| Last summer I started to take advantage of our housing association swimming pool. Mostly, I brushed up on my treading water with what I hoped would be low impact exercise. I learned how to tread water when I was living alone (before my family arrived) in Saudi Arabia (way back in 1998). Back then, I would tread water for up to two-and-a-hours. It’s not that I couldn’t go longer. It’s just that it got pretty boring by then. | |
| Anyway, last summer I got back up to 90 minutes or so just treading water. Towards the end, I switched to a breast-stroke and I got up to about 90 minutes of that as well. One problem I then had was the constant fogging of my swimming goggles. (I didn’t wear goggles for treading water.) Basically, I had to pause ever few laps and rinse out the haze in my goggles. During the winter I did a search on cures and (lo and behold) I found one. “No More Tears” baby shampoo / body wash. | |
| Before going to the pool, put a drop in each goggle lens, smear it in with your finger, and then rinse thoroughly – or at least until it stops sudsing-up. After that, don’t touch the lens. Just put them on when you get to the pool and your off. I don’t know how long the “de-fogging” lasts. It’s worked for me for an hour maximum, three times now, so I’m satisfied it works. AND, it’s a LOT less expensive than purchasing swimming defogging spray, goes a lot farther (you get more for your money), and, no, I have no idea if the “real” spray does anything to your eyes. (But I assume not.) I repeat the process every time I go swimming, just prior to getting into the car. | |
| I don’t know if it matters but I will mention our pool is fresh water (not salt-water) and is heated to 83°F. If anyone tries this (or already does this), let me know if it works for you, too. | |
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| 2016 | Here, Desire Is Purified |
| 2015 | Hopefully Just Visiting |
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