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Can you swim?

  • 03-08-2013 11:43PM
    #1
    lila44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭lila44


    As above...

    Can you swim? 69 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    62% 43 votes
    Kind of...
    37% 26 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    losthorizon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭losthorizon


    Yes.. as above


  • #3
    Zen65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Zen65


    Perhaps you should have set up a poll, Op?


  • #4
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    Yes...as above.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    nope


  • #6
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I can swim above water


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  • #7
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #8
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


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


  • #9
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Yes. Can you OP?


  • #10
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭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.


  • #11
    Corvo Attano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,446 ✭✭✭Corvo Attano


    Yes. Since they taught us in primary school.


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  • #12
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Yes... only in custard though.


  • #13
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Can you swim OP?

    Also, add something 'discussible'...


  • #14
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭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! :D


  • #15
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,674 ✭✭✭TheBody


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


  • #16
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭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?


  • #17
    KwackerJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭KwackerJack


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

    Everyone should know how to swim i think!


  • #18
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #19
    Knob Longman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭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..


  • #20
    LoonyLovegood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,068 ✭✭✭LoonyLovegood


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


  • #21
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #22
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭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.


  • #23
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,424 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #24
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #25
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Swimming before I could even walk,

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


  • #26
    teednab-el
    Site Banned Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    Yes since last year and now a good swimmer.


  • #27
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


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


  • #29
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭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...


  • #30
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Eeyup


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  • #31
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭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...


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