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Post by bama beau on Jul 31, 2020 6:36:17 GMT
My son's best friend's 30 month old boy drowned yesterday in a duck pond on his grandparents' farm.
His grandmother was reading to his older sister, and the boy got out the back door without her knowing.
He went to the pond to play with the ducks, became stuck in the mud, fell in face first, and couldn't get out.
When my father was twelve, his four year old brother died the very same way.
I am named after that little brother who drowned when my Dad was supposed
to be watching him. My father never got over that tragedy. He never swam again.
He would tremble uncontrollably anytime he stepped into more than a foot of water.
When we were kids on vacation, my little brother got out too far in a lake, in only five
or six feet of water, and my Dad could not make himself walk out far enough to save him.
I had to hold onto my brother until my mother swam back in and took him to safety. If you have
kids or grandkids, make sure they can swim ASAP. Also, keep them out of old ponds with muddy or
silty bottoms where their feet sink into the mud and they do not have the strength to pull themselves out.
While we are all greatly saddened, I am more grateful than ever
for the gift of my granddaughter. Cherish those whom you love.
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Post by Mercy for All on Jul 31, 2020 12:59:58 GMT
😕
My younger son almost drowned under the care of my father-in-law. We found out from my mother-in-law. It was never brought up with him because he was devastated about what might have been.
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Post by bama beau on Jul 31, 2020 15:51:29 GMT
😕 My younger son almost drowned under the care of my father-in-law. We found out from my mother-in-law. It was never brought up with him because he was devastated about what might have been. I'm relieved that you, your son and your father-in-law did not suffer that loss. Is your FIL is still alive? Does he know that you don't hold a grudge against him? |
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Post by Mercy for All on Jul 31, 2020 17:47:05 GMT
I'm relieved that you, your son and your father-in-law did not suffer that loss. Is your FIL is still alive? Does he know that you don't hold a grudge against him? He's still alive. He doesn't know that we know. And I didn't say that I don't hold a grudge against him.  But I don't... |
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Post by Odysseus on Jul 31, 2020 18:10:31 GMT
When I was a kid my mom made sure we all knew how to swim, at least enough not to drown. She had learned swimming a river in her home state. We learned swimming at the town beach. Later on I used to swim at a big salt water pool in the city. But it wasn't until I completed college that I taught myself effective swimming technique in my mid-20's.
I don't know anybody who drowned or had a kid who drowned. Sounds tragic, and unnecessary. I remember being told that infants have a natural instinct how to survive in water. And that some parents' practice was just to throw their kids into the water and let them figure it out for themselves. But there is no substitute for proper training/technique. Coordinating breathing and effective swimming arm strokes and leg paddles isn't exactly intuitive.
IMHO all schools should have a mandatory swimming training class for kids. Probably most don't because of liability concerns. But I think it could save lives.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2020 20:34:41 GMT
I was on the swimming team in college. I've spent so much time in the pool that I got sick of the smell of chlorine. I now can't stand swimming pools, consequently, I only swim in the sea, rivers, and lakes which isn't so bad. We have very nice lakes around.
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Post by bama beau on Jul 31, 2020 22:22:13 GMT
I was on the swimming team in college. I've spent so much time in the pool that I got sick of the smell of chlorine. I now can't stand swimming pools, consequently, I only swim in the sea, rivers, and lakes which isn't so bad. We have very nice lakes around. I am a native of the Finger Lakes region of NYS. Have you ever seen them? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2020 10:31:52 GMT
I was on the swimming team in college. I've spent so much time in the pool that I got sick of the smell of chlorine. I now can't stand swimming pools, consequently, I only swim in the sea, rivers, and lakes which isn't so bad. We have very nice lakes around. I am a native of the Finger Lakes region of NYS. Have you ever seen them? Never. |
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 3, 2020 1:46:21 GMT
I was on the swimming team in college. I've spent so much time in the pool that I got sick of the smell of chlorine. I now can't stand swimming pools, consequently, I only swim in the sea, rivers, and lakes which isn't so bad. We have very nice lakes around. I am a native of the Finger Lakes region of NYS. Have you ever seen them?
I've been given the finger many times, sometimes even at a lake, but never in NYS.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2020 6:06:08 GMT
I am a native of the Finger Lakes region of NYS. Have you ever seen them?
I've been given the finger many times, sometimes even at a lake, but never in NYS.
How about finger sandwiches? |
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 3, 2020 23:37:57 GMT
I've been given the finger many times, sometimes even at a lake, but never in NYS.
How about finger sandwiches?
Too bony.
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Post by bama beau on Aug 4, 2020 4:24:54 GMT
How about finger sandwiches?
Too bony.
Depends on whom you are talking to: Dolly Madison, Jeffrey Dahmer or Hannibal Lecter. You're twisted enough to have talked to any of them, and certainly old enough. Tell Dolly I said Hello! |
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 4, 2020 4:30:46 GMT
Depends on whom you are talking to: Dolly Madison, Jeffrey Dahmer or Hannibal Lecter. You're twisted enough to have talked to any of them, and certainly old enough. Tell Dolly I said Hello!
Dolly Madison is above my pay grade.
But I used to enjoy her cookies and cakes.
Jeffrey and Lecter? You mean Eric and Don Jr.?
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Post by bama beau on Aug 4, 2020 4:43:24 GMT
Depends on whom you are talking to: Dolly Madison, Jeffrey Dahmer or Hannibal Lecter. You're twisted enough to have talked to any of them, and certainly old enough. Tell Dolly I said Hello!
Dolly Madison is above my pay grade.
But I used to enjoy her cookies and cakes.
Jeffrey and Lecter? You mean Eric and Don Jr.?
Ya, brudda. |
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Post by Admin on Aug 8, 2020 17:48:36 GMT
Someone needs an enema ..
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Post by Odysseus on Aug 13, 2020 10:31:39 GMT
Someone needs an enema ..
Nobody wants to know about your lower intestinal tract.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 14:46:21 GMT
Someone needs an enema ..
Nobody wants to know about your lower intestinal tract.
Yeah, you'e right, the less people know about you, the better off they are. |
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