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What is a blog?  For us it is a short blurb that we write when the mood strikes us.  It can be first person, funny or informative. In short, a blog is whatever we want it to be. Published Feb. 11, 2008 at 10:06 a.m.
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You catch more bees with honey than with vinegar. At my son's first swimming class -- a great value compared to the pricey class we took last winter -- at a local Milwaukee Public Schools pool, the water was brrrrrrrr cold. There weren't any ice floes, but the kids shivvered and were reluctant to get in.

If it were me alone, I probably would have bucked up and taken it. But seeing my boy's blue lips sent me to the MPS recreation site, where I sent a friendly suggestion that perhaps the water was too cold. Within a few hours, I had a reply promising action and saw a number of others CC'd on the e-mail.

The following week the water seemed maybe a little warmer, maybe not. I followed up to report that and when we showed up for class this week, the instructor was ecstatic. "Thanks," she exclaimed. "It's almost like bath water now!"

It turned out that the temperature gauge (aka thermometer?) was misreading the water temperature in the pool and my second e-mail appears to have led to that discovery and the rectification of the problem. I didn't really do anything other than let the people in charge know and give them the info in a nice way.

Let that be a lesson to me when I'm feeling frustrated and snarky and ready to crack open the vinegar. It's best to reach for the honey instead.



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Posted by Bella on Feb. 13, 2008 at 5:51 p.m. (report)

Pool temperature aside, this is a great lesson....

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Posted by Wha?! on Feb. 12, 2008 at 9:12 a.m. (report)

Let's hope "Steffek" never has an 18-month-old to take to the pool... These kinds of classes are for infants and toddlers, not for competitive swimmers training for events.

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Posted by steffek on Feb. 12, 2008 at 8:59 a.m. (report)

You know the pools are suposed to be a bit on the colder side right?

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Posted by Myke on Feb. 11, 2008 at 4:31 p.m. (report)

Come on T15 ! Know one knows who Bobby is except the 7 or 8 of us who read OnMilwaukee.com

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Posted by Bobby on Feb. 11, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. (report)

Well, I can't say that my name and this so-called fame has brought me much in the way of preferential treatment before... :-)

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