From personal experience--I can answer this question with a big fat NO
.....I need to pull Fred and Ginger from the pond and give them a good one over and there is a large plastic picnic table smack dab in the middle of the pond with 2 sand stones on it to hold it in place--No I wasn't thinking of this when I put it in there but, I can't seine the pond to catch them with a picnic table in there
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So I put on my swimsuit and I'm standing on the edge freezing to death already---knowing I need to go in--not wanting to because as I said I'm Freezing--with only my feet in the water.....What does Mr. Thomas do--He is standing behind and gives a shove
--as I'm falling into that cold cold cold water...I can no longer talk at this point I have a mouth full of salty water and my feet can not get a foot hold because of all the slimy algae....I spit out the water--and now I'm gasping from the cold water and I make my way over to the table...
I lift one rock and barely get it over to the side of the pond where John is--all I can get out between the gasping is "Get Rock"....now for the bigger rock---Nope I can't lift it---I swear it can't weigh over 20 lbs. but, I physically can not lift it...so I let it fall to the bottom of the pond--Up floats the table....I shove it Johns way and he gets it out...
O.K. now to get me out...I get this gawd awful feeling that I don't have the strength to pull myself ou :(t--REALLY--REALLY I can't pull myself up
...thank goodness I was wasn't stupid enough to do this without John because he had to pull me out....I make a b-line for the house and into the shower
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Now that I'm all done--I have to admit I'm nuts...totally nuts to do this for a couple of fish
...Oh and John is in the dog house for pushing me in
Would I do it again? Well yes ..cause I love my fish but, John would have to push me in again--I could not make myself jump into that cold of water again
Lawanna