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Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
7/4/2022

I prefer swimming ...

74%
In a pool WINNER

9

26%
In an ocean/lake/river

5

74%
In a pool

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Abby Normal
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Abby Normal

I like the consistency of a pool. I love to visit and enjoy the wind, waves, weather of the ocean and large lakes.

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Sweet berry girl
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Sweet berry girl

Two words: Florida Alligators

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Don James
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Don James

Don't like to swim in pee and poop.

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Castle Keeper
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Castle Keeper

No hooks , no sharks., no leeches

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Linda Quigley
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Linda Quigley

That moovie Jaws scared the daylights out of me. :/

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Hilary
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Hilary

Temperature control. Easier to do my water dancing/exercise in. I have never swam in the ocean, but I have swam in lakes, small rivers, and the San Francisco bay. I enjoyed them, too.

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Tina Bouthillier
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Tina Bouthillier

I KNOW what's in the water! lol

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linda tansey
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linda tansey

I USUALLY DO NOT SWIM IN A POOL OR OTHERWISE I PREFER NOT TO DO ANY AS I AM AFRAID TO DO SO AS I NERLY DROWN WHE N I WAS YOUNGER

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26%
In an ocean/lake/river

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Lrac Snave
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Lrac Snave

Weather permitting, of course. I prefer the motion of the ocean.

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Thomas Hunt, Jr.
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Thomas Hunt, Jr.

Me and chlorine/treated water don't go well together. Really painful

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

I have so many many wonderful childhood memories of swimming in lakes! It's only natural since I grew up in Northern Michigan surrounded by lovely water.

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Robert Davidson
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Robert Davidson

I live near the ocean. It's more interesting to swim in the ocean because of the waves and the sea life. It's also more spacious.

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Do you enjoy reading memoirs?
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1 year left

Do you enjoy reading memoirs?

Yes

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No

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Yes

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No

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Do you have jewelry bearing your birthstone?
Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
12 months left

Do you have jewelry bearing your birthstone?

Yes

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No

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Yes

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No one has commented yet

No

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Elizabeth Cornish
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Elizabeth Cornish

I wish I did but a good quality emerald is so expensive. Yes, there are "created" emeralds, but unlike diamonds which look great, the created emeralds do not.

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Elizabeth Cornish
Elizabeth Cornish

To continue my story (this is 3/3), I was very envious when one of my best friends got faux emeralds for her birthday and wore them first. However, I was happy to wear mine anyway. My friends bulled me because I was a "copycat" even tho they all knew I had received mine first. #meangirls!

Elizabeth Cornish
Elizabeth Cornish

My parents got me faux emeralds as my first pair of pierced earings and I looked at them in the box until my mom could find the "self-piercing" rings that slowly worked into your ear over a couple of weeks. When I proudly wore my birthstone earings to school my best friends bullied.

Elizabeth Cornish
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Elizabeth Cornish

I wish I did but a good quality emerald is so expensive. Yes, there are "created" emeralds, but unlike diamonds which look great, the created emeralds do not.

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

My birthstone is Amethyst. I like it. I like the color. But one, I prefer Emeralds. And two, I don't wear jewelry anymore.

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

My birthstone is Amethyst. I like it. I like the color. But one, I prefer Emeralds. And two, I don't wear jewelry anymore.

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

No, I have no rubies, and I wept mock tears for my husband's benefit answering this.

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