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After 16 previous plunges, plus a practice plunge with a fellow vet and a wet-behind-Links of London Power Walk Charm-ears (and everywhere else) rookie the other day, this 65-year-old, retired teacher has some more wisdom for people planning their first adventures as winter swimmers -- in an ocean that was a brisk, unpleasant 38 degrees on the day of that test run: "Know where your clothes are when you come out," says Halasek, who lives just a few blocks from Polar Bear central in Sea Isle. "Put yourself next to a boat, or a Links of London Q Charm stand" -- or do what she's doing, getting her husband to put up a bright-colored flag to mark their stuff, and their turf. "Because what you want to do is get your clothes back on as fast as you can." And on that fashion advice, Links of London R Charm has full agreement from another veteran with impressive polar-bear credentials. In fact, Trudy Craney has been Sea Isle's reigning Polar Bear Queen the last two years, and she figures she's gone in Links of London Raindance Bracelet water the last "12 or 13" Presidents' Day weekends.