On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:16:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 12:46 AM, wrote:

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)


The thought of old farts skinny dipping in it is yet another reason to
not have a pool!

Why is that? Do you think a bathing suit is some kind of condom?

On 4/23/16 10:23 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:16:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 12:46 AM, wrote:

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)


The thought of old farts skinny dipping in it is yet another reason to
not have a pool!

Why is that? Do you think a bathing suit is some kind of condom?


Oh, I wasn't thinking of disease...just the *sight* of old farts naked
in a pool.

On 4/23/16 10:01 AM, True North wrote:
On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.


Four or five of our near neighbors with kids have nice pools, but
I rarely see anyone using them. I actually prefer to swim and splash
around in the real ocean, but our local county pools are convenient and
well-maintained.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:01:28 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

Exactly I knew people with pools up there and a lot never got reopened
after a few winters.
Since we usually have screen enclosures here the pool maintenance will
be a lot lower and if you can deal with 70 degree water I suppose you
could use it all year long.
If you have a cover and solars, you can maintain more like 80 in the
winter but a cover is a pain in the ass unless you have a powered
cover.

wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:01:28 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to
expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

Exactly I knew people with pools up there and a lot never got reopened
after a few winters.
Since we usually have screen enclosures here the pool maintenance will
be a lot lower and if you can deal with 70 degree water I suppose you
could use it all year long.
If you have a cover and solars, you can maintain more like 80 in the
winter but a cover is a pain in the ass unless you have a powered
cover.


My cover is on a roller, so not a big hassle. But pool is kidney shape,
so powered covers are not as easy to install. I just buy a new solar cover
about every 18 months. They have a long warranty but seems as if the
warranty is for the seams and not the bubbles.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:25:34 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 10:23 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:16:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 4/23/16 12:46 AM, wrote:

Great as long as you like a public pool. City folks ;-)

I like being able t just step out the back door and take a dip, day or
night. I doubt you are skinny dipping there either.

or is that chunky dunking ;-)


The thought of old farts skinny dipping in it is yet another reason to
not have a pool!

Why is that? Do you think a bathing suit is some kind of condom?


Oh, I wasn't thinking of disease...just the *sight* of old farts naked
in a pool.

Since I am the only old fart here, it is not a problem. I agree it
might be pretty rough at a public pool around here ... or at Bowmans
Beach.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 11:00:22 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 07:01:28 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 01:53:33 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:11:04 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.

Same here. I spend a couple minutes a week on the pool once I got the
routine down. I will admit Henc's pool ran trouble free all summer
last year but I had the percentage up more than he liked. The year
before that I was pouring chlorine in it every week and we still had
some green days.

A backyard pool up here would be a worse investment than a boat. Way to
expensive and troublesome for the amount of use it would get.

Exactly I knew people with pools up there and a lot never got reopened
after a few winters.
Since we usually have screen enclosures here the pool maintenance will
be a lot lower and if you can deal with 70 degree water I suppose you
could use it all year long.
If you have a cover and solars, you can maintain more like 80 in the
winter but a cover is a pain in the ass unless you have a powered
cover.


My cover is on a roller, so not a big hassle. But pool is kidney shape,
so powered covers are not as easy to install. I just buy a new solar cover
about every 18 months. They have a long warranty but seems as if the
warranty is for the seams and not the bubbles.


I have a bubble cover for the spa and I get 3 or 4 seasons out of it
but I store it inside most of the year.
The sun kills them pretty fast. I made a frame for it from PVC that
makes it easy to flip open.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:27:19 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:


Four or five of our near neighbors with kids have nice pools, but
I rarely see anyone using them. I actually prefer to swim and splash
around in the real ocean, but our local county pools are convenient and
well-maintained.

I do get in the pool a lot about 8-9 months of the year so it is worth
having for me and when the kids are here they pretty much stay in the
pool all day.
We have a couple county pools fairly close but it never occurred to me
to go to one.
I can splash in the Gulf with a 15 minute boat ride and there is a
little beach on the river more like 5 minutes away but I test that
water ;-)