# That's IT, I GIVE UP!!  \[pool repair job foiled by unions\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 12, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626 "2007-03-12T16:55:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626/101 "2007-03-19T05:04:47Z")

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When did this stop being about pools? 😕

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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626/102 "2007-03-19T05:09:21Z")

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It’s a 3 page long Pit thread. To last this long, it had to tangent off from the OP at some point.

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626/103 "2007-03-19T05:15:06Z")

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[QUOTE=scotandrsn]  
When did this stop being about pools? 😕  
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We’ve taken the trolley into Make-Believe Land. Where no one pays taxes but everyone lives in Sky-Castles and has Magic Ponies that shit Magic Beans.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-i-give-up-pool-repair-job-foiled-by-unions/395626/104 "2007-03-19T12:03:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Frank]  
**Liberal** , you may it is worth your while to continue to consider the bad ideas of the fringe even after you have determined that they are, indeed, bad ideas. I don’t.  
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Apparently, you’ve confused me with whoever said that, which goes directly to my point — it never hurts to _listen_.

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