Draining the Pool

Several years ago when my kids were younger, we got one of those inflatable pools.  Our kids wanted to swim and we didn’t have a regular place for them to go that was very close to our house.  This pool was perfect for us for a season. Our whole family used it regularly. ​

My wife purchased the pool and set it up without me. There were some issues with how level it was so we had to drain the pool and make corrections. I seem to remember using some sort of pump to drain the pool but it was very slow. My wife and I were in the pool during this process. I started pressing down on the side of the pool to all water to pour over the side.  This helped make the draining process quicker. My wife started doing the same thing.  When the water started getting lower, my wife started laying into the side more to get more to go over the side faster. One time, she leaned in a little more and the water rushed over the side more aggressively, shooting her into the yard with a surge of water. It was like someone being shot belly first on a Slip ‘n Slide.

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