The Car Wash Life

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Monday, February 28, 2011

How Problems Effect Us

People are effected differently when things do not go as planned. Personality, life circumstances, experience and the people along for the ride all play a role in effecting us when life us throws us unexpected curveballs. For this post I will be discussing how a couple employees and Dad were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Impending End of an Era

Assuming everything goes as planned March 21, 2011 will mark the end of an era. On that day Dad's sale of the Location Z property to a fellow by the name of Ben Graham will become official. Also Dad's best friend Josh Gabber, who leases the property from Dad and owns the business, will sell the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Snow and Rain

Sometimes I feel like this blog is every bit as much of a weather blog as it is a blog about my car wash experiences. On Monday night into Tuesday morning we had eight inches of snow dumped on us. The snow was a light snow that was cleared quickly. The roads were dry by Tuesday afternoon. As a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Why Power Failure Occurs

On average Location B has one power outage a week. The average factors in the crazy days like Saturday with twenty power outages. Location B has so many power outages because the business is located in a windy area with above ground powerlines. The normal wind pattern can be enough to knock out... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

I Can Fax

A week ago were someone to ask me if I knew to send a fax I would have said that I had forgotten. Back in 1995 when I was ten years old Dad showed me how to use a fax machine. Eventually I came to forget because I was never called upon by anyone to send a fax. Besides, I found the telephone and... Sign in to see full entry.

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