The only Pic i have ---recognize any one ? Left is my son Michael ready to jump
Hi Georg - the blonde girl (black cossie) looks like Marsha Groenewald and the other (green cossie) could be one of the Rall girls?
..... and there's the mother of all bombong boards... nice pic Georg....
Is that the high diving board? I thought is was much higher than that. Maybe because I was a lot smaller then.
Same thing here. According to my memory that diving board should be at least 3m high ( - the times when I tried to do my best swallow-dive that ended up in the best belly slap and left me without breath for about 2 minutes makes me want to state that hight as a fact).
I remember everybody enjoying that diving board.Something that has always stayed with me was how whenever Kiki (some of you will remember her)was at the pool the whole single quarters new. They would all hang over the wall to watch as her boobs bounced when going off that board.Hell that girl did have boobs and a half. I never did use the boards,was always a woos and to poop scared.
I remember the whole croud jumping simultaniously making "bombs" so that you felt the people would be empty soon.
The 'people' or the 'pool' will be empty Georg Jr ??? Have you been sniffing glue again :nono1:
Quote from: Patricia Lotte on February 12, 2008, 11:42:40 AM
The 'people' or the 'pool' will be empty Georg Jr ??? Have you been sniffing glue again :nono1:
bling1 :36_2_35: :emot19:
Fehlerteufel!!
Sorry!
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We would line up 5 in a row.... and all jump within seconds of each other, sometimes ontop of each othe, as the water shot up into the air you would be sitting in the air on the spout.... cookin
So I was just predecting Michael. Both people and water would "leave" the pool...
bling1
mmmh! actually when you look back on it...it was a miracle nobody broke their neck!
Yepp!
Remember playing "catching"?
Running around the pool not allowed to cut corners? passing the corner meant jumping in ands out of the water.... Or swim for your life. Loved that game. All ages joined.
Not catching, but TOUCH..... how many of you slipped on your arse running around that pool....?
ha!ha!ha!ha! you know we all did at one time or another..........bloody sore sting off it as well as your arse and thigh conected with wet concrete 'ouch!!!' Off to the cafe then in your swim gear for a hot pie or a bag of goodies; shivering as you waited impatiently to be served, hair dripping on the ground, teeth chattering and a nice bruise starting to appear...........
Haha. That's exactly what it was like Rhona.
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I agree that board doesnt look half as high as i thought it was..........`Mike what depth is the water in the deep end.......? cheers
The pool in the deep end was deeper in the old days.... the pool was refurbished in the late 70's/ early 80's and all the big tree's around were removed as their roots had damaged the pool, the width of the pool was decreased ever so slightly and those gutters around the inside edge of the pool removed in favour of the more dangerous metal handrail.... the deep end is meant to be 8 foot... in the old days..... there used to be 8 rungs on the ladder in the deep end... now there's only 5..... the divers still practice in this pool as it is still deep enough.....
I presume the board was no higher than 1,70m.
When you were younger the board was at least 7.7m high, like the old aunty;s in here , it shrank with age....
giverose
Of cource it's called touch. In German it's called fangen which means catching.
cheerup
I remember some boys, now men, I think..... used to "bomb dive" :emot172: and try to c who would do the biggest and highest splash, this was no other but Mike, Neil, Clint, Jaque and the oher Mike. So, who's was the biggest............(dive :36_2_35: bomb I mean) :36_2_35:
I know what you want to know Sharon..
tse tse tse!
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Georg... u ever jump of that board?
You bet I did. I was one of the guys jumping in the croud.
Okay, sh** scared to dive. Now it's out...
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think ive told you all before ...i learnt to dive before i could swim....so id dive off the board and my dad would be waiting on the steps to grab me and pull me out......oh i really really cant wait to have a go. grab
Im not shrinking.......well ive lost half an inch........but unlike u men loosing half inch to me is nothing :emot19:
Remember... only the small board is left....
The small board is big enough for me!!!
i was never fond of the high board.......so not too bothered about that.....infact not too bothered at all cause it means i wont have to have a go ...... cheers