The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Less Rain, Vacations Galore, In the Air and More

July has not been as rainy as June was, nowhere near as rainy in fact. The beginning of July was a continuation of the rainy June weather pattern. Once the Fourth of July Weekend came, the precipitation went back to its norm for this time of the year. The long heat wave we experienced during the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The Wooded Area

Across the street from Location B is a heavily wooded area zoned for commercial use. I wonder when something will be built on it. A few years ago a megastore went so far as to have a zoning hearing but was shot down. The public was not for the megastore being built because of traffic congestion.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Money Maker

Truck bays enable car washes to make more money. Tractor-trailers and other large vehicles can not fit inside conventional self-service bays. Car washes that have truck bays thus capture a different market. Even on rainy days truckers will wash their vehicles. Any car wash operator with the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Quarter Counting

Quarters are still a major means by which customers pay to use the self-service bays, vacuums and vending, and in the case of the latter two the only way to pay. Most of the quarters are reused. I put them right back into the bill changers when they are emptied out. Any excess quarters are deposited... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

And That's a Wrap

Today's entry is the wrap-up to The Kevin Middleton Series. When I started this series, I wrote how I felt it was going to easier to write about Kevin than to write about The Final Two Years, the last series I wrote, which focused on the final two years that Dad operated Location A. With the series... Sign in to see full entry.

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