The Car Wash Life

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Monday, November 11, 2013

Gaining Weight

"When winter comes, I gain weight," Harry James said to me one time. "A lot of people gain weight around the holidays," I stated. "No, it's not that," said Harry. "I wear more clothes during winter and gain the weight that way." Recommended Reading "My Memory Is Not What it Used to Be"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 10, 2013

A Weekend of Keys

Keys have been on my brain during this weekend. On Friday, I was five miles into my commute from Location B to Mom's house for dinner, when my cellphone rang. I pulled into a shopping center to retrieve the voicemail message. Uncle Richard was the caller. Aunt Sandra had just locked herself out of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Even More Enjoyable

Location B's office has had a computer with Internet access since March 2011. I am glad that there is a computer in the office. I find myself having free time during each work day, and I get to spend that free time surfing the Internet. Before, if there was no one around to talk to, all I did was... Sign in to see full entry.

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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.

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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.

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