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:
Normally I get along with the noodlers. Normally I even like the noodlers, since without them, the number of people-hours in the pool would approach zero, and club management would likely pave it over and turn it into a basketball court. Go, noodlers!
But today, the noodler in the next lane could not keep her kickboard in her own lane. Slippery things, they must be. The first three or four times, I handed it back to her politely, because, noodlers r owr friendz. Surely after three or four times, she'll keep it in her own lane, right? Wrong. The fifth time she somehow managed to sneak it right to the end of the lane, so pow, my flip-turning feet came down right on top of it.
Masters swimmers everywhere will be happy to know I did not throw it at her head. Remember back in high school? Kickboards were the aquatic equivalent of ninja throwing stars. I didn't do that. I did, however, throw it far, far onto the other side of the deck, so she'd have to get out of the pool to fetch it.
I guess the message got through. I didn't have any problems with stray kickboards after that. :)
Normally I get along with the noodlers. Normally I even like the noodlers, since without them, the number of people-hours in the pool would approach zero, and club management would likely pave it over and turn it into a basketball court. Go, noodlers!
But today, the noodler in the next lane could not keep her kickboard in her own lane. Slippery things, they must be. The first three or four times, I handed it back to her politely, because, noodlers r owr friendz. Surely after three or four times, she'll keep it in her own lane, right? Wrong. The fifth time she somehow managed to sneak it right to the end of the lane, so pow, my flip-turning feet came down right on top of it.
Masters swimmers everywhere will be happy to know I did not throw it at her head. Remember back in high school? Kickboards were the aquatic equivalent of ninja throwing stars. I didn't do that. I did, however, throw it far, far onto the other side of the deck, so she'd have to get out of the pool to fetch it.
I guess the message got through. I didn't have any problems with stray kickboards after that. :)
