What are you affraid of, I mean really affraid?
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Willy Nilly said:
toerag said:
Thankyou4calling said:
This must surely rank up their on many mens ultimate fears, with Easter coming up, already I'm getting into a cold sweat
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I was dragged to Southampton Ikea last week by the Mrs, I will never, never, ever, be going there again....ever..
k came up with that idea?)), following the little arrows that 50% of people never know exist so it's like the tube in the fking rush hour...with 3 kids in tow who really don't want to be there and are starting to let you know that in their perfect little ways, not buying anything because by that time you just *have* to leave, then realizing when you finally get out you have no change for the damn parking meter but if you spend £10 in store parking is free...however the only things for a tenner that are remotely useful are on the second floor so off you trot. Then after finally making it back to the car (when you have found it, if you find it) the wife turns and says 'I did like that duvet set I think i'll just pop back and get it'...at which point you have a break down and sit rocking in a random concrete corner wishing fairies were real. *breath*My crèche will be the pub as far from f
king Ikea as possible.Ayahuasca said:
Until you realise that is is over 200 metres deep, and about 30 metres down it widens to three times the surface diameter, meaning that you can easily be trapped by the ceiling.
I've free dived (no training) to 12 metres; my ears did something they shouldn't, I felt nauseous and shook like a leaf for hours. I'll stick to near the surface!bexVN said:
My fear of him drowning is why he goes swimming twice a week!! At least give him a chance!
Most people who drown are strong swimmers. I used to swim competitively and I came within seconds of drowning on my 27th birthday.....because I was a strong swimmer and got into a stupid situation. My wife, who can swim but not brilliantly, was sensibly sat on the beach because the sea looked too rough!!!People do not drown because they fall in or the boat sinks, they drown because of (like me) stupid overconfidence.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
bexVN said:
My fear of him drowning is why he goes swimming twice a week!! At least give him a chance!
Most people who drown are strong swimmers. I used to swim competitively and I came within seconds of drowning on my 27th birthday.....because I was a strong swimmer and got into a stupid situation. My wife, who can swim but not brilliantly, was sensibly sat on the beach because the sea looked too rough!!!People do not drown because they fall in or the boat sinks, they drown because of (like me) stupid overconfidence.
bexVN said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
bexVN said:
My fear of him drowning is why he goes swimming twice a week!! At least give him a chance!
Most people who drown are strong swimmers. I used to swim competitively and I came within seconds of drowning on my 27th birthday.....because I was a strong swimmer and got into a stupid situation. My wife, who can swim but not brilliantly, was sensibly sat on the beach because the sea looked too rough!!!People do not drown because they fall in or the boat sinks, they drown because of (like me) stupid overconfidence.
Despite my post, I taught my sons to swim and they are both superb swimmers now. The older I get, the quicker I was, and they are both faster and better than me now. They have been for a few years.
Swimming is just brilliant fun, and that over rides everything else. I swim every day. I could give up most things I take pleasure in, but never swimming.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
bexVN said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
bexVN said:
My fear of him drowning is why he goes swimming twice a week!! At least give him a chance!
Most people who drown are strong swimmers. I used to swim competitively and I came within seconds of drowning on my 27th birthday.....because I was a strong swimmer and got into a stupid situation. My wife, who can swim but not brilliantly, was sensibly sat on the beach because the sea looked too rough!!!People do not drown because they fall in or the boat sinks, they drown because of (like me) stupid overconfidence.
Despite my post, I taught my sons to swim and they are both superb swimmers now. The older I get, the quicker I was, and they are both faster and better than me now. They have been for a few years.
Swimming is just brilliant fun, and that over rides everything else. I swim every day. I could give up most things I take pleasure in, but never swimming.
My mother took me to the swimming pool the next day and every week after that until I was a strong swimmer. I have done the same with my kids.
AstonZagato said:
When I was about six, we were in Marlow. We went past a marina. A man was desperately diving off a boat. His daughter had fallen in. We ran to call the emergency services. Eventually, they dragged the marina basin. The girl was dead. I saw her being pulled out. Heard the wails of her parents.
My mother took me to the swimming pool the next day and every week after that until I was a strong swimmer. I have done the same with my kids.
Quite right, I do.My mother took me to the swimming pool the next day and every week after that until I was a strong swimmer. I have done the same with my kids.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Most people who drown are strong swimmers. I used to swim competitively and I came within seconds of drowning on my 27th birthday.....because I was a strong swimmer and got into a stupid situation. My wife, who can swim but not brilliantly, was sensibly sat on the beach because the sea looked too rough!!!
People do not drown because they fall in or the boat sinks, they drown because of (like me) stupid overconfidence.
Almost came a cropper swimming once too - was snorkelling a reef that came to within a few inches of the surface at most points except for a deeper channel, swam out through the channel and snorkelled happily, tried to get back and nope, was heading backwards out to sea at a rate of knots as the waves surged over the reef and the water rushed seawards out through my channel, current ripped my mask and one flipper off, ended up having to pull myself hand over hand over the reef getting cut to buggery. Frightening how quickly you exhaust yourself when panic sets in and you try and fight a current. People do not drown because they fall in or the boat sinks, they drown because of (like me) stupid overconfidence.
Vladimir said:
I've free dived (no training) to 12 metres; my ears did something they shouldn't, I felt nauseous and shook like a leaf for hours. I'll stick to near the surface!
umm, that was not very wise for a first go, not sure on the depth you need to go, but you get nitrogen bubbles in your blood (the bends) if you go too deep, especially without training, and you quite easy die from it.Death I can handle, we're all worm food one way or the other, it's that last click on the rebound damping that keeps me awake at nights.
I can get 5k miles from a front tyre, 2.5-3k from a rear but that 'click' varies depending on tyre wear, do I try to get smart by adding/removing that click to match tyre wear or do I just say fk it and hope it corners ok?
I can get 5k miles from a front tyre, 2.5-3k from a rear but that 'click' varies depending on tyre wear, do I try to get smart by adding/removing that click to match tyre wear or do I just say f
k it and hope it corners ok?Tango13 said:
Death I can handle, we're all worm food one way or the other, it's that last click on the rebound damping that keeps me awake at nights.
I can get 5k miles from a front tyre, 2.5-3k from a rear but that 'click' varies depending on tyre wear, do I try to get smart by adding/removing that click to match tyre wear or do I just say fk it and hope it corners ok?
Do you buy supersoft tyres, or drive hard everywhere? I don't even know what the "clicks" are you're talking about I can get 5k miles from a front tyre, 2.5-3k from a rear but that 'click' varies depending on tyre wear, do I try to get smart by adding/removing that click to match tyre wear or do I just say f
k it and hope it corners ok?
4G63T said:
umm, that was not very wise for a first go, not sure on the depth you need to go, but you get nitrogen bubbles in your blood (the bends) if you go too deep, especially without training, and you quite easy die from it.
I sort of equalised a bit but that was it. A pair of goggles caught my eye on the seabed; I went for them. At around 8 metres it felt like a drinks can had been opened in my ears. My sinuses hurt like crazy. Got the goggles, rushed back up; felt most odd for ages. It was bloody stupid. Oops.The worst thing for me has to be spiders. I don't care about snakes or other creepy crawlies but spiders really st me up.
My worst moment with them was when working in a factory as a teenager. A load of pallets with stuff from somewhere eastern came in and I had to open the plastic. In the first one there were a load of evil-looking orange and black spiders and I was almost gibbering.
I also know what you mean about man-made objects in water, which is strange since I've messed around with boats all my life. I remember when I was about 10 and a group of friends wanted to have a swimming race to touch a buoy and then back to the boat. I couldn't bring myself to come near the buoy at all. The notion of a rusty chain stretching down into the murky depths terrified me.
t me up.My worst moment with them was when working in a factory as a teenager. A load of pallets with stuff from somewhere eastern came in and I had to open the plastic. In the first one there were a load of evil-looking orange and black spiders and I was almost gibbering.
I also know what you mean about man-made objects in water, which is strange since I've messed around with boats all my life. I remember when I was about 10 and a group of friends wanted to have a swimming race to touch a buoy and then back to the boat. I couldn't bring myself to come near the buoy at all. The notion of a rusty chain stretching down into the murky depths terrified me.
Bradgate said:
Moths.
I absolutely hate them, the way they fly around your head ....shudder....
I can't sleep if there is one in the room. It has to go. Hence me chasing a moth around the bedroom at 1am in my underwear, armed with a newspaper. If I can't swat it I use the vacuum cleaner to suck it in.
I really, really don't like moths.
Winged emissaries of Satan. I absolutely hate them, the way they fly around your head ....shudder....
I can't sleep if there is one in the room. It has to go. Hence me chasing a moth around the bedroom at 1am in my underwear, armed with a newspaper. If I can't swat it I use the vacuum cleaner to suck it in.
I really, really don't like moths.
I don't like butterflies either - especially the ones which dive bomb you.
Vladimir said:
I've free dived (no training) to 12 metres; my ears did something they shouldn't, I felt nauseous and shook like a leaf for hours. I'll stick to near the surface! I sort of equalised a bit but that was it. A pair of goggles caught my eye on the seabed; I went for them. At around 8 metres it felt like a drinks can had been opened in my ears. My sinuses hurt like crazy. Got the goggles, rushed back up; felt most odd for ages. It was bloody stupid. Oops.
4G63T said:
umm, that was not very wise for a first go, not sure on the depth you need to go, but you get nitrogen bubbles in your blood (the bends) if you go too deep, especially without training, and you quite easy die from it.
It would be nearly impossible to get the bends as a free diver and the very rare occasions reported relate to professional free divers (pearl divers, lobster fishermen etc.) carrying out repeated and extended free dives. On one free dive to 12 m decompression is not an issue. Even with SCUBA you would have 108 minutes at 12m depth before additional decompression stops were required beyond a safety stop at 5m. The Bends is not simply a function of depth but rather of time at depth when breathing from an air tank.The sensation in your ears is the air space inside being compressed as pressure around you increases. Generally I equalise from about 1m and then repeatedly as depth changes. By 8m, without equalising, it is quite conceivable that you damaged your ear. It is possible (was there any blood?) that you ruptured your ear drum, the entry of cold water into the ear often results in nausea.
No blood but I've surfed all my life so have far more cartilage across my ears than most (it will get painful soon) which may have help.
On the plus side, swimming that deep in crystal clear water was amazing and my son still used the goggles!
Re spiders; after a few incidents camping in Oz, I woke several times with night terrors. I think it went slightly mad! NZ was a relief when we got there!
On the plus side, swimming that deep in crystal clear water was amazing and my son still used the goggles!
Re spiders; after a few incidents camping in Oz, I woke several times with night terrors. I think it went slightly mad! NZ was a relief when we got there!
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