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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pedophiles are a problem, people.
Please keep that in mind.[/quote]

You know what's not a big problem? Getting in the car and going home and showering there. Oh, big whoop, your hair will smell like chlorine for 15 minutes. Better than pedophiles AND making an entire locker room super uncomfortable.[/quote]

Most of the time that is fine but in the middle of the winter when its freezing out, you need to at least change.[/quote]

You don't, actually. That's what parkas are for.

-Captain of the high school swim team who was in winter swimming for 12 years. In Indiana. [/quote]

+2. Winter swimming for years in PA. My hair actually did freeze one time when I didn't wear a hat, but it thawed once I jumped in the car![/quote]

And these are part of wonderful swimming memories, and living in a time when parents didn't micromanage and sweat every single little thing. [/quote]

You mean uninvolved parents... we still have those now.

And, you are no longer the team captain.[/quote]

PA PP here. I don't think it's a question of involved or uninvolved. Just different expectations. I don't know if people didn't worry about appearance as much or what, but it was not a big deal to drive 10 minutes home in a wet suit and shower and change there. In summer we'd sit on a towel so we didn't get the car seat wet. In winter we'd throw on sweat pants and a jacket over the suit and change at home -- again, only a 10-15 minute drive. Not a big deal. I never caught cold or any of the other dire predictions. And I sure as heck wasn't about to shower in the open showers my school gym had. Not to mention that by the time swim practice ended at 5:45 I was starving and still had to get picked up by mom. No snacks in the car! The fastest way to eat was to go home in the suit and change quickly while mom cooked dinner.[/quote]

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