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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  10/8/2009 12:16 PM,Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
> Thanks, Rob. Now that's a fun idea, like Petticoat Junction (any of you
> remember that one?!) we could just get a pool and swim in our storage!
> I'd vote for that. I wonder how hard it would be (or, can it be done?)
> to heat an outdoor above ground pool here where the winters are somewhat
> mild. I could just swim to get clean! (I have a real swimming deficit,
> having had no river all summer to play in).
>  We tend to get downpours, so you can only catch as much
> as you can store, and storage is the expense.

Before we moved to the place in Minnesota I picked up a 12' above 
ground pool for $100, I figured it would be for firefighting water if 
nothing else, had a gasoline powered pump too.
Never had a fire but the pool came in real handy for playing.

An above ground pool, a 12vdc pump and a good rain and you'd have 
enough water to take a shower...

When were first moved to Minnesota we didn't have a well, I had new 
trash cans. One in the kitchen that we filled with 6 gal containers 
(every trip to town) and dipped water as needed and two outside to 
catch the rainwater. Bathing was down with a big pot of warmed rainwater.

Life was better with the well.



Rob

becida AT comcast.net
Western Washington State, USA