Anybody here that can't swim?
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Gary Benson
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I fell in a pond Sunday after getting bonked on the head. Pretty sure I wouldn't be here if I couldn't swim!
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
[Re: Gary Benson]
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Sounds like a Substandard bonk worked out for you.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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Tiger Woods wife rescue situation? Fall through the ice then get bonked. LOL
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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A few yrs back a buddy of mine had some guys day sayin because his momma cows were crazy (Plummer bred rodeo stock) and they had one cow jump out. One of the best hands and for sure best college age kids took after it. As soon as the truck was loaded the rest of the guys went to look for them. Turns out Chance had followed the crazy (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) into a pond and got her roped. He had his horse in a tie down and he couldn't swim so he, the horse, and the cow all drowned.
As a father I cannot imagine not teaching your kids how to swim.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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When we are talking about being hit on the head, the ability to swim really isn't an issue.
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
[Re: Gary Benson]
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My dog taught me to swim when i was 5. He swam across the creek and barked for me to follow so I just imitated him. My folks were amazed when they found out I didn't need lessons, already knew.
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
[Re: Gary Benson]
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I was draining 55 gal barrels that float a fishing dock. Was using a handyman jack screwed to the ramp to lift the dock to get the barrels out. The screws pulled out when I least expected it.
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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My wife can't swim! been trying to help her learn to swim for 30 years. I believe that she would drown in 3 feet of water,and she is 5ft.4 inches tall. My brother threw me in a pond when i was young,and i swam back to shore.
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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if there was water, if it was summer, I was either fishing or playing in it. By the time I was 5 or 6 I could swim pretty good.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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In my teens I would swim a couple miles every morning before breakfast all summer.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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A few yrs back a buddy of mine had some guys day sayin because his momma cows were crazy (Plummer bred rodeo stock) and they had one cow jump out. One of the best hands and for sure best college age kids took after it. As soon as the truck was loaded the rest of the guys went to look for them. Turns out Chance had followed the crazy (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) into a pond and got her roped. He had his horse in a tie down and he couldn't swim so he, the horse, and the cow all drowned.
As a father I cannot imagine not teaching your kids how to swim. man..that's awful. I agree with ya both my boys were swimming by 5-6yrs old.
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Re: Anybody here that can't swim?
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If people can swim it just seems the ones that cannot swim just don’t want to.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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