The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, January 13, 2019

Bigger is Better

Most car washes are six-bay locations. Four of the bays are used for self-service customers. The other two are used to for in-bay automatics. Dad wanted Location B to be a bigger location. Way bigger. He wanted a ten-bay location. Eight bays would be for self-service customers. one bay would be for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 12, 2019

Rosalyn Update

Cousin Vince's wife, Rosalyn, is doing better after her early week fall. He was able to return to work on Thursday. He does leave work right away rather than chatting for a bit to go see her. The temperatures have gotten very cold. Brrr. So far, the equipment has held up well. One customer did... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

The Fall

Cousin Vince didn't work yesterday. He had to call out at the last minute for a great reason; his wife Rosalyn fell. She has been struggling with dementia as of late and was having balance issues the last few days. Hopefully, she'll start to feel better. Mandy, the assistant manager at the Big Bank... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Burning Down the House

Early 2001. Now ready to build himself a car wash, Dad asked a realtor about properties that were available. The realtor told him of a property zoned for commercial use that had a house on it. Dad checked out the property that would become Location B. He saw it doing well. After a negotiation with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 6, 2019

The Reasons to Build

2000. Businesses add locations because of good times. Dad wanting to build Location B was an exception. Location A had a great run in the 1990s. The car wash was doing well. The gasoline was doing well. The arrival of Wawa in 1999 caused A's gasoline business to collapse. Dad started thinking of... Sign in to see full entry.

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