Late in the summer season and after extensive lobbying from my lovely wife, we purchased a small above-ground swimming pool for our backyard. The idea was to provide a safe place for our daughter to enjoy water sports with her friends.
Little did I know that I wasn’t getting a swimming pool, I was investing in a chemistry set. Suddenly PH, free chlorine, algaecides and other chemicals and their measurements became critical to our health and lifestyle. It was my difficulties with chemistry that converted me from being a science major in college, and I have steadfastly refused to enter that scholastic realm during my adult years.