On Mar 20, 9:27*pm, "JimH" wrote:
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JimH wrote:
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"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.

You are a liar by trying to twist what I actually posted. * *Where did I say
it was a "high risk venture"?

All I said was that I prefer not to swim in areas with creatures that can
injure or kill you.

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You must be a lot of fun. Do you just stay in your house with the
doors locked, in full body armour, etc.? What a wimp.