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- kanvas, on 03/24/2008, -2/+1731. Lost or Stolen Credit Card Hotline - Sure, the number for your credit card issuer is conveniently located on the back of your credit card… that is until the card gets lost or stolen. It’s nice to be able to cancel a credit card the minute you realize it’s missing. That way you can solve the problem before it starts by avoiding the need to deal with expunging malicious charges.
Visa: 1-800-VISA-911 (1-800-847-2911)
MasterCard: 1-800-MC-ASSIST (800-622-7747)
American Express: 1-800-992-3404
Discover: 1-800-DISCOVER (1-800-347-2683)
Diners Club: 1-800-2DINERS (1-800-234-6377)
2. Car Insurance Claims Hotline - Pretty much the first number you should call when you get in a car accident. Or the second number if the accident was severe, just after calling 911. Here are a few of the major provider’s claims department numbers:
Geico: 1-800-861-8380
Allstate: 1-800-ALLSTATE (1-800-255-7828)
Nationwide: 1-800-421-3535
Progressive: 1-800-PROGRESSIVE (1-800-776-4737)
Liberty Mutual: 1-800-2CLAIMS (1-800-225-2467)
State Farm: Depends where you live (find your agent’s number).
AIG Direct: 1-888-244-6163
Travelers: 1-800-CLAIM33 (1-800-252-4633)
3. Health Insurance Provider - Should tragedy strike and you find yourself headed to the emergency room for medical care, you will want to be sure that your medical bills are covered by your health insurance provider. Have someone make a quick call to your provider to make sure you’re approved for full coverage. It’s certainly more productive and a lot cheaper to address this before the medical care, unless of course you enjoy paying for medical bills out of your own pocket. Find your provider’s number on your health insurance card and program it into your phone as ‘Health Insurance’.
4. Free 411 From Anywhere - It’s always nice to have the ability to find a phone number or address to a specific business of interest when you are on the road. If you don’t have an internet ready mobile phone 1-800-GOOG-411 is you next best bet. It’s Google’s free nationwide 411 information hotline and it beats the heck out of paying your mobile service provider 75 cents for their sub-par directory assistance.
5. Local Locksmith - There’s nothing worse than being locked out, especially at night. Save yourself the hassle of trying to find a reputable locksmith with reasonable prices when you are locked out and stressed out. Do a little homework now and find yourself a reputable locksmith that has a 24 hour emergency call service. Find a local locksmith on YellowPages.com.
6. A Friendly Colleague’s Direct Line - You can use this person as a messenger to pass an important piece of information on to your manager or someone else at the office when you are on the road. Or you can call them if you accidently left an important phone number or piece of information behind at the office. Tell this person that you would be happy to return the favor anytime.
7. Local Towing Service or AAA - When your car breaks down in an inconvenient location this number will make your life a lot easier. The company with the largest geographic service area is always your best bet. Find a local towing service on YellowPages.com. If you have AAA, congrats for being wise.
8. Home or Work Entry - You should always have an entry for Home and/or Work in your mobile phone. Each entry should point to your direct corresponding number at each location. These entries are not there to help you call your home or your work. They are there just incase you lose your phone and someone with a little honesty and compassion finds it. It gives this person an easy way of getting in touch with you.
9. Primary Care Physician - If you are on the road or out of town and a non-emergency medical issue arises, it’s always nice to be able to run the information past your primary care physician or one of his/her nurses. After all, this is the medical team that has familiarity with all your recent personal medical history. They may be able to give you more insight into your problem by weighing your symptoms against your historical medical files and profile.
10. Airlines Reservations Hotline - Obviously this one helps out more when you’re traveling, but believe me someday it will come in handy. When you’re on a trip far away from home and your rental car gets a flat tire on the way to the airport, or your luggage is lost, or you are running late and need to check your flight status… these are times when having your Airlines on speed dial saves you some serious peace of mind. Airlines reservation hotlines usually bring you directly to a human being, so it’s a good number to use to get a hold of someone that can transfer you in the right direction if necessary. Here are the phone numbers to some of the major carriers:
American Airlines: 1-800-433-7300
Continental: 1-800-525-0280
Delta Airlines: 1-800-221-1212
JetBlue: 1-800-538-2583
Northwest Airlines: 1-800-225-2525
Southwest Airlines: 1-800-435-9792
Spirit Airlines: 1-800-772-7117
United Airlines: 1-800-241-6522
US Airways: 1-800-428-4322
Bonus: How many minutes do I have left before I’m broke? - Dial the following numeric and symbol combinations into your mobile phone to find out how many minutes you have remaining on your plan for the current month.
AT&T: *646#
Sprint: *4
T-Mobile: #646#
Verizon: #646 - frogman54, on 03/24/2008, -4/+107867-530ni-eee-ine
- VeniceCA, on 03/24/2008, -3/+89Now that I've removed Ashley Alexandra Dupre from my list I can add one of these.
- TonyLocNE, on 03/24/2008, -3/+84GOOG 411 is the only number I think I'll ever have to know
- thentro, on 03/24/2008, -3/+70#11 your web hosting service
- inactive, on 03/24/2008, -4/+644) Profit !
What a coincidence, I have your girlfriend in my phone too. - PimpinOnWelfare, on 03/24/2008, -1/+581)weed man
2)girlfriend
3)voicemail
4)mikes girlfriend
5)goog-411 - nullcodes, on 03/24/2008, -4/+47How about saving the number of your hosting provider for times when your website is suspended? They seem to have missed that one.
- badwithcomputer, on 03/24/2008, -1/+36i have about 7 entries in my phone under the name "delivery after midnight"
it comes in handy all the time. - obliviousfool, on 03/24/2008, -1/+35Put the number for your power company in there. That way, when you have an outage you don't have to find a flashlight, find the phone book, etc.
- Interex, on 03/24/2008, -11/+44The only must have number... 0118 999 881 999 119 725-3
- saska, on 03/24/2008, -4/+34A lot of emergency providers look for numbers programmed into a cell phone under "In case of Emergency" or "ICE" for short.
I have an ICE # in the home screen message on my cell phone so when it's locked it can still be seen. - sexybobo, on 03/24/2008, -0/+23http://duggmirror.com/educational/10_Handy_Numbers ...
- mattvander, on 03/24/2008, -1/+23jenny i got your number
- Gryffydd, on 03/24/2008, -1/+23Amen. It's not so much that it's simply a grammatical error, it's the fact that it means the exact opposite of what they're trying to say.
- bullsfan03, on 03/24/2008, -0/+21Im guessing you haven't heard the song
- Jabertsohn, on 03/24/2008, -7/+28"Could care less"...?
- Gryffydd, on 03/24/2008, -0/+21If we "could" care less, that means we care. I think the submitter meant "couldn't" care less...
Sorry, that's one of my main pet peeves. - mtnagel, on 03/24/2008, -1/+21Exactly. It's like finger nails on a chalk board to me.
- Dynamo418, on 03/24/2008, -6/+25I clogged up my phone book with fake numbers, which i attributed similarly fake names to. For example, i might burst out during a conversation, "Time to call Florence - she is SO needy!", at which point i would rush from the room, smiling with smug satisfaction at my whimsy.
- bullcutter, on 03/24/2008, -6/+23buried as MrBabySpam
- mikehill33, on 03/24/2008, -12/+27worthless. my top 3:
1)Voicemail
2)girlfriend
3)GOOG-411 - wiimahn, on 03/24/2008, -1/+14For those of you getting "Account Suspended" Page here is the cached link:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:TdAt9UTy4CEJ: ... - plbland, on 03/24/2008, -9/+22Priorities:
1)Voicemail
2)GOOG-411
3)girlfriend
If you digg this up - it's because you don't have a girlfriend :( - dumpyhumpy, on 03/24/2008, -1/+13...maybe because if you need emergency help you don't press menu-phonebook-"9", "1",... oh there it is, send.
I think just typing 911, or holding down "9" might be a little easier...
but seriously, do you have 911 saved in your phonebook? - mchamps, on 03/24/2008, -5/+171800GOOG411 is all you need f**k this article.
- abyss478, on 03/24/2008, -1/+13jokes are supposed to be funny
- quanta88, on 03/24/2008, -0/+11Don't forget the non-emergency number for your local Police division.
- siphre, on 03/24/2008, -0/+10that's two words, you moron.
- noahhoward, on 03/24/2008, -2/+10+1-310-943-0457
That's Media Temple, give them a call then repost. - Duositex, on 03/24/2008, -1/+9This one time I was in the middle of writing a letter to my neighbor with my typewriter when my cobbler came by to repair my shoes and refresh my butter supply (he also happened to be the milkman). Well went outside to my motorcar where I left my coin purse to find it was locked with the key in the ignition! Willickers! I immediately needed the services of a qualified locksmith.
- thredden, on 03/24/2008, -3/+11umm, i really thought your email address was going to be in there. I text message myself notes all the time. really helps when your at a bar, and someone tells you of a movie, band, or anything cool you wanna look up later.
- vypergts, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7Also, call and have them switch your primary contact number to your cell. A lot of companies now have automated systems which can call you back with updates on restoration efforts.
- below413, on 03/24/2008, -3/+101)Voicemail
2)GOOG-411
3)girl-you-are-obsessed-with-who-doesn't-know-you-exist-and-who-you-never-would-actually-have-the-guts-to-call's number you got off her facebook/myspace - SkippyDoorknob, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7I'm nearly 37 years old and have never in my life needed the services of a locksmith. Nor do I remember my parents even needing one when I was little. Am I alone in this?
- bullcutter, on 03/24/2008, -2/+9SPAMMER = one who engages in perpetual flooding of unsolicited, useless e-***** for petty gains
I've got a submission for ya: Top Ten 10 (10) Reasons for Digg to Develop a Submitter Filter
boo ya!! - Scrappy1850, on 03/24/2008, -1/+7here is a hint... when the lights come back on, your power is restored. not a minute sooner.
- NicksVideo, on 03/24/2008, -3/+9Guess there aren't too many IT Crowd fans on Digg?
- drakenlot, on 03/24/2008, -0/+6That fact that you are put on hold when calling 911, does that not seem retarded to you?
- bryan879, on 03/24/2008, -0/+6What's that number again?
- pittpat, on 03/24/2008, -8/+1409-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
This is only number I need - lirem, on 03/24/2008, -0/+6Do you know that thing is about 40p per minute plus a 20p connection charge?
- haydesigner, on 03/24/2008, -4/+9See, when you turn off your CAPS LOCK key, everything starts to make sense.
- Neoanarchist, on 03/24/2008, -0/+5Lmfao. Very true. Mike's girl is a SKANK!
- sexybobo, on 03/24/2008, -6/+110118 999 881 999 119 725 three
- buddyw, on 03/24/2008, -2/+7Damn you Tommy Tutone!!!
- kc0re, on 03/24/2008, -1/+6Or your girlfriend doesn't read your diggs.
- knde, on 03/24/2008, -0/+5There's also Google's Text Service. Just text things like weather/showtimes.directions to 466453 (with the name of your city included) and you get a reply almost instantly. http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/
- ThugThrasher, on 03/24/2008, -0/+5I don't get it. If you are on the way to the emergency room for a REAL EMERGENCY, then why the hell would you care if your insurance covered it at that point?
"No, no, doctor, don't stop my bleeding, my insurance doesn't cover it..." - Gryffydd, on 03/24/2008, -1/+6It hasn't come to mean the same thing. The definitions of the words 'could' and 'not' have not changed. Saying "couldn't care less" is no more formal or difficult than saying "could care less." And given the context, he obviously intended to convey a message of not caring at all.
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