People who complain about "cold" swimming pools on holiday.

VincentHanna said:
The irony is that normally the people in the pool with me are pensioners, who would likely feel the cold more.
The ones complaining are often young or overweight - The sort of people who should be better insulated from body shock.
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Age is not really a factor. It's the difference between a warm/hot body and the sudden exposure to cold water.
I volunteered for the SJA for a while and Summer was when you'd get people running round in baking hot weather, who then plunge into the cold pools to cool off and shock themselves. It's more often the younger lot who did this, as the older lot tend to enter the pool more slowly. The tachycardia and hyperventilation lead to passing out, which you don't really want to do in a pool. We never had to deal with a death, but some of our other crews did.
Another one is in sports, when someone dunks a full canteen or bucket of cold water over themselves, although much less of a drowning risk there.
 
think the reality is that everyone deals with cold different.

I can jump straight in the sea and have no issues, my other half takes time to get in.. people around us often bail out of take 5 minutes to get in because it's "freezing"

pools are the same for me, straight dive and I'm golden.
 
grudas said:
think the reality is that everyone deals with cold different.

I can jump straight in the sea and have no issues, my other half takes time to get in.. people around us often bail out of take 5 minutes to get in because it's "freezing"

pools are the same for me, straight dive and I'm golden.
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Surely the different ways of getting in are the key.

If you slowly get in, you are going to feel the cold more. I've had it when wading out to sea.

Much better jumping in (not diving under) and getting your whole body in, then swimming straight away.
 
VincentHanna said:
I'm sure if you are in Iceland in winter, or even in europe and the outside temperature is 5°C or something then the pool will be bloody cold, but I can't say I've ever wanted to use a holiday pool in that sort of weather anyway. But when the suns been on it and it's 20+ °C there's no such thing as a pool that's too cold IMO.
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Iceland might not be the best example. Last time I was there typical swimming water was 37c to 40c even in the middle of winter. Even if you swim in the large outdoor lagoons the water was often still 37c+. Hot swimming water is one of the things Iceland is known for. Its a long way from bloody cold. Its an interesting experience swimming in a large lake in the middle of winter with the water at 37c+ while air temperature is -5c.
 
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Pottsey said:
Iceland might not be the best example. Last time I was there typical swimming water was 37c to 40c even in the middle of winter. Even if you swim in the large outdoor lagoons the water was often still 37c+. Hot swimming water is one of the things Iceland is known for. Its a long way from bloody cold. Its an interesting experience swimming in a large lake in the middle of winter with the water at 37c+ while air temperature is -5c.
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Noted

(I've never been)
 
robfosters said:
Food reviews on supermarket sites are the same. I’ve seen someone rate a lovely jar of tiptree jam 1/5 because the lid was too tight :rolleyes:

There’s also plenty of examples where people give certain products a low rating because it wasn’t nice and it’s obvious from the review that they just can’t cook properly. No one cooks a chicken to the supermarket instructions as they make sure it will be overdone and dry as **** to cover their arses.
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Food reviews are completely pointless.
 
Yeah I don't get that either.

Just because I don't like certain foods, I can still tell the difference between a restaurant offering good food vs one offering mediocre stuff.

I don't like white based sauce Pasta for example, but I can still rate an Italian on the other food they do, that I do eat.
 
Anyone who complains about the water being cold when you go to spain or something, needs to go and have a dip in an ice lake in the artic circle in december or jan/feb/march after getting out of a sauna in a log cabin.

Now that is refreshing :) and good for the soul
 
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DJMK4 said:
Anyone who complains about the water being cold when you go to spain or something, needs to go and have a dip in an ice lake in the artic circle in december or jan/feb after getting out of a sauna in a log cabin.

Now that is refreshing :) and good for the soul
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Now that would be a struggle for me.

I also hate sauna's :D
 
VincentHanna said:
Now that would be a struggle for me.

I also hate sauna's :D
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Its a bit of a shock to the system but they love it out there

I went on a holiday to northern finland up by lapland, lots of downhill skiing, sausages on BBQ's in wooden log huts, hired out fast Skidoo's and went ice dipping in lakes after the sauna



You have to prepare your body for the shock a little it but its nice and refreshing :) , makes you feel good afterwards and you feel much more alive
 
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Noxia said:
Yes, what are you trying to get out of it? They're usually just inane comments like "I found this bland", next comment "best tasting product ever!!!!". Thanks Shirly from Croydon for your effort.
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I totally agree. We don’t even bother with reviews any more, if we like the look of it, we’ll order it and make our own minds up.
 
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