[talk-au] Lifeguards & "Swim Between the Flags"

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

That's it!

Today the flags are here, tomorrow they may be 100m South, then the next
day they're 100m North of here, but the flags will always show where the
lifeguards are at any time.

Thanks

Graeme


On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 16:11, Adam Horan <ahoran at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I see.
>
> The lifeguards are where the flags are.
> The flags are somewhere on this beach.
> There'll be flags/lifeguards at certain times.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 17:08, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Agree entirely but I'm not trying to map the flags, I was trying to work
>> out a way of saying that the lifeguards are where the flags are?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Graeme
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 15:49, Adam Horan <ahoran at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Flag position will vary daily based on weather conditions, tides, rips,
>>> proximity to the toilets, other stuff?
>>>
>>> I think you'd just need to mark the whole beach.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 15:04, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks everybody!
>>>>
>>>> In response to a couple of points ...
>>>>
>>>> No, I'm not trying to mark that the lifeguards are "in this spot", I
>>>> just thought that some way of indicating where on the beach (i.e the flags)
>>>> they would be would be good.
>>>>
>>>> & yes, we're all taught to swim between the flags, but is that standard
>>>> teaching everywhere?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Graeme
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 12:26, Simon Slater <pyevet at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, 20 October 2021 9:54:22 AM AEDT Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>>>>> > A little while back, I put the emergency=lifeguard proposal through,
>>>>> > together with lifeguard=yes to describe those times when there is a
>>>>> > lifeguard/s on the beach, but they may not be in a fixed location.
>>>>> >
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> > Or do we just not worry about it, & work on the idea that =yes is
>>>>> > sufficient?
>>>>> >
>>>>> When I were a lad, we were taught to always look for the flags when
>>>>> going to
>>>>> any beach to swim, teaching personal responsibility and obey the flags
>>>>> because
>>>>> the lifesavers know that beach better.  Therefore, actual flag
>>>>> positions need
>>>>> to be known as variable.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, tagging a beach that does have a SLSC is good because those
>>>>> unfamiliar with the area, tourists say, or families with young
>>>>> children, can
>>>>> then preferentially choose such beaches.  Similarly, the more
>>>>> adventurous, or
>>>>> those desiring solitude, can preferentially choose alternate locations.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Simon Slater
>>>>>
>>>>> Registered Linux User #463789 @ http://linuxcounter.net
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