Friday Flashback

Posted on March 24, 2006 
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Blair-at-the-PoolEven though I have been accused by some of being a “joiner” I have decided to continue the Flashback Friday tradition this week. As you may recall from last weeks post, the style was high collars. This week when challenged to come up with something a bit more revealing, I had some difficulty. It seems that I either wear normal shirts, or none at all. Not really a lot of tank tops or v-necks in my wardrobe. So I thought I would post this lovely photo of myself circa 1982. I was hanging out at the pool in College Park, in Irvine, where I lived. During the summer we could get a swim pass by taking a test to see how well you could swim. If you could make up and back without any problems, you got one of the coveted tags. It was an elastic tag with an ID number on it. The wearer had free reign to swim in any of the association pools as long as a lifeguard was on duty. It was a nice little symbiotic circle that worked out for the parents. The elementary age kids all got swim passes and the high school age kids all got to be “lifeguards”, so the net effect was during the summer no kids were ever in the house! I spent most of the time at the pool swimming laps for points, or playing Marco Polo. Has anyone played that game as an adult to realize just how dumb it really is, but when you are a kid it seems like the greatest thing ever. And no day at the pool would be complete without some time doing breathing trials… we would see how far we could get without needing air. By the end of summer if you could not make it all the way to the end of the pool, you were some kind of wuss. In this particular photo I am also enjoying one of my favorite childhood treats, the Ring Pop. They were sold at the candy shack at the main pool. I would get them during swim meets and then save them for later. Well. that is Flashback Friday for today… and for those that have only recently come to know me… not the full shock of thick hair, and ask yourself… where did it go…

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One Response to “Friday Flashback”

  1. Becky on March 24th, 2006 11:47 am

    Um, a couplke of things. Why Huey Lewis and 1982? And Irvine Underground? Are you a hacker? I do like that they take minutes of their pizza party/meetings.
    You didn’t mention what the little kids did…peed in the kiddie-pool.

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