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hlthe2b

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22. Well, no. But for parents wanting to discourage their kids from doing so, I can truthfully deter them..

Wed Jul 24, 2024, 11:18 AM

Jul 24

and it has little to do with the "risque" nature of doing so.

Even withhout pollution, our lakes, ponds, streams potentiallly make this a very unpleasant experience...
whether it be the horrifically toxic blue-green algae, the irritants from the slime from nonnative introduced zebra mussels, the protozoan parasites splashed in your mouth like Giardia or cryptosporidium... Then on shore the possibility of hookworm larvae from animals who have defocated in the sand and soil burrowing into those bare feet. Of course many lakes and streams/ponds (without much heavy livestock or other exposure) pose little risk of any of these things and most are treatable, if annoying or embarrassing (blue-green algae a more serious exception), but you don't have to tell your "naughty" teens that.

(you can keep your idyllic memories, however. I won't tell)

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Have you ever gone skinny dipping? I have. what about you? [View all] debm55 Jul 24 OP

I lived in Bloomington Indiana for 5 years Captain Zero Jul 24 #1

HAHAHAHAHAH. Got me. debm55 Jul 24 #3

I heard the people in Bloomington are close to Normal. Emile Jul 24 #44

Back in the 70's in CA, you betcha. Was a thing LizBeth Jul 24 #2

LizBeth, thank you. Hope you had fun. debm55 Jul 24 #4

So much fun, I was a kid. Also a competitive swimmer so we were all basically naked all day long LizBeth Jul 24 #24

Yes. I didn't actually swim, but I took all my clothes off and got in the water. It felt good until my wife yelled out: Doodley Jul 24 #5

HAHAHHAH Thank you Doodley. debm55 Jul 24 #7

I just realized, I gave the same answer last time you asked this question! Seriously, I would go Doodley Jul 24 #13

Yes, I have flakey_foont Jul 24 #6

HAHAHAHAHAHAH Thank you flakey_foont. debm55 Jul 24 #9

Back in 1970 I did. In the hot springs near comradebillyboy Jul 24 #8

Thank you comradebillyboy. debm55 Jul 24 #10

Yup orangecrush Jul 24 #11

I bet it did. Thank you orangecrush. debm55 Jul 24 #12

Of course. My wife and I have even spent several weekends at a nudist resort calguy Jul 24 #14

IWe went to a nudist resort near the border of Pa and WV, I saw nothing wrong with it, No Single men were allowed in debm55 Jul 24 #16

I tried it once EYESORE 9001 Jul 24 #15

Thank you EYESORE 9001 debm55 Jul 24 #18

Yep! Kansas creek in the 1970s. Super fun! KentKen66 Jul 24 #17

Thank you KentKen66 and welcome to DU debm55 Jul 24 #20

There was swimming hole just outside of Brattleboro, Vermont. zanana1 Jul 24 #19

Thank you zanana1. Hope you had fun debm55 Jul 24 #21

Well, no. But for parents wanting to discourage their kids from doing so, I can truthfully deter them.. hlthe2b Jul 24 #22

Thank you for the information, hlthe2b. debm55 Jul 24 #25

I have not been skinny since 1958. Srkdqltr Jul 24 #23

Not credible without documentation photos. 🫢 Funtatlaguy Jul 24 #26

This was long ago. No cameras allowed or single men. Sorry. debm55 Jul 24 #27

I'm sure you look 👀 just the same now. Funtatlaguy Jul 24 #28

Do you? debm55 Jul 24 #29

Absolutely. Things just sag a little more. lol. 😝 Funtatlaguy Jul 24 #32

Yup Jilly_in_VA Jul 24 #30

Oh yes. My MIL was from Finland and the section of Boston that they lived in , was a Finnish area. Almost all homes had debm55 Jul 24 #31

No, it was August Jilly_in_VA Jul 25 #68

We had our own pond on the property... MiHale Jul 24 #33

Thank you , MiHale. That sounds nice. debm55 Jul 24 #37

not quite...but I have a fun nudity and water story FirstLight Jul 24 #34

Thank you FirstLight. That is a funny story. debm55 Jul 24 #38

Of course. But have you cyclonefence Jul 24 #35

No , But I was an Art Ed major at Penn State and was required to take Nude Drawing. One time, the model didn't show up debm55 Jul 24 #40

Yup. A few times. sorcrow Jul 24 #36

Thank you,sorcrow. Did you go to Cornel? The hot springs in Japan sounds lovely. debm55 Jul 24 #39

dipping rajuncajdim Jul 24 #41

Thank you, rajuncajdim. What was your punishment for doing that? debm55 Jul 24 #42

Oh my - worse than that in a paid hot tub experience on a snowy night in January! n/t Backseat Driver Jul 24 #43

Thank you BackseatDriver. Actually that sounds fun, debm55 Jul 24 #45

My trunks came off after diving from the high dive TlalocW Jul 24 #46

That's funny. Yes is counts. Thank you TlalocW. debm55 Jul 24 #48

You know how you have to "shock" a pool to keep dobleremolque Jul 24 #47

HAHAHHAHHHAHAH. Thank you dobleremolque. debm55 Jul 24 #49

Yes. Many times. OldBaldy1701E Jul 24 #50

Yes, OLDBaldy1701E in the Bahamas. It was beautiful and so warm, I have only done so before that on Cape Cod, but the debm55 Jul 24 #51

Yes JoseBalow Jul 24 #52

Oh my. Well I guess I will thank you, JoseBalow. HAHAHAHHAHHHAHAHAH debm55 Jul 24 #54

Yes the blue hole in childersburg al , all most daley in the summertime ! stonecutter357 Jul 24 #53

Thank you, stonecutter357. debm55 Jul 24 #55

Once, when I was a little girl. Mad_Dem_X Jul 24 #56

Skinny dipped in both FL and CA when I was a kid. It was so freeing. lark Jul 24 #57

Thank you, lark. I agree the water in New England is cold, debm55 Jul 24 #63

So you only got to skinny dip in late summer. when the water warmed? lark Jul 24 #65

nope . AllaN01Bear Jul 24 #58

Thank you AllaN01Bear, debm55 Jul 24 #61

.. AllaN01Bear Jul 24 #62

My girlfriend (now my wife) and I were skinny dipping Emile Jul 24 #59

Thank you for your post, Emile. That is funny. debm55 Jul 24 #60

It wasn't so funny for Loretta. 😂 I never could get Emile Jul 24 #64

Neither Of Us ProfessorGAC Jul 24 #66

Yes, 30 plus some years ago I was not uncomfortable with my body. Niagara Jul 25 #67