JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:12:31 -0500, wrote:
This is not the same animal that killed the "Crikey" guy or that
pokes
snowbirds in the leg.
I knew a guy who died that way in the 80s. He was near Ft Myers, the
ray hit him in the leg, it became badly infected and he died several
days later.
Swimming in water filled with creatures that can kill or cause serious
injury to you is not my cup of tea.
Well that removes 95% of the earth's waters.
The fact that this made front page news, shows how rare it is.
I and hundreds of thousands of others, have been swimming with sharks,
rays and barracudas many times, without any problems. In Mexico I hand
feed Nurse sharks and moray eels. The dive guide I was with, did this
with any of his divers who were interested. No one had died yet.
Why do you want to question *my* preference?
I am not questioning your preferences at all, I was just commenting that
the risk of swimming in the ocean is less than most of the other
activities you and most people do in there daily lives.
It was just another of your typical snarky posts here Reggie. You were
certainly quick to offer your latest to me.
I was talking about injures from Stingrays, it is not a big deal. In
the United States there are over 8000 snake bites each year, over 5000
poisonous spider bites each year, over 4,000 die from drowning each year
and there are over 800,000 dog bites that require stitches.
I have no problems if someone wants to have unfounded phobias, but I
would hate for someone reading this thread to think swimming in the
ocean or in the Keys is a high risk venture.
It just isn't.