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My dad never really knew how to swim. As kids we'd be in the water fooling around as we all knew how, but his stroke doing the crawl was very mechanical looking. Guess it was the mechanical engineer in him coming out.
My uncle told me about Dad being in the Navy during WWII and how he'd had to jump overboard from the LST he was on during D-Day when it got stranded on the beach. Can't imagine what was going through his head, other than this is how to stay alive. All this while only being 19 years old. I miss Dad, especially now that I'm a granddad.
I told my daughter I'd like to teach her girls how to swim, but so far it's been too hot out in the desert for them so they're here with us in the OC. She got some kick boards to use in the pool and the oldest is feeling more confident with it and her ability to float and stay above water in the shallow end. Maybe next weekend when we go back out I'll get some more pool time in with them.
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Scott
'78 SC mit Sportomatic - Sold
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