The Public Swimming Pool

My last day of mental clarity and keeping with the usual stuff I will sink into the lower levels of thought…..I find a companion piece to go with yesterday’s post……..as the old saying goes…..Sh*t Happens!

As a kid I was not lucky enough to have my own pool so I like so many others would go to the local swimming pool for some recreation and girl watching (my later teens)……..I always enjoyed my time there….a little exercise….a little socializing…..a lot of flirting…….we always here about the pee in the pool or the chemical that turns blue when someone pees…..but this story is enough to make me give up the recreation of swimming altogether……

(Newser) – The CDC sampled 161 public swimming pools and discovered a very good reason to keep your mouth closed in the water: 58% of them had fecal contamination, reports USA Today. The pools were in Atlanta, but a CDC official says the findings would almost certainly apply to any city. Researchers chalked it up to swimmers’ hygiene, either because they were unclean when they got in the water or they had an accident. The CDC found another type of bacteria, one that causes rashes and ear infections, in 59% of the pools, reports LiveScience.

Okay, first of all….EEEWWWWWWWWWW!