The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Delaying the Call

In July 2009, the Big Bank gave Dad some news. November 2009 was when the bank could call Dad's loans. The bank told Dad that they would delay the call for six months until May 2010. Dad was told, though, that if he stopped looking hard enough, and if he did not grab the first bank that came his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Up and Running

As was hoped, the Car Wash Club at Location C started on Monday. So far, we have seven members. The hot start is different than Location B's, which took five days to get its first member. The difference between B and C is that B was started during rainy weather while C was not. Anyway, so far so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

The Poor Communication

Lori the banker at Bank #2 did not move quickly nor did she communicate well. It was up to her to get the bank's board what was needed to vote on whether to let Mom and Dad refinance with them. I will put things in perspective. Dad met with Lori in the middle of March 2009. Three months passed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 14, 2016

Is Today the Day?

After a nice, much needed vacation, yours truly returns to work today. If everything goes according to plan, Location C will be ready to start its Car Wash Club. The technology has been installed, but there have been bugs that have prevented us from rolling it out. I am looking forward to the Car... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Frustrated at the Thought of Selling

"We might have to sell Location A," Dad said to me one June 2009 day. "Finding is a bank is way harder than I thought it would be. At least we would be able to pay off the debt. It might be the move to make to do that now." That news item made me feel incredibly frustrated. Location A was set to... Sign in to see full entry.

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