Being an average swimmer and not owning a high tech suit I have never cared about what suits others wear. All I wanted to do was swim my own race, although I will admit that winning is fun.
However, at a inter-squad meet this past Friday I borrowed a old fastskin hi-neck kneeskin from my coach. WOW!! What a feeling!!
Swam five events in one hr. (yes I know, a lot for 1 hr.).
Swam "masters" personal best in two events.
Swam a lifetime PB in one event.
The other two events were very repectable swims for me.
I am not bragging, just wanted to find an audience that would understand. Wish I would have bought a suit earlier.
Joel, I admire your attitude. But seeing as it is so close to the ban, I wonder if you would have been better off staying with the old fashioned suits so that in your future swims you won't be dreaming of what might have been.
Joel, I admire your attitude. But seeing as it is so close to the ban, I wonder if you would have been better off staying with the old fashioned suits so that in your future swims you won't be dreaming of what might have been.
You are absolutely right Jim. I had packed a pair of my favorite jammers but thought it would be fun to try the fastskin. I guess I will be shopping for some new jammers after the first of the year. I still had fun though.
I didn't want to put it this way out of possibly offending anybody.
But I will go ahead anyway.
They say it's better to be born blind than to go blind because in the former case, you never realize quite what you're missing.
You came so close, Joel, to making it through to Jan. 1 without tasting the heady elixir of sight!
Alas, now you will have tasted it and lost it!
Of such tragedies are composed roughly 90 percent of Greek myth!
I didn't want to put it this way out of possibly offending anybody.
But I will go ahead anyway.
They say it's better to be born blind than to go blind because in the former case, you never realize quite what you're missing.
You came so close, Joel, to making it through to Jan. 1 without tasting the heady elixir of sight!
Alas, now you will have tasted it and lost it!
Of such tragedies are composed roughly 90 percent of Greek myth!
HAHAHAAAA! Don't worry about offending me. Now I feel like a am part of a larger group. I smiled and the beers went down smooth. It is what it is....
I think he was concerned about those who are blind who may have read his post. What a dumby...
PS: actually I assume that there are programs to convert text into braille?
That and people with blind relatives. Not to mention relatives who are dumby's.
I suppose the only ones I really didn't have to worry about are the mutes.
Mutes are unlikely to call me a dumby for fear of offending the blind.
Where is Helen Keller to sort out all this moral dilemma for we who have a 1 percent inclination towards political correctness, and a 99 percent lack of tact?
Everyone is making it sound like "the ban" has actually happened. Well, I may have stars in my eyes, but the decision to ban tech suits has not happened yet.
What if FINA decides they are OK for Masters. What if FINA decides they are not OK, but USMS decides they can be used for yards.
I'm just sayin'..........what if............:banana:
HAHAHAAAA! Don't worry about offending me. Now I feel like a am part of a larger group. I smiled and the beers went down smooth. It is what it is....
I think he was concerned about those who are blind who may have read his post. What a dumby...
PS: actually I assume that there are programs to convert text into braille?
I think access would be an issue- I doubt many manufacturers are still making the tech suits, putting some at a disadvantage if they needed to get a new one. I was a fan of the lzr as i'm too skinny for b70's.
congratulations
fyi
an old fastskin hi-neck kneeskin isn't that great of a suit
you'd swim much faster in a new speedo pro or a full blue seventy nero comp
Being an average swimmer and not owning a high tech suit I have never cared about what suits others wear. All I wanted to do was swim my own race, although I will admit that winning is fun.
However, at a inter-squad meet this past Friday I borrowed a old fastskin hi-neck kneeskin from my coach. WOW!! What a feeling!!
Swam five events in one hr. (yes I know, a lot for 1 hr.).
Swam "masters" personal best in two events.
Swam a lifetime PB in one event.
The other two events were very repectable swims for me.
I am not bragging, just wanted to find an audience that would understand. Wish I would have bought a suit earlier.
