Re: Strangest thing happened at the Hospital

Posted by AG in IN on February 22, 2014 at 15:25:15 from (67.236.98.49):

In Reply to: Strangest thing happened at the Hospital posted by Edd in KY on February 22, 2014 at 06:57:41:

Edd in KY said: (quoted from post at 15:57:41 02/22/14) And I agree, you should be able to smoke tobacco and ride a motorcycle without a helmet but you should be required to to sign a pre-nup agreeing that when you get lung cancer or congestive heart disease or when you turn yourself into a vegetable by hitting a tree, we don"t have to pay your hospital bills or feed, cloth and house your surviving family.

Maybe we need seat belts on horses and certified and regulated docking stations to get on and off. Many have been thown or fallen from the saddle or when mounting/dismounting and have been seriously injured or killed. Maybe horses need to be registered, tested and taxed (to at least partially recoup expenses for all of this new regulation) to make sure they pass federal safety standards as far as temperment and what level of experience you would need to ride said animal. Riders should be registered and tested, and taxed too. Want to ride? Get extra insurance. All add-on "attachments" such as saddles, bridles, harnesses, will need to pass vigorous testing, and be inspected for proper fitment, too. Riding "bareback" or without a helmet would require a special "endorsement" on the license, and a few extra bucks. Proper lighting and signaling should be necessary as well. Four 100-watt replacement CFL's wrapped around the horse's neck or the equivelant amount of light from another source, such as a single 2-cell flashlight with half-dead batteries ought to suffice, along with LED turn signals on the head and hind ends. Must be EnergyStar approved. If you're going to make a turn while riding leisurely, or perhaps you'd like to pass while racing, you must signal properly! It's disrespectful and dangerous to others if you don't. Always pass on the left, too. Slower horses should keep to the right if racing or travelling in a group. Gotta regulate carts, buggies, sleighs, and equipment, too. We wouldn't want any loopholes, would we? It should also be mandatory that all horses be ADA compliant, and have accomodations for child safety seats, and have rollover and crash protection, but those are other issues for another time.



Skiing, skating, snowboarding, etc. should be illegal. Helmets and padding just doesn't cut it. Possession of hazardous contraptions you strap to your feet for conveyence or performance purposes should be a felony--skis, skates, blades, boards, snowshoes, flippers, novelty clown shoes, and whatnot. If skiing were illegal, American treasures like Sonny Bono would still be with us. Or perhaps the family should have been able to sue the tree that dared get in his way. That tree should have had liability insurance and should have payed millions. Sonny Bono's been proven irreplacable. Look how Cher's career was forced to move in a whole new positive direction when they split. How many others could have experienced that same good fortune if he were still here? Dozens? One will never know. Heck, there isn't a sport out there that exists that couldn't hurt or kill participants or even spectators. Let's do away with them all and save the headache of trying to regulate them all (and of course do away with the head injuries, too).

Speaking of hazardous contraptions for the feet, maybe women (and I suppose "men" and "other/miscellaneous" genders have to be included too--gotta give equal time in this new and improved USA) who wear high heels need to have extra health insurance, and/or we could tax by the inch of the heel or hours in/distance travelled in the shoe? Something similar to hub meters, but for footwear could be a whole new innovative job-creating industry because of government regulation. Sadly, China will get all of the mfg. business from the regulation. Lots of injury and disfigurement potential and insurance claims could be stopped. Or, like tobacco, let's throw the liability back on the manufacturers of these products that injure and maim for not disclosing injury or disfigurement potential at the point of purchase, even though doctors have said for decades that they are bad for the wearer. Maybe force the makers to put graphic pictures of broken ankles, damaged achilles tendons, and hammer toes all over the box, add a "Podiatrist's Warning" with one or two of the many possible dangers in big bold letters, and let the manufacturer have a small 2 inch by 2 inch area to put their logo and the product's identity on the package.

How about having everyone wear reflective clothing all of the time? Those vests sure look snazzy, how 'bout some matching pants? Like SMV signs, let's have an established level of reflectivity and ticket those that don't make the cut. Some states will want you to be more reflective than others, which will be tricky if you want to cross state lines. Illinois will be the first of many states who will want you to glow in the dark and be visible from 30,000 feet in any direction, at any time of day or night, and in any weather condition. Injury and deaths would surely decrease. If we could save just one life...........

If you haven't guessed Edd, the above is sarcasm with plenty of truth slid in for good measure.

We're already paying to (at least partially) feed, clothe, and house plenty of worthless people who will never do anything productive for society and many more who are counterproductive skid marks on the underpants of society on their best days. What monumental difference would a few more that at least contributed the pot at one time or another make?

Tobacco use is still legal and will remain so for at least the following two reasons: Vice taxes are a huge cash cow, and it would be impossible to keep people from using the products anyway. Same goes for alcohol.

AG

This post was edited by AG in IN at 20:28:42 02/22/14 3 times.

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