LMAO great story.
My "Fathers DAY" was relatively simple.(Note I said Fathers DAY"
As a non material gift my wife and daughter were kind enough to go to the zoo with my nephew. His wife and kids and leave me home alone.
(heh Cant beat that deal with a stick)
The only catch was a repair to the piece of watermelon $300 15' pool my wife decided to get without consulting me a couple of years ago.
I specifically said I didn't want a pool of ANY size because as I said then. "I don't want to take care of it and I don't want to hear about taking care of it."
Well she got one anyway and guess who gets to hear about taking care of the pool I never wanted because I didn't want to take care of it.
Hmmm. Seems to me I have two dogs and 2 cats I also said the same thing about.
so much for "male privilege".
Now remember I said "Fathers DAY"
Well Saturday was a little bit more involved.
She was kind enough to order 2 tons of sand to the front driveway. which I had to wheel barrow into the back yard for me to spread out in the back yard to level the area out where the pool was going. Fun fun fun.
Actually I should have expected it with the kinda karma that comes with gifts from customers who give me a free near new wheelbarrow simply because it has a flat tire and they cant be bothered changing it. Easier to buy new.
Anyway
The fittings on the side of the pool the filter hoses attach to were all cracked and needed to be replaced.
Shulda been simple but....
Regular pool fittings are too large for the openings in the side of the pool.
Seems they designed it to prevent you from doing exactly what it was I was trying to do.
So I went through all the little parts and doodads at the pool place and managed to get some parts together that looked like they would work..
Went home Hooked em up. Ahh success. Resumed filling the pool.
Went inside. Relaxed, took a nap. Woke up. Made myself a Hot sausage sandwich took a big bite and proceeded to scald the living daylights out of my gums because I was too hungry to wait for it to cool off.
Ran to the store to grab myself an Orange Monster. Came home.
Wife and kid had come home already.
I walk in and before I could even ask how the zoo was. My daughter tells me.
"the pool has a leak"
So I go out back to where my wife is waiting and sure enough. Right on the bottom water is squirting out right near the seam.
"Well looks like we are going to have to empty the pool" Which is nearly full at this point.
There is a drainage plug near the bottom and I'm sitting there thinking how cold that water is going to be diving under the water to pull it.
At this point my daughter starts carrying on about wanting to use the pool.
So I did the only logical thing.
"Well you can use it now if you want" I say as in one motion I pick her up and launch her into the pool
SPLASH
She surfaces and immediately starts freaking about how cold it is. And hurries and gets out. I of coarse am laughing hysterically.
I tell her.
"What did you get out for? You gotta pull the plug so I can fix it"
"Why do I have to do it?" she asks
SPLASH! I toss her in again. "because #1 your already wet, #2 your already in the pool. And I'll tell you #3 after you pull the plug and get out"
Which she does.
"Ok so whats #3 daddy"
With a BIG grin I toss her a towel and say
"Waters too cold"
