Rich,
I totally agree with your comments as well. I fully expect not to capture any useful information from something obscurely entitled "Pet's and swimming" so would tend to ignore it. Yet, in a moment of boredom, might go looking for a space to insert a ribald comment as there has got to be place in it somewhere, for one.
Trouble in paradise....whoa...I'm gone for a few days to come back to all this?! I'm so sorry. My personal opinion?.. I think levity is so important in life. Life is hard enough without being able to laugh at ourselves.
Now :smooch: and make up!
I just have to wonder if, perhaps, the intervals aren't tough enough when Fortress's teammates have the time (and breath) to discuss women's bodies, pms, cute lifeguards, etc. during practice. Usually it's all I can do not to hurl my latte into the gutter. My training partner and I communicate via grunts and gestures between repeats.
Happy to have you come swim with us. Come tomorrow at 12:30 pm. We are swimming with the college team. You can have some exposure to hard yardage and world and national champions. I haven't had to hurl any lattes in the gutter yet (I drink espresso). We also have a hottub where we have some after practice chats. I assume you're not against that?
Then I guess I'm an old fashioned bag of hot air because I don't discuss women's bodies and pms in front of my female teammates.
Gull:
You're right. Some of my teammates are a bit ribald. One told me last night that he was jealous of my hyper-thyroid because I could drink more vino. Another joked about his wife's calves. Everyone just laughed. If I couldn't take a joke or was thin skinned, I'm be drummed out of the fast lane. We're a trash talking bunch -- between sets not during sets generally. But we're all quite fast, so we're doing something right. Happy Birthday! I think it must be that 4 year age difference that's got you irked at me ...
Geek:
Perfectly happy to have my husband and children read my post regarding that supposedly offensive undergarment. When the whole family spends half their life in swimsuits and running shorts, it's not a big deal.
"Oh yeah, your calves are pretty hot, can you post some more pics or maybe email me some? That would be sweet."
I believe it was Wayne McCauley who brought up "diamond calves."
When the whole family spends half their life in swimsuits and running shorts, it's not a big deal.
I am off to a 3 day kids meet this weekend so your family is no more unique than mine, nor many other posters on this forum with swimming families.. Don't assume what is fine to you translates to everyone else.
But attacking other posters with sarcasm intended soley to hurt is mature?
newmastersswimmer
Good thing I'm thick skinned. But I believe Cruise would say this is why so many female posters abandoned the forum during the prior flame wars.
Happy Birthday! My birthday was Sunday....Woo hoo! 45-49 age group! (off topic..sorry!):D ;)
Dawg:
I was mortified when I noted the times for 40-44 are actually faster than 35-39. It isn't supposed to get faster as we get older, is it? It's the Smiths ruining it for all us slow swimmers, to be sure.
