# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 308
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6144 "2023-08-15T11:47:58Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > it’s typically not the plot I need a refresher on, but the names. I forget what it is called, but on my kindle many books will tell you information about a name if you highlight it. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6145 "2023-08-15T14:45:51Z")
I never tried to keep any sort of track of how long it usually needs to be before I’d go back to the beginning of the book; let alone of whether there’s a difference between fiction and nonfiction. I could take a guess, but it might well be wrong. And I’m pretty sure that it also depends on what mood I’m in, and also on how much understanding later things in the book seems likely to be affected by whether I clearly remember the first bit. So I’m not voting in that one. – ETA: if I’ve forgotten the beginning to the point at which it’s worth reading it again, I’ve probably also forgotten how long it was since I paused in reading it! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6146 "2023-08-15T15:44:47Z")
I have a walkman type thing which plays cassettes, but i don’t have a “cassette player”, although i do have one of these (which i suppose i could play cassettes on) :- [![](https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--VCIaj9O4--/a_0/f_auto,t_large/v1658771865/nui8sfcjvfwuvwtrcbpi.jpg) ](https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--VCIaj9O4--/a_0/f_auto,t_large/v1658771865/nui8sfcjvfwuvwtrcbpi.jpg) …which is a 4 track cassette recorder, in case you couldn’t tell. Lovely. Dentist : 6 monthly ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6147 "2023-08-15T16:34:48Z")
Man- I haven’t seen one of those in _years_. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6148 "2023-08-15T16:58:51Z")
I have a wake-up light light similar to [this one](https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Simulation-Headspace-Subscription-HF3520/dp/B0093162RM/ref=sr_1_3?hvadid=635428055027&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9032443&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=383592746746726525&hvtargid=kwd-3678982785&hydadcr=21659_13423312&keywords=philips+wake+up+light&qid=1692118595&sr=8-3). It has a clock and an FM radio, so I counted it as a “clock radio”. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6149 "2023-08-15T17:44:24Z")
High school swimming pool: Southern California; yeah, baby. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6150 "2023-08-15T18:10:51Z")
They started building a pool in my high school during my senior year. Not only did they close the senior parking lot because of the construction, the pool didn’t open until the year after I graduated! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6151 "2023-08-15T18:13:54Z")
My junior and senior high schools had pools with swim class alternating with gym for PE. At the time I assumed everyone’s did. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6152 "2023-08-15T18:14:26Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > My junior and senior high schools had pools with swim class alternating with gym for PE. > > At the time I assumed everyone’s did I wish. We had no pool. I would have loved swimming as a PE option. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6153 "2023-08-15T18:25:56Z")
No pool in high school, but we had one in grade school! Grade school was in the city, high school was rural. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6154 "2023-08-15T18:42:52Z")
No pool. One school I went to had a horse riding ring, though. And horses. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6155 "2023-08-15T19:31:13Z")
The high school I _would_ have gone to if we hadn’t moved after 8th grade had a pool. That’s where I took swim lessons when I was little. The high school I _did_ go to didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6156 "2023-08-15T19:40:25Z")
Six weeks of swimming in PE each year – the _only_ thing I liked about that class. The girls got ugly green swimsuits (or at least that’s how I’ve heard them described - never actually saw one), but we boys swam in our birthday suits. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6157 "2023-08-15T19:47:40Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > the pool didn’t open until the year after I graduated! When I was in middle school they started building a new school to replace the un-airconditioned 1930s era school I attended. The first section of the nice, new school building opened halfway through my 8th grade year, so I only got to go there for half a year before moving on to the un-airconditioned 1960s era high school. Then during the summer after my senior year they renovated the high school, including adding air conditioning. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6158 "2023-08-15T19:50:07Z")
I attended a small Catholic high school, in a building which was built in 1908 (and which is being torn down next month). We had a tiny gym (barely big enough for one basketball court), and definitely no swimming pool. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6159 "2023-08-15T19:58:55Z")
My high school (in SoCal) didn’t get a pool until after I graduated. Not a long time later, so it was maybe late 70s? But we did have figure skating as a PE choice. A local ice rink (sadly closed only a couple of years ago) was only two blocks away. I think kids had to pay for their own skate rentals. The L.A. Kings did their non-Fabulous Forum practices there (they have a schmancy facility in El Segundo now). Once my sister was doing backward cross-overs and at each blade stroke she got lower and lower. The Kings players were coming down from the dressing room as she was slowly sinking farther and farther down. And they laughed at her. But, to be fair, she said the whole class was laughing, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6160 "2023-08-15T20:24:48Z")
“The pool’s on the fourth floor, Frosh. If you want I’ll sell you an elevator pass for $5.00.” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6161 "2023-08-15T20:49:24Z")
I would care about the World Cup if the US was still in. Not a lot but I would pay attention. Since they aren’t I didn’t even know who advanced. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6162 "2023-08-15T21:01:42Z")
Our high school didn’t have a pool, but we did have swimming as an option for PE. They went to the Y a few blocks away. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6163 "2023-08-15T21:16:50Z")
I completely spaced out and forgot to include a “non of the above” option in my own poll, and was therefore unable to vote in my own poll regarding my elementary school. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=309)