The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Improvements in the Works?

Part of Tuesday was spent talking with Dad and Ann about making improvements at the car washes. Dad told Ann and I that he is looking into starting a car wash club at Location D. A car wash club is where people pay a monthly to wash their vehicles once a day at the automatic touch free. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Those Wonderful Heaters

Before winter started, when Dad operated Location A, he would hook up a humongous heater right above the inside of the automatic conveyor tunnel's entrance. At the exit he would have a couple more heathers. Over the years, those heaters did a fine job keeping what was a ninety-five foot and later a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Odds and Ends...October 2013

October went down as the slowest business month of the year. Given that October is traditionally the slowest business month of the year, the lack of business thus came as no surprise. I wrote about how slow October is in the recent Car Wash Seasons Series. No need to beat a dead horse there as to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Two Different Days

Halloween was not a busy day. Rain in the forecast for later that night and the following morning amounted to it being slow. I am one happy Baltimore Ravens fan. The Cincinnati Bengals, who are in first place in their division, lost to the Miami Dolphins on Halloween night. If the Ravens beat the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Errands

One of my responsibilities is to do business-related errands. Going to the bank and going to the Elia Family Sub Shop are errands woven into my schedule. With the way things are set up, I go to anywhere from one to four bank branches to do banking for the three businesses and Henry Barrett's car... Sign in to see full entry.

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