Pick My Postcode’s Stackpot Draws

Quite a few Derby DE the last few days too. Not many claimed though

Such is random. 😊

I learned to swim with lessons at Littlehampton Swimming Centre when I was 43. Progressed from small pool to main pool and got all my certificates for all strokes, diving, retrieving objects from the bottom of the deep end, and Teaching qualification. The worst part was standing on a stand to dive in. Went swimming once in the sea, and once at the Leisure Centre when the guard blew the whistle at me for diving in. At least I know I should survive in a tricky situation - I'm good at star shape on my back. x

No I'm a scaredy-cat in the water, got put in the water in an inner tyre tube by my uncle when I was young and he had to swim out and get me when it floated too far out from the beach. I was 40 before I went for swimming lessons and managed a breadth of the pool but still scared to swim. I made sure my son and daughter got proper lessons when they were young...

I learned to swim at an early age at Portobello Baths just outside Edinburgh but can only do breast stroke and back crawl. I'd love to be able to do front crawl but don't like putting my face in the water and it going up my nose! My wee brother learned at the Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh but it wasn't there when I was a youngster.

My senior school took us to a swimming pool about 15 miles away where a sadist managed to terrify those of us who had never been near a swimming pool before into doing what she told us. I can swim but never choose to go in a pool. When we took Granddaughter on holiday she wanted to go in the pool so I had to buy a swimming costume, it has sat unloved and unneeded in my drawer for the last12 years.

I can do a bit of breaststroke, but nothing else. They tried to teach me at primary school to no avail!.

I struggled to swim 25 yards at school - that ment I didn’t have to go there again. I hated it.

My younger brother loved it..

He had one lesson and was doing the 25 yards.

He won lots of medals. He swam in Lake Windermere, captained a team swimming from England to French and was an English International Water Polo Player.

For years I used to dive off the top board (15ft) or springboard at the baths & swim a length & a half without surfacing,, used to be a champion underwater recovering things - never went for medals though. l loved swimmng in the sea when there were big waves to body surf at high tide, Now with COPD I get out of breath very quickly.

We had a pool at primary school, funded by the PTA (my dad was the PTA treasurer and many was the weekend we all took part in counting money from fundraising activities).

I managed a length and received a certificate for 16 yards.

Then when I started at secondary, we who were not strong swimmers went on a 'block swimming course' at the city pool.

On completion I received a certificate for swimming a width, 14 yards.

I often say that I learnt to swim twice.

Used to be a good swimmer and frequently did 4 or 5 lengths at a time.

Started working shifts and didn't have enough spare time to continue.

Now have difficulty doing single lengths.

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Ha, same here. I took to the pool like a brick. Never got past the breadth as it was an Olympic sized pool they took us to to learn in and when you managed to do the breadth, they made you jump in half way along and swim to the shallow end, reckoning that it was the same distance, however it was considerably deeper there, especially for an 8 year old, so I refused to do that and never got any further! I can still remember the teacher trying to persuade me to jump in and me getting more and more stubborn!

I learned early on not to believe what people tell me. All this rubbish about floating is just that. I float like a block of concrete...tied to an anchor.

I swim quite well but tire quickly. I would not survive the sea that's for sure.

Yes, I did my length before I went to school and Bronze survival aged 7. Still swim 3 times a week

Used to be a strong swimmer from the age of 11. Would probably just sink now.

I used to be a pretty strong swimmer, not quite so good these days.

The trouble now is that if I go swimming in the sea, the moment I get out, a team from Greenpeace try to push me back in.

Sandy Shore I have that as well. They're called skin tags. I'm now thinking was I stolen as a baby, because thieves often steal things with the tags still on.

It's when you get bobbles on your skin, you should worry. 😉

Not that I have any, mind.

You don't have that problem with T-shirts.

ZtG, I managed far better before www.

Somewhere in a drawer I have an old JML jumper shaver.

It only has a limited number of uses before you end up with a jumper with holes in.

How about one from the old VIZ tips page ... Stop your bread drying out, keep it in a bucket of water ?!? 🤔😁

Where would we be without the internet,google or youtube. I dread to think (not). How did mankind survive and manage before the world wide web ?

Maybe some wearers of knitwear are unaware of such a thing.

Just go over it with a disposable razor 🪒 works a treat 😀

If you wear a jumper for men there won't be any bobbles sticking out.

I'd need to hear from both sides first.

If they asked you, they clearly trust your opinion and need some help. So my answer is yes.

Absolutely

Never

Yes of course

Unlikely.

I have given advice. Only one of the siblings are conventional & one of the majority put me in a position where I couldn't refuse. My response wasn't what most people would expect but all is well.

Hope you get the hat as well Enver

Husband (ex Royal Navy) has a different version of this, unfortunately not printable, but very funny.

Does it fit ;-)

Sorry Enver but you've lost me.