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 Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:59 am 
I can't either, at least not for more than 2 minutes or something like that... Hah, it's a little strange to see how many other people here can't |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:03 am
I took swimming lessons when I was fourteen or fifteen, and I got pretty comfortable in the water, but since then I'd be in a pool maybe once a year. I'm right back to where I was before now. I really need to learn again.  _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Joined: 24 Sep 2003 | Posts: 14510 | Location: Alone on an airplane, fallin' asleep against the windowpane...
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:24 am
alastica wrote: ks1990 wrote: oh come on guys, swimming's so easy! All you do is just...swim.  Go die. Just kidding, hah. I'm horrible at swimming though, I can go about...10 feet or so...then I'm screwed. haha 
Seriously though, i haven't been swimming in like 6 years. I don't feel confident enough to go swimming anymore. Luckily it's not one of those things you forget, though. |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:49 am
I'm honestly really shocked at how many of you can't swim. Nothing judgmental or anything, it's just VERY uncommon around here. I'm sure half of you being land-locked doesn't help, but what do you do in the summer to cool down?! How do you get by without spending hours in a pool? I think the only person I know who can't swim is my father, but at 46 he's finally decided to learn and has been taking lessons for the past month or so. He's still pretty nervous about it (in the summer he hated even being near the pool) but he's enjoying himself too. I can't think of any activity that's as relaxing and healthy as swimming. _________________ 
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Joined: 30 Sep 2006 | Posts: 1419 | Location: Maine
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:07 am
Hm, I can swim, sort of. As in I can float and kind of move around, but I can't do any hardcore swimming. Haha. I'm pretty good at just laying on my back and floating around, though. (= The sad thing is, in the summer I go to my friends house to swim around since she has a pretty beast pool, but her little sisters (5, and  are so much better at swimming then I am. )=
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Joined: 22 Feb 2008 | Posts: 666 | Location: Maryland
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:21 am
Mooncutter wrote: I'm honestly really shocked at how many of you can't swim. Nothing judgmental or anything, it's just VERY uncommon around here. I'm sure half of you being land-locked doesn't help, but what do you do in the summer to cool down?! I'm from Texas. We don't cool down, we take the heat! _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25184 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:42 am
swimming is hard as junk! i am one of the sinkers too. i cant stay above water for the life of me...and if i do.. it takes exxxxxxxtreme XXXXX doggie paddling. besides.. thats why they invented shallow ends. i heard that people who float on water super easy have lots of body fat. sucks to be a floater! |
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004 | Posts: 285 | Location: nashville, TN
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:53 am
lazerbith wrote: i heard that people who float on water super easy have lots of body fat.
sucks to be a floater! Well I have a BMI of about 21, which is in the normal range (18-25) and I feel like a fish in the water. 
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Joined: 23 Aug 2007 | Posts: 2890 | Location: Oregon
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:59 am
Well I'M on my high school school swim team.
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007 | Posts: 803 | Location: wherever
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:00 am
uncreative wrote: lazerbith wrote: i heard that people who float on water super easy have lots of body fat.
sucks to be a floater! Well I have a BMI of about 21, which is in the normal range (18-25) and I feel like a fish in the water. my bmi is about 17ish so explains why i sunk alot, thought as i don't weigh much i'd float... hmmm _________________ flickr.com/notathome smile 
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Joined: 07 Aug 2006 | Posts: 632 | Location: North-West UK
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:55 am
during winter, the closest i can get to swimming is taking a bath :] i just love the relaxing feeling of being immersed in water and defying gravity! _________________ .Arrgh!drey |
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Joined: 22 Jun 2005 | Posts: 114 | Location: McAllen,TX & San Marcos, TX
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:56 am
kiko wrote: uncreative wrote: lazerbith wrote: i heard that people who float on water super easy have lots of body fat.
sucks to be a floater! Well I have a BMI of about 21, which is in the normal range (18-25) and I feel like a fish in the water. my bmi is about 17ish so explains why i sunk alot, thought as i don't weigh much i'd float... hmmm Floating depends on the surface area the water has to push up against, so the bigger you are the better. Size isn't everything, though; I learned to swim when I was 4 and floating was step one. vintage_snowflake wrote: Well I'M on my high school school swim team. Ugh, how can you do it?! I swam competitively all throughout elementary and middle school, but I had to quit when I got to high school... way too much going on to make that sort of time commitment (I was in a club, not a school team.) _________________
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Joined: 30 Sep 2006 | Posts: 1419 | Location: Maine
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:04 am
I'm joining the original support group for those who can't swim. At all.
I wish I could and I tried, but when you are older you have that strong fear of drowning added to that. Maybe one day...
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:07 am
lazerbith wrote: i heard that people who float on water super easy have lots of body fat. sucks to be a floater! HAHA. hm, well im very very thin. i always thought that people who floated easily were fat as well. but my bmi is 17. |
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Joined: 22 Feb 2008 | Posts: 666 | Location: Maryland
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:18 am
My 5 year old has about mastered Swimming 3. She'll be moving to swimming 4 soon. She can swim across the pool on her stomach, on her back, etc... I'm sure she'll be doing laps after swimming 4. The way I see it, better to make a world class athlete out of her now then to pay for college later! So hopefully swimming scholarship!!
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005 | Posts: 7525 | Location: Wisconsin
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