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Outdoor swimming pools make no sense in the southeast USA
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Date: August 7th, 2024 10:21 PM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef Okay maybe if you pay to run aerators all day long, only swim at night, and dump 50 lbs of ice in an hour before each use you can get some use out of it May through October, but otherwise not. Swimming pools are for a more temperate environment like Pennsylvania/Ohio and up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47941250) |
Date: August 7th, 2024 10:22 PM Author: Cerebral Mewling Cuckoldry Pools make more sense where it's warm. Dumb to have them where it is cold 9 months a year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47941257) |
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Date: August 7th, 2024 10:31 PM Author: charcoal temple voyeur It's not refreshing to jump into 90 degree water. It feels like your swimming in a vat of urine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47941302) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:23 AM Author: exhilarant scarlet piazza old irish cottage YUM. But needs more urine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942157) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:24 AM Author: wild cyan kitty cat you know the water doesn't just sit in the pool forever like a bath tub, right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942160) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 3:42 PM Author: Cerebral Mewling Cuckoldry To be fair, there are probably some rednecks with above ground pools with no water treatment, filter, or circulation that are just big stagnant buckets of water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943756) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 3:51 PM Author: Lemon haunting main people doesnt water go bad just as quickly as meat? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943807) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 6:09 PM Author: Cerebral Mewling Cuckoldry Sometimes they get that brain amoeba and die (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47944244) |
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Date: August 11th, 2024 11:00 PM Author: nudist beta legal warrant filthpig TMF please respond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47955102) |
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Date: August 7th, 2024 10:32 PM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef The point is that the summer is too hot for a swimming pool in a vast swath of the USA, her most vibrant corner, if you will. Pools make more sense in San Francisco, Chicago, Denver. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47941308) |
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Date: August 11th, 2024 11:01 PM Author: nudist beta legal warrant filthpig you are an idiot who wouldn’t be caught dead in a swimming pool no matter the weather.
SOCAL is the best place for swimming which is why it dominates creating water athletes. |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:10 AM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942110) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:28 AM Author: Mustard genital piercing I thought this would be about blacks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942166) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:28 AM Author: bossy offensive institution trump supporter I lived in FLA for a number of years and never experienced what you're describing. jumping in the pool always felt cool and refreshing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942167) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:31 AM Author: Adventurous insane idiot feces This is an insane thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942174) |
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Date: August 12th, 2024 1:55 PM Author: Comical Jewess Area (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47957147) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:43 AM Author: charcoal temple voyeur "it's 95 degrees and humid, think I'll go take a hot bath outdoors." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942188) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:45 AM Author: bossy offensive institution trump supporter that isn't an accurate description (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942193) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:14 AM Author: wild cyan kitty cat (jew who has never stepped foot outside a coastal metro area) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942250) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:34 AM Author: charcoal temple voyeur Yup no Jews in Florida whatsoever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942301) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 10:10 AM Author: bossy offensive institution trump supporter so the like 75% of homes and 100% of condo/apartment complexes in FL that have pools all are owned by people who were duped and are too embarrassed to complain that their water in their pool is too hot? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942406) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 11:25 AM Author: charcoal temple voyeur It's a status thing. No one actually uses their pools. If they do it's out of stubbornness or spite. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942692) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 11:28 AM Author: bossy offensive institution trump supporter you are very very stupid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942705) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 11:34 AM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef I know that people use their pools, especially people with young kids, but it's so much less than you would think. And the cost of building a pool is very high. I mean, $100k-$200k? And then the maintenance/electricity/insurance/supplies add-on works out to an ongoing $1k-$2k/mo. forever. The per use cost of having a pool at your house has got to be over $100 for most pool havers.
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Date: August 8th, 2024 11:49 AM Author: charcoal temple voyeur If people thought about the per use cost of their pools, no one would ever get one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942796) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 11:55 AM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef Isn't that the truth. I mean, let's just say you get back dollar for dollar what it cost to install (you won't, but let's just assume that). And let's assume your maintenance, electricity, insurance, supplies add on averages out to about $18,000 a year (which is not unlikely, maybe a little higher than what some people would pay, but I know around here it's at least that). Now let's say you use your pool without fail, 3x per week for 26 weeks (nobody, and I mean nobody uses their pool that much). That's $230.77/use. Let's say you do everything yourself and your pool costs are only $12,000 per annum. That's still $153.85/use. You'd have to basically use your pool every day. Have your kids in there multiple times per day, always be in the spa, etc. to make it come out anywhere near worthwhile. Outdoor swimming pools are nothing more than throwing money away on a hole in a ground and, in the southeastern United States, the outdoor swimming pool is an unusable oversized bath. |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 1:48 PM Author: charcoal temple voyeur This is pure scholarship.
Poolmos are absolutely done here. |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 2:24 PM Author: domesticated school mad-dog skullcap These numbers are complete and utter bullshit. I have a large pool and it's well under $100/month.
Electricity: up to $100 only if you have a single speed pump from 1974. As long as you have a variable speed pump, it's about $30/month.
Chemicals: salt system will last 5 years (warranted for 7 but more realistically will last 5 before needing cell replacement). $25/month
maintenance: about 30 minutes/week, mostly done while cooling off in the pool to begin with.
insurance: can't be adding more than $200/yr to my homeowners insurance
Conclusion: as always disco fries is a faggot fraud |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 3:26 PM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef You conspicuously omitted restorative maintenance like repairs to the pool deck, siding, internals, pumps, etc. Draining and redoing the surface of the pool is like $20,000+. All your other numbers are fraud too. |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:19 AM Author: zombie-like jew stag film (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942262) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:36 AM Author: dull pistol kitchen Acknowledging that you're flaming, and admitting that I don't have a ton of experience operating pools, if my memory serves me correctly, when I rented the house in Scottsdale a few summers ago and it was like 105° out, the pool never got above like 80° or something and was always cold AF to get into.
Is it really that different in the humid Southeast? |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:39 AM Author: bossy offensive institution trump supporter no, it isn't. DF is just being an annoying fag as always (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942184) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:06 AM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef It really is. In the desert you may have a 40 degree spread between day and night. Second, in the desert, when you get out of the pool, the water starts evaporating immediately and that makes you feel cool and refreshed. In the southeast there is no evaporation. |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:07 AM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef My parents never gave me a dime and didn’t even help with college. I graduated with loads of debt and miles behind. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942231) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:13 AM Author: wild cyan kitty cat the AI still has a few bugs to work out folks, we'll be right back (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942248) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 10:07 AM Author: bossy offensive institution trump supporter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942397) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 12:52 PM Author: Marvelous autistic theater stage mexican Scottsdale - the pride of the SE United States (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943056) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 12:59 PM Author: Hideous saffron idea he suggested keep reading champ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943081) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:48 AM Author: Sick organic girlfriend volcanic crater Thread makes no sense. We had a pool in New England that my parents spent $200k on in 1999 dollars and we swam only 2-3 times a summer since it was always so cold. Just a pretty thing to look at mostly. In the south people swim all the time including in Florida. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942199) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 8:57 AM Author: charcoal temple voyeur lol @ your goy parents. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942211) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:11 AM Author: Lemon haunting main people why not heated? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942243) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 9:40 AM Author: Hideous saffron idea he suggested its rage bait or he is an actual retard. it is impossible to determine but it IS possible to ignore (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942322) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 1:41 PM Author: disgusting hospital trust fund disco fries is that kid with the stupid haircut and annoying laugh who threw his socks at people for attention, all grown up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943185) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 1:50 PM Author: charcoal temple voyeur i met him. he's nothing like that. nice try though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943229) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 2:25 PM Author: Pale yarmulke legend he comes across as a fat giant. also a giant dufus. that's what he's like, right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943408) |
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Date: August 9th, 2024 3:59 PM Author: charcoal temple voyeur he is a proportionately big dude. charming, engaging, funny and intelligent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47947945) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 11:28 AM Author: Violet stirring hall The problem in Texas is the scorching sun. Pools make a lot of sense but they either need to be indoor or need to be covered. When it's a 100 degrees out, it's nice to be in the pool IF the sun isn't beating down on you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942711) |
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Date: August 12th, 2024 1:13 PM Author: Hideous saffron idea he suggested overlooked gem of a hot take. pools need to be indoors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47956945) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 11:54 AM Author: Boyish burgundy immigrant roommate just get a pool cooler. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47942824) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 1:00 PM Author: Spruce electric double fault southern guy here. I read the OP several times, realize its in english and can make out the words, but have no idea what OP is talking about IMO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943083) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 1:31 PM Author: Violet stirring hall Shalom, fellow southerners! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943151) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 1:54 PM Author: Anal Lascivious Trailer Park You sound dumb. Even in Miami it's below 90 overnight. So the pool water is generally mid 80s in summer. They actually heat it in the winter because some people don't like it getting down to 70 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47943243) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 2:03 PM Author: free-loading pozpig My HOA has a private pool and it’s 180. Kids play with other kids they know. Water is usually 77-82 degrees. I see other neighbors I know there all the time and can have a beer with them.
Some of the neighbors/moms are pretty attractive and wear small swimsuits. They are likely at least mildly repulsed by my unmaintained thick back hair.
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Date: August 8th, 2024 5:02 PM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef Our HOA has two pools. They are always raising dues on account of the cost of electricity, insurance, pool maintenance. I never even get over to the damn thing. It’s too hot to use anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47944063) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 6:09 PM Author: Pale yarmulke legend this is all tard trolling from xo's resident head tard in charge
but i haven't seen any comments about evaporation yet. even if pools did get up to bathtub temps (which they don't) being partially submerged and getting out is very pleasant even in the hottest of weather because of the effects of evaporative cooling when wet. |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 6:45 PM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef This whole evaporation thing doesn't happen too well when the humidity exceeds 80% (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47944387) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 7:02 PM Author: charcoal temple voyeur If you take a step back you see utter absurdity of the evaporation argument. He is literally saying the benefit of the pool is getting out of it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47944442) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 7:30 PM Author: trip fiercely-loyal roast beef It’s true. If it’s not refreshing to swim in, you’ll never take the jump in the first place, which means the sensation of drying off in the ambient air is a non-starter. Also, my point about humidity stands. Try drying off in an 80%+ humidity steam bath environment sometime. It’s futile. |
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Date: August 9th, 2024 1:49 PM Author: Spruce electric double fault Ive done it many times dawg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47947255) |
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Date: August 8th, 2024 6:38 PM Author: Concupiscible Frum Sanctuary Puppy Beginning to see how the OP lost money buyng a house pre-COVID and selling at the height of the market... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47944358) |
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Date: August 9th, 2024 4:10 PM Author: ocher nursing home kitty "nobody in the American south could possibly want a pool!' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47947993) |
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Date: August 11th, 2024 10:57 PM Author: 180 naked lodge internal respiration I'm filling up a 31x16' above ground prole pool right now. It's 13,000 gallons. It's taken me the better part of a month to get an area prepped for it. My yard is not level where I was looking to place it. I had to rent a bobcat and I had about 15 yards of sand dropped off. I built the base with posts built in to make a fence around the pool to protect it and hide how ugly it is. Eventually I'm putting a big deck off the back with a view of Puget Sound.
I have a ton of pictures of I ever get adventurous I'll post them. |
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Date: August 22nd, 2024 2:21 PM Author: 180 naked lodge internal respiration Getting the base ready and hauling sand it was straight in the 90s every day. A week after it fills... basically fall.
I bought a propane heater but I wasn't planning on installing it this year. I need a big tank and a deck to put the propane accessories we have (stand up heater, fire ring and space heater). I also bought a robot for the bottom and I'm going to get a solar skimmer for the top. All in probably $6k and that's with me doing all the work. |
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Date: August 11th, 2024 11:19 PM Author: nudist beta legal warrant filthpig Right man that’s why pool parties and resorts in Mexico and Florida are so unpopular (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47955152) |
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Date: August 11th, 2024 11:38 PM Author: charcoal temple voyeur This thread really hit home for me yesterday. I went to a friend's pool party in northwestern NJ. Their yard was surrounded by large trees and hills in the distance the water was brisk and refreshing. That rush of the cold water is essential to the enjoyment of a pool.
Compare that to soaking in water that's just as hot and wet as the dense 97 degree air surrounded by flat terrain and gross alligator infested waterways. |
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Date: August 11th, 2024 11:40 PM Author: big idiotic forum preventive strike <Morgan Freeman voiceover>
In the end, the 2 fat guys lost the swimming pool argument |
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Date: August 15th, 2024 9:41 PM Author: charcoal temple voyeur So here I am in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It's a scorching hot 90 degree day and of course my friend, who I stayed with for the day, insisted that we go to his community pool.
I was skeptical for all the reasons Ive stated ITT but nevertheless politely acquiesced.
My friend was excited for us to take a dip and even said "dude, it's like bath water" on our walk toward the pool as though this were a good thing.
Sure enough, my friend was right. There was no exhilaration or rush as my skin was met with brisk water. I just felt wet. Wet and hot. Not refreshed or rejuvenated. And when I got out, I stayed damp for hours. |
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Date: August 17th, 2024 11:48 AM Author: charcoal temple voyeur (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5572124&forum_id=2#47976027) |