When growing up as a child on the South shore of Long Island, the town pool was salt water pumped in directly from the bay. Its great for learning to swim due to the added buoyancy.
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I hate to disagree with you about the wrinkly skin and pruny fingers, but I came home every single day with thoroughly pruned fingers. Of course, considering that I normally spent the majority of an 8–10 hr. day in the pool might have also been a contributing factor. Kids don’t know the meaning of the word “moderation” especially on hot summer days :)
But I don’t know that it cured any diabetics. If so, I’m sure that they would have flicked there from miles around once word about that got around.
That theory just makes no sense.