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  • W wizardzz

    My extended family did something similar and stocked it with fish. It was safe to swim in, too, at least I think so, because we weren't not allowed to.

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    wizardzz wrote:

    because we weren't not allowed to.

    The standard explanation for the male species...

    The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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    • S SASS_Shooter

      There is actually a way of building a pool using pool liners instead of concrete. Problem a) if your pool needs draining in the summer -- forget it. You'll lose your liner b) use the wrong cleaner and it will suck up your liner. :doh: c) still need the same chemicals and just as much to keep clean

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      Lost User
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      Yeah, many pools use liners, over concrete or concrete and panels. As far as I know they can be emptied though. Fiberglass is different though, if it is emptied it can deform, which sounds crap to me.

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      • L Lost User

        France actually. :)

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        R Giskard Reventlov
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        So you've moved from France-Lite to France proper? What do you have to show at the border to cross? A white flag? :-)

        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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        • L Lost User

          And... why is that a problem? :confused:

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          Lost User
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          Well go ahead then, it's your skin

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          • R R Giskard Reventlov

            So you've moved from France-Lite to France proper? What do you have to show at the border to cross? A white flag? :-)

            "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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            I used to think Belgium was France lite till I realised half of it speaks Dutch! :)

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            • R R Giskard Reventlov

              So you've moved from France-Lite to France proper? What do you have to show at the border to cross? A white flag? :-)

              "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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              Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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              What was it, the Eskimos have 30 words for snow and the French 200 for surrender? I jest, but what are they going to do complain to the U.N. about it then ignore the resolution anyway?

              Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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              • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                Helped a friend build a huge Coy pond using a membrane then packed concrete on inside of hole. Turned out real nice.

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                Brian C Hart
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                My aren't we playing coy? :) I think you mean a "koi" pond. Unless you are building a puddle of water to play hide and seek with.

                Sincerely Yours, Brian Hart

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                • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                  My aren't we playing coy? :) I think you mean a "koi" pond. Unless you are building a puddle of water to play hide and seek with.

                  Sincerely Yours, Brian Hart

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                  Mike Hankey
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                  You are probably right, it's them little fishes. :)

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                  • L Lost User

                    Expensive buggers they are, so I got to thinking, how about a swimming pond. Dig a hole with sloping sides and with a deep end. Chuck in some blue liner, available from some pond supply shops, and stick in the usual pumps and filters. Looks like for a big pool the whole thing could be done for around 5k euros instead of 25k. Anyone done this or know of it being done? Got any advice? Tips?

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                    Fueled By Decaff
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                    I know from having a pond with a liner that some liners can get very slippery, so you want to check that when choosing the liner.

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                    • F Fueled By Decaff

                      I know from having a pond with a liner that some liners can get very slippery, so you want to check that when choosing the liner.

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                      Good point. Thx. :)

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                      • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                        My aren't we playing coy? :) I think you mean a "koi" pond. Unless you are building a puddle of water to play hide and seek with.

                        Sincerely Yours, Brian Hart

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                        Mark_Wallace
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                        Oh, stop carping.

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                        • M Mark_Wallace

                          Oh, stop carping.

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                          Brian C Hart
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                          I dunno. Sounds like a fishy request.

                          Sincerely Yours, Brian Hart

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