tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post546874009350562810..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: Teach Your Children WellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-33182836041965254742008-09-27T05:46:00.000+10:002008-09-27T05:46:00.000+10:00Miles that's a classic, I've never seen it! (then ...Miles that's a classic, I've never seen it! (then he looks awfully young and chiselled - well his beard's nicely trimmed!)<BR/><BR/>Ropi, not a bad place but no Roman Ruins I'm afraid! More your natural wonders!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-2516934064133136732008-09-27T01:07:00.000+10:002008-09-27T01:07:00.000+10:00Well 2 of my friends have relatives in Australia. ...Well 2 of my friends have relatives in Australia. I am sure it has much more worth to go there than a few centuries ago when it was the Brits "prison island". Maybe one day I will get there somehow.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-25587504632534970252008-09-26T20:15:00.000+10:002008-09-26T20:15:00.000+10:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBObT_P-toI advise...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBObT_P-to<BR/><BR/>I advise anyone concerned about water safety to listen to Rolf and how much kids lerve wadder...warning, contains chest hair...Miles McClaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335102965842725449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-91828677977644054352008-09-26T19:52:00.000+10:002008-09-26T19:52:00.000+10:00It is Megan which is why it's hard to find out exa...It is Megan which is why it's hard to find out exactly what happened. A combination of poor supervision and a little girl who perhaps bit off more than she could chew to be with her friends. I still hate rips. I'm definitely a paddler rather than a swimmer in the surf! (Then I'm always a bit suspicious that Greenpeace might turn up and try to rehabilitate me to deeper water if you know what I mean!)Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-21759252676889842562008-09-26T19:34:00.000+10:002008-09-26T19:34:00.000+10:00One of the first things my mother taught me (once ...One of the first things my mother taught me (once I finally learned to swim) was how to properly avoid and-or navigate rips & undertows...<BR/><BR/>Just hearing about the number of persons in and around that pool makes it easy for me to believe that someone could get 'lost' in the shuffle.<BR/><BR/>That's a helluva lot of people.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-53093739737639944372008-09-26T08:24:00.000+10:002008-09-26T08:24:00.000+10:00Nick that's true but I guess summer holidays for m...Nick that's true but I guess summer holidays for many still involve going on the continent with resort pools etc. Stunning isn't it? Gasbagging and not paying attention!<BR/><BR/>Miley, ha most Aussie kids don't even know who Rolf Harris is! You must have seen it in the old dart! I once swam at Wineglass bay in Freycenet national park . . .bloody freezing!<BR/><BR/>Ces, it is indeed. Ours start out pretty young but I don't think they really 'click' until about five or six years of age. Even in my own pool, I've never left children under 10 in there without adult supervision with or without floatation devices. Well done on the pee training! Ah but how do you KNOW? And what is it about getting older that you can float with your head perpendicular to the water (more ballast perhaps)<BR/><BR/>Good move thrifty (training the kids not flashing). Swimming in river's here is for the tough, you never know what lurks beneath. Actually, I'm not a strong swimmer any more and the surf scares me a bit . . .more of a dip to get wet/cool kinda person.<BR/><BR/>Quickie it's gotta be HOT for me to take a dip but our pool is unusually warm, it's in full sun most of the day and the pebblecrete gives more surface area to heat so pretty damn nice around Christmas! We used to swim in Wales during our summer hollies whilst my mum put up a wind break and made tea on a Gaz stove! Unthinkable!<BR/><BR/>Bimbimbie you're not alone. I don't care either way but the surf is a bit buffety. I like to feel the bottom. Um in the nicest possible way.<BR/><BR/>Very sad given the supposed level of supervision Miladysa . .I was born near Stockport, in Romily. Lived there until we moved when I was 11.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-56514435266780687652008-09-26T08:23:00.000+10:002008-09-26T08:23:00.000+10:00agreed, going near water, no matter what its depth...agreed, going near water, no matter what its depth, precludes knowing how to swim<BR/><BR/>but then, infants have been known to drown in less than one inch of water... face down :(<BR/><BR/>i was not all that strong of a swimmer, but kept at it til i managed one half mile, even if at my own pacelaughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-72402946829417350222008-09-26T08:04:00.000+10:002008-09-26T08:04:00.000+10:00What a sad tale! That poor little girl! :[[BTW, St...What a sad tale! That poor little girl! :[<BR/><BR/><BR/>[BTW, Stockport's about half an hour away]Miladysahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065128196666157541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-89408548548652083312008-09-26T07:38:00.000+10:002008-09-26T07:38:00.000+10:00I hated learning to swim at the local municipal sw...I hated learning to swim at the local municipal swimming baths, hated getting my face wet, wouldn't let myself even try a sit dive for fear of sinking all the way to the bottom. I can swim in a pool but no way the sea. I think it's great the likes of Laurie Lawrence teaching mums with tots the stay alive program.Bimbimbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427788003822538655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-61990567298102311572008-09-26T05:53:00.000+10:002008-09-26T05:53:00.000+10:00Very sad. I learned at the local school pool. We u...Very sad. I learned at the local school pool. We used to brave the freezing Atlantic on summer hols - Not like the warm Aussie waters at allPaddy in BA (Quickroute)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12748161252400814925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-32507892348713731152008-09-25T22:22:00.000+10:002008-09-25T22:22:00.000+10:00Ours have been in pools from 5 months. The eldest ...Ours have been in pools from 5 months. The eldest has had lessons once a week for a couple of years and is now getting to the point where she is fairly competant and enjoys the water. It's a group lesson, so they tend to progress in occasional spurts of improvement. <BR/>I remember as a kid in a somewhat amateurish summer camp we used to head down to a bend in the river Suir to swim. Imagine that now, 40 kids being allowed by their parents to pile into a fair sized river supervised by 4 adults? Plenty of kids pretended to be in difficulty for a laugh, and one day I saw a girl who seemed to be doing the same. Actually she was out of her depth and quite scared so I grabbed her hand and swam backwards pulling her back to the shallows. Never told anyone that before, almost forgot about it. <BR/><BR/>In less noble behaviour we got changed to swim in an open field beside the river, I used to run around flashing the girls on this occasions, not a terribly impressive sight.Thriftcriminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067935732217300979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-56045386389955707402008-09-25T22:05:00.000+10:002008-09-25T22:05:00.000+10:00It is very sad to hear and read about children dro...It is very sad to hear and read about children drowning especially in the company of adults. I can see why too, they don't watch their children and I saw a baby kissing the water for more than two minutes while the father was busy chatting. The children rescued the baby. When my children were babies, I put them on the pool with their swimming diapers. I also taught them not to urinate in the pool (unlike nasty parents and children). We sent the older one to swimming lessons. Later they had diving lessons. When they learned to swim and float I released them to their father who taught them the different strokes since I only know freestyle and butterfly and these days with my fat ass, I just float. Now my kids are better swimmers than me. Even though I grew up in an archipelago surrounded by the sea and ocean, there were frequent drownings due to rip currents, drop offs and "holes". I alsmost drowned in the island of Antique during my rural heath nursing internship.Ces Adoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338000465619901229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-13882970741235859952008-09-25T21:23:00.000+10:002008-09-25T21:23:00.000+10:00I was incredibly lucky to see the Rolf Harris "Kid...I was incredibly lucky to see the Rolf Harris "Kids lerve wadder" video at an early age, and learned to swim...not dive, and to be honest, not swim well, but swim nonetheless...Miles McClaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335102965842725449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-74488420707184068292008-09-25T21:10:00.000+10:002008-09-25T21:10:00.000+10:00Not so much of a survival skill here but certainly...Not so much of a survival skill here but certainly a useful one. I learnt very early on at prep school and swam every day in their outdoor (often freezing) pool. How that girl could have drowned with so many other people around is astonishing. What the f*** were they all doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com