The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Great Month, Ladder Twister, Big Development

January has been an awesome month on the business front, way better than rainy January 2012. The first ten days we benefited greatly from a late December road salting. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend was busy. At the end of the month we had a nice two and a half day run after another road salting.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Join the Club?

Some car washes have created car wash clubs. The way in which a car wash club works is that a person pays a monthly fee in order to use the automatic car wash on an unlimited basis during each month paid. Just like anything in life, there are different wrinkles that differentiate car wash clubs, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Not Going

Dad did not win the ticket raffle to see the Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Dad told me that he would be fine with me taking off from work and going down there myself. He was not willing to pay what I was willing to pay. After looking into it, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

A Run Is Coming

All of the vehicles are the same color. White. The roads were heavily salted in response to a light Thursday morning. The vehicles are caked with the lovely white stuff. A snow yesterday afternoon into the evening brought with it a couple more inches. Once the roads dry the car washes are going to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Splish Splash

A car using an automatic touch free is immediately greeted with the undercarriage. Located on a long metal strip in the front of the bay, the undercarriage comes on as soon as a vehicle is seen by the eye. A vehicle is not the only thing that can cause the undercarriage to come. Human beings can. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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