I was 18 years old before I saw a swimming pool (it was at university). I had never even heard of swimming pools. The culture shock was tremendous: I clearly remember thinking, 'We live on an island, you can't throw a rock without hitting a lake or a pond or a river. And yet someone went to the time and expense to line a pit with cement and fill it with water - to swim in.' The idea of that much wasteful opulence was staggering and quickly led to the further thought, 'I want one.'
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‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax