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Buy Seniors Appliances With an Automatic Shut Off
When buying an appliance such as a coffee maker for a senior citizen, make sure it has an automatic shut off in case they forget to turn it off.
Posted on: 11/20/2009 | 0 Feedback(s)
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Keep Your ID Separate For Safety
Since I previously lost my billfold and all of my i.d. at one time, I now always keep an extra credit card and my driver's license in a side, zip pocket of my purse.
Posted on: 11/05/2009 | 3 Feedback(s)
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Buckle Your Purse in Your Seat Belt
To guard against purse snatching, when I buckle my seat belt I also buckle at least one handle of my purse into it. This also comes in handy when I need something out of my purse while I'm driving.
Posted on: 11/03/2009 | 6 Feedback(s)
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Window Locks for Home Safety
Here in the east there has been a rash of robberies, by breaking into people's homes. The thieves go through open windows. You can buy a window lock, that allows you to open the window, and lock it in that position.
Posted on: 10/15/2009 | 1 Feedback(s)
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Put Alarm Sticker in Your Window
If you don't have a house alarm, you can always put an alarm system sticker in your window anyways! It may help deter burglars. Also, a car alarm can be used, if you can sleep with your car alarm remote with you.
Posted on: 10/02/2009 | 3 Feedback(s)
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Garden Safety Tips
By Ellen Brown
Gardening may seem like a low-key leisure activity, but it involves a lot of tools and at times, a lot of physical effort. Each year hundreds of thousands of people visit the emergency room for gardening related injuries.
Posted on: 10/01/2009 | 1 Feedback(s)
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Tips For Women's Safety
Your personal safety is your responsibility. We all would love to believe there is a cop around every corner, but that is not the reality of most situations. Because of recent abductions in daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation.
Posted on: 09/28/2009 | 2 Feedback(s)
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Use Caution After a Natural Disaster
Who would have known that the tornado going over a house might cause the water to be pushed out of the toilet and onto the floor of the bathroom (our safe room) where we went to hide from the dangerous winds and pressure.
Posted on: 09/22/2009 | 2 Feedback(s)
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Photograph Your Belongings for Insurance Purposes
When contemplating your homeowners or renters insurance, consider this idea to speed things along. Use your digital camera and take pictures of all four walls in each room, close ups of opened drawers and closets, bathroom cabinets, garage contents opened tool boxes, etc.
Posted on: 09/17/2009 | 0 Feedback(s)
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Practice "Stranger Danger" With Your Children
My daughter plays a little game with my granddaughter that I think is smart. When I was visiting, she asked me to walk her to her school bus stop one morning. I did not have a clue what was coming but I was a proud mother of her grown daughter when I did find out.
Posted on: 09/02/2009 | 2 Feedback(s)
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