Sunday, October 4, 2015
This is a series about The Wacky Six Days. The Wacky Six Days lasted from January 28, 2014 through Feburary 2, 2014. It was a six day time period where it was one thing after the other. Any one of those events would have made it an interesting week. The seven that of which ended up occurring made... Sign in to see full entry.
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.
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.
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.
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.