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webuster · 08-30-2003, 09:12 AM

I hope I'm not alone in this- but is there anyone else here that can't swim, or can only swim like 10 metres?

On the 2nd September there's a school trip to go to (part of our schools 'getting to know you,getting to know all about you' programme- more like 'getting to embarrass you') and it's an outdoor pursuit centre. On the letter I got, it says on the permission slip 'waterbased activities'- I'm kinda worried that'll mean fully fledged swimming. I went to an outdoor centre similar were you choose what to do, so I avoided swimming (instead we walked about in water for no reason), I hope that's what'll happen this time. And not going's out of the question, cos if you don't go then everyone will probably know each other but me

Though at the end of term in July one of my other friends, a weak swimmer, and a fellow water-hater said he is taking the day off-well 2 of them said it (but one of them is all talk, and will go, the other- I'm not sure) so i figure then at least I don't have to be alone as the non-swimmer, non-participator (just like in pe were I formed a group of 5 who didn't do PE- that way we all shared the telling off). Anyone else can't swim and hates activities like it???

bandito · 08-30-2003, 01:39 PM

Lets put it this way, if I saw someone drowning and I tried to save them we both would be dead, I'm a terrible swimmer.

CheersChild4life · 08-30-2003, 02:06 PM

I can brely swim

Montana Ponine · 08-30-2003, 03:44 PM

I don't know if I'd still be able to do it....I haven't gone swimming in like, 2 years. I'm not a big fan, LOL. And I hate hate hate the smell of chlorine. Gross.

Penny Lane · 08-30-2003, 07:54 PM

No I can't swim. I am afraid of deep water, boats, and docks.

Mijada · 08-30-2003, 08:32 PM

You guys don't know what you're missing. Swimming is a lot of fun and one of the best forms of exercise. It is a usefull skill. Children as well as adults should at least attempt to learn how to swim. It's the only way to overcome fear of the water.

Brian · 08-30-2003, 08:53 PM

I swim laps almost every day at my local YMCA. It really is good excercise, you guys should at least give it a try.

bandito · 08-30-2003, 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by Mijada
You guys don't know what you're missing. Swimming is a lot of fun and one of the best forms of exercise. It is a usefull skill. Children as well as adults should at least attempt to learn how to swim. It's the only way to overcome fear of the water.

I don't really fear the water, I have a boat and use it regularly, I guess what i'm trying to say is I respect the water, being that i'm not a very good swimmer.

*PinkLady* · 08-30-2003, 10:05 PM

I like water (for boating and stuff) but I can't swim.

-*Leah*- · 08-30-2003, 11:00 PM

Ohhh!!! I love swimming!!

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 08-30-2003, 11:57 PM

I'm not the best swimmer, but I guess I wouldn't say I CAN'T. I've never been in water deep enough to tell, besides when I used to take lessons at the YMCA when I was like 8 lol. I'm not big on swimming, though. I just don't like getting wet and all that junk, and then you smell like chlorine after. Ick. I guess I'll have to get used to it though, because I have to take a swim class for a whole semester this year.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 08-31-2003, 12:22 AM

I can swim- I know what to do, but Im afraid to. I dont go under water for anything either.. thats what Im most afraid of. Its not drowning because I know I wont, but I dont like going under water. I dont dive, go down slides or do any of those games. I went down one slide @ Water Country once and I hated it. Log rides are different though. I dont even get into tubes if a bunch of people are in a pool, because people like to horse around and knock you over and I dont find that amusing at all.

Hollow · 08-31-2003, 12:22 AM

i ahve a cqat named prinessa

webuster · 08-31-2003, 07:07 AM

I'm not so much afraid of water- every year at school we'd go swimming for a couple weeks, and after a while I'd get back into the idea of how to swim, but then we stop, and I go for a while then stop altogether and have to start all over again. Then again- I also used to be afraid of heights-there's a shopping centre I go to and on the second floor (which is VERRRY high) you can look over the edge to the first, and you walk accross a little bridge to get to the other shops on the second floor, and I never looked to the side-but now I don't mind heights- I even climbed a small cliff (but I'm afraid of absailing).

Small Wonderian · 08-31-2003, 07:21 PM

I can swim.......but I haven't done it in a while.

08-30-2003, 09:12 AM	#1
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	Swimming I hope I'm not alone in this- but is there anyone else here that can't swim, or can only swim like 10 metres? On the 2nd September there's a school trip to go to (part of our schools 'getting to know you,getting to know all about you' programme- more like 'getting to embarrass you') and it's an outdoor pursuit centre. On the letter I got, it says on the permission slip 'waterbased activities'- I'm kinda worried that'll mean fully fledged swimming. I went to an outdoor centre similar were you choose what to do, so I avoided swimming (instead we walked about in water for no reason), I hope that's what'll happen this time. And not going's out of the question, cos if you don't go then everyone will probably know each other but me Though at the end of term in July one of my other friends, a weak swimmer, and a fellow water-hater said he is taking the day off-well 2 of them said it (but one of them is all talk, and will go, the other- I'm not sure) so i figure then at least I don't have to be alone as the non-swimmer, non-participator (just like in pe were I formed a group of 5 who didn't do PE- that way we all shared the telling off). Anyone else can't swim and hates activities like it???

08-30-2003, 01:39 PM	#2
bandito Going Topless Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Location: The Steel City Posts: 6,320	Lets put it this way, if I saw someone drowning and I tried to save them we both would be dead, I'm a terrible swimmer.
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08-30-2003, 07:54 PM	#5
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,262	No I can't swim. I am afraid of deep water, boats, and docks.
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08-30-2003, 11:00 PM	#10
-Leah- Back for More Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 15, 2003 Posts: 10,563	Ohhh!!! I love swimming!!
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08-30-2003, 11:57 PM	#11
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	I'm not the best swimmer, but I guess I wouldn't say I CAN'T. I've never been in water deep enough to tell, besides when I used to take lessons at the YMCA when I was like 8 lol. I'm not big on swimming, though. I just don't like getting wet and all that junk, and then you smell like chlorine after. Ick. I guess I'll have to get used to it though, because I have to take a swim class for a whole semester this year.
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08-30-2003, 02:06 PM	#3
CheersChild4life Absolutely Fabulous Senior Member Join Date: Nov 23, 2002 Location: Somwhere Fabulous Posts: 2,814	I can brely swim

08-30-2003, 03:44 PM	#4
Montana Ponine Tragically Beautiful Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2001 Location: Sondheimville Posts: 4,529	I don't know if I'd still be able to do it....I haven't gone swimming in like, 2 years. I'm not a big fan, LOL. And I hate hate hate the smell of chlorine. Gross.

08-30-2003, 08:32 PM	#6
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	You guys don't know what you're missing. Swimming is a lot of fun and one of the best forms of exercise. It is a usefull skill. Children as well as adults should at least attempt to learn how to swim. It's the only way to overcome fear of the water.

08-30-2003, 08:53 PM	#7
Brian Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Posts: 20,451	I swim laps almost every day at my local YMCA. It really is good excercise, you guys should at least give it a try.

08-30-2003, 10:05 PM	#9
PinkLady Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 04, 2002 Posts: 7,457	I like water (for boating and stuff) but I can't swim.

08-31-2003, 12:22 AM	#12
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	I can swim- I know what to do, but Im afraid to. I dont go under water for anything either.. thats what Im most afraid of. Its not drowning because I know I wont, but I dont like going under water. I dont dive, go down slides or do any of those games. I went down one slide @ Water Country once and I hated it. Log rides are different though. I dont even get into tubes if a bunch of people are in a pool, because people like to horse around and knock you over and I dont find that amusing at all.
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08-31-2003, 12:22 AM	#13
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	i ahve a cqat named prinessa

08-31-2003, 07:07 AM	#14
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	I'm not so much afraid of water- every year at school we'd go swimming for a couple weeks, and after a while I'd get back into the idea of how to swim, but then we stop, and I go for a while then stop altogether and have to start all over again. Then again- I also used to be afraid of heights-there's a shopping centre I go to and on the second floor (which is VERRRY high) you can look over the edge to the first, and you walk accross a little bridge to get to the other shops on the second floor, and I never looked to the side-but now I don't mind heights- I even climbed a small cliff (but I'm afraid of absailing).

08-31-2003, 07:21 PM	#15
Small Wonderian Back From a Long Hiatus Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 23, 2003 Location: in Redskin Country!!!!!!! Posts: 20,316	I can swim.......but I haven't done it in a while.
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