I'd be happy to take the other off your hands. I'll come pick it up unless you just want an excuse to roadtrip here.
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Thunderbird Club
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Rambler USA has an interesting history. Wikipedia covers it well, from the little I know.
You sure you aren't projecting?
No pool for me. Too much money, and too much work in maintenance (I’m told). But just about every Council area (the City/Town level of Govt) has one or more public pool. Which is what I used growing up. Our local pool has the outdoor pools closed from May-Sept, but they have all put indoor facilities in over the last few decades. Indoor heated pools with assistance tools for rehab and elderly fitness sessions.
The gym I joined recently has indoor pools as well, which I have used a little bit. I’m not much of a swimmer - more a sinker - and don’t really enjoy it. But it is a useful exercise so I’ll try to keep at it.
Of course, lots of people have pools in their yards.
Any music museums or heritage places? Wasn’t it a country music scene back in the day?
Pretty sure she was taking pics of the amazing bass player.
Beautiful! Looks very relaxing.
I love the looks of them, but have no need for one. Our neighbor in front of the house (which you can't see for some woods) just put one in. It's not finished yet, but woke up one morning this week and a coyote had fallen in and was about dead from trying to keep from drowning. He whacked him a few times and he figured out how to get out. Could hardly walk after all the swimming.
As long as there is a river, it's all good.
We had an indoor pool once. It was only 3-4ft deep. Problem was it was the basement. When you see a big recliner float over to the steps going down you know...you know lot's of things at that point. To make matters worse I was finishing up a living/family room and a bed room I did down there.
Gaolee
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Oh, I need to have one no matter what. Until my arms and legs fall off. Then I won't be able to move it any more. But I will keep that in mind for sure.
Gaolee
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What makes you think that?
You should know that moving up there was a possibility. I may have told you this before. I worked for Allstate from 2000 to 2010. I had a local office that they closed. They offered to move me to Seattle or Phoenix. I was ok with Seattle. They would pay for my bar prep and salary while prepping for passing the bar exam. My wife said no way we can be that removed from family. Even though we have some close family up there. I lost the battle.See, if you lived in Seattle it would be difficult to imagine life with a pool!
If it were just my decision, you, Frank, and I would be be regularly meeting for Empress Martinis.
She’s first rate in my book. Puts up with Thunderbirds Club people who show up and make themselves at home in Hollister. Don’t know how you did it, but congratulations my friend.
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GM prototyped a rotary Vette too, if I recall my Wankel lore correctly.
Wait. I thought that was Rosa. WTH?
When we bought this house, the only thing that wasn't on my checklist was to either have a pool or abut a natural water source. Unfortunately we had to get something quickly, and this was otherwise the best place available. We later found out the previous owners had destroyed and filled in their pool because the realtor told then it would sell faster. We'd have bought it first viewing if it had the pool. But they're really expensive to put in here because it's solid rock after a couple of inches of soil. No public pools close by unless you count.those owned by neighborhood associations, and they generally charge a hefty price for non-members.
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My maternal grandfather bought an ‘65 Ambassador right before he suddenly passed away. 392. When I got my license, I drove that thing all around San Diego whenever we visited grandma. It was a monster in a straight line. But it handled like crap. A luxo cruiser that couldn’t hold a turn.
When I was a kid in San Diego, we lived in the Del Cerro Community. Everything there was pretty much granite. There was a community pool. Around your seventh birthday, you went to a meeting, took a bike riding class and a swimming test. If you passed you got a key to the pool. I cannot imagine anywhere allowing an unaccompanied seven year old doing that today.
Kinder, gentler times.
Actually, if you know what you’re doing, ten minutes every few days is all it takes. Until the pandemic, chemical costs were reasonable. And at least here, a pool requires less water annually than covering the area with a lawn. The cost to put it in when we built the house was negligible. Like 15k. But these days, a contractor chareges +or- 60 to 75 k to add one. They don’t add anything to the resale value of a home around here. But a lot of buyers want one in Bako. Especially if they have kids.
Yeah, I don't recall what it took to join the nearby YMCA in El Paso, but I recall going there every day in the summer - often twice, on the day camp bus in the morning and on my bike in the afternoon for more swimming and/or classes and/or movies, etc. Age 7 is about right. I was riding my bike to school by then (.8 miles as google maps flies).
