Hello all...it's been a minute since I have visited...& am again surprised about how much the site has improved from content to appearance...congrats to whoever is responsible for a job well done. I suspect that would be a collaboration type congrats. Thanks for continuing to make our pool lives simpler.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we recently had to discontinue our pool maintenance so we could continue to eat & remain alive. Over at least 2, possibly up to 3 months, we did not do anything to maintain the pool, resulting in a deep green sludge of a mess! Fortunately, this was a temporary situation that has now been resolved...meaning for the last 5 days I have been in the heck known here as SLAM.
I like to believe that I was simply carrying on the deep southern Catholic tradition, and my Mother's legacy..."If you just don't say it out loud, it isn't really happening!" Hate it or Love it, SLAM works!
Now...I am currently on the downside of the SLAM & I find myself pondering something very important! Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that a dead algae bloom, upon being captured in my Polaris 280's net of pool refuse, is amazingly heavy! I don't recall discovering that before in the past. This very afternoon, I was brushing my pool, again, when I noticed The Polaris 280 was attempting a new trick...it was laying on the side with two wheels, struggling to upright itself...and it had been attempting this for about 20 minutes...to no avail.
Upon closer inspection, I quickly discovered that it's debris bag, although only half full, was dragging it over onto it's side, because of the extraordinary weight of the dead algae bloom. I looked it over carefully and could find no other logical explanation. The bag, though only half full, was causing my 280 to lay down on the job. That's when I realized that the reverse cycle had not been able to upright itself, nor save the day.
All kidding aside, I was actually quite surprised by the weight of the dead bloom once I removed the debris bag so I could empty it. Just wondering if anyone else had noticed that, or if I needed to be concerned about getting too old to attend the local 4th of July fireworks celebration. Can't deal with the traffic or the crowds. COVID made me realize that I loved to quarantine & just how easy our life has been since we had a legitimate excuse to, in the words of Nancy Reagan , "Just say no!"
Happy 4TH all.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we recently had to discontinue our pool maintenance so we could continue to eat & remain alive. Over at least 2, possibly up to 3 months, we did not do anything to maintain the pool, resulting in a deep green sludge of a mess! Fortunately, this was a temporary situation that has now been resolved...meaning for the last 5 days I have been in the heck known here as SLAM.
I like to believe that I was simply carrying on the deep southern Catholic tradition, and my Mother's legacy..."If you just don't say it out loud, it isn't really happening!" Hate it or Love it, SLAM works!
Now...I am currently on the downside of the SLAM & I find myself pondering something very important! Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that a dead algae bloom, upon being captured in my Polaris 280's net of pool refuse, is amazingly heavy! I don't recall discovering that before in the past. This very afternoon, I was brushing my pool, again, when I noticed The Polaris 280 was attempting a new trick...it was laying on the side with two wheels, struggling to upright itself...and it had been attempting this for about 20 minutes...to no avail.
Upon closer inspection, I quickly discovered that it's debris bag, although only half full, was dragging it over onto it's side, because of the extraordinary weight of the dead algae bloom. I looked it over carefully and could find no other logical explanation. The bag, though only half full, was causing my 280 to lay down on the job. That's when I realized that the reverse cycle had not been able to upright itself, nor save the day.
All kidding aside, I was actually quite surprised by the weight of the dead bloom once I removed the debris bag so I could empty it. Just wondering if anyone else had noticed that, or if I needed to be concerned about getting too old to attend the local 4th of July fireworks celebration. Can't deal with the traffic or the crowds. COVID made me realize that I loved to quarantine & just how easy our life has been since we had a legitimate excuse to, in the words of Nancy Reagan , "Just say no!"
Happy 4TH all.
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I’m sure you’ll have it cleared up in no time! 
percent worth it.