Years ago when I went down to the pool on a Sunday the place was crowded, you were lucky to find an unoccupied lounge. I went down this afternoon and I could sit wherever I chose. If it weren't for a handful of residents the place would be pretty deserted.
There is sun on one side of the pool and shade on the other side so there is a lot of moving around during the day. If you come out of the pool, you sit on the sunny side, then you get hot so off you go to the cool side. The pool is ours.
Oh and by the way the law in this town requires a life guard. Most residents who go into the pool do not swim, they might walk in the pool, but there is no danger of anyone drowning! The life guard's duties are pretty much limited to keeping the pool clean and helping the residents move the chairs around. On a rare occasion there might be a case where a teenager makes a ruckus, that's about it.
Today the conversation was pleasant, as usual - some talk about what we cooked when we had family at home, pot roast, chicken soup, roast chicken, some talk about how little we knew when we first got married. One "girl" told about the time her husband asked her for some hard boiled eggs, she said she thought they were bought that way!!
One of the "girls" told us this joke:
A man was walking in the park and saw an elderly man sitting on a bench crying his heart out. "Why are you crying?"
The old man answered, " I have a wonderful wife, she loves me dearly, does everything for me, she's young and beautiful."
"So, why are you crying".
"I don't remember where I live."
And that was my day at the pool!!