Do you know how to swim?

[CO Hugh]

http://www.ar-15.co/threads/107941-S...ado-town/page6

I graduated HS in 1974, so that was a different era. In HS, the boys were only allowed to swim naked in the school pool. No trunks, no shorts, only butt-ass naked. I don't know that I'd consider it "hazing", but I damn sure considered it strange then, and still do. The reasoning was that "fibers and strings from trunks or shorts will clog the pool filters", which was pure horseshit IMO. What, little curly hairs don't clog filters? And the girls used the same pool (not at the same time) but THEY got to use swimsuits.

I think our friggin' gym coach just liked naked boys. Wet, glistening, naked boys. He damn sure liked to line up the horseplayers along the edge of the pool and swat their wet bare asses with his paddle and knock 'em back in the water. I saw that shit once and figured good behavior in the pool was mandatory. No swats on my fat ass, thank you.

I've always wondered if the naked swimming thing was normal, I sure as hell didn't think so. But my brothers were all a lot older than me and they said it was that way for them too.

Is this why the question?

[MileHighOutlaw]

Grew up surfing on the west coast. Took a job as a lifeguard at the local pool as a teen. Moved to Hawaii after graduation a worked part time as an open water (beach) lifeguard on the weekends when I didn't have to play Army. Although it did land me a sweet gig as a battalion lifeguard so anytime we did waterborn operations I got to wear shorts and shades and keep my friends from drowning.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Do you even lift bro?

[Larry Ashcraft]

Our neighbor had a pond that he raised baitfish in. He gathered all the neighborhood kids one day and told us: "You're not allowed in this pond without my permission, but since kids will be kids, you're all learning to swim" then proceeded to give an all day swimming class until every kid in the neighborhood was a swimmer. Later, dad bought a boat that we used for skiing at Meredith and Holbrook, so, yes, I'm a proficient swimmer.

[spongejosh]

I had to learn to swim before being allowed to go "real" fishing.

[Great-Kazoo]

Can I yes. am i able to no. if needed i could stay afloat. scouting and .mil was good for a few thing., Like knowing how to turn your pants in to a floatation device etc.

[Gman]

Yes.

I'm always amazed when I meet people who don't know how to swim. Coming from So. Cal swimming is a right of passage. I've met quite a few people in CO who cannot swim.

Wow, I totally forgot about that aspect of spending so much time on the beaches, like Laguna. I was body surfing and knew how to swim at an angle to get out of a rip tide when I was 6 or 7. I think I'm still getting sand out of my ears from being sucked under by waves and bounced on my head and rolled up the beach.

[Ah Pook]

Grew up in the water. Summers at the pool and lake. Was a lifeguard for a few summers.

We did swim tests the first day at camp. There was always one troop of inner city kids. Non of them would back down, they could all swim. The first kid would jump in the deep end and sink like a rock. We knew we were going after them before they hit the water. Pick 'em off the bottom and bring them to the surface flailing. The rest would look at each other and walk over to the shallow end. Good times.

[Double00]

Grew up in So.Cal. Always had a pool. Swimming was mandatory!

[def90]

I grew up in the land of 10,000 lakes so yes.. swimmer, water skier, knee boarder, wind surfer, snorkler, scuba diver and so on.... yes, you can even long board on Lake Superior.

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