Comments on: Of Water, Comfort, and Danger http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:52:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-563449 Justthisguy Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:01:50 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-563449 P.s. Navy Training is pretty good. According to some people I've corresponded with on the Internet, Navy Training enables one to bring the reactor up to criticality and steam the ship away, even though covering one eye so as to see only one set of gauges, because of that liberty in Olongapo City which you'll never remember. P.s. Navy Training is pretty good. According to some people I’ve corresponded with on the Internet, Navy Training enables one to bring the reactor up to criticality and steam the ship away, even though covering one eye so as to see only one set of gauges, because of that liberty in Olongapo City which you’ll never remember.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-559167 Justthisguy Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:54:47 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-559167 I first read about the trousers thing in an article in Time magazine, in the early sixties, when Time could still be taken seriously. It was in an article about a sailor who had fallen off of his aircraft carrier and remembered his Navy Training, which taught him to tie overhand knots at the cuffs of the dungarees, then sling them overhead to trap air, and lean onto the crotch part. Repea as needed, as the air leaks through the wet denim. We were also taught to button up our shirts to the neck and blow air in there I first read about the trousers thing in an article in Time magazine, in the early sixties, when Time could still be taken seriously. It was in an article about a sailor who had fallen off of his aircraft carrier and remembered his Navy Training, which taught him to tie overhand knots at the cuffs of the dungarees, then sling them overhead to trap air, and lean onto the crotch part. Repea as needed, as the air leaks through the wet denim. We were also taught to button up our shirts to the neck and blow air in there

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-563375 Kristina Chew, PhD Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:56:01 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-563375 @justtisguy, now the trousers thing is something I didn't know----- @justtisguy,
now the trousers thing is something I didn’t know—–

]]> By: laurentius-rex http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-558021 laurentius-rex Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:22:58 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-558021 H'mm that is interesting, drowning in the UK is a relatively rare event so I guess I wold have to be extremely unlucky or careless to drown in my local pool not that it feels like it when I am in the deep end and the lifeguard is on the telephone. I am not sure I am a natural floater, I find it harder to tread water than I do to swim, the nervous bit comes when I stop my swimming stroke to make a grab for the side of the pool, similarly I find it hard to make the transition from being vertical to being flat out when I want to swim away from the deep water. I don't really have the confidence to swim underwater either. H’mm that is interesting, drowning in the UK is a relatively rare event so I guess I wold have to be extremely unlucky or careless to drown in my local pool not that it feels like it when I am in the deep end and the lifeguard is on the telephone.

I am not sure I am a natural floater, I find it harder to tread water than I do to swim, the nervous bit comes when I stop my swimming stroke to make a grab for the side of the pool, similarly I find it hard to make the transition from being vertical to being flat out when I want to swim away from the deep water.

I don’t really have the confidence to swim underwater either.

]]> By: Regan http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-563318 Regan Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:30:47 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-563318 Justthisguy got me curious about this-- <a href="http://www.drownproofing.com/">Theory and technique of Fred Lanoue's "drownproofing"</a> Includes photos Justthisguy got me curious about this–
Theory and technique of Fred Lanoue’s “drownproofing”
Includes photos

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-561974 Justthisguy Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:44:07 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-561974 Larry, all Drownproofing is, is teaching people to spend minimum energy to stay afloat and alive. It mostly consists of floating face-down like a dead man while occasionally moving just enough to stick one's face above the surface and take a breath. It also includes tricks like taking one's trousers off, knotting the ends of the legs, and then inflating them with air and using them to help one float. Larry, all Drownproofing is, is teaching people to spend minimum energy to stay afloat and alive. It mostly consists of floating face-down like a dead man while occasionally moving just enough to stick one’s face above the surface and take a breath. It also includes tricks like taking one’s trousers off, knotting the ends of the legs, and then inflating them with air and using them to help one float.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-553607 Justthisguy Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:28:42 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-553607 Umm, I meant to write "rout." Umm, I meant to write “rout.”

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-555883 Justthisguy Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:23:02 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-555883 Well, Larry, I can think of one reason for a soldier to know how to swim. Imagine a bad retreat, even a route. When running away, being able to swim across a river might preserve one's life, if not his value to the Army. I think Caesar insisted on all of his soldiers being able to swim while wearing all of their armor and weapons. Maybe Frau Doktor La Professora can back me up on this. Well, Larry, I can think of one reason for a soldier to know how to swim. Imagine a bad retreat, even a route. When running away, being able to swim across a river might preserve one’s life, if not his value to the Army. I think Caesar insisted on all of his soldiers being able to swim while wearing all of their armor and weapons. Maybe Frau Doktor La Professora can back me up on this.

]]> By: laurentius-rex http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-561212 laurentius-rex Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:33:41 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-561212 War stories eh?? and ?? My dad lernt to swim in the army, what good it might have done him during actual service there is no evidence, probably none, well I shan't repeat the anecdote of his cousin Vic who was merchant navy, another time maybe, but I do recall my dads swimming being of some use back around 62, maybe 63 can't be sure but the tide was coming in at Tenby and there were some teenagers stuck on a rock, my dad did his stuff to get them back to the beach, lifeguards to hell. My dad was a strong swimmer. War stories eh?? and ??

My dad lernt to swim in the army, what good it might have done him during actual service there is no evidence, probably none, well I shan’t repeat the anecdote of his cousin Vic who was merchant navy, another time maybe, but I do recall my dads swimming being of some use back around 62, maybe 63 can’t be sure but the tide was coming in at Tenby and there were some teenagers stuck on a rock, my dad did his stuff to get them back to the beach, lifeguards to hell.

My dad was a strong swimmer.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/of-water-comfort-and-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-563303 Justthisguy Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:11:09 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/of-water-comfort-and-danger/#comment-563303 Oh, and P.s. One of the reasons I exist is that my Dad turned down a ride home from Saipan in USS Indianapolis, after she'd delivered the bomb parts. As I reckon most here know, of those not killed by the torpedo and sinking, about half were eaten by sharks or died from drinking salt water. Oh, and P.s. One of the reasons I exist is that my Dad turned down a ride home from Saipan in USS Indianapolis, after she’d delivered the bomb parts. As I reckon most here know, of those not killed by the torpedo and sinking, about half were eaten by sharks or died from drinking salt water.

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