Can you swim?

[Kyalesyin]

This came up in college today while I was talking to a bunch of friends. We got into talking about sports, and I mentioned casually somewhere along the line that I can't swim. They were all totally horrified by the fact that I can't even float on my back in the water...

So, I've been roped into going swimming with them tonight... and it made me curious. Can you swim? Am I really that unusual?

[ShadowBoxing]

Yeah, I swim laps...typically in the winter.

[Kyalesyin]

Please tell me you do that in a heated pool, indoors. Loads of people swim in the sea every day here- in freakin january!

[Sean Adisano]

i'm an AWESOME swimmer!! i love it :D

its very important to know how to swim! good exercise too!

[jimmy]

Yes, I can swim.

[Kaboom]

i live in miami, florida. people here who cant swim tend to die.

[PyroChamber]

No, I unfortunately cannot.

[Eros]

I am a free style swimmer,when i was 10 i went to a pool party, before i learned how to swim. I leapt off the diveing board, and found out I could swim while in the deep section.

[Kaboom]

I am a free style swimmer,when i was 10 i went to a pool party, before i learned how to swim. I leapt off the diveing board, and found out could swim while in the deep section.
Eros!

[Sean Adisano]

i live in miami, florida. people here who cant swim tend to die.

die from drowning and bull sharks!!!

i'm from n.y so coney island is no whoop for us. when i went down to miami beach 3 years ago, they whisteled every 5 minutes for us to come in on account of seeing a shark or thought they saw one.

why i kept going in boggles me to this day:huh:

[Taiwarriorz21]

I was on a Tournament Swim Team when I was younger...I have a couple of trophies from that time period. I can swim a 45 ft pool in 7.3 sec flat.

[Sean Adisano]

No, I unfortunately cannot.

you should learn!!

its not only tons of fun, but it is a life savior!!!

[Eros]

Eros!

Oh hello their Kaboom of the deathlok clan!

[Sean Adisano]

I was on a Tournament Swim Team when I was younger...I have a couple of trophies from that time period. I can swim a 45 ft pool in 7.3 sec flat.

nice!

[Sean Adisano]

I am a free style swimmer,when i was 10 i went to a pool party, before i learned how to swim. I leapt off the diveing board, and found out I could swim while in the deep section.

you again :o

[Kyalesyin]

Dude. I am unusual. No wonder they all looked so mortified.

[Spoarz™]

I can swim, though not very well. :O

[Sean Adisano]

Dude. I am unusual. No wonder they all looked so mortified.

you need to learn, its really not hard and you NEVER forget!

[Sean Adisano]

I can swim, though not very well. :O

you'll only improve in time ;)

[Eros]

you again :o

?:huh:

[Spoarz™]

you'll only improve in time ;)
I sure hope so.

[ShadowBoxing]

Please tell me you do that in a heated pool, indoors. Loads of people swim in the sea every day here- in freakin january!
In a lap pool, so yeah...those are heated and indoors.

[Sean Adisano]

i love swimming! especially playing pool volleyball!!!!

[Sean Adisano]

?:huh:

...you don't remember me? you made a stupid comment a few days ago that i didn't like:o

[Eros]

...you don't remember me? you maid a stupid comment that i didn't like a couple of days ago :o

.....okay...get over it and move on with you life.

[Hades]

No, I'm scared of water.

[Sean Adisano]

theres nothing like going in a steaming hot tub in the middle of the winter :D

[Sean Adisano]

.....okay...get over it and move on with you life.

...i don't have time for this :o

[Eros]

...i don't have time for this :o

:huh: good, then we are done here then.

[Kaboom]

Oh hello their Kaboom of the deathlok clan!
what clan is this you speak of?

and how are you doing today?

[Sean Adisano]

No, I'm scared of water.

gotta overcome than Bro :up:

[Eros]

what clan is this you speak of?

and how are you doing today?

My mistakes, you are of the smallville clan, I have encountered your people before. I am find today Kaboom of the smallville clan, and how are you today?

[Sean Adisano]

My mistakes, you are of the smallville clan, I have encountered your people before. I am find today Kaboom of the smallville clan, and how are you today?

this is a thread about swimming, not your clan interactions...which is weird to me :(

[Kaboom]

My mistakes, you are of the smallville clan, I have encountered your people before. I am find today Kaboom of the smallville clan, and how are you today?
i am fine doing this glorious day of gloriousness, thanks for asking.

and yes i am of the smallville clan, we are generally a warm and fuzzy folk, would not you agree?

[Kaboom]

this is a thread about swimming, not your clan interactions...which is weird to me :(
i am quite sure the smallville clan enjoys swimming

[Sean Adisano]

i am quite sure the smallville clan enjoys swimming

you guys are talking funny :(

its weird :o

[Eros]

i am fine doing this glorious day of gloriousness, thanks for asking.

and yes i am of the smallville clan, we are generally a warm and fuzzy folk, would not you agree?


yes the smallville clan is full of kindness.

[Mr Sparkle]

I don't sink.....but I'm not like Aquaman or anything.

[redmarvel]

I can swim, I'm just not very good at it.

[chamber-music]

I can swim. I can't imagine not being able too. Its like riding a bike or ice skating there just a part of things you do and you don't really think about it. Even my dog could swim.

[Sean Adisano]

I can swim. I can't imagine not being able too. Its like riding a bike or ice skating there just a part of things you do and you don't really think about it. Even my dog could swim.

doggie-paddle :D

[Erundur]

Yes I can swim, learned when I was 6.

[Taiwarriorz21]

I love to free dive, scuba dive and everything that comes with. I can free dive to about 50 ft but that's when the water pressure begins to become too heavy on my chest. I love to photograph mangrove snapper, grouper, amberjack, pompano, baitfish, spanish mackerel, and other marine life such as stone crabs, & sea urichens.

[<(o_o)>]

Nope I can't swim, I nearly always drowned when I was younger when I would go to the local swimming holes with my family members. Even with a life jacket or inner tube I still didn't do that well.

Growing up I still never managed to learn how to ride a bike but I sure got a lot of scrapes & bruises from attempting to ride one. I would always get so far & then I was toppling over. If I had kept at it then I would have surely got the hang of it though.

[DarthRekal]

i'm from LA you either swim or you CANT SURF..thus making you UNCOOL:woot:


i swim
my 11yr old swims
my 7 yr old swims
and my 4 yr old swims

my 9 month(he'll be one at the time) will learn to swim this summer



Ky.. you must learn how to swim before global warming melts the ice caps.. have you not seen the prophecy??? WATERWORLD:oldrazz:

[unstoppable]

I can't

I sink rather nicely though

[Lobo]

Yeah I can swim, and I've worked as a lifeguard.

[dpm07]

I'm a Certified PADI Rescue Diver, and about 1/3 done with my PADI Divemaster certification. I can perform in the water as needed.

I generally prefer to indulge in various aquatic activities.

[Cinemaman]

I love swimming, can't live without it :up:

I started learning to swim, when I was 7 or 8 :)

[Cobblepot]

I can swim.

[Banshee]

NCAA Division 1 swimmer right here.

[_BB_]

Been able to swim since I was around 6, swam my 3000m when I was 10. Im currently teaching my nan to swim and she has been afraid of water all her life. but after around 10 hours of lessons she can now swim backstroke easily and swim a length doing breaststroke. She just hasnt got the power at the moment to swim more than that without getting tired but its a major achievement for her and im glad I could help :)

[Darth Elektra]

I love swimming.

[Canadian Rider]

I can swim. Not great, but more than passing.

Swimming underwater is very cool. Both my kids have been in lessons and we have spent lots of time in the lake at the cottage.

How did it go K? :yay:

[bulok]

I'm like the Bruce Willis in Unbreakable. I'm a badass mutha****a anywhere else but splash some water on my face and I'm screaming like a girl.

I sink like a rock.

[Yurka]

swimming is great, not only is it fun but its also a good workout

[Canadian Rider]

I'm like the Bruce Willis in Unbreakable. I'm a badass mutha****a anywhere else but splash some water on my face and I'm screaming like a girl.

I sink like a rock.

And I have my laugh for the day ... :woot:

I just hear Bob Seger singing now ... "Like a rock" :woot:

[Telekinetic]

i put the first vote for "learning at the moment" :D

well at school they have us swimming and im not sure if ive learned so far since they wont let us cross over to the deep end untill they think were ready.

[Deep Thinkin'!]

My parents made sure I was a good swimmer, the only problem is I always forget how when I'm in water I can't see through.

So I only swim in pools or clear beaches. No lakes, no ponds, no dirty water, no green water, nu-uh.

[Master Chief]

I can swim, but I'm no good at it.

[Kyalesyin]

I just got back from the pool. My god. I feel dead. 25 meters end to end. I did ten lengths at the slowest damn beginner paddle in the pool. I think several people nearly died laughing. This is a sea town. I was getting overtaken by little kids.

I might do it again. Its not like running- it didn't make my chest hurt or do my knees in. Might do my knees some good actually...

[BRUTAL]

Swimming is a waaaaaay better workout than running...

The only thing better is... naughty things :ninja:

[Canadian Rider]

I just got back from the pool. My god. I feel dead. 25 meters end to end. I did ten lengths at the slowest damn beginner paddle in the pool. I think several people nearly died laughing. This is a sea town. I was getting overtaken by little kids.

I might do it again. Its not like running- it didn't make my chest hurt or do my knees in. Might do my knees some good actually...

Cool K. It is a great way to exercise and take stress OFF the joints. The only thing you may want to do if it becomes a habit is to get the new style of ear plugs. It prevents "swimmer's ear" which is a major pain in the butt.

The new kind are form fitting and keep a great seal. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Spoarz™]

^ Well done Kaz, that's great. And don't be discouraged by people laughing at you or being overtaken by children, just do your thing. The more you do it, the better you'll become. :)

[kytrigger]

I can swim, but I'm not very good, and generally don't like to.

[GoldenAgeHero]

no, i dont think so.

[Kyalesyin]

Cool K. It is a great way to exercise and take stress OFF the joints. The only thing you may want to do if it becomes a habit is to get the new style of ear plugs. It prevents "swimmer's ear" which is a major pain in the butt.

The new kind are form fitting and keep a great seal. Glad you enjoyed it.

Uhhh... that sounds nasty. Does walking home in the cold with damp ears do anything. Just a hypothetical question, you understand...

I'm heading for dangerously underweight, cuz I've let the weight-gain diets slip of late, so it might help with that too. My hips and knees have been literally falling out of joint recently because of the lack of muscle I'm suffering.

[Canadian Rider]

Nope.

Just an issue of the water not completely draining out of the ear.

Swimming is one of the things that I truly enjoy. There is something about swimming underwater that is very cool ...

One thing you may want to do is put some tissues in your ears (looks dopey but) it will ensure that they are dry.

Keep it up though! Great fun and so much better for knees etc. :yay:

[Kyalesyin]

Ok then. Last thing I wanna do is mess up my ears. I get nagged enough for not being able to hear properly!

I think I could come to enjoy it. Its an odd thing, being weightless like that.

[tupelohoney]

yup, im like a fish. well not really...but i like to swim.

[Addendum]

I can swim, but I haven't swam in in 7 years.

The last time I swam was for a swimming class in college. I earned an A, and I didn't even exert myself. While everyone else was working hard, I did a lazy backstroke.

My roomie chided me for it since I didn't even lose a pound. I told him "The human body is 70% water, so I only have to do 30% of the work"

[Canadian Rider]

Ok then. Last thing I wanna do is mess up my ears. I get nagged enough for not being able to hear properly!

I think I could come to enjoy it. Its an odd thing, being weightless like that.

I am a very hyper person by nature ... so it is a feeling of seperateness but weightless and very soothing ...

I have heard that it is like an isolation tank thingy ... I forget what they are called but maybe just isolation tank.

I have heard they are cool.

[Halcohol]

I could probably survive long enough to get eaten by sharks. I'm not in ridiculous shape, but I could probably float for awhile.

[Kyalesyin]

I am a very hyper person by nature ... so it is a feeling of seperateness but weightless and very soothing ...

I have heard that it is like an isolation tank thingy ... I forget what they are called but maybe just isolation tank.

I have heard they are cool.

I've spent a fair bit of time in an isolation tank... although they called it a float-therapy tank. They were doing psycological research up at the university a few months back, so I volunteered. I spent four hours in one, and they got worried and ruined the whole thing by asking if I was ok. Apparently most people freak out after about fifteen minutes. It should be made into a therapy for people who struggle with noise and bright lights.

It was pretty soothing being in the pool. What I didn't have kids paddling past me.

[Canadian Rider]

I've spent a fair bit of time in an isolation tank... although they called it a float-therapy tank. They were doing psycological research up at the university a few months back, so I volunteered. I spent four hours in one, and they got worried and ruined the whole thing by asking if I was ok. Apparently most people freak out after about fifteen minutes. It should be made into a therapy for people who struggle with noise and bright lights.

It was pretty soothing being in the pool. What I didn't have kids paddling past me.

Cool. Have a great night K ... gotta go and pick up the monkeys. :yay:

[Kyalesyin]

Cool. Have a great night K ... gotta go and pick up the monkeys. :yay:

Mon.... oh, I get it.

[Canadian Rider]

Cheers ... CR.

[lordofthenerds]

I can in the kiddie pool. :( :up:

[Ben Urich]

Yeah, I can swim, but not with any degree of confidence. :csad: The standard stroke, or whatever it's called, is far too complicated for my brain to process. I have to do that frog thing, the one where you go completely underwater and move your arms and legs outward quickly, then pull them back in, etc.

[Ebil Gig]

Yeah, I can swim.

[Dan33977]

Yes.

[imdaly]

I sink like a freaking rock.

Can't even float, either. :(

[Banshee]

You guys should hear about my average in season week.

Monday through Friday 2-4PM is an 8000 (a thousand is 40 laps of a standard short-course pool) yard practice, followed by an hour of running on monday wednesday and friday, and an hour of weights on tuesday and thursday.

Saturday is a 2 hour and 15 minute 9000 yard practice, followed by an hour of weights then an hour of running and abs.

Monday, wednesday, and friday we have mornings at 5 to 6:15, about 5000 yards.

Now that's swimming.

[Kaleb]

serously I cant imagine anyone not been able to swim, its like breathing its so easy.

[Kyalesyin]

You guys should hear about my average in season week.

Monday through Friday 2-4PM is an 8000 (a thousand is 40 laps of a standard short-course pool) yard practice, followed by an hour of running on monday wednesday and friday, and an hour of weights on tuesday and thursday.

Saturday is a 2 hour and 15 minute 9000 yard practice, followed by an hour of weights then an hour of running and abs.

Monday, wednesday, and friday we have mornings at 5 to 6:15, about 5000 yards.

Now that's swimming.

woah... have you grown fins and a tail yet?

[Banshee]

Hah, thing is, UNCW is a pretty good team, but we get our asses ruled by bigger guys, ACC schools and such. Except Duke, we ruin Duke.

[Ben Urich]

serously I cant imagine anyone not been able to swim, its like breathing its so easy.

I have to think really hard to swim. :csad:

[Colossal Spoons]

Don't laugh, but I can swim like a friggin salmon; but I can't tread water to save my life. :O

[Honey Vibe]

Can't swim. Don't really wanna learn, either. It makes me a guy magnet :up:

[Colossal Spoons]

^You're fun :dry:

[Honey Vibe]

serously I cant imagine anyone not been able to swim, its like breathing its so easy.
Well I had to learn how to ride a bike and skate. ...You sayin' it's easier than all that??

[terry78]

Don't laugh, but I can swim like a friggin salmon; but I can't tread water to save my life. :O

You know the brothas can't swim. What nonsense is this?

[Colossal Spoons]

You know the brothas can't swim. What nonsense is this?

Well when your parents are from the Caribbean where kids learn to swim by age 2, youg gotta do what you gotta do lol.

[Honey Vibe]

Well when your parents are from the Caribbean where kids learn to swim by age 2, youg gotta do what you gotta do lol.
Ah.
...Gotta admit, I couldn't understand how you're black and know how to swim either LOL I wasn't gonna say anything :D

[Colossal Spoons]

Dismiss those sterotypes! Only evil can come from them.

[Honey Vibe]

Dismiss those sterotypes! Only evil can come from them.
The reason why you never see black people swimming, is because black people cannot swim. Period. :)

[unstoppable]

serously I cant imagine anyone not been able to swim, its like breathing its so easy.
Well glad its so easy for you princess:cmad:

[Colossal Spoons]

...in Sterotypeland, USA lol


http://www.uga.edu/gm/602/images/spo1.jpg

[terry78]

Honestly, sports involving water or some form of water just don't interest a lot of black people....swimming, skiing, hockey..all forms of water. :o

[Arkady Rossovich]

Yes,its something i learned nearly by myself.

[Colossal Spoons]

Honestly, sports involving water or some form of water just don't interest a lot of black people....swimming, skiing, hockey..all forms of water. :o

Very true. I'm fond of snowboarding but I just try not to think of the snow being H2O when I'm in the mtns.

[Ben Urich]

Honestly, sports involving water or some form of water just don't interest a lot of black people....swimming, skiing, hockey..all forms of water. :o

A lifeguard friend of mine once told me that stereotype is perpetuated by the fact that black people have greater muscle mass than other people. :o :huh:

[Colossal Spoons]

A lifeguard friend of mine once told me that stereotype is perpetuated by the fact that black people have greater muscle mass than other people. :o :huh:

Yeah, right along with that extra calf muscle we have haha.

[Honey Vibe]

Very true. I'm fond of snowboarding but I just try not to think of the snow being H2O when I'm in the mtns.
The hell?? You SNOWBOARD, too?

[unstoppable]

Yeah, right along with that extra calf muscle we have haha.
your avvy scares me

[terry78]

I'll watch the winter x games or whatever, but you won't see my ass on the mountain. Though I have bungee jumped before. Won't do it again.

[Colossal Spoons]

The hell?? You SNOWBOARD, too?

It is my goal in life to break and not conform to all the black stereotypes. Sure, there are things I do that most people would call "typical" but I'm down for whatever, wherever, whenever. From snowboarding to freestyle rapping while heavily intoxicated on Henessy. :o

I'll watch the winter x games or whatever, but you won't see my ass on the mountain. Though I have bungee jumped before. Won't do it again.

Oh. I will go skydiving before I die...many times :up: Bungee jumping, that's all you lol.

[Colossal Spoons]

your avvy scares me

I'm quite harmless :)

[terry78]

^LOL, it was decent. My guy was tipsy when we went, I was sober...he was screaming more than me.

[Lunar_Wolf]

I'm learning at the moment because I'm learning to surf in the summer. :hyper:

[Colossal Spoons]

I trust my 'chute more than a thick ass piece of elastic. :shrug:

[unstoppable]

^LOL, it was decent. My guy was tipsy when we went, I was sober...he was screaming more than me.
probably couldn't remember where he was when he dropped

[Honey Vibe]

It is my goal in life to break and not conform to all the black stereotypes. Sure, there are things I do that most people would call "typical" but I'm down for whatever, wherever, whenever. From snowboarding to freestyle rapping while heavily intoxicated on Henessy. :o



Oh. I will go skydiving before I die...many times :up: Bungee jumping, that's all you lol.
I'm just teasing you, CS :p :up:

[Colossal Spoons]

I know you are, after all you're in no position to be serious as you like v For Vendetta lol :D

[Poetic Chaos]

As I'm neither retarded nor younger than 8, yes, I can swim.

[terry78]

As I'm neither retarded nor younger than 8, yes, I can swim.

Swimming is for fancy boys. :o

[Colossal Spoons]

...just like book-learnin.

[mierde]

I swim almost everyday

[Banshee]

Yeah ok. Boys who spend almost 24 hours a week training intensely for competition. Yeah we shave our bodies, but we are jacked as hell and probably more overall in shape than other athletes.

[Lunar_Wolf]

Swimming is for fancy boys. :o

:woot:

[Lunar_Wolf]

I want a swimmers body. But I don't want to shave :P I'm eating healthy and training in the gym aleast 3 times a week followed by swimming!

[Warhammer]

I can swim.
I am definitely not the best, but I can swim.

[Addendum]

I'll take hiking in the mountains over swimming.

[Fanticon]

for the love of god people learn how to swim...its easy, fun, and it may save your life and a lot of humiliation.

[Addendum]

I've never been humiliated in my 7 years of not swimming.

Since I never bother with beaches or water (except when I drink it to balance out all the beer and pop I drink and some smokes), I don't have to worry about having to swim to "save my life"

[Fanticon]

kinda not the point of what I meant by saving your life...how do you know for sure that you'll never be in a situation where you will have to swim to save your life?...flooding...freak accident on a boat ride...or your in an accident that leaves you in the water, come up with any excuse you want for not needing to learn how swim cuz you don't "bother" with water, but its really just one of those things people should learn to do, like riding a bike or something, so are you gonna be a person who drowns because you decided never to learn to swim?...or better yet...your in a situation where you'll have to save someone elses life who can't swim but you can't cuz you don't either. It just escapes me. Maybe you have hydrophobia but you just don't know it yet because you've never been diagnosed properly. You should really look into it. What if a friend of yours who does know how to swim...is knocked out or unconscious in the water and you can't save him or her. I'd be upset if I was that friend.

[Addendum]

Christ, I said I know how to swim. I haven't DONE IT IN 7 DAMN YEARS!

If I'm in a flood, I'll float. Grab onto a log or something that's big and floatable and ride the ****er out.

As for boat rides, there's nothing in Memphis for boat rides besides some cheesy riverboat ride that lasts all of 30 minutes. The damn thing goes from the docks, down to the I-55 bridge, turns around and goes back. It's great when you're in grade school but is bull**** as an adult.

I've never had a reason to save someone's life, and if placed in that situation I wouldn't.

[AndThePickles]

Yes I can swim. I prefer to just play in the water though.

[Super Mark]

I actually swim better under water then on the surface. Maybe everybody is that way. It's just that under water, just about any stroke or kick moves you along. And I keep my eyes open (so I don't bang my head on the sides of the pool.).