The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, October 3, 2015

The Busiest Summer and Autumn

I have written many a time over the years how slow business gets during summer and most of autumn. There wash, however, one exception. That would be Summer and Autumn 2002. Maryland was in the midst of a moratorium on home car washing. So the car washes ended up getting lots of customers who would... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

The Computer End

Just like every industry, computers affect the car wash industry. Computers nowadays run a lot of the machinery found in car washes. Generally, when the computers act up, car wash operators call the installer for service and/or look to people doing side work. Little is done in-house. I believe that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Al

Al passed away a couple of weeks ago. He was ninety-two. Who was Al? He was a gasoline dealer, like my paternal grandfather, and the two became friends. He was close enough to my father to where my family and I spent a couple of summers swimming in his pool. He also owned a condo in Myrtle Beach... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015

A Man with Two Phones

I have had two cellphones since September 2014. Here is how it came to be. When Dad went to Myrtle Beach for a seventeen day vacation in August 2014, he got himself an additional iPhone to be his backup phone. He would leave his regular phone off while keeping the backup phone on during night hours.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Excited About Tomorrow

Today, I am helping Dad get the items together for tomorrow's Ravens tailgate party. It will be the first of at least eight tailgate parties this season. I am so excited about tomorrow. Mom has decided she will get her right knee replaced. I am not sure when she is going to schedule it. Given the... Sign in to see full entry.

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