No Pool For You

14 Replies to “No Pool For You”

1. 98% of the torontonians give the other 2% a bad name…

   As outlined in the comments below the X/Tweet from City of Toronto, the rules regarding humidex – heat work, applies to outdoors workers, construction workers and the sort of folks who are not permitted to remove safety gear, long sleeve shirts for some, fire rated clothing, helmets, safety face coverage.

   I doubt it was intended to apply to those who sit in the sun wearing minimal clothing, and certainly have the option of sitting under an umbrella.
   https://x.com/DempsterRita/status/1937234806191837360

   1. Obvious the pool workers, who are wearing at most a t-shirt and bathing suit, have no options to cool off, say for example a pool?

2. I heard it was even more absurd than that. The City was recommending yogurt be frozen to help cool off the children. I asked why not do what we did in the old days; run through the sprinkler. Unfortunately, the Kool-Aid drinkers all agreed running through sprinklers was a bad idea.

3. In Phoenix AZ guys work outside all summer long. No time off when it’s 110F++ Like for air conditioner repair men, the hotter it gets the more work they have. They don’t -like- it, but they don’t seem to die from it.

   Maybe mandating heavy safety gear, stupid plastic visibility vests and assorted other BS might be a bigger problem than the heat? Just sayin’.

   1. … but that’s a “dry heat” … *snicker*

   2. For 3 years they mandated that we wear long sleeves, until the person who wrote the PPE policy was forced to go outside during a heatwave…

   3. That’s why they pick them up from the Home Depot parking lot.

4. Having worked as a lifeguard in both Ontario and Quebec the “too hot” quote is total nonsense. We always rotated stations every 15 minutes to combat the monotony of watching the same patch of pool or beach and then u jumped in for a 10 second soak and cooled down.
   The mid 30 days were tough but mostly from too much sun and not the heat.
   This is total bullsheet that only a government outfit can come up with and it seems that Toronto is BULLSHEET capital of Canuckistan.
   This country truly is f*$ked !!

5. Well TBF … my dermatologist would demand the outdoor swimming pools all be shut down completely, and that nobody go outside if they aren’t wearing UV blocking clothing … and wide brim hats … and spf-90 sunscreen.

   Safety First!!

   1. Don’t forget to get enough vitamin D—from pills.

6. With apologies to Heinlein:

   Idiots in Toronto voted for idiot counselors, an idiot mayor, an idiot Premier, many idiot MPs, and and idiot PM.
   These elected idiots have implemented idiotic policies and idiotic laws that the idiot voters don’t like.

   This is known as ‘bad luck’.

7. My parents tell me that the 1930s in Toronto – the hottest recorded decade, by the way – the residents would flock to Sunnyside Park, which was located on the waterfront of Lake Ontario. So much fun in the blistering heat. They were not the wet noodles that Toronto has today.

8. They probably don’t realize how stupid this is. I am not impressed by the caliber of lifeguards I’ve seen around pools. In the old days they used to be part of the swim team or play water polo (or both), buff dudes and dudettes that you knew could pull you out. Not so much nowadays. My niece works as a lifeguard and can’t lift a bag of rice.

9. Last time I was there, in the summer, well five summers as a kid—thanks mom, God rest ya— my aunt didn’t have AC. BUT back then there was a rather large, let’s call it great, lake.

   And sure, in the 70s it smelt kinda funny, but oooh boy it would cool you off.

   Now the Quatto I developed after might have a different opinion…

   Also, it’s startling to me how quickly S. Asian blood thins.