The Car Wash Life

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

#5: Car Wash Club

After The Great Recession, I saw a development where people were selective when they would wash. An impending weather event did not cause people to slow down until and after said weather event occurred. Rain in any part of the forecast would then end up slowing us down. People have shown they want... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 20, 2023

Saw Some Cars

A long while it has been since the car washes have had a busy weekend. For the most part, weekend weather has not cooperated with us. Both/Or a Friday and Saturday would have rain, making it difficult to have weekend momentum. While we did have a rain on Friday night, it was a light dirty rain. That... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Car Wash Mail

Most of the car wash mail sent to the businesses themselves are not anything other than junk. Once in a while, we get an important mail item, but outside of that, the mail we get ends up in the recycling bin. Two reasons are why. We have a PO box that most of our vendors know to send mail to. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

#6: COVID

I do not like writing about COVID. I don't look at the years 2020 and 2021 all too fondly. There were the deaths, the lockdowns, the polarizing strife and learning loss among kids. To not talk about COVID would leave a gaping hole in this series, and I have things in life I do not like writing about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

#7: Renal Failure

May 2012. To make a long story short, bad doctoring from Dad's urologist (not detecting kidney stones) caused Dad to go into renal failure. Dad arrived at the hospital with a creatinine level of 24.3 If you end up with a number of 1.5, you have to go to a hospital. Amazingly, Dad was able to... Sign in to see full entry.

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