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A Home Pool Safety Checklist That’s Fun For The Whole Family

Before the advent of the dishwasher families didn’t eat and run. They’d stick around to wash and dry and put away the dishes. It brought the family a little closer together and stopped the kitchen from seeming like a restaurant. This all-hands-on-deck approach is also the best way of dealing with pool safety. While there’s an array of pool safety gadgets on the market, such as alarms and motion detectors, the only foolproof method of protecting your children is adult
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Kreepy Krauly’s Sunsmart 6

If you need further proof that humans evolved from fish try standing between a kid and a pool. So it takes a quick-thinking parent to catch their slippery ones and get them sun ready before their first bombie. The best approach to readying your youngsters for the pool is to get them before they race into the back yard and out of your clutches. (more…)
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Top tips to put the spark back into your BBQ

You’ve got the pool, the shiny new barbie (it looks like it’s been designed by NASA) and an outdoor setting that wouldn’t be out of place in a Hollywood soiree. So you can imagine the collective sigh of disappointment when you present your guests with row after row of snaggers, chops and steaks. If Gordon Ramsey dropped by for a beer he’d poke you with a pair of tongs. In this era of food fascination you don’t want to barbecue
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Move it or lose it – the key to a healthy pool

If you want to understand the key to good health and great performance watch an athlete warm up. First, they’ll jog round a track several times to raise their heartbeat to increase the rate in which their blood circulates through the body. Then they’ll stretch to push more blood into the various muscles groups, ensuring the flow reaches every corner of their body. Finally, they’ll take it to the next level by doing a series of half and three-quarter-paced sprints,
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Efficient Pool Maintenance: Don’t Waste Energy Cleaning Your Pool

On July 11, 1817 the German inventor Baron Karl von Drais climbed aboard a crude wooden construction (it had two wheels, a stick for steering and a dip for a seat), dug in his heels and pushed himself along a Manheim street. While it sounds like something out of The Flintstones the baron’s short journey it’s one of the most important events in the history of technology. It was the first recorded bike ride. (more…)
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