# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1)

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6188 "2023-08-16T21:14:04Z")

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I had old-fashioned braces, as did my two older sisters. We hated 'em but I’m sure our teeth look better today because we had 'em.

I rode the bus from first through eighth grade, when I was in public school. Never had any problems, and it could be fun hanging out with friends along the way.

I floss weekly at a minimum, and whenever I get gunk caught in my teeth (corn on the cob and Oreos are particular offenders). Every time I have a checkup my dentist encourages me to floss more often… but then tells me that my teeth look great.

I usually have three or four books going at once, and rarely have a problem getting back into a book if I read any of it in the past month. Longer than that, and I can see how it might be a problem.

My prep school had a swimming pool, and I was on the swim team. Practices were boring - back and forth, back and forth, yeesh - but meets were sometimes exciting. I lettered in swimming, but as a manager and not a competitor, in my senior year.

I don’t think any of my schools, at any time, had A/C. Maybe an occasional window unit.

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> 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.

This thread may interest you, then: [High schools, YMCAs, and nude swimming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-ymcas-and-nude-swimming/379807)

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