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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Sinking and Rescue of the USS SQUALUS (SS-192) - Sept. 12th, 2003
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Posted on 09/12/2003 4:05:48 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: PhilDragoo; SAMWolf
Thank you Phil and SAM for the added content and pictures on the Squalus thread yesterday. You guys are good!
About learning to swim...
When I was very young I lived for a time in a motel with my mother in Vegas. The motel had a pool. The rule was that I wasn't allowed to test the water for temperature with my foot (for fear I would think it too cold and chicken out).
If I wanted to go in I had to go off the deep end short diving board, sink or swim. LOL. I learned to swim early in that heat.
To: snippy_about_it
That's the best way to go into the water. At Lake Michigan when I was a kid we just took a mad dash into the water and then flopped down.
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09/13/2003 11:32:59 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
(The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: snippy_about_it
I 'learned' to swimm via swim mask and snorkel.
Give me those items, and I'm a fish.
Swimming circles around everyone else like a barracuda.
(Once I could hold my breath for rouighly 3 minutes. Can't do that anymore. 1:32 is the longest now...)
Without a swim mask and snorkel, I'm a land lubber.
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posted on
09/13/2003 4:56:24 PM PDT
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Darksheare
(One bad night of waking up somewhere new to me, and I'm forever labeled.)
To: Darksheare
Yikes, three minutes.
I've never snorkeled, but I can swim. ;)
To: snippy_about_it
Snorkeling is fun.
I can't do the three minute deal anymore.
Seems I was only able to do that when I was 13.
I loved snorkeling, and could dive to investigate stuff.
Unless soe young woman jumped into the water directly where I was hovering in the water. (Semi-long embarrassing story.)
Been looking for a good snorkel and mask set for future reference.
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09/13/2003 5:52:34 PM PDT
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Darksheare
(One bad night of waking up somewhere new to me, and I'm forever labeled.)
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