nelly Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 I was wondering how many people knew how to swim since most of us enjoy been on the water and the outdoors. Myself, just alittle. True but sad. Maybe I should take up swimming and get more exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 River rat here...grew up with the Rideau in the back yard. We swam all day as kids...then after hours moved our venue to the town pool where we could use the diving boards without lifeguards hassling us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yup! Been swimmin' since I was a tadpole! I prefer the ocean for swimmin' though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntervasili Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Sure do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsn Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 yep I do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yup, learned to swim about the same time I learned to walk, just the way I taught my own kids. Never could understand why folks don't teach the kids how to swim as soon as possible, specially if the kids are around the water at all or in a boat. If they can't teach it themselves, there are lessons given by the Red Cross or other like groups that wouldn't cost too much. Every weekend we hear about kids drowning and in most cases, it was probably avoidable. Nothing makes me madder than to see kids who can't swim, playing in the water with those stupid inflatible things around their upper arms while Mom & Dad lay on the beach more concerned with getting a suntan than the welfare of their children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 grew up swimming in pigeon lake ,and about 10yrs old my parents bought a 16x 32 in-ground pool it was awsome all sumer iwas either swimmin or fishin ...being a kid was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTown Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 swimming is freedom...i wish i had a pool, id be one health IQ challenged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuchikubo Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Sadly, not any more. I had taken classes when I was a young child, once in high school. I can't seem to stay afloat without assistance. Even when I relax in water I sink, heavy boned. Thus, I always wear my PFD on the water regardless how ridiculus I may look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyman Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Love to swim. Took lots of lessons growing up and my kids are doing the same. My parents have had a pool for the last fifteen years (my kids pretty much learned to swim there). I've always loved the water. I've been canoeing for the past couple years and always wanted a (real) boat but have never had one. I guess it only makes sense that I eventually started to fish, I just can't believe it took me this long to find this hobby. There's just something about the water that is undescribable. It's very calming.There's something inherantly right about being near it, almost like you belong there. Man that was a longwinded answer. Sorry..... yes I swim (LOL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Ya I can, been swimming since childhood, more of a floater now the energy is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yep, and I hate to say for how many years. I even had some lifeguard training many many moons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mistyriver1 Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Yep. I did take lessons when I was really young but kind of taught myself as I got older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 swim like a fish, funny no one caught me yet, well except the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Been swimmin' for many many years. Learned at the local YMCA and later on in me youth, our neighbors had a nice in-ground pool, which saw a lot of activity in the summer months. Don't do some much any more ... I prefer to stay in the boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 I know how to swim but I don't like not being able to see bottom... pools are okay. It never used to bother me as I spent my misspent youth swinging from ropes into Bronte Creek. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 no doubt, used to go out and swim for a half hour straight out in the lake, then 45 minutes back in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 I dont have the best form, but I grew up in the ocean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 My pop was a water bug.He had us in the water as soon as a life jacket would fit us.He did the butterfly stroke like no one I had ever seen.I was young then, but he was my pop.LOL It was the first swimming style I learned.At age ten, I was able to swim without a jacket.That was pops rule,until you can tread water for 2 miniutes and swim from the rock to the dock,I be wearing that life jacket.Not a very cool thing to be wearing with the other good looking 9/10 year old girls around.HEHE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdel Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Usually spent everyday swimming. Can't really remember when I couldn't swim. I do remember being very young and doing the dog paddle. My aunt decided to teach me how to swim the proper way on that day. After that I had no fear of the water or depth. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Learned at 7 months, before I could walk... I honestly don't think a person that can't swim should be in a boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanangler1990 Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 i learned when i was 12 or so, love swimmin now, especially snorkeling in the Adriatic Sea, ahhh nothing is nicer! I got a certificate, ,maybe i can dig it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Learned at 7 months, before I could walk... I honestly don't think a person that can't swim should be in a boat! That will open a whole discusion my friend.Thats why they made PFD,s. I agree with you on a certian point here,swimming would be a great asset,but ................................. Whats with the sad spell check system here.I know I suck at spelling and really dont care what others think,but it would be nice to have one that does work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanangler1990 Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 (edited) That will open a whole discusion my friend.Thats why they made PFD,s. I agree with you on a certian point here,swimming would be a great asset,but ................................. Whats with the sad spell check system here.I know I suck at spelling and really dont care what others think,but it would be nice to have one that does work. Ur right on that msfish, this is already opening up a whole new discussion lol, r u really gonna rely on a jacket? who knows what could go wrong. With these new kinds where u pull the cord, that could go south on u. cord could be stuck or u cant find it in time. i agree with pigeontroller. Edited December 9, 2006 by urbanangler1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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