I started to swim my lengths again this year and was involved in a conversation with a chap close to the pool industry in Oranjemund......
I was astonished to see that the blue tile ring around the town pool was filthy, The source informed me that the contractor was busy scrubbing the pool walls about 2 and a half months ago and then suddenly stopped and never returned.....
The diving board has been closed of with road tape as it is rusted and in dire need of repair, I was also told that the request for this repair job had been submitted more than two weeks ago.....
The source in the pool industry also muttered that one of the boilers has also been standing since November last year, also awaiting attention. (I actually prefer the cold water, the colder the better for an enlarged chap like me....)
The chap went on to point out that when I go to the pool I must notice that there are now 2 hosepipes filling up the pool, almost running 24/7 ........ (There use to be one) ... this is due to a leaking pipe underground that they suspect might have rusted through..... this was also brought to the attention of the higher order a while ago...... still nothing.....
The source went on to say that we had to remember that there is not that many attractions to keep the kids in this town occupied and that the town pool is central to keeping the kids entertained......
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msn emoticon (68)That is so sad Mike to let our beautiful pool go like that......
We use to be up at the pool every day and of course the kids loved it as
am sure they still do
Well there was a guy scrubbing the tiles at the pool.... the Garden guy was also there spraying weed killer..... I had a look at the broken diving board..... Seems that the bracket holding the actual board in place has rusted away, reckon Hein Van Eerden could repair that in about an hour at a good rate....... Ahem! Cough! cough!
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Whilst swimming this morning, I found the crack..... SO men in BLACK ......LISTEN up.... are-you-there
ON THE SHALLOW END,
IN THE MIDDLE OF WALL on the EAST
There is a half a metre long crack running down the wall....
Thanks.....
Ps.... wonder how many litres of H2O escape out there,,,,, and where does it go to?
are you sure you did not make the crack when you jumped in-Oinks
Clint. Mike A would make a crater, not just crack the side of the pool...................!!!!!!!!!!!!! image201 image21 image201
Play nice guys....... thumper
Rhona my dear, WE ARE PLAYING NICE..............!!!!!!!!!!
At least I have all my hair, unlike Old Mike and Clint , who is rapidly gaining on the old timer......... Oh! and I can still swim/........ crack and all......
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Son in law, less of the "OLD MIKE" bit please and have respect for the older generation.........
Do you swim or does all your blubber wobble and move you around
image201 sharp Mike V sharp
I have all this blubber to enable me to be one with the water..... what's your shiny head for then?
So that the sun reflects off it and blinds everyone else...!!! image21
@Mike V - at this side of the world they'd say ''I'm not bald - that's a solar panel for a sex-machine!!!'' sorriso2
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Sex machine? Ha.... I think not...... everybody knows that big men can er...uhm "swim" well....
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So they swam and swam all over the dam.... Hello Kelvin james laughpoint
Good one Rhona, at least I'm not like Mike A who HAS to shave his hair off every now and then..............
Mike A pls let me know when you go to the pool the two of us should not be there together the pool will overflow
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Spent many weekends in that pool my oldest son learnt to swim there...........................bloody shame on the authority's to let it get into such a state!!
Sources in the water can now confirm that there has indeed been a number of measurements being taken and a inspection around the walls of the swimming pool during the last 48 hours.....
Er.... don't forget the diving board.....
... and the broken manhole covers along 6th and 5th avenue and the one behind Spar....
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Went for my morning splash in the town pool....... and was really impressed to see that the diving board is once again in action..... great stuff......... thanks to the men in black!
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People connected with the aquatic entertainment industry also informed me, that the town pool would be closed for a month sometime in the future to implement urgent repairs.......
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I hope you didn't jump off it and break it again Mike A..........
Oh Shiney One...! daman I will wait till the cracks have also been repaired before I attempt that....
Keep me posted on that one.................. blubber whale image21
I see the painter is busy in the town pool today and the diving board was painted this colour....
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Are you having a blue day Mike A ..........??????????? image21
Here's the snap of the above mentioned blue item...
Is it just me or did'nt there use to be 4 benches in the boys changing room at the town pool? what happened to the other 2?
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Oh Shiney One...! I will wait till the cracks have also been repaired before I attempt that....
Mike!!!! grass does not grow on busy streets.............................................. image04
Mike you should understand .. those benches have been " relocated ' true living in africa style and now most probably grace someones braai area ,,, catmusic