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Skaters Jump In as Foreclosures Drain the Pool
New York Times ^
| December 28, 2008
| Jesse McKinley
Posted on 12/29/2008 6:31:43 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne
To: giotto
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posted on
12/29/2008 7:41:03 PM PST
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: Lorianne
Skateboarding is not a crime!
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posted on
12/29/2008 7:42:35 PM PST
by
38special
(I mean come on.)
To: BlazingArizona
Good point. Every February it rains in California, bringing down lava-like torrents of mud from the previous year's October fires. This time, all those empty pools are going to float like little Noah's Arks.Verily I say unto thee: gather ye together two lawyers, two gangbangers, two purse dogs, two liberal professors, a pool boy and a Valley girl. Gather ye in a pool forthwith, and await the great rains; then go ye forth in March to repopulate California.
Bwaaa!
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:25:47 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
To: itsamelman
To: BillyBonebrake
BBB my man!!!
Keeping S&Bs in line I hope!!!!
To: Krankor
They should start a business cleaning and emptying abandoned pools in foreclosed houses. It helps keep down the mosquito population.
Clean out the pool in exchange for a few hours of skating, then on to the next house.
To: MinuteGal
In ground pools? What would happen to them? Serious question.
To: MediaMole
Get enough water pressure under them, and they'll start to float. That'll tear up the plumbing, perhaps cause cracking. Then when the soil dries out, they'll drop back down, but probably out of alignment.
At some point, the only thing worth reusing is going to be the hole.
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posted on
12/29/2008 9:41:21 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: MediaMole
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posted on
12/29/2008 9:44:37 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Lorianne
The mosquito abatement teams must love these guys. Saves them the trouble of draining pools in foreclosed housing.
Mr. Peacock, who preferred to give his skateboarding name because of the illegality of his activities. So the NYT knows who is committing crimes but withholds the criminal's name. No surprise there. At least it isn't likely to result in the death of Americans. That is a definite improvement over their usual behavior.
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posted on
12/29/2008 10:37:34 PM PST
by
KarinG1
(Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
To: MediaMole
I saw a pool here in Florida which was left drained by unthinking, absentee owners. It rose up like a boat above ground level and then listed to one side.
Simply put, there's always underground movement and water pressures underneath pools. The weight of the water in a filled pool obviates this problem.
Leni
To: Lorianne
I am surprised at the vitriol and misinformation on this thread. I myself grew up pirating pools when possible, and building magnificent wooden halfpipes when necessary. Yes, I was a skater, and I turned out to be a fine conservative citizen of FR.
I still have a longboard, a Rayne Heartless with ABEC-11 Flywheels. And if you flame me, I'll borrow my son's pool board, come and drain your pool and thrash it.
God bless smooth, gunite-coated America.
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posted on
12/30/2008 8:32:49 AM PST
by
Sender
(Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
To: Krankor
The New York Times was once a major newspaper, as hard as that is to believe.
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posted on
12/30/2008 8:38:19 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for Necro-Americans.)
To: MinuteGal
Thanks for the replies. I have never owned a pool and just figured it was a concrete-lined hole in the ground.
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