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I hate the pool

To me a public pool smells just like chlorine bleach from the bottle. I wouldn't think that fresh bleach is pre contaminated.
 
That means your public pool is well maintained.
The chlorine bleach you get from the bottle is only 6% chlorine.
The majority of it is to keep it in a liquid state.
Chlorine is usually a gas at normal temperature/pressures.

I suppose I should be a bit more descriptive of the smell I'm referring too.
I'm talking about the smell you detect after you get out of the pool on the way home that makes you cringe and worry about your hair changing colors.
 
Could be worse. I still have bad memories of getting a mouthful of seawater off Doheny Beach California in the 60s. And Rehoboth Beach Delaware wasn't any better. A much greater incentive for staying out of the ocean than having later seen the film "Jaws". :eek:

Some years later I read that Doheny Beach was one of the most polluted beaches in the US. That left a bad taste in my mouth too. Much more so than chlorine.
 
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I hate pools - people expect you to get in them. And, yes, even sitting at a poolside you get splashed, which I also don't like. I did use to take my kids to the pool, and would actually get in the water - but they were young and I'd be holding one in the shallowest part of the pool (still getting splashed by other rude people around us). But I didn't want my kids to be afraid of water.
Kinda funny, but I remember me and my sister had to take swimming lessons and the two of us remained together in a corner away from everyone else and didn't participate. If anyone asked why we made up the excuse that we once seen someone drown. lol
 
The one thing that really keeps me from being at a pool or the beach is something very basic.

That in my early thirties I began taking exposure to skin cancer more seriously. A wise decision considering how prone to sunburn I was in my youth. Even when I go out for some land-bound sightseeing in the summer, I still use SPF50 or SPF70 sunscreen.
 
Don't like pools, I've gone in very few. Grew up swimming in freshwater lakes and rivers. The last time I swam in a pool it dried out my hair and skin, I dislike the smell.
 
Xerces Blue said:
That means your public pool is well maintained.
The chlorine bleach you get from the bottle is only 6% chlorine.
The majority of it is to keep it in a liquid state.
Chlorine is usually a gas at normal temperature/pressures.

I suppose I should be a bit more descriptive of the smell I'm referring too.
I'm talking about the smell you detect after you get out of the pool on the way home that makes you cringe and worry about your hair changing colors.
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Hmm ok well one person I dated had a son who was a lifeguard in a waterpark. Taking him home after work was so bad I'd have to keep the windows open and suck on Altoids continuously to keep from getting carsick. I thought maybe it was him but maybe that's the smell you are referring to.

I actually like the smell of bleach and the smell at the pool itself.
 
AloneNotLonely said:
Did you write this post 100% correctly? Implying that your husband (who is a doctor) calls them public urinals? Or did you mean your doctor's husband (meaning your doctor has a husband, who calls them public urinals)?
Or... did you switch things around and actually mean your husband's doctor?

The grammar sensitivity of this sentence just tickles me... please tell me... which is it?!

To me they are not just public urinals, but public toilets. It's nothing but beaches for me. I don't actually mind the noise that much, beaches are surprisingly relaxing for me even when busy because there are no bums, drunks or drug addicts on the beaches.



This actually isn't 100% true. The smell comes from any and all organic materials. I remember swimming in a pool abroad. In winter. Outside. There was zero smell. Either there's no chlorine in that water (I was told there about how infamous the pools there are for their filth) or it's simply because nobody was there. One pattern I have seen is that the more people there are at a pool, the stronger the smell. So this smell really doesn't say anything, unless you got a really strong smell at an empty pool. In which case something went terribly wrong. Or no smell at a busy pool. That might mean there's no chlorine in there whatsoever... which means you get a package deal.
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My husband is a doctor. Sorry if I confused you!
 
Many people in the US have salt water swimming pools that don't reek of chlorine. I guess salt is a natural bacteria killer. Either way, I stay out of swimming pools.
 
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