Eisboch wrote:
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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.


I think it's important to remember that unfortunate events like this are
very, very rare.
You are in far more danger driving down to the local grocery store.

Eisboch



The hell you say. I was almost run over by a 1965 Stingray in the
parking lot at the supermarket.

JimH wrote:
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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?




Because that is his rice bowl.

On Mar 20, 5:06*pm, wrote:


Crikey should have just gone on a tourist boat ride
to "Stingray City" in the Caymans. They drop you off in knee deep water that is infested with big stingrays and just about the only thing they tell you is not
to get on TOP of one. Let them swim over you.

I've been there (guess lots of people have!). I remember first they
have you "pet" the rays as they swim under your hand, then they give
you food to put on your palm and the animal comes over, hovers above
your hand ums it right out. During the first activity my very
squeamish wife freaked out from just touching them and just hopped
back on the boat for tue duration. Well this story has been pretty
pointless I guess. At the time of course I thought nothing of it,
years later when "Crikey" (glad you guys are referring to him with a
nickname 'coz I can't think of his actual name, Steve something I
think) happened, I was kind of scared retroactively! Wonder if that
hurt their business at Stingray City.

richforman

I stepped on one about 4 feet wide a few years back. Was in about 2 feet of
water, scared the hell out of both of us. No harm no foul though.
Brad
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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.


I think it's important to remember that unfortunate events like this are
very, very rare.
You are in far more danger driving down to the local grocery store.

Eisboch


I agree these sort of events are rare, but they do happen. However, I
don't even like the thought of being stung by a jellyfish.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

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.

Of course, that's what the guy in the Bahamas used to say, up until late
February... http://snipurl.com/228zz

DT

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:31:51 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


I saw a stringray jump out of the water when it was being chased by a
nurse shark, a very impressive sight.

I used to fish that area quite a bit. On more than one occasion, I would
be sitting quietly fishing, and a ray would crash back into the water.
It would startle the hell out of you.

On another occasion, I was about to pull a snapper into the boat, when @
5' barracuda decided he wanted it. That sucker cleared enough water that
I was literally looking up at it. Now, that was an impressive sight.
All that remained of the snapper, was the head.

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.

hk wrote:
JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in
message . ..
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?



Because that is his rice bowl.

Harry,
You need to learn how to read for comprehension. What made you think I
was questioning his preferences?

On Mar 20, 7:16*pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
hk wrote:
JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in
messagenews:z_qdnQtFROvMIH_anZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@comca st.com...
JimH wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
m...
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?

Because that is his rice bowl.

Harry,
You need to learn how to read for comprehension. *What made you think I
was questioning his preferences?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hey, you are OT, we are supposed to be talking about

Harry...

You DUNce, with three caps!

heh..

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.



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