Uncle D stopped by on Saturday to check in with us, and to begin a tutorial on our new set of chores related to the pool. There is a bunch of legacy equipment around, some of which can’t be used in the pool’s current configuration, with the liner now instead of bare concrete. We are still waiting on elements of the pool equipment but it is in working order now, and we swam on Saturday afternoon.
One pleasant surprise was our robot – the pool cleaner – which was in operating condition and fairly new. Daris said that people inevitably name them as they watch them go about their business cleaning the pool. We put ours to work immediately – here are two action photos.
I ran it for two hours and watched mesmerized. It's not supposed to, but the 'bot can climb the walls sometimes. I'll run it two to three hours a week during the Saturday pool chore time.
Daris said that people inevitably name their pool 'bots. I think there will be a poll soon – some names that have been suggested are:
· Dude
· Robo Pool Cop
· Decker
· Wallie
· Booger
· Traveller
· Jeep
Readers are encouraged to leave a comment with a suggested name. Mary and I will pick five and put them into a poll for ten days, then we’ll take the top three and re-poll for ten days.
Here is the robot at rest:
6 comments:
My vote is for "WALL-E" He kind of reminds me of the robot, plus, like you said, he likes to climb walls now and then. You'll just have to get him a companion named "EVE". LOL
How about "JAWS"? Or "BRUCE" (the name the movie crew gave the animatronic shark? I can just hear that ominous music now, as swimmers float above...
Jim:
I like "Hal" (as in "2001: A Sapce Odessy") or "Donny" (Steve Buscemi's character in "The Big Lebowski" ~ he was kind of a little geek in it.)
Brian McGowan
(See, I am following this Blog.)
How about Abby or AB for aquabot?
BFF for bottom-feeding friend?
H2O2 (like r2d2, just w/water)
R.V. for water robot po russki (robot vody)
Enough playing around, back to homework! Hope all is well there-Greg keeps me up-to-date on all your happenings!
Ellen
We took a bunch of these suggestions and included them in the list. Be sure and vote to help us decide!
It has to be dude, dude!
That's my vote!
Howard
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