While this is not about chickens, I've shared things about Dh from time to time, some of them quite funny, so I thought I would share this. I've had pools all my life, until ex, and I opened our own store, where we drilled wells, did pump repairs, sold pool supplies, and had a pool cleaning service. I usually ran the store during the day, and cleaned pools after we closed the store. Dh has never owned a pool in his life until now.
Several days ago, the pool was low on chlorine. I checked the salt level in the pool, added a little salt, and turned up the chlorine generator, to produce more chlorine. The next morning the pool was green. I flipped the switch to Superchlorinate, to shock the pool, and tested everything else. I knew he was going to have a cow, unfortunately not the Guernsey I'd like to have, so I took a sample to our local Pinch A Penny. They confirmed that everything was fine, except I was low on chlorine, and printed it out. When Dh was fussing, I asked him to check the cell, that produces the chlorine, to make sure it was clean. I know how to do it, but am not strong enough to turn it, to disconnect it. A little later he told me he checked it, and it was fine. Ok, shocking it will clear it up, so I waited.
Later that night, the pool was still green. Again, I asked him if he was sure he checked the cell. Again, he assured me he had, and it was clean. The next day, the pool remained green, even though I had turned everything up, so it would produce a lot of chlorine. By that evening, Dh was really fussing at me. I asked him to please double check, and make sure the cell was not dirty. A bit later, he told me he checked the cell, and it was fine. I told him that it was apparent we needed a new cell, and we could afford it next pay day, but in the meantime, the pool had to have chlorine. He asked what I would need, and I gave him a little list, so he heads off to Home Depot, and spends $80.00 on supplies.
When he returned, I threw a few 3 inch tablets in the skimmer basket. It only ran 3 hours, before it was time for the pool to shut off, it's on a timer, but I saw that it was already looking a little better. I assured Dh, that the pool would be clear by the end of the next day. By mid afternoon the next day, the pool was looking pretty good. I asked Dh to wash out the filter. He did. When he got through, he took out the cell on the chlorine generator. Lo, and behold there was an ant's nest, and a lot of other debris in it. I knew right then he had lied all those times about checking it. I was not happy.
I told him to get my 2 mop buckets, and the measuring cup I use for pool chemicals. The cup holds about 2 - 3 cups of liquid. I told him to fill the measuring cup with muriatic acid, put the cell in 1 bucket, then pour the muriatic acid in the cell, then put the cell in the 2nd. bucket, and pour the muriatic acid in the first bucket, back into the cell. I was doing other things, but saw him pour the muriatic acid back, and forth from the buckets into the cell, several times. He was fascinated that the ants would fizz, and dissolve. Finally, the cell was clean, so he put it back on the chlorine generator, and reset it. It starts cranking out chlorine. He poured the muriatic acid from the bucket into the pool.
He then went swimming, and began complaining that the water was burning his skin a little. He got out, and went to take a bath, while I tested the pool. I could not believe how acidic the water was. I went to look at the gallon jug of muriatic acid, and found the empty jug in the trash. He poured a whole gallon of muriatic acid in the pool. Yeah, I guess it WAS burning his skin.
Later that night, somewhere had a sale on the cartridge for our filter, and it was only $90.00. I let him know that had he not lied about checking the cell, we could have afforded the new cartridge, but because he lied, he would have to wait, and probably pay full price. Lying doesn't pay well.
He decided he'd take an online homeowner's pool care course. He was bragging how he passed. Yup, he knows everything now, right? What my new pool expert can't figure out is, I won't put any stabilizer in the pool. The Pinch A Penny expert salesman, and some expert online sources say we have to have it, otherwise our pool will never look good, or be clean. What they can't figure out is, how I'm keeping the pool looking great, and clean without it. Of course, I can't really be that smart, right?
The next morning, the pool has never looked better! No sign of algae, no cloudiness, the water is sparkling. My expert decided that there must have been just enough stabilizer in those few chlorine tablets to bind the particulates, creating a larger mass, so the filter could remove them. Um, that's what a coagulant does, not stabilizer, and there was not enough stabilizer from those few tablets to have any effect on that amount of water. He could not figure it out, and I wouldn't tell him, but I'll tell you. Remember how he was amazed that the muriatic acid dissolved the ants? Well, he poured so much muriatic acid in the pool, that it totally dissolved all the particulates. ROFLOL!
Good ole Bermuda 
A couple of my pretty Spitz girls that had been perfectly well treated by their Spitz roos are ruffled and bare backed now..,.
It's pretty much just a day where we can't get parts if something breaks down. Everything's closed. 
