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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;326550]Ouch! My GF keeps trying to teach me and I am like "I dont wanna learn" I am a lazy ass right now. I need to get out of this phase.

Isnt your daughter like 8?[/quote]

7, but close enough. She is on the Garrett Park Swim team.

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[quote=SmootSmack;326562]I'm with you man. I can't swim either. No one in my immediate family can, except my brother who learned when he was like 21. It's kind of embarassing because I'm half Puerto Rican. I love the water and I go to the beach all the time just can't swim.

I had some bad experiences. When I was 3 or 4 I nearly drowned. I was passed out, my cousin saw me and saved me basically. I didn't go into a pool for about 7 years. Then I was at a pool party and decided what the hell. But then I broke my ribs in a freak accident in the pool.

I've always preferred the ocean to a pool but I would love to get in either and go swimming but I just can't bring myself to lift that second leg[/quote]


Damn. Water dont like you. But Puerto Rican people are the best. ONe of my employees is puerto rican and sometimes he acts like he cant speak English to a customer. It is hilarious then they get mad and he tells the it is a joke.

I am the only kid in my immediate family that cant swim.

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[QUOTE=jsarno;326567]I can understand your apprehension, but you really need to learn too...especially since you actually do enter a large body of water. Although, I would not recommend learning in the ocean.[/QUOTE]

My girlfriend wants to teach me too so we can go boating and jet skiing and all that good stuff

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[QUOTE=angryssg;326566]No, I was ready to get off of the sofa. The only troublre that I had was finding competitive pay and benefits to go back to work.

The messed up thing is that when I got desperate and was willing to take just about anything for a paycheck no one would hire me. They would look at what I had been making previously and my job skills and often told me that I was over qualified. Among those who turned me down were Police depts. and Security jobs. I was like WTF! It all worked out for the best though.[/QUOTE]

I know the feeling...man do I ever know the feeling. I have had shit jobs because of the same thing...just settling for what came around cause I was "overqualified". People saw that I had a Masters in a place when it's rare to have a Bachelors, and they passed on me. It sucks. They assume I want a very high level of pay, when I don't.
This is just another reason why I want to move.

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[quote=angryssg;326568]7, but close enough. She is on the Garrett Park Swim team.[/quote]


Dont you think her teaching me to swim would be kinda embarassing.

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[quote=SmootSmack;326570]My girlfriend wants to teach me too so we can go boating and jet skiing and all that good stuff[/quote]


My GF better not come at me with that bull**** about jet skiing, and boating!! Damn SS remember she reads the site. Dont give her ideas. [IMG]http://www.thewarpath.net/images/icons/icon7.gif[/IMG]

Even though I wont do it even if she asked.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;326570]My girlfriend wants to teach me too so we can go boating and jet skiing and all that good stuff[/QUOTE]

I'm not just saying this cause I love to swim, but it's really easy. The fact that you love the water just makes it easier for you than say quake. Once you learn, you'll wonder why you were so afraid.
I have taught several people to swim, and they have all said the same thing..."this was much easier than I thought."

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[QUOTE=EARTHQUAKE2689;326573]My GF better not come at me with that bull**** about jet skiing, and boating!! Damn SS remember she reads the site. Dont give her ideas. [IMG]http://www.thewarpath.net/images/icons/icon7.gif[/IMG]

Even though I wont do it even if she asked.[/QUOTE]

Well, to each his own.
Like I said...make it worth your while.
"Honey I'll learn to swim if you (fill in the blank)"

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;326572]Dont you think her teaching me to swim would be kinda embarassing.[/quote]
Yes that is the point.
Seriously though, are you too good to learn something from a 7 year old? My kids teach me something new almost every day. Age gives you wisdom, not knowledge. There is a fine line between the two.

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[QUOTE=angryssg;326578]Yes that is the point.
Seriously though, are you too good to learn something from a 7 year old? My kids teach me something new almost every day. Age gives you wisdom, not knowledge. There is a fine line between the two.[/QUOTE]

oddly enough, that is very good advice from angry. (although, you need to be willing to seek wisdom)

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[quote=jsarno;326571]I know the feeling...man do I ever know the feeling. I have had shit jobs because of the same thing...just settling for what came around cause I was "overqualified". People saw that I had a Masters in a place when it's rare to have a Bachelors, and they passed on me. It sucks. They assume I want a very high level of pay, when I don't.
This is just another reason why I want to move.[/quote]

I understand that. That is exactly why I didnt stay in Augusta when I ETS'd. Augusta was the Lowest paying city in the State of Georgia in 2005. I would have been overqualified and underpaid had I stayed there.

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[quote=angryssg;326578]Yes that is the point.
Seriously though, are you too good to learn something from a 7 year old? My kids teach me something new almost every day. Age gives you wisdom, not knowledge. There is a fine line between the two.[/quote]


No I meant embarassing cause I am a 300 pund man and your daughter is not a 300 pound man. People would think I am stupid.

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[quote=angryssg;326578]Yes that is the point.
Seriously though, are you too good to learn something from a 7 year old? My kids teach me something new almost every day. [B][I]Age gives you wisdom, not knowledge. There is a fine line between the two.[/quote[/I][/B]]


I remember that line from The Cosby Show.

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[quote=jsarno;326575]Well, to each his own.
Like I said...make it worth your while.
"Honey I'll learn to swim if you (fill in the blank)"[/quote]


tried that and then she went off on some tangent about me needing to be healthier and how swimming is a great source of excercise and we need to spend more time together. I am like we live together and work together and are going to the same school together. What more do you want?

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;326584]No I meant embarassing cause I am a 300 pund man and your daughter is not a 300 pound man. People would think I am stupid.[/quote]


Ok, I will have my sister in law teach you, she is a swim coach and a 300 pound man, or at least I think so.