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industrial strength ambulance

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by tommy @ 8:32 am

Ben opens a can of worms wondering about Tampa Fire Rescue’s recent purchase of an ambulance for 700 pound patients.

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5 Responses to “industrial strength ambulance”

Sandy Says:
May 25th, 2006 at 9:58 am
Um, Ben, looks more like 30-50 lbs. Doesn’t this guy have anything better to blog about and why waste space linking if you’re not going to express an opinion of your own, Tommy? What has happened to Sticks? Serial commenter Bamaroller is gone with no explaination (I can guess, though), too many self-promoting links and entries…has anyone else noticed the number of comments are down? I used to love this site. I still read daily but, jeeze, not everything new is an improvement and if there’s nothing interesting to read, well, there’s always “Today in Tampa History.”
Ben Says:
May 25th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Actually Sandy, If I lost 30 to 50lbs I would weigh between 155 and 135lbs, not a healthy weight for my build. By the way, why didn’t you say that on my site? Or are you just in the mood to complain. Tommy has Sticks and I have my website so we can express our opinions… if he doesn’t feel like commenting why should he. I appreciate the link anyway. My post wasn’t meant to be mean to people who are morbidly obese, anyone with any reading skills could discern that. Likewise, if I feel like posting a picture of an elephant or a car or a popsickle stick and having that be my entire website, I will do it and you can’t say anything about it beause I pay the hosting fees. I notice there is no link to a site of your own in your comment…does this mean you don’t have one yet you like to be critical of others’ work? Or maybe you are one of the potential 700lbs patients and were offended by my post, if that is the case Sandy, I am sorry. Please accept this Twinkie with my apologies.
Jason Says:
May 25th, 2006 at 11:18 am
That wasn’t very nice. I like Sandy, she calls us out when we get too full of ourselves. Realistically it is likely the city will be called to transport a person this size if they have not already. I would rather they spent the extra $$$ now rather than worry about it when it happens. Aside from possible injury to the medics the person might die if they can’t be moved to a hospital. A wrongful death suit would cost far more than $15k to defend against.
Ben Says:
May 25th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
No doubt about it Jason. I don’t think it was mean though, I think whoever Sandy is should remember that their point of view is no more important than anyone else and while I welcome critism it should be constructive. How could someone say that someone needs to lose 50lbs based on a postage stamp sized headshot? Sheesh. Its cool though, if it was mean I am sorry.
Jrtnutt Says:
May 28th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
What exactly does one eat to become 700 lbs?

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