Yes but spruced up and at scale. Like Facebook is just multiplayer, spammier Microsoft Word.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 8:14 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > You just described a bathtub. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:19 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Swimming Pools > > > > I feel that as a society we tend to have the wrong approach to most pools > - using recirculated old water, spending time and money on chemicals such > as chlorine (that can cause a variety of annoying issues) to try to hide > how dirty the water is while not actually making it cleaner or healthier. > > > > I enjoy hot springs, and loved visiting the traditional gender-seperated > onsens while on vacation in Japan - those usually originate from a flow of > natural hot water, no chemicals or recirculation needed. The water is kept > clean from the constant replacement flow and because all the users wash > thoroughly before use and don't bring their bathing suits. The variety of > included minerals have been mentioned often as having a number of positive > health effects. > > > > If I was building a pool or hot-tub, preferably not using a city > water/sewer system, I'd look at simulating the above non-recirculated, > chemical-free system on-demand (to not waste the flowing water when the > system is not in use). That would be by installing a large tank for the > building water storage and having it able to quickly heat and release water > into the empty pool, on demand (e.g. the user calls up a web page on their > phone with a button "discharge & heat water tank into pool to prepare for > usage in 10min" - by the time that the user changes their clothes, the pool > will be ready.) The system would then keep a flow of fresh water into the > pool until the point where the pool is no longer in use, after that it > would let the pool drain until it is empty. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 8:57 PM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > > My sister in a former house had a large outdoor pool (20x40x8), Central > Ohio. I think she said they spent over $1000/month on chemicals during the > summer. When I'd go visit over the summer for a couple weeks, I spent > several hours a week cleaning it. And it takes a long time to top off the > water lost to evaporation with a garden hose. Not sure I'd get one myself > without a cleaning/maintenance service, it could get out of had really > quick. > > On 1/20/2020 7:36 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: > > A customer of mine had a retracting glass roof over the pool area, that > was pretty nice. The salt water pools are lower maintenance and healthier > from what my friends that have them have told me. > > On Monday, January 20, 2020, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > I have a friend that put it inside. > > Another friend did a salt water pool due to supposedly low maintenance. > Not sure about that technology. > > Hmmmm. > > I have an elevation and a patio area that is conducive to being an outdoor > extension of a pool deck. > > > > > > *From:* Lewis Bergman > > *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2020 6:26 PM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Swimming Pools > > > > Definitely. Put it inside > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 6:22 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Put a roof on it and keep your home theater and gym in there. > > When we had one, it was used more for friends and family than we did for > ourselves. We don't have one here, and I'm fine with that. > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > On 1/20/2020 5:07 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > > Considering adding a pool to my home. > > Worth it? > > > > Desert Utah. > > Lots of blowing dust year around. > > > > Only 3-4 months of weather suitable for use. > > Would I use it much? > > I don’t use my home theater much. > > I don’t use my home gym much. > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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