has anyone encountered snobs in the pool?i know i have,they come in..say half an hour after you start swimming..then decide that they have your lane..you know they swim directly in your path even though you have swam linearly for 1500metres +...try keeping your path and you end up colliding...sometimes they appologise...sometimes they ignore..i have to change lanes....
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I wonder who the 'snobs' are - the kids having fun throwing a ball around and the blue haired women trying to get some exercise with arthritic joints, or the superfast lifelong swimmers who threaten to flip into children, toss balls over fences, swing sharp paddles, and lawsuits?
And Shakey, let me get this straight - it is less stressful for you to ride a bicycle in busy streets with in-attentive drivers of 2,000 lb vehicles traveling over 40 miles an hour, car doors opening unexpectedly, stopping continually at stop lights and stop signs (I assume all law-abiding bicyclists do that,) rain, heat, humidity, and sweat, than to swim with some children playing marco polo?
Well, there is room in this world for all types . . .
Anyway, at some level of quality swimming it is no longer reasonable for a swimmer to be in some community lap swims - one becomes more disruptive of other peoples activity than anything else. Show some consideration and swim when it is less crowded or join a team - either masters or a youth YMCA or USS.
I wonder who the 'snobs' are - the kids having fun throwing a ball around and the blue haired women trying to get some exercise with arthritic joints, or the superfast lifelong swimmers who threaten to flip into children, toss balls over fences, swing sharp paddles, and lawsuits?
And Shakey, let me get this straight - it is less stressful for you to ride a bicycle in busy streets with in-attentive drivers of 2,000 lb vehicles traveling over 40 miles an hour, car doors opening unexpectedly, stopping continually at stop lights and stop signs (I assume all law-abiding bicyclists do that,) rain, heat, humidity, and sweat, than to swim with some children playing marco polo?
Well, there is room in this world for all types . . .
Anyway, at some level of quality swimming it is no longer reasonable for a swimmer to be in some community lap swims - one becomes more disruptive of other peoples activity than anything else. Show some consideration and swim when it is less crowded or join a team - either masters or a youth YMCA or USS.
