I used to swim at the gym.
Now wine I sip in the place I dip.
No ducks. No grouse. Not at this house!
Just staying cool in our own little pool.
As far as keeping it clean goes, we have baking soda, chlorine tablets, shock and that’s it for the most part. We check the chemistry daily. Sometimes multiple times a day if it’s being used considerably.
@jouest it can be frustrating tbh. But it’s pretty easy once you get it dialed in. It’s staying consistent that really makes a massive difference but I feel that way about most things in life.
Also I adore our setup. We didn’t think we’d actually get the house because we were the lowest bid. But I wrote a letter and the owners wanted to make sure it went to someone that would love it. So thankful because there’s no way we could afford it if we tried to buy it in today’s market.
@sillyheathen aw that reminds me of when we wrote a letter like that and the sellers reached out to say how touching it was and then accepted an all cash bid over asking price that seemed like it was paid out of a duffel bag from the back of the buyer’s range rover.
@jouest@sillyheathen
Aww, I know they must’ve struggled with their decision, I can see it now, the chaos playing out their minds. vs. …
I’m betting karma got them in the end!
I think letters make a huge difference, most people would welcome the human factor! Glad it worked out for you sillyheathen! That pool looks like it’s got a nice home to go with it! Love your plants, actually the whole setup! It looks VERY NICE!
Learned how to swim as a kid in lower grade school. In the snow belt we’d walk to and from swimming lessons at the high school 3/4 of a miles away. After swimming we’d walk home with wet heads and icicles would form on our hair on the colder days. Sometimes we’d break off the icicles on our hair not realizing we were making a mess of our hair doing that. Took a while to get this is why mom would cut our hair so often that first winter and so finally learned our lesson.
Probably like riding a bike. You don’t forget. We have a photo of my grandmother on a bike when she was 80 (she hadn’t been on one in at least 30 years).
Can I swim well enough to stay alive (for at least a short time?) yes
Can I swim well? no
Do I do lake/ocean? Nope. Although I love water but not the public junk at most lakes and beaches are too sandy. And it’s too damned hot. LOL
Do I pool? NOPE. Too hot and I just don’t enjoy it
@jouest but really flips my boat a waterfalls I can sit and watch them for hour and the idea of standing under one just sounds so good but you really don’t want to do that unless it’s a teeny one because it’ll kill you
@algae1221@jouest@Kyeh I think it’s a visual thing. Who would swim in the ocean if there was a body floating 50’ from them?
Assuming we’re talking human. People would likely swim next to a dead fish.
Grew up on a lake, swiming is like breathing to me. Pools have there place and time but I’m a lake person, lake life is truly a lifestyle. I have a little kiddie pool in my backyard when I too lazy to drive to my dads and spend the day there. I love the ocean also just don’t have one around.
@jouest
Great Lakes are awesome! Only thing is that depending on which one your on they might not get warm bc their so big. When I was little, my dad had a friend with a house boat and would take me a long to play with their kids. We would crystal bay in the Detroit river onto Lake Erie, it’s an awesome spot. First spot I ever saw crystal clear water (in extremly deep water) before all the zebra mussels started invading all the lakes.
@jouest@Star2236 Lake Erie (I grew up on that) used to be polluted all the way to the bottom (it is about 60’ deep) and the Cuyahoga River was truly gross and caught on fire once (a song about that where part of the chorus is “burn on big river burn on, the Cuyahoga goes smoking through my dreams”. Dad took us to see the bridge that fire melted (we were kids). I was so happy when I heard that the pollution in there was cleaned up.
I am presently prohibited from swimming. (No, I don’t want to go into it.) That said, I prefer snorkeling or scuba over any surface-thrashing activity, and I’ve got a facial shape issue that makes most masks useless to me; they leak at the base of my nose on both sides. I’m going to need a custom-fitted mask if I’m going back in the water once I get the green light.
Midwest has a lot of lakes. And a ton of public access sites because they are all public water ways. Then we have lake Michigan and the dunes. So yea not so much swimming pools.
It was fun when we were kids. As an adult. It’s not really a thing I do. Except when I have had a girlfriend with kids. Then it’s… Different. Cause they love it. Same with camping. just go to the local state park or lake and they have fun and. Idk.
Without kids. Or with older kids. Or just a group of friends. I’d still like to just unplug and go to the boundary waters for a month. That’s lake related but not so much swimming as the primary mode of transportation
Do I swim? When I need to.
Do I gym? Not as often as I should.
Do I home? You bet your ass.
Do I lake? Once a year.
Do I ocean? Once every few years.
I float around with my kindle, good thing they made those things waterproof.
@sammydog01 heck yes
I used to swim at the gym.
Now wine I sip in the place I dip.
No ducks. No grouse. Not at this house!
Just staying cool in our own little pool.
As far as keeping it clean goes, we have baking soda, chlorine tablets, shock and that’s it for the most part. We check the chemistry daily. Sometimes multiple times a day if it’s being used considerably.
@sillyheathen just got a pool, am chemist now
also this setup is lovely
@jouest it can be frustrating tbh. But it’s pretty easy once you get it dialed in. It’s staying consistent that really makes a massive difference but I feel that way about most things in life.
Also I adore our setup. We didn’t think we’d actually get the house because we were the lowest bid. But I wrote a letter and the owners wanted to make sure it went to someone that would love it. So thankful because there’s no way we could afford it if we tried to buy it in today’s market.
@sillyheathen aw that reminds me of when we wrote a letter like that and the sellers reached out to say how touching it was and then accepted an all cash bid over asking price that seemed like it was paid out of a duffel bag from the back of the buyer’s range rover.
but they ADORED our letter…
@jouest @sillyheathen
vs. 
… 
Aww, I know they must’ve struggled with their decision, I can see it now, the chaos playing out their minds.
I’m betting karma got them in the end!
I think letters make a huge difference, most people would welcome the human factor! Glad it worked out for you sillyheathen! That pool looks like it’s got a nice home to go with it! Love your plants, actually the whole setup! It looks VERY NICE!
Learned how to swim as a kid in lower grade school. In the snow belt we’d walk to and from swimming lessons at the high school 3/4 of a miles away. After swimming we’d walk home with wet heads and icicles would form on our hair on the colder days. Sometimes we’d break off the icicles on our hair not realizing we were making a mess of our hair doing that. Took a while to get this is why mom would cut our hair so often that first winter and so finally learned our lesson.
@Kidsandliz why cut hair when you can just snap it off on the first cold day!
@jouest Exactly. And it was fun. Of course the aftermath left a bit to be desired…
I know how to swim but it has been a long, long time since I actually swam.
@yakkoTDI falling in is a heck of a refresher
@jouest @yakkoTDI
Probably like riding a bike. You don’t forget. We have a photo of my grandmother on a bike when she was 80 (she hadn’t been on one in at least 30 years).
Can I swim well enough to stay alive (for at least a short time?) yes
Can I swim well? no
Do I do lake/ocean? Nope. Although I love water but not the public junk at most lakes and beaches are too sandy. And it’s too damned hot. LOL
Do I pool? NOPE. Too hot and I just don’t enjoy it
@Cerridwyn hmm. sandless beach maybe
@jouest but really flips my boat a waterfalls I can sit and watch them for hour and the idea of standing under one just sounds so good but you really don’t want to do that unless it’s a teeny one because it’ll kill you
@Cerridwyn you love water just not if it’s in an ocean, lake, or pool.
So, bathtub?
@kittykat9180 showers are good, rivers and streams are wonderful. And of course waterfalls.
@Cerridwyn @kittykat9180 Standing behind a waterfall, looking out through the curtain of water, is pretty exhilarating!
I don’t know how to swim but I know how to not drown.
@kittykat9180 teach someone to swim and they’ll swim for hours, don’t teach them to swim and they’ll swim for the rest of their life
@jouest
@jouest @kittykat9180
Hah, that’s dark.
@jouest @kittykat9180 @Kyeh
@algae1221 @jouest @Kyeh I think it’s a visual thing. Who would swim in the ocean if there was a body floating 50’ from them?
Assuming we’re talking human. People would likely swim next to a dead fish.
Grew up on a lake, swiming is like breathing to me. Pools have there place and time but I’m a lake person, lake life is truly a lifestyle. I have a little kiddie pool in my backyard when I too lazy to drive to my dads and spend the day there. I love the ocean also just don’t have one around.
@Star2236 I migrated from a toxic river (downstream of Dupont…) to that usually much less toxic Great Lake.
decent trade!
@Star2236
You’re so lucky! I’m not very comfortable or confident in the water.
@jouest
Great Lakes are awesome! Only thing is that depending on which one your on they might not get warm bc their so big. When I was little, my dad had a friend with a house boat and would take me a long to play with their kids. We would crystal bay in the Detroit river onto Lake Erie, it’s an awesome spot. First spot I ever saw crystal clear water (in extremly deep water) before all the zebra mussels started invading all the lakes.
DIPLOMAT! RAT-A-TAT! FAT CAT! AWESOME!
@jouest @Star2236 Lake Erie (I grew up on that) used to be polluted all the way to the bottom (it is about 60’ deep) and the Cuyahoga River was truly gross and caught on fire once (a song about that where part of the chorus is “burn on big river burn on, the Cuyahoga goes smoking through my dreams”. Dad took us to see the bridge that fire melted (we were kids). I was so happy when I heard that the pollution in there was cleaned up.
I am presently prohibited from swimming. (No, I don’t want to go into it.) That said, I prefer snorkeling or scuba over any surface-thrashing activity, and I’ve got a facial shape issue that makes most masks useless to me; they leak at the base of my nose on both sides. I’m going to need a custom-fitted mask if I’m going back in the water once I get the green light.
Midwest has a lot of lakes. And a ton of public access sites because they are all public water ways. Then we have lake Michigan and the dunes. So yea not so much swimming pools.
It was fun when we were kids. As an adult. It’s not really a thing I do. Except when I have had a girlfriend with kids. Then it’s… Different. Cause they love it. Same with camping. just go to the local state park or lake and they have fun and. Idk.
Without kids. Or with older kids. Or just a group of friends. I’d still like to just unplug and go to the boundary waters for a month. That’s lake related but not so much swimming as the primary mode of transportation
@unksol plunking kids in a giant pool of water of some kind is
