I have a gadget called Life Alert around my neck, in case I fall and I can’t get up when I am home alone. However, due to the ravages of technology, it has become joined at the hip with my fax machine, so every time I try to send a fax, the Life Alert people call me to see if I need the Paramedics or Fire Brigade! I reassure them I am fine, but just trying to send a fax. Once they have my password and are sure I am OK, they go off the clock. I have had 2 technicians in to check the set up, but still it persists. I only hope they don’t send the fire brigade to the people I am trying to fax. Mind you, that might be nice for them – if they love a man in uniform, like I do!
