I wrote:
 <<That makes the odds of bieng attacked by a shark 50 in 15 billion, or
about 1 in 300 million each >time you go in, and your chances of getting
killed are less than 1 in a >billion.  Each time you go for an
automobile ride or smoke a single >ciggarette, you have about a one in a
million chance of ending up dead >as a result: so going for a swim in
the sea is over 1000 times as >dangerous as lighting one up, or picking
up a quart of milk at the >corner store.>>

Should have read shark-related danger is 1000 times LESS than the
dangers faced by someone lighting a ciggie or getting into an automobile
to fetch milk - sorry!!  (but, to paraphrase the Ferret, sharks are WAY
more scary-looking than cars!! - Looks are decieving.)

cheers,
Ross.
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