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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:20:24 AM EDT
[#1]
 Did that work? 
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:25:27 AM EDT
[#2]
I can't swim. Plus I don't really like swimming anyway so I am not missing out on much. Except maybe the lovely smell of chlorine and urine.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:26:07 AM EDT
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of course it did....he's here to tell it.
That is how I learned. When I was 5, my uncle told me to take off my water wings. I did. He picked me up and threw me in the deep end. I paniced a bit and then decided to swim. I can still remember it vividly. He had just got off work and was wearing a grey suit. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:32:59 AM EDT
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To me... Thats like saying "I can't walk" I'm not taking a shot, at all! I just don't get it. Where did you grow up? 
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:33:22 AM EDT
[#5]
sweet survival skills dude! Honestly though, I think EVERYONE should know howto swim. I lived and worked in eastern NC when Rocky Mt, Tarboro, Greenville, NC areas flooded during hurricane ?floyd? Upon going back to work... A co-worker of mine told me she and her husband were about to put her children in a cooler and hope they would be rescued when the rescue boats showed up at their house. I couldnt believe it....she and her husband accepted they were going to drown....None of them could swim. -hs |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:37:41 AM EDT
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My brother can't swim. I don't understand it. We grew up camping and being around lakes... he just can't relax. I'd like to think it's just an act but there's been a few times that make me believe otherwise.
 I can swim no problem. I like it and would do it more often if Lake Superior wasn't so damn cold. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:37:46 AM EDT
[#7]
same here...in my family, you learn to swim before you are allowed to cross the street... |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:40:09 AM EDT
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man, I wouldnt go in water past my ankles if I couldn't swim...to hell w/ canoeing!!! |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:51:42 AM EDT
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I'm a decent swimmer, I just suck at floating...that's why I learned to SCUBA dive, get the gear to do the work for you
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Posted: 2/22/2006 2:57:57 AM EDT
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Somebody mentioned times earlier,
100 yard breast my senior year of highschool was 58.03 seconds. My time was faster than a majority of the seed times for 100 yard backstroke. Earned All American in 100 yard breast as well as 100 yard freestyle with a 47.5. Only things I miss about swimming was being around 4-5% body fat if that and being able to look at some seriously fine asses that belonged to the girl's swim team. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:03:28 AM EDT
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Those are phenominal times.  ETA: My claim to fame is that I coached a child to #1 in the nation in the 100y Fly.  |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:09:36 AM EDT
[#12]
I honestly had no idea that some people could not swim until 1992 when I went to basic training at FT. Jackson. We had many soldiers (primarily blacks) that could not swim! I was in shock!
I was a lifeguard at Ft. Story, VA (Va beach) for a few years. Good times, for sure. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:40:03 AM EDT
[#13]
Like I was born in the water.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:43:51 AM EDT
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Yes, I can swim.
Currently a Red Cross Certified Lifeguard.. (got re-upped last Sunday), been doing it for 3 years now. Along with that.. I am also WSI certified. The people they are referring to that can't swim.. are the inner city youth. If you've ever been to a lake/park where the city kids visit, you'd know what I mean. Atleast thats what I've been told. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:47:15 AM EDT
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Neither of my parents know how to swim and I dont think my mother-in-law can either. I need to take her out on my boat some time to find out
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:48:00 AM EDT
[#16]
Swim? Yup!!
Swim Team (indoor and outdoor) during summer and school years from 6th grade through senior year, was a life guard, swimming instructor, snorkle, scuba, and varsity diving team in HS (1 and 3 meter boards). Have swam in the gulf of mexico, atlantic as well as fresh water, etc. 
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:50:57 AM EDT
[#17]
49.4 100 yard fly.
Navy Dive School. Yeah, I can swim a little. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 3:51:33 AM EDT
[#18]
Yes I can swim, very well. Grew up in Florida, swam on a team as a kid, did the life guard thing as a teen. It's like riding a bike, once you learn you never forget.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 4:05:48 AM EDT
[#19]
I have medals.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:36:36 AM EDT
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There are those that can swim and those that think they can swim because they wade across their local feed pond or in-ground pool. Then there are those that know they can swim to survive and to aid other to survive.
I'm a Naval Aircrewman, I am of the latter.. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:37:10 AM EDT
[#21]
Weird. Grew up on a lake, later had a pool
Call me a fish |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:37:24 AM EDT
[#22]
Yep, I love swimming. Helped me recover from my knee surgeries.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:39:18 AM EDT
[#23]
4 years of high school swim team + scuba diver
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:41:05 AM EDT
[#24]
Preach on Brother! |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:41:38 AM EDT
[#25]
Swim and drink like a fish.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:42:31 AM EDT
[#26]
Swim Team and Instructor in High School and College. Life Gaurd as a summer job during college.
I taught my kids to swim Will and Whit learned by 3 but Wyatt was afraid of the water so I let him ease into it and now he swims well at 7. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:46:46 AM EDT
[#27]
Yep, lots of water in MI. I think I heard you are never more than 5-10 miles from a lake anywhere in MI.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:48:23 AM EDT
[#28]
Yup,was the fastest swimmer in my PE group. Love swimming. Have swum ( good word huh? )swam,swimmed,for about 30 years or so now.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:48:44 AM EDT
[#29]
Being older and having come from the mountains, this was actually a big deal in my family.
The water where I was raised simply wasn't usually over your head so I daresay most adults I grew up around didn't know how to swim including my parents. I was pretty much on my own so as a kid was one of those who took swimming lessons from beginner to lifequard (the girls back then like the patch on your trunks.). The good news was I had no bad habits to unlearn during the process. Later I took swimming and board diving in school but never bothered to compete. I now have boated most of my life and weather permitting being the water is as common as taking a walk outdoors. Tj |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:50:44 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:51:44 AM EDT
[#31]
Like a fish. I grew up in California, and was never far from a swimming pool or lake. When I was a kid, I remember wanting to swim across the bay from Alcatraz someday. I had the potential at one point. Now, I'm waaaaaay too out of shape to even think about it.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:54:35 AM EDT
[#32]
I was in the pool by 10 months old with my dad & i've been a PADI certified diver for 18 years now.
ETA: I can't remember not ever knowing how to swim. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 7:55:02 AM EDT
[#33]
I swim great.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 8:08:05 AM EDT
[#34]
Ive made my living on or underwater more than once.
One of the coolest jobs was way back in the late 70's I helped complete the underwater survey of Buck Island's coral reef system. For more than 20 years the NPS and scientists have studied Buck Island's coral reef system. gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nm/vi_bucki.htm ETA: Yes I swim |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 8:27:46 AM EDT
[#35]
isn't that amazing??? people can only hold their breaths for 30 seconds at a time and they think you're some kinda superhuman cuz you can swim 3 lengths of the pool without coming up for air! never understood how people cannot learn to swim, it's the easiest thing in the world. when my father went to vietnam, we stayed in japan with my mom's family. one day we went to the beach and my uncle took me out into the ocean and threw me into an oncoming wave. i swallowed half the sea of japan but i sure as fuck learned how to swim!  never looked back...
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Posted: 2/22/2006 8:41:17 AM EDT
[#36]
I swim like a rock.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 8:51:37 AM EDT
[#37]
I've had lessons since I was 5, on the HS swim team for 3 years and did every event except the fly
 though my main concentration was freestyle.  When I was a member of the crew club in college there was a guy who was negative buoyant, it was fairly hard to watch him try the float test.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 8:54:19 AM EDT
[#38]
Strong ocean swimmer.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 8:57:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:03:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:08:57 AM EDT
[#41]
Same here as do all my kids. I have no memory of not being able to swim. My youngest was retriving things of the bottom of the deep end of the pool before he was 3. I have a pool in my back yard and live on a deep water canal. Having non swimming children is not an opption. echo6 |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:13:57 AM EDT
[#42]
You know the School District i went to in CA required you to pass a swim class and drivers ed to graduate H.S. I also have a habit of falling off saiboats while on the Pacific Ocean. And I was in the Navy.......so I am all set when it comes to swimming. Although I am a bit rusty since I have been land locked for so long. |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:22:33 AM EDT
[#43]
yup. I can swim. But I much prefer to lie on a raft with a drink in my hand.
But if that raft tips over, I'm A-OK! |
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:22:38 AM EDT
[#44]
Only when i'm in water, otherwise I get funny looks!
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:24:08 AM EDT
[#45]
I can't remember not knowing how to swim. However, my sister in law who grew up in Queens, NY only learned recently. I guess playing in the water from the fire hydrant isn't the same.
Swimming/water safety was required in elementary school in Hawaii. Swimming/water safety was required in high school in Cali. I swam on a swim team when i was like 11-12 y/o, then went out for the HS swim team my senior year mainly just to stay in shape. Lettered in it, mainly did the 100 fly, 100 free and 50 free. I'm a sprinter. Recently I started swimming at the local Y to get back in shape and they have adult swim lessons going on too. They seem to fit the stereotype - mainly black people and a couple Hispanics. I too am amazed that any adult doesn't know how to swim, but good for them learning now. My 91 year old grandmother still swims laps a couple times a week. I hate cold water still though.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:45:06 AM EDT
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Mom signed me up at the YMCA at about 5 yrs old. I advanced all the way to their highest class/ranking. About 5yrs worth of lessons. I too can't imagine NOT being able to swim. It just isn't natural.
That's about what this 98lb weakling turned into. 
That's hard hat isn't it? That's not swimming! That's sinking!
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:50:09 AM EDT
[#47]
Learned to swim when very young spent ALOT of time at the pool when young.
Swiming classes in college for credit and to improve skill. Open water SCUBA certified. Spearfishing very fun!
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Posted: 2/22/2006 9:52:54 AM EDT
[#48]
I swim miles. Been swimming since age 5.
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Posted: 2/22/2006 10:57:03 AM EDT
[#49]
yeah. the ultimate irony is that they've forgotten how to swim over the years, and I can easily swim the HB Pier...
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Posted: 2/22/2006 1:46:38 PM EDT
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My parents rightfully thought that it was one of the life skills everyone/kid needs to learn. Like how to ride a bike, drive a stick shift. Just something that everyone will need to know how to do in life.
My mother cannot swim. I swim for a living. <That;s me!
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