[Margaret Pilkington]

A couple of weeks ago, Ma's electric was off from 5am Sat morning until 7pm.
The power failure activates the lifeline safety device......so I was phoned at 5.15 by the lifeline team. Not being able raise Ma by landline or mobile phone meant that we feared something had happened to her.
We hared over to her house, I ran(yes, ran) up the hill to,find her tucked snugly in her bed and fast asleep.
Not that she stayed asleep when we appeared at the foot of her bed.
This is about the third time we have had this happen.

I bought her a mobile so that she could have it with her at all times.
Where was the mobile? On top of the blooming piano in the living room(sigh).... I despair, I really do. It would be funny if it wasn't so serious.

Trying to contact her electricity supplier was a joke. It was an automated system and if you didn't key in the numbers in time you were cut off. How do they think the old and vulnerable can manage this system......oh dear me.....how silly....they only want to make money.