wow...<boom>...that's some pretty cool/massive replying...Thanks! I supposed to be working outside so I can't digest yet...but I'll get back to yous.

I did, an hour ago, do water test though. Still a pink 8-ish. However I did an Acid Demand test and 1 drop brought me back on scale, to 7.8, so I guess it really was at 8.0. The second drop brought it almost to 7.6. Anyway, I put in about 1/2 of what the booklet recommended for a 5000gallon pool at 2 drops acid demand. We'll see what happens...
I must say I've never seen smoke come out of a bottle before. That Muriatic Acid sure was intimidating. I diluted it in a 5gallon bucket of pool water, and slowly poured it into my skimmer.

I never did a TA test, though. <doh> However, I have done a few over the last days an it's always been the same-ish, around the 110-ish mark. I'll let everything settle, and tonight I'll run another set of tests, just for gags...