The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Saving Us Money

Manager Josh Gabber is a man of many trades. By trade Josh, who is also Dad's best friend, is an HVAC specialist, an electrician and a plumber. As one can imagine Dad saves a lot of money by fixing issues in-house in the form of Josh, who has worked for Dad for thirteen years now. God only knows how... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Operating in Hot Weather

Back in January I wrote about how we in the car wash business combat cold weather. With our temperatures having been in the eighties and nineties (Fahrenheit) as of late, I feel now is the time to do the sequel to that post. Unlike cold weather hot and humid weather does not present to us any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

"My Memory is Not What it Used to Be"

"I saw [former employee] Donald today," seventy-eight year old Location B employee Harry James was excited to inform me last week. "He was in getting his car washed. He said to me, 'My memory is not what it used to be,' and I said to him, 'Mine ain't either."' Like Harry, Donald is no youngster... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

An Empire Could Crumble

Ray Berkins has built a car wash empire. He has seven car washes/convenience stores/gas stations, six of which do well. He has long been a business contact of Dad's. The two have been able to rely on one another for chemicals and parts when the shipping of those products would take too long. Early... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

A Scare Nearly Ten Years Ago

Uncle Richard, my mother's brother-in-law, worked for Dad for a two and a half year period that began in March 2001 and ended in September 2003. Uncle Richard has diabetes. At the time I knew that he was having struggles with the disease. Sometimes he would lose his bearings of the world around him.... Sign in to see full entry.

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