Do you know how to Swim?

[Quag]

:lol:

Well we do have some of the most venomous snakes in the world and some spiders that aren't too friendly if you get on the wrong side of them. As long as your not traveling in a fried-out combie on a hippie trail, head full of zombie, it's all good and they leave you alone for the most part.

But you have them so I feel a bit better.

 

[ChrisL]

Oh c'mon. I LOVE snorkeling in the freshwater deephole blue springs in FL. You're in there, along the sides in the weeds, with wading birds (at leg level!) water snakes, massive softshell and snapping turtles (and chasing and catching them!), huge bass, bowfin, gar, and gators. Gorgeous! And fun. Catching the baby turtles is total cuteness.

In the North Atlantic....catching your own lobster with your bare hands in the murk....hah! That separates the ladies from the men...the men mostly used hooks! I caught mine barehanded but sure used up a ton of air. Woman against lobster...it aint that easy to earn that dinner.

Lol! I LOVE baby turtles! But I'm talking about the northeast coast where the water is dark and cold, not clear and blue and warm like Florida.

Can't say that I've caught my own lobster, but I have been clamming before.

 

[Thorgasm]

Swimming is terrible for African-American's hair.

 

[Gathomas88]

Because if you dont, you end up like the drowned birds and squirrels you find in people's swimming pools.

Does this really have to be explained? The Red Cross teaches swimming as a survival skill, to save lives. For preparedness. Not as a 'sport.'

Which still has nothing to do with a person's technical ability to "swim."

I'm sure there are plenty of obese people out there who can float and stroke just fine but can't pull themselves out of a pool even with the use of a ladder, let alone without one.

 

[Mycroft]

Speaking of poisonous snakes and swimming, that reminds me of an incident that I was part of many years ago.

I was snorkeling in a rock quarry in Georgia, having a good old time, and as I was moving back toward shore, my friends were yelling at me and pointing behind me. I turned around and there was a water moccasin about 25 feet behind me...weaving back and forth...coming right for me. Well, I can tell you that was pretty exciting, for sure. But it really wasn't that big of a deal. I was wearing flippers so I was able to create turbulence that slowed the snake down while I sped up. I got out of the water with lots of room to spare and the snake swam away.

Swimming can be so much fun!!

 

[Dittohead not!]

Why would someone who doesn't live anywhere near swim-able water, and never will, bother? I bet the ocean, lake and river coasts are 100% while in a few areas (plains, cities...) few bother.

It's hard for me to imagine anyone never going near water, never riding on a boat, walking next to a pool, a lake, a river, any body of water. One would have to be a desert dweller and never leave home.

 

[MMC]

Speaking of poisonous snakes and swimming, that reminds me of an incident that I was part of many years ago.

I was snorkeling in a rock quarry in Georgia, having a good old time, and as I was moving back toward shore, my friends were yelling at me and pointing behind me. I turned around and there was a water moccasin about 25 feet behind me...weaving back and forth...coming right for me. Well, I can tell you that was pretty exciting, for sure. But it really wasn't that big of a deal. I was wearing flippers so I was able to create turbulence that slowed the snake down while I sped up. I got out of the water with lots of room to spare and the snake swam away.

Swimming can be so much fun!!

Heya MC. :2wave: Yeah that reminds me, we have some Rock quarries where people go swimming in too. We also use to swim in the Little Calumet River. Diving off the train tracks and the Concrete foundations. Some had tied up Ropes for people to swing out on and a tire or two.

We even had a guy who Dived off the Top.....but he use to be a cliff diver down in Mexico. Not many could dive off the top of the Bridge. But now jump off was another story. I got a Hundred bucks for doing so one of the first times I tried it. :mrgreen:

 

[Quag]

Speaking of poisonous snakes and swimming, that reminds me of an incident that I was part of many years ago.

I was snorkeling in a rock quarry in Georgia, having a good old time, and as I was moving back toward shore, my friends were yelling at me and pointing behind me. I turned around and there was a water moccasin about 25 feet behind me...weaving back and forth...coming right for me. Well, I can tell you that was pretty exciting, for sure. But it really wasn't that big of a deal. I was wearing flippers so I was able to create turbulence that slowed the snake down while I sped up. I got out of the water with lots of room to spare and the snake swam away.

Swimming can be so much fun!!

Mental note never go swimming in Goergia

 

[humbolt]

I actually played the cartoon fish for Don Knots in the Incredible Mr. Limpet.

 

[shavingcollywob]

I always had swimming pools growing up and my parents enrolled us in swimming lessons when we were very young.

 

[Mycroft]

Mental note never go swimming in Goergia

LOL!!

I guess I'd better not tell you about the time I came eye-to-eye with a barracuda while diving off the Florida Keys.

I didn't take this picture, but this is what it looked like:

 

[Quag]

LOL!!

I guess I'd better not tell you about the time I came eye-to-eye with a barracuda while diving off the Florida Keys.

I didn't take this picture, but this is what it looked like:


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Actually saw one a couple months ago snorkling with the sea turtles and sting rays off the Mayan Riviera. They aren't poisonous so it doesn't bother me.

 

[Mr.Nick]

I enjoy swimming but I'll never go swimming in the ocean - there is too much weird **** in the ocean.

Hell, I'm a fisherman and fish a lot and fishing in the ocean scares me - some of those fish look like mutant monsters.

I've only been to the ocean a few times tho.

 

[Lursa]

I've never heard of barracudas even bothering anybody, altho they are one of the only fish that come up and look you in the eye.

We used to play with them. Take out your dive knife and drop it.....they chase it as it spirals to the bottom.

 

[molten_dragon]

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?

I'm not a fantastic swimmer, but I can swim well enough to meet the criteria mentioned. My wife would have a hard time with a couple of them, but I intend on teaching our kids to swim.

 

[Mr.Nick]

I've never heard of barracudas even bothering anybody, altho they are one of the only fish that come up and look you in the eye.

We used to play with them. Take out your dive knife and drop it.....they chase it as it spirals to the bottom.

Even Piranha generally won't bother people.

The most aggressive fresh water fish (at least to humans) that I have experience with are catfish.... That's why "noodling" is so easy - it's also extremely dangerous as well.

 

[Mr.Nick]

I've seen infants or babies swim - it's hilarious. It scares the hell out of me and looks completely unnatural yet they do it. After you get past the whole "theres a baby in the pool looking like its drowning" factor it looks hilarious...

It seems humans are natural swimmers.

 

[justabubba]

Swimming is terrible for African-American's hair.

is this a joke i did not get or are you being serious?
if the latter, what does it do that is a problem for the hair?

 

[Mr.Nick]

is this a joke i did not get or are you being serious?
if the latter, what does it do that is a problem for the hair?

Are you trying to find racism in something that isn't even there?

I know black folks that use shower caps, all admit I've never asked why because I don't really care. I basically assumed they didn't want their rows to get ****ed up.

 

[justabubba]

Mom could never swim. she was fearful of having her head in water. something to do with an over-zealous preacher and her baptism
she took me to swimming class in el paso. my brother had not been born, so i was probably three at the time. bailed. hated having to wear the flip flops, too. didn't take much to convince Mom i wasn't interested in swimming
fast forward to a move to charleston, sc at age nine. Dad showed me how to body surf at a then undeveloped sullivan's island and folly beach. do that enough and you just learn to swim. next up was skim boarding and dreaming of skippering those hobie cats i would see, with their colorful sails, in the waters off of the battery at the citadel
on the air force base, at 10 years old, dependents could go to the pool without being accompanied by an adult. so, the base NCO pool (officers had a nicer, less trafficked pool) became my solo destination. and as a fat kid, it was both good and bad. on the down side, that gut was placed on public exhibition. on the other hand, it came in handy when seeing who could make the biggest splash off the diving board. and that was followed by learning every possible dive. since they were prohibited, gainers were the forbidden fruit. only attempted when ready to leave the pool ... because the lifeguards were going to make that happen, anyway
went to a college just off the atlantic coast, primarily so i could swim and surf. my grades reflected that decision
a girl friend taught me to sail her hobie and soon thereafter i bought a torpedo class sailboat and moved to myrtle beach to race up and down the eastern seaboard. by then, being a strong swimmer was essential, as these boats would often turtle, requiring sailors to have to right the offending boat in choppy seas
only qualification received was from the scouts to be able to teach swimming and boating
my daughter lives on the chattahoochee river and my son resides on a fairly large trimaran. they seem to have acquired the joy of swimming, too

 

[justabubba]

Are you trying to find racism in something that isn't even there?

no. it just seemed odd that one race would have issues with water on their hair. doesn't seem logical. which is why i asked

I know black folks that use shower caps, all admit I've never asked why because I don't really care. I basically assumed they didn't want their rows to get ****ed up.

then you don't know either
maybe thorgasm will teach us both something

 

[Mr.Nick]

Mom could never swim. she was fearful of having her head in water. something to do with an over-zealous preacher and her baptism
she took me to swimming class in el paso. my brother had not been born, so i was probably three at the time. bailed. hated having to wear the flip flops, too. didn't take much to convince Mom i wasn't interested in swimming
fast forward to a move to charleston, sc at age nine. Dad showed me how to body surf at a then undeveloped sullivan's island and folly beach. do that enough and you just learn to swim. next up was skim boarding and dreaming of skippering those hobie cats i would see, with their colorful sails, in the waters off of the battery at the citadel
on the air force base, at 10 years old, dependents could go to the pool without being accompanied by an adult. so, the base NCO pool (officers had a nicer, less trafficked pool) became my solo destination. and as a fat kid, it was both good and bad. on the down side, that gut was placed on public exhibition. on the other hand, it came in handy when seeing who could make the biggest splash off the diving board. and that was followed by learning every possible dive. since they were prohibited, gainers were the forbidden fruit. only attempted when ready to leave the pool ... because the lifeguards were going to make that happen, anyway
went to a college just off the atlantic coast, primarily so i could swim and surf. my grades reflected that decision
a girl friend taught me to sail her hobie and soon thereafter i bought a torpedo class sailboat and moved to myrtle beach to race up and down the eastern seaboard. by then, being a strong swimmer was essential, as these boats would often turtle, requiring sailors to have to right the offending boat in choppy seas
only qualification received was from the scouts to be able to teach swimming and boating
my daughter lives on the chattahoochee river and my son resides on a fairly large trimaran. they seem to have acquired the joy of swimming, too

Fear of water because of Baptism?

What a crock of ****..

Even an adult Baptism is no different than being dunked in a bathtub, and adults who want to be Baptized understand the sacrament and wouldn't fear water because of it...

If you don't know about Catholicism - they don't dunk babies, which could potentially give them a psychological fear of water...

Geez!

 

[justabubba]

Fear of water because of Baptism?

What a crock of ****..

Even an adult Baptism is no different than being dunked in a bathtub, and adults who want to be Baptized understand the sacrament and wouldn't fear water because of it...

you call something a crock and yet you know nothing about the circumstance
Mom was a preteen
my Grandmother was a member of a snake handling church, much like Holiness Church of God in Jesus Name is today. and they baptized at a local creek. and according to my Mom, Grandmother, and aunt (Mom's sister), the preacher forcibly held Mom's head under water for an extraordinary amount of time. she thought she would drown
and feared water deeper than her ankles for the rest of her life

If you don't know about Catholicism - they don't dunk babies, which could potentially give them a psychological fear of water...

Geez!

i don't care or need to know about catholicism and what they do to babies ... but now you seem to acknowledge how an inappropriate religious submersion could result in a water phobia
your posts strike me as being those from someone who is light on life experiences and depth of knowledge, so i will give you a pass on your rudeness this time

 

[Mr.Nick]

no. it just seemed odd that one race would have issues with water on their hair. doesn't seem logical. which is why i asked


then you don't know either
maybe thorgasm will teach us both something

I don't care about black folks hair either way, nor do I want to learn about their hair..... All I know is that blacks buy lots of cocoa butter and shower caps and who cares?

 

[Mr.Nick]

you call something a crock and yet you know nothing about the circumstance
Mom was a preteen
my Grandmother was a member of a snake handling church, much like Holiness Church of God in Jesus Name is today. and they baptized at a local creek. and according to my Mom, Grandmother, and aunt (Mom's sister), the preacher forcibly held Mom's head under water for an extraordinary amount of time. she thought she would drown
and feared water deeper than her ankles for the rest of her life


i don't care or need to know about catholicism and what they do to babies ... but now you seem to acknowledge how an inappropriate religious submersion could result in a water phobia
your posts strike me as being those from someone who is light on life experiences and depth of knowledge, so i will give you a pass on your rudeness this time

I apologize, I didn't realize you or your lineage came from one of those "weird" offshoots of Christianity..

I mistook you for attempting to poke fun at traditional Christianity - not the crazy shiznit where people hold venomous snakes and believe it's an act of God that they're not bitten and killed.

I never understood that stuff, nor those extreme Baptizms.