In my country 911 is for emergencies that require police attention, like armed robberies, etc.
Don’t dare call 911 for a medical emergency or they quite plainly tell you to fuck off and call either the public healthcare phone number (which is a short (and toll-free) but completely different number), or your private provider (which is a normal phone number)
Useless trivia of mine: in non-smart phones (e.g. early Nokia phones), the numerical sequence you mentioned translates to " ,tyu.xw,wpajd" using their keypad (I would say “T9”, but “T9” refers to the prediction algorithm imbued in these phones, which is different from individually pressing a given key number multiple times to yield a given letter e.g. twice the 2 for “B” or thrice the 5 for “L”). It’s a funny keypad to type in.
My emergency services number recently changed, so instead I have to dial 0118 999 88199 9119 725… 3
I’ll just put this over here with the rest of the drowned.
Subject: Drowning
Dear Sir / Madam,
I’m writing to inform you about a drowning on the premises of…
No, that’s too formal.
Dear Sir / Madan,
Drowning! Drowning! Help me!
123 Carington rd.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Maurice Moss
Fun thing, if you have an android phone and the stock Google phone dialer, try typing that in.
(Note: has to be the Google or AOSP dialer)
my phone just buzzes, is there something else it should do?
Last I tried it, it blinked red and blue also hahaha.
That’s it, just a special Easter egg that I would be half surprised if Google even remembers being there.
In my country 911 is for emergencies that require police attention, like armed robberies, etc.
Don’t dare call 911 for a medical emergency or they quite plainly tell you to fuck off and call either the public healthcare phone number (which is a short (and toll-free) but completely different number), or your private provider (which is a normal phone number)
Good luck calling the fire department
Damn… What a simple and easy thing to have fucked up.
Yeah, it sucks because all phones I’ve had (my first one was a Nokia 1100) let you dial 911 even while locked, but not other numbers.
I never needed to use it, but I guess it can be useful in rare cases
At least they’re better looking now
@diemartin @Gork More like +7 777 666-7777 (S-O-S).
Useless trivia of mine: in non-smart phones (e.g. early Nokia phones), the numerical sequence you mentioned translates to " ,tyu.xw,wpajd" using their keypad (I would say “T9”, but “T9” refers to the prediction algorithm imbued in these phones, which is different from individually pressing a given key number multiple times to yield a given letter e.g. twice the 2 for “B” or thrice the 5 for “L”). It’s a funny keypad to type in.