From: rpaolino@polisci.pol.umn.edu (Robert Paolino)
Newsgroups: rec.nude
Subject: Re: Public Pools
Date: 10 Apr 92 08:22:51 GMT
Organization: Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota

In article <rpaolino.228@polisci.pol.umn.edu> rpaolino@polisci.pol.umn.edu (Robert Paolino) writes:

>In article <1992Apr9.054313.24900@unixg.ubc.ca> arnett@unixg.ubc.ca (Bill Arnett) writes:

>>In article <1992Apr6.180527.21072@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> PATZNER@rhea.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Achim Patzner) writes:
>>>-> I have
>>>-> never seen anyone in a sauna in Germany with a bathing suit.
>>>
>>>I have... and it was probably the most embarassing situation in that
>>>person's whole life. Just one question: Are other people really wearing
>>>CLOTHES in saunas? Towels maybe, but anything else?

>>Yes.  In the campus pool here at UBC, the saunas are single-sex and during
>>the "staff and student" sessions probably about half of the men using the
>>sauna (and the steam room) wear swimsuits or shorts.  I don't think I've
>>*ever* seen anyone wrapped in a towel.  It's either clothes or nothing.

>>During the "public" sessions, almost all the men wear shorts or swimsuits.
>>I've only seen a couple of other guys use the sauna nude during these sessions.

>>Twice a week (10:30 to midnight during "public" sessions) the saunas are
>>mixed-sex.  During these times everyone wears a suit.  (I don't think that
>>any clothing requirements are actually published; they are just taken for
>>granted.)

>>I've heard from one person that the saunas at nearby Simon Fraser University
>>are mixed-sex *and* clothing-optional, but I don't know if this is true
>>(occasionally, frequently, or ever).
>>--
>>Bill Arnett                            Internet: arnett@unixg.ubc.ca

>My, that seems really odd--especially given my (favourable) impressions of 
>BC.  Even here in stifling repressed Minnesota hardly anyone dresses to use 
>the sauna/steam room at the University pools.  They might have all kinds of 
>signs posted warning people that they must be "properly attired beyond 
>this point" (on the way to the pool  :-(  ), but not many people are silly 
>enough to put clothes on to enter the sauna.  Maybe all the "normal" people 
>are down at Wreck Beach, leaving only the odd ones at the pool/sauna!?
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>RPAOLINO@polisci.pol.umn.edu                             Bob Paolino
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RPAOLINO@polisci.pol.umn.edu                             Bob Paolino
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