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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Since:Dec 18, 2006
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Tiny- I will invite you to play in my League this upcoming season. We're all amongst good friends here- I create a League every year and I want everyone on this thread in.I may take you up on that, as long as this is a legit league you are creating. 
Awww, the Celts lost last night?
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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I may take you up on that, as long as this is a legit league you are creating.
100 % legal and better still- 100 % free. Yes there will be a game 7. King James is gonna take that game over- just like Jordan used to do. I'm not feeling good about this.
My son has a baseball game today, see you later on honey.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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EM, don't give up just yet. They still have a chance. This is what makes the playoffs great! The excitement and intensity of the game!
See you later and have fun!
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Since:Jun 23, 2007
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Moebler: My sauna has benches made of gum-free abachi wood (of particularly of high quality) which, as you well know, stores both warmth and humidity without warming to an unpleasantly hot temperature. The heater uses only 8 kilowatts of electrical energy from its 230 volt line. The seventy pounds of olivine stones are the originals, and emit the finest heat imaginable. I ladle copious amounts of Pellegrino water onto the stones to achieve the perfect combination of humidity and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. I hope your medications are of high quality and have few negative side effects, and most of all, not imported from China.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Since:Jun 23, 2007
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Hi 509. Good luck to your son's team, and to the Celtics. They beat the Hawks in a game seven, so maybe they can handle James somehow, or get really hot?
I will join your fantasy league if you will join my new church called O's & B. See the Describe your vision of Heaven thread for details. Actually, everybody is encouraged to join. The rewards are numerous.
Hi there Dawn. Hope you and the kids have some fun stuff going on this weekend!
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Since:Mar 23, 2008
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I only mentioned an electric heater because I had a hunch that might be what you used in Phoenix. I am guessing there is not a big demand for natural gas or even the availability in some cases in Phoenix homes.
Most folks thataways probably use dual climate electric heat pumps that function as heater at night and an AC during the day. Maybe even some geothermal heat pumps for those that can afford them and a smattering of solar power for hot water and pool heat, although most folks probably use heat pumps for those as well.
Now I hope you are using Bromine in combination with monoperoxide sulfates as a sanitizer in your hot tub. Bleach and trichlorine or even dichlorine combinations are bad mojo for a hot tub and should never be used. We wouldnt want to see your skin get peeled off.
Also is your hot tub equipped with a Balboa electronic touch control pad with a shotcut pad or are your controls regulated by a push button air switch design.
Personally from 20 years of service experience both work well. However mice will sometime gnaw on the vinyl tubing attached to the push button controls and some manufactures will install super cheap and undependable contactor relays down in the control panels.
That said I have had at least a half dozen opportunities to pick up a second hand hot tub for free over the years and even though a few have been in good condition I have turned it down. I despise hot tubs. I drove a fairly good one to the landfill once and chucked it out the back of the truck into a pile of rotted and putrid garbage much to the horror and shock of the bull dozer driver working there at the time.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Since:Jun 23, 2007
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Dansk, about the spa: I have My residence is supplied with natural gas, but my spa runs on electricity. I use bromine, and the spa infuses ozone automatically. The controls are touch pad. Susie and I both love the four jacuzzi jet stations, each configured to treat a different area of the body, and the wonderful massage they provide. Being an athlete in rehab after surgery, Susie derives considerable extra benefit. I have no idea what turned you off to hot tubs, but we love ours. Apparently there was a moratorium on installing the infrastructure for natural gas supply to some localities in my area many years ago. I have no idea why.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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Hi JD. The kids and I aren't doing much but hanging around the house today looking at movies, cartoons on t.v. I did go to the store and it is pretty hot here in Dallas today. 85 degrees at the moment so I want be going back outside anymore today. I'm still battling a slight soar throat so I'm being real lazy as usual on a Saturday and taking NyQuil. What are you and Susie doing this weekend? I hope you both are having a good one.
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Sorry to hear about the soar throat, Dear Dawn. Those are no fun. I hope you're not running a fever with it. Smart that you are laying low. Maybe take some of that Airborne stuff. No doubt the kids are off playing with their pals, except the little one.
Actually, I will be up mostly all day and all night this weekend writing a report that I have to submit and defend in person early next week. The blank has hit my fan. I need a pretty good rough draft by Sunday night, and then I will polish and polish until I submit and defend. This is the only way I work.
Susie knows well enough to stay away and not disturb me when deadlines are in play. Ever hear of Dr Jeckle and Mr. Hyde? She will be doing hen things with her crew, and she will also be in charge of marketing and cooking, which are usually my areas. If she weren't still rehabbing from her operation, she'd be on the ice. You can bet there will be some shopping done too.
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Yes most all- in -one units are heated with electricity generally about a 10KW heater or thereabouts.
Working on hot tubs is an absolute nightmare from a service standpoint. It seems once parts start going bad it becomes a nickel and dime you to death prospect and most customers dont seem to want to put the money into a proper repair or cant seem to understand why a 10 year old tub starts having a bunch of problems. From a profit loss standpoint it is almost always a loss.
They do not winter over well in the north.
What we do now as a company is custom designed and built inground units out of concrete or stainless steel and all the equipment is on a exposed pad. Much like you would find with a swimming pool. Actually most of the few we build are built as an island or oasis inside the pool. We will only build these units in conjuction with a swimming pool. We no longer are willing to just build a hot tub or sell and install a fiberglass all in one unit.
If Joe Homeowner calls and wants us to fix his hot tub and it isnt one we sold him we turn them down and tell them to call someone else.
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Small talk: Waiting for the draft.
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I personally would not want to be reincarnated as a spa in say, Ohio. Here in Nowhere, my tub doesn't see any extremes of cold. It is about five years old, and has always performed perfectly (so far). I maintain it well, because I love it. I don't expect it to last any longer than any other major appliance. I have tried so-called spas built alongside swimming pools, and they are a laugh in terms of Jets and message. I have real Jacuzzi machinery. Depending on the settings, those babies will blow you right out of the spa. I don't hesitate to recommend it.
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Perhaps the biggest problem as I alluded to earlier is varmants. the nest inside the units in the winter and chew on stuff. wires piping etc. In addition, due to the wet and cold the outer chasis (wood) tend to rot and the vinyl cover will literally disintergrate.
People who use bleach and dichlor or trichlor sanitations tend to drop the bottom out on the PH and create an aggressively corrosive water environ. This serves to literally dissolve a heater, melt out the rubber seals on the bulkhead fittings and soften the adhesive (glue) joints to a point were they will give out. Not to mention it can turn a black bathing suit an off gray in a matter of minutes.
Typically we use the same style jet units and so on with our own designs. I have seen the kit pools that feature the bench areas for the hot tub affect. Typically a vinyl liner pool.
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Since:Jun 23, 2007
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I have suffered major damage to cars from vermin, but so far they have not been able to breach the security around my spa. I know all about how to titrate pH, believe me. When you are treating three hundred and some gallons, you titrate by days, not minutes.
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