[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How redneck is... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 2/9/2015 9:37:08 PM EDT
| An above ground pool?! I live in a subdivision. Houses between 16-1800sq ft so nothing fancy but...pool membership at golf club in walking distance is 500/summer. I can do a decent above ground for that right? |
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Since when is an above ground pool redneck? 
unless it's this: http://www.poolmart.com/pimg/54006.jpg It may not be "redneck", but where I grew up it was seen as kind of a lower middle class/upper lower class thing. |
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Quoted: It may not be "redneck", but where I grew up it was seen as kind of a lower middle class/upper lower class thing. Quoted: Quoted: Since when is an above ground pool redneck? unless it's this: http://www.poolmart.com/pimg/54006.jpg It may not be "redneck", but where I grew up it was seen as kind of a lower middle class/upper lower class thing. |
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I put a 12' inflatable up for my kids. Upper middle neighborhood, zero fucks given my boys enjoy it, so I will do it again this summer. HOA hasn't said a damned thing in 3 years.
We were contemplating putting a pool in, but may be moving. Full structure above ground pools are verboten. |
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Since when is an above ground pool redneck?
unless it's this: http://www.poolmart.com/pimg/54006.jpg Nice tits. 
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An above ground pool?! I live in a subdivision. Houses between 16-1800sq ft so nothing fancy but...pool membership at golf club in walking distance is 500/summer. I can do a decent above ground for that right? 500? We had a 30' Diameter, 52" Deep pool built in 96 for $10,850.... |
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Since when is an above ground pool redneck?
unless it's this: http://www.poolmart.com/pimg/54006.jpg Nice tits. |
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Our neighbors have one. I would describe them as "redneck light". Mom is a milf and mows the lawn in her bikini on a John Deere rider. Dad has a body shop in the backyard. The kids like to drive 4 wheelers around the property pulling each other on sleds til about 1 am. They built a trebuchet a couple of summers ago. The teenage daughter practices gymnastics in her underwear in the backyard. Their dogs like to steal my boots off my front porch.
So overall, pretty great neighbors. |
| I believe my insight may be of value here. An above ground pool if bought new and put in a subdivision is only going to rate about a 3 on the scale, however getting a used one from an in-law is going to bump you up to a six. 7 if the in-law is from both a first and second marriage. |
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I believe INTEX pools are the standard for off-the-shelf above ground pools.
Or you could always do something like this: 
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You tell my dog he's a Redneck. The grandkids tried. He'll just laugh at you. <a href="http://s1116.photobucket.com/user/jacksfriend/media/Kids/alloldpics1923.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k562/jacksfriend/Kids/alloldpics1923.jpg</a> If your water comes out of the hose as brown as creek water, you might be a redneck. |
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Quoted: You tell my dog he's a Redneck. The grandkids tried. He'll just laugh at you. http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k562/jacksfriend/Kids/alloldpics1923.jpg |
One of my best friends has an above ground cow trough in his back yard. Hey, it gets hot here in the summer.
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My neighbor is a redneck of the worst sort. He likes to sit in his front yard in cutoff jeans and pull weeds. Cutoff shorts and no shirt drinking natty light. He married a Filipino chick that mows the lawn in the middle of the summer in a solar suit. It is south Texas, mind you. He and his buddy like to get drunk sitting around the pool listening to Skynyrd. He has an inground pool. Being large-body-of-water-adjacent doesn't make your neck more or less red IMHO. |
| A good test kit for PH, Alkalinity, Chlorine, hardness is going to run about $50-60. If you don't have this and know how to use it, you will have a frog pond. A 5 gallon pail of powdered Chlorine will run about $100. And don't get a cheap undersized filter, or it won't work and you will have cloudy water. |
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Prevalent in the finest trailer parks across the country. Trailer parks are the last bastion of American freedom. Seriously. 
Above ground pools are pretty redneck, for the most part. Reguardless, red necks have way more fun. I'd much rather become a "born again red neck" than an HOA surburban pool snob. If the neghibors aren't cool enough to appreciate an above ground pool, they aren't cool enough to associate with.
They'll get over it eventually. |
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http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5262/5647573189_1258ca0332_z.jpg I actually used a stock tank with a propane burner underneath as a hot tub when I lived in Montana. Started out as a way to stop chopping ice. 
My cousins in St. Louis had one of them as their pool. I used to love visiting their house! |
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If you are comparing costs, make sure to include pool chemicals and other maintenance items. Most localities will require you to install a fence, locking gate, mandate set-backs, etc. Also, you may have HOA covenants that nix the whole idea. Make sure you know exactly what you are getting into.
Perhaps the biggest issue may be liability. Your homeowners policy rates may increase dramatically with the addition of a pool. Personally, I have dealt with enough pools growing-up/living in Florida, that I would never want to own one again. If you have a club available within walking distance, that isn't a hoodrat magnet, then $500/season seems reasonable for a family membership. |
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Our neighbors have one. I would describe them as "redneck light". Mom is a milf and mows the lawn in her bikini on a John Deere rider. Dad has a body shop in the backyard. The kids like to drive 4 wheelers around the property pulling each other on sleds til about 1 am. They built a trebuchet a couple of summers ago. The teenage daughter practices gymnastics in her underwear in the backyard. Their dogs like to steal my boots off my front porch. So overall, pretty great neighbors. That sounds really cool actually. |
