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New Blog www.theaquaticprofessional.com/blog

Please visit my new blog at www.theaquaticprofessional.com/blog

Link to my new website

The goal of this website is to build a platform for training classes and to provide free fun information to the public for free. www.uspooltech.com or http://uspooltech.clundie.com

Please take a chance to look at the site and send me your feedback clundie@clundie.com

RE: Moment of silence for 055 1/11/2006

It has been more than 6 months and I think we all need to take a moment to remeber the forgotten....

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From: Chris Lundie
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:17 PM
To: chrislundie.pooltech@blogger.com
Cc: Botton, Douglas; Coash, Mike; Hugger, Kathryn; O'Keefe, Lance; Vasquez, Nelson; Wall, Aaron
Subject: Moment of silence for 055 1/11/2006

I want to take a couple minutes with you to remember my good old friend 055. ........................... Thank you for taking the time as a group to honor my favorite truck in this way.  Today has brought me close to tears as 055 finally left our midst and is making it way to the auction block.  The beautiful parts of 055 were not show in it rustic appearance, in its cracked dash and broken door handle or even the semi- broken backup beeper, the beautiful part is what the truck stood for through the years, the toil it made daily,  to make us and many people around us and before us happy as it hummed down the road with care, only looking for more pavement, and more pavement to see.  This truck was my friend when I needed one and my workhorse when I needed to climb the mountain. This icon of recreation has finally been thrown away for a better model, one with a toolbox, shiny paint job, back seat and ugly light up top.  I do not see a day in the near future where this truck can fill the shoes of the greatest City truck I have ever driven 055.

 

So remember that change is never easy and that trucks die hard.  Here it to 055's life beyond Recreation.  Good Luck 055! May your tires wear slow and your alignment remain straight!

I am back to the blog!!!!

The day has been good the pools have been switched over so far the last two days. I am back to nights and that is working but is not great!

I will have some good post coming up soon!

Update Schedule & website information

I know the last few weeks I have been absent from this blog. I will begin to update this blog again starting in May. I plan on using an update schedule of Monday Wednesday & Friday. Busy weeks you will just get a Monday and Friday. Please e-mail me with any details you would like to know about what I do or any pool tech questions in general. Also please visit my other sites. www.clundie.com www.uspooltech.com www.juniorguards.net www.battleofthepools.com http://video.clundie.com http://pictures.clundie.com http://battleofthepools.clundie.com http://juniorguards.clundie.com

3/1/2006 - Pool Tech Meeting

The day flew by!

 

1. Had our Pool Tech meeting and discussed many different things relating to maintenance.  The meeting ran long from 12pm - 3:15pm.  Many things were discussed.  We assigned an order to our top ten list, to view it go to: http://chrislundie.tadalist.com/lists/public/213088
2. I talked with Doug regarding schedules.
3. I published my calendar.
4. I also added dates to the FCO for SCAC.
5. I found out they might put wireless internet onsite here in the future.
6. The day went quick and was productive due to the large amounts of communication that is very much needed at our level.

Tomorrow is the big day! Community preservation interviews.  We will see how it turns out in the next couple of weeks.  I hope I can show the passion that is needed for the job.

 

2/28/2006 - Rain Effect

 

If you have never worked ona commercial pool you are missing the true effects of rain water.  It is amazing that you can have thousands of extra gallons of water even after a small rainfall.  It is not hard to get rid of the water, this is done by backwashing the water to the sewer.  The real issue is how it effects your water chemistry.  It sometimes takes a few days to recover from water chemistry issues

 

I had a good day, stuck to my check off sheets

2-27-2006 - Rain

IT WAS A GOOD DAY!

 

1. I continued my cleaning of the pump room and organization of our pool tech areas.
2. I worked on the NOP manual.
3. I also flushed the chlorine lines and tightened the ball valves.
4. The rest of the day was spent on my check off sheets and on organizing our pool tech folder.

It started raining this afternoon heavily.

2/24/2006 - Rejection

Well I got the call today informing me that I was not selected for the graffiti removal coordinator position.  I have mixed emotions.

2/23/2006 - Long Day

1. Met with Chet and Luis from Ventura to showcase our facility.
1. I was able to give them detailed pool tech forms.
2. I copied the waterslide manual and showed them the many things that the state would be looking for.
3. I also took them up to NOP for a tour of another facility so they could get a taste of the rest of our operation.
2. I then went quick back to the Activities Center for a retirement party for Pat.
3. Spent the rest of the day going through paperwork and getting misc. tasks like strainer baskets taken care of.
4. Said my goodbyes to Pat.  I have found over the last two years that Pat has truly cared about me and has been highly supportive of our position as pool techs and our future.  I will miss Pat and look forward with mixed anticipation to her replacement.

2/22/2006 - Pool Tech Meeting

We had to cancel the pool tech meetingt today.  That was not good since I had a pile of discussion points for the meeting.

 

We also had Pat & Lance's Birthday lunch which took up a couple hours.  We went to Rattler's and it was great!

 

I am still waiting to find out about the Graffiti job.  I would love a chance to use my skills and to prove I am more than a pool technician.

2/21/2006

Today was good. Spent most of the day preparing the tow vacuum and securing the supplies. We had the coordinator mToday was good. Spent most of the day preparing the tow vacuum and securing the supplies. We had the coordinator meeting and discussed plans for upcoming promotional interviews. eeting and discussed plans for upcoming promotional interviews.

2/20/2006

Holiday!! 

 

2/18/2006

I worked the coordinator shift today.

1. It was very different day.
2. It started with the Dive pool sucking air in the lint pot.  I checked the pit and found one of the floats moving around. It looks like it broke off last night.
3. We did staff swim tests today and they went very well. I had the chance to see familiar and unfamiliar faces. 
4. It rained like crazy all morning, then just cleared instantly.
5. The rest of the went quick. 
6. I am looking forward to the next three days off.

Catch you all next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2/17/2006

Today was a slow day.

• I worked with Lance today. It was great, sort of like the good old days.
• I started revising the Glossary of the facility maintenance manual.
• I am looking forward to working the coordinator shift tomorrow.

Catch you later!!!!!

2/16/2006 - Interview

I have had a great day!

1. I went to my Graffiti interview. It was a different interview with very specific questions. I feel good, I feel like I nailed it, but might needs some finishing, that I will not be able to go back and do .
2. I went bowling after the interview. I was bowling back but had a relaxing time with Aaron as I rolled the 15 lbs.
3. I worked on the NOP equipment manual today. I have been trying to focus much more on specific facility concerns in relation to the Aquatic Center. I need some help from the managers with items like dry chemicals and the upkeep of the chemical safety kit.
4. I worked on a number of pump room things and have injector cleaning scheduled for next week.

Schedule today: 1pm - 10pm

2/15/2006

 

Everyone is really dragging today.  I guess after Valentine's day they are just to tired to really do work!

 

1. Finished the Facility Concerns outline for the Activity Pool, Dive Pool, and the 50m Pool. I have great pictures as a separate cheat sheet if I get stuck on the FCO.
2. Put Cyanuric Acid in the 50 meter pool
3. I slowly pushed through my credit card statement and acquired all account number that I needed.
4. I wrote some e-mails to the managers - Pull Vac, Safety kits, Dry Chems, Auto vac.
5. I also talked to Aaron about upcoming Aquatic Issues.
6. I rigged the main harness for the tow vacuum.  I am planning on setting up the ropes next week.
7. Tomorrow 11am the moment of truth re: Graffiti.  This blog might be completely re-named and taken in a whole new direction.

We with that I will call it a day, Don't go crazy I will drop my thoughts on the interview tomorrow or the next day!!!!

2/14/2006 - Valentines Day!

Today was spent doing the odd jobs:

 

1. I got a call back for the Graffiti removal position.  My interview is Thursday 11am-Third Floor.
2. I Started working through large amounts of clutter on my desk.
3. I worked on cleanining the pump room.

I went out and had a Romantic feast of Chicken McNuggets from you know where!

2/13/2006 - Backwash (dwell time)

1. I went to the Grafitti interview.  I think it went well and I am mixed, its a 50/50 on whether I go to the second one.
2. I got truck 180 washed.
3. I worked out the dwell time for the Activity Pool - 4 min first filter, dwell 6minutes, second filter 3:30 min, this is the only way it would work.
4. Cleaned the pump room a little.
5. Started revising the maintenance sheets.
6. Pulled covers.
7. Picked up pull vacuum.
8. Printed and filled out maint sheets.
9. Stored tsp msds.
10. I got my e-mail worked up and cleaned up to a point.

 

Big day tomorrow, I have lots to do !! I will catch up with you tomorrow