The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Vacation and a Blast

My final vacation for the year starts at 5 p.m. today. I am looking forward to a week off from work. It feels weird to write about a vacation during December. Never before while working for Dad have I taken a December. Dad, Ann and I saw a great game between the Baltimore Blast and the San Diego... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Those Car Wash Mechanics

In the thirty-five-plus years that he has been in business, Dad has paid many a car wash mechanic. I figure I may as well do a series on them. People in all walks of life are interesting. I look very forward to thus blogging about an interesting category of people. I am not going to write about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 30, 2015

Next Year Plan

Dad has plans to get a car wash club at Location C next year after winter. To start now would mean a winter install. In the car wash industry, an operator does not want to put new technology in during winter because of the risk of glitches hurting the business during the busiest time of the year.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Triple F

The automatic touch frees have air doors at their entrances and exits. During most of the year, the exit doors are kept down. Otherwise, with the way the wind patterns are, soap and waxes would be blown off of vehicles before the rinse comes on. When temperatures get to freezing and below, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Typical Thanksgiving

It was the typical good weather Thanksgiving Day, busy from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., right before when people eat dinner. Going into the holiday, I thought I would leave early once business slowed. For those wondering, my family celebrated Thanksgiving Wednesday evening. However, I found myself wanting to... Sign in to see full entry.

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