Why am I only posting a little bit these days?

Well, I shall inform you: during spring break, I am taking a 10 live guarding certification class every day until Thursday from 9-7 -- so you can imagine I cannot go onto a comp or iPad whilst I am swimming or giving CPR to a manekin.  So, you will also notice that I will be trying to post a lot in the early morning and late night -- just wanted to let you know so you either don get worried or mad

Cheers to my regular schedule returning Friday morning!

yep, saving people from the pool who are either drowning, in distress, unconscious, or just look like they're needing help or are in pain

I definitely will return at my normal posting rates afterwards -- only 2 more days left

Ah ok that's a good idea. Just watch out for nethams.

they tend to lurk in the 15ft deep part of the pool -- fortunately they're easy to spot

but, the pool I'm learning at has a 21ft deep diving well my regular pool has an average one that's 8 feet -- thats 2.5x deeper than I'm used to!  And we have to go to the bottom and pick 20 lb bricks from the bottom, and with no goggles, and it's very hard to see down there due to bad lighting and it being so deep!  I'ma  great swimmer who competes at states and even I am very scared going to the bottom of the pool

Just kinda reminds me of the marina trench with lava beds in the water and sea worms 10 ft thick waving around from cracks, along with other horrific monsters...

I HATE deep water   especially that deep.

other than that, good class

thanks DJ good to see someone else besides me hate deep water

@Asbad: I love swimming myself, but the deepest pool I've had experience with was 12 feet. I also dislike opening my eyes underwater without goggles, but I completely understand why they would require it for lifeguard training. You may not have the luxury to go grab or put on goggles in the event of an emergency. Anyhow, good luck with your training!

I tend to avoid googles, because most of the time the water gets inside anyway.

You mean goggles, right? I don't think water will get inside Google.

Quote from: DJ_O on April 19, 2011, 09:10:56 pm

Ah ok that's a good idea. Just watch out for nethams.

they tend to lurk in the 15ft deep part of the pool -- fortunately they're easy to spot

but, the pool I'm learning at has a 21ft deep diving well my regular pool has an average one that's 8 feet -- thats 2.5x deeper than I'm used to!  And we have to go to the bottom and pick 20 lb bricks from the bottom, and with no goggles, and it's very hard to see down there due to bad lighting and it being so deep!  I'ma  great swimmer who competes at states and even I am very scared going to the bottom of the pool

Just kinda reminds me of the marina trench with lava beds in the water and sea worms 10 ft thick waving around from cracks, along with other horrific monsters...

I HATE deep water   especially that deep.

other than that, good class

21 feet! When I took my BSA Lifeguard certification class, our pool only went down to 9 feet, and our community pools only go down to 10. So, wow. I can't even imagine how bad the bottom is, and I usually don't mind the bottom of pools.

I'd guess it's that deep because they have a high dive (maybe?).  I Can't see any other reason it would be that deep.