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no200fly — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:56:55 GMT

I'd be happy to send you an audio recording of our marching band practicing from a distance. One lifeguard in particular likes to claim it's thunder. That might work. Just hide a speaker under the lifeguard stand...

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swimshark — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:33:05 GMT

Here's one for you. I was planning on a 2 hour, hard practice today. But my son "has" to do 1 chess tournament a year for his chess club at school. I registered him late and found out this morning that they accepted him. Now my 11-1 practice won't happen since I'll be at the tournament until 2pm. Darn.

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Former Member — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:31:20 GMT

I've been looking for a waterproof photo flashthat I can put in my swim bag (to make the lifeguards think there is lightning)when our coach has one of those sets like an 18 x 100 descending ladder. I'd be happy to send you an audio recording of our marching band practicing from a distance. One lifeguard in particular likes to claim it's thunder.

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Celestial — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:06:54 GMT

You need to troll down to the Swim Rant post. It's hilarious & you'll get a kick out of it. We all have those lovely days.

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orca1946 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:05:57 GMT

Lightning for any reason will close our pool !

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Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:11:56 GMT

Yeah I hung around and lifted and stretched and did some abs for about 90 minutes. Nope... never opened it back up...

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pendaluft — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:59:34 GMT

It is annoying. Most annoying is to be there at 5:30 am and the lifeguard has alarm clock problems..so you wait, or go home.

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no200fly — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:34:15 GMT

... up to the Y and the pool being closed due to the storms we had. I've been looking for a waterproof photo flashthat I can put in my swim bag (to make the lifeguards think there is lightning)when our coach has one of those sets like an 18 x 100 descending ladder.

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orca1946 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:10:57 GMT

In our world , that would be a good thing that they see you still out there swimming & staying in some shape over the "oldsters" that do NOTHING!!

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jaadams1 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:59:56 GMT

I knew that wasn't how I recognized him and he seemed sort of flustered, but it wasn't until I got to the pool at the university rec center later that day that I realized he's one of the lifeguards who regularly sees me in a bathing suit. I flashed back to how mortified I was as a college student lifeguard when my English professor would come swim laps in a Speedo and came to the realization that I am now mortifying the next generation of college students! :cane: :banana: At least the "didn't recognize you with your clothes on" joke didn't come up. :)

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Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:41:11 GMT

I told my wife she'd get a free show first... She said she was excited... she lies a lot.

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Former Member — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:14:48 GMT

Its getting all pumped up for a swim workout and showing up to the Y and the pool being closed due to the storms we had. WTF.... annoying. So I just did some land work. Although I ordered some jammers and new goggles yesterday and they should be here tonight so if I get to go this will be my first practice wearing jammers.... man are the members of the Y lucky to see me in them!! This reminds me of a realization I had recently. I am a librarian at a university and as part of my job I teach library classes (basically, once a semester a class might come in to learn what they should use for research other than Wikipedia.) Not that long ago there was a student in one of the classes who looked really familiar and I was trying to place him. I asked him if he'd been in one of my classes before and he said he hadn't but that he studies in the library a lot. I knew that wasn't how I recognized him and he seemed sort of flustered, but it wasn't until I got to the pool at the university rec center later that day that I realized he's one of the lifeguards who regularly sees me in a bathing suit. I flashed back to how mortified I was as a college student lifeguard when my English professor would come swim laps in a Speedo and came to the realization that I am now mortifying the next generation of college students! :cane: :banana: