Sneaking into pools

BTW Vegas has very good pool weather. SO the question is, what alternatives do locals have as far as pools are concerned? Public pools? Private clubs? Private pools? Water parks nearby? Lake Mead?

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BTW Vegas has very good pool weather. SO the question is, what alternatives do locals have as far as pools are concerned? Public pools? Private clubs? Private pools? Water parks nearby? Lake Mead?

There are some public pools. For example, Summerlin has community pools at the Willows and Trails parks. Some recreation centers have pools, like the one at Desert Breeze park. Even dumpy apartment complexes will usually have pools, as they are practically a necessity here in Summer. I'm not familiar with any private pools here, except those serving a particular neighborhood community. The only water park, Wet-n-Wild, sadly closed around 2002. The owners of the land wanted to put a casino or condo there instead, but never did. It is really a shame. I wish somebody would build a new one. Just another example of how dysfunctional Vegas is. Lake Mead is about an hour drive each way for the average Vegas resident, and isn't pleasant to swim in. The beaches and bottom are rocky and the water is smelly. I'm sure it is fun for boating, and is nice to look at from a distance, but Lake Mead is overrated in my opinion.

Here is a money making idea for the Vegas public schools, which are always complaining about funding. Open up the high school pools during the summer for some reasonable entry fee.

There are a few pools that allow access to non-guests usually for a fee but some of the off strip casinos it can be free.

Las vegas advisor notates it in their cool pool section and I've paid to swim @ the Gold Nugget (worth it).


http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/coolpools.cfm?activity=open

Quote: Wizard

Here is a money making idea for the Vegas public schools, which are always complaining about funding. Open up the high school pools during the summer for some reasonable entry fee.

The high schools in my hometown (Mankato, MN) did this when I was growing up. The fee was about half of the cost at one of the outdoor public pools in town (at the time, $2.75 versus $5). That ratio seems about right to me. You'd be giving up the sunlight for closer proximity and a lower fee.

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The high schools in my hometown (Mankato, MN) did this when I was growing up. The fee was about half of the cost at one of the outdoor public pools in town (at the time, $2.75 versus $5). That ratio seems about right to me. You'd be giving up the sunlight for closer proximity and a lower fee.

I guess the high school pools would be indoors up there. Here, and at my own Los Alamitos High School in southern California, they are outdoors. I haven't heard Mankato mentioned since the last time the Ingals family made one of their many errands there on Little House on the Prairie.

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I guess the high school pools would be indoors up there. Here, and at my own Los Alamitos High School in southern California, they are outdoors. I haven't heard Mankato mentioned since the last time the Ingals family made one of their many errands there on Little House on the Prairie.

Wizard, i see you went to Los Alamitos HS, by any chance did you know Rod Halbrook? He may be a few years older than you but after playing football at Los Alamitos, played at UCLA. Obscure and off topic from sneaking into pools, but he was a teacher of mine in high school and was curious.

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Wizard, i see you went to Los Alamitos HS, by any chance did you know Rod Halbrook? He may be a few years older than you but after playing football at Los Alamitos, played at UCLA. Obscure and off topic from sneaking into pools, but he was a teacher of mine in high school and was curious.

No, never heard of him. I graduated in 83, BTW. Even if we were in the same class I didn't know many of the athletes, preferring the company of the other computer geeks instead.

There were computers back when you were my age?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

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There were computers back when you were my age?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Yes, I took computer programming just after the school purchased about a dozen Apple II computers. Before that I don't know what they used, but kids walked around the school with shoe boxes full of punch cards.

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Yes, I took computer programming just after the school purchased about a dozen Apple II computers. Before that I don't know what they used, but kids walked around the school with shoe boxes full of punch cards.

my dad went to college for computer science from 1970-1975. i can only imagine how archaic the technology must have been back then. he used to use an IBM 360 with punch cards.