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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There's a reason my health club pool is only 3-1/2 feet deep. Most of the members don't know how to swim based on the ones that actually get in the pool. The pool is mostly empty except during the noodle class. (The adjoining hot tub gets plenty of use.)
The use of a 3 1/2 foot deep therapy pool for anything but swimming laps is fine with me. Frankly they shouldn't even allow lap swimmers in the pool
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Pool Heater has been broken about a week. No Noodlers!!!:banana::applaud:
Don't get too excited... this happend to us once.
@ 82 degrees, the little old ladies quit showing up
@ 78 degrees, the lap swimmers quit showing up
@ 74 degrees, we were "real men" for handling the cold for 90 minutes
@ 69 degrees, we dropped the "real men" routine and went home :whiteflag:
I'm not sure why this is so but 69 degrees feels warmer in open-water than in a pool. I once tried to swim in a 68 degree pool and I just couldn't catch my breath and feel comfortable. In a lake 68 feels great once to get going! :)
I'm not sure why this is so but 69 degrees feels warmer in open-water than in a pool. I once tried to swim in a 68 degree pool and I just couldn't catch my breath and feel comfortable. In a lake 68 feels great once to get going! :)
I think the "feels colder in the pool" syndrome is a result of a few things:
1) At the beach you overheat lying on the beach and rubbing in all that oil so it feels great to cool off
2) you are so concerned about lookin' good that you don't notice the temperature
3) The first wave knocks you on your ass so hard you forget that the water is 69°. Also cross reference "lookin' cool"
4) You are hyperventilating as you walk into the ocean because you could swear you saw a shark
5) If the pool is 69° you can walk away from the pool without shame, where that is not an option at the beach ("The pool is too cold to swim today isn't it?" "Yes it is, I wouldn't go in. "Yea, me neither") You can hardly get away with that at the beach.
6) Glass containers are not allowed on the deck so you can not knock down a couple of shots of tequila before you jump in the pool.
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Reading this article (which even mentions "the community pool") all I could think of was noodlers.
Wow, I'm going to add this article to the list of reasons I hope I never have to go to a nursing home or retirement community!! :cane:
Aaaaack! Craig Wilson, columnist for USA Today ("The Final Word", Life section), has become a - GASP! - Noodler!!! :afraid: He wrote about it in today's paper. :rolleyes:
