Turns out the tubular pool toy I bought Saturday is NOT intended to inflated by one’s lung power. Which I only found out once I got home and saw the instructions, which stated (pay special attention to the second instruction):
We have an air compressor, so this isn’t a problem – we can still use this thing. My problem is I’ve inflated countless inflatable pool toys, air mattresses, etc. with my own f—ing breath over the course of my lifetime. If I wanted a cushy night’s sleep when I camped with my family when I was 11, I had to “blow up” my air mattress to do it. If I wanted to float around in the pool with my “water doughnut,” I blew it up myself. I didn’t ask daddy to fill it with his compressor.
My beef is they designed this thing to NOT work under regular human power. Insulting… This was just a big tube, not a swan/unicorn float the size of a Mini Cooper – I should’ve been able to inflate this thing myself…easily. It took quite a bit of time and effort by two people to inflate it “just enough.” The valve really isn’t designed to allow full air flow by “pinching” with one’s teeth to open it up, which is how most inflatable valves work.
We still managed to get in a bit of a pool float and watch Jaws for about 90 minutes. It was pretty relaxing/enjoyable – even though I did “kind of” think about holding some noisy children’s heads under the water until they stopped squirming (jk)! The little darlings were playing “Marco Polo.” Finally whatever adults were tasked with “watching” them must’ve eventually told them to knock it off or corralled them to take them home. This was largely a teenagers/adults only gathering – and these kids were the only ones yelling, splashing around and acting like shark bait. Really…can child-free adults ever get a moment’s peace at a public pool? The 10 minutes of “adult swim” are not nearly enough…Do I need to look into going to adults only nudist resorts (LOL)? Nope – I don’t want to go to a nudist resort again (there’s a blog that will never, ever be written)! Yes – I have been to a nudist resort and I didn’t enjoy it…
Around 10 p.m. a lifeguard spotted lightning, which essentially meant the show was over. I managed to get a screen shot before I left:
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