Speed has nothing to do with it Danny. It was so that in dark situations or for the vison impaired, two fingers in the dial immediately located the 9 without too much fumbling. The zero had already been allocated to summon the operator before being changed to 100. Before dialling came in, just lifting the handset or removing the earpiece from the cradle automatically connected your line to the exchange.
We have to carry I.D Cards here, always have our Medical Cards nearby which contains all our info via a computer of our personnel medical history and information. Without the MC we would have to pay for any treatment so no fear of not having that… …
Would still mean going to my Handbag or in Husband case he has a small holder in our Car.
He does not own a wallet…
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Dianne, would he use a wallet if you got him one? Some men will, some won’t…
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That is a good question Trixie… but no he loses them
…or has said before… ‘I know I left in on the shelf…so it’s not lost’
once when we lived in Pebbles with the side Front Door, that was a good distance from the road, but we had on a few hot day so left that door ajar…So I think it was lifted…That one was on the bedside cabinet so can’t have got lost…it was off a hall and nearby to that door… 
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Awww, well maybe he needs one on a keyring then…on a long stretchy cord that goes into his back pocket from his wrist 
Seriously though, maybe he is better off not using them if they get lost. If the card holder works for him, then that’s fine. He can’t lose a car…
Lately he needs a lead with a collar to be very honest…better with a micro chip maybe though…collar and leads can break…
Good thread as it gets you thinking more about important things…must put the breakdown cover Phone Number in the mobile phone…
Our Vehicle Insurance has to be on display on the windscreen and that has our names on it, just to add that…
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@LongDriver In November 1967, the FCC met with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) to find a means of establishing a universal emergency number that could be implemented quickly. In 1968, AT&T announced that it would establish the digits 9-1-1 (nine-one-one) as the emergency code throughout the United States.
- The code 9-1-1 was chosen because it best fit the needs of all parties involved. First, and most important, it met public requirements because it is brief, easily remembered, and can be dialed quickly. Second, because it is a unique number, never having been authorized as an office code, area code, or service code, it best met the long range numbering plans and switching configurations of the telephone industry.
https://www.nena.org/page/911overviewfacts
AT&T chose the number 9-1-1, which was simple, easy to remember, dialed easily (which, with the rotary dial phones in place at the time, 999 would not), and because of the middle 1, which indicating a special number (see also 4-1-1 and 6-1-1), worked well with the phone systems at the time.
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I carry a list of emergency contacts in my wallet, phone case and there is one on my fridge. The fridge is the one place emergency workers look at first, so I read somewhere.
My wallet also contains my driving licence which is our de facto ID. (it is compulsory to carry your licence while driving anyway)
That should be enough
A phone should contain an entry in the contacts called “ICE” In Case of Emergency" and be the number of your spouse etc.
I’m in the process of making a sort of ‘Dog Tag’ out of stainless steel to hand around my neck with name and address engraved on it. I’ll post a picture when it’s it’s done…
That’s a good idea, Foxy - and so simple too. 
Now that is something I will consider Bruce…It goes with my shoes…
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Hey OGF they got lots of tags on this forum, bound to be some spares going cheap… 
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p.s. Pink might be your only set back though…
Black and White only available… 
Thanks Di but no thanks…I’m a person of colour, and everyone who knows me tells me that I’m a colourful character…
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I just rang the number, on that pink tag, OGF, and it was answered by an aboriginal who was really annoyed that someone rang him in the middle of the night!
I told him I was a Bot - he said “stick it”!
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I am surprised, it is a Merican numba, you’d have thought they would be just waking up
Ah! Are you assuming that I was in the UK when I rang…?
You mean I don’t have to stamp that number on my tags Ted?
Good to see you back by the way…
At school in the fifties we had to fill in some forms and the teacher printed an example on the blackboard. For the name, he wrote ‘Joe Soap’ and about six pupils wrote ‘Joe Soap’ instead of their names…
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HAHAHAHA!
No, I am just surprised that there were so many Aborigines in Merica