The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Rarest Bill

Out of the currency and coin we receive at the car wash the two dollar bill ranks last in the number we receive. Each year I can count on one hand the number of two dollars that the car washes receive. The bill changers are not set up to take them. Instead, we just make change for the customer. To... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

#1: Location B

Location B is my favorite car wash. The business also is the one that I spend the most time at. With the exception of our rental property, Location A there is a correlation between the rankings and the amount of time spent at each car wash. The more time spent generally meant a higher ranking. More... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 31, 2011

#2: Location A

Location A became a rental on October 1, 2009. Before that, Dad operated the business for twenty-one years before he decided that the time was right to become a landlord. A clause in Dad's contract with the Oil Company enabled Dad to become the landlord with the Oil Company becoming his tenant. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

No Effect on the Schedule

A couple weeks ago my beloved Baltimore Ravens of the NFL lost to our rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers. I had been blogging about how each Ravens playoff game was effecting my work schedule and am now catching up. Obviously with the Ravens having lost there was no further effect on my work schedule.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

We Got Snow

On Tuesday evening the weather forecasters were in agreement that we would have a wintry mix in the morning, rain in the afternoon and would see at night that rain turn into several inches of snow. When we awoke on Wednesday morning a few inches of snow had been dumped on us. The afternoon rain did... Sign in to see full entry.

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