With much respect of the mentioned work he did to educate and rectify attitudes toward the environment we are part of, he chose to live on the edge with even his children being involved with a publicity backlash. Perhaps his last lesson to us all is to learn how sharp the edge is and enough visits WILL cut, regardless who we are.

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Wow, his poor kids.......too bad.

Sorry to see him go, he was an interesting man. I feel horrible for his kids and wife

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

sad news RIP Steve

I agree...in a world filled with cartoons and video games, he was someone that "told" children to go outside and experience nature. Don't just walk around, pay attention, because nature is everywhere and it's interesting.

I was, and am, saddened by his death. For his children, and for everyone's.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

At the end of my day one of my gems who is not stable enough to be at parent pick up turned on the Discover channel and there was Irwin swimming. My student says, "I knew he wasn't dead. I told you he would never just die like that." I had a hard time explaining reruns.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
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I'm very sorry to hear of his passing. As his friend said, he died doing what he loved... yet it is so sad that he is gone so soon.

Rest in peace Mr. Irwin.

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Put me on wheels and I'll turn tricks.

Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

R.I.P. Steve. We'll miss you.

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In a bizarre echo, a man in Florida was stabbed by a stingray.

The barb went thru his heart but he survived because it wasn't pulled out.

CNN have the story.

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I heard that this morning.

Adds a whole new meaning to the "Barbisms" thread.

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Also heard this today. It was reported (no reference source to confirm) that the darn thing "jumped into the boat" and nailed the guy.



(Have the critters decided it's time? )

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Cnn

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