On 2/2/2014 12:43 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/2/14, 12:00 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
...and CNN is calling it the 'Corporate Bowl'.

Any liberal connections there?


I thought it was settled: Stupor Bowl, in which a bunch of drugged up
athletes commit mayhem on the field at the direction of the bookies who
control sports.

You might be right about this years teams and the states they represent.
My wife wants to see the Nat. Anthem and halftime. I may join her in
front of the boob toob for those segments.

Hank wrote:
On 2/2/2014 12:43 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/2/14, 12:00 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
...and CNN is calling it the 'Corporate Bowl'.

Any liberal connections there?


I thought it was settled: Stupor Bowl, in which a bunch of drugged up
athletes commit mayhem on the field at the direction of the bookies who
control sports.

You might be right about this years teams and the states they represent.
My wife wants to see the Nat. Anthem and halftime. I may join her in
front of the boob toob for those segments.

I may watch the game. We are finally getting a decent rain storm today.
Was not even forecast. The pool contractor was replacing the skimmer
because of a leak and cracking. Left the bags of concrete on the patio
even. When I woke up this morning and realized we are having rain covered
up the concrete. Hell, the newspaper was wet. No plastic bag. Weather
people missed this call. We had our first rain in months, earlier in the
week, and was very minor. To cold and wet to go outside for long.

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:35:58 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Hank wrote:
On 2/2/2014 12:43 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/2/14, 12:00 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
...and CNN is calling it the 'Corporate Bowl'.

Any liberal connections there?


I thought it was settled: Stupor Bowl, in which a bunch of drugged up
athletes commit mayhem on the field at the direction of the bookies who
control sports.

You might be right about this years teams and the states they represent.
My wife wants to see the Nat. Anthem and halftime. I may join her in
front of the boob toob for those segments.

I may watch the game. We are finally getting a decent rain storm today.
Was not even forecast. The pool contractor was replacing the skimmer
because of a leak and cracking. Left the bags of concrete on the patio
even. When I woke up this morning and realized we are having rain covered
up the concrete. Hell, the newspaper was wet. No plastic bag. Weather
people missed this call. We had our first rain in months, earlier in the
week, and was very minor. To cold and wet to go outside for long.

===

Let me know how the skimmer repair works out for you. We're about do
for something like that on our pool.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:35:58 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

Hank wrote:
On 2/2/2014 12:43 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/2/14, 12:00 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
...and CNN is calling it the 'Corporate Bowl'.

Any liberal connections there?


I thought it was settled: Stupor Bowl, in which a bunch of drugged up
athletes commit mayhem on the field at the direction of the bookies who
control sports.

You might be right about this years teams and the states they represent.
My wife wants to see the Nat. Anthem and halftime. I may join her in
front of the boob toob for those segments.

I may watch the game. We are finally getting a decent rain storm today.
Was not even forecast. The pool contractor was replacing the skimmer
because of a leak and cracking. Left the bags of concrete on the patio
even. When I woke up this morning and realized we are having rain covered
up the concrete. Hell, the newspaper was wet. No plastic bag. Weather
people missed this call. We had our first rain in months, earlier in the
week, and was very minor. To cold and wet to go outside for long.

===

Let me know how the skimmer repair works out for you. We're about do
for something like that on our pool.

Will do. The pool was remodeled about 8 years ago. Contractor did not put
enough rebar in the skimmer, and the glue job leaked. Enough water washes
away the support for the concrete and the skimmer cracked from the pool
itself.

wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:45:53 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:


Let me know how the skimmer repair works out for you. We're about do
for something like that on our pool.

I just got some waterproof epoxy and fixed the crack in mine. I figure
I can always cut it out and replace it but the epoxy was worth a shot.
A year later, it is good.

I did drain the pool down a little, it was already at the crack,
cleaned up the plastic well with PVC (pipe) cleaner, scuffed it up a
bit with 150 grit and laid in the epoxy.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/skimmer%20repair.jpg

This had the pipe to the bottom leaking at the skimmer. Caused the skimmer
concrete to break away from the wall.

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:24:23 -0500, wrote:

I just got some waterproof epoxy and fixed the crack in mine.

===

We've had that done at least 3 or 4 times by a local pool
professional. He says that the only permanent cure at this point is
a do-over.

On 2/3/2014 12:24 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:13:58 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:24:23 -0500, wrote:

I just got some waterproof epoxy and fixed the crack in mine.

===

We've had that done at least 3 or 4 times by a local pool
professional. He says that the only permanent cure at this point is
a do-over.

Then I guess it is time.

I went out of my way to leave a patch of grass near that side of the
pool, just so repairs like that would be a bit less destructive.
Skimmers are the #1 suspect for a pool leak

In inches, how much H2O are you losing per day?

On 2/3/14, 11:21 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:04:00 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/3/2014 12:24 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:13:58 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:24:23 -0500, wrote:

I just got some waterproof epoxy and fixed the crack in mine.

===

We've had that done at least 3 or 4 times by a local pool
professional. He says that the only permanent cure at this point is
a do-over.

Then I guess it is time.

I went out of my way to leave a patch of grass near that side of the
pool, just so repairs like that would be a bit less destructive.
Skimmers are the #1 suspect for a pool leak

In inches, how much H2O are you losing per day?

I am not leaking now but the crack was taking out about 1/5-1/4" a
day. That is not a lot maybe 60-80 gallons but it was still a nagging
problem.



Several people in our immediate area have pools. At least one has a pool
*and* an auto sprinkler system *and* an electronic fence for his mutts.
Hardly a week goes by without a service van in his driveway to service
his pool, sprinklers or dog fence. Especially the sprinklers and dog
fence. Even though his pool is fenced, it is visible from the road. In
the four years he has had it, I have never seen one person in it.

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

On 2/3/2014 11:32 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/3/14, 11:21 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:04:00 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/3/2014 12:24 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:13:58 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:24:23 -0500, wrote:

I just got some waterproof epoxy and fixed the crack in mine.

===

We've had that done at least 3 or 4 times by a local pool
professional. He says that the only permanent cure at this point is
a do-over.

Then I guess it is time.

I went out of my way to leave a patch of grass near that side of the
pool, just so repairs like that would be a bit less destructive.
Skimmers are the #1 suspect for a pool leak

In inches, how much H2O are you losing per day?

I am not leaking now but the crack was taking out about 1/5-1/4" a
day. That is not a lot maybe 60-80 gallons but it was still a nagging
problem.



Several people in our immediate area have pools. At least one has a pool
*and* an auto sprinkler system *and* an electronic fence for his mutts.
Hardly a week goes by without a service van in his driveway to service
his pool, sprinklers or dog fence. Especially the sprinklers and dog
fence. Even though his pool is fenced, it is visible from the road. In
the four years he has had it, I have never seen one person in it.



We've had four houses with in-ground pools since my wife and I have been
married. I ended up filling in the first one after our kids became
teenagers and wanted nothing to do with it. Our lawyer drafted a "hold
harmless" agreement that he insisted that we have the parents of kids
that visited and used the pool sign. Our kids thought that was wacky.
Now that they have homes and kids of their own, they don't think it's so
wacky.

The two houses in Florida had pools and then Mrs.E. wanted one up here
in MA.

It will be the last. No more pools.

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says...

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:32:47 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/3/14, 11:21 AM, wrote:

I am not leaking now but the crack was taking out about 1/5-1/4" a
day. That is not a lot maybe 60-80 gallons but it was still a nagging
problem.



Several people in our immediate area have pools. At least one has a pool
*and* an auto sprinkler system *and* an electronic fence for his mutts.
Hardly a week goes by without a service van in his driveway to service
his pool, sprinklers or dog fence. Especially the sprinklers and dog
fence. Even though his pool is fenced, it is visible from the road. In
the four years he has had it, I have never seen one person in it.

I know. A lot of people would be better served if they just had a
pond.

We do use our pool.

When I was looking for a house in Florida, I crossed off those having a
pool. No sense having something you don't care about and will seldom
use. If you use it, that's a different story.