tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post7573756056448793380..comments2024-01-11T14:35:44.396+00:00Comments on Sparky Malarkey: Cool like a fool in a swimming poolTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214166935447694402noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-77728473073685144162008-08-23T12:43:00.000+01:002008-08-23T12:43:00.000+01:00Hang on! Doesn't my latest pic also give away the ...Hang on! Doesn't my latest pic also give away the fact that I like Star Trek?! I'm dressed like Captain Kirk clasped in Apollo's big green hand!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214166935447694402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-24937610352102704062008-08-23T12:42:00.000+01:002008-08-23T12:42:00.000+01:00Aaaah, the blessed days of Little Clint Howard…Aaaah, the blessed days of Little Clint Howard…Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214166935447694402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-36570578717072010482008-08-23T07:15:00.000+01:002008-08-23T07:15:00.000+01:00Sorry, Cyberpete, I keep forgetting you weren't he...Sorry, Cyberpete, I keep forgetting you weren't here when Tim looked like Little Clint Howard. I think that sort of gave him away.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01656786749947858948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-61186274068040987172008-08-22T21:14:00.000+01:002008-08-22T21:14:00.000+01:00Inexplicable Device - Um, aren't you the only pers...Inexplicable Device - Um, aren't you the only person left on the planet that needs to develop photographs? Oh yes I know you *say* you've got a digital camera, but we all know what you really mean…<BR/><BR/>Sadly for you there are no Gratton's catalogue pictures.<BR/><BR/>And I'm only thrashing because I had a flashback to a nightmare that was just like the movie Jaws but instead of a shark there was a hideous witch…<BR/><BR/>K_sra - Welcome! And don't mind IDV, he's always saying those sort of things - we just look at him and roll our eyes.<BR/><BR/>It's surprising how many people have told me over the last couple of days that they learnt to swim because they were thrown into a pool. That's just a little bit scary…<BR/><BR/>Dinah - It did make me laugh! But seriously - IDV's gay!? Am I his unobtainable straight fantasy?<BR/><BR/>Todd - Hello! I really enjoyed it!! I'd love my own pool … any chance of a free sample?<BR/><BR/>Cyberpete - I'm sorry you were startled by me beaming out of the metaphorical Star Trek closet.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214166935447694402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-86300073526494258992008-08-22T20:23:00.000+01:002008-08-22T20:23:00.000+01:00Oi Dinah!How was I suppose to know Tim was a trekk...Oi Dinah!<BR/><BR/>How was I suppose to know Tim was a trekkie?<BR/><BR/>IDV being gay came as a shock to us allCyberPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162744785244322710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-20652953535034857262008-08-22T18:54:00.000+01:002008-08-22T18:54:00.000+01:00We love swimming! Great exercise and a great way t...We love swimming! Great exercise and a great way to cool off. Before getting into the swimming pool business, I would play nice with the people whose parents had a pool. Now as an adult, I have my own pool i can party in! Check out <A HREF="http://www.poseidonswimmingpools.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Swimming Pool Contractor">Swimming Pool Contractor</A> for more information about swimming pools in general. We have some great articles there.Nick DAllevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13422062145154774336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-691612869216675852008-08-22T18:42:00.000+01:002008-08-22T18:42:00.000+01:00Hee. I think "I think "inexplicable device" just h...Hee. I think "I think "inexplicable device" just hit on you, Tim!" is the new "You're a trekkie?!" which was the new "IDV's gay?!"Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01656786749947858948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-8423755570509011622008-08-22T16:03:00.000+01:002008-08-22T16:03:00.000+01:00I think "inexplicable device" just hit on you, Tim...I think "inexplicable device" just hit on you, Tim! <BR/><BR/>Hi, I'm a friend of Tara's and I stumbled across this way because of her blog.<BR/><BR/>My father wasa swim instructor and I think he "taught" us to swim with the old pitch-them-in-the-pool method. Tried and true.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't swim in the Thames, either. But that's mostly because it's too cold nine months of the year. And it's a thousand miles away...<BR/><BR/>As everyone already said, bravo for trying. you're never to old to be a dog that learned a new trick... or something.k_srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16231604482775907867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-72476450741290477982008-08-22T13:29:00.000+01:002008-08-22T13:29:00.000+01:00An intriguing post, Mr Leng, but there appears to ...An intriguing post, Mr Leng, but there appears to be something missing. Didn't Jo bring her waterproof camera? Or are the photos not developed yet, hence the lack of Tim-in-Trunks?<BR/><BR/><BR/>P.S. I for one think that you're a VERY pretty swimmer, even if you do thrash around somewhat.Inexplicable DeVicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-8210624649626723352008-08-22T09:17:00.000+01:002008-08-22T09:17:00.000+01:00Cyberpete - Good god, I would *never* swim in the ...Cyberpete - Good god, I would *never* swim in the Thames, although a lot of people claim it's very clean these days and the fish have come back.<BR/><BR/>Tara - Oh blimey, I don't think I'll be joining a swimming club - running club and fight club are enough for me!<BR/><BR/>Eroswings - Yeah, I definitely feel it (in a good way) today! And I agree with you on the chlorine - I hate the smell of it, but at least you know the water is reasonably clean!<BR/><BR/>Dinah - Is the cottage on the lake the same one that was in the photo you posted where you were diving in but had the sort of look on your face that made it look like you were leaping off the edge of the grand canyon or something?<BR/><BR/>I love the idea of having a lake to swim in (without the garbage, though).Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214166935447694402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-15709878049083657632008-08-22T06:06:00.000+01:002008-08-22T06:06:00.000+01:00I looooove swimming. I haven't been in over a year...I looooove swimming. I haven't been in over a year. When I was little we went to the town beach, until it was closed due to dumped garbage from the marina, and we also went to a community indoor pool. My mom has a cottage on a lake and when we were there for the summer we just about lived in the water. I miss it now.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01656786749947858948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-29508645940670084302008-08-22T03:58:00.000+01:002008-08-22T03:58:00.000+01:00Glad to see you getting your feet wet. Swimming i...Glad to see you getting your feet wet. Swimming is fun, be it open water or pool. It's a fun workout, and you don't feel it at first, but afterwards, your exhausted.<BR/><BR/>I hate mofos who do PDAs at the pool. If I can taste the chlorine, that means the germs are dead...and god knows what kind of filthy bastards swim in the pool.eroswingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678990077292314028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-91535263216643707862008-08-22T00:45:00.000+01:002008-08-22T00:45:00.000+01:00Hey, that's awesome of you for starting up swimmin...Hey, that's awesome of you for starting up swimming again! I was kicked out of my first swimming class when I was a little kid, because I was so fearful of the water that all I did was thrash around and scream. They told me mom to not bring me back until I've overcome my fear of water...Um...okay, that makes sense in opposite world.<BR/><BR/>I finally took lessons when I was 19, and the only thing I couldn't pass was the part where we had to go down the ten foot pole under the water. No thanks.<BR/><BR/>Now you'll have to look for a swimming club to join! :)Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103812856035857566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-64913394160782706312008-08-22T00:18:00.000+01:002008-08-22T00:18:00.000+01:00Hehehe, I grew up next to the second cleanest lake...Hehehe, I grew up next to the second cleanest lake in Denmark. It was quite lovely, used to also walk and well not jog but something in between around it (4 km) from time to time.<BR/><BR/>I'd rather put pins in my eyes than swim in the Thames.CyberPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162744785244322710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-25892263563518242972008-08-21T23:41:00.000+01:002008-08-21T23:41:00.000+01:00I don't think I did - there were no picturesque la...I don't think I did - there were no picturesque lakes near my house, just a skanky shallow river full of rusty shopping trollies. I'd probably have needed a tetanus jab if I banged into one of them…Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214166935447694402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-64791071131767287202008-08-21T23:39:00.000+01:002008-08-21T23:39:00.000+01:00In school our swim teacher (she was such a bitch) ...In school our swim teacher (she was such a bitch) taught us how to do it. That's how I learned.<BR/><BR/>Then a friend and I used to spend all summer, every summer by the lake not very far from where I grew up swimming and diving in. We had so much fun. More often than not my parents didn't know we were there because they would have never allowed it. Which made it better.<BR/><BR/>Once we swam across the lake and back. Which was pretty damn far. When we got back the lifeguard tore os a new one. I guess that wasn't allowed. You missed a lot.CyberPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162744785244322710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-63902995137447651732008-08-21T23:34:00.000+01:002008-08-21T23:34:00.000+01:00Stupid blogger! On the other hand - my broadband's...Stupid blogger! On the other hand - my broadband's behaving itself for the moment!<BR/><BR/>I don't do diving in, mostly because there's a sign up in the pool saying 'no diving,' but also because I can't and I'd probably do myself an injury.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214166935447694402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24004556.post-27653884225938297092008-08-21T23:27:00.000+01:002008-08-21T23:27:00.000+01:00Ok Blogger just ate my comment. I'll try again.I h...Ok Blogger just ate my comment. I'll try again.<BR/><BR/>I haven't gone swimming in about ten years or so. In school I secretly loved it, but I hated the changing rooms because of the smell and because I had to bare all in front of 30+ people (there were no cubicles). I still am quite shy about that.<BR/><BR/>However I was pretty good at it and I even learned to jump head first in the pool from the edge. Good times.CyberPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162744785244322710noreply@blogger.com