I feel I know many of you frequent forum contributors even though I've never actually laid eyes upon you; along these lines, I'm wondering if maybe we could arrange a Long Course Nationals get-together, perhaps raise a cup of grog so that when we correspond via this forum in the future, we'll actually be able to put a face to the words we are reading (and which I personally have found so helpful about all things swimming).
I signed up for the meet via the online registration process, incredibly easy, by the way; unless something unforeseen occurs between now and August 15th, I plan to be in Cleveland along with some of my teammates from Sewickley, PA (we'll be swimming for Allegheny Mountain Associations Masters). Anyhow, if anyone out there is up for it, perhaps we could decide upon a rendezvous spot poolside, then go out for a beer when the day's events are over.
Hope to meet some of you guys.
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I pick up Million dollar Mermaid, one of the books about Esther Williams. Ion right it is an interesting book. But it seems Esther has it out for short men but some of the short men she met were jerks. Also, a little about the old Los Angeles Athletic club and her coach that prevented her from attending the PAN AM games in 1940. Los Angeles athletic club dominated LA swimming until the suburb clubs of the late 1960s like Lakewood and Long Beach and Mission Viejo in Orange County in the 1970's came about. Her disappointment about not going to the 1940 olympics similar to those in 1980. But there was better reason for not having an olympics in 1940- a war of course. Also, working with Johnny Weissmuller in the Aquacade, a swim show. Johnny Weissmuller like to expose himself to the ladies and show he was a man. He tried to grop Esther all the time in the water. And the old MGM movie factory system. That's where I'm at in the book now.
I pick up Million dollar Mermaid, one of the books about Esther Williams. Ion right it is an interesting book. But it seems Esther has it out for short men but some of the short men she met were jerks. Also, a little about the old Los Angeles Athletic club and her coach that prevented her from attending the PAN AM games in 1940. Los Angeles athletic club dominated LA swimming until the suburb clubs of the late 1960s like Lakewood and Long Beach and Mission Viejo in Orange County in the 1970's came about. Her disappointment about not going to the 1940 olympics similar to those in 1980. But there was better reason for not having an olympics in 1940- a war of course. Also, working with Johnny Weissmuller in the Aquacade, a swim show. Johnny Weissmuller like to expose himself to the ladies and show he was a man. He tried to grop Esther all the time in the water. And the old MGM movie factory system. That's where I'm at in the book now.
