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http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld...

Thanks Lee, I wouldn't want to have missed that.

So if he has double vision, does that mean the handle missed his actual eyeball? They don't say he lost his eye, and that is AMAZING if true.

Nope. Didn't lose the eye, they managed to save it according to the piece I read in the Des Moines Register.

when my niece was young, she got hold of a knife and fell on it. it pierced the sclera in her eye-luckily did not hit the pupil and she was fine.

It would be great if you never told a story like that again Mary. Glad she is OK.

Cynthia wrote: "Nope. Didn't lose the eye, they managed to save it according to the piece I read in the Des Moines Register."

Wow. Looking at the x-ray, it's hard to believe. Amazing things happen every day!

Amber wrote: "Wow. Looking at the x-ray, it's hard to believe. Amazing things happen every day!"

Yeah. Who woulda thunk that an 86 year old man would have a girlfriend at home?

Phil wrote: "Amber wrote: "Wow. Looking at the x-ray, it's hard to believe. Amazing things happen every day!"

Yeah. Who woulda thunk that an 86 year old man would have a girlfriend at home?"

Believe it or not, I was totally waiting for you to say something about that.

Me, specifically?

Yes, you specifically. Kevin in close second.

I have to say, those girlfriend details are usually the thing I find most astonishing about these types of articles as well. Seriously, almost every day I read some article along the lines of:

"Phineas Mandelbaum, a 50 year old unemployed plumber, had been out of work for seven years and his weight had ballooned to 690 lbs. He hadn't moved from his chair in two years, his girlfriend said. She called 911 when she noticed his chest had stopped moving, yet his eyes continued to stare at the television. Authorities had to tear down an exterior wall in Mandelbaum's living room to remove him from the home."

ouch.

never thought it. i did think if jabbing something in your eye gets you in the news i'll eventually be viral

Best girlfriend article in a long time was an obituary in the Des Moines Register. The man's survivors included his wife AND his long-time girlfriend.

What was the cause of death, Cynthia?

Probably too much sneaking around. No, honestly I can't recall. It appeared from the obituary that the wife and girlfriend were on good terms, however.

Probably had a good deal in common, similar complaints, etc.

You sound experienced in this Jonathan :-)

Just hypothesizing...

There's nothing like a good hypothesis.

OK, yes there is.

Sounds like Warren Buffett's situation, except that his wife has since died.