Originally Posted By: ssmith3 This post was automatically imported from our archived forum. You justify your purchases to your spouse by saying “It’ll only take me xx inspections to pay for it”.
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Originally Posted By: rmoore This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I’m reading through the posts, nodding my head (except for Jeff’s…we’re happy where we are), and I get to Jason’s. Our old TV died the day after Christmas. Two days later. without any argument from the wife, a 46" DLP HDTV. Does this make me one of dem Home Spekters?
Originally Posted By: jpope This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
rmoore wrote:
I'm reading through the posts, nodding my head (except for Jeff's...we're happy where we are). . .
Hey, I'm happy where I am. I would just be happier in a nicer, bigger home  with a pool and spa!!
Yes it's true. We're in the process of "upgrading" our living conditions. Our home is on the market and we're actively looking for our next home. All I see in these beautiful homes is the extra 15k to 20k I'll need to make 'em right.
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Originally Posted By: ssmith3 This post was automatically imported from our archived forum. You go to a friends house for dinner and comment on the fact that the doors are out of square and there are cracks in the corners.
– Scott Smith
Marinspection
Vice President NorCal NACHI Chapter
I graduated from collage. Now my life is all mixed up.
Originally Posted By: rmoore This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jpope wrote:
Hey, I'm happy where I am. I would just be happier in a nicer, bigger home  with a pool and spa!!
Yes it's true. We're in the process of "upgrading" our living conditions. Our home is on the market and we're actively looking for our next home. All I see in these beautiful homes is the extra 15k to 20k I'll need to make 'em right.
LOL...I guess to be really truthful, I'd be happier in a nice secluded oceanfront property on the Kona coast of Hawaii, preferably with room for a full size pool tabe (my vice), and a pair of perfectly spaced trees to hang a hammock. Might as well make it a private beach too. I'll pay the 15k to 20k to fix it up if someone wants to buy me the rest. 
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Originally Posted By: rray This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jpope wrote:
I would just be happier . . . with a pool and spa!!
Forget about the pool. Just go for the spa and then make friends with lots of other people who have pools so one of them will invite you over for a pool party each day of the week. Pool maintenance is just too much hassle.
Originally Posted By: pdacey This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
rray wrote:
Pool maintenance is just too much hassle.
Naah, piece of cake.  Once you get a routine down, it's easy. The key is to have a good pool supply store near by that will test the water for free when you have something funky going on.
Originally Posted By: rray This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
pdacey wrote:
Once you get a routine down, it's easy.
Nope. I've been through seven pool/spas now and two boats. Just not worth it. The largest pool was here in San Diego at 45,000 gallons with a 10,000 spa with a to-die-for view of the Mexican mountains. I got a great routine down, and the pool supply store was a mile away. I still spent all my spare time cleaning the pool and spa, refilling it because of evaporation, and buying enough chemicals to start my own chemical factory.
Now I have more money and have lots of friends who have some really nice pools in the mountains, overlooking the ocean, etc. Now I have fun. Just have to make some margaritas occasionally, some jalapeno nachos, or some Texas barbecue.
And I have fun, fun, fun 'til the margarita bottle is dry.
