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I know a guy who was paralyzed from the waist down a few years back while riding an ATV over broken terrain.  He flipped it, it landed on him and his lower back snapped like a twig.  He was a carpenter, and now he can't work his trade.  He has three kids and a wife, and now she's working 12 hours a day to support the family.

Steve Irwin was lucky to have a career that was enjoyable to him.  But for him to take unnecessary risks with wildlife was irresponsible and stupid.  Some will suggest that Irwin left enough money that his kids won't want, but firstly that might not be the case, and secondly it's not solely about the money. 

Fett suggests that stingrays aren't normally dangerous.  Let me share with you one jewel of wisdom plucked from my rural upbringing – nearly every wild animal is potentially dangerous.  (This is especially true in places like the Americas and Australia, where much of the landscape remains "untamed".)  I know urbanites and suburbanites often don't really grasp this, but it's the truth.  If you corner a wild animal, or if you merely make it feel that it's about to be cornered, it's very likely that it will attack you. 

Steve Irwin should have put his family first and not his fun.  Also, I completely fail to understand the attachment some people feel for a celebrity whom they've never met.  This whole idea of emotional attachment to remote strangers and the personal need to make "a statement" by selling some art on eBay is astonishing to me.  Get a grip.

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I was thinking to encourage some abbreviations

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Very nice – I'm glad Morrison approves. 

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Terrific!

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What's the problem?

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00tree, Delmo's within his rights to criticize your spelling.  This is a written format and spelling is important.  FWIW I can understand you just fine, but it's entirely possible that other people are losing your thread because they have to spend time figuring out what you meant to write.

Unfortunately the server we're on doesn't have a spell-check library enabled, so I can't have the forum call it. 

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If somebody's got 400 posts they can do a little self-promotion.  The problem crops up when people rarely or never post except to promote themselves.

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It is cool.  We've been here before, though, because I purge the rolls in January every year.  Anybody who hasn't logged in for over six months and has no posts gets cut.

Last year I think we had 7200 total, and it dropped down to 5500 or so after the purge.

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Well, we wouldn't want kids setting themselves on fire.

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Marlin Perkins was nearly killed by a viper bite, once, and he was a lot more cautious than Irwin.  It's very sad but this kind of ending was inevitable – at least he went quickly.

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