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My how times change. I know things are supposed to be better with safety and other health concerns, but the good ol’ days sound like fun.

Yesterday, Father’s Day, dad and I were sitting in the back yard talking. It was hot. The temperature was in the 90′s and humid and the air conditioning was out. So we sat in the back yard in the shade and reminisced. Dad remembers the 1940′s in a small town that had a simple swimming pool that kids loved to go to on hot summer days and cool off.

He remembers that the small town pool also had gold fish swimming in it. It brought up a bunch of questions for me, having been a swimmer and a lifeguard. The gold fish swam in only part of the pool. The shallow end so that people weren’t jumping off the diving board hitting fish. No there was a screen in the pool keeping the gold fish at the shallow end. I could only imagine that the screen caused some problems with kids crawling over it, or scraping themselves on it. And what about those little kids in the shallow end who don’t like fish bumping into them? What about the cleanliness of the water, don’t fish make messes also? And my biggest question, where do they keep the gold fish in the winter when the pool isn’t open? Dad, didn’t have the answer. But he remembered the good ol’ days and I enjoyed hearing about the swimming pool with gold fish. I don’t ever recall hearing that story.

Well, my blessings to you who enjoy swimming in town pools and in ponds and lakes. It is summer time and whatever way you can stay cool – do it. As for now, my air conditioning is still off and it’s another hot one. The repair people are busy, but our basement is cool and the fan helps. The dogs are hanging out with me, but I’m thinking we may have to find a pool with gold fish. Maybe I could get a kiddie pool for the back yard and get some gold fish, but the question remains, what do I do with them in the winter?

Enjoy your summer!