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Swimming upstream?

cocoagirl — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:23:19 -0800

Anyone have experience with "treadpools"/swim-in-place pools? I'm considering installing a swim-in-place pool. I swam competitively for many years and still like swimming for fitness a lot, but the lap pools nearby either aren't near enough to get me out of the house consistently or don't have free-swim times that work for me. Plus: five months of winter. I spent years with frozen hair in high school and I'm not too keen on it. Mr. Cocoa also does the odd triathlon so he'd use it, too. But, it's a lot of money. Does anyone have experiences installing and--more importantly--using and maintaining one over time? Do you use it as much as you thought you would? What do you like or not like compared to regular pool swimming? And what swayed you to choose the one you did (Endless Pool, SwimEx, other)?

Best songs with steel guitar

rxrfrx — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:19:34 -0800

What are your favorite songs featuring steel guitar (lap/pedal steel)? I've always really enjoyed country, alt-country, and related musics for their use of this instrument. Lately I've been listening to The KLF's "Chill Out" album, especially digging on tracks like "Madrugada Eterna." Beck's "Rowboat" is another good one. Basically, anything that relies heavily on this instrument, or samples it, would be good.

Recommend a lap steel, or pedal steel guitar

stefnet — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:08:38 -0800

KrimmixPresentFilter: My husband (who does not visit Metafilter) is a musician and I'd like to get him either a lap steel or pedal steel guitar for Christmas. Since it would be rather obvious if I just randomly asked him what brands are good, etc., I thought that maybe some of the MeFiMusicians could help. If you were going to be given a lap or pedal steel, which one would you want?