To: Responsibility2nd
Kind of makes you wonder what was actually IN the coffin because of how low the hearse is riding in the rear. It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low?
9 posted on
01/05/2011 7:50:28 AM PST by
Jackson57
To: Jackson57
10 posted on
01/05/2011 7:58:14 AM PST by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
To: Jackson57
Kind of makes you wonder what was actually IN the coffin because of how low the hearse is riding in the rear. It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low? I was thinking the same thing . . .
To: Jackson57
It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low?Two theories
1) Intentionally shorter to allow folks from that era to easily load/unload the coffin.
2) 48-year-old springs. I'm only 41, and I sag in spots, too.
12 posted on
01/05/2011 8:03:32 AM PST by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
To: Jackson57
I was wondering why it sat so low too, but it probably had 5 or 6 Secret service guys and their weapons riding in back.
14 posted on
01/05/2011 8:05:41 AM PST by
Venturer
To: Jackson57
The empty bronze coffin weighed around 800 pounds, add a body that weighed about 200 pounds and you've got nearly 1000 pounds of dead weight on the left side of the vehicle; two jump seats, where RFK and JBK sat, one on the right and one in front of the coffin on the left. Also that
ambulance was designed to carry a gurney/patient/attendant combo not a casket/sarcophagus/body combo.
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28 posted on
01/05/2011 8:53:27 AM PST by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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