The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

A Lot of Driving

I drive about five hundred miles per week, four hundred of those miles being work related. My commute to and from work is about fifty miles. At five days a week that amounts to two hundred fifty miles. The rest of the mileage comes in from driving to different car washes. Does driving that much... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Getting Smaller

Our chemicals come in either fifty-five gallon drums, thirty gallon drums or five gallon containers. At some point after their arrival the chemicals will either be hooked up to the appropriate hose or will be pumped over into a similar size container. As one can imagine the drums are difficult to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Things Did Not Go According to Plan

Last weekend Dad reserved a boating slip at an Annapolis, Maryland marina for the following Friday through Monday. The plan for that Friday was for Dad, former employee Steve Redder and I to take Dad's boat on a ride from his marina in Baltimore to Annapolis. After the lines were all tied up, dinner... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Odds and Ends...May 2011

May has been a great month, our best since February. March and April were rainy months. Thankfully May saw a decent weather pattern with only a few rainy days. Pollen was abundant with cars caked in green. Business wise this year has been a good one. At the end of last month I would have described... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

A Return from Wisconsin

Mark Middleton worked for Dad from August 2001 to February 2006. He worked at Location A as a cashier for the gas and as an attendant on the automatic tunnel. He worked at Locations B and C as well giving out change, handling customer comments/questions, calling Dad with any mechanical issues,... Sign in to see full entry.

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