might
> find is a frog in a pond, some turkeys crossing
> the road and my fur babies. In my phone, there
> wouldn't even be a selfie, although that wouldn't
> identify me, either. (I still can't upload from
> my phone so all my work photos are on my digital
> camera.) What the police will look for are phone
> numbers. Years ago, I put my family's names
> early in the phone list. I had heard somewhere
> that the police look for ICE before the name.
> Well, I didn't want my family to be in the I's so
> I put A ICE and then their names. I also have A
> beside the hospital name and the various police
> departments where I travel. I don't like to use
> 911 because of all the questions so I just get to
> the point if there is a cow grazing along the
> interstate near such-and-such exit.
>
> My husband was at a convention one time when a
> woman passed out, apparently from the heat. The
> ambulance workers passed her gurney over people's
> heads, she was tied to it, and it was passed again
> until the ambulance people could get it. What
> coordination! Then he overheard the ambulance
> workers say how glad they were when they found her
> social security number. After he told me that, I
> started wearing my Army dog tag on a chain around
> my neck. It has my name, SSN, blood type and
> religion. If I had some other condition, such as
> a pacemaker, I would add that on one of those
> allergy tags. I'm sure that the hospital would be
> happy to know the blood type. What family member
> can spit out information on everything they know
> when they get that kind of call. My husband and I
> are often in different cities. Since we got cell
> phones, I don't even know which motel he uses
> because I don't need to call it. He told me last
> time that his favorite was booked for the first
> time since he started going to that city.
>
> By the way, I just finished my Adult/Child/Infant
> First Aid/CPR/AED training. I try to keep
> updated. We never know when we will be the person
> who knows how to take care of a certain emergency.
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning; the devil shudders...And yells OH #%*+! SHE'S AWAKE!