Summertime Poll

[straightBOS]

Originally posted by Dionysus
I CAN'T float for some reason w/out moving. My body automatically sinks. One of my grandmothers CLAIM that many blacks can't float because of certain fat distribution or something like that. Dunno if I believe that or not.

Everyone can float, the problem is that people who cannot swim often mistake the normal buoying as sinking. Never figured out how nerve-racking swimming can be until I tried to teach my aunt how to swim. Needless to say, she also does not think she can float either.

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Yes, I can swim, learned how in Primary School. Nothing like swimming in the tourquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea, though. VaBeach can eat lead-- if people actually get any swimming done.

[12dn94dst]

Nope, can't swim. I nearly drowned learning how to swim when I was 7.

[1savvydiva]

Originally posted by Dionysus
LOL

Aren't yall scared that you all may find in yourselves water INVOLUNTARILY one day?

That's exactly why I learned how to swim. I almost drowned (in the shallow end of the pool no less), when I was in elementary school. I remember it vividly...picture it...New York, 1986. It was summertime and all of my cousins and myself were at the pool. Somehow I ended up falling in the water and I remember that my mouth wasn't shut and I inhaled a whole bunch of water. I remember kicking and stuff and I went to the bottom (prolly wasn't too far), and finally I just started paddling and kicking with at purpose and came back to the top. I remember once all the water got out of my eyes and I caught my breath while holding onto the side...all of my cousins were lined up on the side of the pool looking in the water like ...those MOFOs didn't even try to go get help!!! Some family...

[9dstpm]

I can........just barely. What little I learned I learned 3 years ago while working at a summer sports camp for minority children on my college campus. Hubby knows how to swim and our son wants to learn this summer, so we are going to sign him at the Y this summer. I guess it wouldn't hurt for me to brush up too.

At the high school I went to, we were required to take two semesters of swimming. So, I was FORCED to learn. Truthfully, if it weren't for high school, I'm sure I would never have learned how to swim.

[2DISCRETE4U]

Originally posted by straightBOS
Nothing like swimming in the tourquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea, though. VaBeach can eat lead-- if people actually get any swimming done.

Nothing like the Caribbean Sea indeed! I can't even swim at the beaches in the states anymore.

Yes I can swim...like a fish! Me and my dad always go waaayyy out in the ocean.
I don't remember when I learned though. It seems like I've always known how to swim.
What's ironic is that my mom grew up on an island and can't swim worth a lick!

[delph998]

Originally posted by kissy324
At the high school I went to, we were required to take two semesters of swimming. So, I was FORCED to learn. Truthfully, if it weren't for high school, I'm sure I would never have learned how to swim.

Kissy, I was forced to learn how to swim too, but I still forgot how to. I wish I could though...I would love to kick back in the water. That would be so fun!

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by straightBOS (in part)
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Yes, I can swim, learned how in Primary School. Nothing like swimming in the tourquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea, though. VaBeach can eat lead-- if people actually get any swimming done.

Although it's north of the Caribbean Sea, Bermuda also has wonderful turquoise waters . When I was there almost three years ago, I splashed but wouldn't put my head under water.

[Honeykiss1974]

I can't swim at all.

[cinamin1]

I lived in south Florida (where its summer year round) all my life and have always lived 10 minutes away from the beach and NO I DONT KNOW HOW TO SWIM!


But tell me why i'm looking for a house with a pool?

[Pandemonium]

It was a high school requirement to pass a swim test, but I haven't swam since. Our chapter is planning a pool party as a fundraiser this summer, so I'll see if I remember how!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPP! My Sorors!!!!!!

[Im_just_me]

Can't swim at all...

[Ideal08]

Nope. Can't swim. Deathly afraid of water. I want to learn, though. I can do a little bit of stuff, like on my back. I think I could save my life if I had to, as long as I didn't panic, which I probably would cuz I'd be terrified.

[DableST_1]

I FORGOT how to swim

[Kandi]

I think I forgot how to swim as well. I stopped swimming when I was in High school. If my life depended on it, I can doggypaddle or float but that is about it. I don't like getting my hair wet.