The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, January 7, 2017

About to Get Busy

We received a bit of snow Thursday night into Friday morning. Business started to pick up yesterday afternoon. I have a feeling that it is building to us getting swamped. The secondary roads should be dry like the main ones by now. I am ready for a run. # Henry Barrett's car wash lost some of its... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Winter Coming?

If the forecast holds up, we could get a bit of snow on Friday morning. Such news is music to a car wash operator's ears, with dreams of road salt dancing in one's head. So we could get our first big run of the Salty Season. It supposed to be bitter cold from Friday through Monday. Even with the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The Year 2016

With the arrival of 2017, I am going to look back on some major developments that happened in 2016. Dallas. Over the last several years, I have taken staycations. All of my vacations had me in my house throughout most of the day. The last time I went away on a vacation was August 2006's Ocean City... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 2, 2017

Indicator Month

January is indicator month. If the car washes do not get swamped during January as a result of road salt, they are not going to get swamped the rest of the winter. It makes me think of last year. January was a slow month up until the final week, when we received a record setting blizzard. Once the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Bernard

Bernard is my favorite cashier at the Giant Supermarket I frequent for Location D's shopping and my own personal shopping. He has worked at Giant since 1986. I was born in 1985, so he has been at Giant nearly my entire life. Bernard has a wonderful personality. "Hey, how's it going?" he'll... Sign in to see full entry.

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