Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-09-13
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to d unk the body on a sum-
mer's afternoon, we finally
decided to build swimming
pool in our backyard. We did
same and have come to the
conclusion that our pool is
perhaps the most flexible body
of water in the entire COM
munity.
Our pool varies in width
from twenty feet to over fifty.
mo doubt rubber base paint
on the inside accounts for this
phenomenon). The length of
our pool is somewhere be-
tween that of a foot-tub and
Hudson's Bay. Our pool holds
as much water as the stand
pipe down at the water works
and it costs us $176.13 a week
to keep it filled. mot really.
We were clever enough to by
pass the water meter and, so,
water costs us nothing) And
our pool is quite deep, too.
Just last week the Man From
The Black Lagoon dropped in
and offered to take a seven
year lease!
However, when one builds a
backyard swimming pool, he
must consider the project from
the standpoint of practic-
ability. We figure that over a
period of years we will save
double the cost of installation
in tranquilizing pills alone. AL
so the therapy derived from
swallowing huge amounts of
chlorine must be accounted
for. Is it true that chlorine is
good for ulcers? We have had
no professional advice on this
but we can tell you frankly
that pool water is excellent for
curing up warts, moles, wens
and praying-mantis bites.
Another thing that must be
taken in to consideration in a
project of this type is what is
commonly known as neigh
borhood reaction" Reactions
vary. One neighbor is said to
have said that a swimming
pool is just a community bath
tub. This guy is welcome any,
time so long as he brings his
own soap. Another fellow told
us that he thinks that anyone
who digs a hole in the ground
then swims in it is plain crazy.
We welcome him too-provid-
ed he brings his own straight
jacket. Our own reaction is
that having a pool is a lot of
fun if you like to swim. Of
course, a pool is also a fine
way to keep old friends and
make new ones-especially the
latter. Personally, we're glad
to have either-such remarks
as real nice" and II have an
uncle who has a pool bigger
than this" Notwithstanding.
One must also give due con-
sideration to inclement wealth
er and the rather devilish re-
marks such trying times may
bring about. When it rains
some real gone cat is bound to
remark, Look out or You'll
get wet" (This playful obser-
vation is most always accom-
panied with much chuckling
and knees apping) Cool
weather always has its re-
wards as witness another gen.
ial jerk who says, Better put
on your fur-Iined bathing
suit, This is the very same
guy who says "it's great wealth
er for ducks" when you can't
see your hand in front of you
during the monsoon season.
But the kids -love it and
great joy is evidenced when
the small fry take over. Only
recently did we witness the
antics of about thirty would
be Weismullers as they ca
vorted about like young seals
in the Bering Strait. We were
reminded of a smelt run we
once witnessed in Lake Win
nebago, Wisconsin. About the
only known way to catch little
human fish is to bait will
low wand with a hot-dog.
AS in any undertaking of
this kind, you must have rules.
We have two. One is that any,
one under six inches or over
eleven feet tall is banned. The
other rule is that no one is al
lowed to stand motionless and
with an expression of glazed
happiness on his face. (This
rule applys mostly to kids in
the tad-pole division-for OBJ
vious reasonS)
Now if you are considering
a backyard pool, you must
first rationalize. That is, you
must prove to yourself that
you really NEED a pool. This
is easy. We used such reasons
as You only swim this way
once" and when you're dead,
you're a long time dry. But
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