Notable quotables

[Newdude]

Hey folks !!! Let's start a fun one for those TFP quotes that hammered it home like no other. I'm not talking about 'Stay out the pool store', I'm talking about the game 7 walkoff home runs. If someone took you deep, post it up.


To start off, I'll throw 3 out there :

'When I get out of a chlorone pool, I feel I need a shower. When I get out of a salt pool, I feel like I already showered' @Jimrahbe

'I have tools I would replace when I got around to it and I have tools I would replace that day. The smartstir is the latter' @jseyfert3

'The 3 filter styles are like the Ford/Chevy/Dodge debate but for pools. All three get you to the store just fine' @pooldv.

 

[JamesW]

"If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?" - Steven Wright.

 

[JamesW]

I call Florida "The land of the Dinky filters". I can generally tell from a picture of the equipment pad, if the pool is in Florida or not..

 

[JamesW]

Quotes “allegedly” overheard in a pool store.

Don’t worry about your CYA at 200 ppm, that’s fine.

You need 5 different types of algaecide to kill every type of algae.

No, this copper algaecide will not cause you any problems.

You need to add pH up to raise your pH and then you use muriatic acid to lower the TA.

You should expect to get algae at least once a week.

I understand that you are frustrated that you have had to spend over $500.00 and your pool is still green, but that’s perfectly normal. Your total for today is only $175.00; will that be cash, check or charge?

You can’t expect to have clear water without using clarifier.

Trichlor tablets don’t contain any cyanuric acid and won’t raise your CYA levels.

This bottle of test strips will be all you need to test your water at home as long as you bring in a sample at least once a week so that we can test your water with our super-duper spinning electronic computerized water testing gizmo.

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

"Algaecides work better as a preventative than as a cure in the same way that Lysol stops the spread of germs, but drinking it won't cure a cold." @Richard320

"A pool is like a pet - you have to feed it every day, even the days you don't want to play with it!" @Richard320

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

Not pool related, but one of my favorites

"I can't complain, but sometimes I still do." Joe Walsh

 

[Wolfepack88]

Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the job and get the heck home. But you know the best thing about pain? It lets you know you're not dead yet!

Master Chief Urgayle!

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

I'd just as soon fill my pools in as have the not be saltwater pools.

One of the classics from earlier today.

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

I'd rather let it dribble down my leg than to walk into a Leslie's just to use their bathroom..

Jim's my hero...

'Nuff said.

 

[PoolStored]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

 

[PoolStored]

As Charlton Heston said, "I'll give you my SWCG when you pry it from my cold, dead hands"

 

[Poolbreh]

“Turnover is a myth” @mknauss
-Michael Scott

 

[Newdude]

As Charlton Heston said, "I'll give you my SWCG when you pry it from my cold, dead hands"

- @PoolStored ( on day 4)

 

[PoolStored]

As Charlton Heston said, "I'll give you my SWCG when you pry it from my cold, dead hands"

- @PoolStored ( on day 17)

Only took 4 days.

 

[mgtfp]

One cup of urine in your pool would create a chlorine demand of around 0.4 ppm FC.

Once you have that thought of pouring a cup of urine into your pool, you can't unthink it...

 

[Donldson]

"Your goal isn't to heat up the water, it's to cool down the panels"

I forget the source (EDIT: Pool_Medic), but it explains why you want fast water flow through a heating system despite there being less temperature change at the return.

 

[JamesW]

Think of solar in this manner, you’re not trying to heat the water, you’re trying to cool down the panels. The bonus is you get warmer water.

 

[Wolfepack88]

"I feel the need, the need for speed!" Can't help it folks, we are off to see Maverick kick the tires and light the fires!!

 

[kul]

I found some gold.

If you can see the sunlight so can your pool.

 

[PoolStored]

In the 2007 "Pool Water Chemistry" Thread. He sure did...

I accidently wandered in here myself and I think I got a Brian aneurysm.

Pool Water Chemistry

This thread presents my findings so far on pool water chemistry including the following: More Accurate Calcite Saturation Index (CSI) to replace Langelier Saturation Index (LSI) Calculation of ppm HOCl (disinfecting chlorine) at various levels of Total Free Chlorine (FC) and Cyanuric Acid (CYA)...

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