# In the Bad Ol' Summertime

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-bad-ol-summertime/621065>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 6, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-bad-ol-summertime/621065 "2012-05-06T13:32:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-bad-ol-summertime/621065/41 "2012-06-01T15:13:14Z")

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> [@SticksAndString](#):
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> You DO realize the pool’s ‘shelf’ (I dunno what else to call it..it’s a half-circle platform on one side of the pool)

Our pool officially calls it the apron, in the rulebook.

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**Author:** ![SticksAndString](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-bad-ol-summertime/621065/42 "2012-06-01T23:32:56Z")

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I knew there was a technical term for it, I just didn’t know what it was. 🙂

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