Southern McButterpants.

When i worked for a pool company in hs/college, blowing out the lines meant sending compressed air through the lines to blow out any garbage in them. A pressure test involved plugging all of the lined in the pool and then blowing in compressed air measured by a pressure guage. Plugged lines would hold the air pressure like a baloon. If there was a leak, you would see the air pressure steadily drop . . . With your description of the flow starting off strong and then dropping over the next few days, it certainly sound like a "leak." However, you won't see a lot of water loss because the leak is in one of the incoming lines, either the skimmer or the main drain (assuming you have one). Do you leave your pump and filter outdoors for the winter? Another common problem around here is that the pump basket housing cracks due to ice expaning. It's a small hairline crack, so it's not visible, but it will suck in air. I feel for you, cuz isolating the problem can be a real biotch . . .

I think it means you can expect to pay through the proverbial nose for schitty seats on Stub hub and eBay . . .

Sand or earth filter. If it's a sand filter, it might be time to change the sand. If it's an earth filter, might be time to have the filter elements cleaned. Also, you need to isolate the drop in water pressue in your system. It sounds like an in-ground pool. You'll need to pressure test your lines to see if there are any leaks. Just about any pool service can do that for you . . . From your description, it sounds like your "sucking air" on one of your intake lines. Starts out great, but slowly loses pressure over time. If it is an in-ground, that can be tricky to repair . . . Good luck. Hope all of the advice here helps.

The Caine Mutiny Another vote for To Kill a Mockingbird

That didn't seem to matter too much back in the day (outside of the SuperBowl , anyway). Everyone knew what was coming, but there weren't too many teams that successfully stopped the K-Gun.

Soory, rejected. Tiger Woods is the top athlete on the planet right now. And will likely still be in the top 20 when he's 50 . . .

Certainly the Jets and Dolphins games where JP was VERY bad. . . . Toss in the Cards game for the psychological factor. I'm not defending Trent. My point was that it's beyond ridiculous (oops, forgot where I was) I mean re-diculous, to speculate that Brady would have been the league AND Super Bowl MVP and that the Pat*s would have won the SB if had not been injured. BTW, Trent won the Broncos game, and aside from the 1st Qtr, looked pretty darned good.

I can appreciate a good team and give credit where credit is due. That said, I have been force-fed non-stop Pat*s hype for quite some time now. Has it really gotten that deep into snore season that the best thing to occupy Kerry Burns' mind is what Brady and the Patriots might have done in '08? Hell, if Dick were a better coach and Trent doesn't get injured, the Bills could have won 10 games, not 7. Add to that a non-injured Schobel, and the Bills are now at 12-4 and in the AFC Championship game, where the blimp craches into the stadium, wiping out the opposing team and sending the Bills to the SB for the first time in 2 decades . . . . See how stupid it sounds?? It's the relentless hype machine that gets to me after awhile. As for hate-er-aide , I still hate the Dolphins more than the Pat*s . . .

File under "gimme a fcucking break." SI.com awards the Pat*s the SuperBowl Title and League MVP to Brady if he doesn't injure his knee. Read on an empty stomach Look, I understand that the Pat*s are good (when was that last championship?), Belicheat is a god, and Brady is the wunderkind of the NFL, but this is beyond re-diculous . . . Have your barf bag nearby . . .

Update IX: Joey Smith reported tonight that a Democratic donor group in the Midwest and South will not have to close any of their Chrysler dealerships... and their competition was gutted. The company is called RLJ-McLarty-Landers, and it operates six Chrysler dealerships throughout the South. All six dealerships are safe from closing. The dealer locations are: Bentonville, AR (northwest Arkansas); Lee's Summit, MO (south of Kansas City, MO); Branson, MO; Olathe, KS (near Kansas City); Bossier City, LA (near Shreveport); Huntsville, AL... The interesting part is who the three main owners of the company are. The owners are Steve Landers (long-time car dealer, 4th-generation dealer), Thomas "Mack" McLarty (former Chief of Staff for President Clinton), and Robert Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television and co-owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats). Landers has given money to Republicans in the past, but McLarty campaigned for Obama in 2008, and Johnson has given countless amounts of money to Democrats over the years... ...So far, RLJ-McCarty-Landers will have 8 competing dealerships total[ly] eliminated from 3 of their markets: Lee's Summit, MO; Branson, MO; and Bossier City, LA. I'm willing to bet that the other 3 markets that they serve are similar in nature.

Yeah, the Wall Street Journal just publishes things on it's website on whims. It's not a reputable website like the Huffington Post . . .

Here's and interesting little read from the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web Blog: WSJ Best of the Web today Essentially, the Chrysler dealers that have been forced out of business due to the government sponsored restructuring, are almost exclusively Republican donors. A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors. To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn't an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified. However, I also found additional research online at Scribd (author unknown), which also appears to point to a highly partisan decision-making process. . . . I have thus far found only a single Obama donor (and a minor one at that: $200 from Jeffrey Hunter of Waco, Texas) on the closing list. Wow. So much for draining the bile from Washington political workings.

Prior to reading the list - My guess is 27. Well, after that, I'll take 21. At least it's better than the Bills' Backfield rating from yesterday.

Gin Blossoms: New Miserable Experience - just about one the best rock n roll albums I've ever heard. Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers - Bought it for my kids so they would have the hit "Stacey's Mom." Turns out that most of the album is a power-pop masterpiece.

Seems like it's just another opportunity for CNN/SI to ball-wash the Pat*s. I can't believe that they ranked the Bills lower than the Texans, Broncos & Jets. Does the rest of the football world really have that low of an opinion of is? Small reality check: the Bills did finish 7-9 the past 3 years; not 2-14 . . .

I recall there being a whole series of "Drity Eddie" jokes all set in a classroom. Teacher is doing vocabulary review and going through the letters of the alphabet. She arrives at the letter "U" and asks someone to use a word begining with the letter "U" in a sentence. Little Mary raises her hand and says, "You are very pretty." Teacher says, "Well that's not quite correct. That word doesn't begin with the letter 'U.' Can any one else think of a word that begins with the letter "U?" All hands are down except for Dirty Eddie. He is waving his hand back and forth in the back of the room. Knowing she will regret it, the teacher calls on Eddie. "Yes, Edward do you have a word?" Dirty eddie says, "Yes, I do. 'Urinate.'" The teacher winces and says, "Yes, that word begins with "U." Can you use it in a sentence?" "Sure. Urinate, but if you had bigger breasts you'd be a ten."

florio needs to take a step back from the glue-pot. He's clearly getting in on the fumes.

There's a guy who shows up every Saturday at the World Gym in Hamburg wearing jeans. I'm pretty sure he wears sneakers, but you would think after 6 months the guy could buy a pair shorts or sweats. That said, I should be careful what I wish for. . . There was a guy working out on the machines today with some tree-mendous butt cleavage How do you not feel that?

OK, I have 2 bad ones and one that's just a little cheesy . . . 1) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Just a fun film to watch. Trailer 2) Clue. God, I wanted Leslie Ann Warren to fall out of that green dress . . . 3) The Karate Kid. Ok, not a bad movie, but a definite cheese-fest. I also consider it to be one the most quotable movies of all time. - Ah, Buddha provide. - Miyagi understand, Miyagi once have mother too. - Hm, different, but same. And all of the other usuals . . . Wax on, wax off, etc . . .

What a tool . . .

Week 1 Mon, Sep 14 @ New England Patriots* W Week 2 Sun, Sep 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W Week 3 Sun, Sep 27 New Orleans Saints L Week 4 Sun, Oct 04 @ Miami Dolphins W Week 5 Sun, Oct 11 Cleveland Browns W Week 6 Sun, Oct 18 @ New York Jets W Week 7 Sun, Oct 25 @ Carolina Panthers L Week 8 Sun, Nov 01 Houston Texans L Week 9 Sun, Nov 08 BYE Week 10 Sun, Nov 15 @ Tennessee Titans L Week 11 Sun, Nov 22 @ Jacksonville Jaguars W Week 12 Sun, Nov 29 Miami Dolphins W Week 13 Thu, Dec 03 New York Jets (Toronto) W Week 14 Sun, Dec 13 @ Kansas City Chiefs W Week 15 Sun, Dec 20 New England Patriots* L Week 16 Sun, Dec 27 @ Atlanta Falcons L Week 17 Sun, Jan 03 Indianapolis Colts L 9-7 Overall with another late season swoon to ruin our holidays.

Beat me to it, Tom. I remember reading about that . . .

I have this hope of a Biscuit-esque debut by Maybin. The Pat*s won't have a lot of film on him and how he'll play in our schemes. If Perry can move him around, and use his speed, he could be on Brady all night. Makes me feel all gooshy inside.

"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." Admiral David Beatty "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass . . and I'm all out of bubbelgum." Johnny Nada

what a maroon . . .