Death to all Noodlers!

And the noodlers want the pool so hot that the OP is probably wanting to blow chunks whilst training. Give your head a shake.

It isn't always the aqua-classes that are responsible for high water temperatures. I don't swim at the pool nearest my house unless my usual pool is out of commission for this reason - too hot. One day when I had to swim there, I asked the lifeguard why is was kept so warm. She said it was at the request of parents who brought their kids for swim lessons. The little dears were shivering afterwards, so up went the temperature. A few weeks later, a co-worker complained that every time he took his kids swimming, they caught colds. When I asked which pool he took them to, it was the very same overheated leisure center pool nearest my house. Surprise, surprise.

So, what does that make noodlers? :bolt: Calorie, accumulati The only remedy:

Dear North Iowa Noodelers, You are correct, the masters's team has an agreement with the YMCA to swim there for free on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The guy you see signing in for free is a dedicated swimmer – no doubt. The ZUMBA class actually assigned him to create gigantic waves with his unusual butterfly stroke because they don't like you. He is surely there to make you mad while you noodle. Thank you for reminding me countless times how you are a paying member of the YMCA. Thank you for complaining to the aquatic director how the masters team should not be allowed in the pool. But... before you complain for the 250,000th time please recognize that most of us (myself included) are merely YMCA patrons with paid memberships. The majority of us are not there making gigantic waves for free. Please keep in mind, when I make waves - they're paid for.

Not too busy this day oregonmasters.ning.com/.../geoeasy2mov-1 Nothing like swimming laps in a pool with bar stools, love it.

AARRRRGGGGG! I read much of this thread for the first time a couple of weeks ago. At that time my thoughts were 'gee, I'm really grateful for my pool as I rarely see any noodlers let alone have to share a lane with them' and 'can they really be that bad?'. But today, I had my first close encounter, and all I can say now is WOW. I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!!!!! My first mistake was going on a Saturday afternoon. So I was particularly happy that one designated lap lane was free. The bad part was that it was the one next to the bulkhead. Oh well. I got in and just as I was about to push off, a little old lady noodler came up and said 'I'm going to split the lane with you'. Well... ok, I thought, I can share. Then she said 'and I'm going to be on the side with the lane line.' Umm..... what? I thought I was here first... I told her I'd prefer to have that side since I was planning to do some *** in my sets and I preferred not to hit the bulkhead all the way down. She said something about not wanting to hit it either, and that she didn't heal well or something to that effect (I didn't quite understand that). However, having been taught to be polite to my elders, and looking for a happy solution for everyone, I politely suggested maybe she'd consider splitting a lane with one of the other 5 single lane swimmers who were in lanes where both sides had lane lines. She looked at me and merely said 'no'. I frankly was stunned. Does no one understand pool etiquette? Not wanting to make an issue (and the fact that she had already quickly slipped into the lane and physically had claimed that side!) I modified my workout in my mind and started swimming free next to the bulkhead. As I came to the wall, I noticed a little issue - there was a ladder right at the end, blocking my turn. No problem. I was doing about 300yds to her 25, so it's not like we were getting in each other's way. I just moved over a foot or two and flipped in the middle of the wall then went back to my bulkhead side. As I finished my set, I noticed a lifeguard standing at the end of our lane. She leaned over and said 'would you mind splitting the lane?' Ummm..... I thought we were? I said 'yes, of course, that's what we're doing'. She said, 'well, I noticed you were turning in the middle and we like to accommodate all our patrons, so if you could just stay on your side...'. Once again, I was totally stunned... really?!? Where are the candid cameras?? When it sunk in that she was actually being serious, I said 'well, it's a little hard to do a flip turn with the ladder in the way, and moreover (pointing to the noodler who was waaaaay on the other end) it's not as if I'm getting in her way...' Fortunately, the lifeguard was a least a little reasonable and offered to pull the ladder out. Ok, another problem solved. After another set or so, the lane next to us opened up.... YAY! I moved over with my pull bouy and kickboard (borrowed from the pool), paddles (mine), flip flops, water bottle.... and continued my workout. I finished my first breaststroke set and was about to begin a kick set. I reached for the kick board....WTF??? Someone had take it! REALLY?!?!??? come on - there have got to be cameras somewhere.... :bitching::bitching::bitching: I learned my lesson. Noodlers are totally as bad as everyone says and I will NEVER try to work out on a Saturday afternoon again! On the bright side, I was so frustrated, I don't think I've ever swum a workout with quite as much gusto...

AARRRRGGGGG! But today, I had my first close encounter, and all I can say now is WOW. I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!!!!! I learned my lesson. Noodlers are totally as bad as everyone says and I will NEVER try to work out on a Saturday afternoon again! Hey, t, welcome to our world. :bighug: You had a rotten experience and you have my sympathy! Fortunately, on my end, things have improved- at least for the summer. Our noodlers have moved to the outdoor pool for the later "advanced" :lmao:class, so I don't have to hear their whining about swimmers or the water temperature in the indoor pool being reduced from 84 to 82. (For me, it is still too warm, but at least I was able to convince the board of directors to lower the water temperature down from 86(!!!) :afraid:. (If health issues didn't convince them, the $$$ savings did...). Meanwhile the B.O.D. has dragged their butts on ruling whether the noodlers get a club charter and exclusive use of the pool, for two hours each morning, during their classes. Fine; drag all you want, B.O.D., because as long as a decision is not made, I still get a lane to swim in during their classes! :banana: So, the current situation is quite doable: The noodlers are only indoors during the 9AM-10AM class and their largest class is rarely even five people in a three lane, 25 yard space. And, I get along with the 9AM'rs. If deep water Cathy shows up, I move over to the wall lane. If a second swimmer shows up, she hooks the lane line back and relinquishes the deeper water. And, I move to Lane #2 while the new swimmer takes the wall lane. It's a workable compromise; something some of the other noodlers don't know how to do. :bitching: Deep water Cathy does complain about the temperature drop, but a sign was hung on the door stating the temperature policy and that it will not change. So, she has had to :chillpill: (no pun intended). Life is good! :bliss:

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. :)

I may have said it before in this thread, but I don't know for sure. I've never encountered a noodler. The experiences some of you have to endure make me really grateful to have 20 available coached workouts per week within 10 minutes of my house.

I may have said it before in this thread, but I don't know for sure. Given that this thread is almost 4 years old, I don't think anyone remembers what they may have posted to this thread in the past.