Making my first swimable tail

[Jinx]

ok so an update. i got it on no problem. i wasn't planning a long swim as i slipped at the cave of winds yesterday and sprained my ancle but i couldn't resist a swim in a nice natural salt pool. it wad a bit baggy in places. so I need to take it in some. it swam wonderfully and my son got a short video of me but his camera skills are lacking. I had to tuck my neck line into my bra to keep it on since it was big. not a big deal but what happened after my second swim across the pool is a big deal. there were 2 women and 2 kids there and after I had asked the kids to stay off my tail over8 times they still were not listening. the little boy once again said I'm gonna jump on it! (for the 5th time.) and he landed on it and grabbed it and yanked. as his chubby sister stood on the end of my fluke. it ripped in 2 places on the extension. I kept my cool even though now a half hour later I want to run to their campsite and strangle all 4 of them. I got out asap. took the suit right off. my son helped me carefully wrap it and take it to dry in our cabin. I normally wouldn't have kept my cool but I am glad I did. I still am super pissed. I had just gotten done explaining to all 4 of them how much work it was how long it took and how expensive it was to make. when I saw it ruined and said "great you ripped it in 2 places" they didn't say sorry, or even acknowledge that the kids had done anything wrong it was like we weren't even there. they pretended we weren't having to haul it back ruined because of their Damn kids. arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggg!!!!!

[Merman_Shawn]

Good for you for keeping your cool. I'm not sure I would have. I probably would have marched right over to the parents once it was off and demanded they keep their screaming sacks of meat on a leash. Now I know all kids aren't brats, but that really gets under my skin. I hope you can repair it.

[LittleTreasure]

Aww Jinx, I'm so sorry that happened to you! It's a good thing you are more patient than I am...I probably would have wanted to rip those parents apart after the unacceptable behavior of their kids. How shameful.

[Jinx]

just an update. i have been crazy busy since i returned from canada on 8-26 and i have not gotten to work on fixing my tail yet nor have i even gotten to upload any of the photos from our vacation to the computer yet! it has been nutz. apparently the people that rented the cabin before us were carrying pertussis and so all 6 of us came down with whooping cough. i called the camp ground to let them know we had it and to sterilize the cabin as soon as we found out and they told me that the day before they found out about the previous tennants carrying the virus. it ticked me off cause it the cabin had been clean properly none of us would have gotten sick. so word to the wise don't stay at beaver meadow campgrounds in java ny cause it might look wonderful but it is far from it. also my dogs tipped my motor scooter over which cracked the body work in the front so i have had to resurface it and i am on 3rd to final steps in a new paint job. i couldn't get the original paint color exactly so i decided to make it hot pink and black zebra stripes. i thould be done and ready to ride in the net 48 hrs then its back to the tail.

the final injury report on it is that the silicone split all the way around where the tai land fluke connect from the chub ball kid and her brother ruined it. the top half didn't fit as i liked it either. so my plans are to cut it at the waist. then use the top part i cut off to extend the tail over the fluke more. then i think i am going to use snaps to attach it to the fluke. i also decided to make the extention removable which will mean the entire fluke can come out .easier dryin and everything that way. so i am going to install a zipper from waist to fluke so i can open it all up and lay it flat. also the trip home stuffed in the car ripped a spot here and there so i have to glue them up and seal paint and all that to those. i am also noticing some places where tit was folded in transport turned white and are still having trouble drying. a frain of salt goes with that though because i had it drying outside in the humidity on the porch. while i wasn't directly exposed to rain i am certain it was absorbing moisture noonstop. i brought it inside and put it on the pool table yesterday. so i have to give it time to regulate. it seems to me 98% dry now and that is all in the last day. so i will post pics asap and video soon too i hope.

[MerEmma]

Did you ever get to finish?

[MermaidMaddie]

I hope you finish! I really want to see what the finished result looks like!

[Jinx]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...count=1&ref=nf
Started mergury this week going ok. I should be done in a few days. Great news is my local pool my family is members of lets my daughter swim in her tail I made her, Will let me swim in my tail when I'm done fixing it and..... are going to let me have the photo shoot for my tail business I am starting and the lifeguards volunteered to help with the shoot!!!!!

[Mermaid~Summer]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...count=1&ref=nf
Started mergury this week going ok. I should be done in a few days. Great news is my local pool my family is members of lets my daughter swim in her tail I made her, Will let me swim in my tail when I'm done fixing it and..... are going to let me have the photo shoot for my tail business I am starting and the lifeguards volunteered to help with the shoot!!!!!

LOL I loved ur comment about this picture on ur facebook page. Priceless, I feel that way sometimes about the kids that come to the hotel I work at.

[Jinx]

LOL I loved ur comment about this picture on ur facebook page. Priceless, I feel that way sometimes about the kids that come to the hotel I work at.

The worst part was how the 2 parents sat there ignoring the kids that were trying their best to kill me and my kids were diciplining them more than their parents. When I got out and saw the damage they pretended like they didn't have a clue what happened. I wanted to tear all their throats out. I only ended up stomping away tail over my shoulder steaming inside. Oh and I had a broken ankle too from it all.

[Mermaid~Summer]

When kids misbehave around me I automatically slip into Nanny mode and put the fear of God into them and make them behave. I have no problem reprimanding children even if their parents are standing right there. I have done it several times. Oh, I was a Nanny for 7 years hence the Nanny mode comment

[Jinx]

I've been a mom for 15 years. I reprimanded the kids but it was difficult when being stood on under water.

[Mermaid~Summer]

lol I can image. It pisses me off when people let their children run around acting like wild animals. I have to deal with that a lot at my job and explain to people that my job is to work at the Front Desk Not babysit your children. Wow, I can't believe that yo have a 15 year old. I'm just getting used to the thought of having a baby lol

[Jinx]

lol I can image. It pisses me off when people let their children run around acting like wild animals. I have to deal with that a lot at my job and explain to people that my job is to work at the Front Desk Not babysit your children. Wow, I can't believe that yo have a 15 year old. I'm just getting used to the thought of having a baby lol

What hotel do you work for?

[Mermaid~Summer]

I work at the Holiday Inn Conference Center off Rt 100

[Jinx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70TphDjsUbg

To all those waiting for a video of me swimming in it i just posted it. It is short unfortunately as my son shot it. Only moments after the video was shot 2 kids in the pool jumped on me nearly destroying the tail. Those of you who have been on my facebookwww.facebook.com/JynxieM will know I had to do total revamp on the tail to get it swimmable again. I FINALLY found a pool that will allow me to use it during the off season so I will get a better video up soon. But it will be a couple weeks as I had to get stitches in my knee from a fall earlier this week so I can't go into a pool til they come out. And thats why they call me Jynx! The new tails I have been working on have a better more ergonomics design to give a huge amount of kick power. I can't wait to show you all!

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