They've turned the community pool into a hockey rink. The Pool was a favourite hangout when I was a teenager. It was also the site of the first (and only) time I jumped off the high diving board. It took me all summer to work up the courage to take the long climb up the ladder. Once there, my courage quickly faltered but, with the drama of a teenaged girl, I decided that it was better to die at the bottom than suffer the humiliation of making all the kids behind me back down the ladder so I could change my mind. Walk to the front of the board, pinch my nose, step off ... SPLAT! OUCH! Down, down, down, DOWN! ... NO! I want to go UP! ... up, up, up, GASP! Breathe in ... SPLUTTER! Dog paddle to the side of the pool. Take a bow, just in case anyone is watching. (I'm never doing that again!)
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