Any idiots like me go to the pool to find out it was closed?

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:49:50 GMT

What is Columbus Day? I seem to remember that it used to be celebrated as a day off for all, but I had to work and my Y was open. No mail though.

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:03:29 GMT

Columbus Day is a pernicious fabricated non-holiday designed solely for the purpose of tormenting endorphin starved teenage averse parents. Loved this description! We have done away with Columbus Day as a school holiday for many years now. They use other excuses to give the kids a day off.

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:55:50 GMT

We were definitely open yesterday! And what a long day of swimming it was!

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:07:27 GMT

My pool was open, but there were few of us at practice.

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ViveBene — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:45:42 GMT

Columbus Day is a pernicious fabricated non-holiday designed solely for the purpose of tormenting endorphin starved teenage averse parents. LOL! (Are there any NON-fabricated nonholidays left?) I do enjoy Columbus Day. Labor Day comes in what is the middle of the summer now (used to be the end), so Columbus Day feels like a real break. Usually I spend it hiking in the mountains, and enjoy the French Canadians on the trails, as it is Canadian Thanksgiving. Then the woods clear out, and you can feel everything turn toward November and winter and the first snowfall. This year was my first time swimming OW on Columbus Day. Then the swimmers repaired to a French bakery and enjoyed a pear and blueberry tart as an impromptu celebration. VB

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:24:24 GMT

I got tired of arranging my day/week around practices and then driving to the pool to find it closed. So I got on the team board of directors as secretary in charge of publishing the calendar ... still got surprised/locked out. Columbus Day is a school holiday but our school facility usually lets us come in anyhow. This year the pool has been closed for maintenance since Oct 1 but our outdoor pool temps were below 74F so we got the day off. Repairs are completed so we're back indoors tonight. The more-blubberous of the Masters were managing at 74F, but the scrawnier kids weren't.

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The Fortress — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:40:36 GMT

I had to work today so I forgot it was Columbus Day! :doh: Columbus Day is a pernicious fabricated non-holiday designed solely for the purpose of tormenting endorphin starved teenage averse parents.

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aztimm — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:33:04 GMT

We swim whenever ASU is in session, and they were today. Mostly business as usual, we had a pretty nice crowd this morning (about 4 per lane).

RE: Any idiots like me go to the pool to find out it was closed?

Former Member — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:30:10 GMT

Pools are closed on Columbus Day? Mine was open, but not many regulars were there.

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tjrpatt — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:17:51 GMT

My Y was open.

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ViveBene — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:16:24 GMT

7 a.m. swim in Lake Michigan. Water about 60 deg. Saturday it was 57, Sunday 62.4. Very pleasant month! VB