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10-4. Been a busy week. Memorial Day week is usually the best time to go online and find deals on chems. Chem prices are through the roof since Covid and a hurricane wiping out one of the only plants that manufacturer chlorine tabs. As long as your cyanuric levels are ok you can rely on the...

Moving the pool discussions from the home buying thread to here. I've been in the pool biz in north Texas since 1999 with a few detours out of it along the way. I started off on the weekly service side of things and transitioned to construction three years ago. Last year I got 51 pools...

c Nice job doing your time without acting like a bitch about it.

So Foler was your alt huh? Or vice versa.

Salt water pools are much better for your skin and the water feels "softer". It's one of the main selling points. Rising pH is a problem with salt water pools but it's due to the fact that when you split a molecule of NaCl (salt) via electrolysis, the aqueous Na+ ion forms NaOH : sodium...

Yep, I'll start it tmrw in the Grown Up section.

If you shoot gunite you don't frame anything. I'm digging a little one tmrw and will document this one start to finish and make a thread about it in Grown Up. Might be interesting to some of you guys.

Wtf? You dug it by hand and then hand mixed concrete instead of just shooting gunite? No offense bro but that is some ass backwards, Mexican, do it the hard way shit. Rent a backhoe for a weekend and then call a gunite truck in. All that extra work and you probably didn't save more than a couple...

About 25,000 gallons. Giant waterslide built out of gunite with a grotto underneath it. Elevated spa. Propane fire pit. About 2k square feet of concrete decking. 16'x20' pavilion with an outdoor kitchen. These days a typical 15,000 gallon pool/spa combo with a nice big deck around it is gonna...

Yup. Cleaner: get a Polaris 280. They've been going since I started in 1999. They run forever and you just have to replace tire treads, bags, and backup valves when they wear out from normal wear and tear. Maybe a $100/yr. It's the one thing you DON'T want the newest latest product for. You...

Pool biz has been dropping off quite a bit since interest rates have shot up. There was a huge boom nationwide after Covid and lots of companies got overextended and are now just trying to keep their guys working. Never hurts to make a few calls and get a couple bids, I'm sure Tulsa has a few...

https://www.riverpoolsandspas.com/blog/fiberglass-pools-texas I'm not affiliated with these guys in any way, shape, or form but this is probably the type of thing you want to be looking at for that price range. Everything in OK is cheaper and things are slowing down so you might want to...

Last pool I had was 20 yrs old, no leaks. I ran the fill line from my house bib about 30 mins a week. That's the same as running your garden hose hose for thirty mins a week. And only during the summer months. That's a couple extra showers a week worth of water. When water temps get in the high...

Ya, I don't know much about above ground pools beyond that they sell em at Wal Mart. I think an in ground pre cast fiberglass shell is more appropriate for BFE locations.

If the water is clean and clear then 90% it's fine. To get something like cryptosporidium you'd have to literally be swimming with a baby that has a dirty diaper. Any non retard can follow the instructions on your test kit to keep the water good. 15%+ water bill is the dumbest thing I've read...

Salt systems have been around for 30+ years. Modern ones are fine and last about 3-5 years if you don't fuck up your chemicals. Warranties run three years on Jandy cells, not sure on the other two big manufacturers but I'm sure it's the same.

Salt levels in a pool are nowhere near what the ocean is. You also don't have salty ocean spray blowing over everything. The only metallics that come in contact with the water will be your salt cell itself and the copper manifold in your heater, both of which are corrosion resistant as long as...

I built 51 pools last year. Pricetags ranging from $55k up to $212k. If you have any questions hit me up.

Hell ya.

Will there be Rangers? If so, I'm in.

My teenage daughter has recently been dipping her toes into reading fantasy. Will pick up the first book for her to check out.

Over/under on Folger back to posting in this thread in a week? I'll take the over but not by much.

I bet that's a lot of fun on a fly rod!

Yep, as long as I can back into the water it's easy peasy.

The pedal drive is sweet, I have the Mirage 360 on mine. The pedal drive itself is $900 but well worth it. Fighting a paddle while you're trying to fish sucks ass. I do want to get a trolling motor kit at some point though.

Yes sir, Hobie Outback. I don't keep catfish that big, those are breeders, not eaters. I'm taking it down to Padre for a four day weekend tomorrow. If the winds aren't too bad I want to go offshore a bit to some of the old drilling platforms. I have to be prepared to handle a 6' shark from it if...

Grapevine Lake, TX. 36" blue cat caught with a big juicy grub on my crappie pole from a kayak. Hell of a battle.

Ya I had a few days worth of fun with Avernum when I was stuck with nothing but a crappy laptop to play on years ago. Like all other CRPGs for me (except TOEE), I never finished it but enjoyed the game. Just started Pillars I. If I can actually finish this one, which is doubtful since MLB 23 is...

Bro I was just razzing you a little bit. You're a beast when it comes to finishing the video games!

You guys keep piling more and more games on him and old boy is never gonna get laid ever again.

Yes. I'm looking at CC for my retirement/semi-retirement but alas, I gots a bit of a record and already make six figs working 30-35 hrs a week.

Yes. Playing stuff on the cloud is surprisingly good. Definitely good enough to try something out first before getting a giant download.

Temple of Elemental Evil is the only CRPG I ever made it all the way through.

Quit being so sensitive and taking things personal. Everyone busts everyone else's balls here and that's it, man. You don't seem ok lately, maybe take a break or at least stop engaging with people for a bit?

I think I cracked the case.

I wasn't familiar with the Elden Ring universe and had a helluva good time with that. /Shrugs I'm not a poor so I don't like it, not a big deal.

Looks like a fun game, I think I will pick it up Friday for my SeriesX. Never read a HP book or watched a movie but I trust the reviews around here. Hopefully by then everyone will have burned themselves out on all the political talk surrounding it.

If you have a girl then social media is the #1 pitfall to prepare them for. If you have a boy then it's porn. Peer pressure is still the dominant force in most children's lives and as a parent you have to do the balancing act between protecting your child and letting them explore the world and...