What Is The World Coming to?

Regular on the right--- Plus size on the left

I have a friend who’s grandfather used to say that all the time… it has become a habit with me… I guess I am just getting older- and more ornery.

Here is the deal. There was an article in the C-L the other day about these “bigger stretchers”. According to the article, the ambulance company for the City of Jackson is using them more and more. I got these pictures from Syracuse NY… so apparently, it is not just here in MS that we are having a problem. Also, check this out——

Standard on the right-- "bigger" model on the left

Now, according to the article in Jackson, the “plus size” stretcher costs about 6200.00 and will hold up to 700lbs. The standard stretcher will hold 500lbs and comes in at 3300.00.  The article does not say anything about the trucks… but I just happen to be in the truck business. Let me tell you—- that truck on the left costs A LOT more than the Ford Econoliner on the right!! I have no idea what the body costs, but I tell you that the chassis for the bigger unit is a minimum of 60,000.00.

This is just another reason that we have got to get a handle on the obesity problem that we have in this country.

I wonder how much one of these babies will set you back!!!!!

Get up! Get moving! Have a better life!

This entry was posted on Monday, September 20th, 2010 at 5:31 am and is filed under Disease prevention, Motivation, Photo. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “What Is The World Coming to?”

South Beach Steve Says:
September 20th, 2010 at 7:05 am

This is really telling. Really sad too.

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