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Tony
The alkalinity in my in ground pool (25K gallons) is very high. It takes 20 drops in the tester to produce clear test. I've already bought a new tester. My ph is normal. How do I lower the alkalinity without also lowering the PH too much? I have to add acid but won't that also lower th PH too much?
Answer
You can lower the alkalinity with muriatic acid. 1.3 pints per 10,000 gallons will lower it by 10ppm. 3.25 pints in your pool will lower it by 10ppm. To get to the level you need of approximately 100-120 you will need to use 26 pints of muriatic acid to reduce it by 80ppm or 3.25 gallons of liquid muriatic acid.
You are testing the TA and getting 200ppm for your inground pool right? Make sure you walk a perimeter around the pool while pouring this in and wear proper safety equipment (eye protection and gloves) as muriatic acid is a diluted form of hydrochloric acid. Make sure you turn off any automatic chlorinators or remove chlorine pucks/sticks from the pool and NEVER let muriatic acid come into direct contact with chlorine products. Once in the water it will play safe but outside of water it will create chlorine gas which will kill a human in a matter of minutes.
You can get muriatic acid from the pool store or a local hardware store (sold as a cleaning agent).
You can lower the alkalinity with muriatic acid. 1.3 pints per 10,000 gallons will lower it by 10ppm. 3.25 pints in your pool will lower it by 10ppm. To get to the level you need of approximately 100-120 you will need to use 26 pints of muriatic acid to reduce it by 80ppm or 3.25 gallons of liquid muriatic acid.
You are testing the TA and getting 200ppm for your inground pool right? Make sure you walk a perimeter around the pool while pouring this in and wear proper safety equipment (eye protection and gloves) as muriatic acid is a diluted form of hydrochloric acid. Make sure you turn off any automatic chlorinators or remove chlorine pucks/sticks from the pool and NEVER let muriatic acid come into direct contact with chlorine products. Once in the water it will play safe but outside of water it will create chlorine gas which will kill a human in a matter of minutes.
You can get muriatic acid from the pool store or a local hardware store (sold as a cleaning agent).
Would a Taiwanese Guys go for a black girl?
Nissoue
I know dat it is really weird. But That question is really stuck in my head for some time now. because i am planning to move to Taiwan and I was really wondering about that. If i want to move there and spend maybe the rest of my life there, I would really like to know if there would be a possibility that I might get in a relationship while I am there. So could anyone tell me a little about it? I would like to be ready when I go there.
Answer
It's true what other people are saying that it's hard to know for sure until you try, but I can also share some thoughts that might help (I've been here 7 years).
First of all: race. I have wondered if white foreigners are treated differently from black foreigners. I can say that Taiwanese people are generally very friendly and interested in people from "the West", though I don't believe the maids/laborers from poorer countries like Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines get the same level of respect. For example, I don't think America airs prime-time talk shows where rich white women complain about how lazy or incompetent their hispanic housemaids are, but I've seen the equivalent here. All that said, I believe it's more about economic status (and country of origin) than skin color.
I have a "light black" friend here (Afro-European mix) and I've asked him if he thinks girls treat him differently than a white guy. He doubts it. He's got looks and confidence, so he could probably overcome any bias if it were there.
I think the bigger issue is not your race but your sex. Many female foreign friends of mine have complained that all the foreign men are unavailable because they're dating Taiwanese girls, and the local men do not seem appealing. I think some of this may be because (I believe) that Asian men are unfairly seen in the West as lacking manliness when in fact they can be extremely manly. If you find Asian men attractive in spite of this cultural bias, then I think you will find that you have a large pool of suitors to choose from.
There are cultural differences too. To make a BIG generalization (don't take it too seriously), Asian men can be quite good at pampering their ladies, but they may not be so open to the "traditionally women's" tasks like cooking and cleaning. Traditional family values are strong here, and the man and woman each have their own roles. So you could say it is not as sexually liberated here as in the States, though things are slowly moving that way.
Guys will be interested in you, but they may feel a little intimidated (your automatic foreigner's reputation as a sex-crazed demon does not help this). You may need to move slowly and keep the guy at ease until he can open up with you more.
Lastly, some foreigners suspect that Taiwanese are just really good at hiding their racism behind a plastic smile. I tend not to believe this, but I think Lil Jay Zhou's comment is a funny coincidence. No one reading it could suspect he was the same guy who earlier said that white English teachers in Taiwan such as myself are all "rich, overpaid, alcoholic white-trash". Hopefully his bigotry is just the result of living in America too long and is not indicative of "real" Taiwanese.
It's true what other people are saying that it's hard to know for sure until you try, but I can also share some thoughts that might help (I've been here 7 years).
First of all: race. I have wondered if white foreigners are treated differently from black foreigners. I can say that Taiwanese people are generally very friendly and interested in people from "the West", though I don't believe the maids/laborers from poorer countries like Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines get the same level of respect. For example, I don't think America airs prime-time talk shows where rich white women complain about how lazy or incompetent their hispanic housemaids are, but I've seen the equivalent here. All that said, I believe it's more about economic status (and country of origin) than skin color.
I have a "light black" friend here (Afro-European mix) and I've asked him if he thinks girls treat him differently than a white guy. He doubts it. He's got looks and confidence, so he could probably overcome any bias if it were there.
I think the bigger issue is not your race but your sex. Many female foreign friends of mine have complained that all the foreign men are unavailable because they're dating Taiwanese girls, and the local men do not seem appealing. I think some of this may be because (I believe) that Asian men are unfairly seen in the West as lacking manliness when in fact they can be extremely manly. If you find Asian men attractive in spite of this cultural bias, then I think you will find that you have a large pool of suitors to choose from.
There are cultural differences too. To make a BIG generalization (don't take it too seriously), Asian men can be quite good at pampering their ladies, but they may not be so open to the "traditionally women's" tasks like cooking and cleaning. Traditional family values are strong here, and the man and woman each have their own roles. So you could say it is not as sexually liberated here as in the States, though things are slowly moving that way.
Guys will be interested in you, but they may feel a little intimidated (your automatic foreigner's reputation as a sex-crazed demon does not help this). You may need to move slowly and keep the guy at ease until he can open up with you more.
Lastly, some foreigners suspect that Taiwanese are just really good at hiding their racism behind a plastic smile. I tend not to believe this, but I think Lil Jay Zhou's comment is a funny coincidence. No one reading it could suspect he was the same guy who earlier said that white English teachers in Taiwan such as myself are all "rich, overpaid, alcoholic white-trash". Hopefully his bigotry is just the result of living in America too long and is not indicative of "real" Taiwanese.
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