Can you swim?

lila44

As above...

losthorizon

Yes.. as above

Zen65

Perhaps you should have set up a poll, Op?

camel jockey

Yes...as above.

nope

My name is URL

I can swim above water

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i used to be able to
went on holiday last month and i had to walk underwater from the deep end of the villas pool to the shallower end as I was almost drowning

was quite surprised by that

camel jockey

We're all dying to know whether you can OP. Well, can you swim?

Mint Sauce

Yes. Can you OP?

keith16

I can swim. But not very well. Much in the same way I can play football. Technically I can do it. But not to very high, or even any standards.

Corvo Attano

Yes. Since they taught us in primary school.

wazky

Yes... only in custard though.

endacl

Can you swim OP?

Also, add something 'discussible'...

Czarcasm

Qualified as an indoor lifeguard at 17, too young to do the outdoor exam, had to be over 18, meant to go back and do it but life kinda got in the way in the meantime.

I think everybody should be taught how to swim, I taught my wife and son how to swim, and aside from the potential life saving benefits, it's also great exercise for those who have no interest in lifting!

TheBody

I sort of can. I really need to get more practice. I'm quite nervous in the water though.

camel jockey

Do people that require rescuing from the sea because of their own stupidity get presented with a bill for the cost of the rescue? If not, why not?

KwackerJack

I'm an Open Water Diver so i guess the answer is yes......as above!

Everyone should know how to swim i think!

endacl

camel jockey wrote: »

Do people that require rescuing from the sea because of their own stupidity get presented with a bill for the cost of the rescue? If not, why not?

Why would they be? An actual rescue is the best training possible for rescue personnel. Who regularly train anyway to rescue people from the sea.

That's why not.

Next silly question...?

:P

Knob Longman

camel jockey wrote: »

Do people that require rescuing from the sea because of their own stupidity get presented with a bill for the cost of the rescue? If not, why not?

Maybe everyone who attends the beach should pay a tax to cover the cost. The Lifeguard could go around with a fancy bucket to collect the fee.

I can swim, I don't know many people who can't..

LoonyLovegood

Yup. Haven't been in a few years though...I need to remedy that

camel jockey

Knob Longman wrote: »

Maybe everyone who attends the beach should pay a tax to cover the cost. The Lifeguard could go around with a fancy bucket to collect the fee.

I can swim, I don't know many people who can't..

Why should I pay because some idiot who can't swim decides to go out after a few cans of beer?

Better to charge after the rescue.

Pumpkinseeds

Corvo Attano wrote: »

Yes. Since they taught us in primary school.

No. I've got badges that say I can, from when we had swimming lessons in primary school. But I can't swim and now I have too many scars to ever even contemplate letting anyone see me in a swimsuit and getting into a pool.

Peregrine

I'm sure we've had many threads and polls about this this very year.


But yes, my school had a swimming pool and we were all taught how to swim. It broke after first year in secondary but I've been swimming in other places since then.
IMO everyone should learn to swim, for their own and others' safety.

endacl

camel jockey wrote: »

Why should I pay because some idiot who can't swim decides to go out after a few cans of beer?

Better to charge after the rescue.

There was a similar ridiculous argument put forward last week for the mountain rescue helicopter...

The lifeboats, for example, you don't pay for. They have charitable status and are paid for by donation. They're regularly out on training exercises. If they get a call, they don't train that week. Costs you nothing extra.

A lifeguard on duty is on duty and being paid whether or not they have anybody to rescue during a shift. Costs you nothing extra.

You don't have to pay.

:rolleyes:

Cork24

Swimming before I could even walk,

My dad would have me at the dolphins swimming club every friday and Sunday for swimming lessons.

teednab-el

Yes since last year and now a good swimmer.

camel jockey

endacl wrote: »

There was a similar ridiculous argument put forward last week for the mountain rescue helicopter...

The lifeboats, for example, you don't pay for. They have charitable status and are paid for by donation. They're regularly out on training exercises. If they get a call, they don't train that week. Costs you nothing extra.

A lifeguard on duty is on duty and being paid whether or not they have anybody to rescue during a shift. Costs you nothing extra.

You don't have to pay.

:rolleyes:

For a start it would discourage idiots. Mountain rescue is definitely one that people should be charged for.

Neadine

Could swim before I started school... but neither of my parents an swim.

endacl

camel jockey wrote: »

For a start it would discourage idiots. Mountain rescue is definitely one that people should be charged for.

They are charged. The coastguard helicopter, its maintenance and crew is paid for through taxation. They fly regularly, whether they're carrying out mountain rescue or not.

I'll type this next bit slowly, for your benefit.....

It....... doesn't......... cost......... you........ any......... thing.

In fact, you could consider it a service you've prepaid, if you pay tax.

If you're feeling hard done by, go jump off a mountain. Get something for your taxes...

BeerWolf

Eeyup

camel jockey

endacl wrote: »

They are charged. The coastguard helicopter, its maintenance and crew is paid for through taxation. They fly regularly, whether they're carrying out mountain rescue or not.

I'll type this next bit slowly, for your benefit.....

It....... doesn't......... cost......... you........ any......... thing.

In fact, you could consider it a service you've prepaid, if you pay tax.

If you're feeling hard done by, go jump off a mountain. Get something for your taxes...

I doubt many of these lads pay tax - you need a job for that.

So you reckon there is no additional charge for a rescue operation? :rolleyes: Wonder what planet you live on...

endacl

camel jockey wrote: »

I doubt many of these lads pay tax - you need a job for that.

So you reckon there is no additional charge for a rescue operation? :rolleyes: Wonder what planet you live on...

The lad that was lifted last week is somebody I know. Pays lots of tax.

No, there is no appreciable extra cost. Which bit don't you get?

Crew: Public servants. Paid whether rescuing or not.

Equipment and fuel: Used anyway. If not rescuing, training or on coastal patrol.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

endacl wrote: »

The coastguard helicopter, its maintenance and crew is paid for through taxation.

endacl wrote: »

It....... doesn't......... cost......... you........ any......... thing.

i .. just..

but.. wh.. how....i...

what?

Peregrine

endacl wrote: »

Crew: Public servants. Paid whether rescuing or not.

Equipment and fuel: Used anyway. If not rescuing, training or on coastal patrol.

Public servants?
When did the Irish government buy CHC?

Coastal patrol on Coast Guard helis? This is the Irish Coast Guard we're talking about, not the Icelandic CG.

camel jockey

endacl wrote: »

The lad that was lifted last week is somebody I know. Pays lots of tax.

No, there is no appreciable extra cost. Which bit don't you get?

Crew: Public servants. Paid whether rescuing or not.

Equipment and fuel: Used anyway. If not rescuing, training or on coastal patrol.

You have all the answers, don't you?

PS, I'm being sarcastic in case you missed it. Most of what you have posted is complete and utter sh**e.

lila44

Nope, can't swim!

thebaz

every day - bar when it rains all day

camel jockey

thebaz wrote: »

every day - bar when it rains all day

You don't like getting wet or something?

Lucyfur

I love 'wimmin

thebaz

camel jockey wrote: »

You don't like getting wet or something?

I hate putting wet clothes on after a swim - don't mind the cold, but ther is nothing worse than damp drissle , regardless of temperature

unkel

In my experience many Irish people who claim they can swim, can't really. There's no culture of learning how to swim. Even swimming in school schemes have pathetic results. It is very sad that many young people have died this summer because they could not really swim

There should be a state scheme where everyone needs to be certified to swim having completed certified tests. Like swimming with your clothes on for 50m.

I'm definitely more suited to an aquatic way of life.

Lia_lia

unkel wrote: »

In my experience many Irish people who claim they can swim, can't really. There's no culture of learning how to swim. Even swimming in school schemes have pathetic results. It is very sad that many young people have died this summer because they could not really swim

There should be a state scheme where everyone needs to be certified to swim having completed certified tests. Like swimming with your clothes on for 50m.

I agree! Most developed countries that are surrounded in water have these schemes..makes sense


I can swim. And I'm a qualified lifeguard.

MrShivers

I like to think I am an adequate average swimmer.

llennocO

Spent most of my childhood at a swimming club but has been a long time since I've been swimming and my fitness levels have dropped like a rock over a cliff so realistically I don't think I'd swim very well now.

On a recent trip to Portugal I'd been out on a boat and our guide brought us towards a little bay and said we could swim to it if we liked but wanted to know if we were strong swimmers first. We told him we were grand and he told us 100% straight that every Irish guy who gets on his boat says that and more often than not he had to go rescue someone. Thought little of it at the time but he's seeming very wise now!

NeonCookies

Yea, I've been able to swim from a young age - absolutely loved (and love!) it.

I came across this the other day - teaching babies to "self rescue" in a potential drowning situation. While I'm sure it's not without it's controversy, I think it's fantastic - nothing will ever substitute for alert adult supervision, as the video says it can only take a second. I don't know if they do it in Ireland?

Peregrine

OP, you should put a poll up.

camel jockey

Lia_lia wrote: »

I can swim. And I'm a qualified lifeguard.

The former is probably a prerequisite to the latter.

unkel

llennocO wrote: »

every Irish guy who gets on his boat says that and more often than not he had to go rescue someone.

Crazy, isn't it? I feel every person born into this world needs to learn how to swim. Our failure not to have a proper system in place to make sure they do learn to swim is a disgrace.

camel jockey

unkel wrote: »

Crazy, isn't it? I feel every person born into this world needs to learn how to swim. Our failure not to have a proper system in place to make sure they do learn to swim is a disgrace.

More nanny state nonsense. 95% of people will never need to be able to swim.

JJayoo

Can't swim.