First Steve Irwin, and now this.  Was this a freak accident like the article claims, or a carefully plotted under-sea assasination attempt?  I think we should be looking a little closer at these salty sea slayers!!!

Stingray jumps on boat, stabs man in chest

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. - An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stabbed him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said.

James Bertakis of Lighthouse Point was on the water with his granddaughter and a friend Wednesday when the stingray flopped onto the boat and stung Bertakis. The women steered the boat to shore and called 911.

Surgeons were able to remove some of the barb, and Bertakis, who also suffered a collapsed lung, underwent surgery late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Miami Herald reported on its web site.  [more]

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Husband’s note on refrigerator for wife:

I have felt the tickle in my throat all week, but just thought I was getting a head cold, until yesterday.  I could barely get out of bed, my throat was hurting, but I managed to get up and make it into work.  I lasted until 2:00, which is when the fever was getting to the point that it was unbearable.  I was sitting at my desk shivering like it was 20 below zero in there.  I didn’t sleep worth a damn last night and this morning, I could not swallow at all, so I put on a bra and my flip flops and dragged my ass up to the doc-in-the-box.

Twenty minutes and fifty dollars later - it is confirmed, I have strep throat!!!  I have been laying in bed/sleeping all damn day and I still feel like shit, but I am also restless as hell.  I have to take amoxicillan three times a day for ten days - it amazes me that they give you pills when you quite obviously cannot swallow.  Well, now I can say I got up and did something…I am going to go lay back down again.

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