BBB Method Challenged !

[waste]

Elsie, go get 'em!!!

There are a number of things I wanted to comment on , but I'll stick to 3 for now:

It's NOT!! the same as dumping 40 lbs of table salt into the pool, table salt had iodine added to it by law in ~ the 20's to help prevent goiters - bleach does not have iodine or anything else added to it. Also the amount of salt in a gallon of sodium chloride is dependent upon it's % strength - a 1 gal bottle of 12.5% has ~ 3 lbs salt, therefore would have less than 1.5 lbs salt (unless the bleach makers are using sea water to dilute the product, in which case, the bleach would have > 5 lbs of salt per gallon. )

Don't worry about taking on a mod, they may have the ability to ban you and delete your posts, but if you are polite (ish) and right, and post the facts - they shouldn't be able to touch you (and if they banned you for telling the truth, is it really a site you want to be a member of...)

If this dude really wants to talk with someone who quasi-knows this stuff - direct him to me: was.ted@comcast.net (I check my e-mails ~ 3X a month... but patience is a virtue ) I'm in the same business as he is (20 years) and finally!! figured out how pools SHOULD be maintained!

Please keep us informed on how this goes, or if i should log on to that site and 'talk' to him

[waterbear]

or if i should log on to that site and 'talk' to him

I, for one, think you should!!!!!!!!

[CarlD]

Else,

Use whatever you want--they are already plagiarizing me--that means quoting me without citing me.

But they are a small site and there are lots of websites filled with nuts on every topic from quilting to archery to politics to pool maintenance. I'm sure there's a site that does nothing but extol the virtues of chlorine-free swimming and makes chlorine out to be the chem of the devil. My mother has a neighbor like that--believes chlorine is evil, cooking is bad for you and threw out her stove.

Pass out the tin-foil hats!!!!

[waterbear]

Else,

Use whatever you want--they are already plagiarizing me--that means quoting me without citing me.

Are you referring to me? I said:

We are talking about 5 minutes a day or less for pool care here!

It's not exactly the same as your 'stay ahead of your water'!
(and I said NOTHING about the 'shot glass method nor did I try to sell a tin foil hat!)

[CarlD]

Are you referring to me? I said:

We are talking about 5 minutes a day or less for pool care here!

It's not exactly the same as your 'stay ahead of your water'!
(and I said NOTHING about the 'shot glass method nor did I try to sell a tin foil hat!)

Actually, no. It was a longer and more direct quote of a couple of paragraphs--and it wasn't by you....

But just 'cuz yer paranoid.....(you know the rest)!

[elsie]

Waste: go at it if so inclined to add injury to injury!

Waterbear: outstanding job, your post in HMW obviates any need for me to post (and far exceeds any science/chemistry I could've provided)!

Carl: thanks!

And, thank you all. BBB method ROCKS. But we already knew that.

[CarlD]

It's so funny---B-B-B just means Bleach, Borax and Baking Soda--how can someone claim they don't work????