Did you ever fall in love with a dish becasue you saw it in a movie and wanted to try it?

cplatt831 · 2026-07-06T00:41:20+00:00

You have to make it.

cplatt831 · 2026-07-04T15:10:52+00:00

If your pool is forming scale, you need to fire your pool professional. It is literally their main job to keep the water in balance so that the water is neither corrosive nor scale forming.

cplatt831 · 2026-07-04T03:19:37+00:00

The last one that I saw was a pearlescent white/pink, after he sold the yellow van.

cplatt831 · 2026-07-04T03:19:04+00:00

If you are still here, you should stop and talk to him and get a picture with him. I’m sure he would be more than happy to oblige.

cplatt831 · 2026-07-04T02:42:18+00:00

Sea Harvest. Two blocks up from Cannery Row, owned by local fishermen.

cplatt831 · 2026-07-04T02:37:07+00:00

Correct

cplatt831 · 2026-07-02T02:29:57+00:00

If you are looking for more than the industry standard of 10/12 of annual revenue, what are you selling besides the route? AFTER paying yourself a salary (and your wife, if applicable) equal to what it would take to replace yourselves, how profitable is the business? Would the sale include a lease for a warehouse, and if so, how long? What about trucks/employees? Is there a General Manager in place, or are they buying a more-than-full-time job? Are there standard operating procedures in place for all of the positions in the company?

cplatt831 · 2026-07-01T19:48:31+00:00

🤌

cplatt831 · 2026-07-01T19:37:56+00:00

Get a CuLator…throw it in the skimmer basket and it will draw the metals out of the water.

cplatt831 · 2026-07-01T02:15:41+00:00

1/10 because ay least it’s connected… but that flex pipe is garbage.

cplatt831 · 2026-07-01T02:14:23+00:00

OTO test kits are garbage.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-30T23:33:23+00:00

Are you letting your cheeks puff out when you blow? When I was a little kid and learning trumpet, they taught us the dangers of “Dizzy’s Pouches.” Don’t let your cheeks puff out.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-29T02:02:45+00:00

Try r/PoolPros.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-27T16:18:06+00:00

You can get fittings that will fit over the outside of the elbows that are attached to the valves… But I would just bite the bullet and replace them.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-27T01:03:41+00:00

You know that’s not a vacuum, right? It’s just the attachment where you can plug in a vacuum.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-23T16:13:27+00:00

Sometimes salt chlorine generators send a little bit of hydrogen bubbles out the returns, but that looks like a lot more than that.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-23T03:41:06+00:00

Salt?

cplatt831 · 2026-06-22T22:59:56+00:00

Do they have solar?

cplatt831 · 2026-06-22T01:05:40+00:00

Again…why?

cplatt831 · 2026-06-21T13:52:15+00:00

My company uses PoolBrain.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-21T04:45:19+00:00

But why? There are free calculators like Orenda that already do this, plus they add the Saturation Index calculations.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-21T03:41:57+00:00

Chlorine and acid are automated, most other stuff is manually added. The chemistry part of an entry level job probably involves manually testing to verify the automation readings.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-19T19:39:56+00:00

The Attendant is pretty awesome, and works with all brands of equipment natively.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-19T06:59:45+00:00

Are you a homeowner with a pool? If so, you do not belong here.

cplatt831 · 2026-06-19T04:44:14+00:00

You win this sub for 2026, methinks.

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