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02-07-2017, 02:01 PM
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How to drown yourself (and others) whilst at the Seaside.

Those of us who have been lucky enough to be brought up at the seaside will have learned how others put themselves at risk when they pop over for a holiday break.

Hopefully some others will add to this list of actions which make drowning a real option:

1) Don't swim in a remote area where nobody will be able to hear you screaming.

2) If you, or your offspring, really feel the need to float on an inflatable raft, make sure someone with strong swimming capability is nearby ready for when the wind blows the float way out to sea.

3) Don't run down the beach and dive in. You might hit your head, you might be knocked out by the cold water.

4) Do not fall asleep, in your deckchair, on the sandy islands when the tide goes right out.
When the tide comes back in it creeps around the sides and floods the area between you and the beach, often to a very deep level, often with tidal "Rips" flowing fast..

5) If you are cut off, as above, shout for help early - the lifeboats may be many miles away!

6) Don't "get away from all the hoipaloy", by swimming way out to sea. If it takes 5 minutes to swim to your rescue, you may well be already dead when they get there!

As said earlier, if you live close to the sea you will have seen deaths caused by many, or all, of the above.

Staying alive should be seen as being your mantra. Watch out for yourself and your kids. Drowning is so easy!!!

Anyone add any more?
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02-07-2017, 06:30 PM
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Re: How to drown yourself (and others) whilst at the Seaside.

The only advice I can give is to avoid the lunatics on jet-skis and speedboats.

Totally unaware(mostly)of the dangers they present...to both swimmers and other boat users.
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02-07-2017, 07:05 PM
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Re: How to drown yourself (and others) whilst at the Seaside.

Here's my tip. If you are a non swimmer, avoid going into the sea altogether. Stay many yards away, preferably on terra firma, like the promenade, or on the benches in the little shelters, or in a deck chair, and watch others get into difficulty, safe in the knowledge that you are in no danger of drowning whatsoever.
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02-07-2017, 07:28 PM
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Re: How to drown yourself (and others) whilst at the Seaside.

Here's my tip even if you are a swimmer never go beyond ankle deep in the UK you risk pneumonia .
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02-07-2017, 07:32 PM
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Re: How to drown yourself (and others) whilst at the Seaside.

Originally Posted by Jazzi ->
Here's my tip. If you are a non swimmer, avoid going into the sea altogether. Stay many yards away, preferably on terra firma, like the promenade, or on the benches in the little shelters, or in a deck chair, and watch others get into difficulty, safe in the knowledge that you are in no danger of drowning whatsoever.


Seems a sensible idea, Jazzi.
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02-07-2017, 07:35 PM
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Re: How to drown yourself (and others) whilst at the Seaside.

Originally Posted by Muddy ->
Here's my tip even if you are a swimmer never go beyond ankle deep in the UK you risk pneumonia .
Or salmonellosis
 

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