Can you swim?

Uriel. · 02-08-2012 11:43PM

Have only learned in the last 12 months (in my late 20s). Learned in the sea.. thrown in at the deep end so to speak. I am still not a great swimmer by any stretch of the imagine but being in the sea and not being able to "touch the bottom" (of the sea that is) and not drowning is great.

Funnily, I swim better (and more confidently) in the sea compared to a pool. Apparently there's a scientific reason behind that one though

EoghanIRL · 02-08-2012 11:44PM

Uriel. wrote: »

Have only learned in the last 12 months (in my late 20s). Learned in the sea.. thrown in at the deep end so to speak. I am still not a great swimmer by any stretch of the imagine but being in the sea and not being able to "touch the bottom" (of the sea that is) and not drowning is great.

Funnily, I swim better (and more confidently) in the sea compared to a pool. Apparently there's a scientific reason behind that one though

You float better in salt water?

Galwayguy35 · 02-08-2012 11:49PM

No never learned to swim.

Sea Filly · 02-08-2012 11:49PM

Why is there not an "I'm a fucking deadly swimmer" poll option? I wouldn't check it myself but surely there are some fucking deadly swimmers here? :pac:

kfallon · 02-08-2012 11:52PM

No I can't, have to wear armbands and a snorkel having a shower

:P

Not much of a water person anyway, pool or sea

Uriel. · 02-08-2012 11:55PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

You float better in salt water?

That's the one!

le la rat · 03-08-2012 12:10AM

I can swim as well now as I could the day I was launched from me old boy

Washington Irving · 03-08-2012 12:25AM

I never got lessons, I just jumped into the deep end, managed not to drown and kinda just knew what I was doing

Reoil · 03-08-2012 12:28AM

I respect water enough to not get into it. Unless it's it has warm bubbles. (Not the fart type of bubbles)

SusieBlue · 03-08-2012 12:30AM

I can swim, I used to do it competitively up till about 4-5 years ago. I still go once or twice a week if I can.

03-08-2012 12:45AM

Yes, I'm a pretty good swimmer. My Mother dropped me into a pool when I was a few months old and that's how I learned to swim. Never got any swimming lessons or any of that. Was in a swimming club in France when I was a kid. Still swim a few times a week! Love it.

I'm also a qualified lifeguard.

Loads of people I know can't swim. At all. Like they can't even do a doggy paddle

I don't know why any parent wouldn't teach their child to swim/get them swimming lessons. It's so important!

gammygils · 03-08-2012 12:45AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I can't remember not being able to swim. My Dad took us to the pool regularly as kids. In a family of 7 all but two can swim well. As a kid I even used to go swimming in the local river with my friends - used to jump off this bridge actually (brag).

I'm not really into the swimming pool any more because you're not allowed to dive or jump in (yes, I'm a big child). Anyway, enough waffle. Do you like swimming? Can you swim?

Nice Bridge Tarzan. Very impressive!
Yes.I learned to swim when I was 8. Was a member of a Swimming Club from 8 to about 13

rainbow kirby · 03-08-2012 12:46AM

I can swim, my technique is still pretty poor because I haven't taken a lesson since I was about 13, but I can swim 60 lengths (1.5km) in about 40 minutes. I don't get to swim anywhere near as much as I'd like to - hard to fit it in with work and running.

dermiek · 03-08-2012 12:57AM

kfallon wrote: »

No I can't, have to wear armbands and a snorkel having a shower :P

Not much of a water person anyway, pool or sea

I hate washing myself, I generally avoid having a shower or a bath.

FYP

:pac:

flyswatter · 03-08-2012 01:00AM

I can swim well, had lessons as a child, can't remember the last time I took a dip though.

Mickeroo · 03-08-2012 01:08AM

Only learned in the last 5 years.

Chuck Stone · 03-08-2012 01:14AM

I much prefer the sea to the swimming pool. Haven't been in in a while though. I have a wetsuit and body board I take out every so often. Great craic so 'tis. Swimming alone isn't enough stimulation for me - there has to be some sort of more to it.

unkel · 03-08-2012 01:50AM

Mars Bar wrote: »

I joined the swimming club and was eventually doing 60 lengths in a session.

1,500m - I'd say only 1 in a 100 people here can do that - very impressive

Where I grew up, everybody learned to swim. For donkeys years I used to do this thing in August where you had to complete 20 lengths of a full size Olympic pool (20 * 50m = 1,000m), 4 nights in a row to get a medal

My little sister finished it when she was 5 - she broke the record and made it into the local newspapers

Can you swim?

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