Nobody we know. There is an lj com called atlanta_hp which I stumbled upon and joined a few months ago, and they have had monthly parties for the last five years. It's a really interesting mix, personality and fan-style-wise.
I agree that people are much better off learning to swim when young... A lot of my friends who've gotten into triathlon are freaked by the swimming leg of the race and never quite develop the comfort or skill to do anything other than just slog through the swim.
I'm glad for the happy post! Very cool that you have a promising new friend! :)
You really really made me want to swim now. I haven't been swimming for ages. Maybe I should ask Lee if he wants to go with me when he gets home. Or some other day, it might be a little too late today.
Couldn't you find a soccer team for adult who just wanna play to exercise and have some fun?
There's a free gym AND a free pool in walking distance!?!?! That's AWESOME!!! Everything is so expensive here. There's no such thing as free gyms and free pools anywhere.
It's awesome that you got yourself a new friend. Keep that up!
No, Ashwin can't swim. He took required lessons in college, but I'm not sure what they managed to teach him.
The gym and pool are probably technically not "free," but paid for with our rent. But they feel free.
In my experience, adults who just want to have fun and exercise pick sports other than soccer. I've been looking for low-level volleyball like I did for a year back home, but I think the problem with a big city is there are enough really good people that they drive the level of play in any group up, which then drives the less-good people out, whether intentionally or not.
We have root beer, it just doesn't seem to show up on the menu quite as often as around here. I don't usually like soda, but for root beer (and flat ginger ale) I make exception. Usually ordering beverages is an issue for me, but root beer fixes that.
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I'm glad for the happy post! Very cool that you have a promising new friend! :)
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You really really made me want to swim now. I haven't been swimming for ages. Maybe I should ask Lee if he wants to go with me when he gets home. Or some other day, it might be a little too late today.
Couldn't you find a soccer team for adult who just wanna play to exercise and have some fun?
There's a free gym AND a free pool in walking distance!?!?! That's AWESOME!!! Everything is so expensive here. There's no such thing as free gyms and free pools anywhere.
It's awesome that you got yourself a new friend. Keep that up!
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The gym and pool are probably technically not "free," but paid for with our rent. But they feel free.
In my experience, adults who just want to have fun and exercise pick sports other than soccer. I've been looking for low-level volleyball like I did for a year back home, but I think the problem with a big city is there are enough really good people that they drive the level of play in any group up, which then drives the less-good people out, whether intentionally or not.
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I'm confused about the root beer, though. Don't you have root beer in New England?
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