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pat_k

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37. It was exposed grey concrete.

Reply to lonely bird (Reply #36)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 09:31 PM

Jul 5

I'm not sure how dark or what solar reflective properties the concrete had, but there seems to be consensus that the dark lining absorbs more heat and raises the water temp.

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And will there be new vandalism? sinkingfeeling Jul 5 #1

Now that it's July 5th, you'll never hear about this project again newdeal2 Jul 5 #2

Short attention span. He's already bored with Iran so Cuba look out. Ritabert Jul 5 #4

Where ther bids the first time or just awarded ? republianmushroom Jul 5 #3

Awarded to some firm that did work at his Virginia golf club. Ritabert Jul 5 #5

It's weirder than that. pat_k Jul 5 #20

Well the head of the firm lives in Palm Beach near Trump. Ritabert Jul 5 #23

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To quote Curly Howard, The Madcap Jul 5 #33

What complete bullshit Bayard Jul 5 #6

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Trump says it's vandals, nobody says and different. dem4decades Jul 5 #26

With all the expert opinions and information that's come out underpants Jul 5 #7

"people would think he'd been wrong." pat_k Jul 5 #22

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Burgum is such a nasty little guy Blues Heron Jul 5 #9

Serious sycophant. Ritabert Jul 5 #24

Who in this administration isn't? dem4decades Jul 5 #28

They'll use the same company because they did a fantastic job???? Except maybe they didn't prepare the surface Vinca Jul 5 #10

Well lonely bird Jul 5 #11

Well, something sure wasn't right and while I'm no pool painter, I know surface prep is everything. Vinca Jul 5 #15

You are correct regarding prep lonely bird Jul 5 #17

I thought the piperliner 5000 was clearly inappropriate?!? pat_k Jul 5 #19

OK lonely bird Jul 5 #36

It was exposed grey concrete. pat_k Jul 5 #37

And before it cured liberalgunwilltravel Jul 5 #12

I don't recall him getting out to inspect anything fargone Jul 5 #38

He didn't. liberalgunwilltravel Jul 6 #39

So that mean the toupee guy can mess it up further and be paid to do so. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 5 #13

They didn't receive bids the first time mdbl Jul 5 #14

"Thankfully, the vandalism was small." pat_k Jul 5 #18

It "was small. It was bad. " uppityperson Jul 5 #21

Yes. Caught himself there. pat_k Jul 5 #29

From what I see the so-called gash is a trench between concrete slabs for drainage purposes Ritabert Jul 5 #25

The only cuts are in expansion joint foam and were reported early. pat_k Jul 5 #30

For the narcissist, it's just as good to be worse... ananda Jul 5 #31

... it could fall into a felony ... just like damaging any other government property could IcyPeas Jul 5 #32

"We'll have the same people do the same thing the same way as before! What could go wrong?" struggle4progress Jul 5 #34

They could always arrest and charge more people LisaL Jul 5 #35

My guess is that they will drain it... Hugin Jul 6 #40