Recent content by Red Baron

How's it going guys? Long time no washee. I'm missing the car wash business some, but not too much. I certainly don't miss the idiots telling me that I don't have a right to run my business the way I want to. It's been about 9 months since I sold my last wash and I still find myself, everyday...

You guys thought you were rid of me, huh? Just went round and round with the property tax dimwit....err, lady. My car wash prop tax went from $975 last year to $65,450 this year. A call to the...lady, and she said she's counbting the 6 vacs and all other equipment that she could see from the...

Actually they both have their advantages. In the roofing business when you're off, you're off. Generally speaking you get the weekends off and you don't even check your messages till Monday morning. Also, in the car wash business rain and/or snow is depressing because it means a lot of extra...

I'm kinda new to this - now that I'm not the owner anymore, do I stop going by to pick up vac hoses and trash in the IBAs?

I close on the sale of my car wash in 2 hours. Health issues with one of my parents requires me to go run the family roofing business full time now. I'm relieved and stressed all at the same time. Relieved that I'll no longer have to worry about going out to dinner and having to stop mid-fajita...

Last month some dope rammed one of my new i5000 gantries...5 times! Yep, 5 times! He backed up and put his Dodge Cummins in 4x4 the last two times. I guess he thought he could climb over it. His insurance paid me $XX,000 for a new gantry. I bought the old one (1 year old) for spare parts, but...

What??? Are you attempting to imply that 100% of car wash customers do not always have the best interests of the car wash owner at heart? :)

Lol. I dunno why I have nightmares about my wash. 95 times out of 100 I just drive thru the lot at 5:30 am and look for obvious stuff, i.e., ACWs have the right display, no red lights on the ER60s, both Bug Brush brushes still in the buckets, clean bays, no hoses in bays, no vac hoses laying...

...last night. So, I opened the door to my equipment room and, everything was gone. Everything! Every single thing had been stolen, they even swept the floor before they left, which makes a bizarre dream even more bizarre. I stepped outside and called 911. 911: 911 what is your emergency? Me...

Cool! If I have a reason to give away a free wash, I give them my top wash - I want them to see, smell, and like all the bells & whistles.

All this time I've been enjoying Vegas for all the wrong reasons. I don't want to do it the wrong way, so I guess I better take up drinking, smoking, gambling, and cheating on my wife.:)

I would not consider Chicago. Attendence will be way down if they move from Vegas - that is the case with other industry conventions as well.

I have an account with Publicdata.com that will allow you to run tag numbers in many states. Be aware that you cannot do this for just casual reasons. Also be forwarned that when you send a letter to the parents of some teenage kid for doing something stupid at your car wash, the first words...

Everyone knows that Girl Scout cookies are not part of the popular Kenyan Diet. Short ribs and caviar, however, are. Sorry to hyjack your thread but my pride in my First Family is unbridled and unabashed and I simply must express it.

I refuse to have anything to do with Girl Scout cookies because Michelle Obama says they aren't healthy.