We want to preserve your dignity. Get the winch. The Southwest EMS in Arizona has three bariatric ambulances with motorized pulleys "to preserve the dignity of obese patients" (from jwz)
For some reason, this reminds me of the time I toured historical ships in Boston Harbour. The beds and doorways were very small because people in the 1600's were much shorter on average than we are. I think this is partly due to nutrition.
In 100 years, todays furniture will be displayed in a museum with a sign saying, "of course, any modern adult would crush one of these to splinters because our nutrition today is so much better.
One of them is in Pima county, which reminds me of an article I read in the New Yorker about the Pima indians being genetically prone to obesity.
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