Summer
School’s out for summer, and now that it’s been a couple of weeks, those two words every parent dreads are probably starting to come out of your kids’ mouths. “I’m booored.” And even if you aren’t one of those people that had your kid’s entire summer planned out to the minute sometime in January, you…
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People across the country are trying to go for one last dip in the record-breaking heat this summer — but some are saying “not so fast” to a national pool-sharing program. We reported last week on the gaining popularity of Swimply, a social platform like Airbnb where homeowners rent swimming pools to guests for the…
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It’s been well-documented that it’s hot outside. Homebuyers are looking for pools; sellers are doing well touting the popular backyard oasis. And the number of people willing to let strangers use their pool for an hourly fee is skyrocketing. When we first covered this phenomenon last June, 94 pools were listed in the greater Dallas…
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The “sharing economy” is a quaint admission that, unlike prior generations, you can’t afford to own things because wages have not kept pace with corporate profit. Share your car with Lyft, share your home with Airbnb, share your clothes with The Real Real, and now share your backyard pool with Swimply. Yes, that’s right, homeowners…
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From staff reports As the mercury climbs, one thing’s for certain: Summertime, and the car is heating — in the interior, specifically. In fact, temperatures can rise to levels as high as 172 degrees, Expedia subsidiary CarRentals.com said in a recent report. And it doesn’t take long for the heat inside a parked vehicle to get to…
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