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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Odds and Ends...December 2012

When I blogged about how the month of December was going business-wise, I stated that the month was slow on account of bad weather, but "...with weather things can change at the drop of a hat." The "but" came into play. With solid weather we ended up having a solid December. Christmas weekend saw us... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

What I Learned - 2012

Happy New Year! Every day we learn somethng new. Here are a few business-related items that I learned during the course of last year. 1. There is a bigger picture. Over the years I have written plenty of times in this blog how rainy forecasts and rain itself has gotten me down, especially when it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

Starting the New Year Off With a Bang?

We did not get much in the way of snow on Saturday. The snow accumulated on the grass but the roads had nothing to show for it. Nonetheless the roads were heavily salted, therefore, the cars are caked with salt. Yesterday, my off day, business picked up. As far as the forecast ahead goes, we are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Who Knows?

Unfortunately, we received rain after Wednesday's snow, meaning the road salt was washed away. As for today we could get anything from one to four inches. Some weather forecasts state that the snow will give way to rain, which would make today look similar to Wednesday. Different forecasts are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

We Got Snow!

We received a few inches of snow on Christmas Eve. The first flakes arrived during the afternoon while I was working at Location B. No forecast was calling for any snow accumulation. Normally my ride to Mom's house takes forty-minutes from Location B. Because of the snow, the ride took sixty... Sign in to see full entry.

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