Point To Ponder

(Ouch)

I love my wife, I really do … honest … but there are times I’m convinced she’s trying to kill me.

For those who don’t know – and that would be just about all of you – we have had a pool for many years. It was a vinyl one for a long time held up with a metal frame, but we eventually put in a hard sided one about a year ago.

My wife and kids were always pool rats, and for a long time they were the only ones who used it. Not because I’m scared of water or anything, but because the rickety ladder we got with it was only graded for up to 300 pounds. (And yes, I have been north of that for so...