[PRCo] Re: Only__In...........................

[James B. Holland]

Yes  --  1950s seemed quite popular for swimming channel  --  remember 
news of one of the first women so to do  --  not a few jokes about 
channel swimming amongst the kids of that time.

Cheeze Whiz  --  saw same on beaches in IL and WI  WithOut  the blanket 
covering!       Also downtown Portland along the River  --  probably 
same in Pgh, Philly, Beantown, Etc., Etc., Etc.



Fred Schneider wrote:

> I know that people swim in the English Channel. I've know that since I 
> was 10. I've never seen all that many people doing it ... not like the 
> Atlantic Ocean beaches or the Pacific below Santa Monica. I've seen 
> them in the water near the Hague in wet suits. THAT WATER IS COLD.
> Nudity. I'm aware. The first time I took Marie to San Francisco, we 
> were walking across Aquatic Park
> Beautiful sunny Sunday afernoon. Kids were flying kites. Older people 
> were sitting on the lawn reading newspapers. Then Marie grabs me and 
> pulls me away, saying , "We've got to leave." She hoarsely whispers 
> that our daughter can't see this. I turned pack and there was nothing 
> unusual ... just two people under a blanket ... not unusual except 
> that the blanket was rythmically going up and down. When you live in a 
> city, privacy is at a premium. You take what you can get. Now that she 
> is a grandma, she is a little more willing to accept what others do.




Jim__Holland


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