The Car Wash Life

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Monday, November 20, 2023

Saw Some Cars

A long while it has been since the car washes have had a busy weekend. For the most part, weekend weather has not cooperated with us. Both/Or a Friday and Saturday would have rain, making it difficult to have weekend momentum. While we did have a rain on Friday night, it was a light dirty rain. That... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Car Wash Mail

Most of the car wash mail sent to the businesses themselves are not anything other than junk. Once in a while, we get an important mail item, but outside of that, the mail we get ends up in the recycling bin. Two reasons are why. We have a PO box that most of our vendors know to send mail to. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

#6: COVID

I do not like writing about COVID. I don't look at the years 2020 and 2021 all too fondly. There were the deaths, the lockdowns, the polarizing strife and learning loss among kids. To not talk about COVID would leave a gaping hole in this series, and I have things in life I do not like writing about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

#7: Renal Failure

May 2012. To make a long story short, bad doctoring from Dad's urologist (not detecting kidney stones) caused Dad to go into renal failure. Dad arrived at the hospital with a creatinine level of 24.3 If you end up with a number of 1.5, you have to go to a hospital. Amazingly, Dad was able to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Promotion or Permanent?

Location A's brush tunnel prices are $12, $16 and $20. Dad is talking about doing for the month of December a $5 reduction across the board. I like that idea. Anything to get people in. Throw in some possible road salt, and the car wash could really boom and keep those customers. Dad did say that if... Sign in to see full entry.

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