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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Richard Wrap-Up

The time has come for me to conclude The Uncle Richard Series. A fun part of writing is seeing where things go. We can do all of the planning in the world. Once we get to the actual writing part, we find ourselves changing plans in the middle. In the case of The Uncle Richard Series, I decided not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 30, 2013

No Complaints

I ended up staying until 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. I was happy to see business warrant me staying past my normal departure time of 5 p.m. We ended up getting a lot of heavy rain yesterday, washing the road salt off the vehicles and roadways. I have no complaints. December has been a great month. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Old Reliable

Today, Uncle Richard continues to be Old Reliable. He works at Location B on Friday nights, Saturday nights and Saturday afternoons. When Dad needs someone to cover at Locations B and C, Uncle Richard has filled in for spot duty. He continues to do a great job interacting with customers, cleaning... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Here Is to Hoping

The car washes have been swamped this week. Christmas Week is always a busy week. Christmas Week 2014 was no exception, with the weekday business being on part with the weekend business. We also received a dusting of snow that brought about road salt. What a great business month December has been.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

"You Were Right..."

"You were right about Richard," Dad said to me after Uncle Richard's training at Location D had ended. First off, being right about a trainee not working out is not the sort of thing that one should crack champagne over. I did not take one ounce of satisfaction over Uncle Richard not mastering the... Sign in to see full entry.

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