Pool Bacteria
Mar 11th, 2005, 03:24 PM
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We had a DE filter too RBCal, but it still needed as much chlorine as a sand filter pool or whatever.
I sort of had the same niggly feeling that Alice did that this was a promotion for a certain test kit. What Average Josephine renting a house comes up with this sort of information? But then...who knows, maybe it's for real and she's a germophobe so researched it.
Personally, I think you are far safer in a home pool than a public, or hotel pool. Think of the number of kids in the hotel pools! Our hotel does have one person dedicated to the pool by the way, but we've also got two pools, a couple of large fountains, and a koi pond...all under his care. I suspect that in many cases, an engineer is wrangled into doing it.
I'm not much of a neat-nick, and raised my kids with the laid back philosophy that gradual exposure to a few germs did them more good than harm. Now I didn't intentionally introduce them to e. coli or staph aureus, but I didn't worry about this sort of thing and they both lived to tell about it, and were both pretty darned healthy to boot!
I sort of had the same niggly feeling that Alice did that this was a promotion for a certain test kit. What Average Josephine renting a house comes up with this sort of information? But then...who knows, maybe it's for real and she's a germophobe so researched it.
Personally, I think you are far safer in a home pool than a public, or hotel pool. Think of the number of kids in the hotel pools! Our hotel does have one person dedicated to the pool by the way, but we've also got two pools, a couple of large fountains, and a koi pond...all under his care. I suspect that in many cases, an engineer is wrangled into doing it.
I'm not much of a neat-nick, and raised my kids with the laid back philosophy that gradual exposure to a few germs did them more good than harm. Now I didn't intentionally introduce them to e. coli or staph aureus, but I didn't worry about this sort of thing and they both lived to tell about it, and were both pretty darned healthy to boot!
Mar 11th, 2005, 03:35 PM
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I used to swim with my HORSE in a stock tank behind the barn.
~Geez~ I thought I had it made at the time. Even now I think back to those sunny hot Texas days, I would ride bareback on my sweet little mare and just ride her right into that tank.
No way in hell I would have allowed my kid to do that! Yuk!
~Geez~ I thought I had it made at the time. Even now I think back to those sunny hot Texas days, I would ride bareback on my sweet little mare and just ride her right into that tank.
No way in hell I would have allowed my kid to do that! Yuk!
Mar 11th, 2005, 05:28 PM
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To those who think this post was started as an advertisement for the test, forget it. If it had been a first post from this person, I'd certainly agree, but a quick check of previous posts by mxylplik2 reveals numerous other posts from the past -- and clearly swimming pools are a major concern in many of them -- yet never a referral to this testing kit.
Sometimes I think those of us who grew up catching measles, mumps, chicken pox, frequent colds and all the other things will always have a stronger immune system than today's youths who have avoided everything from the constant use of antibiotics.
Sometimes I think those of us who grew up catching measles, mumps, chicken pox, frequent colds and all the other things will always have a stronger immune system than today's youths who have avoided everything from the constant use of antibiotics.
Mar 11th, 2005, 06:45 PM
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Hee hee. I know that, but I guess my post made it sound like I meant that. Actually I was referring to two different groups of things -- the things one avoids due to immunizations and the things one avoids or treats from antibiotics.
Mar 12th, 2005, 12:52 PM
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This thread brought back an amusing memory from my childhood, way back in the mid-1940's. We were staying at a rented summer cottage, and one day my parents decided to drive around the area for some sightseeing and possibly swimming, if we could find a nice beach. There were lots of beaches around, but they seemed pretty crowded. Eventually we came to one, with lots of sand and a nice shallow area for us kids to play in, and no crowds. Nobody at all, in fact. So into the lake we went, splashing around happily. A short while later, though, we were hauled out of the water by our frantic parents. A farmer had brought his small herd of cows down to the water and they were all standing in it, a few yards upstream from us, peeing and pooing merrily away. (The farmer wasn't - just his cows.) I guess that's why the beach wasn't crowded.
Mar 14th, 2005, 03:48 AM
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For the record, I do not have any connection with the water test kit company nor am I promoting it in any way. As Patrick has said, in all of my previous posts, I have never mentioned this kit.
Sep 14th, 2005, 01:19 AM
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I went to a public pool one hot sunny day a couple years ago and just as I was about to take a dip, several warty toads came hopping out from the bushes and they all hopped right into the pool. It didn't seem to phase the lifeguard who let the toads cool off a bit before scooping them out. She said they jump in all the time to cool off. What bothered me was when some guy with a worried look on his face asked the lifeguard if the chlorine hurts the toads. Needless to say, I have not been to that pool since, nor will I let my kids swim there either. Not until they come out with anti-toad test kits.
