Klark Kent

had a water oak about 15ft from ours. Had a crew come in and skin it all the way up on the side face the pool. It’s not our tree, it’s on the other side of my fence on land owned by the MUD.

fricking acorns and million leaves beforehand.

Yep. First time pool owner here. Since May. Definitely still learning, but I’ve picked it up fairly quickly. I wouldn’t say it’s a looot of work, but it does require consistent weekly maintenance. I probably spend about an hour or so each week on it. That said, now that I have one in South Texas, I can’t imagine life without it.

The first thing I did was measure the pool’s length, width, and depth at several different points because it has an irregular kidney shape. I also took a bunch of pictures from different angles and plugged all of that information into ChatGPT. It created a detailed schematic of the pool and helped me estimate how many gallons it holds.

From there, I found a formula online to determine how long and at what speed I needed to run my variable speed pump each day. I also plugged in my fixed electricity rate, and ChatGPT estimated how much it would cost to operate daily, weekly, and monthly. It then helped me set up an automated schedule that met the daily circulation target while also working around our family’s schedule.

Once I had a good estimate of the pool volume and a pump schedule in place, I bought my own Taylor pool chemistry test kit. I test the water every Wednesday, which gives me time to make any necessary adjustments before the busy weekend pool rush.I plug in the exact chemistry test results and because ChatGPT knows everything about my pool and schedule it tells me exactly how much chlorine, acid, alkalinity, etc to add and when.

I handle the filtration system and water chemistry. My wife and kids keep the skimmer baskets cleaned out and the pool deck clear. Wifey now has her own Ryobi Whisper Series blower that she’s obsessed with, and the kids love checking the baskets to see what bugs they’ve collected.

We also picked up a Aiper pool robot that does a great job scrubbing the walls, floor, and getting debris out. I drop him in every other day and let him do his thing for 3-4 hours.

Overall, it’s been very manageable and absolutely worth it. Kids and wife love it. I’ll be cracking a cold one, sitting in a float, and watching this UT @ Ut game here in about 45 minutes. Pool looks crystal clear and is sitting at 87 degrees right now.

eta: I plan on purchasing a automated chemistry measuring filter. So if anyone has advice or suggestions. I would appreciate it.

excellent. let’s import a hundred thousand of them.

~ Democrats

I agree with how disjointed episodes 1&2 are to the rest of the series. Otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed it. The ending also seemed quite a bit rushed.

End of battle.
Uther gets pissed
Merlin had a vision.
Sword in Stone.
Credits.


leaves you wondering if a season 2 is coming (it isn’t) and if there was going to be a season 2 why they would essentially spoil the entire plot of season 2.

The observation is that the board is suddenly being flooded with anti-Trump trolls, and coordinated political astroturfing across online communities is hardly unprecedented. First you acted as though organizers couldn’t possibly exist; now you’ve retreated to “but why would they care about little old TD?”

At least the goalposts are getting some exercise this morning…

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speaking of fat Leftists.

I love this laughable doe-eyed act that taxpayer-funded political manipulation is somehow foreign to Democrats after the Biden White House and multiple federal agencies spent years leaning on social-media companies over what Americans were allowed to see.

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The MAGA sycophants are getting ready for the "voter fraud 2026: electric boogaloo" with this silliness. They just can't understand that Trump and MAGA have turned off lots of moderate Republicans who voted for them in 2024. This isn't a difficult concept but seems inconceivable to those in the bubble.

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You aren’t qualified to speak on the behalf of anyone on the Right, Republican or not.

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As bad or worse than Mike & Ike’s and Twizzlers.

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by BamaFig

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makes sense. prefers bigger softer things in his mouth.

iced down sugar water trash for $9 a jug. every person i know who likes Dutch Bro’s is fat

Noem obviously got out over her skis. The video doesn’t show Pretti brandishing the gun. I’m not defending that statement.

But her embellishment doesn’t magically prove your opposite conclusion that Pretti presented “no threat.”

He inserted himself into an active law-enforcement operation, refused commands, was being taken into custody, physically struggled with multiple officers, and had a loaded handgun concealed on him. During that struggle, an officer repeatedly yelled, “He’s got a gun.” Another officer apparently removed it less than a second before the shooting, but what evidence do you have that both shooters immediately knew the weapon had been secured?

He didn’t have to be there.
I don’t know why you and the Lefties defend this loser.

Are officers wrestling with an armed man required to assume peaceful intentions and wait until the gun is physically in his hand before recognizing a serious threat?

congrats bud. big win for you Lefties