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mchookem

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  1. 12 hours ago, Chet Steadman said:

    Purchased a home a few years ago which was my first with a pool.  The home was completely gutted and remodeled a couple years back but the pool was largely left untouched.  Aside from relatively new plumbing and piping, it’s not a stretch to think the pool itself is all original from 30+ years ago.  It looks great from afar but upon closer inspection, it’s hurting.  Big time.  Small cracks everywhere in the plaster which, combined with the seemingly never-ending pollen, makes it nearly impossible to keep it looking clean for more than a few days at best.  The Polaris can’t get to the higher walls and cracks which are always full of dirt and compounds on itself.  The pool guy can barely keep up.     

    I knew when I bought the house the pool would have to be redone sooner rather than later and I can’t imagine going more than another a year or so without doing it.  But, I don’t even know where to begin?  It’s a large pool (16k +/- gallons if I had to guess?), all plaster aside from the tile edges.  I’d love to do a tile throughout but given the cost savings, I may stick with re-tiling of the perimeter and a new plaster.  

    Generally speaking, what does something like this even cost?  Given everything which has occurred in the past few months am I better off investing in one of the super high-end Polaris’ or Dolphins to hold me over until things slow down next year or does it look like this may go on indefinitely?  Are companies even doing this now or are they too busy with the big six figure construction jobs? 

    Help me, I’m dumb.  And I have no idea what I’m doing   

    @mchookem looks like you just went through something similar?

    yes i did... and i was also hesitant about how to get it done, but in the end it was fairly easy and i'm very happy with the company i chose.

    as for cost...i got 3 bids and they varied widely! i was expecting to pay $20k...i got one bid that was almost $30k, and two others in the $13-15k range. i did research on the companies, and not surprisingly the highest bid had great reviews, the other two were very mixed.

    BUT...the high bid guy really acted like it was a nuisance for him to bid, very condescending with me... honestly felt like my little Allandale pool was 'beneath' him lol. 

    so i went with the cheapest bid, not just for cost but bc i liked the guy, he was thorough, and the bad reviews seemed mostly about their pool service, not the renovations. 

    in the end i am very happy, even with a couple bumps in the process. 🙂 and it looks great! 

    if you're in austin i'd recommend. 

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  2. https://nypost.com/2021/05/10/leonardo-dicaprio-unrecognizable-in-first-photos-of-new-film/amp/

    is it weird Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell are in this movie? 🤨

    really looking forward to this, read the book during covid when i saw the movie was coming. what a terrible, painful event in our history, so many murdered!

    and...i had no idea. one of those things of such magnitude i feel like i should have known/heard about it, but of course didn't b/c history is written by the 'winners'. what a story, hope Scorcese does it justice. 

  3. so i splurged...got the Glass Animal tickets!! 😎

    last concert i attended was Tool in January 2020...had Sturgill Simpson tickets for last spring that didn't pan out but got a full refund, figured it was a fair trade. 

    excited to see the venue, hope it's awesome and one of those 'there's no bad seat' type places. mid-September is risky heat-wise, but i've been to two September concerts at COTA that were absolutely perfect weather, so fingers-crossed!

    ETA: so my niece will go to the Irving show (she's at UNT)...and those tickets are 1) not sold out at all, and 2) cheap as shit by comparison 😝 wtf Austin, all bougie lol 

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  4. 4 hours ago, Js1 said:

    I think it’s cute GRUhorn has been tasked with leaving the DT forum to post nonsense in CR about Biden being in the basement and senile and Kamala’s shadow presidency. 

    speaking of, there is like half a page of CR bitching...in the gotdamn Jake Ehlinger thread. what a buncha babies 🙄 

    ETA: oops, that's on FB board. point stands, it's the same whiners.

  5. 7 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    The Dow has reached all-time record levels today, so I'd like to congratulation President Biden on building the greatest economy the world has ever seen.

    this lnever gets old 🤣

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  6. i don't know if you can call it recurring...but they've done several of the Le Mis skits... but now i'm thinking, is that only when John Mulaney has hosted? anyway... those are always hysterical.

  7. i will forever give Mikey Day and Alex Moffat slack b/c they were so absolutely hysterical as Don Jr. and Eric, every time. Alex in particular...i'm giggling now just thinking about it 😂

    more love for Bowen Yang - he's been the surprise of the season to me, so funny...i still can't get over how stupid-funny that Titanic skit was a few weeks ago 🤣.

    but that's a good example of the cast member making the skit - on paper that bit seemed dumb i bet. i mean, it WAS dumb...but Bowen went in 100% and it was awesome. 

    of the women...i think Ady Bryant is really funny when she's playing a reaction/straight role in a skit - she always nails the 'wtf??' tone perfectly.

    as was said above...there have been way, WAY worse casts. 

    oh yeah...so what's the deal with all the Timothee Chalamet mentions?? he hosted a few months ago...did he just hit it off with the cast, become BFFs with Davidson or something? 😄 

     

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  8. hadn't read this thread in a few days, had 10+ pages to catch up on...and i literally feel weighted down and terribly depressed now 😒 what started as some 🙄 and 😄 has turned into...despair i guess. 

    we were already planning our move out of TX, the total ridiculousness and corruption of the TX gop - and their apparent continued dominance across this state - has finally pushed us to leave our home. the insanity of the current session just reinforced our decision. 

    oh, but then...CO has the same crazies. they just aren't fully in charge yet... but they're working on it!

    i'm just so...disappointed in my fellow Americans. this shouldn't be who we are...but it is. and it's fucking gross and incredibly sad.

    so...CO may be but a brief reprieve before the insanity takes over there as well. 

    our friends pulled the trigger on being ex-pats in Mexico and are loving life, not even thinking about this shit. guess i CAN get used to putting my toilet paper in the trash instead of the toilet. sigh. 😕💔

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  9. hahahaha between the Murder Durder accent discussion and Gritty appearance that skit felt specifically aimed at Surly 😄 

    ETA Elon's monologue was...not awful, surprising. 

  10. On 5/5/2021 at 12:03 AM, CooterBrown said:

    Just bought tickets to take my daughter to see Glass Animals at the new Waterloo Park amphitheater in September. Felt good buying tickets for the first time in forever.

    i was just looking at those tickets...i freakin LOVE Glass Animals.

    venue itself is sold out, they are all resale...you mind me asking where you got yours (and were they reasonable)?

    honestly i'll probably go by myself... nobody i know could even tell you one song by GA lol. my niece is a fan, but she'll be back at college. but man...i REALLY want to go! 

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