I recently moved to an "active adult" community, basically to get away from kids. Love them, but was tired of dealing with them in the pool I used to swim in. To my surprise, the first day in my new pool (which is almost 25 yards!), I was approached about my "fins" and "kickboard." It seems the pool "rules" prohibit large flotation devices. My kickboard is 17" long. The Board then decided to prohibit fins.. I am fuming. :bitching: I can't even fight it because, conveniently, the board doesn't meet until September! I swim in the morning, and there is NO ONE in the pool. My fins are also short fins. They ruled them as "hazardous." Did you ever hear of anything so insane???? Yes, I could swim without them, but a great deal of my 3600 yard workout includes those items. The irony is that the pool is hardly used, unless the weather is over 90 and the water over 85. UGGGHHHHH.
I had to join an outdoor pool and PAY (even though I pay plenty in the "active adult" community per month in association dues) for the summer, and as my prior thread whines, 2 weeks later, I received a whopping sinus infection. I'm ready to quit swimming.
OMG, this is one of the reasons I hate HOAs. They're usually run by the clueless who believe that only through totalitarian rule will they keep residents from littering their lawns with pink flamingos or painting their shutters puce. My suggestion is to attend the next board meeting wearing your fins and tell them they're special orthotics and without them your toes will fall off. :argue:
Or go to the board meeting and demand to know where in the insurance policy it shows a liability for swimming with fins and a kickboard. If they can't, they have no right to stop you from using them, and they can mind their own business.
OMG, this is one of the reasons I hate HOAs. They're usually run by the clueless who believe that only through totalitarian rule will they keep residents from littering their lawns with pink flamingos or painting their shutters puce. My suggestion is to attend the next board meeting wearing your fins and tell them they're special orthotics and without them your toes will fall off. :argue:
Or go to the board meeting and demand to know where in the insurance policy it shows a liability for swimming with fins and a kickboard. If they can't, they have no right to stop you from using them, and they can mind their own business.
