u/Mappity

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I enjoy a slow swim in a 25m pool. I don't want to go fast or feel rushed, I find something very calming in some quiet laps. But I'm also quite unfit, so I often pause at the end of the lane.

I have a passing knowledge of all the pools around Hobart, but I find the lane timetables and uncertainty about the general "vibe" a serious barrier to getting back into casual swimming. I hate it when there's only one "slow lane" and it's really busy and not at all slow.

So, Hobartians of Reddit, can you recommend a pool and fairly reliable times to go?

I live in the Rosny area and work in the city, so my best options are probably

- Clarence (50m only?)

- Aquatic Centre (so busy?)

- Friends (limited slow lanes?)

- Collegiate (haven't been there since I was a kid, so no idea...)

Edit: I do not do morning exercise. I could theoretically work this into the middle of my day (my work has some flexible hours), or after work / evenings.

I have a very clear memory of reading a book some years ago in which the main characters have powers that draw on the remnants of life in objects to work. I seem to remember someone using the dregs of life in poorly seasoned timber furniture, but I may be mixing my books with that.

Someone is captured and locked in a desert cell (or other desolate space), and everything they are given is utterly dead so they can't use their powers to escape. They finally dig into a crack in the wall or floor and find a tiny weed and it has enough juice for them to blast (or something) their way out.

This is such a common trope, I don't really hold much hope of anyone knowing which book I might be thinking of. But I associate it with the Obernewtyn Chronicles - I don't think it was in these books (unless as a side plot), but perhaps I read it at about the same time in the early 2000s.

Any suggestions?

Ok, first of all, yes, Amazon, yuck. But sometimes it really is the only place to get a replacement robovac wheel or fabric shaver blades (finding the balance between 'repair not replace' with 'giving money to an evil megacorp' is very difficult in a neoliberal economy).

I have noticed recently that Amazon seems to have a lot more stuff available with overnight / two-day delivery to Hobart (I don't know about the rest of Tasmania). Have they started whipping their servants on the mainland harder, or opened a depot down here? It seems like something has changed.

Ideally, I want a 'no rush' delivery option – my winter woollies can wait a week to be depilled.