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06 Mar 2010, 9:55 pm

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I can't swim. :oops:


by choice or by some limitation of the body? i like teaching folk to swim. even if i'm a lousy swimmer myself. i just like introducing them to the soothing waters.



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06 Mar 2010, 9:57 pm

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when i was younger and fitter, i found that there was nothing as soothing, nothing that drained angst away so effectively, as hopping in the lap pool of the local YMCA, and swimming a mile or so most nights after work. something about the acoustic ambience of the water splashing and the hum of the pumps put my mind at ease, and the massage of the lukewarm water caressed me as it flowed past my body while i pulled and kicked down the lane and back. it kept me slim and fit and as a bonus i didn't sweat, i always hated sweating as i normally do so profusely, but not when i was in the water.

anybody else out there with a similar story?


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06 Mar 2010, 10:01 pm

Love, love, love, love, LOVE the water.

I need to get back to swimming every a.m. before work. Nothing like starting the day like that. It's just tough for me to get up that early because it takes me forever to get to sleep and it's tough for me to get up.

I'm not a great swimmer and I'm not a fast swimmer, but I can swim freestyle and breathe on both sides so I consider that good enough. (When I was a kid, I used a noseplug all the time.)

I always wanted to learn how to do butterfly, but I just can't coordinate the arms with the legs, no matter how much I try.



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06 Mar 2010, 11:45 pm

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this totally sailed over my head. anybody care to diagram it out for me?



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06 Mar 2010, 11:59 pm

its an internet meme
if you don't get it, it'll just waste my time explaining it
and it won't be funny

on that
desu like a champion



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07 Mar 2010, 1:05 am

Kilroy wrote:
its an internet meme
if you don't get it, it'll just waste my time explaining it
and it won't be funny

on that
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but the detailed explanations can be hilarious. and i'm appreciative of people who are patient enough to explain things to me.



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07 Mar 2010, 2:06 am

auntblabby wrote:
Descartes wrote:
I can't swim. :oops:


by choice or by some limitation of the body? i like teaching folk to swim. even if i'm a lousy swimmer myself. i just like introducing them to the soothing waters.


I can't swim because I've never taken lessons. Which is why everytime I go out to a public pool I can never go into water that is deeper than five feet.



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07 Mar 2010, 2:45 am

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I can't swim because I've never taken lessons. Which is why everytime I go out to a public pool I can never go into water that is deeper than five feet.


am curious as to why you chose not to take lessons. some folk have troubles with getting water on their face or in their eyes/ears/nose. some folk don't like submerging their heads under water, it can be uncomfortable. some find it hard to learn to "breathe" in the water while swimming. all of these problems affected me. but i can't help but believe that if clumsy me could learn to swim [took me 3 months as a bumbling adult along with the kiddies], that just about anybody else could also. i wish i knew you, i'd gladly teach you. there are strokes which people with bad shoulders or legs can do.



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07 Mar 2010, 3:01 am

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I do, but I find public baths a bit icky, and there's people there, and I find other people's bodies offensive. Also, the levels of chlorine they put in the damn things is unpleasant.


I too, find the chlorine unpleasant. I still love Jacuzzis. My most relaxing experience in the water was at a natural hot spring near Hoover Dam that I will never forget. It was like a natural Jacuzzi without chlorine. It was well worth the hike with challenging climbs. There was no one there except the friends and family who hiked with me. The solitude of being away from it all in nature also helped the effect. Now that I think of it, remembering this will be a good way to relax when stressed.


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07 Mar 2010, 11:03 am

I like swimming just don't get to go do it often enough. :)



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07 Mar 2010, 11:08 am

auntblabby wrote:
Kilroy wrote:
its an internet meme
if you don't get it, it'll just waste my time explaining it
and it won't be funny

on that
desu like a champion


but the detailed explanations can be hilarious. and i'm appreciative of people who are patient enough to explain things to me.


I didn't get it either.



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07 Mar 2010, 11:19 am

Athenacapella wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kilroy wrote:
its an internet meme
if you don't get it, it'll just waste my time explaining it
and it won't be funny

on that
desu like a champion


but the detailed explanations can be hilarious. and i'm appreciative of people who are patient enough to explain things to me.


I didn't get it either.


it was originated on second life I think, when (it is said) characters who were black were banned, so a bunch of people form 4chan created black characters with suits and afro's and all stood infront of the pools-saying "pools closed"
if memory serves me right



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07 Mar 2010, 12:08 pm

Aaacck double post :nerdy:



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07 Mar 2010, 12:21 pm

auntblabby wrote:
when i was younger and fitter, i found that there was nothing as soothing, nothing that drained angst away so effectively, as hopping in the lap pool of the local YMCA, and swimming a mile or so most nights after work. something about the acoustic ambience of the water splashing and the hum of the pumps put my mind at ease, and the massage of the lukewarm water caressed me as it flowed past my body while i pulled and kicked down the lane and back. it kept me slim and fit and as a bonus i didn't sweat, i always hated sweating as i normally do so profusely, but not when i was in the water.

anybody else out there with a similar story?

I love to swim but I am allergic to chlorine in pools, I prefer swimming at a lake or tubing down a river.

Kilroy wrote:
Athenacapella wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kilroy wrote:
its an internet meme
if you don't get it, it'll just waste my time explaining it
and it won't be funny

on that
desu like a champion


but the detailed explanations can be hilarious. and i'm appreciative of people who are patient enough to explain things to me.


I didn't get it either.


it was originated on second life I think, when (it is said) characters who were black were banned, so a bunch of people form 4chan created black characters with suits and afro's and all stood infront of the pools-saying "pools closed"
if memory serves me right


We get the odd 4chan character in my friends club in SL, most of the time they are harmless twatts
so we ignore them, seems if you pay any attention they start to cause trouble



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07 Mar 2010, 2:07 pm

I love the water. I feel most comfortable when I'm near it, in it, around it. Must be the Pisces in me. :lol:

Every summer I spend a month by the lake (except this year, I won't be going :( ) and I feel more comfortable in my own skin when I've spent a few hours in the water. It's so relaxing. It instantly brings my anxiety down.

When I get anxious at home I have a soak in the tub (it's a deep soaker tub) and it's not as good as swimming, but it does the trick well enough.



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07 Mar 2010, 3:48 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Descartes wrote:
I can't swim because I've never taken lessons. Which is why everytime I go out to a public pool I can never go into water that is deeper than five feet.


am curious as to why you chose not to take lessons. some folk have troubles with getting water on their face or in their eyes/ears/nose. some folk don't like submerging their heads under water, it can be uncomfortable. some find it hard to learn to "breathe" in the water while swimming. all of these problems affected me. but i can't help but believe that if clumsy me could learn to swim [took me 3 months as a bumbling adult along with the kiddies], that just about anybody else could also. i wish i knew you, i'd gladly teach you. there are strokes which people with bad shoulders or legs can do.


It's not like I don't want to learn to swim, I just never took the time to take lessons. It's especially sad because my nine-year-old sister can swim and I can't. :oops: