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In Maldives there are net swings created across beaches

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 23 Feb 25

In Maldives there are swings made of net across the beaches. One can spread the legs on the swing and there is a beautiful experience of facing the water front. The water is also cool not cold. As it is shallow there is no fear of...

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Are you drowning?

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 24 Feb 23

I was responding to another discussion asking if you could swim and, well, I don't know that I've told this story... I might've, I mean, I've been on here off and on for 16 years. So, I was saying I could swim and then I started...

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Zen story: The Zen master who drowned at sea

emptychair @innertalks (23736) • Australia 29 Sep 21

The Zen master, Rokyu Ricyu, liked to go fishing, at times. He would always catch at least one fish, and bring it home to the Monastery cook to cook up for supper. Then one day, he was late coming home from his...

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When being too shy could have killed me....

****DANIELLE**** @VivaLaDani13 (60812) • Perth, Australia 6 Jan 21

Hey! Hope everyone is doing alright! I'm not staying on much tonight. Just about to have a bath and watch one of my favourite shows. It's the Aussie version of "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here." I...

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Miracle in Pleasant Hill!

The Horse @TheHorse (238280) • Walnut Creek, California 13 Jun 20

I think I wrote a few weeks ago about how my phone slipped off of my shoulder and fell into my kitchen sink. Of course, it died like a big dog and I had to resort to using an old clunker that I had rescued from the cabin in...

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Drowning- how to avoid it?

Hope @1hopefulman (45111) • Canada 30 Jun 19

The news report just informed us that so far this year 22 people have drowned in our province of Quebec. It made me wonder what happened? Why do people drown, what is the cause and how can one avoid drowning? * I once got a job...

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Woman And Child Drown At Unsupervised Hotel Pool ....

BusyBoss @Luap1050 (878) 28 Jun 18

After only ten minutes poolside , A mother and her young child were found drowned in a northern Ontario Resort Pool . There are no signs of foul play or the mother drowning her child or herself . So far it looks like an...

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No Day at the Beach

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 13 Jun 17

It was a hot weekend. The sun beat down relentlessly, the mercury rose silently. With temperatures hovering at 96F, large numbers of locals fled their stuffy houses and gathered near the shores of the Atlantic at any beach with...

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Horror Comic Review - Mike Ploog - Over His Head

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Jun 17

Twisted Tales – 1983 – Spoiler alerts Too funny and bonkers to really be scary, this is nevertheless very good. A sad and lonely man moves into a rented flat and gets rather fixated on the fish-tank owned by the land-lady. He...

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I had a horrible nightmare last night that my mother drowned

ShannyBananny @shaggin (74988) • United States 19 Jan 17

My mother is in Florida for awhile. My dad took her down on the 13th and I haven't heard from either one until two days ago my father texted me to tell me he is back here and wants to take the kids and I to the movies. I am not...

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Saved a Life Today

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128831) • Gainesville, Florida 8 Jul 16

We had an incident this morning at one of our municipal swimming pools, in which a young child became unresponsive in the water. I happened to be at the pool picking up paperwork when one of the lifeguards blew his whistle and...

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Mother Kills Her Own Children

angel_smiles @Lolaze (5092) • St. Louis, Missouri 12 Jun 16

The unthinkable happened in a suburb of my city earlier this week. Police and firemen were called to a home that was on fire and found a mother and her two children dead inside the house. It's now been determined the mother...

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Memories, Long, Long, Time Ago.....

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 15 Apr 16

As we get older we reminisce about the good old days. We tell our children about walking two miles to school, uphill both ways in a blizzard. Sometimes our memories are distorted with time. Early memories vary so much from one...

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Movie clichés used in dozens of movies - quicksand peril

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Sep 15

The love-interest blunders into quicksand. The hero ties himself to a tree on a long rope, jumps in and fishes her out, just before the rope snaps or the tree breaks. Later, chased by the villain, they lure him into the quicksand...

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Swimming

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 21 Jan 13

Not many Indian women take to swimming. It is not encouraged here. But I joined a club and could only manage to be in the children's area! I am scared of water. I admire the West. They are into various sports,...

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An unacceptable death

kenshin2143 @kenshin2143 (1880) • Philippines 30 Oct 12

Last Monday, one of my friend(a guy) died due to drowning. During that incident, I really noticed another friend of mine (a girl) crying so much and very restless considering that they just know each other for about a week. I...

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dreams

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 31 Aug 12

Has a dream ever influenced your life? As a small child I dreamed I was drowning. I have never forgotten it although I was probably around 7 years old at the time. I learned how to swim when I grew up,but I still have a nagging...

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Coach Saves Drowning Man

freymind @freymind (1351) • Philippines 18 Jul 12

I just read this article that a coach of ECHL’s Las Vegas Wranglers saves man from drowning in the Boston Harbor. Kudos to Ryan Mougenel who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Wranglers for helping the man from not drowning....

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Drowning in Love... I feel this is so True!

chiyochan @chiyosan (30186) • Philippines 6 Jul 12

Ever heard of the song by Backstreet boys - Drowning? I really feel the depth of this song and appreciate it so much i thought how can one person have this feeling for another.. and yet I feel the sincerity and the truth in it......

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The Washing Machine Parents

LaLa Leo @mrscallands22 (2851) • United States 22 May 12

I know most of you by now have at least heard a little about the parents that watched their toddler get into the washing machine, while recording and once the child was inside and the machine started, they could not get the child...

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