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Mr. Luddite

On 2/25/2014 8:42 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:16:24 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/25/2014 7:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:32:56 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

What little I have read of this thread reinforces my long-held belief
that owning a swimming pool requires more effort than it supplies fun.

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Nonsense, all it takes is a few dinero. Since we are frequently away
for months at a time, everything is set up to run on autopilot. For
about $80/month we have a pool service that shows up once a week for
about 15 minutes a visit. They take care of everything and I can
monitor them and the pool on the web cam where ever we happen to be.

Yup, we did the same thing with the houses in Florida when we had them.
We were in MA for 7 to 9 months of the year and didn't close up the
pools down there. They'd turn to swamps.

On second thought ... Harry has a point....

Pools are nice but our next house won't have one. We just don't use the
one we have, especially with all the grandkids growing up or moving
away. We really didn't use the ones in Florida much either.

We still have grand kids and will for at least 10 more years before
they outgrow us. Besides Mr Ed would never speak to us again if we did
anything to the pool.

I still like the pool tho and I do use it.

We thought a lot before we built it because I really didn't want a
reflecting pond nobody ever gets into

I was not overly thrilled at putting in a pool here but Mrs.E. really
wanted it for the "kids". I couldn't convince her to let them go get
their own pool ... which they ended up doing anyway. But they and there
kids still use ours.

Big problem with an in-ground pool up here is you'll never get your
money back on them when it's time to sell. That's where an above ground
pool has it's advantages. When you don't need it or want it anymore,
just tear it down and either sell it or junk it. We put quite a bit of
$$ into the pool, cabana and landscaping. Doesn't really add a nickle
to the home value.