Hi Misolites,
Well, just to let you know that the rain in Spain doesn't always fall on the Plain! We have had thunder and lightening for the last two days, Mi-Sol is awash with more water than anyone knows what to do with. Pity we can't can if for the hot summer months. hahahehe
I really felt sorry for our new lifeguard (all 5ft of her, from Guatemala and named Isabella) and the security guard (no details on him yet) who started work today-(Tuesday). They both apparently turned up at 9.00 am (anyone that knows me, knows I wasn't there) according to various sources, it was raining then, and has been raining on and off ever since. Again, according to my sources no-one has used the pool at all today.....not a single soul. I arrived at the bar for a coffee around 6.00pm and they both looked fed up to the back teeth. A misolite went to see the treasurer to see if they could be sent home. She said, he said they could go, but they were still there when I left just before 7.00 o'clock and they said they were staying until 8.00 o'clock. (Maybe their wages would be docked if they left early.....who knows?)
Has anyone actually experienced any problems or trouble from anyone using the pool during June?
I have been using the pool for the last 10 years and the only problems occurring during June that I have ever noticed are the teenage boys from the flats together with other Spanish/English teenagers (no doubt trying to impress their respective girlfriends) running down the center walkway and jumping or diving in the pool. As most children are still at school, overcrowding or the amount of people coming in from outside hardly justifies the amount of money being spent on Security and lifeguards.
As our president and most of the committee don't use the pool I wonder who was asked for help in determining when the lifeguard and security guard would most be needed.
Before I left the committee it had been decided that signs would be ordered and distributed around the pool ready for the season.....I can only assume that this has gone by the wayside.
Apparently, the pool is going to open at 9.00 am although is has not opened until 10.00 am at the earliest for the last few years. Once again, due to lack of communication from the committee rumours are circulating around the park. This time it is to do with the amount of money being spent on a) the lifeguard and b) the two? security guards. The other expense of the pool is the cleaning, this has to be done no matter how many people use the pool. Apparently, although the committee said it was illegal to employ a misolite to clean the pool and surroundings including the toilets, they have found a way to employ the gardener's girlfriend at 15 euros per day.....and no matter how you dress it up this also is illegal.
I have sent an email to the president asking her to post the costs of the lifeguard and security guards per month on the official Mi-Sol Blog in order to stem the speculation.
The stones that have been laid here and there at considerable cost have not helped keep the pathways clear of water. The stones laid at the side of 435 running down to the bottom of the site have already been partly washed away after just one downpour.
Apart from all the above Mi-Sol is very quiet, in fact so quiet I have decided to let you in to a little secret. Mi-Sol Park has a gigolo!!!!.......yes, I know, you are shocked. Well he doesn't want paying in money......no, nor in kind. He takes his payments in time. The more time you spend with him the happier he is. He will drive you here, and drive you there, distance no obstacle. The only thing he asks is that you spent a similar amount of time with him. This could put a whole different slant on "Come dine with me".
A little Joke for you all!!
The train was quite crowded, and a U. S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat. There seemed to be one next to a well-dressed, middle-aged, French woman, but when he got there, he saw it was taken by the woman's poodle. The war-weary Marine asked, "Ma'am, may I have that seat?"
The French woman sniffed and said to no one in particular, "Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that seat." The Marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat available was under that dog. "Please, ma'am. May I sit down? I'm very tired."
She snorted, "Not only are you Americans rude, you are also arrogant!" This time the Marine didn't say a word; he just picked up the little dog, tossed it out the train window, and sat down. The woman shrieked, "Someone must defend my honor! Put this American in his place!"
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up. "Sir, you Americans seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You hold the fork in the wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road. And now, sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong bitch out the window."
May you always walk in sunshine (tongue in cheek)
adios all you Misolites
xx
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