Yes, yes, I know... you all think that your pool is the worst (except those that train at UT or IUPUI). But before you vote, consider this:
- indoor 6-lane 25 yard pool, L-shaped
- built in 1969, with negligible upgrades since
- heated to at least 85 degrees
- operated by the city at a significant loss every year
- closes for three to four weeks every year (two for upgrades - aka cleaning - and two for "budgetary reasons")
- shared by the city, the high school, the local university and the swim club
- vacuumed once a week ("whether it needs it or not")
- lifeguards cannot be moved from their plastic chairs on the deck
- for lap swim, only two lane lines put in - not in lifeguards' job description to put in more
- patrons blatantly ignore the lane signs indicating "fast", "medium" and "slow"
- lifeguards do not enforce the above
- patrons of all types refuse to circle swim, and instead swim next to each other (again, with few or no lane lines)
- healthy mix of college girls in bikinis, college boys in board shorts, noodlers, and elementary backstrokers
Poll opens now.
Here's Mine:
4 lanes/ 25 yards -- lanes are about 5.5 feet wide.
Metal ladders protrude into end lanes to smash your hands when swimming fly.
Water temperature varies from 84 - 88 -- they lost their thermometer so the pool maintenance guy sticks his hand in the water and then writes a temp on the board (I bought my own thermometer and this guy's hand can be off by as much as 2 degrees).
They make you wear a cap which makes the high temp worse.
Lane lines sag into your lane.
Pace clocks often run out of batteries.
Today the toilet in the men's locker room flooded.
But on the bright side:
At 5:30a I always have my own lane and often my own pool.
Batteries for the pace clock don't take up much room in my bag
Its 5 blocks from my house
Here's Mine:
4 lanes/ 25 yards -- lanes are about 5.5 feet wide.
Metal ladders protrude into end lanes to smash your hands when swimming fly.
Water temperature varies from 84 - 88 -- they lost their thermometer so the pool maintenance guy sticks his hand in the water and then writes a temp on the board (I bought my own thermometer and this guy's hand can be off by as much as 2 degrees).
They make you wear a cap which makes the high temp worse.
Lane lines sag into your lane.
Pace clocks often run out of batteries.
Today the toilet in the men's locker room flooded.
But on the bright side:
At 5:30a I always have my own lane and often my own pool.
Batteries for the pace clock don't take up much room in my bag
Its 5 blocks from my house
