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Anyone on here not know how to swim?
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:36 pm
Been swimming my whole life and to this day it strikes me as odd when a grown, able-bodied person says they can't swim.
The body naturally floats. All you have to do is lightly kick your legs and move your arms under the water and your head will stay above surface. Not talking about being caught in turbulent water conditions or a rip tide. Just a normal swimming pool. Or a calm lake.
Anyone here not know how to swim?
The body naturally floats. All you have to do is lightly kick your legs and move your arms under the water and your head will stay above surface. Not talking about being caught in turbulent water conditions or a rip tide. Just a normal swimming pool. Or a calm lake.
Anyone here not know how to swim?
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:36 pm to LSUZombie
3 bans
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:37 pm to LSUZombie
quote:
strikes me as odd when a grown, able-bodied person says they can't swim.
Subtle brag.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:37 pm to LSUZombie
Oweo
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:37 pm to LSUZombie
subtle "i've been in a swimming pool" brag
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:37 pm to LSUZombie
That's Racist
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:37 pm to LSUZombie
I didn't know how to swim till I was like 18. To learn I purposely jumped off a tree into a small river.
I still don't call what I do "swimming"
It is more like "not drowning"
I still don't call what I do "swimming"
It is more like "not drowning"
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:38 pm to LSUZombie
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:38 pm to Salmon
this guy sees what you did there
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:39 pm to TDcline
quote:
Subtle "I have a black friend" brag.
I was getting a crew prepared for a project we are working on and we were making small talk about HUET and Water Survival Training. Was surprised how a handful of the guys on the crew took the class and admitted they didn't know how to swim. And it was a mixed group of people, all healthy males in their 20s - 30s.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:40 pm to Salmon
quote:
It is more like "not drowning"
Still, I'm sure you realized by just lightly moving your extremities you didn't sink to the bottom.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:41 pm to LSUZombie
I'm fat so I don't need to know how to swim. Cause I float.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:42 pm to LSUZombie
Right. I can get back to shore or the edge of the pool if I jump in.
I'm just not winning any races.
I still, however, have not figured out how to tread water. That seems like fricking magic.
I'm just not winning any races.
I still, however, have not figured out how to tread water. That seems like fricking magic.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:43 pm to Salmon
You just calmly paddle your limbs
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:44 pm to LSUZombie
I remember years back there was a big family gathering on the Red River.
Bunch of kids and adults.
Kids were playing in the river, adults on be shore.
No life jackets. None could swim.
One kid went over an underwater ledge. Struggled and grabbed on to another one.
They went over. One by one they tried to grab onto the next one. None of whom could swim.
They’d struggle then go under with the rest.
The adults stood on the shore, unable to swim.
7 kids of various ages drowned.
It blows my mind how people will be around water deeper than they are and not have a least a basic idea how to swim.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:44 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
quote:
You just calmly paddle your limbs
lies
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:46 pm to LSUZombie
I want to say 7thWard actually told us one day that he can't swim
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:46 pm to Salmon
quote:
I still, however, have not figured out how to tread water. That seems like fricking magic.
Lay your arms out to your side and either pedal your legs like you're on a large underwater bike or move your legs back and forth in a scissor motion. Easy peasy.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:46 pm to fr33manator
that was in Shreveport and if I remember correctly the sandpit in which they were playing on caved away
that was such an awful story
that was such an awful story
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:48 pm to Salmon
quote:
I didn't know how to swim till I was like 18. To learn I purposely jumped off a tree into a small river.
I still don't call what I do "swimming"
It is more like "not drowning"
Is this why you chose the moniker, Salmon??..like a face your fear type thing?
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