Swim Rant

Not a real rant - I wasn't annoyed, just perplexed. I was swimming late one evening in the indoor 50m pool set up for a short course meet on the following day - a total of 20 lanes and ALL MINE!!! :banana: No one else is in the pool or even near the pool area - the guards are away somewhere. This has never happened to me before so I'm enjoying the total tranquility of my swim. Enter another swimmer. He walks along the side of the pool, hesitates and eventually picks the lane just next to mine. I suppose I should be grateful that he didn't ask to share my lane. He then proceeds to race me (I'm a very slow swimmer, so he's quite successful at that) for his entire workout (about 20 mins). Finally he gets out, his ego presumably boosted by his swimming prowess. I continue my surreal swim in the empty pool.

Wondering when that great big ball of hair on the bottom is going to rise up and you're going to get tangled in it. yuck! and :censor: !

This thread cracks me up! So much is so very true.:D

I'm in a hurry to get somewhere and the suit drawstring becomes a knot and tightens further. The wet suit stay's on until I get home to find some scissors. Getting to the pool anxious to do some drill's I've seen posted on here, but the single lane rope has been removed and the whole pool is taken up with a dozzen or so floating people doing absolutely nothing for 2 hours on end. They just float in their pee and listenen to the instructor blab. I feel better now.

I'm in a hurry to get somewhere and the suit drawstring becomes a knot and tightens further. The wet suit stay's on until I get home to find some scissors. See solution to above in U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums - View Single Post - Swim Rant

Enter another swimmer. He walks along the side of the pool, hesitates and eventually picks the lane just next to mine. I suppose I should be grateful that he didn't ask to share my lane. He then proceeds to race me (I'm a very slow swimmer, so he's quite successful at that) for his entire workout (about 20 mins). Finally he gets out, his ego presumably boosted by his swimming prowess. I continue my surreal swim in the empty pool. Analogous to choosing a site in a public campground. Find a nice quiet one with 10 empty sites on either side and the very next camper will set up next door and turn on the boom box. It's human nature. :) So now I set up a decoy tent and wait till dusk to pick my site for the night.

This is the earthly manifestation of the Never-fails-always-happens Locker-room syndrome. The locker room is empty; you're the only one there. You pick a nice empty locker, sit on the bench and start undressing. 9.99 times out of ten the next member who comes in to change will have his things either in the locker just above your head (if there are two rows of lockers) or the one immediately to your right or your left and the opening of the door will definitely slap you. And if your things were in the upper locker, the newcomer's locker will be the one in fron of which you're sitting.:) Been there, done that!

I can't stand chlorine, nice and toxic! How about using ozone in the pools here. That's all! :)

Analogous to choosing a site in a public campground. Find a nice quiet one with 10 empty sites on either side and the very next camper will set up next door and turn on the boom box. It's human nature. :) So now I set up a decoy tent and wait till dusk to pick my site for the night. This is the earthly manifestation of the Never-fails-always-happens Locker-room syndrome. The locker room is empty; you're the only one there. You pick a nice empty locker, sit on the bench and start undressing. 9.99 times out of ten the next member who comes in to change will have his things either in the locker just above your head (if there are two rows of lockers) or the one immediately to your right or your left and the opening of the door will definitely slap you. And if your things were in the upper locker, the newcomer's locker will be the one in fron of which you're sitting.:)

Analogous to choosing a site in a public campground. Find a nice quiet one with 10 empty sites on either side and the very next camper will set up next door and turn on the boom box. It's human nature. :) So now I set up a decoy tent and wait till dusk to pick my site for the night. Aren't people supposed to pick a site equidistant from your tent and the end of campground? That's what I've been led to believe. I.e., if you're sitting in an empty row at the cinema, and you're in the middle of the row, the person who wants to sit in the same row will pick a seat between you and the end of the row rather than sit right next to you.