Drowning in dumber.

Where? The lake?

I didn't swim much when I was little. Surprising, eh?

I swam like a fish as a kid. Had my SCUBA certification as soon as I turned 12.

When I was younger I never did this "proper" swimming stuff though.

i passed the lifeguard stuff. i wonder if i could work as a lifeguard all these years later.

Wherever there is water. Preferably indoors during winter.

Swimming was what got me through rehab when I blew up my knee--before I started riding a bike. I could not stand the repetitive mind-numbing exercises that are generally recommended.

swimming is dumb.

Renew CPR and First Aid certification and you're golden.

No. We have some gymnastics stuff in our shed too. Plus they do gymnastics on horses as well. Cantering horses. My daughter is sad because she cannot compete this year for gymnastics (due to a broken ankle) but has been kicking ass in Horse Vaulting, albeit a relatively unknown sport but needs more skill than gymnastics. My daughter has been an extra in some movies filmed here all because of her skill in riding horses. The ones I know are Trade (Kevin Kline) and I think Missing (Cate Blanchett) but I am not sure about this one. I'll have to look at her W2s and figure it out but I know Trade for sure.

Need to log out again. Too much distraction this BF. Cheers!

Fixed

you mean i can still follow in the footsteps of the Hoff?

Have mercy.

If you start drinking a fift of Vodka by lunch.. you might have potential.

velo gator, how dreamy is the hoff?

Just sayin', scuba diving has nothing to do with swimming. I swim like a rock but was a certified diver.

You don't need to know how to swim to be a diver . . . that's what the underwater breathing apparatus is for. And the fins.

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durr

grumpy puts up cool jazz playing. he isn't online and look what happens here?

Very true. Though, for each of my certifications there was a decent swim test. But that type of swimming is more like "not drowning."

I had to have a lifeguard certificate in addition to those way, way back when I was one. This certificate proved that you could perform water rescue and knew water safety. I think this was called water safety instructor back then, but after looking it up, it was more rescue based than preparing one to train others like the course offered today.

https://www.redcrossinsewis.org/advan...rding-swimming

I'm considering a whistleblower of the remnants of the addiction box. Razor might crap his pants after being exposed though

Was it worse than you expected from my calling it **** over and over again?

he's no hoff.

Me too...

As a child (about 8) I almost drowned in a pond near home. As a result I had a very bad fear of the water. I didn't get over it until my senior year of high school. In college I took swimming classes (beginning with intermediate) and then went through Advanced Lifesaving and Water Safety Instruction. The most important thing I learned was the proper form for many of the strokes. Knowing the form, and how to breathe properly when swimming allowed me to conquer that fear of "not being able to breathe".

I have no illusions about still being able to swim any distance now, but at least I'm comfortable in the water which is a big part of the battle.