Who is in your lane?

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Former Member — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:26:57 GMT

Although it is a public pool where I swim during the lap time, all the guys seemed to have traditional names: Rob/Bob/Robert (3) Thomas (2) John (2) David (1) The women all have "weird" names...go figure

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Chris Stevenson — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:15:08 GMT

There are three people named "Chris" in our workout group, though none others in my lane. I think the only other repeats are Dave/David (total of three of those). There is another Chris Stevenson (just joined USMS I think) who swims for a different masters club in Richmond.

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sunruh — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:06:44 GMT

nobody because i've been in rehab for my shoulder (again) and i've had to use a 20yd pool a few times. got dizzy with all the flip turns. starting to seriously consider another 20year retirement at this point. being injured just sucks.

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Former Member — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:50:54 GMT

That's pretty good. Might become the new team theme music. Is he an halibut? Don't be silly. He's a half-a-bee. :D

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Former Member — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:17:14 GMT

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Three Rivers — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:53:18 GMT

When I first met my lanemate I said "Hi I'm Steve" and she said "I'm Trinity". And to this day I wish that I had let her go first because the conversation would have gone more like this instead. Me: "Hi who are you?" Trinity: "I'm Trinity." Me: "Oh Hi, I'm......Neo!" (spoken an octave below my normal voice).

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orca1946 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:00:28 GMT

There is OZ- bruce- mia -dave-gaofeng - ruth on most swims. No noodlers allowed in the pool during team practice. Also --- anyone that wears a big casio watch & swings their arm out to the side & hits others get yelled at & abused to the point of them being thrown out !!!!!

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mlabresh — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:26:17 GMT

Our coach addresses every male swimmer as " Young Man" .... it is getting a bit more awkward now as his eyesight is going ... many of the girls ending up saying " did you mean me?" We also have Tall Jane and Short Jane in the same lane And too many Tonys to shake a float at..... We have an Old Dave and a Young Dave coaching .... Last summer, my Masters coach was named Dave and I also had a coach Dave that worked with the age group team that I swim with (with my kids). It got confusing when the kids and I would talk about swimming and I'd have to say 'my coach Dave' or 'your coach Dave' all the time. The most common name in our Masters group is Tim. We have a few Tims, but I don't think we have any other repeats. The age group team I swim with has some repeats. One lane that I swim in often has two Jacks. There is also another Megan, but since the coaches don't talk a lot to me, it's not confusing. The head coach mostly likes to tease the kids when they get beat by me or tease me on the breath control sets and claims I'm a 60 year old woman who smokes 2 packs a day.

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JWAJack — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:04:49 GMT

Don't be silly. He's a half-a-bee. :D Does he have a license?

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pmccoy — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:04:03 GMT

There's three Dave's one Roger and myself on our team. Our USMS designation, however, is MATT. Kind of reminds me of this: www.youtube.com/watch .

RE: Who is in your lane?

Former Member — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:07:59 GMT

There's three Dave's one Roger and myself on our team. Our USMS designation, however, is MATT. Kind of reminds me of this: www.youtube.com/watch . I was thinking of you and the Dave's while I was reading Michael's post! If you hadn't posted, I was going to post it for/ about you. :D I thought the link would be for this video: www.youtube.com/watch

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Former Member — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:51:56 GMT

I almost always have my own lane, but when I do share, it's with an Eric, so you've got two E's. I now feel compelled to restate this as, "I don't always share my lane, but when I do, I prefer to share with Eric," so as to remain in accordance with Internet Meme Code of Conduct Section 3.14159. I have yet to swim with another Wookiee. Swimming with another Wookiee would create a paradox. If you let the Wookiee win, which Wookiee? Unless you always swim at the same speed, the space-time continuum is at risk. :agree:

RE: Who is in your lane?

Former Member — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:42:20 GMT

I have yet to swim with another Wookiee.

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swimslick — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:27:57 GMT

We seem to have a lot of Pauls. When I forget someone's name, "Paul" is always a safe bet. No joke, at my very first Masters practice a while back I swam in a lane with two guys named "Ron" and "Paul". Least to say I have no problems remembering their names, ha.

RE: Who is in your lane?

Former Member — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:16:51 GMT

No one. I hit up open lap time at the ymca and no one wants to share a lane with the fast guy. I'm always open to sharing unless i am in danger of a breastroke kick to the ribs, or someone that can't split the lane properly... Once in a while when I do have to share its usually with a regular named Tom.

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knelson — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:38:14 GMT

I have yet to swim with another Wookiee. Laugh it up, fuzzball.

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Elaine Krugman — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:41:06 GMT

I have yet to swim with another Wookiee. :afraid:I hope not; y'all would clog the pool drains in no time!

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pmccoy — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:27:41 GMT

I thought the link would be for this video: www.youtube.com/watch That's pretty good. Might become the new team theme music. but when I do share, it's with an Eric, Is he an halibut?

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debaru — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:52:39 GMT

In my evening group we have: Chris: 2 Hank: 2 Otherwise, lots of unique names. The funny thing, I'm the only Debbie. When I was a kid, so many of my friends were named Debbie. At one time, 7 of us hung out together on a regular basis and people would call us "Debs" to save time. :)

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philoswimmer — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:44:11 GMT

We seem to have a lot of Pauls. When I forget someone's name, "Paul" is always a safe bet.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:38:30 GMT

I generally train alone, but often drop in with other teams. Though my name is not uncommon, it's rare (and kind of odd) when I end up swimming with another Patrick.

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knelson — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:03:08 GMT

No repeats in my lane, but we do sometimes have an Anders and an Andres. Maybe I need to invite Ande out to make it even better!

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Elaine Krugman — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:40:49 GMT

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Elaine Krugman — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:38:48 GMT

I never have to share a lane, thankfully, but on many Mondays, Wednesdays, and/or Fridays, the five noodlers who hog up three lanes of the 5 lane pool for their noodling are ALL named Cathy. :rolleyes:

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swimshark — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:52:26 GMT

At one point I was swimming with 5 others, the rest were age groupers. Three of us were named Alison. The coach loved it since he could just yell "Go Alison" and it covered half his practice attendance.