Public swimming pool

I confess that I usually don't frequent public swimming pools. But for the last three swim sessions, I went to Bedok swimming complex for the Olympic size 50m lap pool. Some observations:

Dominated by male swimmers. Perhaps female swimmers prefer private pools, and if they do come, they don't stay very long.

Two ends of the age spectrum: Young swimmers - kids usually, taking swimming lessons and elderly swimmers (including me). Young adults usually on weekends.

There was this elderly lady who swam with only one arm. Her other arm does not do the overwater sweep - possibly due to an injury. Slow but persistent.

There was this elderly man who swam in his boxer shorts. He used a vertical style (threadwater-like) but going sideways. I couldn't figure it out.

There were many seniors who are in remarkable shape. They swam laps after laps without stopping.

There was a lap section for swimmers to swim anticlockwise, in circles. No one followed the rules.

Last but not least. The toilet talk. There were two gentlemen talking, while showering, about last night's stock market movements in NYSE (up, then down and finally up 200+ point) and the budget coming out this afternoon. All in hokkien.