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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: _33 on July 09, 2014, 08:14:05 AM
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What a weird thing. I mean I know how to swim and I have access to a pool, and yet I pay someone $100 to teach my kids how to swim. lol smh.
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Have some John Wayne swimming lessons.
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What a weird thing. I mean I know how to swim and I have access to a pool, and yet I pay someone $100 to teach my kids how to swim. lol smh.
it's a summer activity for mom's to pay babysitters to babysit their kids in a swimming pool so they can talk with their friends for an hour.
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$100 for swimming lessons.
_33 must live in Beverly Hills.
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what age do you start this stuff?
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_33 I thought the same thing (that it was strange). Thinking about opening up a bike lessons business.
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you could start at 3 or so.
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i've never understood in old timey movies when somebody is like "i can't swim!" i mean if you just flail around with your arms and legs, you're swimming bud
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if you're paying $100 then it better be swimming lessons from a mermaid or something.
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what age do you start this stuff?
You can start as early as about 6 months. They don't learn anything obviously, but they get used to being in the water. Kind of a waste of time, actually.
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My kids are on a swim team. Few things are more boring to watch than swim meets.
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swimming in general is weird in my opinion.
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if you pay for swimming lessons you should also pay for riding a bike lessons
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I would pay a retired Navy SEAL for swimming lessons. Or Natalie Portman.
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I'll teach them to swim for $20 and a six pack of something. Thoughts?
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if you pay for swimming lessons you should also pay for riding a bike lessons
did you not see the social aspect/kids out of school for the summer and mom's need a break to hang out w/ their buds for an hour and gossip post that i made? seems like maybe you didn't.
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Rowdy boy is right. Also, if your kids drown some day you can say you tried everything and not feel guilty.
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Swimming lessons saved my life. I fell in a roaring river when I was 8 in Colorado and I survived it based off instinct and mermaid swimming skills. It's nothing to mess around with.
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This proves that wacky's mom hated him.
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if you pay for swimming lessons you should also pay for riding a bike lessons
did you not see the social aspect/kids out of school for the summer and mom's need a break to hang out w/ their buds for an hour and gossip post that i made? seems like maybe you didn't.
Yeah, but if you start young then the parent has to participate in the swim lesson with the kid.
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Some adults need swimming lessons too. You would be shocked how many people can't swim. It's not something people admit.
Adults who have little to no experience swimming still go to lakes. It doesn't take much for an intoxicated person to fall off a floating device and sink to the bottom.
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I took swimming lessons for a long time as a kid, at the YWCA. Heated pool for all the old people doing aerobics.
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I have known how to swim for 98.7% of my life. I can't imagine not knowing how to swim. It would be so scary to go to the lake or to a swimming pool.
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I'm an excellent swimmer and when snorkeling and they say don't go out there becaus of the out tow or whatever I go out there anyway and just plow back through it to shore. mrs. dave could probably drown in a plastic back yard baby pool so I have to snorkel right behind her in the beginner snorkel areas most of the time.
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Is there anything stevedave isn't excellent at? :Ugh:
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humility
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What a weird thing. I mean I know how to swim and I have access to a pool, and yet I pay someone $100 to teach my kids how to swim. lol smh.
it's a summer activity for mom's to pay babysitters to babysit their kids in a swimming pool so they can talk with their friends for an hour.
pretty much.
i was a lifeguard for 5 years, swam competitively in hs, and for a year in college, taught swimming, etc. but this summer i've paid for lessons. this forces me to take my kid to the pool every day for two weeks. the only pool i have regular access to is the YWCA, which is way too hot and wouldn't go regularly enough to teach him, and i think he listens to someone else better than he listens to me anyway.
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my dad can't swim at all and gets pretty nervous around water. i think i would too, drowning would suck i think
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my town has free swim lessons for all kindergarteners that live there. It's great and something that everyone should do at some point in their life both for safety and because who doesn't like swimming.
why would anyone think paying for swim lessons is a bad idea or something just for socializing moms? good grief.
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or something just for socializing moms? good grief.
i was generalizing and can say that without a doubt a good percentage of kids are taking swimming lessons because it's an activity in the summer that the parent can take the kid to and not have to worry about them for an hour.
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if you pay for swimming lessons you should also pay for riding a bike lessons
did you not see the social aspect/kids out of school for the summer and mom's need a break to hang out w/ their buds for an hour and gossip post that i made? seems like maybe you didn't.
i usually scroll through your posts...
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also, i took swimming lessons as a kid and then one year the lifeguard or whatever said she wasn't going to pass my friends and i up to the next group because of our size. we were like "uh, we can swim better, faster and further than everyone in that group already". she was like "yeah but you guys are still just too small". we quit and never went back. what a joke that was.
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What a weird thing. I mean I know how to swim and I have access to a pool, and yet I pay someone $100 to teach my kids how to swim. lol smh.
it's a summer activity for mom's to pay babysitters to babysit their kids in a swimming pool so they can talk with their friends for an hour.
pretty much.
i was a lifeguard for 5 years, swam competitively in hs, and for a year in college, taught swimming, etc. but this summer i've paid for lessons. this forces me to take my kid to the pool every day for two weeks. the only pool i have regular access to is the YWCA, which is way too hot and wouldn't go regularly enough to teach him, and i think he listens to someone else better than he listens to me anyway.
Look at you!
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$100 for swimming lessons.
_33 must live in Beverly Hills.
2 kids @ $48 apiece for 6 lessons. What if they still can't swim after the 6 lessons?
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$100 for swimming lessons.
_33 must live in Beverly Hills.
2 kids @ $48 apiece for 6 lessons. What if they still can't swim after the 6 lessons?
$8 an hour for babysitting seems like a decent rate to me. what kind of screws you is the whole two kids thing cause now it's $16/hour which is more than you should be paying for a babysitter.
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i learned how to swim in college for survival purposes.
(bad ears :frown:)
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swim lessons, like birth control for teens, should be a free service from the government IMO
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How is it that people don't instinctively know how to tread water? I get not being able to do a butterfly stroke, but c'mon...
Also, people who can't whistle. I'm like, "Oh, you can't do this? :whistle1: (complicated symphonic arrangement)"
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Swim lessons lead to pool HJ's I reckon.
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If you haven't spent an entire day as the only adult with multiple children, you can't understand how valuable activities like swim lessons are. rowdy boy nailed it. Plus, its a valuable life skill everyone should have.
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Swim lessons lead to pool HJ's I reckon.
Yeah, your daughters are less likely to be giving pool HJ's if they can't swim, so maybe you want to reconsider letting them take swim lessons?
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nowadays most of my swimming is just floating with a pool noodle and deciding which beer is next, still glad I had lessons tho
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nowadays most of my swimming is just floating with a pool noodle and deciding which beer is next, still glad I had lessons tho
that was exactly how i learned to "swim"!
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It is threads like this that has me hoping I lack the spermies to ever have children. I hope the many years of pot smoking has left me shooting blanks (or just two-headed sperm that swim in circles).
:bigtoke: :bigtoke: :bigtoke:
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My kids are in swimming lessons this week. First day, they do evaluations to see which level to put you in. the instructors said if you knew how to swim already, go ahead and jump in the deep end and swim across the pool.
My youngest jumps right into the deep end with all the bigger kids and stud swimmer young kids. But, he can't swim for crap. He apparently nearly drowns.
My oldest kid was like "I told him not to jump in the deep end!" Ballsy little rough rider.
Kinda pissed that they just took a little kid's "word for it" that he could swim though. Scary.
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They are learning how to swim and the consequences of being a liar. Seems like a good deal assuming no drownings.
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how did he know he didn't know how to swim though? maybe he thought he would just be a stud at it from the beginning?
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if you drown at swimming lessons, the system has failed you greatly
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I think everyone needs to almost drown in order to learn not to drown.
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Pete's kids are fans of John Wayne?
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if you drown at swimming lessons, the system has failed you greatly
Call BSAC
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how did he know he didn't know how to swim though? maybe he thought he would just be a stud at it from the beginning?
When Pete said he can't swim for crap I took it to mean that it had been attempted before, but I see how that may not be the case.
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Imagine that approach at flying lessons pete
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My 2.5 year old will be in swimming lessons starting Saturday, probably a waste of time at this age, but I think it will be fun :fatty:
I have a co-worker who won't put her kids in swimming lessons because "I'm afraid they might drown", yet she takes them (ages 12, 8, and 2) to go fishing at lakes and ponds all the time : facepalm:
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if you can't handle your kids at the pool, then you had too many kids
hard to believe, for sure, given the lot participating in this thread
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how did he know he didn't know how to swim though? maybe he thought he would just be a stud at it from the beginning?
When Pete said he can't swim for crap I took it to mean that it had been attempted before, but I see how that may not be the case.
Kinda both. Last summer he sucked, but apparently he thought kindergarten had transformed him into a Navy Seal or something.
I'm just glad he didn't whip his junk out or piss on anything.
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My 2.5 year old will be in swimming lessons starting Saturday, probably a waste of time at this age, but I think it will be fun :fatty:
I have a co-worker who won't put her kids in swimming lessons because "I'm afraid they might drown", yet she takes them (ages 12, 8, and 2) to go fishing at lakes and ponds all the time : facepalm:
making sure they are comfortable in the water isn't a waste of time. You get them comfortable going underwater at this age so they aren't afraid of putting their face in the water at 4 or 5 and end up a "I don't know how to swim" hayseed.
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I've heard people say that drownings occur often when kids/people don't know to turn around from where they fell in the pool and reach for the edge. Dunno if that's true.
All my kids went/are going through swim lessons and I'm glad when they go to pool birthday parties, etc. They can still drown, but at least they'll reach for the edge if in trouble.
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When somebody tells me they can't swim, I look at them like they just told me they can't walk up stairs. Like, they say you can toss a baby in water (not that you would), and it will instinctively start trying to swim. So, that six-month old there there is starting to get it, but you can't be bothered to learn how to flail your limbs around enough to stay buoyant?
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My wife was commenting on how treading water is harder when she's pregnant and I'm like pfft that extra weight you've put on is just as buoyant as the rest of youse!
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The hardest thing in the entire world is floating on your back. Like every single time I went to swimming lessons as a kid they would try and get me to do it but I just can't. I am a good swimmer but I just cannot float on my back.
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My wife was commenting on how treading water is harder when she's pregnant and I'm like pfft that extra weight you've put on is just as buoyant as the rest of youse!
stupid pregnant wife! :lol:
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Tigers are really good swimmers. Always seemed odd to me.
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I remember hearing a story about a tiger attacking a fisherman several miles offshore.
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Cats can do a lot of things. ;)
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The hardest thing in the entire world is floating on your back. Like every single time I went to swimming lessons as a kid they would try and get me to do it but I just can't. I am a good swimmer but I just cannot float on my back.
I can swim ok. I'm not very fast, but I'm not going to drown or anything. I can float on my back like a champ, though. I could fall asleep doing it if I wanted to. All you have to do is lay back and not freak out when the water level covers most of your head.
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The hardest thing in the entire world is floating on your back. Like every single time I went to swimming lessons as a kid they would try and get me to do it but I just can't. I am a good swimmer but I just cannot float on my back.
me neither :frown:
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The hardest thing in the entire world is floating on your back. Like every single time I went to swimming lessons as a kid they would try and get me to do it but I just can't. I am a good swimmer but I just cannot float on my back.
I can swim ok. I'm not very fast, but I'm not going to drown or anything. I can float on my back like a champ, though. I could fall asleep doing it if I wanted to. All you have to do is lay back and not freak out when the water level covers most of your head.
I don't freak out, my legs sink like a ton of bricks.
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i can swim extremely fast (freestyle only)
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I once swam underwater from one end of my Aunt's pool to the other without taking a breath. (pretty big pool)
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I once swam underwater from one end of my Aunt's pool to the other without taking a breath. (pretty big pool)
That's huge. Probably should have posted this in the stud brag thread, though.
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i can swim extremely fast (freestyle only)
There has been quite a bit of talk about starting the goEMAW Olympics (mostly from Clams, he is always wanting to try new things and shake stuff up). I will file this away when I form my own relay team.
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i can swim extremely fast (freestyle only)
There has been quite a bit of talk about starting the goEMAW Olympics (mostly from Clams, he is always wanting to try new things and shake stuff up). I will file this away when I form my own relay team.
I'll take backstroke in the medley relay, hell probably fly too.
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i can swim extremely fast (freestyle only)
There has been quite a bit of talk about starting the goEMAW Olympics (mostly from Clams, he is always wanting to try new things and shake stuff up). I will file this away when I form my own relay team.
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My kids are on a swim team. Few things are more boring to watch than swim meets.
I don't think this post was appreciated enough.