Swimming Day OPS

[Rhona]

ha!ha!ha!ha! you know we all did at one time or another..........bloody sore sting off it as well as your 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...........

[georg ruf jr.]

Haha. That's exactly what it was like Rhona.

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[Bev Coates (Now Walker)]

I agree that board doesnt look half as high as i thought it was..........`Mike what depth is the water in the deep end.......?

[Michael Alexander]

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.....

[georg ruf jr.]

I presume the board was no higher than 1,70m.

[Michael Alexander]

When you were younger the board was at least 7.7m high, like the old aunty;s in here , it shrank with age....

[georg ruf jr.]

Of cource it's called touch. In German it's called fangen which means catching.

[Sharon]

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:

[georg ruf jr.]

I know what you want to know Sharon..
tse tse tse!

[Michael Alexander]

Georg... u ever jump of that board?

[georg ruf jr.]

You bet I did. I was one of the guys jumping in the croud.
Okay, sh** scared to dive. Now it's out...

[Bev Coates (Now Walker)]

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:

[Michael Alexander]

Remember... only the small board is left....

[Rhona]

The small board is big enough for me!!!

[Bev Coates (Now Walker)]

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 ......