One 100 free to go in set. Two open lanes.(no lane lines in pool) Noodler comes over to stand in my lane to talk with friend. Pool is set at 85 degrees cause all the noodlers say it is to cold otherwise. I complain to guard, am told, "well there are a lot more of them then there are lap swimmers" Wont be if they keep this up. UGH! :frustrated:
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Are we talking about (what I call) the "manatees" here? :)
The thing about a lap swimmer is that he wants to go in as straight a line as possible. And any respectable lap swimming REQUIRES by definition that it goes from one end to the other.
A noodler (or a manatee or a floating cadaver or whatever else you want to call it) only requires its immediate surrounding. Perhaps a 3-foot-square area, although that area does drift around as the noodler drifts, and it does not require any line or path to speak of. Thus, noodling and lap swimming are counter utilitarian in the pool and should be kept separated by a lane line.
I think my most noteworthy noodler memory was the time a pod of manatees started up their class (they took FOUR of the six lanes in the pool, so the all the lap swimmers had to circle in the remailing two lanes.) They started up with "warm ups" where they stood in the shallow end with a noodle between their legs - half up the front off their bodies, half up the back. One lady was so, uh... , portly ... that the noodle up her back literally DISAPPEARED in her butt crack. I'm not sure if I gasped in disgust or laughter, but I swallowed an unexpected gulp of water upon the sight. I made sure I breathed to the opposite side from that sight for the rest of the workout.
Are we talking about (what I call) the "manatees" here? :)
The thing about a lap swimmer is that he wants to go in as straight a line as possible. And any respectable lap swimming REQUIRES by definition that it goes from one end to the other.
A noodler (or a manatee or a floating cadaver or whatever else you want to call it) only requires its immediate surrounding. Perhaps a 3-foot-square area, although that area does drift around as the noodler drifts, and it does not require any line or path to speak of. Thus, noodling and lap swimming are counter utilitarian in the pool and should be kept separated by a lane line.
I think my most noteworthy noodler memory was the time a pod of manatees started up their class (they took FOUR of the six lanes in the pool, so the all the lap swimmers had to circle in the remailing two lanes.) They started up with "warm ups" where they stood in the shallow end with a noodle between their legs - half up the front off their bodies, half up the back. One lady was so, uh... , portly ... that the noodle up her back literally DISAPPEARED in her butt crack. I'm not sure if I gasped in disgust or laughter, but I swallowed an unexpected gulp of water upon the sight. I made sure I breathed to the opposite side from that sight for the rest of the workout.
