Fair enough.

But the only reason I ever came to this site in the first place, was to find out if anyone had ever built a shallow end for an above ground pool and how they did it. I didn't find anything here, but after I came up with my own solution, decided to post it here in case others like me were looking for ideas.
I would probably have never have come here if all I wanted was "run of the mill" stuff since that is documented in plenty of other places.

I am not suggesting to the OP that this is what he should do or that it is safe in all applications.
It is just what I did. It worked. Even if my idea suggested some crazy “out there” stuff, if I was looking for ideas and everyone else to date had said it can’t be done, I would have been glad to find at least one way to do it. Even if that method was not for me.
I hope a great site that this one continues posting out of the box stuff like this for those that are looking.