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Shack in flat-pack bric-a-brac lack flap? Whack on this 3D flat-pack app

David Male

...but it appears I still need to make a 50 mile round-trip to Ikea's store to pick up a dead-tree catalogue for it to work?

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Phones for the elderly: Testers wanted for senior service

David Male
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Horses for Courses

Should really reply to the points made within the various threads above, but the fact that there are so many illustrates that the 'old' condition can have many and various symptoms.

So considering my Aged Pater (92) I think this might be something worth a look. His symptoms are very poor eyesight (ARMD which means mainly peripheral vision making reading/keybaording difficult) hearing loss (double NHS hearing aids) and general senility (which makes grasping new concepts very difficult).

We did buy him a cheap 'Big Button' mobile which could be programmed to call and text 4 pre-programmed numbers in order of priority on the press of a big red button on the reverse. But the biggest obstacle was the volume - as with even the so-called 'amplified' wired handsets, holding a conversation is impossible, and I don't see how this can be addressed in a mobile handset. Unless/until , as mentioned above, NHS hearing aids are bluetooth enabled - and even then I suspect the actual management of the connectivity will be beyond many.

Initially I thought I would like to give this a try but, TBH, we would really only make use of it when he goes for a walk - and then only in an emergency.

Presumably there is no reason why the back-end couldn't also handle calls from fixed line numbers? That might be an option with a well amplified hand-set.

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Sky drops download limit and tops satisfaction poll

David Male
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"...but it is among the cheapest (assuming you've got satellite TV). "

You forgot to add:

...AND live in a connurbation.

I have three broadband connections and three Sky subscriptions in different parts of England, but NONE of them qualify for Sky broadband offers.

Since the cost of providing the satellite TV service is uniform across the country, it means that I am subsidising every one else's Sky broadband and phones?

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