Saturday, August 25, 2018
The Myrtle Beach Curse
Dad is currently vacationing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Employee George's sudden death was the fifth time someone we know connected to the car washes has passed away. Timothy Roberts (2009) was the Big Bank branch manager and died from a heart attack. The father of Sam and Dave Elia (2010),...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Georgie: You Will Be Missed
My plan had been to write the next installment in The Man They Call Jake. A life event has necessitated me postponing that Jake-related entry to Saturday. I found out about an hour ago that George, who worked at Henry Barrett's car wash passed away. He was found by his daughter on his couch this...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
From Clubs to Homes
Selling Car Wash Club memberships helped prepare me for going door to door for political candidates. My car wash experiences have helped me bet my timing down from the approach, the selling and the goodbye. Even without that experience, I would have learned how to go about going door to door....
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Sunday, August 19, 2018
The Man They Call Jake
I'm now embarking on a series about car wash mechanic Jake. Fall 2013. Howard Booth introduced Dad to Jake. Howard and Jake used to work together for Ray Berkins. Jake had been out of work for a while. He earned himself a DUI when he crashed an ATV onto an electrical pole. Jake landed on his head,...
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Saturday, August 18, 2018
An Epiphany of Remote Proportions
Location D's automatic has a remote that can be used to fix it. The remote is used to move the spray arch and to set it in and out of maintenance mode. It turns out when Jake was trying to fix a problem with the machine, the remote wouldn't work. Dad sent me from Location B, which has an automatic...
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