Death to all Noodlers!

Elaine, so sorry to hear of your crazy story. I agree with Bobinator - to these people, they're past the point of caring about the pool... it's about winning the fight. Just as an FYI, I DO teach aqua aerobics classes (the dreaded 'noodler' classes) and I can't think of any "moves" that I would have a class do that would require use of more than 3 lanes. I've taught classes up to 30 people in 3 lanes pretty easily. Plus, if these idiots are just working from a DVD, odds are that all their moves are stationary, which uses up even less space. Sigh. None of these facts will help you in the slightest probably, but thought I'd throw them out there. I hope you can find a decent place to swim with a decent pool temp. My husband and I measured the width of the space they would need if I continued swimming in one lane. The length is 75 feet. We figured the first and last person of each row would be 3 feet from the wall, and we gave them a generous distance of 8 feet between each person. Since most are no taller than 5'5", this gives them plenty of clearance if both arms are outstretched. I mistakenly said in earlier posts that our pool was a 6 lane pool. It's not; it's five lanes. (My high school pool was stuck in my head when I wrote that...) So, they would get 4 lanes and I would get one. We calculated a capacity of 36 people for those four lanes; even more generous than you have suggested. Mind you, there have only been 6-8 people in the indoor class each morning (the outdoor later class is larger). Combined, in the winter, I have never seen more than 15 or 16 people- not 36. And, they work from a cd or dvd. And, it's stationary. When Bruce and I tried to present this information, we were met with groans, backlash, and hurled insults. I would have laughed hysterically if it wasn't so pathetic. Thanks, Aqua, for your support and info. I appreciate it!!

Elaine, so sorry to hear of your crazy story. I agree with Bobinator - to these people, they're past the point of caring about the pool... it's about winning the fight. Just as an FYI, I DO teach aqua aerobics classes (the dreaded 'noodler' classes) and I can't think of any "moves" that I would have a class do that would require use of more than 3 lanes. I've taught classes up to 30 people in 3 lanes pretty easily. Plus, if these idiots are just working from a DVD, odds are that all their moves are stationary, which uses up even less space. Sigh. None of these facts will help you in the slightest probably, but thought I'd throw them out there. I hope you can find a decent place to swim with a decent pool temp. My husband and I measured the width of the space they would need if I continued swimming in one lane. The length is 75 feet. We figured the first and last person of each row would be 3 feet from the wall, and we gave them a generous distance of 8 feet between each person. Since most are no taller than 5'5", this gives them plenty of clearance if both arms are outstretched. I mistakenly said in earlier posts that our pool was a 6 lane pool. It's not; it's five lanes. (My high school pool was stuck in my head when I wrote that...) So, they would get 4 lanes and I would get one. We calculated a capacity of 36 people for those four lanes; even more generous than you have suggested. Mind you, there have only been 6-8 people in the indoor class each morning (the outdoor later class is larger). Combined, in the winter, I have never seen more than 15 or 16 people- not 36. And, they work from a cd or dvd. And, it's stationary. When Bruce and I tried to present this information, we were met with groans, backlash, and hurled insults. I would have laughed hysterically if it wasn't so pathetic. Thanks, Aqua, for your support and info. I appreciate it!!