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TriSooner posted 14 weeks ago.
I try not to think about all the funk that is already in the pool. I would like to think that the pool has enough chemicals to kill a little vomit, pee, staph, snot and e. coli. I TRY to think that.
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JDB posted 14 weeks ago.
There's no need to drain it. Closing the pool for a couple of hours and upping the chlorine is standard protocol. Question of the day: is it acceptable to pee in the pool at the gym?
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Joe_H posted 14 weeks ago.
JDB wrote:
There's no need to drain it. Closing the pool for a couple of hours and upping the chlorine is standard protocol. Question of the day: is it acceptable to pee in the pool at the gym?
depends on how cold the pool is
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burnman posted 14 weeks ago.
This reminds me of a sign my friend's father stuck up next to their pool that read: "Don't pee in our pool. We don't swim in your toilet." As I walk around most days with dry, itchy skin and stinking like I got tossed into the laundry with yesterday's whites, it gives me peace of mind to know that any incidentals are probably (excuse the pun) dead in the water.
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Sully800 posted 14 weeks ago.
I prefer: "Welcome to our ool. Notice that there is no 'P' in it. We would like to keep it that way."
I had a worse incident than vomit over winter break. A kid at my YMCA had an accident so when I arrived for my swim the pool was empty. But it was night and poor weather so my only choice of workout was to swim. I only had to wait about 10 minutes for it to reopen, and when it did I was the first to jump in!
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tsilcyc posted 14 weeks ago.
Be very careful about peeing in the pool. Some pools have chemicals in it to turn the water ORANGE or RED when someone pees. There was a guy at a country club that this happened to. He sued the pool for embarrassing him, they countered sued for him peeing in the pool. Both suits were dropped.
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JDB posted 14 weeks ago.
Peeing in the pool is a must for open water training, just don't pee on the bikes at the bike shop to practice for Ironman.
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ChunkyB posted 14 weeks ago.
tsilcyc wrote:
Be very careful about peeing in the pool. Some pools have chemicals in it to turn the water ORANGE or RED when someone pees. There was a guy at a country club that this happened to. He sued the pool for embarrassing him, they countered sued for him peeing in the pool. Both suits were dropped.
I always thought that stuff was a myth. Like how they tell you your face will get stuck if you make funny faces, or how it takes 8 years for chewing gum to digest. In fact, I still say that the pee-detecting chemical is a myth. I won't believe it until I see it on Mythbusters.
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DSmith posted 14 weeks ago.
Closing the pool for a few hours and shocking it will kill anything from the vomit. The only time it is required to drain is if a deuce has been dropped, by that I mean #2.
As for the pee detecting chemicals I second the urban myth.
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Tikal Dog posted 14 weeks ago.
tsilcyc wrote:
Be very careful about peeing in the pool. Some pools have chemicals in it to turn the water ORANGE or RED when someone pees. There was a guy at a country club that this happened to. He sued the pool for embarrassing him, they countered sued for him peeing in the pool. Both suits were dropped.
This in fact was in Mythbusters once....and was a proven myth!!!!!!
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burnman posted 14 weeks ago.
I've never even heard of the pee detecting chemicals (in myth or reality). Can you imagine the health inspector doing that job!? He walks in, hangs his toes over the deck, and whizzes in lane 1. It might look orange, but it's all clear.
On a practical level, anything that reacts that vigorously with urine is probably just as effective on your skin. Last I checked, no one getting out of the pool was orange.
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TriSooner posted 14 weeks ago.
The "pee-detecting chemicals" post is a silly joke. Don't you see the pun? "Both suits were dropped."
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tsilcyc posted 14 weeks ago.
Ok, fine, I decided to look it up... turns out you are all correct. I am wrong. Pee freely.
http://www.snopes.com/science/poolpiss.asp
Gotta love the page name "poolpiss.asp"
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beads1985 posted 14 weeks ago.
I love snopes.
Anyway, vomit can be cleaned up easily with a little bit o' chlorine,
a pool skimmer(for the big chunks), and a little time with the filter running.
It isn't much worse than the ocean with all the animals and fish pooping in it.
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TonisFirstTri posted 14 weeks ago.
The only thing worse than finding out someone had an "accident" in the pool is finding out that one of your own children is responsible. I have 4 kids, and last year my youngest left a little present in the deep end. If I had known, I would have quietly and quickly exited without telling a soul. No such luck. My 9 year old politely informed both the life guard and the pool manager. They made EVERYONE evacuate the pool and closed it down for the day. My husband and I were mortified. I am happily anonymous doing laps at my gym these days and hoping no one remembers us in the spring when the local pool opens back up. Ugh!
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beads1985 posted 14 weeks ago.
TonisFirstTri wrote:
The only thing worse than finding out someone had an "accident" in the pool is finding out that one of your own children is responsible. I have 4 kids, and last year my youngest left a little present in the deep end. If I had known, I would have quietly and quickly exited without telling a soul. No such luck. My 9 year old politely informed both the life guard and the pool manager. They made EVERYONE evacuate the pool and closed it down for the day. My husband and I were mortified. I am happily anonymous doing laps at my gym these days and hoping no one remembers us in the spring when the local pool opens back up. Ugh!
Well, as mortifying as it was, your daughter did the right thing.
Unfortunately you now have to try an get a new name and move to another town ;-)
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stewarba posted 14 weeks ago.
So, let me see, a 25 meter x 25 meter by 2 meter deep pool holds roughly 350,000 gallons of water. Some kid pukes. Lets say he pukes alot and there is a half gallon's worth (highly unlikely). Thats like a 700000:1 ratio of puke to water.
I think it will be fine! Besides, your supposed to be breathing out when your face is in the water! ;-)
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ChunkyB posted 14 weeks ago.
Tikal Dog wrote:
This in fact was in Mythbusters once....and was a proven myth!!!!!!
It wasn't on Mythbusters. I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode, and I've read all the synopses for the ones I haven't seen.
Okay, I need to get a life.
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joycita posted 14 weeks ago.
Sully800 wrote:
I prefer: "Welcome to our ool. Notice that there is no 'P' in it. We would like to keep it that way."
Quote:The pool I go to has that sign posted everywhere.
I had to get out of the pool once, because I was sharing a lane with a guy who kept shooting snot out his nose every time he’d finish 100yds. After the third time I was completely grossed out and scared he’d accidently miss and hit me.
I always figure there is enough chlorine in the water to kill anything, but there is something disturbing about being in the water while it happens.
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azstinger11 posted 14 weeks ago.
TonisFirstTri wrote:
The only thing worse than finding out someone had an "accident" in the pool is finding out that one of your own children is responsible. I have 4 kids, and last year my youngest left a little present in the deep end. If I had known, I would have quietly and quickly exited without telling a soul. No such luck. My 9 year old politely informed both the life guard and the pool manager. They made EVERYONE evacuate the pool and closed it down for the day. My husband and I were mortified. I am happily anonymous doing laps at my gym these days and hoping no one remembers us in the spring when the local pool opens back up. Ugh!
That was you guys OMG right in the middle of my 2x2000 set ugh! lol just joking.
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Tikal Dog posted 14 weeks ago.
ChunkyB wrote:
Tikal Dog wrote:
This in fact was in Mythbusters once....and was a proven myth!!!!!!It wasn't on Mythbusters. I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode, and I've read all the synopses for the ones I haven't seen.
Okay, I need to get a life.
Whaat?????????? I can almost bet money on this one. If it was not on mythbusters.... I´m sure I watched it on TV....... but I will research on that one since I´m not that crazy!!!!!
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beads1985 posted 14 weeks ago.
Maybe you can check on Snopes to see if this was addressed on 'Mythbusters' ? ;-)
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brittda posted 14 weeks ago.
DSmith wrote:
Closing the pool for a few hours and shocking it will kill anything from the vomit. The only time it is required to drain is if a deuce has been dropped, by that I mean #2.As for the pee detecting chemicals I second the urban myth.
Ummm even then they just fish it out and throw some chemicals in. The bromine and chlorene will kill anything. Any pool checks the chemicals regularly--worked at a pool lifeguarding and teaching swimming through hs and college. Even with a #2 incident all we did was fish it out, dump some chemicals and keep people out for 30 min or so. The waiting period was to allow the chemicals to disolve/disipate before people went back in.
A pool contains thousands of gallons of water. Draining is typically done once a year during annual maintenance. It would take quite a bit of time to drain and re-fill a pool so is not done regularly.
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longhair posted 14 weeks ago.
At my local pool, I was doing a work out and I saw something at the bottom of the deep end that resembled goggles. I don't see very well without my glasses, but I figured it was worth a look. Turned out to be a goggle shaped hair clump.
There is all kind of funk in the pool. Shower thoroughly after.
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theShiba posted 14 weeks ago.
I wrote a blog about a similar experience a while ago... suppose it's worth a re-post :)
/shameless self-promotion.
http://www.scottnlucy.com/?p=32
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beads1985 posted 14 weeks ago.
theShiba wrote:
I wrote a blog about a similar experience a while ago... suppose it's worth a re-post :)/shameless self-promotion.
Nice! Nothing like the smell of stale urine ;-P
This is bizarre so I have to share it. So I'm at the gym yesterday. My workout is supposed to be core, weights, and a one hour swim. I get through the core and weights, head into the locker room, get changed and head out to the pool.
I go through the door and as I walk outside, I see all of the kids getting out of the pool. I think, GREAT!, I'll have the pool all to myself. As I'm about to get into the water, a young girl comes running over and tells me I can't get in the pool. I ask why? She then tells me that one of the kids vomited into the pool.
I then realize the rest of the gym staff out there will the scooper, a bottle of chlorine and whatever else they are going to be using to kill it. So I'm thinking, shouldn't the drain the pool or something? My guess is they won't.
Today I have to makeup that swim. :(
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