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    Well, this is adios...

    I ran our pool the TFP way for two years. My wife can no longer get in a pool and my daughter has outgrown it. My wife also retired this summer and we're going to be spending a lot more time at our seasonal camper. Our pool period is done. I'm going to clean up and sell off the pool, then...
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    The New Sheriff Checks In With the Regional Office

    This is the new sheriff of the watering hole that was formerly known as Green Slime Pit and other, similar nicknames. I took office at the end of April and promised our pool (rashly, as it turned out) that I was taking over and was going to make it clean up its act and behave. Little did I...
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    Potentially Dumb Questions to Keep Me From Making Big Dumb Mistakes

    The more I read in this forum, the more I feel like I've stumbled on the Mother Lode of pool knowledge. There is just SO MUCH! For a green-as-grass newbie, there is probably almost TOO MUCH. I have some questions I feel I need to ask in a consolidated post so I can have consolidated answers...
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    Replacing a cartridge filter with sand - my head is spinning from the details!

    I will be replacing the SFS-1000 external skimmer/pump unit on our 16 foot round Intex as soon as I get one more adapter and a plastic pad to set the filter on. I have been using the time to research setup and use. There was a post from a few years ago that was something to the effect about...
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    Hey, pool! I'M IN CHARGE THIS YEAR!

    Notice to our pool: There's a new sheriff in town - me. You're going to be a law-abiding, useful and pleasant member of society this year. No longer is your dirty self going to run roughshod over our time, convenience, energy and budget. First off, I'm gonna open you right - with a clean...