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  • The swimming pool that turned into a museum

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    In the last few years of the twentieth century, the Mayor of Lille in northern France had a quandary. The old swimming pool in Roubaix had been closed in 1985 due to safety problems, so why not simply knock the building down? Except, the pool was a stunning example of Art Deco architecture. Read kuriositas.com…

  • Have you ever gone fishing in your swimming pool ?

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    Last weekend, the Scadding Court Community Center swimming pool was drained, filled with tap water, and then filled with over 2,000 rainbow trout. This to offer city dwellers a summer fishing experience without leaving the city. It is an annual event called “Gone Fishin‘”. Fantastic! Via blogto.com.

  • This ad is supposed to sell something

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    I just wonder what (and now fear the ocean). Source ec.europa.eu via England Expects

  • Nightsurf

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    What an amazing video. As someone comments here on Vimeo, “the moon and stars were a bit too much for me.” And then the director answers, “Thanks Otis but there is no intention to simulate reality.” :-) Nightsurf from Iker Elorrieta on Vimeo.

  • Charlene Wittstock to marry Prince Albert II of Monaco in July

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    South African backstroker Charlene Wittstock met Prince Albert II, the sovereign of Monaco, at the Mare Nostrum 2000 meet in Monaco. She participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, moved to the principality in 2006, retired from swimming in 2007, and is now to marry the prince on July 1st and 2nd 2011. Here is a…

  • How about a pool in your living room ?

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    Evelyn McMurray Van-Zeller is selling her Manhattan mansion for just under $11 million, including this living room with built-in pool, six bedrooms, a garden, a gym, a sauna, five bathrooms, five fireplaces and a second pool for the owner’s turtles. ‘You fell like you’re on a permanent holiday’, she says, ‘there is almost no reason…

  • How about a Michael Phelps signature swim spa ?

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    Butterfly looks difficult, but maybe one could manage a couple of kilometers of crawl. See www.michaelphelpsswimspa.com. Via the17thman.

  • Shanghai Home Guard getting ready for the summer

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    Swimming or not, Shanghai resident Wang Kang is too cool to be missed, even though he apparently only built his Ironman Mark 1 suit in order to scare the bejesus out of his telecom coworkers. Via laughingsquid.com.

  • Pestininkas wins first inflatable doll partner race

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    Lithuanian men took to the water some weeks ago in a race where inflatable sex dolls were used as rafts. This in celebration of “National Men’s Day”, and luckily both men and dolls were properly dressed. Liudas Pestintinkas won the race with his “Vaida”, whom he describes as a good and listening girl, in what…