Swimming ...

[french frank]

You mean, like piscine?

From Latin piscina = fish pond

[Padraig]

From Latin piscina = fish pond

That's what I thought too f f. I once thought of using 'piscator' as my user name, being an angler, don't you know.
But I also go along with Caliban's telling point above, that in more than 30 years of regular use of our Baths I have not had any health issues arising.
I would add that in my case I have gained an extra circle of acquaintances from nearly all parts of the city, though the Baths is situated in what is commonly called the Bogside area. And that includes the staff there. We are all 'one big family', and before Christmas swimmers and staff combined to save the life of one of us (87) who had had a cardiac arrest while swimming. (He is now out and about after a spell in hospital). Good for body and spirit.

[Serial_Apologist]

You mean, like piscine?

He means urine it all together.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... and before Christmas swimmers and staff combined to save the life of one of us (87) who had had a cardiac arrest while swimming. (He is now out and about after a spell in hospital). Good for body and spirit.

Good to know that it ended well.

[Constantbee]

Describes pretty accurately the problem with the former swimming pool at one of the local schools. (Many years ago, they gave up trying to treat it, and instead drained it and built a new Music department over the top of it.)

Remember Charles Haslewood’s documentary about modern American music (BBC4 2 March 2018) ‘Tones, Drones And Arpeggios: The Magic Of Minimalism’? It was a fine programme well received here by forumites Anyway, he demonstrates some techniques on a piano located in an (empty) swimming pool (his own?). Must have acoustic benefits.

Snorkelling for me this year

[Padraig]

Good to know that it ended well.

On behalf of my fellow swimmer, thank you E A. Much appreciated coming from the Captain of the Swimming Team.

[ardcarp]

Remember Charles Haslewood’s documentary about modern American music (BBC4 2 March 2018) ‘Tones, Drones And Arpeggios: The Magic Of Minimalism’? It was a fine programme well received here by forumites Anyway, he demonstrates some techniques on a piano located in an (empty) swimming pool (his own?). Must have acoustic benefits.

I was accompanying a choir at a concert in a large old Baptist Church. I was partly using the organ and partly the piano which had been placed at floor level in front of the choir. At the rehearsal I noticed the piano+me wobbling rather oddly as I played. I mentioned this to a choir-member who blenched visibly and said, "Quick. Let's move it." Which we did. We rolled back a rug to reveal the double trap-door which covered the baptismal pool. It could have ended badly!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]