Becca wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> Becca said...
>>
>
>> Actually I'm half tempted to bury the pool with dirt (since it's
>> 8-foot tall cyclone fenced in) and plant a vegetable garden there. Lay
>> around on chaise lounges in the sun, drinking mai tais all day
>> watching the garden grow! Cooking odds and ends on the grill with
>> music piped out of the cabana stereo system. Shangri-La.
>>
>> C'mon over, in a couple months!
>>
>> Andy
>
> Hah! Here in Louisiana, we filled our pool in with dirt. We bought the
> house a year ago, the pool was not heated, plus we have so many trees,
> and I can not remove the trees that are on the golf course.
>
> When we are working in the back yard, golfers will stop by and say, "Did
> you know there used to be a pool in your back yard?" lol
>
> Becca
Friend of mine in Texas turned his pool into a fishing pond. His kids
grew up and left home and neither he nor his wife cared about swimming.
Quit treating the water, tossed in a couple of tree tops, put some bass
and perch in there and waited awhile. Would test his latest fishing
lures by watching the fish chase or not chase them. At the time I
thought it was a creative way to utilize an otherwise useless pool.

My eldest nephew has owned and operated a pool supply company for about
30 years or so. He claims that pools are a big waste of money and he's
gotten quite wealthy providing the toys and chemicals pool owners need.

George