The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Free and Limited Time

The amount of free time I have at work ebbs and flows. There are times when I have tons of free time and others where I go, "What has to be done today, and what can be put off until tomorrow?" What limits my free time is the mastering of new tasks and technology. Once I master those new tasks and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 22, 2016

The Lawsuit Obsession

Dad's best price lawsuit against the Oil Company would last from September 1998 to October 2003. Dad's best price lawsuit against the Oil Company was an obsession of his that led to him spending lots of time, money and energy. What made it Dad's obsession were two things. The first was money. Dad... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Puff

Brad the Mechanic is a four hundred pound chain smoker. One time, Dad, Brad and I were in Location B's office. Dad was telling Brad and I about his someone whose health is in bad condition due to drugs. Here is what Brad said: "You know {puffs a cigarette), you can't keep abusing your body (puff).... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Now the Appeal

Spring 2002. It took about a year, in Spring 2002, for the Maryland appellate court to hear Dad's appeal in his best price lawsuit against the Oil Company. After waiting two years to go to trial, and six months for Judge Boyle's verdict in the Oil Company 's favor, the year felt very quick in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Dad's iWatch

My father received an iWatch from my mother on Christmas. There is one reason that he asked for it. He uses a second cellphone to handle car wash calls. What he finds is that he often gets telemarketers calling, often fumbling around often for the phone. With an iWatch, he can just look at the watch... Sign in to see full entry.

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