The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

#4: Howard Booth

Car wash mechanic Howard Booth started working for Ray Berkins and Mark Baylor in 1994. The two men owned a chain of car washes/gas stations. Ray is a name that I have mentioned in this blog before. He used to lease Location A from the Oil Company who in turn leases the property from Dad. In 2005... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Odds and Ends...April 2011

April was a slow month. For the first three weeks all it seemed to do was rain, rain and rain some more. Someone once said, "April showers bring May flowers," but I do not think whoever that was had something of Biblical proportion in mind. March was the same way too. I have not seen this much rain... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

That Time of the Year

With the arrival of May comes a reduced blogging schedule. Entries in this blog will appear on Sundays and Thursdays. My Education Experience will have an entry on Tuesdays. Anything and Everything will still remain on Fridays. Two reasons exist for why I reduce my schedule. The first reason is that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Motorcycle Ride

Yesterday Dad went on a motorcycle ride. Three years ago a motorcycle ride for him would have been out of the question. His right hip was in such bad shape that he could not go for more than five minutes on the motorcycle. No longer did he take the motorcycle anywhere. In 2009 he had the hip... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 25, 2011

#5: Steve Redder

Steve Redder worked for Dad briefly in the 1991. At the time he was a nineteen year old working full-time at the Oil Lube next to Location A, which is how Dad got to know him. Dad needed part-time help at the time and asked Steve if he would be interested in scrubbing cars at the automatic tunnel.... Sign in to see full entry.

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