Famous People
- Thread starter oldprophet
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- Jul 21, 2013
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@JamesW is legend
My picture has been published quite often............you can find it in the Post Office. Does that count? 
- Jun 1, 2018
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Most of us aren’t “in the industry” as professionals but personally I live next door to one of Johnny Cash’s band members & they have a pool, it also has a slide 
. That’s as close to the famous & pools crossroads as I have gotten lol 
Being a pool girl to the rich and famous sounds fun
I may have to look into that! I hear Graceland is hiring…
. That’s as close to the famous & pools crossroads as I have gotten lol Being a pool girl to the rich and famous sounds fun
I may have to look into that! I hear Graceland is hiring…I once saw a pool guy who looked like Bill Gates.
However, I don't know if it was really Bill Gates or someone who just looked liked Bill Gates.
However, I don't know if it was really Bill Gates or someone who just looked liked Bill Gates.
I'm named after a famous piano player/singer/song writer and maintain my own pool. Does that count?
- Jun 1, 2018
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
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- SWG Type
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I wonder if @1poolman1 or @RDspaguy have any juicy stories/encounters that aren’t protected by an NDA 
- Jun 1, 2018
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Also curious if there are any famous TFP’rs here that care to be known? It’ll be our little secret 
lol
lol
i just had to sign my first one after 28 years visiting customers in some of the richest zip codes in the country.have any juicy stories/encounters that aren’t protected by an NDA
Top 10 is certainly considered outstanding in one's field. Bravo.
Desirable qualities to make you Wanted, for sure.
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Does being a legend in my own mind count? 
Rather famous comic actor has/had a Summer/vacation home in nearby area. Knew a construction-worker friend who had to sign an NDA to work on the house and agree to not say who owned the home (didn't work, he told me) and look away if the owner should be on the property, very weird.I wonder if @1poolman1 or @RDspaguy have any juicy stories/encounters that aren’t protected by an NDA
Couple of years after the build I got a call to work on a small filter leak. I knew the address as I often drove by the property. When the manager handed me the NDA I just laughed and said call someone else. It was a 15-minute job, just had to clean the O ring and tighten the clamp. They were in a panic as it had to be fixed before the owner got there that evening. Fixed it, got paid, asked them to not call be again (which they probably wouldn't anyway) and never looked back.
In the same area worked for a man who wouldn't give his name or tell me how he got mine. As we walked through the house I saw a large safe in the middle of a room with an armed guard (looked like Israeli security, I think it was an UZI). Security cameras everywhere, even watching the pool equipment. Owner watched my every move, paid in cash and I said goodbye. Scary guy.
Have worked for some local celebrities, mostly TV news people. The anchors, except for one, were all self-absorbed jerks. The sports guys were all great, they'd come out and talk like any other customer. One had me come to the station, bring my kids, who were all very young, and gave them a tour.
This is a strange business.
My bet is the Kardashians and Jenners are all frequent contributors but, of course, under unrecognizable usernames.
My money is on JamesW and ajw22!
Yes it counts! Why was your picture next to mine?My picture has been published quite often............you can find it in the Post Office. Does that count?
I worked on Larry himmels pool. I used to do a pool next to Phillip rivers house. Usually if they are famous or really wealthy you deal with their contractors. There was also a property in Bonsall last name Gupta. They had construction on that house year round for 10 years straight, they had a ridiculous amount of money.
It wasn't me, but my buddy installed security cameras at a very, very well known Steelers player's house. Said without a doubt he was the biggest dee bee you have ever met. You would not at all be surprised by that one.
Conversely, my old roommate was a Best Buy years ago when the Rock Band game first came out. He was playing it on the demo setup they had when someone walked up and grabbed the other guitar controller and started playing with him. The man asked him if he liked the game, and they spoke a little bit while they played, but my roommate never actually looked over at him (super socially awkward guy). Eventually the man leaves and like 5 people rush up to him to ask "dude, what's it like to play Rock Band with Troy Polamalu?!" He looked at the guy as he walked away, and sure enough, that was him.
Conversely, my old roommate was a Best Buy years ago when the Rock Band game first came out. He was playing it on the demo setup they had when someone walked up and grabbed the other guitar controller and started playing with him. The man asked him if he liked the game, and they spoke a little bit while they played, but my roommate never actually looked over at him (super socially awkward guy). Eventually the man leaves and like 5 people rush up to him to ask "dude, what's it like to play Rock Band with Troy Polamalu?!" He looked at the guy as he walked away, and sure enough, that was him.
Quite a few, including Chuck Berry, the St. Louis Blues circa '96/97 (gretzky, pronger, twist, macinnis, etc) at the practice arena, the Kiel center, and many personal tubs, including the great Bernie Federko, who had the oldest Sundance spa I've ever seen. And the St Louis Rams practice facility once. Numerous local news folks and politicians.
I'll give you the story you want, ya bunch of gossips.
I was at the blues practice center working on their small hot tub in the locker room, a Sundance set in a pit beside the large built-in soak tub, during a practice. It was burning up circ pumps (from getting 208v instead of 240v, solved with a transformer
). So I'm turned sideways (the only way I'd fit) in this pit changing a circ pump on a tub that I can't drain because they want it after practice. Needless to say, it was a wet experience. I'm in there cussing and cramping up from the position, and I stand up to find the entire starting lineup standing naked beside the spa. 
I said, and I quote, "Aww for f****s sake! Can't you f****ers wear some d*** clothes? WTF?!" Which they all found hilarious.
I will point out that I had been to most of their homes a time or two by then, so it's not as if we were strangers, but still totally uncalled for. F'ing locker room humor. Those sports guys are WAY too comfortable in a room full of naked men, let me tell you.
I'll give you the story you want, ya bunch of gossips.
I was at the blues practice center working on their small hot tub in the locker room, a Sundance set in a pit beside the large built-in soak tub, during a practice. It was burning up circ pumps (from getting 208v instead of 240v, solved with a transformer). So I'm turned sideways (the only way I'd fit) in this pit changing a circ pump on a tub that I can't drain because they want it after practice. Needless to say, it was a wet experience. I'm in there cussing and cramping up from the position, and I stand up to find the entire starting lineup standing naked beside the spa. I said, and I quote, "Aww for f****s sake! Can't you f****ers wear some d*** clothes? WTF?!" Which they all found hilarious.I will point out that I had been to most of their homes a time or two by then, so it's not as if we were strangers, but still totally uncalled for. F'ing locker room humor. Those sports guys are WAY too comfortable in a room full of naked men, let me tell you.
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,019
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Funny,
My daughter visited the ole miss basketball facility the other day for a camp & they had a tour. She told me all about the hot tubs & cold tubs in the locker rooms & was so thrilled, all I was thinking was eeew.
My daughter visited the ole miss basketball facility the other day for a camp & they had a tour. She told me all about the hot tubs & cold tubs in the locker rooms & was so thrilled, all I was thinking was eeew.
I XD XD XDI wonder if @1poolman1 or @RDspaguy have any juicy stories/encounters that aren’t protected by an NDA
I met Donna Summer, Richard Dreyfuss, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and had a beer with Rod Stewart, among othersQuite a few, including Chuck Berry, the St. Louis Blues circa '96/97 (gretzky, pronger, twist, macinnis, etc) at the practice arena, the Kiel center, and many personal tubs, including the great Bernie Federko, who had the oldest Sundance spa I've ever seen. And the St Louis Rams practice facility once. Numerous local news folks and politicians.
I'll give you the story you want, ya bunch of gossips.
I will point out that I had been to most of their homes a time or two by then, so it's not as if we were strangers, but still totally uncalled for. F'ing locker room humor. Those sports guys are WAY too comfortable in a room full of naked men, let me tell you.
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