> I’d get a kiddie pool... <
Good idea! I actually thought of that. There’s another post here on Free Republic about how a mob of “youths” invaded a community pool in the US, and started fighting.
Why put up with that? As you said, get a kiddie pool. Put on some oldies music. I like 60s folk rock. Your taste might be different. Then enjoy the cool water without any distractions.
Then at night...my bro and I would catch worms and sell them for a penny a piece at the bait shop. We always picked 300 at a time.
Then we'd go to the soda shop and get a huge ice cream cone for 5 cents.
This was mid 50's...life was good.