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We're having a bit of a heat wave down here. My water got up to 94* yesterday afternoon, even with the waterfalls and deck jets running. I wonder how many 1 gallon ice cubes it would take to cool 30K gallons of water by 2 degrees?...

First thing in the morning I'm 88-89, and then 92-93 by late afternoon. Need to get that solar array installed soon just so I can cool the water now at night. Jim

Looks great! An outdoor shower is on my list of things to install around my pool too. Nice to get some good ideas! Jim

I picked one of these up a few weeks ago at a Leslie's pool store. It is as advertised so far. Great phone, I'm going to pick up a second one. It has good range and sound. It floats (and the first thing I did was throw it in the pool). And it has some rubber armor on it to take a few...

Hey Shell, Lookin' good. I was actually in Lowes yesterday too looking at solar lights and wondering if they would light up the three Queen palms I just planted. Strange... I still need to get over and check out your new place! Jim

I'm here too! I drop by every few days and lurk around a little.

Well I'm a Mopar guy, but not close enough to come to your meet. Here's my baby... 1970 RoadRunner Convertible...

I poured used peanut oil (cold) leftover from deep-frying a turkey out in the lawn one time. It killed the grass there for a year... It makes concrete really slick though... I'll raise my hand for Roundup too...great stuff...

I used Increte brand acrylic sealer and Rhino Grip texture. It all seems to have worked well. I waited about 6 weeks between stamping and sealing. So far so good, but that was only last week...

I think stained concrete looks good myself. If the cracks aren't huge and becoming toe-kickers, they add character to an interesting stain job. There's not really any perfect way to patch concrete cracks that isn't obvious. The patch sometimes makes them even more visible. Although it might...

Cheers!

Big ole snapper... I found a plain yellow belly turtle just under 12" in my empty pool a couple weeks back. It must have taken a good tumble dropping in...

Check this power pack out... http://www.horizonfuelcell.com/hobby_rc.htm Now just figure out how to capture the hydrogen that bubbles off your SWCG and store it and you'll have an endless clean burning fuell supply for free...

I still have my 1998 RMK 600 and it still runs great!

Well, I'm a commercial DIVER and used to spend alot of time in a saturation chamber and diving out of a BELL in deep water...not a complicate one here either.

Here's an interesting link... http://www.fishpondinfo.com/mosq.htm

They had to do this in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina too...

I like the firepit too. It looks like a real wood burning pit? Do you have any problems with ash/debris getting in the pool? I'm thinking about putting one in at my place too and it'll be about 9' from my pool. Just wondered about ash...

Texas??? Sounds like George W....

sammm, I do keep hearing that and it's the only thing holding me back from actually doing it. I don't really have to decide until June or July when everything should be ready for landscaping. I need some type of tall plant that can fit in a 3' wide by 24' long bed. Preferably tropical-ish...

I'm going to start another offshoot from JohnT's earlier post on poolside plants. I'm interested in planting some bamboo around one side of my pool. I know alot of folks complain about how rampantly it spreads, but this will be in a contained area that can't really get away very easily...

My property is surrounded by rice fields and crawfish ponds. They are everywhere around here. We were actually digging them out when we excavated for my pool. I have a 200' x 80' pond in my back yard full of bass and bream and I don't feed them at all, they are completely fed from the...

You wait til those little suckers march on up to the north country!

nuff said....grrrr....

Welcome to TFP and very nice! I like the stone coping and beach entry!

I just started my dig yesterday. They're installing the rebar and plumbing today. I'll get some pics up in another thread hopefully tonight. I'm self contracting this one...wish me luck!

I'm still here and hoping to start my pool dig in south Louisiana in February after Mardi Gras!

Happy birthday... I'm not far behind ya!

What part of Louisiana are you in? I'm in Lafayette!