This Labyrinth I Roam is hosting NN1 on New Year Resolutions. Here is my little bit:
When comes the New Year is when I
Get energy renewed;
With launching into DIY
Ambition am imbued
This year I sought a filter that
On pool replaces one
That just a lot of use is, fat,
To get sand-filt’ring done.
The two-bag jobs expensive are,
And, new, beyond my means,
So, looked at ads both near and far
On internet-type scenes.
And on the nineteenth jumped for joy —
Just what I wanted traced!
But, oh, how it did me annoy,
That it had gone in haste.
I asked that I be notified
If that deal should fall through …
Next day, such duly was apprised,
And hope flared up anew!
The distance there was quite a way,
But I drove there at speed;
To dig out took me half a day,
But I got what I need!
A multiport and good DB board with timer were included but are out of picture
This filter and all twiddly-bits
Have safely been brought back;
Now started on the fitting fits —
Filtration I won’t lack!
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I loved this so much! Thank you so much for participating! I was looking for a new DIY project and et voila!
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Yes, but did you have a good time and enjoy yourself?
Time to get rid of the pool and buy a trampoline
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*snootily* We have TWO trampolines. And the kids LOVE swimming (or immersing themselves in any wet patch). And we have a HOT climate! And the thrill of succeeding at things that aren’t my forte provide a rich reward.
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You’re not alone, it does get rather warm here too. We’re expecting temps up in the 40’s Celsius over the next week or so.
I’ve never been able to swim properly, managed to swim the width of the local swimming pool a couple of times. At the shallow I must admit.
And you’re not much of a swimmer either eh? Glad to know that there is something you have trouble with 😈
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Ouch. That is HOT! Of course, our heat is complicated by extreme humidity, or humiture as they refer to it with unwitting humour.
The one swimming thing I did learn was to travel amazing distances with flippers while goggling at ocean depths.
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Not as hot as when I lived up on the Great Sandy Desert in WA but I was 40/50 years younger then
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You must have become all shrivelled up in that GSD!
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No I loved it, I lived in fully air-conditioned accommodation in a mining town, where I was KING, thats one step below an EDITOR
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That was a high position, indeed!
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I ran the boozer, who else can be king ?
I did some posts on my time there, it might amuse you it’s named, how you’d find it is anybodies guess
The Bloke That Ran The Boozer At Shay Gap
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Tracked it down. Fascinating.
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Glad you liked it, at least I think you did
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Never a dull moment. 😃
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I could use some dull moments, actually!
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😬
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Nothing like a chase, a collection of puzzling pieces , and a success. YEA
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Not to mention the thrill of a real bargain. The cost was far less than I had expected I would have to pay, even secondhand.
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