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Galston Aquatic Centre
4pm Tuesday. $5.50 entry.
What a LONG trip. Galston is really far! I also chose particularly inclement weather for this one, so maybe it felt longer because of the difficult conditions.
I also only had 25 minutes to swim my laps before all lanes were consumed into swim school activities. There was already an enormous amount of activity in the pool, and no spare seats to put my bag on - all taken up with adults either watching on playing with their phones.
The water itself was lovely, a very thin black line. I didn't get any photos in really, it was all a bit too much and there were just so many kids and adults and parents around that I didn't feel comfortable to document.
Free showers, but quite small change rooms.
Obviously a well used centre, evidenced by the complex info-web of the whiteboard, I presume advising pool lane availability.
I also imagine this place would be all the more busy since Hornsby Pool shut at the beginning of the year. I was sad to miss that one, it has got to the end of its life and has been shut down permanently. Being one of the only other pools in the council area (as well as Epping - although it is a huge council area), I imagine it has picked up some additional patrons/activities.
Interesting article about the closure of Hornsby pool, and the decision to shut it on Christmas eve last year, not in the middle of winter etc. http://hornsby-advocate.whereilive.com.au/news/story/hornsby-council-close-down-hornsby-pool/
Cute story about an 'aquathon' (3 hour aquarobic class) planned to fundraise for autism - fabulous photo: http://hornsby-advocate.whereilive.com.au/news/story/all-out-for-autism/
C&M Aquatic Centre, Condell Park
11am Thursday. $4 entry.
Not sure quite what to say about this pool, despite being indoors, it is the pool closest resembling a backyard swimming pool in my journey. This might have a lot to do with the fact it was 18m long, and that it had a wooden pool fence with gate.
I think they very rarely get public lap swimmers, it looks purely dedicated to swimming classes. When I phoned back up recently to ask about the cost of entry for this post, the woman on the phone very curtly and efficiently said they don't offer public lap swimming - I don't think this is as much a change of policy in the week since I visited (my phone calls before my visit were open to public swimmers) but more reflects the lack of interest in public lap swimming leading to inconsistent policy.
In my swimming, I ended up thinking about backyard swimming pools as I churned up and down (couldn't be bothered keeping count of laps either). As much as I fantisise about my own swimming pool, I think it would be highly unsatisfying as a lap swimmer. Even 18m is so short, you can hardly get 10 strokes in before it is time to turn around. I think I'd use a home pool quite regularly, but I don't think it would be for fitness or training.
Other interesting/notable things: no standard black/blue cross or distinctive tiles/markers on the walls at the end of the lanes, just white paint = many near collisions. Cute/naff poster of 100 ways to praise a child, I liked how none of the phrases were gendered ones = tick. Loved the old orange bauble+rope lane dividers. Also the big no bandaids in pool sign.
No website, only phone number: 02 9790 2403
Macquarie University Sport & Aquatic Centre
7.30am Tuesday. $4.80 entry (cheaper if you are a student)
Woah! Forgot about peak time! Totally peak time! Less in the water, but the changeroom was hell! I should have been prepared! It was a bit like turning a corner to find an impossible traffic jamm. So many women with their own person hair dryers - I actually had to wait to find bench space. When I returned after my swim it was much better, obviously by 8.15am people were getting their coffees and arriving at their desks - these people didn't look like students as much as staff.
The swim itself was lovely. Such deep blue water! I loved the graduated blue tiling from shallow to deep end - its a pretty good trick to make blue water to use blue tiles! The water wasn't too chlorinated at all, it was super pleasant. The deep end was at least 2m, in fact the pool was 2m deep by 25m in - pretty special.
I was confused by the four sets of bunting instead of the standard 2 - I must find out what the extra two are used for - serious stuff no doubt!
I like the white lounge-chairs pool side, it made me lust for an afternoon free and a cocktail by a pool.
There was another indoor 25m - lots more walkers there. Signs in the entrance indicated the outdoor pool was 28 degrees, the indoor one 31 degrees.
The bathrooms, apart from being hectic, had good showers with frosted glass doors and free hot water. They also had a slightly elevated area that was designated 'dry area' - for dry changing only. Smart. Especially given the volume of people here - it would be nice to cultivate a safe dry clean patch amongst the chaos.
I imagine, as with all uni pools, there would be heaps of squad and lessons and water polo. It does say on the website though they are committed to always providing at least 3 public swimming lanes. Nice.
I notice on the pool website it says 'The bulkheads will be in the 50m pool from lanes 4 - 8, Monday to Friday from 3pm till 8pm.' I had to google that - of course! It's what I used to call a pool divider! Another piece of technical language conquered! Lucky I didn't go in the afternoon - 50m is so much better if not as efficient!
Hilarious advert for bulkheads: 'don't be let down in the middle of your pool' http://www.starkbulkheads.com/
Pretty picture from the uni PR department - I also note the pool was built in 2007, and is FINA compliant: http://awc.alumni.mq.edu.au/s/1404/index.aspx?sid=1404&gid=1&pgid=352
Menai Swim Academy
7.30am Monday. $5.50 entry.
WHAT A HOT POOL! TOO HOT! Akin to that feeling of hot yoga!
It was a hot morning, so altogether too hot. Although right now I can't think of anything more tempting than some hot water - given this coldness.
I had a great swim despite the heat. A small pool. 25m, only 6 lanes. 3 lanes were taken up with aquarobics, which is much earlier than your typical pool. Maybe there is competition for space with schools, it is term 4 swimming classes for schools. I lvoed the aquarobics instructor - I normally don't pay much attention to the classes, but this lady was making heaps of sexy saucy jokes - there seemed to be a high level of familiarity/friendship amongst the group.
I almost ran into someone in my lane in my first couple of lengths - so habituated I am to having my own lane. I've become a bad sharer! What an adverse consequence of this project!
I was flanked on both sides by interesting characters. On one side were the 2 hyper-fit hyper-noisy olympic cap wearing swimmers - doing lengths with the equipment and gizmos but also chatting and gossiping at the ends. Their gossip was too technical for me to understand, it did sound rather like synchronised swimming shop talk! They did have nose pegs…
On my other side was an older lady making no secet of the fact that she was taking the aquarbocis class from across the pool so as to not pay/have space to herself. She and I got chatting, she said she often observes the class, and has picked up all the tips/techniques, free of charge no less! I told her about my project, and she started in with suggestions for pools I should visit - I felt like such a killjoy for having visited all ehr recommendations already! Cutely, she told me she met her husband at nearby sutherland pool. Cute.
Interesting pool markings, semi circles at the ends akin to a netball court really.
I also loved the sign in the change rooms - what does it even mean? I can't believe it is still up despite so many of the letters having fallen away - fantastic! 20c showers.
Richmond Pool
9.30am Saturday. $4 entry.
I must say, I oscillated for many months about whether to count Richmond in my definition of Sydney. It feels like the edge of Sydney to me, the bottom of the mountains, the end of the train line. But it really was so far away. Popular surveying of friends and randoms erred on the side of yes, keep it in. So here I am! it's a bit thin edge of the wedge though, what the harm in a little further up the hill to lithgow - right? At some point of got to give some hard edges to this phase of the project…
Regardless of my hesitations, I was so happy to have visited. I had the most delightful swim, overcast skies that teased with faint gasps of rain - my favourite. I had a lane to myself, and enjoyed the 50m stroke after a series of 25m indoor numbers.
There was a swimming lesson happening, and some patient watchers on, they must have been cold in the exposed seating, it was warmer in the water.
The tiles were fabulous, a more complicated pattern than your standard tiny squares in rows pattern. They looked pretty clean too. In fact, if it hadn't been for the vintage tiling, I would ave thought the pool pretty recent - new filtration and infinity edges and newish diving blocks.
I loved the cultivated lawns around the pool - so lush and bindi free and green.
Good bathrooms, cavernous but well lit, free showers, although not many of them in proportion to the size of the change rooms. This is a seasonal facility, open sept-april each year. I think core business may be in summer holidays, and school business.
Most of all I loved the not permitted dive sign - far more explicit and prescriptive than most. In fact, I found it rather instructive - it gave me a solid explanation of what exactly a 'horsey' is - I had thought it was more someone climbing on another's shoulders - shows what I know. In fact, when I saw the picture, I was tempted to have a go myself - it looks entirely farcical!
I had a nice drive out here - past some rather rural scenery. Amazing jacaranda village, and a brilliant set of op shops.
It is clear that council in around 2008 had considered closing the pool, instead it received government funding to refurbish - evidence of a community campaign: http://hawkesburyfirst.com/Richmond%20Pool/Richmond_Pool.htm
Northmead Aquatic and Fitness Centre
8.30am Thursday morning. $5 entry.
Predominately a swim school operation it would appear. Huge gym upstairs seems to be the main attraction. One of many facilities owned by Plus Fitness, some conglomerate of franchisee centres.
Water was fine, it was me and 3 ladies in the other 3 lanes walking and hopping and lurching. I think at 4 lanes this might be one of the narrowest pools I've been in. 25m pool, constant depth of 1.2m for entire pool. I liked how this was phrased on the signs 'Pool Constantly 1.2m' - guess it is the same thing. It was quite dark in the pool area - not much natural light. I guess when there isn't much light the water doesn't reflect - maybe in my head when there isn't bright lighting (either natural or artificial) and therefore reflections/sparkles I feel like the pool is stagnant, dense and soup-like, leading me to feel more lethargic/negative about the experience. Interesting.
I didn't take many photos as kids started arriving quite early for swim school. Yes, swim school season. For this reason the staff didn't want to give me exact times for public lane swimming, you need to call the day before to check in.
Most interesting observation from this outing was the classic rules sign/centre policy sign. Along with the generic rules about children over a certain age being allowed in toilets of the opposite gender (whatever that means) was the ruling: 'any child who is not fully toilet trained MUST wear a disposable aqua nappy and reusable Pee Cees. This is required to maintain water clarity and hygiene standard for our pools. Washable Pee Cees are available from reception.
WHAT IS A PEE CEE? Internet research since tells me that a Pee Cee is a brand of swimming nappy. But I can't say it was even the easiest thing to find on the internet, so maybe a reference to an obscure brand of nappy not the best way of ensuring policy is adhered to!
Change room fine and free showers but very little changing area - I think many people might drive here and drive away to shower etc at home.
Mt Druitt Swimming Centre
4.30pm Tuesday. $4.30 entry.
Most life threatening swim thus far! Beware a severe summer thunderstorm in an outdoor pool! What risks I take! My favourite moment of the entire visit, and a tale I have been over-narrating ever since: a call over the loudspeaker came to evacuate the pool as the rain started to fall, flashes of lightening visible in relative proximity. It took a bit of cajoling over the microphone to alert people to get out, obviously someone asked something pesky like 'but why?' to which the announcer explained 'cos if lightening strikes the pool you're dead'. BEST EXPLANATION EVER.
This was but one moment of sheer bemusement I experienced. Another shock was the lack of lane ropes - only two (and my favourite old school single line rope with white (from faded orange) foam baubles and these were dedicated to after school lessons. So the other 6 wide lanes were free for recreating, and on this stinking of hot days, there were naturally MANY pleasure seekers. Another dedicated lapper and I tried to carve out a strip in the middle of the pool, but were constantly being thwarted by divers and dippers and floating devices.
The pool itself was pretty pleasant, SO refreshing after the humid heat and the whole centre, in and out of the water, was filled with an energetic buzz, that approach of a storm frenzy affecting us all. The water wasn't the cleanest - but again, it was very busy. It might be an amazing pool to visit early in the morning.
However, on the hours of the day point, I did try to visit this pool the week before, not thinking to check that it might not open til 9am - obviously not so many before work power swimmers around. Heaps of grassed areas and kids play spaces, and a massive hot-chip-oil-smelling kind of kiosk.
Apart from the excitement of the evacuation, the other truly amazing elements of the space included to bathrooms and general signage. Fabulous painted ENORMOUS W and M for the change rooms. Interior of the change rooms truly terrifying, no lighting, all dark dark brown paint and tiling. Free showers though.
I now learn that someone I know has been commissioned by Blacktown Council to do a mural on the outer white wall of the centre. Ironically (maybe my community arts hat is too tightly secured at present) I had marvelled that there wasn't already a mural on the wall! Although the old painted stick figure swimmer was so nice to see, an image from the past indeed.
Mt Druitt Pool Caretaker - such an amazing job! I want this job, imagine if I was the caretaker of a pool! http://mt-druitt-standard.whereilive.com.au/news/story/caretaker-farewells-37-year-mt-druitt-pool-commitment/
Fish-in - I've seen this elsewhere, before you drain/close the pool for the winter season you stop the chlorine, reduce the pH and let the algae build up, then add fish, often trout etc. Then people come and fish them out and win prizes: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/wet-a-line-in-a-pool-full-of-fish/story-e6freuy9-1225755708556
National Centre of Indigenous Excellence
8.30am Monday. $6.50 entry.
WHAT AN AMAZING POOL. This was truly an incredible swim in an incredible space. A beautiful new brilliant blue pool, bright cheery colours (orange again too I note), great change room, (although the one near the pool is toilet only, no shower), beautiful day, pool to myself. The whole complex is just over a year old and is designed to host and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in programs around fitness and wellbeing, arts and culture, innovation and education, built on the heritage former Redfern Public School.
The water was brilliantly blue, a bit cloudy, and increasingly sparkling as the sun moved from behind the gym part of the complex. I can see it being seeringly hot come mid-summer, and the grassed platform framing the outer edge of the pool wasn't shaded at all, but for now, a spring morning, it was perfect.
Infintity pool edges and a slightly raised platform at the deep end for diving (would need to be quite shallow as it isn't very deep). I liked the tiling options here, white painted surface but black tiled lane markings of a shiny high gloss small black tile - classy.
Some tacky breakfast radio was the only complaint, most likely to keep the solo life guard entertained. I imagine there would be a roaring trade of swim school here too. I had a nice chat with the life guard, she was bemused my my project, especially as for this swim I didn't push myself due to a neck injury, which probably made it seem farcical to her that I would go to all the effort to swim in every pool in sydney to only really flop about/do 20 laps.
Apparently the pool is also used for sport training, I think some kind of rugby/football. The complex has many other delights: a ropes course, gym, sports stadium and field, arts and craft space, meeting room, IT lab and a creche! The sports complex is next to the old heritage redfern school buildings, which have been redeveloped into residential space for camps, learning centres etc.
Nice arty photo of the pool with the goosebumps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/newtown_grafitti/5983070822/in/photostream/
Sydney Academy of Sports and Recreation Aquatic Centre, Narrabeen
7.30am Thursday. $5 entry.
I've been to this complex before, not the pool which is pretty new and flashy, but to the athletics track directly behind the pool. I remember an athletics carnival there once, and a school camp involving abseiling.
Favourite 2 things about this place. That I had to hunt down the life guard on duty to give my 5 bucks entry fee. Obviously not their primary business swimmers like me. Other favourite thing was the gaudy wall photo of a beachside sunset in the tables and chairs waiting area, I presume for the parents and guardians of the prodigy athletes in training. I imagine there may be lots of waiting.
The pool was new and lovely. White rectangle tiles and ladders in and out. I had a lane to myself for the most part. Squad in two lanes although they cleared out halfway through my laps to be replaced by aquarobics looking people. The cheesy music was yet to start as I was exiting thankfully.
According to the website there are cold plunge pools and contrast showers as part of the facility, they weren't in sight during my visit which is a shame as I LOVE a plunge pool. Guess I'm not a likely candidate for serious muscle conditioning or sports recovery.
Good bathrooms. Heaps of natural light, free showers, clean surfaces. Free showers.
The one life guard seemed to be studying at a trestle tab;e by the pool during my visit. There seemed a high level of chatting between other people coming and going. I was told when I phoned that the pool was only open 7.30 - 10.30am each morning for local residents/ Obviously they didn't regulate the local resident bit but I wonder if that may be the case that there are a bunch of regular locals - at least that was my vibe. The area the pool is in, on the Narrabeen lake, is pretty out of the way - long roads tunneled in bushland to get there.
Tony Shaw's Swim School, Toongabbie
8am Wednesday. $3.50 entry.
Well, an interesting swim. I think I can safely say that I will never come back to this pool. Recently (and largely propelled by this experience) I've been rethinking my head strong decision to visit EVERY pool in Sydney, even those who are primarily private swim school pools with limited public swimming access. And that maybe it isn't fair for me to apply the same judgement or criteria to a pool like this than to a council run mega-facility with resources and staff etc - it is a bit apples and oranges. This pool is clearly serving a purpose and is a family business and probably doesn't need my upstart criticism. However yet again I am reminded of the temporal nature of my project, perhaps I caught the pool on a bad day, perhaps the very hour before my arrival it was a completely different landscape.
That said, it wasn't a very pleasant experience. It wasn't very busy when I was there, I was the only non 5-year old in the water. The photos largely speak for themselves, although they are somewhat blurry (perhaps in my rush to end the experience).
The pool itself was once maybe painted white, but now, yellowed and worn away pool surfaces, almost resembling an ocean bath/pool. I did love the thin black pool markings, the thinness of them seemed so stylised. There was no apparent filtration or drainage system, the pool just looked like a concrete hole sitting inside a hangar with limited light. In fact, the limited light reflected off the water enough to see a filmy, oily sheen across both pools, with bubbles/suds collecting in the corner of the smaller kids. Maybe all pools have this, only the low lighting in this space reflected the sheen perfectly.
There were also no visible ladders or steps out of the pool = awkward heaving and flopping onto the concrete pool landing. Fine for spritely young children perhaps but not fine for me.
The bathrooms. Free hot showers but pretty grimey, I could possibly have seen a little crawling animal but I'm not sure.
No public swimming on the weekends, and during the week 7am - 2.30pm then 7pm-7.45pm.
It appears they are building a new website live: http://www.wix.com/l2swim/tony-shaws-swim-school
The only web presence for Tony Shaw's - the most ridiculous article I have ever read, in fact I still can't believe this exists in the world (although it is local newspapers). A father has withdrawn patronage of the pool after the pool refused to give his daughter a new swimming cap free of charge ($4.50) with the cheesy heading: 'dad puts a cap on swimming bill': http://parramatta-advertiser.whereilive.com.au/news/story/dad-puts-a-cap-on-swimming-bill/
Camden War Memorial Pool
3pm Sunday. $3.00 swim - bargain!
Of all the pools bound by the loose and amorphous boundaries of Sydney as per my definitions, this could well be the furthest. My brother, who I dragged along with the promise of a swim on a sweltering day, rightly suggested that it was really an invitation to go driving with a swim in the middle. It is a long way, and Camden at times does feel a little rural.
So much recreation was happening here! I had to work hard to preserve my lane for dedicated lap swimming, there were so many kids bobbing all about in the water. It is clear that this facility is valued and in demand, with such a good and cheap entry price it means families and groups can hang about for the day, well evidenced by the picnic blankets and camping chairs and so many people dipping in and out of the water in between sun baking and hanging around.
Water quality - cloudy. But that must have more to do with the patronage of the day and the amount of bodies in and out of the water.
Recent renovations ($5.3million upgrade according to the internet) that were opened in March 2011 make this place shiny, could be the newest feeling pool I've visited yet. All the hallmarks of the latest in modern swimming pool design were present: ramps, complicated mechanised wet playground, mural (but not graffiti art cos that is passe), orange paint (bright orange really is in with the pools - narrabeen, enmore, stanhope), infinity pool edge/drain, white painted pool surface replacing tiles etc.
Interesting murals along two whole walls, lovely representations of swimmers from bygone eras, recreating on what I imagine would be the Nepean River, and then the first Camden swimming pool. I'd be interested in reading more about the artist, Birgitte Hansen and the context of the murals, but alas it seems no-one is very good at doing promo.
Although on promo there is a cute video on the YMCA website: http://www.ymcasydney.org/centre/camden/
Noel Martin Sports and Aquatic Centre, Sydney University.
5pm Friday. $6.50 entry.
Normally I wouldn't swim at this time in an inner city pool so as to avoid peak hour mayhem. But because it was Friday - no worries!
I used to swim here everyday during my lunch break as I worked directly behind the centre. It was such a calming and wholesome thing to do in the middle of a work day, and ever since I left that job, I lament the lack of proximity to a pool and the swim-in-an-hour ease. As such, I have fond memories for this pool.
The pool is oft used for water polo like most uni pools, so is lovely and deep for two-thirds of the pool. Here, the pool lane approach is that of double lanes for slow and medium swimmers. I am such a fan, in this context. I'm so unhabituated to swimming with so many other people that at least having a double lane means overtaking/regulating speed is feasible and easy.
Swimming lessons were in full swing, or more like squad or something. Lots of parents watching on, from the carpeted tiered seating framing the pool. Too many people around to take too many photos.
The water always looks very blue here. They did a renovation a couple of years ago to increase the window area into the pool, and ever since, it feels so airy and breezy for what is really a pool in a pretty small space. They also built a new roof, that does such an amazing job of reflecting the blue of the water. Due to the shape of the windows, thin slits of strong spring sunlight hit the pool like rays, moving across the water over the duration of my swim. Swimming through the rays, and catching glares of the sun on the turn of my head, I felt so stimulated by the strong sun in the water. The water was also exceptionally clear.
Showers are free, change rooms adequate but I've known them to get very full, with swimmers and gym goers and squash players.
Sydney Uni normally charges an annual membership rate on top of any prices to access the facilities, and I think theoretically you cant use the pool/centre without membership, which from memory is $55. However I just rocked up and asked for single pool entry, and it wasn't an issue. Always worth a go I reckon, it might be one of those discretionary things that is contingent on the staff member.
I note proposed for further expansion with an additional 25m pool: http://sydney.edu.au/facilities/projects/sac/expansion.shtml
Just found out that a LGBTIQ swimming club is based at this pool, Wett Ones. An entertaining thought if I ever wanted to some training. The website has some interested stuff about pool etiquette and training terminology: http://www.wettones.org/swimming-training/#Ettiquete
Wentworthville Heated Swim Centre
8.30am Wednesday. $4.50 entry.
Another amazing pool from the team at Holroyd City Council! As with my Merrylands visit on Monday, this pool has just reopened after a winter hibernation. In retrospect, I should have left a month or so between the Merrylands and Wentworthville adventures, as they are pools of a similar generation, local council area and character with so many of the same features (signage, design, lockers). And I have so few 50m outdoor beauties left, it was over-zealous and greedy of me to visit 2 in the same week just because of their proximity to the city. I will regret this later.
However, that aside, this was an amazing swim. MY 60TH POOL.
A beautiful warm morning and the light dancing so brilliantly in the water. Only a couple of other swimmers, no sign of kids or aquarobics or other things that habitually occur around 9 - 9.30am. I lingered long in the water, floating and diving and flopping about long past my deadline!
Whilst architecturally it is very similar to Merrylands, it is clear there has been greater refurbs here. The bathrooms, overhead opening and the same 20c and AMAZING GREEN LOCKERS, just nicer and newer and better patronised-feeling. More amazing painted concrete furniture, round edges and circular shapes to the angular points of merrylands.
I got in a bit of trouble for taking photos of the pool as I was taking my final departing shots, despite there being not a person in the water. The lifeguard couldn't really provide me with a reason to not take photos, but I wasn't going to push it. I got chatting with them about my project and they softened to me after a while, and were quite touched and blushing as I complemented them on the pool. They were pleased to know it scrubbed up.
There is a big debate raging in the Holroyd community about council proposals to build a mega-leisure centre in Greystanes and fund it by closing this pool Merrylands, and Guildford. The site they are proposing is not super accessible, but would be in income generator to compete with other big mega-leisures like olympic park.
About the proposed new mega-leisure. My favourite line is ' How will we find the next Ian Thorpe from Wentworthville if that child doesn't get the opportunity to learn to swim as his or her local pool.' http://www.streetcorner.com.au/news/showPost.cfm?bid=19622&mycomm=WC
Amazing aeriel shot from 1970 that demonstrates the circular seating and wading pools very well. Holroyd City Library is pretty savvy on the flick and promoting historic images - awesome: http://www.flickr.com/photos/holroydlibrary/3885856521/in/photostream/
Merrylands Heated Swim Centre
8am Monday. $4.50 entry.
What an amazing pool. Easily made it into my top pool list (note how I choose not to quantify my favourites).
Everything was so good. Pool to myself. No over attentive life guards. Water not too cold despite the overcast weather. Lovely clear blue water, and a pool floor that deepened in the middle of the pool as opposed to a deep end.
I loved the dilapidated pool flags, the leaf litter, the lane dividers (only required for half the pool) of warm reds and yellows at the ends and the blue/white stripe combo for the main stretch. There was substantial leaf litter, surprising given the pool had only been open to the public for about 2 weeks after its winter closure.
Fabulous bathrooms, 20c showers. Nicely exposed to the elements with an opening in the middle of the roof. AMAZING old lockers, the colour of oxidised brass. They didn't look very functional or well utilised, but oh how coveted they were by my eyes!
I tag teamed departure with a bus load of small kids, arriving for swimming lessons. All dressed in those towel capes! I had been lamenting the absence of patrons during my swim, but was so warmed to see so many people arrive. Term 4 school time is of course full of swimming lessons, just as term 1 is full of swimming carnivals. Funny how quickly my idyllic and serene solo swimming paradise (though wistfully lonely) transcended into shrill and chaotic kid central within minutes. Makes me realise that when I have the opportunity I should really hang around for longer, to observe the ebbs and flows of activity and energy over time.
Amazing geometric concrete furniture too.
Beautiful aerial photo of the original pool dated 1968 -1971: http://www.westernsydneylibraries.nsw.gov.au/watersedge/images/holroyd/9.html
Absolutely fascinating minutes from a meeting of the Swim Centres Committee of Holroyd Council (which, despite being a small LGA, has 3 pools, the other two being Guildford and Wentworthville). The minutes document attendance, expenditure and income of the 3 pools over the year. Merrylands reported an average of 450 patrons/day and 13,702/month which is more than I would have imagined! However this graph reproduced from the report shows the decrease in patronage as quite a sever decline, obviously encouraged by the decision to close the pool over winter.


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WESTMINSTER, COLO. -- After extensive interviews with the parents of a missing 10-year-old Colorado girl, Westminster Police officers are now saying they believe she was abducted.
Jessica Ridgeway her suburban Denver home Friday morning to meet some friends at a park to walk to school. She was reported missing when she never showed up to the school that day.
Detectives have been talking with both the mother, who lives with her, and the father, who lives in Missouri. Neither are believed to have been involved in her disappearance.
Officers said they have received tips from Maryland, Texas, Nevada, Wyoming and Maine.
Investigators have thoroughly searched her neighborhood and surrounding area but have found only her backpack, which was six miles from the park she was supposed to be at Friday.
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If you've ever really listened to Action Bronson's words, you'll notice that it sounds a little like culinary rap. Yes, Action raps about food but he also used to be a chef and don't the best rappers rap about they know?
According to Ruby Hornet, the story goes that the RH reps told Action that they shall take him to try Chicago's finest meats and cheeses when he's back in town. It was a tiny hassle but a table at one of Chi-town's high-class eateries Blackbird. Throw in some slow-drums-and-sampled production provided by Thelonious Martin and the rest is history. The song is the second single from Closed Sessions Vol. 2, presented by MTV2 Sucker Free and will be available in August.


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Jay-Z will perform at the Paralympics Closing Ceremony in London with Coldplay and Rihanna.
Jay-Z will perform at the Paralympics Closing Ceremony.
The rapper is set to join Coldplay and his protege Rihanna at the event in London on Sunday (09.09.12) after the British band's frontman Chris Martin approached him.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Jay-Z and Chris Martin are close friends so he helped to get the rapper on board.
"They are putting together a spectacular set list - one likely to include a duet.
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Fourteen minutes past the hour witness now for New York State liaison -- the US Department of Homeland Security Michael -- to talk about these revelations from -- here where -- we.
Of what we're doing is we're going to a piecing what happened with the FBI did it -- -- So typically what the bureau does is -- money get a requests from overseas they don't conduct an investigation now they'll go.
Talk to the person we think -- -- a database check -- find out what's going on with person.
And then if there's nothing out there that we'll talk to somebody if they do find something suspicious and they take it to a different kind of level but they don't do is -- sit down with the person because that means that.
Probably give up your hand when looking at you so that's path that would happen in this case didn't find anything now.
My sources tell me they went back to the Russian authorities and they said -- God's forgiveness in the first place it's a darn well we didn't find anything.
What do we do now where to go forward and what I understand is they kind of went dark but still raises the question.
She missed -- on a database from the FBI's perspective.
Is that what the creation of the -- homeless he was all about it wouldn't have steel pipes of information that you have kind of a seamless system.
And that's really what it if if this had happened and there had been a tag.
And -- first -- got away for six months seems to be appear in that's common with a lot of other folks.
-- -- -- -- -- leaving for six months is is a big deal and it it gives you enough time to that we got after that initial investigation it was like maybe there was.
If there was follow we don't know about that that would.
You what we know is that there was initial interview based upon a foreign request -- until.
Navigate raised the question why did that initial -- -- -- what did they know.
But then we -- a -- -- says the radicalization happened after that interview and that's the murky part.
If you're in the FBI and you get something from Russia about a Chechen.
You're obviously thinking OK this is about Russia's ongoing and forever conflict with Chechnya.
You're not thinking this guy might be after us because we've never seen anything like this.
But the relationships you know to the legal attaches from the FBI which have -- they have all around the world.
And so it's not like suddenly you get phone call one day in the afternoon you -- -- calling right now and pay attention this -- Now they have these conversations all the time about various things telling -- we don't know what what level this came in and how much urgency this was -- severity of it.
But again we know that he went overseas and now the big question is.
What did Russia do -- also did they take a look at this -- they know who's coming in.
If we had set him up in the system and we could have alerted Russia hey look for this guy use them up they have ahead of time.
Maybe you can use of your resources to track him -- who is talking to -- is that gap of information now that's really crucial.
Deciding how this got done if nobody but these two guys knew this was going down that's possible.
But that would be very rare.
It kind of doesn't make sense is a lot of signs that that the very least if somebody else who's inspiring these guys perhaps on instructing him but I inspiring him.
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Monster Hunter, Mario Kart and Super Mario 3D Land drive Nintendo's new system.
Yet again, the 3DS reigns supreme in its home country. Fueled by Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, Monster Hunter 3G and Inazuma Eleven Go (an RPG/Soccer hybrid), the system topped the sales charts in Japan, selling over 240,000 units for the week of January 2 - three times its nearest competitor, the PS3.
Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, Monster Hunter 3G and Inazuma took the top four sales positions in Japan. Kart, Land and Hunter have all cleared 1 million units in sales, with Inazuma crossing 325,000. The only other 3DS title to make the top 20 was Nintendogs + Cats at spot #13.
For comparison, the PlayStation Vita ranked fifth in system sales with 42,000 units sold. No Vita games made Japan's top 20 sales last week.
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"What's wrong dear...don't you like eggs?" Rarity whimpered, her bottom lip quivering. Tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes as she carefully watched Sweetie Belle poke and prod at the black, charred mess of eggness that rested on her plate.
"Well...sure I like eggs but..." Sweetie Belle began, pushing the eggs around on her plate with a magically levitated fork "...aren't eggs supposed to be...you know...yellow?" Rarity sighed, turning away from the table and walking quietly towards the stove.
"Suppose I'll try again..." she whispered, opening the fridge with magic and bringing out the half empty carton of eggs. She was normally a good cook, able to feed herself and Sweetie Belle with no issue at all. The one thing that always seemed to elude her though...was the skill of cooking eggs. "Oh yes I see...two rotations and...hmmm" Rarity muttered, reading over the small cookbook she had propped up against a large jar of sugar. It was this sight that caused Sweetie Belle to sigh and chuck the plate of torched eggs into the trash, her hopes of a good breakfast quickly fading away.
Just as Rarity was about to pour a freshly wicked cup of yolk into the pan, her doorbell rang, dragging a sigh of relief out of Sweetie Belle. Perhaps her breakfast could be saved after all, but only if she acted fast.
"Oh, the door bell!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, a little more over-the-top then needed. She rushed over to where Rarity stood in front of the stove and quickly put her two front hooves on the unicorn's side. She shouted, making Rarity blink in astonishment "Might be a customer! You should go answer that! Wouldn't want to lose a customer right?!"
Rarity stared with wide eyes at Sweetie Belle's overjoyed face, the filly's smile creeping her out just enough to draw a slow, concerned sentence out of her "Right...well...I suppose I'll just leave you to the eggs then...". Sweetie Belle nodded with intense enthusiasm, using all her might to push Rarity towards the entrance to the kitchen. The diva simply sighed as she was semi-pushed from the kitchen, her hooves quickly taking her to the door as the doorbell rang again.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!!!!" Rarity shouted towards the door, quickly illuminating it with her magic and swinging it inwards. She smiled as she spotted the pink waves of a silky mane, and the canary-yellow fur of a timid, kind-hearted mare she knew as one of her best friends. "Fluttershy! Why darling this is such a wonderful surprise! What brings you...to.....um, Fluttershy? Are you ok dear?"
Rarity's smile quickly faded, her eyes quickly widening as she saw the state her friend was in. Fluttershy's eyes were wider then Rarity's, her breath coming out in ragged gasps and her cheeks blazing with the reddest blush Rarity had ever seen. Her mane looked a bit ruffled, and her wings kept twitching every few seconds...a sign that Rarity recognized as a Pegasus who has been startled or taken by extreme surprise. "My goodness! Fluttershy what ever has happened?!" Rarity exclaimed, a hoof up towards her own mouth as she looked the frantic Pegasus up and down slowly.
"I...I....I...!" Fluttershy squeaked, her voice high in pitch. She tried her best to speak, with Rarity only catching small bits and pieces of her sentence up "I...need...I just...Macintosh....he...um..."
"Calm...down dear. Slow, easy breaths" Rarity coached, putting a tender hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder. She had gone through these motions before with the timid pony, remembering many a time when she had found Fluttershy in a similar state on her front porch whenever a terrible storm passed over the town. This however...was mere filly's play to the other times Fluttershy had been to Rarity's in her current condition.
Fluttershy nodded slightly, taking a deep breath and uttering out the low word of "Tea...". Rarity nodded quickly, helping her friend inside and towards one of the many circular tables that rested inside the Boutique.
"You wait right here dear...I'll be right back." Rarity said, patting Fluttershy on her back as she settled in a small chair by the table and nodded.
Several minutes passed, with Rarity praising Sweetie Belle in the kitchen for her progress with breakfast followed by a kettle that had been placed on the stove for Fluttershy's tea. The Pegasus in question had seemed to calm down slightly, her breath more under control and her wings growing still at last. She smiled slightly as Rarity trotted in with a tray that held two cups of warm, fresh tea for them both.
"Th...thank you..." Fluttershy said, taking a relieving sip out of her cup and placing it on the table.
"Oh it was no trouble at all dear...you gave me quite a fright however" Rarity said, taking a sip of her own and cocking her head in confusion towards the Pegasus "What happened to get you all riled up though? I've never seen you in such a terrified state!"
Fluttershy's blush practically gleamed as she muttered "W...well...it all started last night...Macintosh had just gotten off of work..."
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"Is that all you can say is 'Eeyup' you inbred hic!?"
"There's no way the club is full!!!"
The shouts and taunts of the ponies in line continued to fall upon the deaf ears of a hunking red stallion known around town as the 'Work Horse' for Sweet Apple Acres: Big Macintosh. Night time was fast approaching in Ponyville, with Princess Luna eager to begin her celestial magic in Canterlot. It was an unfortunate thing for Macintosh, as the more unruly, rough crowd tended to come out after the sun had gone down. In addition to being a farmer pony, Macintosh was also widely known for his job as a Bouncer for Vinyl Scratch, guarding the metal door at the bottom of a staircase leading inside to Vinyl's Cage Corral. He had already given a friendly hello to a semi-straight haired Pinkie Pie who had gotten in with the V.I.P. password about ten minutes earlier...and for some reason regretted it. It was because of this that the line of ponies had begun to grow more and more impatient with each passing second.
On any other night, Macintosh wouldn't really care about what the crowd shouted at him...but with the plans he had, he didn't want anything setting off his mood. He sat on his haunches, sighing in aggravation and adjusting the black beanie pressed down on his head with a gentle push of his hoof. His black sweater wasn't doing much to help either, making his whole body itch from the wool-like fabric. He was just about through with the stupid crowd, nearly losing it when somepony shouted "He probably ate out his STD infested sister, it would explain why he couldn't talk since his throats all fucked up!"
Fate would smile on Big Macintosh however, a breath of relief escaping his lips as his replacement trotted up to him. A stallion, a little bit bigger then Macintosh and slightly bulkier, nodded to him as he approached. He was dressed in similar garb to Macintosh's, and spoke quickly and sternly with little emotion in his voice "Shift's over Macintosh. Go home."
Macintosh let out a small whinny, hopping up on his hooves and dashing away from the depressing spot in front of the staircase with a loud "Eeeeeeyup!!!!" He was eager to get away and on towards his destination as soon as possible, knowing what he'd get when he got there. Fluttershy had only hinted to the stallion about what the night's plans were, and just the sheer thought of it was enough to poke and tease Macintosh's brain to a point of pure insanity.
The wind whipped through the stallion's mane as his hooves beat loudly against the ground, sending him flying across the streets of Ponyville and right out of the northern edge of town. He didn't even bother himself with taking the extra time to cross over the bridge that led over the river, launching himself over the water with a quick kick of his hooves. As he moved down the winding dirt path, the light's of Fluttershy's cottage started to become clearer and clearer. Soon enough, he spotted the wooden bridge leading over the small little river that ran in the front of the cottage, and wasted no time in leaping clean over it.
Meanwhile, from the inside of the cottage, Fluttershy hurriedly tried to make herself ready and presentable for her Stallion lover, going over the checklist of everything she had planned (With the item of 'Thank Twilight for teaching me about Checklists...still unchecked). Candles, Dinner...the outfit discreetly bought from the 'Naughty Store', as she liked to call it. She gave herself a quick look over as the thunderous padding of Macintosh's hooves reached her perked ears, making sure she was fully ready for him. She blushed at her own reflection, looking up and down the red-velvet dress she had on. It was a one piece gown, the fabric soft but see-through, and showed off a yellowish tint of her fur through it. Near the bottom portion of the dress which was stretched skin-tight over her flank, was the slight frill of a modified skirt made to fit her and stretch as she moved. She smiled and stared at herself as she finally finished adjusting the big red bow in her hair, giving herself the impression that she was some kind of 'Present'.
As she heard him approaching the cottage with frantic speed, she lept over the arm of her couch and landing with a soft squeak. She spread her hooves out and laid herself out on her side, with one hoof propping her head up so that she could stare towards the door. A blush as red as her dress had settled on her face, a thought racing through her head as Macintosh tried his best to unlock her door with the spare key she had given him "Oh...I do hope Rainbow Dash was right about this being assertive...I really want to be good to him and not be so timid when it comes to...to....this."
She let out a little squeak of fright as the front door flew open, a winded Macintosh trotting in quickly and sucking in a breath when his eyes landed on the sexily dressed mare laid out before him on the couch. Fluttershy felt as if her face was on fire, her eyes on Macintosh's which were traveling up and down her body. "Oh...mah...stars." Macintosh breathed, his own blush visible through his deep red coat.
"D...do you like it?" Fluttershy spoke, her voice a bit soft but still clearly audible. Big Macintosh couldn't help but smile as he looked around the dimly lit living room at all the scented candles that had been lit up just for him, and his favorite dinner (It being 'Apple-Getti', a combination of Spaghetti and Apples) set out on the kitchen table just for him.
"Apple-scented candles..." Macintosh sighed, taking a deep breath that made his heart throb with the familiarity and comfort of home.
Fluttershy giggled and spoke as he quickly made his way over to her "I knew that today was going to be extra hard on you...because of it being Happy Tuesday at the Corral. I thought I'd...give you something to look forward too."
Macintosh couldn't help but smile, pressing his lips against Fluttershy's and diving into a passionate embrace with her. The mare's wings immediately fanned out along the couch with a loud 'POOMF!', and was followed quickly by her front hooves which wrapped around the stallion's neck, drawing deeper into their kiss.
"Flutt...mmmh" Macintosh tried to speak, his words getting muffled by the heavy pecks and presses of Fluttershy's lips against his "Ah wanted...mmph, to tell th-mmmm...ah had a surprise of my own for...for you..."
Fluttershy pulled her lips away for a moment, her breath slightly heavy as she whispered "A surprise...for me?"
Macintosh nodded with a quiet "Eeyup" and gave her a quick peck on her lips before going on "I wanted to make it up to you for all the late nights the Corral has been giving me...because I know you don't like to be here all alone at night. I have to give it to you tommorow morning though...if that's alright."
Fluttershy giggled and ran her hooves down Macintosh's chest and sides, getting a shudder out of the Stallion and a small wheeze of breath. She smiled and gently helped Macintosh up onto the couch, blushing as he gently settled down on top of her and adjusted his posture as not to crush the frail mare. "Oh..." Fluttershy smiled "I think I'll be able to wait for the morning...we haven't even gotten started on the night yet...".
Macintosh shivered as he felt Fluttershy's teeth nibble at his ear and he breathed "M...Miss Dash has been talkin' to ya'll about the assertive thing again...hasn't she?" Fluttershy nodded and pushed her lips up against his with a small smile on her face, one hoof pressed against his side, and another trailing itself down his chest, stomach...and right to his - "Whoa Nelly!" Macintosh breathed, his blush increasing tenfold in intensity and his breath coming out in a raspy shudder. "Ah...ah didn't know you wanted to...you want to do this...tonight?"
Fluttershy gave a small nod, her eyes staring up into Macintosh's as she whispered "Y...yes. I know we talked about...about my first and...I want it to be you. I want it to be here...tonight...with you." Macintosh couldn't be any more proud and happy to hear those words escape her love's lips. For her to trust him with something so sacred and precious, it was a true sign that Fluttershy indeed loved him more then anything in the entire world of Equestria.
Macintosh sighed in pure bliss as Fluttershy pulled him down into yet another deep kiss...setting off the fuse for a night they would not soon forget in the coming years.
It was early the next morning when Fluttershy opened her eyes, a low groan escaping her lips. She tried to move slightly, but found herself unable, stuck in a single spot. It was then that she finally felt the quiet 'Thump Thump' of a heartbeat against her back, and the gentle, warm breath of Big Macintosh on the back of her neck. She smiled as she looked down at the front hooves that were wrapped around her middle, pulling her snugly against Macintosh's belly. She sighed with a content smile on her face, her blankets filling her with the scent of apples and trees. It was during the night that the two had moved from the living room to the bedroom, with Macintosh doing the carrying and most of the...delicate work.
It took her a bit of work, but eventually she managed to pry herself out of the passed out stallion and slip out of bed. The moment her hooves it the ground however, they threatened to give out from under her. Her legs wobbled and shook as she tried her best to stay on her hooves, a throbbing, sore pain making itself clearly known near her flank...
Fluttershy let out small, pained sigh as she wobbled towards the bathroom door, her business aching to be done. She wasn't upset that she was in pain...after all, she knew what she was getting herself into. There was comfort to be had however, as Macintosh had indeed kept his promise to be nice and gentle with the fragile mare during the night.
Wasting no time at all, Fluttershy quickly closed the door shut behind her, unaware that Big Macintosh had woken up the moment Fluttershy tried to wiggle her way out of his hooves. He had always been a light sleeper, and with Fluttershy now in his life, it would only seem to reinforce it. Who knew if danger could be lurking during the night...danger that he'd need to be awake, aware, and fully prepared for.
With a light sigh, Macintosh rolled over in the tangled mess of the pink colored blankets and took a good look at the small clock that rested on Fluttershy's wall. It was hard to see through the dim morning light, but he could just make out the time of 5:45. "Perfect!" he thought, looking towards the bathroom as a flush was heard "Just in time fer me to take her outside for the sunrise...". The door to the bathroom opened and Fluttershy stepped out, still wobbling but with a look of relief on her face. This faded slightly however as she watched Macintosh sit up in her bed, her voice squeaking as she spoke "Oh no...I didn't wake you up did I?"
Macintosh shook his head, slowly inching his way out of bed as he said "Ee-nope! I was meanin' to get up round' this time anyway. Your surprise is comin' up at the crack uh dawn!"
Fluttershy blinked in surprise for a moment and whispered "R...really? Why so early?"
It was then that Macintosh blushed, a bashful grin on his face as he muttered to the Pegasus before pecking her on the lips "Ya'll will see...don't worry!"
It was just nearing the time for the sun to peak over the world, with the sky ablaze in beautiful colors of red and orange. Already Fluttershy felt the soothing warmth of the approaching sun on her coat and skin, and smiled as she watched Macintosh trot from the backdoor of her cottage and into her backyard. It was here that they could get a perfect look at the mountain range that rested to the far west, the sun just about ready to peak over the mountaintops. As Macintosh made his way over to her, Fluttershy could just barely make out a large plastic bag clutched in his mouth. He smiled as he placed it gently down in front of her, the first rays of the sun now beginning to make their presence known.
Macintosh cleared his throat slightly and took Fluttershy's hoof in his own, smiling as he spoke "Fluttershy...ah...ah just wanted to tell you something. Out of the time we've been together...ah feel like ah can say that you are the most wonderful, beautiful, and amazin' thing to ever have happened to this silly little farm pony. No matter what, on any day, you always bring a warm smile and a throbbing heat to mah swellin' heart. Ah know it's been a few months...and ah know it may seem like ah'm jumping the gun here...but ah just wanted to say that ah've given it some thought. Ah know deep in my heart that ah will never find a mare like you...as kind as you...and wonderful as you. Ah can't fathom it, and ah can't ever fathom the thought of losing you. Fluttershy...ah want to be with you for the rest of mah life...ah want to grow old with you and...and be whatever it is you want me to be. A work horse...an animal doctor...a father...ah don't care what. Ah'll be anything and everything for you Fluttershy...because ah love you." Fluttershy was in tears by the end of his heart-warming speech, her hooves settling over her heart on her chest. A wide smile was stretched across her face as Macintosh reached down to the bag, pulling out a medium-sized black box and whispering "Fluttershy...ah got a question to ask you..."
"Y...yes?" Fluttershy squeaked in question, the edge of the radiant sun just starting to show over the mountains. Macintosh smiled, his eyes looking over towards the mountains for just a brief moment. He needed to time it just right...just perfectly in order to give her the full effect! As the sun's rays beamed in the direction of Ponyville, Macintosh flipped open the box and held it up in his hoof, a squeal sputtering out of Fluttershy's lips.
The sun's rays caught the Diamond hoof-ring perfectly, the gem sparkling and lighting up with the color of the majestic sky. Macintosh smiled as he whispered, staring at a whimpering, but smiling mare who stared at the ring with a look of pure joy on her face.
At first Fluttershy was utterly speechless, her throat refusing to work as the raw emotions of love and joy threatened to make her thudding heart explode with pure happiness. Finally, with a new found strength coursing through her body, she lept at Big Macintosh. The stallion was surprised as the sheer strength of the mare, who had by some miracle managed to tackle him on his back. She pressed her lips against his with as much force as she could have ever mustered, and cried. She smiled as she pulled her head back, staring down at her smiling lover as her tears gently dripped onto his cheeks.
"O...of course I'll marry you!" Fluttershy squeaked, watching as Macintosh popped the ring from its place in the box and slid it over her outstretched hoof. The mare practically squealed, hugging Macintosh tightly and burying her face in the side of his furry neck. "I love you...oh by Celestia's Mane I love you so much..." She whimpered into his neck, her eyes wetting his red fur.
"Ah love you too Sugarcube..." Macintosh whispered, thankful that Fluttershy had managed to just remind him about something. He would need to write a very extensive thank-you card for the requested sunrise.
"Oh...oh my gosh" Fluttershy gasped, leaning up to stare down at Macintosh who looked up at her with a smile on his face "I have to tell Rarity! I have to tell the others! Is it ok if I tell them?! I won't if you don't want me to but oh I don't know if I'll be able to handle it and-"
"Honey...ah don't mind if you tell all of Ponyville" Macintosh chuckled, his lips getting pecked once more by the yellow mare.
"Oh thank you! Can I meet you for breakfast at Daisy's? I'll be real quick I promise!" Fluttershy squeaked, drawing a nod out of Big Macintosh. He chuckled as she thanked him and gave him another quick kiss before darting away, her wings fanning out and carrying her up into the air. He sat up slightly to watch her go, smiling at her fading form before turning his head to watch he rest of the sunrise. He felt his heart swell with love and joy as the rays of the sun warmed his face and body, a sense of calm and fulfillment filling him. He took in and let out a deep breath of relaxation, uttering only a single word to the soothing air...
(So! Sort of a new Chapter style I'm trying there. Let me know how it worked! 4,000 words...AWESOME! I'll fill that quota yet!)
(Also, a cool story, it's 4:18 A.M., so you all better appreciate the pain I've gone through to pump this sucker out!!! God I need some Advil....love you guys.)
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Great work once Again. Can't wait to see how you write the rest of the story.
Fluttershy's outfit! SO CUTE!
A sweet chapter (: It read nice and smoothly, wasn't too fast or too slow, it was a nice even pace.
Have a good one :D
Aaaw so cute!
keep up the good work and i cant wait for the next chapter! (wants to know whats up with pinkie pie)
ALRIGHT BIG MAC damn man your the only one i'd trust to take care of fluttershy so you take good care of her you hear me or there will be hell to pay .
You're giving me chest pains and heart palpitations. Stop writing such adorable things.
Ignore that, don't do anything I just said. I could die reading this and it would be in the middle of a squeal of joy.
that was a beautiful chapter!! i have only ONE complaint... i was waiting to see Pinkie Pie!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please!! a full chapter only about her is being requested!!!!!!!!!
I do love this series, and however this specific story has yet to prove itself as fantastic as the others... I'm sure you'll be able to pull it off! happy writing!
*Your page says this has three chapters, refreshes untill I realise its a error*
We keep going farther back in time in this crazy story, and Doctor Whooves isn't even involved. Head is still spinning from all the time jumps...... Great story........ My mind just gets lost in time all the time that time jumps in stories just make the darn thing worse. But keep up the good work. I will just deal with these mind pains... somehow.....
Hehe, Not bad so far!
And aye, suspense sucks. It's good, and can reeeeeally keep people coming back, but it still sucks to have to suffer through.
I feel queasy
I know the next chapter's coming out slow, but I feel blhelhelhrlhe. Please bear with me and I'm sowwy for the wait!!!
Great chapter! But I always thought the sun rises in the east? Unless Trollestia made it rise in the west just to mess with everypony
Sorry all, but I've fallen ill again I'll get back to updating as soon as I can.
Dude. That`s sunset.
On sunrise, sunlight shifts into different side - most sunrises are crisply yellow. Some lucksters saw green sunrises - rare, but not implausible thing.
A colt bigger than Big Macintosh? I didn't think that was possible.
I really liked how you wrote Fluttershy and Big Mac's 'special night' and the proposal. Excellent job.
But seriously, take care of yourself first. The stories will come.
Well, nothing wrong with these kind of cute (?) stories.
I'd say your efforts were not in vain


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Kipp's journey to Boston earlier this year was punctuated by "random" but no less compromising security checks that involved rather invasive prodding, caressing and jabbing, the likes which we hadn't experienced since bouts of childhood wrestling. Being made to de-belt, de-shoe and empty the contents of our laptop bag at every check point, we were quite sure the results of this week's polls would reflect a disdain for the very inconvenient and time consuming nature of security measures at airports.
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Previously: Rita is pregnant, but Dexter is unsure about how involved he will be in the child's upbringing. The ADA Miguel Prado's brother, Oscar, was killed (by Dexter, by accident). His murder, as well as the murder of an unidentified (though Dexter knew her -- Teegan) girl, were pinned on Freebo. Teegan was missing a patch of skin on her shoulder when she was found. Debra has been using the help of Anton, an informant referred to her by Quinn. He has warned her not to use Anton too much. Internal Affairs wants Deb to help them monitor Quinn, but she's resisting. Maria knows of information that would exonerate a man prosecuted recently by Miguel. Dexter killed Freebo and Miguel caught him. He told Miguel that it was self-defense and a grateful Prado pledged to keep it their secret.
Dexter is at the grocery store. He VO's that the grocery store is the modern day equivalent of the Serengeti, where the mighty lion goes to hunt. That doesn't say a lot for our hunting skills, does it? Though I'll be damned if I can find everything that's on my list, EVER. And, could you look at me, lady at the register? I'll be out of your hair just as soon as you ring up the third of the fucking items I could find from my list. You can pick up your conversation with the clerk two registers over just as soon as I'm gone. We see a kindly old lady offer Dexter a sample of cheese on a toothpick, which he gladly receives. He continues his VO, saying that his "weaker brethren" reward him with gifts. Do lions do that? Reward the mightier lions? Britannica doesn't say anything about that. I think maybe Dex is just partaking in a half-baked metaphor.Rita sidles up to his cart and points at a display of diapers. She says that they will need a lot of diapers soon. Dex just sort of nods at her blankly and VO's that "the lioness" has her own agenda. Actually, the lioness does most of the hunting. Just saying. Astor and Cody show up and put things in the cart. They're helping Dex complete his grocery list. Seriously, there should be a service. He sends them away for the next two items on his list. Mac n' cheese for Cody and mayo for Astor. Rita is stunned that he alphabetizes his grocery list and he responds, "How else would you do it?" Well, Dex, I don't remember things that I need for my pantry in an alphabetical fashion. So, I'd probably just make a list, just like yours, but not alphabetized. Not trying to nitpick, but someone who exhibits an OCD is usually aware that it's out of the ordinary. Just because you have an uncontrollable urge to lick buttons or straighten the tassels on the Persian rug all of time doesn't mean you aren't aware that it's a freak thing to do. His comment effectively ended the conversation, so maybe that was his tactic.