Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-31 Thread Brice Mijares
Number one rule, bring your own beer! - Original Message - From: Eugene Baroni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool Also it is important that guests must realize that even though you

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-30 Thread Lee A. Stone
Jennifer, If I may, from my perspective of opening and closing a pool here in the Northeast . I have always welcomed extra hands and minds as we open and close the pool. we used to pay $250 to the company, Islander pools when we first got this pool some 11 years ago. However after

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-30 Thread Lee A. Stone
Jennifer and all, another great idea you could use, if you were to be a guest in someone elses pool is to maybe donate a hanging basket of cherry tomatoes or use your imagination as a one time gift. several years ago I had a Friend who donated a bucket of chlorine tablets. Now here is the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-30 Thread Eugene Baroni
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool Jennifer and all, another great idea you could use, if you were to be a guest in someone elses pool is to maybe donate a hanging basket of cherry tomatoes or use

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-29 Thread Dan Rossi
Dale wrote: That is not correct Mr. Rossi! Only the American gallon which is 128 ounces Blah blah blah. Enough said. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-29 Thread Jennifer Jackson
- Original Message - From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool Dale wrote: That is not correct Mr. Rossi! Only the American gallon which is 128 ounces Blah blah blah

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-29 Thread Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool Hey, if the scientists at nASA can't get that stuff right, what can you expect from us? Seriously though, what goes into opening a pool? I have a friend

[BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-27 Thread Lee A. Stone
So where were all those voleenters yesterday when we started to pull the winter cover off the swimming pool/ ? I know, I know all the same lame excuses. so now that job is half done and I toss up my arms. told you so and ducked as I heard water coming my way. what happened is , they, , other

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-27 Thread John Schwery
Lee, yep, about 8 pounds. earlier, Lee A. Stone, wrote: So where were all those voleenters yesterday when we started to pull the winter cover off the swimming pool/ ? I know, I know all the same lame excuses. so now that job is half done and I toss up my arms. told you so and ducked as I heard

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-27 Thread Dan Rossi
Lee, that is why you are supposed to siphon off the water from the pool cover before you try removing it. Yep, and water weighs one ounce per ounce, so 8 pounds per gallon. About the only thing the English managed to relate across measuring systems. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-27 Thread Lee A. Stone
Dan, we are at a standstill. at this point my equal is in agreement somehow we get this sucker up and running and then put up a for sale sign. it is our eleventh year with this and I'm up to my ya know with attitudes and folks showing up oh is the pool ready yet.. anyway. no way to siphon

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-27 Thread Dale Leavens
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool Lee, that is why you are supposed to siphon off the water from the pool cover before you try removing it. Yep, and water weighs one ounce per ounce, so 8 pounds per gallon. About the only thing

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opening the pool

2007-05-27 Thread Eugene Baroni
] Opening the pool Lee, that is why you are supposed to siphon off the water from the pool cover before you try removing it. Yep, and water weighs one ounce per ounce, so 8 pounds per gallon. About the only thing the English managed to relate across measuring systems. -- Blue skies