Bromine Chemistry Question

[CarlD]

I think there's come a time to all of us when we say "D*** it all! I'm going to empty this pool and shut it down! No more!" Sometimes more than once......

It reminds me of the cynical quip: "A boat is a hole in the water, surrounded by wood or fiberglass, into which you throw money!" With the follow-up being "The two happiest days in a boatowner's life is the day he buys the boat...and the day he sells it!"

[FormerBromineUser]

Today I received my property tax bill (up over a thou to $15,000), got a voicemail from the pool installers saying I need a new heater ($2,800 -silly me, I was saving for an auto-cover pump), got a contract for the next school year with no raise for the 5th consecutive year, and my roof is leaking. I appreciate the life-story and the humor... Sell the dratted boat!

[CarlD]

Sounds like you should consider solar panels instead....

Reminds me of the old story about farmer complaining about his barn roof leaking. The other man says "Why don't you fix it?"
He answers: "I can't. It's raining."
The other guy says: "So wait till it's not raining."
The farmer answers: "It doesn't leak then!"

(No criticism implied...just a stream of consciousness remembering.)

[PoolDoc]

Today I received my property tax bill (up over a thou to $15,000)

Sounds like you need to move to Georgia! (Not including Atlanta! Atlanta is not Georgia; it's San Francisco East!) Not many people working for school boards have properties with tax rates like that. And, given how far under the water Illinois (esp. Chicago) is, it's likely to get worse before it gets better.

got a contract for the next school year with no raise for the 5th consecutive year

Being in Georgia wouldn't help there: my wife (elementary teacher) is getting 'furloughed' 3 days next year, but that's an improvement for 5 this year, and 9 (I think) the year before.

and my roof is leaking.

Dark pool covers make MUCH better temporary roof fixes, then blue tarps, if you are going to have to wait a few months.

[FormerBromineUser]

Sounds like you need to move to Georgia!

Haha! I lived for one school year in Ringgold back when it was a sleepy little town. I taught in Dalton and "city-ed" in Chattanooga.

Dark pool covers make MUCH better temporary roof fixes, then blue tarps...

And THAT is really, really funny, Ben!!! I know just where to find one!

[PoolDoc]

Haha! I lived for one school year in Ringgold back when it was a sleepy little town.

Last time I was there, it was *still* a sleepy little town. Not quite as sleepy as Chickamauga where I grew up, but still pretty sleepy.