Swim Rant

My rant? I have several: 1. The water aerobics ladies who complain EVERY SINGLE DAY about how cold the water is (84!). To make matters worse, they tiptoe into the pool at excruciatingly slow speed, just adding to their misery. :confused: 2. The same ladies complain to ME about how cold the water is, when I smile and say hello every morning, rather than returning the smile and saying hello back. Then, they give me a dirty look when I suggest they dive in and get MOVING, so the water won't seem so cold. Talking about self torture! 3. Yes, the same ladies, AGAIN, who leaned on the lane lines too many times during their classes and ripped one out of the side of the pool, causing a huge crack. Thanks to them, the pool was shut down for 21/2 weeks for repairs. :bitching: 4. And, it was them, AGAIN, who kept drifting into my lane when the HOA manager refused to put the lane lines back, after the repairs. One too many collisions from me whacking them during backstroke or an in-water butterfly start finally got my point across about needing the lane lines reinstalled. Now, the women are not allowed to lean on the lines, unless they want to pay for the $5,000 repair themselves, if it cracks again. :applaud: 5. The construction company who did a half-assed job of constructing the pool in the first place. A six lane, 25 yd. pool without gutters? :confused: You should see what it looks like when I come in for a turn doing breaststroke or butterfly! Turbulent? :censor: 6. The SAME construction company who built the pool with metal stairs and railing that are not built into the side of the pool. Not only is it already rusting after less than a year; it's a toe buster when I get too close during the wall while swimming breaststroke. Or worse yet, how about butterfly? One whack with my fingers made me swear I would never swim in THAT lane again. There are only two lanes dedicated to lap swimming, but I NEVER swim in the first lane anymore. No can do! 7. The :censor: desk receptionist who insists on setting the music to "50's on 5", rather than the 70's or even 60's station the other receptionists set the dial to when they work. Sheesh! The average age in our adult community is 60 which means most of the residents didn't start getting into music until the 60's and 70's. They were too young to remember the 50's! :confused: BUT, having said all that, does it all REALLY matter to me? NO, it doesn't. It's just something too laugh about. Sure, I would rather be swimming in a 78 degree, low-turbulence pool without the water aerobics ladies, but I am so THANKFUL to have a pool- AND BE ABLE TO SWIM IN THE POOL- at all. I live in beautiful Sun City Peachtree for which I am very thankful (even if I am the second to the youngest resident here). And, we have a gorgeous indoor pool and locker room, even if the pool wasn't built to competition standards. Since it's included in the HOA fees, it costs no more for me to swim and use our state-of-the-art gym everyday, than it does for our neighbors who watch TV all day long and don't use any of the facilities. :D Most of all, I am just thankful and grateful (to my excellent surgeon) to be able to swim at all. If it weren't for his excellent 41/2 hour surgery on my shoulder, who knows what would have happened to my shoulder and arm? I had severe bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome (not from swimming; it was a repetitive stress injury from work), resulting in numb arms with very limited blood flow. My arms were almost useless. One arm was ultimately able to rehab in physical therapy after the first surgery, but the other endured physical therapy (which failed), a brutal surgery (which was successful), and a lot of physical therapy and long-term nerve regeneration. The last time I swam regularly and competed was in high school, because I had moved on to other fitness activities, due to no access to a pool nearbye, after college. Am I happy to have a beautiful pool at my disposal for the opportunity to see if I could swim regularly again? Am I thrilled to learn that I CAN swim regularly again? :bliss: Think about how fortunate you really are when you rant... And, be thankful. :agree:

My rant? I have several: 1. The water aerobics ladies who complain EVERY SINGLE DAY about how cold the water is (84!). To make matters worse, they tiptoe into the pool at excruciatingly slow speed, just adding to their misery. :confused: 2. The same ladies complain to ME about how cold the water is, when I smile and say hello every morning, rather than returning the smile and saying hello back. Then, they give me a dirty look when I suggest they dive in and get MOVING, so the water won't seem so cold. Talking about self torture! 3. Yes, the same ladies, AGAIN, who leaned on the lane lines too many times during their classes and ripped one out of the side of the pool, causing a huge crack. Thanks to them, the pool was shut down for 21/2 weeks for repairs. :bitching: 4. And, it was them, AGAIN, who kept drifting into my lane when the HOA manager refused to put the lane lines back, after the repairs. One too many collisions from me whacking them during backstroke or an in-water butterfly start finally got my point across about needing the lane lines reinstalled. Now, the women are not allowed to lean on the lines, unless they want to pay for the $5,000 repair themselves, if it cracks again. :applaud: 5. The construction company who did a half-assed job of constructing the pool in the first place. A six lane, 25 yd. pool without gutters? :confused: You should see what it looks like when I come in for a turn doing breaststroke or butterfly! Turbulent? :censor: 6. The SAME construction company who built the pool with metal stairs and railing that are not built into the side of the pool. Not only is it already rusting after less than a year; it's a toe buster when I get too close during the wall while swimming breaststroke. Or worse yet, how about butterfly? One whack with my fingers made me swear I would never swim in THAT lane again. There are only two lanes dedicated to lap swimming, but I NEVER swim in the first lane anymore. No can do! 7. The :censor: desk receptionist who insists on setting the music to "50's on 5", rather than the 70's or even 60's station the other receptionists set the dial to when they work. Sheesh! The average age in our adult community is 60 which means most of the residents didn't start getting into music until the 60's and 70's. They were too young to remember the 50's! :confused: BUT, having said all that, does it all REALLY matter to me? NO, it doesn't. It's just something too laugh about. Sure, I would rather be swimming in a 78 degree, low-turbulence pool without the water aerobics ladies, but I am so THANKFUL to have a pool- AND BE ABLE TO SWIM IN THE POOL- at all. I live in beautiful Sun City Peachtree for which I am very thankful (even if I am the second to the youngest resident here). And, we have a gorgeous indoor pool and locker room, even if the pool wasn't built to competition standards. Since it's included in the HOA fees, it costs no more for me to swim and use our state-of-the-art gym everyday, than it does for our neighbors who watch TV all day long and don't use any of the facilities. :D Most of all, I am just thankful and grateful (to my excellent surgeon) to be able to swim at all. If it weren't for his excellent 41/2 hour surgery on my shoulder, who knows what would have happened to my shoulder and arm? I had severe bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome (not from swimming; it was a repetitive stress injury from work), resulting in numb arms with very limited blood flow. My arms were almost useless. One arm was ultimately able to rehab in physical therapy after the first surgery, but the other endured physical therapy (which failed), a brutal surgery (which was successful), and a lot of physical therapy and long-term nerve regeneration. The last time I swam regularly and competed was in high school, because I had moved on to other fitness activities, due to no access to a pool nearbye, after college. Am I happy to have a beautiful pool at my disposal for the opportunity to see if I could swim regularly again? Am I thrilled to learn that I CAN swim regularly again? :bliss: Think about how fortunate you really are when you rant... And, be thankful. :agree: