Funny The Old Old Older Than Dirt Ben Simmons Water Hole

[Orion Bailey]

Where do you prefer to swim?


There. I did my part.

 

[Hoopguru]

Any clean body of water.
Don't like pools much.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Easiest poll ever. Pools are full of chemicals. Ocean is salty and wants to kill you. Lakes get stagnant and nasty. Give me a river any day.

 

[wizenheimer]

Easiest poll ever. Pools are full of chemicals. Ocean is salty and wants to kill you. Lakes get stagnant and nasty. Give me a river any day.

enjoy your dip!

 

[riverman]

Easiest poll ever. Pools are full of chemicals. Ocean is salty and wants to kill you. Lakes get stagnant and nasty. Give me a river any day.

This!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

There is nothing better than warm ocean water.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Easiest poll ever. Pools are full of chemicals. Ocean is salty and wants to kill you. Lakes get stagnant and nasty. Give me a river any day.

This!

exactly!

i cant count how many rivers ive swam and tubed down. From the deleware to the snake to the platte… rivers are where its at.
And as for @wizenheimer ’s pic? It all flows downstream eventually.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

There is nothing better than warm ocean water.

Other than being in a hot tub with you.

 

[Chris Craig]

Lake or River

Nothing like standing in the ocean and listening to the waves though.

 

[Mediocre Man]

My pool

 

[Phatguysrule]

River, for sure.

 

[dviss1]

I like the river. Not a big fan of the ocean. Especially at night. Lakes are cool but Ecoli is a MF!

 

[Hoopguru]

I learned to swim at Peninsula Park 1955

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Easiest poll ever. Pools are full of chemicals. Ocean is salty and wants to kill you. Lakes get stagnant and nasty. Give me a river any day.

So…. You haven’t meant the Willamette? Or the Clackamas, which is full of red necks?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

There is nothing better than warm ocean water.

this. I frequent the warm ocean waters.

 

[tykendo]

There is nothing better than warm ocean water.

Until a jelly fish grabs onto your leg.

 

[wizenheimer]

Until a jelly fish grabs onto your leg.

and a shark swallows the jellyfish

then an orca swallows the shark

 

[dviss1]

I learned to swim at Peninsula Park 1955

That's where my parents met.

 

[dviss1]

So…. You haven’t meant the Willamette? Or the Clackamas, which is full of red necks?

Sandy. I like Sauvie's Island too.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

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enjoy your dip!

Thankfully this is no longer the case in most American communities. I was in Cleveland 2 years ago and they’ve done an impressive job of reclaiming the river. Now they’re trying to reclaim as much riverfront as they can for recreation and tourism. They get an “A” for effort. Prior to the Clean Water Act, the Willamette was an open sewer. Today, as a former wastewater treatment professional, I would not hesitate to swim in it (and have done so). The comeback has been remarkable. And anyone who might say that the Willamette is still a sewer is ignorant AF. But I DO give the Cuyahoga River fires a a great deal of credit for helping create the EPA (and my profession) and the resultant improvements in water quality (regardless of how far we still have to go).

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Sandy. I like Sauvie's Island too.

The Sandy River is nice. Pretty darn clean (and cold with that fresh snowmelt off the mountain). But again, I've had some "fun" experiences with the folks up in that neck of the woods.

 

[wizenheimer]

Thankfully this is no longer the case in most American communities. I was in Cleveland 2 years ago and they’ve done an impressive job of reclaiming the river. Now they’re trying to reclaim as much riverfront as they can for recreation and tourism. They get an “A” for effort. Prior to the Clean Water Act, the Willamette was an open sewer. Today, as a former wastewater treatment professional, I would not hesitate to swim in it (and have done so). The comeback has been remarkable. And anyone who might say that the Willamette is still a sewer is ignorant AF. But I DO give the Cuyahoga River fires a a great deal of credit for helping create the EPA (and my profession) and the resultant improvements in water quality (regardless of how far we still have to go).

that's all true

as a native Oregonian I remember how filthy the Willamette River used to be. It was disgusting. The Clean Water laws were a long time coming and are a great example of Federal Regulations improving quality of life

In the 70's & 80's, I remember the Waste Water treatment plant in Springfield overflowing and failing several times, mostly during heavy rainfall. I think that was the worst offender on the Willamette but IIRC they built a new one in the late 80's

 

[Orion Bailey]

Sandy is great!!!

so is the upper green river in the puget sound. anyone ever been to flaming geizer park up there?

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

that's all true

as a native Oregonian I remember how filthy the Willamette River used to be. It was disgusting. The Clean Water laws were a long time coming and are a great example of Federal Regulations improving quality of life

In the 70's & 80's, I remember the Waste Water treatment plant in Springfield overflowing and failing several times, mostly during heavy rainfall. I think that was the worst offender on the Willamette but IIRC they built a new one in the late 80's

I grew up near where Foster takes off from Powell. In grade school my buddies and I would ride our bikes down to the east end of the Ross Is. Bridge and go fishing. This was 1967 and 1968, and the only thing living in the river were carp, and we did our best to keep as much of the river off us as we could. And when we got home our mothers made us immediately bathe. Crown Zellerbach and Publishers Paper were two of the biggest polluters. They would discharge their paper pulp wastes into the river, where it would settle out, go anaerobic and then rise to become massive sludge blankets floating down the river. And who could forget river bank foliage festooned with toilet paper and condoms after the river levels dropped after heavy rains? It’s a totally different river now.

And while most treatment plant overflows to the entire Willamette River have been completely eliminated, some do still occur, mainly during periods of heavy rain. Fortunately when these happen, they are highly diluted. And the effect is minimal. And usually the problem is sub par or failing transmission lines, rarely the treatment facility anymore. Sewer lines are just another huge (and forgotten) part of our failing national infrastructure……

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I learned to swim at Peninsula Park 1955

1979

 

[Orion Bailey]

I grew up near where Foster takes off from Powell. In grade school my buddies and I would ride our bikes down to the east end of the Ross Is. Bridge and go fishing. This was 1967 and 1968, and the only thing living in the river were carp, and we did our best to keep as much of the river off us as we could. And when we got home our mothers made us immediately bathe. Crown Zellerbach and Publishers Paper were two of the biggest polluters. They would discharge their paper pulp wastes into the river, where it would settle out, go anaerobic and then rise to become massive sludge blankets floating down the river. And who could forget river bank foliage festooned with toilet paper and condoms after the river levels dropped after heavy rains? It’s a totally different river now.

And while most treatment plant overflows to the entire Willamette River have been completely eliminated, some do still occur, mainly during periods of heavy rain. Fortunately when these happen, they are highly diluted. And the effect is minimal. And usually the problem is sub par or failing transmission lines, rarely the treatment facility anymore. Sewer lines are just another huge (and forgotten) part of our failing national infrastructure……

out of site, out of mind.

 

[Hoopguru]

Thankfully this is no longer the case in most American communities. I was in Cleveland 2 years ago and they’ve done an impressive job of reclaiming the river. Now they’re trying to reclaim as much riverfront as they can for recreation and tourism. They get an “A” for effort. Prior to the Clean Water Act, the Willamette was an open sewer. Today, as a former wastewater treatment professional, I would not hesitate to swim in it (and have done so). The comeback has been remarkable. And anyone who might say that the Willamette is still a sewer is ignorant AF. But I DO give the Cuyahoga River fires a a great deal of credit for helping create the EPA (and my profession) and the resultant improvements in water quality (regardless of how far we still have to go).

I remember when they built the two treatment plants in Milwaukie, one by the old log boom and the other by the Oak Grove Train Trestle.

 

[Hoopguru]

Anyone ever swim at Jantzen Beach Pool?
Aa a kid we loved going there to swim all day it seemed.

 

[theprunetang]

Where do you prefer to swim?


There. I did my part.

Now that I'm in Florida, it is natural springs. Those things are the best part of this insane state.

 

[Shaboid]

Now that I'm in Florida, it is natural springs. Those things are the best part of this insane state.

Blue Springs was fantastic!