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    can internet be used for dial up cc

    I switched my two Hamilton ACW4's to use the Hamilton DAN system. My credit card use rates went up and it is much quicker. I find it much more reliable than the phone method too. It wasn't cheap though.
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    High Eff. Boiler--Elim. middle man.

    The contractors in my area all take their usual price and multiply it by 3 if the work is "commercial". I am serious. I just call contractors when I need work until I find one that is 1/3 of the rest of them. You would be amazed how close the bids come in. I needed a little concrete pad...
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    Replacing MH with CFL Revisited

    I switched to T5HO's. Single best money savings I have done. It cost me $4000 plus my time. My wash is brighter and more inviting. I am saving $250.00 per month on electricity and probably $40 a month on bulbs. I am very happy with my change.
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    If you don't have $18k to invest then you do not need to buy a $750k car wash. If you don't go ahead and build a wash, don't look at it as you lost $6k, look at how much you saved by only losing $6k-$18k instead of hundreds of thousands. You say property values are constantly going up. Why...
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    Just had my best January

    Wow, we had one of the worst January's in southern Indiana. It was unseasonably warm but we have received less than 1" of snow. The one time we received ice, it rained for a week afterward. Actually, I am willing to bet that it rained more than 15 days of January in southern Indiana.
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    slugbuster 2

    Clean the mechanism with rubbing alcohol and q-tips. Throw away the wd-40, it will gum it up. Strip the oil out and clean the mechanism. Make sure that it closes correctly.
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Judging by the OP's responses, he is seeking validation not advice.
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Wow really? You can't invest a month of wages into a project but you can invest $1,000,000. You must make more a month than anyone else on here.
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    My best suggestion for you is to go work at the type of business you are considering buying. $400k in smoothies. Really? $1100-$1400 a day. If you are talking about investing $1m then taking a month and investing your time would be cheap enough.
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    Orbitz Travel

    I guess it is kind of the difference between buying a ticket and hiring a travel agent. If you buy a ticket, you get a ticket. If you hire a travel agent, you are hiring a service. I have hired travel agents who would have been no better than buying a ticket.
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    ACW jackpotted

    You are absolutely correct. Mine does that too. They must have activated the switch somehow. Hmmmm.
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    ACW jackpotted

    Hmmm, maybe they took the other button out attempting to short it and that did not work? Then maybe they resorted to stringing for credit? The problem with that is that it takes 90 seconds to time out on my wash, so it would take a long time to do that.
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    Orbitz Travel

    My bad!!!! I completely misread the OP. For some reason, I read passport. Argentina is very difficult to get a student visa for. I checked on snopes and it said that the US call option is false. One Senator promised to introduce legislation putting a $0.25 tariff on exported calls but...
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    Orbitz Travel

    Really??? You are upset because they didn't tell you that you need a passport to travel out of the country? That would be like forgetting to tell you that you have to have positive ID to get through security or that you are expected to wear a shirt and shoes. Sorry, but IMHO that was not...
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    Need suggestion - water tank support

    Not enough space in my equipment room.
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    Need suggestion - water tank support

    Well, most of the weight will be in the center. The center 4' will bear more weight than any other 4' of the base. I was afraid of the wood warping and not supporting weight over time. especially in a humid environment.
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    Need suggestion - water tank support

    OK, I put in a RO reject reclaim system. I used a pickup truck water tank. I put it on a pillar of concrete blocks. the problem is the pillar is about 2'x2' and the tanks bottom is about 3'x4' so the pillar is pushing up on the bottom of the tank. I need something to put on the top of the...
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    Increasing Visibility to Automatic

    I think I bought mine here. http://www.1000bulbs.com/category/rope-light I doubt it is the best price. I replaced my visual displays in my fragramatics with rope lighting. IIt is attractive and the lights chase up and down. I think it cost me $20/machine for everything with no refills needed.
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    Increasing Visibility to Automatic

    Rope lighting is cheap and durable
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    Vacuum Doors Open

    I'd check the security camera to see who was doing it after I put locks on. Then I would have the thieves prosecuted for theft and vandalism. Security cameras are so cheap now, there is really no excuse not to have them.
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