I have a salt water swimming pool
I used to have a pool cover but the 1 we had when we moved in became old and brittle. Due to the sun & wind I lose about an inch of water a week.
Once we got our (extra deep) bore put in I stopped filling the pool with scheme (tap water) and started using the bore-water.
This year particularly I've had some problems with phosphates in the pool. The water is clear and there is very little organic stuff in it at any time - the kreepy-krawly pool vacuum works very efficiently. Occasionally I have to add a bit of chlorine - the cell is a bit old and calcifies quite quickly. But other than that it mostly looks after itself, with me cleaning the skimmer box and backwashing on the odd occasion.
As to the phosphates I couldn't think why until the lady at the pool shop asked me 1 day how I fill the pool. "Bore" say I.
"Ahh" says she, "that maybe where your phosphates are coming from."
Ohh, shit! There goes my "free" fill-the-pool solution.
So last week I took a sample of my bore-water into the pool shop - they tested it for phosphates.
Can you imagine my great relief when they told me that having tested my sample of bore-water they told me that there were absolutely NO phosphates in it. Whatsoever.
So as long as the sun keeps shining it will provide photo-electric energy to the solar panels on my roof which in turn will provide power the bore pump which will continue to pump non-phosphate filled bore water into my swimming pool.

I wonder if I should have told the pool shop lady about the OkCupid Pool Parties I run where everyone gets to double-team my wife in the pool as I watch and how I use the lovely cool pool water to relax me so I can practise shoving things up my bum.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:07, 36 replies)

Finally you admit it.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:14, closed)

I mean, deep down we all knew you had a pool, but to hear you say it yourself is a huge relief.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:26, closed)

Well I was going to gaz
only you about this but....
we also regularly use our 2100L. under-eaves rainwater tank with a 1Hp pump to water the garden.
& provide our OkCupid guests with cleansing enemas. Don't tell 'em that it's free tho.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:37, closed)

Sigh
Fuck sake,
Another party I didn't get invited to.
(Figmaus, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:35, closed)

Must have got lost in the Chrissy mail rush.
Soz.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:38, closed)

Come on ringo,
You moan about everyone else trotting out the same old jokes and ruining qotw, and then you can't help but keep posting this shite to get the same old reactions. You're obviously desperate for some sort of attention, or validation. When that kipper fella was on your side, you lapped up his praise like a dog licking peanut butter off a strangers balls. Post your stories, put whoever you don't like on ignore, and stop being part of the qotw Dick fight merry go round, or don't complain about them when at this point you look just as fucking dull.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:40, closed)

hang on, maybe thats the other ringo.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:54, closed)

Are you AB's sockpuppet?

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:57, closed)

No, why?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 8:59, closed)

Just because someone thinks you're a confused dickwad it doesn't mean that they're a sockpuppet of AB.
HTH xx
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sun 30 Dec 2012, 12:36, closed)

lol denied

( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:05, closed)

AND YOU ELLIS! DON'T THINK FOR ONE SECOND THAT I HAVEN'T GOT YOUR NUMBER!

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 14:31, closed)

I'm not sure what the point of this story is.
I think Ringo might be showing off about having a pool. Over in the UK it's pretty uncommon to have one's own swimming pool, so they aren't really objects of envy.

I think he might be displaying the early stages of a breakdown.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 10:31, closed)

I've got a little pond in my back garden, does that count?

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 10:35, closed)

no.
Unless you trawl dating sites looking for drongoes to spit roast your wife as you watch.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 10:45, closed)

I've got a little pond large cock in my back garden arse, does that count?
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 30 Dec 2012, 1:51, closed)

It's all gone a bit creepy.
Why does he think we care that it's unpleasantly hot in Australia? Surely everybody already knows that. It's one of the main reasons that nobody chooses to live there.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 19:13, closed)

I've just come in from watching my wife spray my daughter
on the trampoline.
I hosed the dog down.
It was lovely.

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 11:03, closed)

Keep the off topic posts for Off Topic please.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 11:07, closed)

XFCE4, nice.
Weather looks far too hot for me though.
Have any video of the wife/daughter "fun"?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:01, closed)

No 'fraid not
I was too busy fingering hosing down the dog.
More to come maybe.

EDIT: Yes running debian on a couple of external ssd's, 1 for / and 1 for /home - fast & frisky!
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 28 Dec 2012, 21:51, closed)

Nerd

( Locus213 Slightly to the left of Bakunin, Sat 29 Dec 2012, 13:47, closed)

It's not like I'm runnning Gentoo!

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 29 Dec 2012, 20:14, closed)

Pskkk,
My other Distro is Slackware...
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sat 29 Dec 2012, 22:15, closed)

Nicked off a fb feed.
Debian is the wise older relative of the Linux family, it's stable, it takes its time, and it tries to be helpful without holding your hand too much. Fedora is the cool cousin, it always has a new style every 6 months, it's fairly popular but not so much that it loses its individuality, its the trendy but educated relative. Then there's Ubuntu...Ubuntu was beaten over the head with a boat oar until it was declared legally retarded, all it wants is someone to love it but at the same time it just keeps eating and gathering new features until it becomes so bloated that it doesn't want to look at itself in a mirror.

If Debian is the wise older relative what does that make Slackware?

Slackware is the uncle that is very educated and let's you do what you want; assuming you don't want him to do it for you.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 29 Dec 2012, 22:57, closed)

Slackware is the uncle that claims to be very educated but doesn't understand how to use an apostrophe.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 30 Dec 2012, 0:01, closed)

Professor Shambleston
Purveyor of Fine Spelling and Grammar to the rescue.
Yet again.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 30 Dec 2012, 0:20, closed)

I like that.
I seem to be slacking too much to use Slackware as my main distro at the moment though -- Alanis would call that "ironic".
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 30 Dec 2012, 22:01, closed)

2.5 Morrisettes.
Man my 'buntu box's psu shit itself about 3 weeks ago. I've got a replacement - testament to how hot the weather is that I can't even cba getting under the desk to move it and swap them out.
Yet it took me nearly halfa of fucking around with xorg and nvidia drivers to get my 2 monitors (1 is portrait) setup on this setup! Which is porabaly about 3 times how long it would take me to open the other box, swap psu's and be back up & running.

Now that Locus213 is fucking nerdy.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 31 Dec 2012, 3:43, closed)

I liked you better when you weren't
an insecure pillock.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sat 29 Dec 2012, 18:57, closed)

I'm playing to the White Knight crowd atm.
Hardman ringo'll bee back MM, don't you worry about that!
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 29 Dec 2012, 20:12, closed)

This would be more believable
if you threatened to cut me, or something.
There's no hardman like an internet hardman!
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sat 29 Dec 2012, 23:10, closed)

*Grabs samurai sword*
You're going headless first down a rubbish chute - cops'll never find you there!
Alt: Baseball bat
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 30 Dec 2012, 0:15, closed)

So ... never.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 29 Dec 2012, 23:47, closed)

Terrible bullying of the aussie, here.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 31 Dec 2012, 23:24, closed)