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Online Libertas

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Don't know this fella but this no way to go
« on: February 27, 2013, 07:40:51 AM »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285192/Swimmer-mauled-death-Great-White-shark-New-Zealand-beach-despite-police-rescue-bid.html

Don't like sharks!  Don't want to be around them, don't want to see them!

About the only real fear I ever had being in the Navy!

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Re: Don't know this fella but this in no way to go
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2013, 08:04:45 AM »
I've heard the theory that getting bitten by a shark in on the same order of risk as being hit by lightning.  I disagree with that.  You can't avoid lightning, but if you don't go in the ocean, you won't get bitten by a shark.

The only thing that ever bit me in the water at the beach was a crab.  I kicked my leg out of the water and the little bugger went flying.  (Jellyfish don't bite, but I've been stung plenty of times.)
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Re: Don't know this fella but this in no way to go
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2013, 08:45:03 AM »
Unlike the 10's of thousands of auto deaths a year, when this happens, it's world news.

Proportion and all.
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Re: Don't know this fella but this no way to go
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2013, 11:19:15 AM »
I used to work with a fella when I was much younger who compared swimming in the ocean to living in a world where sharks could fly.

He had a point.
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Re: Don't know this fella but this no way to go
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2013, 02:05:29 PM »
  Horrible way to go. RIP
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