I got up early and went to the Y to go swimming before taking the kid to school. When I got there, the Aquatics Director told me that the pool was closed because one of the filters was broken and the water was too cloudy.

“If the lifeguard can’t see the bottom of the pool, you can’t swim,” he said.

“Who cares about cloudy water?” I replied. “I swam in Lake Erie in the ’70s, man*.” Despite my exhortations, I didn’t get to swim this morning.

*This is not to disparage Lake Erie. It is much cleaner now