Liquid chlorine for the pool at $8.00/gallon! Does anybody want a pool, it’s free just fill in the hole in the ground when your done.

 

No thank you.
Been there, done that.
Poorer and wiser for the experience..

 

Update, just back from the hardware store. A small container of joint compound so I can make repairs to the walls before I start painting. The joys of home ownership!

 

Allow Shooter to avail you of his education.
First, you will discover that you have friends/family you did not know you had.
All will own bathing suits.
Almost all will think it's fun to show up unannounced on hot days.
None will think to bring towels, food, beer, or money.
They will bring appetites, thirst, and friends of their own.

Second, you already discovered the cost of chemicals for your pool.
Chlorine is just the beginning.
And pool maintenance is also expensive.
Learn to do it yourself.
Get the repair manuals on all of your equipment.
Do it yourself wherever and whenever possible.
The pool man is not your friend. He has kids he's trying to send through Harvard.

Third, if you heat your pool put a lock on the controls.
A big lock.
We once discovered that someone had cranked up the thermostat because they thought the pool too cool.
We discovered it when we saw steam coming off of the pool.
The air temp was 88 degrees.
The pool temp. was off the thermometer.
Think 15,000 gallon hot tub.
The utility bill that month; $1,800. (Really).

When you fill your pool in spring, do NOT turn on the heater for at least a week.
Solar is a great way to get your pool mostly warm enough to get in.

Do not be shy about telling friends/family that owning a pool is expensive and time consuming.
Pool parties are also expensive in terms of food, booze, ice, and police/neighbor relations.
If your family/friends don't take the hint or put anything but thank you notes in the donation jar, ban them.
They are not friends and not worthy of being family.
Really.
Be rude about it even.
After all, those wet footprints on your new wood floor weren't put there by polite, considerate people, were they?
Your empty pantry didn't happen because you were feeding the poor, did it?
You didn't spend 2 days laundering towels because you had help with that, did you?

Seriously, we really enjoyed our pool and had a lot of really fun pool parties with family and friends.
But understand; a pool is more expensive than a boat or a horse and makes about as much sense.
Accept the cost, the work, and the irritation or get yourself a jack hammer and bury that fucker.
The soul tax is too high if you can't accept the cost, work, and irritation.

 

Meat & veg at the local Farmers Market.
Then went and got 2 pair of jeans.

 

High performance starter for my truck.
Just got done putting it in.

 

Iced Capp from Timmie’s

 

Store brand beets at Lowes Foods last night.

 

Depends...

My last major purchase was a FlashForge Adventurer 5M Pro 3D printer
My last minor purchase was Rana 5 cheese lasagne, salad bowl, and Italian bread for dinner last night.

 

Bourbon. I call it "An investment in happiness." Don't judge. It's been a week.

 

A baseball, modeling paint, salsa (extra chunky) a box of tampons, peanut butter (creamy) and a chisel.

 

A 2025 Subaru Forester just the other day. Insurance payment for my van after the accident paid for all but a few grand! I love it.

 

A tv. And I need a new tv stand because mine is now too small for the new tv.

Also I had no idea tv stands were so annoying to shop for.

 

Yeah fuck that, I'm too cheap LMAO

 

Ripped Jeans and a back pack.

 

I bought some clear today. Lol

 

A 40lb box of rocks for my aquarium.