Can you swim?

Blackmask · 03-11-2008, 05:15 AM

We have a show here called Bondi Rescue which is all about the lifesavers on Bondi Beach. It seems an incredible number of people who can't swim decide to go swimming in the lovely waves and rips, which is somewhat brave....or really foolish.

Here swimming is often a part of the school curriculum, possibly something to do with most Aussie cities being coastal.

Spin Teacher · 03-11-2008, 05:24 AM

I spent my summers in Florida on the beach & in my grandparents pool so I swim like a fish.

**MSFixR** · 03-11-2008, 06:02 AM

Sure, my parents sent me to the YMCA when I was a kid - "Throw him in and see if he sinks."

Ox · 03-11-2008, 09:25 AM

Sure can...swam on our school's swim team for years.

Plus it was required in school to learn to swim.

edawg99 · 03-11-2008, 11:17 AM

Yeah I could swim but I haven't for years. I'm sure you never forget.

aloha · 03-12-2008, 07:05 AM

here you had swimming lessons in elematary school.
but I also went to the swimming team, and had the silver medal (don´t know how you call in) in swimming

disneyloverkw · 03-12-2008, 07:16 AM

I can't swim >< No fair.

**MSFixR** · 03-12-2008, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aloha

here you had swimming lessons in elematary school.
but I also went to the swimming team, and had the silver medal (don´t know how you call in) in swimming

Wow, that's pretty good, Aloha.

aloha · 03-12-2008, 07:53 AM

thanks, just found out it´s not a medal (LOL) but an emblem/insignia. so I didn´t won a competition, but made this stuff which tells you how good you are. there is only the gold one better, and well, if you wanna be a lifeguard. so I guess I´m not bad, although it´s years ago, but I was always a "water rat" and not afraid of my hair getting wet LOL

Samson The Cat · 03-13-2008, 08:05 PM

Which one - the siver one for kids or the one for adulds?

http://www.richtig-schwimmen.de/allg...abzeichen.html
(for those non-german speakers: "tauchen" means "to dive" and "schwimmen" means "to swim"

)

... I could have sworn when I learned how to swim, a criterion for the silver emblem (for kids) was 400m in 16 minutes, not in 25... Darn backstroking. I never really cut a figure in that. You don't see where you're going and only injure hand and head.

But I can dive 35 m far. Of course that's nothing compared to this guy (he probably had warmer water in the pool than I had): http://www.koreus.com/video/apnee-re...onde-166m.html

aloha · 03-13-2008, 08:13 PM

Oh gosh you ask me something. I guess it was for kids, though that I was still a kid. but I bet I could do the one for adults now, with some training

SWEET DYNAMITE · 03-13-2008, 11:36 PM

I can swim but I almost drowned when I was little so going into deep water freaks the bejesus out of me. I can still swim in the kiddies pool! LOL

aloha · 03-14-2008, 07:24 AM

oh I always wanted to go into the deep water. I always thought it´s boring in water where I can still feel the ground.

**Ophelia** · 03-14-2008, 08:28 PM

I only like deep water in a lake, not a pool or the ocean. Weird, I know. The truth is, I'm not a great swimmer, I had lots of ear troubles as a child so I I didn't learn to swim until I was like 8 or 9 and even though I was very athletic in other things, I was a sucky swimmer. My boys, on the other hand, are like fish. They love the water. That's because like Fix said, we sorta just threw them in there (mommy very close by of course), also we don't do floaties or water wings or whatever the phuck you call those things. I just preferred to get in there with them and let them figure it out.

aloha · 03-14-2008, 08:32 PM

but why do you prefer deep water in a lake then when you are not a great swimmer? instead of swimming in a pool where there is always a save edge. that´s really very weird

**Ophelia** · 03-14-2008, 08:39 PM

I dunno.

Blackmask · 03-14-2008, 08:50 PM

I prefer swimming in the ocean, preferably the open ocean where there's waves. It's a lot more challenging to have the seaweed around the legs, the waves trying to slam you on the bottom, an under tow that can drag you out to sea or the possibility of a stray shark looking for a quick snack.

I swam competitively when I was a kid. Backstroke was my preferred stroke but swimming pools are so predictable.

CaseyM · 03-14-2008, 08:58 PM

I prefer a pool where I'm sure the water is clean. only Evian water.

edawg99 · 03-16-2008, 06:11 PM

I like swimming in lakes and rivers, I have been doing that my whole life.

**Jocasta** · 03-18-2008, 11:45 AM

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I could have sworn when I learned how to swim, a criterion for the silver emblem (for kids) was 400m in 16 minutes, not in 25

What are the times for adults?

03-11-2008, 05:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Blackmask Protector of Inanity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,158 My Profile	Can you swim? We have a show here called Bondi Rescue which is all about the lifesavers on Bondi Beach. It seems an incredible number of people who can't swim decide to go swimming in the lovely waves and rips, which is somewhat brave....or really foolish. Here swimming is often a part of the school curriculum, possibly something to do with most Aussie cities being coastal.

03-12-2008, 07:53 AM	#9 (permalink)
aloha 30 Days of Josh Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,928 My Profile	thanks, just found out it´s not a medal (LOL) but an emblem/insignia. so I didn´t won a competition, but made this stuff which tells you how good you are. there is only the gold one better, and well, if you wanna be a lifeguard. so I guess I´m not bad, although it´s years ago, but I was always a "water rat" and not afraid of my hair getting wet LOL Last edited by aloha : 03-12-2008 at 07:54 AM.

03-13-2008, 08:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
Samson The Cat Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thuringia Posts: 2,211 My Profile	Which one - the siver one for kids or the one for adulds? http://www.richtig-schwimmen.de/allg...abzeichen.html (for those non-german speakers: "tauchen" means "to dive" and "schwimmen" means "to swim" ) ... I could have sworn when I learned how to swim, a criterion for the silver emblem (for kids) was 400m in 16 minutes, not in 25... Darn backstroking. I never really cut a figure in that. You don't see where you're going and only injure hand and head. But I can dive 35 m far. Of course that's nothing compared to this guy (he probably had warmer water in the pool than I had): http://www.koreus.com/video/apnee-re...onde-166m.html Last edited by Samson The Cat : 03-13-2008 at 08:07 PM.

03-14-2008, 08:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,020 My Profile	I only like deep water in a lake, not a pool or the ocean. Weird, I know. The truth is, I'm not a great swimmer, I had lots of ear troubles as a child so I I didn't learn to swim until I was like 8 or 9 and even though I was very athletic in other things, I was a sucky swimmer. My boys, on the other hand, are like fish. They love the water. That's because like Fix said, we sorta just threw them in there (mommy very close by of course), also we don't do floaties or water wings or whatever the phuck you call those things. I just preferred to get in there with them and let them figure it out. Last edited by Ophelia : 03-14-2008 at 08:30 PM.

03-14-2008, 08:50 PM	#17 (permalink)
Blackmask Protector of Inanity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,158 My Profile	I prefer swimming in the ocean, preferably the open ocean where there's waves. It's a lot more challenging to have the seaweed around the legs, the waves trying to slam you on the bottom, an under tow that can drag you out to sea or the possibility of a stray shark looking for a quick snack. I swam competitively when I was a kid. Backstroke was my preferred stroke but swimming pools are so predictable. Last edited by Blackmask : 03-14-2008 at 08:51 PM.

03-11-2008, 05:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
Spin Teacher Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 440 My Profile	I spent my summers in Florida on the beach & in my grandparents pool so I swim like a fish.

03-11-2008, 06:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	Sure, my parents sent me to the YMCA when I was a kid - "Throw him in and see if he sinks."

03-11-2008, 09:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ox Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Metro/Detroit USA Posts: 2,088 My Profile	Sure can...swam on our school's swim team for years. Plus it was required in school to learn to swim.

03-11-2008, 11:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,395 My Profile	Yeah I could swim but I haven't for years. I'm sure you never forget.

03-12-2008, 07:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
aloha 30 Days of Josh Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,928 My Profile	here you had swimming lessons in elematary school. but I also went to the swimming team, and had the silver medal (don´t know how you call in) in swimming

03-12-2008, 07:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
disneyloverkw Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 23 My Profile	I can't swim >< No fair.

03-13-2008, 08:13 PM	#11 (permalink)
aloha 30 Days of Josh Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,928 My Profile	Oh gosh you ask me something. I guess it was for kids, though that I was still a kid. but I bet I could do the one for adults now, with some training

03-13-2008, 11:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
SWEET DYNAMITE Light 'er up baby! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 462 My Profile	I can swim but I almost drowned when I was little so going into deep water freaks the bejesus out of me. I can still swim in the kiddies pool! LOL

03-14-2008, 07:24 AM	#13 (permalink)
aloha 30 Days of Josh Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,928 My Profile	oh I always wanted to go into the deep water. I always thought it´s boring in water where I can still feel the ground.

03-14-2008, 08:32 PM	#15 (permalink)
aloha 30 Days of Josh Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,928 My Profile	but why do you prefer deep water in a lake then when you are not a great swimmer? instead of swimming in a pool where there is always a save edge. that´s really very weird

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03-14-2008, 08:39 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,020 My Profile	I dunno.

03-14-2008, 08:58 PM	#18 (permalink)
CaseyM Ain't you the lucky one? Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 134 My Profile	I prefer a pool where I'm sure the water is clean. only Evian water.

03-16-2008, 06:11 PM	#19 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,395 My Profile	I like swimming in lakes and rivers, I have been doing that my whole life. Last edited by edawg99 : 03-16-2008 at 06:12 PM.