My wife really wants a pool, we've got plenty of room for one. So I picked up one of those 18' inflatable pools with the pump & filter (which I euphemistically refer to as my poverty pool) and told her that I'm not touching it. If she wants a pool she's in charge of cleaning, testing and adding the chemicals, etc. which she does. She and the kids are in there constantly over the summer so my kids are probably in the right age range for getting good use of it for a long time. We're on year #5 with it so I guess once the funds permit we'll be putting in an inground, possibly next year.

With 48" sides the water is just the right depth for me to sit on the bottom with just my head sticking up out of the water, ready for beer. It's hard to beat on a 95* and humid day in the summer. I can see myself acclimating to the lifestyle quite easily.

AFA Friday goes, I'm taking my FIL and two oldest kids to the New Britain Rock Cats (Twins AA affiliate) game tonight. We've got a partial season package but this is the first game we've been able to make it to, my employees have used the rest of them. They've got a real nice, newer stadium and they really do put on a good show between innings to keep the kids entertained. A few watered down beers and a couple of hotdogs...summer must be here.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)