The Car Wash Life

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Friday, August 5, 2022

The Quicker Way

An advantage that a conveyor tunnel has over an in-bay automatic is that the conveyor is quicker than in-bay automatic. An automatic conveyor can properly wash a car in 90 seconds no matter the wash. An in-bay automatic needs at least five minutes, longer if waxes are added. The quicker you are, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Lots of Parts

Something we have lots of are parts. Some parts are very small, like the chemical tips we have that control flow. The biggest parts we've had are bridges. Bridges are what hold together the touch-free parts. They are as wide as the typical self-service bay. We have thousands upon thousands of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Brady Gone

Well, Brady fell off the wagon. He texted Dad early Saturday morning at six a.m. that he wasn't feeling well and wouldn't be able to work. He works for both us at Location A and Jason's detailing. He said he would let Jason know. He never did. As soon as Dad saw Brady's text, he knew the latter was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 30, 2022

Incredible Shape

Jason, the detailer at Location A, is in incredible shape. Here is an excellent illustration of that. He shovels the mud out of the different car wash pits. One day, he was going to be doing Location C's. "I'm going to go to the gym before I arrive," he said. Heck, I wouldn't want to go on a walk... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 29, 2022

Robbie's Excellent News, Back Pain and Spanish

On the excellent news front, Robbie does not have colon cancer, after all. I would later learn he got the results on a Cologuard test. He had a colonoscopy on Tuesday. No cancer. He did have 20 polyps, which were taken care of. At 50, this was Robbie's first test. I'm so happy for his sake.... Sign in to see full entry.

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