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Thursday, January 17, 2013

If You Leave...

After I was no longer contagious with the flu back in December, Dad and I went on truck rides to get me out of the house. During one of our rides, he said to me, "If you ever do something else, I would scale back to one business, Location B. Well, I take that back. I would have the businesses until... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

What a Run

What a run it was. The first winter run started on December 30th and ended on Friday, January 11th when we received rain, washing off the remaining salt. All in all we ended up with twelve busy days. Whenever we get a snow, Dad hopes to get a week out of it. We ended up getting twelve. Not even a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Overstocked at the Beginning

Before winter, I asked Howard Booth how we were on antifreeze soap. "You got plenty," Howard said. "You have fifteen barrels." Hearing Howard's answer reminded me just what kind of a whacky winter 2012 was. At the end of winter, I aim to have us in the single digits in the amount of antifreeze soap... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Leaving Early Today

Today I will leave Location B at 3:30 p.m., ninety minutes earlier than normal. The reason is because the Baltimore Ravens play the Denver Broncos. Dad and I will be watching the game at my house. Doing some minor things differently will enable me to accomplish all that I need to for today. As for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

21st Century Praise

Twenty-First Century. Praise. Those were the two angles that popped into my mind after a Saturday work day concluded. I was working at Location B in the afternoon when Dad called me. "We're having a problem with one of the soap passes at Location D's automatic touch free," he said. "I need you to... Sign in to see full entry.

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