Ryan Fields

Spent the day in the ER

My best friend called me this morning and asked me to take him to the ER.  He had cut himself pretty badly splitting firewood, getting ready for this winter.  So I rushed over to his house and scooped him up and took him to the ER.  We figured I could get him there much quicker than waiting for an ambulance to arrive.  So that’s what we did.  Once we got there we spent the whole day there.  I really think that they could do something to improve the waiting time in the ER - I think there is no excuse for the extreme lengths of time people have to wait to get some medical attention!  Very aggravating!

Moratorium on fast food restaurants

i was reading on the Time.com website that LA has put a one year moratorium on new fast food restaurants in their low income district.  The rationale behind that move is that this particular low income area is overflowing with obese people.  The city council that put this moratorium in place thinks that by putting this restriction in, a better class of restaurants will open in the area, offering healthier foods.

I think that if this is a low income area, the residents will not be able to afford to go to these “better class” of restaurants to eat.  You can go to a fast food restaurant and order healthy foods, such as salads.  These people are choosing to eat unhealthy foods because they can afford it and they want it.  They will get it SOMEWHERE, even if it means going to the grocery store and buying the junk food there. 

I’d be really surprised if any of those “better class” of restaurants even TRY to open up in that area, the target market for that type of restaurant does not exist there.  It would be a losing proposition.

Strange coincidence

Not long ago I wrote a post about what a great bargain ZenniOptical.com had on eyeglasses - priced as low as $8.95 a pair plus $4.95 shipping.  Well I just found out that there was a story about Zenni on Fox News!  Can’t beat that for publicity!  The competition is going to be hard pressed to match that!

Bargains on eyeglasses

My wife has been bugging me to buy a spare pair of eyeglasses.  She tells me I can get eyeglasses as cheap as $8.00 per pair plus $4.95 shipping at zennioptical.com.  All I have to do is go online and pick out a pair that I like, fill out the order form and go through the checkout process and I’ll have my spare pair of glasses in only about two weeks!