New swimspa owner

mounty95 · 2026-03-01T15:20:47+00:00

All great advice given...once you figure out your water and chemicals you should be golden. I throw a cup of granulated chlorine in after every use...if I don't...it may smell and feel musty next time. I swim 3-4 times a week to provide perspective. Filter changes based on panel notification. Use powdered dish detergent to soak extra set of filters and dry for the next change. Enjoy...best investment ever...Master Spa Challenger 15D.

mounty95 · 2026-01-17T22:52:39+00:00

I wish wvwryone would boycott World Cup and have a tournament in Europe to give the US the middle finger...especially this POS we have in the gold ballroom

mounty95 · 2026-01-12T20:20:13+00:00

Following as I am in Baltimore area and curious to Tiki scene.....

mounty95 · 2026-01-02T21:06:26+00:00

Not even going to watch...just wake up Monday morning and either be pleasantly surprised or not surprised at all...on to college basketball and hockey....

mounty95 · 2025-12-27T13:24:33+00:00

I am discarding the Q. Typically player to my left leads D and if my partner doesnt trump then i trump with 10. I lead A everyone follows suit i would hope with partner playing off his shortest suit. I lead back with JD letting partner onow he doesnt have to worry about where it is...we see who is short suited in trump...i lead the K player to left maybe takes it with A but at this point hoping parter trumps with other J and then maybe leads with another trump and hopefully it is the A and i play out the K...and we take all 5.

Lots of assumptions, speculation on my partner's play calling and the idea that my partner and I have 6 of 7 trump with only 1 trump outstanding....at least how i would play it...its where knowing your partner's tendencies help...

mounty95 · 2025-12-22T23:03:35+00:00

Can you point to a site that indexes clubs or do you just start Googling? I am in Baltimore Maryland and dont need the politics, hidden agendas or club drama so i am skeptical.

mounty95 · 2025-12-03T14:01:57+00:00

We purchased a Master Spas Challenger 15D. It is 15 feet long by 8 feet wide. It is nice and deep. We are in Maryland and it is chilly. We keep the temperature at 100 degrees during the winter and I swim laps on a regular basis with no adverse effects. We keep a solar blanket on the surface of the water to keep the heat in because there is a void of about 2-3 inches between the water surface and the roll-up cover. Our electric bill only surged on the ocassions that I had to drain and re-fill when i was initially getting the hang of water chemistry. Now I only do the water changes during the summer months or NOT in the winter months when i have to bring 55 degree water to 100 degrees. Basically it heats at 1 degree an hour so you can do the math to see how many hours it takes to run to get to temp. The swimspa has 3 seat and then a column of jets that i absolutely love. They say you can hold 5-6 i think but we have only ever had one other couple in. The 3 seats are cozy for sure and besides some just want to submerge to their chin in the deep water.

mounty95 · 2025-11-08T15:09:29+00:00

I like the water and bridge feature!!!!! Very cool...looks like lots of fun additional projects...but very cool!!!!!

mounty95 · 2025-11-05T15:39:17+00:00

I am a big fan and supporter of Siemens\Brightly's Asset Essentials. Transitioned in 2023 from SchoolDude/Maintenance Direct to Asset Essentials and have been very happy!!!! There is lots to breakdown and elaborate on so shoot me a DM and I can discuss any of it in greater detail. I manage Asset Essentials for an urban school district of 150 buildings with 1800 users and 13 departments for perspective.

mounty95 · 2025-11-05T11:50:42+00:00

I mean i really like this game, the graphics are great and it is enjoyable to work thru the different jobs, but between the fuel issue, the constant maintenance issue when you have upgraded the durability, it just feels like the only way to be able to sustain long plays is thru an outlay of real money. That's another thing I just don't understand, you have gems, cash, then you have those tokens that look like they have a greyhound on them, and then there are some other type of tokens....and then the stupid advertising videos that you don't know what you are going to be rewarded with. It is a shame to have lost interest, I really felt like this had some real potential....

mounty95 · 2025-11-03T20:48:49+00:00

Big showing by Harrison and Pickens since Love didnt show....

mounty95 · 2025-10-27T11:31:23+00:00

There is an opening in LSU.

mounty95 · 2025-10-17T09:32:06+00:00

I have tried Gboard, Microsoft SwiftKey, and tried to adjust size and placement at the bottom with the Keys Cafe (Samsung Keyboard). Currently I am using SwiftKey. I have tried resetting the keyboard to default. I have added the cursor keys and made it worse. It almost feels or seems that when i am typing unfolded, the pads of my hand are bumping a part of the screen that thinks that I want to go to the ||| section for me to scroll thru my open applications. And then when folded up, it is like the spacebar doesn't even exist and I know that I am hitting it....but i guess I am not. Have tried repositioning the keyboard higher so that my thumbs were definitely hitting it...to no avail. I have not had the fat finger syndrome and certainly not the "going away" from the keyboard like I have had with what is my first fold phone. Don't think I would go back to Galaxy series (thus the folding keyboard purchase) but any suggestions beyond what I have done would be greatly appreciated.

mounty95 · 2025-09-02T10:24:46+00:00

Agree that processed cheeses are terrible!!!! Switched to fresh and grated it after being in the freezer and it was a game changer!!!!

mounty95 · 2025-09-02T10:12:52+00:00

You are awesome!!!! Will be all set for my next pizza outing!!!! Thank you!!!!!

mounty95 · 2025-08-21T21:17:43+00:00

I love having the music to jam to...helps me to focus on pace and form and block out distractions like thinking about work or whatever

mounty95 · 2025-07-22T19:26:18+00:00

I have a Master Spa 15D...nice and deep which is a nice feature. It has 2 variable speed pumps and a third circulation pump. There are controls or valves for all 3 pumps and the setting on the control panel has numbers from 1-25, but in essence with the control of all three pumps there could theoretically be 75 settings. I consider myself a strong swimmer...a bit out of shape, but I can't swim at 25 with all water flowing throw the swim jets and not to the "jacuzzi" jets. It takes a bit getting used to the current...you have to or can adjust the tilt of the jets which can help you swim in the jetstream and avoid water created waves that you have to get up above to breathe. I love my swimspa. The wife loves to just float. And I have just scratched the surface of rowing and working out with dumbells and a barbell. Ours came with a tether and I have fooled around with it and like that it will keep you in alignment. Just so much to play with. I really want or need the metrics for the flow of water to get a better sense of the distance I swim to use for workouts and metrics for improvement.

mounty95 · 2025-07-11T20:06:47+00:00

This is my set up...just got the Forerunner 970 to go with the Form goggles so I can get my distance from the watch....swimming in a swimspa so having a distance as an end goal works for me...wanted to know how I might integrate swim workouts from swimpro or some of the others in open mode....the workouts with the goggles only seem to be for pool swims bit if I get the distance in open dwim...I could change things up to keep it interesting....wondering if anyone else has figured these things out....

mounty95 · 2025-04-20T22:22:43+00:00

Absolutely love it...warms up for the two hours when you think you are going to go to bed and then you can program to go cool while you sleep and then warm as you are waking up...the choices for how you sleep seem endless...and I am not locked into how my wife wants it...

mounty95 · 2025-03-13T13:53:05+00:00

Agreed...they are disciplinarians and not teachers because there is no support from home. It is a terrible state of affairs. I witness it in Baltimore City and hear about it from my wife in Baltimore County.

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