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Do you know how to Swim?

Do you know How to Swim?

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Gathomas88 said:
Yea... No thanks. I've seen Jaws one too many times for that nonsense. :lol:
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I've been to one of the spots where it was filmed on Martha's Vineyard. I even swam there. People jump off the bridge into the water. It's pretty cool. :)

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chrisl said:
i've been to one of the spots where it was filmed on martha's vineyard. I even swam there. People jump off the bridge into the water. It's pretty cool. :)

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Dun, dun...

Dun, dun...

Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dunananah!!! Dunananah!!!

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Certified... well once upon a time life guard. I learned by getting tossed in the lake and told "sink or swim". Did the same to my kids!
 
Gathomas88 said:
Dun, dun...

Dun, dun...

Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dunananah!!! Dunananah!!!

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I really love that movie. One of the best movies ever! :lol: I love the part when they're drunk on the boat and showing each other their scars and singing, show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go bed, oh I had me a drink about an hour ago, and it went straight to my head! :2razz:
 
MMC said:
Down on the South-Side of the City of Chicago.....we use to run and launch ourselves off the top of the rocks into Lake Michigan when were kids. This is at Calumet Park on the South Side. :lol:


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Back when we were doing it they never had the those metal guards down on the bottom. We would watch people try, and smash themselves on the rocks.


These are the rocks at Hyde Par


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Someone is always falling off into the lake around here at night time. Even in the Winter. :shock:
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That's the Museum of Science and Industry in the background, isn't it? My incident happened near Lincoln Park off of North Ave...So many fun times....
 
MMC said:
Red Cross: More than half of Americans can’t swim.....

Heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend, millions of Americans will go for a swim in the nation’s oceans, lakes, rivers and, of course, swimming pools.

But the Red Cross says that more than half of all Americans (54 percent), and two-thirds of African Americans (67 percent), cannot meet a basic set of water safety standards.

Simply put, most Americans can’t swim.

Eighty percent of those surveyed by the Red Cross described themselves as capable swimmers, including 84 percent of whites and 69 percent of African Americans. The Red Cross defines “water competency” in five categories: Being able to swim 25 yards to exit the water, being able to step or jump into water over your head, exiting a pool without using a ladder, floating or treading water for one minute, and making a full circle in the water to find an exit.....snip~

Red Cross: More than half of Americans can


Do you know how to Swim? How good of a Swimmer are you? Any go thru any training? Lake, Ocean, River Swimming? What say ye?
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When I was about 7 till I got out of high school almost every day my brothers and sisters and I would be in the pool. We swam like fricken fish. We would see hold long and how far we could go under water and had diving contests and speed contests. We didn't have a swim or dive team in high school. If we did we all would be have been the ones to beat. We would go out to the lakes and scare the hell out of our parents cause we could just keep swimming out to the other side often. We would use the side stroke pop taught us and just right on out and eventually come back. Side stroke is a real energy saver when you want to go distance. Easy slow strokes just eat the distance. I don't swim anywhere near like I used to but boy howdy still I got some skill left. I am still a pretty decent diver. My fat ass can still part the waters with a minimal splash. I wonder if I can still do the directional cannon ball? We had had it down to a science cause that's how we attacked the wasps that would land on the water. Our dad was Navy so he taught us the basics and left us to our own devises. Good times. That was definitely when I was my most fit, not mention tanned. I need to get my sorry carcass back in the water. Its good exercise. Trim and tan up a bit for the woman. Get rid of the farmer tan and get the lifeguard one going. I will never look sexy per say with my shirt off but maybe I could get the woman to look twice and see how gorgeous her man still is. ;)
 
instagramsci said:
I can actually believe it though. A lot of kids I knew growing up couldn't swim because they didn't have access to pools or bodies of water that were safe to swim in. Seems like every summer or so there's a story of a child drowning in the river because they couldn't handle the current
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Not so much kids around here.....adults. For whatever reason.....always one is falling off into the lake or drowning. Some for Hyperthermia.

That's why I didn't mind the cold water shock when I was younger.....now its a matter of what ones body can handle.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Dun, dun...

Dun, dun...

Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dunananah!!! Dunananah!!!

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Okay, I will admit that the shark was kind of mechanical looking, but other than that it was a really good movie. Too bad every single one of the sequels sucked. ;)
 
ChrisL said:
I really love that movie. One of the best movies ever! :lol:
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Yes ma'am. lol

I love the part when they're drunk on the boat and showing each other their scars and singing, show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go bed, oh I had me a drink about an hour ago, and it went straight to my head! :2razz:
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Probably the only real "drinking song" I know, to be honest.

The only reason I do know it is because of that movie. :lol:
 
Gathomas88 said:
Yes ma'am. lol



Probably the only real "drinking song" I know, to be honest.

The only reason I do know it is because of that movie. :lol:
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Me too, and I've seen that movie like a million times, so I know it well. :)
 
Juanita said:
That's the Museum of Science and Industry in the background, isn't it? My incident happened near Lincoln Park off of North Ave...So many fun times....
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Yep......it is. Hyde Park Right there. I am quite familiar with the area you are talking about. Ever hang out on Oak Street beach? We did the beach thing for a little while. But we were always about money. So play time came more at night. Which any swimming then was around a pool and still rare.
 
ChrisL said:
I know that feeling well, and sometimes there ARE things lurking below, like huge snapping turtles and snakes, sometimes even giant catfish. Mwa-ha-ha! :lol:
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I think I hear that theme music coming on.:wassat1:
 
Strange for me because I didnt know how to swim until I was around 9 despite the fact that my dad and gramps were both SCUBA divers and we had a swimming pool in the house- and a house by the beach for the summer. Im a certified diver now though. :mrgreen:
 
MrVicchio said:
Certified... well once upon a time life guard. I learned by getting tossed in the lake and told "sink or swim". Did the same to my kids!
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Pop pretty much did the same to us kids. He did throw one lesson in there after we survived. Its a good thing we adverse to drowning.:sinking:
 
MMC said:
Yep......it is. Hyde Park Right there. I am quite familiar with the area you are talking about. Ever hang out on Oak Street beach? We did the beach thing for a little while. But we were always about money. So play time came more at night. Which any swimming then was around a pool and still rare.
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Went to Oak Street Beach a few times, but North Ave Beach, Lincoln Park was our regular stomping ground...
 
PirateMk1 said:
When I was about 7 till I got out of high school almost every day my brothers and sisters and I would be in the pool. We swam like fricken fish. We would see hold long and how far we could go under water and had diving contests and speed contests. We didn't have a swim or dive team in high school. If we did we all would be have been the ones to beat. We would go out to the lakes and scare the hell out of our parents cause we could just keep swimming out to the other side often. We would use the side stroke pop taught us and just right on out and eventually come back. Side stroke is a real energy saver when you want to go distance. Easy slow strokes just eat the distance. I don't swim anywhere near like I used to but boy howdy still I got some skill left. I am still a pretty decent diver. My fat ass can still part the waters with a minimal splash. I wonder if I can still do the directional cannon ball? We had had it down to a science cause that's how we attacked the wasps that would land on the water. Our dad was Navy so he taught us the basics and left us to our own devises. Good times. That was definitely when I was my most fit, not mention tanned. I need to get my sorry carcass back in the water. Its good exercise. Trim and tan up a bit for the woman. Get rid of the farmer tan and get the lifeguard one going. I will never look sexy per say with my shirt off but maybe I could get the woman to look twice and see how gorgeous her man still is. ;)
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Heya Pirate.
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I was wondering when some of our Navy Swabs would drop in here. Them or any of their Brood. :lol:


Swimming in the ocean is a bit tougher.....I never was comfortable with it. After flying over it and being in it. Seeing what Gigantic man made ships look like compared to that Big Blue Pond. They can have it. :mrgreen:
 
MrVicchio said:
Certified... well once upon a time life guard. I learned by getting tossed in the lake and told "sink or swim". Did the same to my kids!
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PirateMk1 said:
Pop pretty much did the same to us kids. He did throw one lesson in there after we survived. Its a good thing we adverse to drowning.:sinking:
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That's mean! There are other ways to teach kids how to swim!
 
PirateMk1 said:
Pop pretty much did the same to us kids. He did throw one lesson in there after we survived. Its a good thing we adverse to drowning.:sinking:
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Yeah I did with my kids but.....I just didn't throw them in. I was in with them. Both like to swim. But my oldest doesn't like to be out in any deep water.
 
PirateMk1 said:
Pop pretty much did the same to us kids. He did throw one lesson in there after we survived. Its a good thing we adverse to drowning.:sinking:
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I offered swimming lessons in Cameron (that's Cameron Texas) and my class had one way to pass, go off the diving board and swim to the side.

The pool was an old one, built by the army corp of engineers back in the 30's, and it was 15' deep. None of the kids was over 12, most were 6-9.

So the first couple of lessons went poorly. I had never taught kids, and the moms were all hanging around, the kids kept looking to mum to make life better. Finally I told the moms "Go... get coffee, go shopping, go away." All did but one grandma, who would stay at the side of the pool and hold her grandsons hand. She WOULD NOT LEAVE. Whining little momma's boy that one was. I finally gave her the money back and said "sorry, can't help you".

So towards the last 3-4 lessons, I still couldn't get the kids into the deep end, it was "scary". I finally figured it out.

I got the bravest kid there, she was a real trooper to hang on my back, I took her all the way down to the bottom, touched her hand to the bottom and shot back up.

The look, when we came up of the other kids said "I'm sure you were both gonna DIE!" Well, that broke the fear, and pretty soon each kid went down, and came back up.

The big day came and every mom was there, and a few dads. When they went off the diving board it was a great moment. The parents were a little scared, the kids were having a blast.

Good times, good times.
 
MMC said:
Heya Pirate.
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I was wondering when some of our Navy Swabs would drop in here. Them or any of their Brood. :lol:


Swimming in the ocean is a bit tougher.....I never was comfortable with it. After flying over it and being in it. Seeing what Gigantic man made ships look like compared to that Big Blue Pond. They can have it. :mrgreen:
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I haven't done much ocean swimming, ever. I aint about to start till after I am dead. You can thank the Jaws movie for that. Thank you Mr. Spielberg for that informative documentary. I never knew about what lived in the ocean near me till then. Now I do. The dolphins can have it. Its a good thing I didn't see the movie Lake Placid till after I was an adult, otherwise I wouldnt swim in a lake.
 
ChrisL said:
That's mean! There are other ways to teach kids how to swim!
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That's how countless generations of my family have learned to swim. Tossed into the deep very unceremoniously.
 
Juanita said:
Went to Oak Street Beach a few times, but North Ave Beach, Lincoln Park was our regular stomping ground...
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Most of the Chicago Park Districts taught swimming.....so did the YMCA and YWCA. I ran on both North and South Sides. But was more on the South.

Then we would head over into Indiana.....they have an Oak Street Beach up headed towards the Dunes there too. We would hang out at Beer can Alley down in around Hammond and East Chicago. Although not for swimming much. Might have thrown some people in fully clothed and all. Just the usual kids having fun, ya knows..
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On the weekends head up to Warren Dunes. Not nearly as swamped as the Chicago and Illinois Side of the City.
 
Nope.

I was traumatized as a young child with water. My uncle threw me in the deep end of a Holiday Inn pool and I nearly died.

And when I went into the Marines, the swim qualification Marine atop the diving board told me to learn on the way down after I told him I couldn't swim. You're supposed to land feet first (crossed at the ankles) but I belly-flopped it because the swim qual instructor pushed me really hard off the diving board. The end result? I nearly died again.
 
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